Author: Chronicle Editor

Slavia Prague scored a dramatic stoppage time equaliser to leave Arsenal’s Europa League ambitions hanging in the balance. Substitute Nicolas Pepe thought he had earned the Gunners a slender quarter-final first-leg advantage when he broke the deadlock in the 86th minute. But Tomas Holes headed home in the dying moments of the game from close range to give Slavia Prague a precious away goal. The second leg in Prague takes place next Thursday (20:00 BST) and Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, despite his side conceding so late, still believes they will progress to the semi-finals. “The mindset has to be to…

Manchester United took a big step towards the Europa League semi-finals with an away win over Granada in the first leg of their last-eight tie. Marcus Rashford put United ahead when he superbly collected Victor Lindelof’s long pass and slid a finish past home goalkeeper Rui Silva. Yangel Herrera, on loan from Manchester City, hit the outside of the post for the Spanish side and ex-Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado also fired wide. United doubled their lead late on when Bruno Fernandes squeezed a penalty past Silva after Yan Brice fouled the Portuguese midfielder. The second leg is at Old Trafford…

Senator Rochas Okorocha(Imo West) has slammed Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma for what he described as politicisation of Monday’s attacks on Imo Police Headquarters and Correctional Centre. Uzodimma had alleged some aggrieved sponsored the attacks where over 1,800 inmates were freed with the Police Headquarters razed. But Okorocha, during a condolence visit to the family of late Mrs. Felicia Kanen Biskanga in Kuru, expressed disgust over the pronouncement. He told reporters the Governor should face the challenges of leadership by applying wisdom instead of apportioning blames. He explained despite the challenges of IPOB and other agitators during his tenure as Governor,…

The Lagos State Government will be diverting the traffic on Adegbola Street from Sunday 11th April, 2021 for 15 months. This is to enable the construction of Ikeja Overpass for the Red Line Project of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit. https://twitter.com/followlasg/status/1380173698599096320?s=20 Commissioner for Transportation Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement, explained the diversion was in line with the need to preserve and protect motorists and other road users against any form of accident during the stipulated construction duration. While assuring adequate traffic management plan has been put in place for the period of the diversion, the Commissioner disclosed that motorists…

The eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) that were kidnapped in Kaduna have regained their freedom. The heartwarming news was made known by the General Overseer of the church, Pastor E.A. Adeboye via his official Twitter handle. Chronicle NG had earlier reported that the eight members of the renowned church were abducted on the Kachia-Kafanchan highway Friday evening while travelling in the church’s bus. Abductors of RCCG members demand N50m According to the General Overseer: “Today I got the exciting news that our brethren who were in captivity of kidnappers have all been released and taken…

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar fought back with handmade guns and firebombs against a crackdown by security forces in a town in the northwest but at least 11 of the protesters were killed, domestic media reported on Thursday. Initially, six truckloads of troops were deployed to quell protesters in the town of Taze, the Myanmar Now and Irrawaddy news outlets said. When the protesters fought back with handmade guns, knives and firebombs, five more truckloads of troops were brought in. Fighting continued into Thursday morning and at least 11 protesters were killed and about 20 wounded, the media said. There was…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that the late official driver to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Sa’idu Afaka, was not detained or tortured by the service before his death. A statement by Dr Peter Afunanya, DSS Public Relations Officer on Thursday in Abuja, said that reports in some section of the media that the department tortured the late driver to death was a misleading information. Afunanya said the driver was never arrested nor detained by the department. According to him, suspect handling method is usually in compliance with the tenets of criminal justice administration system and democracy. The…

For the sixth day in a row, no death has been recorded in Nigeria according to the data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). However 110 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Wednesday. The last time the health agency recorded a death was on April 1 when the toll increased by one to 2,058. Wednesday’s new cases were reported from 11 states, including Lagos (24), Yobe (24), FCT (16), Bayelsa (10), Rivers (10), Kaduna (10),Nasarawa (5), Akwa Ibom (4), Bauchi (3), Edo (3), and Plateau(1). To date, the country has recorded 163,440 cases of the virus out…

Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, Abdulsalami Abubakar on Wednesday said there are an estimated six million illicit weapons circulating in Nigeria. He spoke during a meeting of the NPC with the Nigerian Guild of Editors. The meeting was focused on proferring solutions to insecurity in Nigeria. According to Abdulsalami, the proliferation of illicit arms has contributed greatly to the current insecurity climate in the country. “The proliferation of the calibre of weapons not only in our sub-region, but in general, and in Nigeria in particular, is worrying,” he said. “It is estimated that over…

Four bandit leaders on Thursday said they have denounced their illegal activities in Katsina state and surrendered 45 rustled cattle, two General Purpose machine guns, 24 AK 47 assault rifles, 109 GMPG ammunition, 95 7.62MM Live Ammunition, among others. Katsina State is one of the states worst hit by the activities of bandits across the country. Last December, bandits kidnapped over 300 pupils from a boy’s secondary boarding school in Kankara. Bandits ask for amnesty The boys were released within a week after successful negotiations with the kidnappers, the Katsina government said. Gunmen attack another Imo Police station, abduct officer…