Author: Chronicle Editor

France’s Constitutional Council on Saturday, validated eleven candidates to run in the first round of the French presidential elections on April 23. President of the Council, Laurent Fabius, announced the names of the candidates on Saturday. the candidates include prominent contenders such as Marine Le Pen, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and conservative Francois Fillon. The top two will qualify for a run-off on May 7. Meanwhile, French Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon continued to lose support in an opinion poll on Saturday that showed centrist Emmanuel Macron likely to win the presidential election on 23 April. In a BVA poll for…

Arsenal suffered a fourth defeat in five league games as Craig Dawson’s double helped West Brom inflict a major blow to the Gunners’ hopes of a top-four finish. Dawson capitalised on some awful defending from the Gunners to head both of his goals from corners – the first to give the Baggies the lead, the second to seal their win. Arsenal had initially rallied after falling behind, levelling through Alexis Sanchez’s close-range finish – the Chilean forward’s 18th league goal of the season. However, they fell behind again 10 minutes into the second half when substitute Hal Robson-Kanu rolled the…

A Chibok schoolgirl who escaped from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria has called on the international community not to forget those still in captivity. Next month will mark the third anniversary of the abduction of more than 270 girls. The militants are still holding about 195 of the young women. The pupil, speaking under a pseudonym, told an education conference in Dubai: “These girls are human beings, not something that we can forget about.” The abduction of the schoolgirls in north-eastern Nigeria in April 2014 by the Islamist militant group caused a global outcry – and prompted campaigns about girls’…

French security forces shot dead a terrorism suspect who seized a female soldier’s gun at Paris Orly airport on Saturday. The same man had shot and injured another policeman north of the French capital, the French Interior Ministry said. A bomb sweep took place at the airport to make sure the dead man was not wearing an explosive belt, but nothing was found, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. “The man succeeded in seizing the weapon of a soldier. He was quickly neutralised by the security forces,” Brandet said. Reports said the French authorities have linked the two events. They…

The discovery of ‘couples’ among the students of Sa’adu Zungur Model School in Bauchi came as a shock to many. An old, reputable primary school, it was named after the famous Bauchi-born political activist and writer, Malam Sa’adu Zungur. It has produced prominent individuals that have excelled in various fields. It was renovated by the immediate-past governor, Malam Isa Yuguda. Part of the school was temporarily occupied by the Department of Management Science of Bauchi State university Gadau before they relocated to their Bauchi permanent site. It was later structured to accommodate a Co-Educational Secondary School of Boys and Girls.…

Mr Ibrahim Magu , the man rejected by the Nigerian Senate, for the second time, as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been carrying his own cross, defending his integrity. After the Senate first rejected him last year December, based on a report by the DSS that questioned Magu’s moral scores for the job, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the Attorney-general of the Federation and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami to query Magu on the DSS allegations. Magu gave a point-by-point rebuttal of the allegations. His full response is now in public sphere, according to a report by…

French Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon continued to lose support in an opinion poll on Saturday that showed centrist Emmanuel Macron likely to win the presidential election on 23 April. In a BVA poll for Orange, Hamon fell 1 percentage point in a week to 12.5 percent, coming fourth in the first round behind far-right leader Marine Le Pen with 26 percent, Macron with 25 and conservative Francois Fillon with 19.5. Macron is seen in the BVA poll making it to the runoff and defeating Le Pen with 62 percent to her 38. Hamon, who unveiled his full manifesto this week,…

There are some interesting Premier League fixtures to look forward to this weekend, as the season starts to reach the business end. Liverpool scrapped their way to 2-1 victory at home to Burnley last Sunday, but they will have to be far better away to Man City if they are to get something from the game. Elsewhere in the most recent set of league fixtures, Hull City picked up a vital win at home to Swansea City, Bournemouth overcame West Ham in stoppage time and Everton beat West Brom at Goodison Park. They were the only Premier League matches last…

The Nigeria Police have arrested Akinwale Olaniyi, the brother of Olaniyi Babatunde John who was accuse of instigating the killing of four Uniport student demanding that he produces his brother. The police operatives arrested Akinwale who was returning from work in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 17 March 2017 asking him about the whereabouts of his brother. According to Akinwale, he was surprised when the gun-wielding police officers came while he was fighting with the friends of one Lloyd who was killed in Aluu one among the boys kill in 2013 in Aluu, river state. He explained that some hoodlum…

The immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Barr. Sullivan Chime has reportedly dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC party. Speaking in an interview with nesmen on Friday in Enugu, Chime said that his decision to quit the PDP was because the party was “no longer in existence in the true sense of it’’. Chime said, however, that he had yet to join another political party, contrary to speculations that he had defected to the APC. He said that he was still making consultations to determine the political party to join, pointing out that his…