Author: David Great

Victor Boniface was on the score sheet as Bayer Leverkusen stretched their unbeaten run in all competitions this season to a whopping 48 games thanks to a 5-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt, ending their five-match losing run in away head-to-heads in the process. With the league title in the bag, one foot in the UEFA Europa League final and a DFB-Pokal final on the horizon, things couldn’t be going much better for Leverkusen at the moment. However, given the prospect of an unbeaten league season is still on the cards, there was never likely to be let-up in performance levels,…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air components of Operations Hadin Kai and Whirl Punch in the North-East and North-Central killed several terrorists in airstrikes in Borno and Niger. The air force disclosed this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the air components had continued to obliterate terrorists and destroy their structures, equipment and mobility, thereby limiting their ability to attack ground troops and innocent Nigerians at will. In the North-East, he said the air interdiction was authorised and conducted on May 3 over Chinane, a location tucked inside the…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has cleared 37 contestants vying for various positions in its forthcoming election. This was contained in a document cited by  Chronicle NG on Sunday in Abuja, which show that 12 others were disqualified from the poll. However, it was stated that disqualified candidates reserve the right to appeal to the National Officers Election Appeal Committee. The NBA election is scheduled to take place on July 20, 2024, and all registered members from branches across the country are expected to participate. It also stated that an electronic voting system has been adopted by the body for…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the FCT, and to publish copies of the loan agreements, including details and locations of projects executed with the loans.” The suit followed the disclosure last month by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State that the immediate past administration of Nasir El-Rufai left $587m, N85bn debt and 115 contractual liabilities, making it impossible for the state to pay…

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied listing ex-governors who are under investigation for corruption. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC spokesperson said the commission feels obliged to dissociate itself from a phantom report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list of ex-governors being investigated for alleged corruption. The report headlined: “EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex-Governors that Embezzled N2.187 Trillion”, in one of the news outlets, is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium.…

Real Madrid claimed a record 36th league title on Saturday after a 3-0 win over Cadiz before Barcelona lost to Catalan rivals Girona 4-2 later in the evening. After the weekend’s fixtures, Barcelona were left on 73 points, meaning Los Blancos had an unassailable lead at the top of the table with four games to go. The battle for second place will continue on though with Girona now ahead of Barca. After missing out on the championship last year to arch-rivals Barca, the Madridstas clinched their second crown under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti, who led them to top spot…

Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Bobbing on the waves of the English Channel on a clear morning, the migrant boats sailed across the narrow strip of sea separating France and Britain, with a French naval vessel following them until they reached English waters. Their largely male passengers, some of whom were in orange life jackets and waving, were taken aboard a British Border Force vessel off Dover. The arrivals illustrate the difficulties British…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has unbundled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with the establishment of the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited (NISO). The commission disclosed this in an order signed by its chairman, Sanusi Garba and Muslim Oseni, vice chairman, in Abuja on Saturday. According to the order, TCN will transfer all market and system operation functions to the newly formed NISO. The commission said that this is in line with the provisions of the Electricity Act 2023, which provides clearer guidelines for the incorporation and licensing of the independent system operator (ISO). It said…

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested four ex-convicts after they conspired and robbed a Minna residence of valuables worth millions of naira. The suspects, Yahaya Mohammed, Ayuba Simon, Menasse Makama and Nuhu Azuka; confessed to their crimes during interrogation. The command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun made this known on Friday in a statement in which he said the suspects were arrested following a complaint received from a concerned resident. “On 15/4/2024 at about 0250hrs, we received a direct complaint from the Brighter area of Minna, that some suspected armed robbers invaded a residence within the area, robbed the…

The federal government has mandated all chief medical directors and medical directors of federal tertiary hospitals to procure needles and syringes solely from NAFDAC-approved local manufacturers. The new directive was stated in a circular addressed to all medical directors signed by the Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, on Friday. The minister said that the directive aimed to boost domestic production and shield the country’s manufacturing sector from the influx of foreign goods. The circular also mandated NAFDAC to stop issuing licences for importing foreign-manufactured needles and syringes. Alausa said the health sector had dented local pharmaceutical industries, which…