Author: Chronicle Editor

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday joined thousands of well-wishers from within and outside Nigeria to witness a grand Durbar held to mark the 10th coronation anniversary of Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III. No fewer than 3,000 beautifully-dressed horse riders drawn from across Nigeria participated in the durbar, held at the Sultan’s palace in Sokoto. Prominent Nigerians at the event included former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, serving and former Governors, among others. In a remark at the event, Governor Aminu Tambuwal said the durbar was organised to celebrate…

No fewer than 2, 620 registered rice farmers in nine Local Government Areas in Kogi will benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower programme for the dry season farming. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Tim Diche, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Lokoja on Saturday. Diche said that only registered farmers in the nine local governments along river basins and those that have rivers and dams available to them to do irrigation would access the loan for dry season farming. He said the local governments are; Ibaji, Idah, Igalamela, Bassa, Kogi, Yagba…

Horrific footage shows a female self-confessed ‘child-kidnapping witch doctor’ stripped naked and beaten before being sexually assaulted. The distressing clip was filmed in Nigeria and shows an angry mob of men bearing down on the woman, hitting her with wooden sticks and yelling at her. The woman – it is reported – had been caught red-handed trying to lure away young children with promises of ice cream in the south east Nigerian state of Imo. But the brutal mob turned the tables on the alleged child snatcher, who was subjected to a brutal beating as she was paraded naked…

Seven Energy International Limited, the leading integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, has signed a $112 million Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) with the Federal Government of Nigeria for the supply of natural gas, delivered by its wholly owned subsidiary Accugas, to the 560 MW Nigerian Integrated Power Project (NIPP), Calabar, Cross River State. The Partial Risk Guarantee is a financial instrument that will secure the supply of up to 130 million cubic feet per day (“MMcfpd”) of natural gas to NIPP Calabar, thereby enabling the consistent generation of an additional 560 MW of electricity to the national grid, approximately…

United States whistleblower and transgender Chelsea Manning attempted suicide for a second time last month, her lawyers say. Her legal team declined to give details but said prison conditions contributed to her fragile mental state. Manning was sentenced to 14 days in solitary confinement in September for charges relating to her attempt to kill herself in July. The transgender army private, born Bradley Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence for espionage. She was found guilty in September by prison officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, of “conduct which threatens” after her initial suicide attempt. She was also convicted of having “prohibited property”…

Rapper Jay Z and his singer wife, Beyonce joined Democrat presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, in Cleveland, Ohio, as Clinton ended the day’s campaigning at a concert. “We have unfinished work to do, more barriers to break, and with your help, a glass ceiling to crack once and for all,” Mrs Clinton said. Addressing the crowd, Jay Z explained his support for Mrs Clinton. He said that though he did not have any “ill will” towards Mr Trump, the Republican’s conversation was “divisive”. “That’s not an evolved soul to me, so he cannot be my president. He cannot be our president,”…

Dr David Oyedepo, the Bishop of the Living Faith Church worldwide, has warned to those criticising the school fees charged by Covenant University to desist to avoid incurring the wrath of God. Oyedepo, in a telecast to a pre-Shiloh 2016 Convention gathering of the church monitored via satellite in Jos on Saturday, said the critics were acting in ignorance and risked incurring the wrath of God. He said one of such critic smitten with a strange plague of chronic mouth odour over the act only received spiritual pardon following his confession and “my intervention before he was restored to dignity”.…

Nigerian Army troops of 121 Battalion, deployed at Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno, for Operation Lafiya Dole, on Saturday rescued one of the kidnapped Chibok girls. A statement issued by the army Spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman, in Abuja, said the girl was discovered while the troops were screening some escapees from Boko Haram terrorists’ hideout in Sambisa forest at about 6 a.m. Usman gave the name of the recued girl as Maryam Ali Maiyanga. “She was discovered to be carrying a 10-month-old son, named Ali. She has been taken to the unit’s medical facility for proper medical check up.…

By Prof Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò A Nigerian doctor, a professor of pediatric surgery, Oluyinka Olutoye, has been in the news lately, the world over. He has been the toast of the world of medical research. He has been interviewed on BBC and has been written about widely. All the accolades are well-deserved. What he did was as close to a miracle as you will see science come to. He was the attending physician in a case in which a foetus early in its development was found to have a rare cancer on its tailbone that was sure to be fatal if…

Manchester United will trigger Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin’s £30m release clause in January, with manager Jose Mourinho earmarking the 30-year-old to provide his team with leadership. (Sun) Memphis Depay, who cost Manchester United £31m in May 2015, recognises his career at the club may be over. The 22-year-old is open to a loan move to Fenerbahce in January. (Guardian) MLS side LA Galaxy are considering making a move for 35-year-old Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic when his contract runs out at the end of the season. (Daily Mirror) Sunderland manager David Moyes believes that the problems experienced by Jose…