Author: Chronicle Editor

With countdown to January 14 on the minds of many, some Nigerians have taken to Twitter to insist that ponzi scheme, MMM ‘Must Come Back’ as promised by its handlers. It would be recalled that on 24 November, 2016 the scheme suspended its operations in Nigeria claiming that its system was experiencing heavy workload. Handlers of the scheme then called for calm and promised that the scheme will be back and better by January 14. “As usual, in the New Year season the System is experiencing heavy workload. Moreover, it has to deal with the constant frenzy provoked by the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active users of telecommunications services in the country increased to 153,949,450 in November 2016. The telecommunications industry regulator gave the figure in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. It said that the active telecommunications service customers increased by 435,343 in November over their October number of 153,514,107. According to the data, 153,547,164 of the 153,949,450 active numbers subscribed to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network services. The GSM operators’ active customers increased by 460,454 on the October number of 153,086,710 subscribers. The…

Tottenham ended Chelsea’s attempt to make Premier League history with a 14th successive victory as the title pacesetters were well beaten at White Hart Lane. Spurs moved up to third place as headers from Dele Alli either side of half-time made the difference to leave Chelsea five points ahead of Liverpool in second place. Alli rose to meet Christian Eriksen’s cross in first-half stoppage time and the same pair combined to put the game out of Chelsea’s reach in the 54th minute. Eden Hazard had Chelsea’s two best chances in each half but Spurs closed out the victory in comfort…

The operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected fake soldier allegedly involved in stealing motorcycles, popularly known as okada across the states in Nigeria. The suspect, Benjamin Okon, who has been parading himself as a military personnel, was arrested by the policemen who acted on a tip-off from members of the public. It was learnt that the policemen swooped into action upon receiving the information, which eventually led to the arrest of the suspect on Sunday, January 1st 2017 at about 05.00 hrs. “The suspect was fond of intimidating members of…

On Wednesday, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) released names of 39 bidders for the sale and purchase of Nigerian crude for 2017/2018. Announcing the results on its Website, the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari, said the contract would run for one year effective from Jan. 1 for consecutive 12 circles of crude oil allocation. The list comprises 39 winners with 18 Nigerian companies, 11 International Traders, five foreign refineries, three National Oil Companies (NOCs) and two NNPC trading arms. It said all the contracts were for 32,000 barrels per day except Duke Oil Ltd,…

A total of 136 policemen from Nigeria were awarded medals to mark the end of their duty tour in Somalia, a statement by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said. The statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja indicated that the 136 policemen participated in a medal parade on Tuesday to mark the end of their one year duty term in Somalia. “The officers were awarded medals at a ceremony presided over by the Deputy Special Police Commissioner of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). “Somali Police Commissioner Gen Mohamed Sheikh…

Sunderland have rejected £6m bid from Premiership rivals West Ham for striker English forward Jermain Defoe. It is understood the Hammers will raise their offer for the player who began his career at the east London club. Defoe, 34, has scored 11 goals in 21 appearances for the struggling Black Cats this season. Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is keen to add a striker to his squad in January with midfielder Michail Antonio their leading Premier League scorer by some distance on eight goals. Hopes that Simone Zaza would provide goals to boost West Ham proved wide of the mark, with…

General Ousman Badjie, Gambia’s army chief has reaffirmed his loyalty to embattled President Yahya Jammeh, as the deadline given by the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS gets closer. “May I please seize this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the assurance of the unflinching loyalty and support of the Gambia Armed Forces,” General Badjie wrote in a letter to Jammeh published today in a pro-government newspaper. Jammeh initially accepted his defeat in the Dec. 1 election but a week later reversed his position, vowing to hang onto power despite a wave of regional and international condemnation. West African regional bloc…

This is contained in a memo from the Office of the Registrar, titled: “List of newly promoted staff with effect from Oct.1, 2016’’ and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin. It stated that promotions to the professorial cadre were still awaiting ratification by the authorities. It further stated that the promotion was a fulfillment of the Vice-Chancellor’s promise that no deserving staff would be denied his or her promotion as and when due. The memo stated that those promoted included 112 academic staff, 127 registry staff, 245 professionals and technical staff and 99 junior staff. The memo said…

Rudy Gestede have joined premier league club Middlesbrough from Aston Villa after signing a deal that will keep him until June 2020. The two clubs agreed a fee between £6m and £7m, BBC Tees Sport understands. Benin international Gestede joined Villa from Blackburn in July 2015 and has scored 10 goals in 55 appearances. READ | Get to know new #Boro man @RudyGestede with this fact file on the striker #UTB? https://t.co/sbqnm1Dp16 pic.twitter.com/iyCbl2SEZQ— Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) January 4, 2017 But the 28-year-old has started only three games since Steve Bruce took over at the Championship club in October and was…