Author: Chronicle Editor

GOtv Max customers can look forward to a great line-up of LIVE sporting events on ESPN (channel 38) from Saturday, 8th August 2020. First to air LIVE on your screen is the Scottish Premiership clash between St. Johnstone and Aberdeen, which airs at 12:25pm. Followed by the pre-season friendly: Ajax vs RKC Waalwijk at 5:40pm. Catch both matches this Saturday, 8th August. On Sunday, 9th August, we see the pre-season Dutch friendly action as Feyenoord goes against Sparta Rotterdam, which airs at 1:30pm. Later that day, we witness a top-flight Scottish action as champions Celtic faces Kilmarnock at 4:14pm. The…

Chelsea want to raise £65m through the sale of players in order to bid for West Ham’s 21-year-old England midfielder Declan Rice. (Star) Meanwhile, manager Frank Lampard says Chelsea tried to keep Brazil winger Willian but “would have no feeling of disappointment” if the he does move on, with the 31-year-old expected to join Arsenal on a free transfer when his contract expires this summer. (Mirror) Barcelona will make a £14m bid for Manchester City’s 19-year-old Spanish defender Eric Garcia after he told the Premier League side he would not sign a new contract. (Goal.com) Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli has denied Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 35, will leave the club following their Champions League…

Americans are being warned against drinking hand sanitiser after four people died and others were left with visual impairments. A total of 15 people – 13 men and two women – were admitted to hospital after ingesting sanitiser in the southern states of Arizona and New Mexico in May and June, a new report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. All of them, aged 21 to 65, had drunk hand sanitiser containing methanol, an ingredient deemed “not acceptable” by the US regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Four people out of the 15 died, three left…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 443 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Friday. The 443 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 45,687. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 207 patients from isolation centers across the country with six new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 70 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 15697. Nigeria announces 457 new coronavirus cases But it was Plateau state that recorded the highest…

Govt cannot do it alone, public-private sector collaboration crucial Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says as the Federal Government consolidates efforts designed to ward off a deep recession and effect significant changes in the economy, opportunities abound across different sectors in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) for the private sector to lead the charge for Nigeria’s economic growth and development, according to  SAN. Prof. Osinbajo made the call on Friday at the virtual edition of the Presidential Policy Dialogue of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). The Vice President said the ESP which is now being implemented by the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja received the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, urging party leaders and campaign team to do all that is necessary, following legal and constitutional means, to win the election. President Buhari received the governorship candidate at the State House alongside Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni; Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, and APC Campaign Chairman for Edo State elections and Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The President…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja assented to the Companies and Allied Matters, CAMA Bill, 2020 recently passed by the National Assembly. The President’s action on this important piece of legislation, therefore, repealed and replaced the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990, introducing after 30 years, several corporate legal innovations geared toward enhancing ease of doing business in the country. Such innovations include: a. Filing fee reductions and other reforms to make it easier and cheaper for small and medium-sized enterprises to register and reform their businesses in Nigeria; b. Allowing corporate promoters of companies to establish private…

An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 people, officials say. The aircraft, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway and broke in two at Calicut airport upon landing, India’s aviation authority said. The flight was repatriating Indians stranded by the coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “pained by the plane accident”. MK Raghavan, a lawmaker from Calicut, told the BBC at least 16 people died in the crash. Most people on board the Boeing 737 jet have been…

The inclusion of hate speech provision in the recently unveiled broadcast regulatory framework was the sole decision of Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, chronicle.ng has learnt. Insiders at the Information Ministry and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the industry regulator, disclosed that the minister deployed all the muscle of his office to ensure that the broadcast code contains a hefty punishment for default. The controversial code, presented to the public by the minister in Lagos on Monday, prescribes a fine of N5million for those who fall foul of the regulation. NBC and Information Ministry insiders said Mohammed…

Former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has returned to boyhood club Feyenoord as a coach. Van Persie, 37, had a final season as a player with the Dutch side in 2018-19 and will now work under manager Dick Advocaat to help the forwards. “It is not an official position so it’s hard for me to give it a title,” said the former Netherlands international. Willian takes pay cut to join Arsenal “It’s a win-win. I’ll find out here whether I like doing this and help the staff a bit.” Van Persie, who was capped 102 times for…