Author: Chronicle Editor

Hakim Ziyech scored a last-minute winner as Chelsea edged past Crystal Palace on their return to Premier League action. Thomas Tuchel’s side last played in the top flight almost a month ago when they defeated Tottenham, and have had a week’s rest since winning the Club World Cup last Saturday. It looked like they would be frustrated by their hosts but Ziyech popped up at the back post to stroke in a delightful volley from Marcos Alonso’s cross. Moroccan Ziyech had converted earlier in the second half when he swept home following Jack Butland’s save, but Romelu Lukaku was adjudged…

An APC faction loyal to Moshood Adeoti, has alleged widespread irregularities in the ongoing governorship primary election in Osun State. A statement on Saturday signed by Abiodun Agboola, Publicity Secretary, Osun APC, condemned the election describing it as a sham. “It is necessary and important to inform the general public and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq led Osun APC Primary Election Committee of the ongoing irregularities in the conduct of the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun,” the statement. “We strongly condemned the conduct of the primary election because it is nothing but a sham with…

Early results from the Osun APC governorship primary show that incumbent, Gboyega Oyetola has taken a healthy lead ahead of his rivals, Moshood Adeoti and Lasun Yusuf. At Eyindi Ward 07 in Ila-Orangun, Oyetola won all the 545 votes cast by party members. In Alusekere Ward 05 Ede North, Oyetola won 720 out of the 730 votes. Adeoti, a former government secretary, supported by former governor Rauf Aregbesola, got only 10 votes. There was no vote for Lasun Yusuf. Oyetola also won Ward 4, Ido Osun, Egbedore LG by a large margin. He got 489 out of the 524 votes…

Committee displays register for transparency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State on Friday said his committee will be fair to all aspirants in the Saturday’s APC governorship primaries in Osun. Speaking at the stakeholders’ meeting in Osogbo, the state capital, AbdulRazaq urged party leaders and members to be peaceful and conduct themselves in a way that would portray the party in good light. The stakeholders’ meeting was attended by all the aspirants for the governorship primaries: Governor Gboyega Oyetola; Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (Shehu); and former House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Lasun Yusuf. Members of the Osun State Governorship…

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has rallied All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Osun state ahead of the party primary in the state. Aregbesola who is at loggerheads with Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun is backing Moshood Adeoti to emerge as the party’s governorship candidate. In a message on Saturday morning, the two-term governor said, “Another electoral cycle has rolled by and we are now in that season again in Osun. We should thank God for the democratic right to participate in the electoral process of electing our leaders. “As you all know, this is a two staged process.…

By Lateef Adewole “Aguntan t’oba ba aja rin, yio j’egbe” (a lamb that associates with dog must feast on feaces) – Yoruba proverb. Many times, I wonder how writers in Nigeria manage to choose what to write about, especially those who write once a week like me. This is because, in some weeks, multiple events would happen that call for their intervention, but they are constrained to address one at a time mostly. That was my dilemma this week. There are many issues which a lot of people asked for my opinions. For now, the others have to wait. Moreover,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Brussels, Belgium, welcomed the designation of Nigeria as one of the six countries in Africa designated as manufacturing bases for the COVID-19 vaccine, while also calling for collaboration to address the effects of the pandemic. With the addition of Nigeria to the four countries earlier approved for the vaccine production on the continent, efforts by the Buhari administration to change the selection that the country considered unrepresentative of the needs, capabilities and population distribution in Africa has thus yielded the desired result. In his contribution to the ROUNDTABLE ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND VACCINE PRODUCTION…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET), Mr Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, on Friday said that the Federal Government was putting reforms in place to ensure stable power supply in the country. Ewelukwa made this known at a Capacity-Building Workshop for members of the Power Correspondents Association of Nigeria (PCAN) and civil society organisations in Lagos. At the workshop themed ‘Building knowledge and Plugging Skills Gap in Power Sector Reporting’, he explained that the aim by government is to address challenges in the power sector. He said that the critical reforms that the government had embarked upon were designed…

Real Madrid have submitted a final offer for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland, 21, which could be a blow to Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City’s hopes of signing the Norway international. (Sport, via Sun) Harry Kane, 28, will wait until the end of the season before deciding his Tottenham future, with the England captain currently not interested in discussing a contract extension. (Standard) Arsenal have been left angry following their failure to land Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 22, as Mikel Arteta now faces a summer scramble to solve the club’s striker conundrum. (Mirror) Thomas Tuchel says Cesar Azpilicueta…

The Nigeria embassy in Qatar is facing difficulties due to lack of passport machines, which has limited some Nigerians from continuing life in Qatar. Former Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation’s (NIDO) Qatar President, Victor Ikoli has expressed his frustrations over the lack of passport machines at the Nigeria embassy in Qatar and the obstacles it presents for Nigerians travelling. Ikoli said that the “challenges of renewal and procurement of passports” faced by the Nigerian diaspora in Qatar is an urgent matter and that the Nigerian Federal Government to weigh in on the issue. The difficult situation is especially concerning as some…