Author: David Great

Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that is committed to greater access to quality care for patients around the world has appointed Olufisayo Okunsanya as its Nigeria representative. Okunsanya a well experienced healthcare manager is the lead consultant at the 6334 Business Services. In a statement sighted by Chronicle NG, the Cleveland, Ohio based medical center believes the appointment of Okunsanya. “As part of its continued efforts to ensure greater access to quality care for patients around the world, Cleveland Clinic is broadening its network of in-country representatives to include Nigeria. “Cleveland Clinic’s in-country representatives are local citizens…

The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirmed the development to our correspondent on Sunday night. One of the sources said, “Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service, and he would be extradited to Nigeria this week by INTERPOL.” Another source noted, “As we had said before that Anjarwalla would be extradited, he has…

Jude Bellingham scored a 91st-minute goal to give Real Madrid a 3-2 win over Barcelona in a pulsating El Clasico clash on Sunday. Real twice fought back from a goal down before Bellingham smashed in the winner at the far post from about six yards out to beat the champions for a fourth successive time. The result left second-placed Barca 11 points adrift of the leaders with six games left. Barca were left licking their wounds after being knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday in a heartbreaking 4-1 defeat against Paris St Germain. Real’s win, on the other…

Nottingham Forest have protested their 0-2 loss against Everton in a Premier League match on Sunday, describing the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as a Luton fan. The relegation-threatened club said it had protested the choice of the VAR referee to Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Everton beat Forest 2-0 at Goodison Park but the away side believes they were denied three penalties in the game as both teams battle relegation. In a post on social media, Forest reacted to the loss. “Three extremely poor decisions – three penalties not given – which we simply cannot accept. “We warned the…

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has approved payment of N138.7m as car and housing loans to 448 teaching and non-teaching staff of the state Teaching Service Commission. This was revealed in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, Mr Mike Omolayo, in Ado Ekiti, the State capital Saturday Omolayo stated that “successful applicants under the scheme are expected to obtain letters of introduction signed by their principals and bursars, present their official identity cards and as well photocopies of their biometric data forms, appointment and confirmation letters to facilitate the payment processes.” Omolayo said that…

By Femi Onakanren Recently, the media space has been agog with different plausible explanations for the continued appreciation of the naira (NGN) in the money market. The development has led many to question if the NGN was truly floated or if the CBN has gone back to the bad habit of defending the NGN (currency subsidy). There have been accounts that claimed that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s, market intervention sales to the Bureau de Change businesses (BDCs) was a clever reintroduction of currency subsidization Some even alleged that the CBN deliberately allowed the FX rate to go up…

The Uyo Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of the proprietor of Uyo Cybercrime Training Centre, Ikemesit Edet ((a.k.a Hustle Kingdom HK). Ikemesit Edet was jailed on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, after pleading guilty to two-count charges bordering on impersonation, love scam, hacking/editing of social media accounts and private criminal tutoring, upon his arraignment by the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC. Count one reads: That you Ikemesit Edet IK sometime in January 2024 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court, being the occupier and a person concerned with…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “provide our organization with documents on the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations received by your state and the FCT since 1999, and to widely publish any such documents.” SERAP also urged them “to invite Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to jointly track and monitor the spending of FAAC allocations by your state and the FCT and to probe any allegations of corruption linked…

Holders Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 with a late Bernardo Silva goal on Saturday to reach the FA Cup final after an absorbing end-to-end Wembley semi-final. Silva sidefooted the ball home in the 84th minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic parried a shot from former Blues midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. City will meet Manchester United or second-tier Coventry City, who play on Sunday, in the showpiece game on May 25. The result offered some consolation for Pep Guardiola’s side, who were eliminated on penalties in the Champions League quarter-finals by Real Madrid in midweek. Silva, who missed a penalty in…

President Bola Tinubu has commended Nigerian Chess maestro, Tunde Onakoya, on setting a new world chess record. In a statement signed by his Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale on Saturday, Tinubu thanked Onakoya for “sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity at the square of global acclaim”. Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Saturday, after playing for over 58 hours undefeated. At the marathon taking place at New York’s Times Square, Onakoya exceeded the record set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018. The President, according to the statement, celebrated…