Author: Chronicle Editor

Tom Brady, one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL, has confirmed his retirement. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, 44, won seven Super Bowls in an astonishing career spanning 22 seasons. Brady won six titles with the New England Patriots before his final triumph with the Buccaneers last year. The five-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player is retiring after deciding he could no longer make the “competitive commitment” to continue. His final game in the NFL was a 30-27 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the play-offs, when his heroics narrowly failed to pull off a…

As bill to regulate payment mode passes second reading A bill seeking to make the annual payment of rent illegal in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has scaled second reading in the Senate. Tagged: “A Bill for the Regulation of Advanced Rent on Residential Apartments, Office Space” was sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi (Kogi West). The lawmaker, in his lead debate on the general principles, said the bill seeks to regulate the mode of payment of rent on residential apartments, office space, rooms and accommodation in the FCT. According to him, the move by the chamber to regulate the payment…

Senate passes bill to establish school of mines and geological studies The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the School of Mines and Geological Studies, Guyuk. Also passed was the Federal Universities of Technology Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The chamber, with the passage of the FUTA (Amendment) bill, gave an approval for the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, from a Diploma awarding institution to a full-fledged Degree awarding Federal University of Technology. The passage of both bills followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. Offa Poly…

Senators belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus would be holding a meeting today immediately after plenary. Also billed to hold an emergency meeting immediately after plenary is the caucus of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The notice of meeting was conveyed in two separate letters signed by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi and the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe. The letters were read by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege who presided over plenary on Tuesday. Abaribe, in the letter disclosed that the PDP caucus meeting which is scheduled to hold at 2pm is between PDP Senators and members…

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he will contest for the presidency in 2023 if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zones the ticket to the South East. Obi who was the vice presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election, made this statement on his Twitter handle at exactly 12.30am on February 1, revealing that he will contest if it is zoned to the South East but that if it thrown open, Nigerians will also hear from him. https://twitter.com/PeterObi/status/1488293532754448384?s=20&t=gp6GtwatgcvNtfSe9b_IgA Obi’s declaration will make him the second PDP member from the South East to declare to…

Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday sentenced one Olasupo Temitayo Ayomide to four months imprisonment for fraudulent impersonation. The 21-year-old defendant, who claims to be an undergraduate studying accounting was arraigned on one count charge by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The defendant had sometime in October 2021 impersonated the identity of Clifford Smith with the intent to defraud one Greshen in contravention of Section 22(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Cybercrimes ( Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act 2015 and punishable under same Act. The charge…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command on Friday, January 28, 2022, returned eleven houses recovered in different parts of Enugu to Chief Arthur Eze. The properties were recovered by the EFCC from the duo of Olisaebuka Okechukwu Eze and Onyeka Nnadozie Eze, administration and finance manager respectively in Arthur Eze’s firm, accused of criminal breach of trust and diversion of funds belonging to the business mogul. Investigation established that the duo who are also nephew of Chief Eze, used proceeds of their alleged criminal activities to acquire choice properties in Enugu and other parts of South…

Lyon tried to sign Arsenal’s France forward Alexandre Lacazette during the transfer window and the Ligue 1 side will now look to do a deal for their former striker, 30, in the summer. (L’Equipe – in French) France striker Kylian Mbappe, 23, has agreed to join Real Madrid on a free transfer when his Paris St-Germain contract expires in the summer. (Bild – in German) Newcastle United target Sven Botman says the club is taking on a “nice” project and while the 22-year-old Dutch defender says he is “fine” at Lille, he expects to leave during the summer. (Ziggo Sport…

Cardiff City have signed Middlesbrough striker Uche Ikpeazu on loan for the rest of the season. Cardiff had shelved interest in Ikpeazu last week because Middlesbrough wanted a fee for the former Wycombe player. However, the Bluebirds revived their interest after Boro agreed to a loan move on transfer-deadline day. Ukpeazu, 26, has scored three goals in 21 appearances for the Teesside club this season having been handed a three-year deal by Neil Warnock last summer. But Chris Wilder, who took over from Warnock in November, had “made it perfectly clear” to Ikpeazu that he was not in his plans.…

Financial Times Newspaper has posited that Nigeria will fare better if Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is elected president in the 2023 general elections. In an Op-Ed by David Pilling published yesterday, the writer reckoned that although all Nigeria’s problems will not go away, the election of a technocrat will put Nigeria on the right track. Pilling noted that, “There are some promising candidates. If Yemi Osinbajo, the technocratic vice-president, were miraculously to make it through the campaign thicket and emerge as president, the hearts of Nigerian optimists would beat a little faster. “But that may be to underestimate the depth…