Author: Chronicle Editor

Leading multinational, General Electric officially launched the permanent installation of the Lagos Garage, a hub for advanced manufacturing-based innovation, strategy development, idea generation and collaboration. Co-located with the GE Lagos offices in Victoria Island, the Lagos Garage will offer a year-round series of skills training programs focused on building the next generation of Nigerian entrepreneurs. Participants will be trained to use the latest in advanced manufacturing technologies; 3D printers, CNC mills, and laser cutters in the first-ever fabrication lab in Nigeria, driving innovation in the country. They will also learn how to apply the core principles of design thinking, product…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has reckoned that advances in technology will help the country shift its reliance on crude oil. At the e-Nigeria summit, organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) themed “Leveraging IT Innovation for Economic Diversification” held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on 22 November 2016, Osinbajo said he does not think there is any subject of greater importance in Nigeria today than IT and technology. Read full statement below: The Director General of NITDA, Mr Musa Ali Ibrahim and his team truly deserved to be commended for this excellent and innovative idea.…

Didier Drogba will leave Montreal Impact at the end of the MLS season. The 38-year-old told reporters he had played his last home game for the club following their 3-2 win against Toronto FC in the first leg of the Eastern Conference finals. The ex-Chelsea striker came on as a 71st-minute substitute in front of a sell-out crowd of 61,000. Kick-off was delayed by 30 minutes after it was discovered the 18-yard boxes were too narrow. The white lines had to be repainted and fans cheered as each new line was drawn. Montreal led 3-0 after 53 minutes, but two…

Lufthansa has cancelled almost 900 flights after it lost an eleventh-hour legal bid to halt a pilots strike. The two-day strike over pay began at midnight local time, with the airline saying about 100,000 passengers will be affected. Flights by Lufthansa’s other airlines including Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines are not affected, the airline said. According to BBC, the industrial action is part of a long-running pay dispute at Lufthansa. The pilots’ union, Vereinigung Cockpit, has organised 14 strikes since April 2014. On Tuesday, the airline made two legal challenges to halt the strike. A Frankfurt labour court…

Award winning authors Toni Kan and Leye Adenle will be reading from their wave making novels, The Carnivorous City and Easy Motion Tourist today Wednesday November 23, 2016 at the well appointed rele gallery on Lagos island. The duo, fresh of their appearances and well attended events at the Ake festival will be treating the audience to readings from their novels in a session that will be moderated by novelist and columnist, Eghosa Imasuen. The theme for the evening is ‘Writing Sex and Crime in Lagos’. Describing Adenle’s debut, the blurb says “with Easy Motion Tourist’s astonishing cast, Tarantino has…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants to sign two defensive players in January – Southampton centre-back Virgil van Dijk, 25, and versatile Bayern Munich player David Alaba, 24. (Daily Mirror) Southampton are keen to sign Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, 27, on loan with a view to a £25m summer move. (Daily Express) Crystal Palace insist Alan Pardew’s job as manager is safe despite the 55-year-old’s team having won just once in seven league matches. (London Evening Standard) Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has dismissed reports linking Argentina striker Lionel Messi, 29, with a move to Manchester City. (Guardian) Juventus striker Mario…

So, why was Hal Robson-Kanu wearing the number 4 shirt for West Brom last night? The Wales Euro 2016 hero came off the bench with 10 minutes to go in his sides’ 4-0 demolition of Burnley at the Hawthorns. While he has continued to play a starring role in the national side, the striker has had to make do with a succession of substitute appearances for Tony Pullis’ side. When he came on to the pitch last night, everyone seemed to be asking the same question…. Hal Robson-Kanu should be removed from the shortlist for the Puskas Award for his…

Moise Kean is the first player after first player born after 2000 to appear in the Champions League[/caption] Juventus forward Moise Kean became the first player born in this millennium to play in the Champions League when he appeared as a substitute in his team’s 3-1 win away to three-time Europa League champions Sevilla. But his historic appearance was not enough to break Celestine Babayaro’s 22- year record. Kean, who was just 16 years and 267 days old on Tuesday, climbed off the bench at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with just six minutes remaining, his arrival quickly coinciding with Juventus…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has told vandals of oil installations in the Niger Delta that nobody else in the world will destroy facilities meant to them. Osinbajo stressed that damaging of pipelines and oil installations in the Niger Delta is a destruction of facilities meant to help the people of the region. Speaking today while receiving a delegation of Urhobo leaders at the Presidential Villa, Prof. Osinbajo lamented that “so much damage is being done, governments will come and go, but this damages will ultimately destroy people’s livelihoods, aspirations and their future.” “Nobody else anywhere in the world…

A Muslim group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has kicked against the payment of 10-year allowances to former heads of state of Nigeria. MURIC’s reaction comes after some former heads of state are allegedly warming up to collect about ten months arrears of allowances. Among them are General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), General Abdul Salaam Abubakar (rtd) and General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd). In a statement signed by MURIC director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group said it is deeply disappointed that these retired army generals and former heads of state cannot voluntarily forgo their entitlements particularly in Nigeria’s trying…