Author: Chronicle Editor

Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw made Champions League history on Tuesday – with the 12 goals they shared the highest in a single match. Thomas Tuchel’s side beat their Polish opponents 8-4 on a truly memorable evening in Germany. It surpassed the 11 scored when Monaco beat Deportivo La Coruna 8-3 in 2003. There were seven goals in 22 first-half minutes – and Legia ended up as the first side to score four goals in a Champions League match and still lose. A record-breaking evening It is the first time in Champions League history that eight players scored in a…

Leicester City’s remarkable debut Champions League campaign continued as they reached the knockout stages with one game to spare by beating Club Brugge. The Foxes needed a point to move into the last 16, yet secured three to ensure they will finish top of Group G. A smart finish into the top corner by Shinji Okazaki, after a fine cross by Christian Fuchs, set Claudio Ranieri’s side on their way. Riyad Mahrez doubled the lead from the penalty spot – his fourth goal in five Champions League games – after Marc Albrighton was fouled by Dion Cools, before Jose Izquierdo…

Tottenham crashed out of the Champions League as they were comprehensively outclassed by a rejuvenated Monaco side at Stade Louis II. Djibril Sidibe’s header early in the second half sparked a stunning sequence of three goals in just five minutes that saw Spurs’ Champions League hopes swiftly fade, grow and fade again. Harry Kane’s penalty, awarded when Dele Alli was pulled back, put Spurs on level terms but, just 39 seconds later, Monaco had the ball in the net again through Thomas Lemar. Victory takes Monaco through to the last 16 as deserved winners of Group E ahead of Bayer…

Donald Trump supporters are lashing out at the president-elect for backing down from prosecuting Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. His team said he would not keep his campaign pledge to try to have her jailed, and Mr Trump later said it would be too divisive to go ahead with. The FBI cleared her of any criminality but chants of “lock her up” became a rallying cry at his campaign events. Conservatives seized on the news as a “betrayal” and a “broken promise”. Redstate.com said that a failure to appoint a special prosecutor, as he promised,…

Pay-TV provider, GOtv, has added two new channels, R2TV and Tiwa n Tiwa, on its bouquets. Royal Roots Television (R2TV) is a 24-hour entertainment channel broadcasting in English language, while Tiwa n Tiwa is a Yoruba language music and lifestyle channel. Tiwa n Tiwa and R2TV are accessible to GOtv Plus and GOtv Value customers on GOtv channels 111 and channel 112 respectively. At launch, both channels will be available to GOtv subscribers in Benin, Ibadan, Lagos and Port Harcourt only. Both channels feature originally produced and licensed music, fashion, theatre, dance, drama, movies, talk shows, cooking shows, docuseries and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 closed its case against former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, who is standing trial before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja on charges of money laundering to the tune of N1.6billion. Nyame is facing trial on a 41-count charge of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of state funds to the tune of N1.64billion between 1999 and 2007 during his tenure as governor. At the resumed hearing today, counsel to EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, told the court that the prosecution had decided this…

A Federal High Court, has ordered that status quo be maintained in a N3billion debt recovery suit filed by First Bank of Nigeria Limited against an oil company, Vine Oil and Gas Limited. The order of the court was as a result of an application filed by a Lagos lawyer, Bimbo Akeredolu SAN, on behalf of, Vine and Gas FZE (tank farm)) and Vine and Gas limited company challenging the appointment of Mr Akin Adesomoju as the receiver of the tank farm and the oil company while another lawyer Mr Sylva Ogwemoh SAN had also filed an application on behalf…

Goods worth about N450 million were destroyed in a fire that gutted Erisco Foods Ltd warehouse in Lagos, Mr Tokunbo Agbede, the company’s General Manager said on Tuesday. Tokunbo made the disclosure at a news conference on in Lagos. Agbede said that the cause of the incident which happened about 6 a.m. on Monday at the Eleganza Warehouse of the company had yet to be ascertained. He said that investigation into the incident was ongoing by the Nigerian Police and the Lagos State Fire Service. “The fire is a colossal loss to the company at a time when we are…

Suspected Boko Haram militants launched three attacks in northern Cameroon within 24 hours, including a thwarted suicide strike on a camp for people who have been displaced by the conflict, security sources said on Tuesday. The Islamist militant group is based in northeastern Nigeria but regularly carries out raids in neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, prompting the four countries plus Benin to create a 10,000-strong joint task force. The frequency of the attacks has dropped in recent months, although more than 1,500 people have been killed in Cameroon by such attacks, International Crisis Group said in a report this month.…

In a major sting operation to checkmate corruption and professional misconduct within and outside the police, the authorities have arrested nine policemen for robbery, kidnapping, aiding and abetting serious crimes. The nine policemen were paraded today at the Force headquarters Abuja. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Don Awunah, identified the arrested officers as: ASP Yuguda Abbah, Sgt Habila Sarki, Diphen Nimmyel, Sgt Yasan Danda, Sgt Abbas Mailalle, Sgt Bwanason Tanko, Sgt Donan James, Corporal Idris Salisu and CPL Zakari Kofi. The dismissed officers were found guilty of unprofessional conduct, aiding and abetting serious crimes like cattle…