Author: Chronicle Editor

Nigeria’s Senate are on the verge of deploying local fabric, Aso Oke’ as school caps and cardigans in a bid to encourage locally made goods and improve employment ratings. Nigeria’s senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, hinted this during the launch of his “Skill Acquisition, Training and Empowerment Programme (STEP)” on Sunday in Ilorin, Kwara State. He said there is a need to stop the increasing unemployment and youth restiveness across the country for meaningful development to take place. He said the Senate was considering the use of local fabric “Aso-Oke” as material for school pupils’ caps and cardigans to provide…

Everton manager Ronald Koeman says he wants to sign Manchester United’s 22-year-old forward Memphis Depay. (Fox Sports Netherlands via Sky Sports) Meanwhile, Juventus might try to buy Depay if they fail in their bid to sign 25-year-old Real Madrid attacking midfielder James Rodriguez. (Don Balon – in Spanish) West Ham defender Reece Oxford, 17, is set to sign new long-term deal with the club. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle United might have to pay £8m in January for 19-year-old Gent defender Wilfried Ndidi. (Shields Gazette) Striker Harry Kane, 23, and Tottenham have agreed to put all talks over a new contract on…

Newcastle United will have to stump up if they are to make a January move for reported target Wilfried Ndidi. The Magpies have been linked with a winter window bid for the Genk defender, and are rumoured to have scouted the Nigerian international on several occasions this season. But the price of the highly-rated 19-year-old, as well as Premier League interest could scupper any potential switch. Benitez is understood to have cash at his disposal in January, should he feel the need to spend it. A lot may depend on the situation United find themselves in. Should their charge at…

A prediction by influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua that Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election has been removed from his Facebook account. Mr Joshua told his congregation on Sunday that he “saw” a woman winning. After Donald Trump convincingly won Tuesday’s vote, visitors to the preacher’s Facebook page noticed the prophecy had been removed. The wealthy pastor is known as “the prophet” to his many followers. He is one of Nigeria’s best-known and influential evangelists – and is popular across Africa, with many top politicians among his flock. The US election prediction was broadcast on Mr Joshua’s…

Chelsea are keen to sign Paris St-Germain’s 24-year-old midfielder Marco Verratti and the Blues are listening to offers for their Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 29. (Daily Mirror) Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, 74, has opened up on his infamous ‘hairdryer treatment’ and claims he only ever lost his cool with players half a dozen times in 27 years. (Sun) Everton are considering a January loan move for out-of-favour Manchester United winger Memphis Depay, 22. (Liverpool Echo) Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, 28, has dismissed links with Real Madrid and said he will only ever leave City to move…

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has vowed to keep his word to tear his Green Card if Donald Trump was elected US president. Soyinka in an interview assured doubting thomases that he will fulfill his promise on 20 January 2017, the day Trump will be officially sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. In the build up to the US election, Soyinka had threatened to trash his US green card, if the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, won. In an exclusive email interview with The Interview on Wednesday, Soyinka vowed to keep his word. He also spoke on…

The face off between the Edo state government and the monarch of Uromi town has reached a climax, with his deposition. The Adams Oshiomhole government in a terse statement today by secretary Professor Julius Ihonvbere announced government’s decision. Government in a letter today conveyed its decision to the deposed king, Ojuromi of Uromi. The letter addressed him ordinarily as Mr Aselm O Edenojie. The government statement which was entitled: “Deposition from Office as Ojuromi of Uromi: Addendum”, read: “Please be informed that the initial Exco decision of 26th October 2016 has been further affirmed. “Consequently, you have been deposed as…

United States President Barack Obama and his vanquished would-be successor Hillary Clinton sought Wednesday to heal the wounds opened by the most acrimonious US election in memory, as they assured President-elect Donald Trump that Americans were “rooting” for his success. Despite the bitter rhetoric, insults and political jabs that tarnished the long campaign, the top Democrats made clear they now sought a smooth and orderly transition in the world’s largest economy. “I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans,” she told supporters in her first public remarks since the upset result dashed her chances of becoming…

Conciliatory comments from US President-elect Donald Trump in the aftermath of his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton helped global stock markets recover a large chunk of their earlier losses Wednesday. Though uncertainty remains over Trump’s trade, immigration and geopolitical policies and what his victory means for the future of globalization, investors appeared somewhat calmed by his victory speech, in which he praised Clinton and urged Americans to “come together as one united people” after a divisive campaign. “While Trump slightly soothed some concerns in his victory speech, uncertainty remains over what kind of a U.S. he plans to lead,” said…

Many Muslims around the world expressed dismay on Wednesday at Donald Trump’s election as United States president, saying they feared it might raise tensions between the West and Islam and contribute to radicalisation. While Egypt’s president made an early congratulatory call to Trump, ordinary Muslims were worried that his victory would be a propaganda gift to jihadist groups. Others were apprehensive that the president-elect will implement campaign pledges to clamp down on Muslims entering the United States. “Trump has espoused highly inflammatory rhetoric against Muslims. Voters there will expect him to fulfill his promises. That makes me worry about the…