Author: David Great

Chelsea have finally found some consistency coming to the end of the Premier League season, and want to end the campaign on a high by achieving their ambition of a place in Europe, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday. Chelsea go into Sunday’s final game of the season at home to Bournemouth on the back of four consecutive wins, and have lost just one league match in their last 14, taking them to sixth in the standings. “It’s really important for us to finish in the way we are doing now, with the confidence and the way we are playing…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned Nigerians against buying pre-registered SIM cards, citing the illegal nature of the practice, and could attract severe consequences. In an advisory note sighted by Chronicle NG on its X handle on Friday, the telecom regulator emphasized that the use of pre-registered SIM cards compromises the accuracy of consumer information. “Buying pre-registered SIM cards is criminal and may lead to imprisonment, implication in identity theft, financial fraud, kidnapping and armed robbery,” part of the advisory noted. The NCC explained that using a pre-registered SIM card undermines the reliability of data collected on consumers, making…

Tracka has demanded that the Budget Office of the Federation release the budgetary details of the ₦100 billion Zonal Intervention Project, ZIP, better known as constituency projects as outlined in the 2024 Federal Government Budget. Head of Tracka, Ayomide Ladipo stated this in a statement seen by Chronicle NG on Friday. Stating the reasons behind the demand, Ladipo said, “In previous years, the specifics of this section of the Federal Government budget were available on the Budget Office of the Federation’s website for public access. However, despite President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signing the budget on January 1, 2024, the detailed…

Manchester United manager, Erik Ten Hag has said defender, Luke Shaw’s injury is more complicated than previously thought and will miss the team’s final game of the Premier League season against Brighton & Hove Albion. Luke Shaw has played 15 games for United across all competitions this term. The full-back was expected to return from muscle injury before the end of the season. United, in eighth place, visit Brighton on Sunday. Ten Hag’s side are level on 57 points with seventh-placed Newcastle United, who visit Brentford. Ten Hag’s hopes for a European berth hinges on the result of the FA…

Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann ignored the late claims of Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels and Julian Brandt when he named a largely unchanged squad for the 2024 Euros on Thursday. 2014 World Cup winner Hummels and midfielder Brandt have been key figures in Dortmund’s run to the Champions League final, where they will face Real Madrid, but Nagelsmann preferred to stick with the team which beat France and the Netherlands in March. Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka was also left out of the hosts’ 27-man squad – it will be reduced to 26 after the June friendlies against Ukraine and Greece -…

The family of deceased Indian staff of Primepak Industries Nigeria Limited, Mr Yogendra Chandra Vadran Rathod and five others whose boarding passes were alleged to have been cancelled despite meeting all the international travel standard requirements have slammed N1,199,991,947 on Ethiopian Airlines. The plaintiffs comprise a limited liability company, Primepak Industries Nigeria Limited the spouse of the deceased Mrs Vibhaben Yogendra Rathod his daughter Miss Rhythm Yogendra Rathod, accompanying medical doctor, Dr. Joy Jobin, travel companion of the doctor, Mr Vipul Kumar Rathod and patient assistant accompanying the deceased. According to a suit filed before a federal high court in…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has alerted Kano State residents to possibility of high risk flooding in 14 out of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. The NIMET Kano/Jigawa Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, stated this at a Disaster Risk Management Stakeholders Coordination Meeting on Seasonal Climate Prediction and Annual Flood Outlook in Kano. Abdullahi named the LGAs to include Rimin Gado, Tofa, Kabo, Madobi, Garum Malam, Bebeji, Rano, Dawakin Kudu, Warawa, Wudil, Sumaila, Ajingi, Kura and Dala. He said that five other LGAs- Karaye, Takai, Bunkure, Dawakin Tofa and Makoda, were moderately prone to high risk flooding.…

Premier League clubs are to hold a vote on a proposal to scrap the video assistant referee (VAR) from next season. According to a report by The Athletic Wolves have made a formal submission calling to abolish VAR, which will set off a league-wide vote on the matter at next month’s Annual General Meeting. A statement from Wolves said the move comes “after careful consideration and with the utmost respect for the Premier League, (referees body) PGMOL and our fellow competitors. “There is no blame to be placed – we are all just looking for the best possible outcome for…

In its resolve to continue to encourage gender equality and bridge the gap in the work environment, in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) space, inq. Nigeria, the global leading-edge solutions provider, with innovative business-relevant services in Digital, Cloud, Intelligent Connectivity and Security solutions in Nigeria, has called for the support of the girl-child to occupy the driver’s seat in the global ICT ecosystem and technology advancement. The call to action was made during the celebration of this year’s International Girls in ICT Day, an event aimed at recognizing and empowering girls and women in ICT-related careers. Organized by E-Business…

The Lagos State Taskforce has impounded 220 commercial bikes popularly known as okada along Victoria Island, Bourdillon, Falomo, Ikeja, Abeokuta Expressway, Ojodu Berger and Fagba in a week long operation. This was revealed on Wednesday in a statement by the taskforce spokesman Gbadeyan Abdulraheem sighted by Chronicle NG. The chairman of the taskforce CSP Shola Jeleloye described the activities of the stubborn okada operators as deplorable and vowed to carry out more traffic enforcement exercises in the coming weeks till they are completely taken off the Highways and restricted routes. Okada operators across the State are advised to to tow…