Author: David Great

The Appeal Court, Abuja Division, has set aside the injunction granted by the High Court of Kogi State restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from the investigation and prosecution of Governor Yahaya Bello and other State officials. The EFCC had, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, filed a motion before the Appellate Court, asking for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court in Suit No: HCL/696/2022 between Kogi State Government and the Commission, and Others delivered on December 12, 2022 as well as the consequential order made on the February 6, 2023. In…

The House of Representatives has denied receiving a $15 million bribe to approve the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the N22.7 trillion Ways and Means advances taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria. In denying reports of the bribe, the House of Reps claimed that their decisions and actions are always taken in the public interest. Nigeria is a country rife in corruption and the promises of Buhari to nip corruption in the bud has largely failed with many reports of corruption under his eight-year administration. Buhari completes his two-term tenure on May 29 but is seeking to…

Mobile telecommunication company, MTN Plc, has announced the change of its recharge and data activation codes. Subscribers on the MTN network used *555* for recharging and *131# for buying data but that has now changed. Though MTN did not give reasons for the change in codes, however, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), on the 14th of March 2023, released a harmonized short codes to be used by mobile network operators and customers in the country. The codes according to the NCC are designed to help make telecommunication services easier and less burdensome for both the users and the network providers.…

Michael Olasubomi Balogun, founder of the First City Merchant Bank (FCMB) died at the age of 89 in London on Friday morning, reports say. Chronicle NG cannot independently confirm the cause of his death at the time of this report. Born in 1934 at Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State to Muslim parents, Subomi Balogun converted to Christianity while in secondary school. He graduated from Igbobi College and studied Law at the London School of Economics before leaving for Europe, he briefly worked as a teacher. As a student in London, Balogun regularly attended fellowships and had the opportunity to meet some noted…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State presided over by Justice M N Yunusa, has declared the candidature of Abia State governor-elect Alex Otti and all Labour Party candidates in Abia and Kano States null and void. The court concluded that Alex Otti and the election of others did not comply with the terms of the 2022 electoral legislation. A copy of the court’s decision on Friday morning was sighted by Chronicle NG. Labour Party’s Alex Otti emerges winner of Abia governorship election ‘The party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be said…

An unspecified number of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have reportedly been kidnapped by unidentified armed men. The abductees who were traveling back after a successful orientation camp exercise in Ondo State were kidnapped in the late hours of Tuesday at 9:00 p.m., on their way to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Confirming the incident, an eyewitness called a radio station in Port Harcourt to announce the kidnap of her sister-in-law and her colleagues. The eyewitness stated that the Corps members were taken on the Rumuji axis of the East-West road in Enohua, Rives State. However, five of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is probing Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State over alleged N70 billion fraud. EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, represented by the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Osita Nwaja, said this at news conference on Thursday in Abuja. This development came days after Matawalle accused the EFCC of bias in selecting who to investigate, leaving others as sacred cows. Matawalle had urged the EFCC to probe people working with President Muhammadu Buhari, including cabinet ministers. He accused the anti-graft office of being too timid to go after people loyal to the president. The…

Manchester United and Newcastle United have emerged as the likeliest clubs to sign Bayern Munich and Senegal forward Sadio Mane, 31, following a disappointing debut season in Germany. (Mail) Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and Fulham are among the clubs interested in Gent’s 20-year-old Nigerian forward Gift Orban. (Evening Standard) Manchester United are finalising their summer transfer plans, with Juventus’ France midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 28, back on their shortlist along with Napoli’s South Korea defender Kim Min-jae, 26. (Mirror) Paris St-Germain are also targeting a summer move for centre-back Kim Min-jae, with the French champions having met the player’s agent. (RMC Sport – in French) As well as Brighton’s Argentina World Cup winning midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, 24, Liverpool are monitoring Chelsea’s England midfielder Mason…

Manchester City delivered a relentless performance laced with outstanding quality to overpower holders Real Madrid and reach the Champions League final against Inter Milan in Istanbul. City have lost two previous semi-finals to Real but they made no mistake here at a joyous Etihad Stadium to now stand one step away from claiming the trophy that has always stayed tantalisingly out of reach for Pep Guardiola’s team. And their display in a magical first half, in particular, will live long in the memory as the masters of this tournament were left bewildered by Manchester City’s brilliance. It maintained a seemingly…

inq. Digital Nigeria Limited, a leading Cloud and Digital solutions provider specialising in Edge AI and IoT, Fabric for Cloud Connectivity and Data Center Connectivity, SDN/NFV solutions for Edge Cloud, Secure Access Services Edge, and Elastic Edge in Nigeria, reaffirmed its dedication to promoting gender equality in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The company called for support to empower girls, enabling them to assume their rightful place in the global ICT ecosystem and contribute to technological advancement. This call to action was made during the celebration of the 12th edition of International Girls in ICT Day, an initiative…