Author: David Great

Stephan El Shaarawy and Lorenzo Pellegrini scored in extra time to earn hosts AS Roma a spot in the Europa League semi-finals after defeating Dutch side Feyenoord 4-1 on Thursday for a 4-2 aggregate win. El Shaarawy converted a cross from Tammy Abraham after 101 minutes and Pellegrini sealed the win seven minutes later when he slotted in a rebound from an Abraham shot. After Feyenoord had won the quarter-final first leg 1-0, Roma pushed for the opening goal from the start, missing two great opportunities in the first 10 minutes. On the hour mark, roars of relief erupted around…

An early goal by midfielder Adrien Rabiot earned Juventus a 1-1 draw with Sporting in an entertaining Europa League clash on Thursday to win their quarter-final 2-1 on aggregate and set up a semi-final clash with Sevilla. Juventus, who saw their 15-point deduction in Serie A over the club’s transfer dealings scrapped earlier on Thursday pending a new trial, had earned a 1-0 victory in the first leg with a second-half goal by defender Federico Gatti. They will meet Sevilla in the semi-finals, with the Italians at home first on May 11 before the return leg in Spain on May…

Manchester United were dumped out of the Europa League following a dreadful performance in defeat to Sevilla. The Spanish side led after eight minutes when Youssef En-Nesyri finished following an error from Harry Maguire. Sevilla doubled their advantage with a looping header from defender Loic Bade, before En-Nesyri again capitalised on a mistake – from goalkeeper David de Gea – to complete the win. United were well below their best as they exited Europe with a whimper. This is the first of a series of potentially season-defining games for United – they take on Brighton at Wembley in the FA…

The verification badge on the official account of Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect has been removed by Twitter on Thursday. Chronicle NG could not independently verify why the verification badge from @officialABAT was removed by the social media platform. Findings however revealed that Twitter could remove the verification badge if the account has violated one of its rules. Tinubu names 13-member presidential inauguration committee “Twitter may also remove the checkmark from accounts that are found to be in violation of the Twitter Rules,” the social media platform said on its website. It is not clear why the former Lagos governor’s checkmark…

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu named a 13-member presidential inauguration committee on Thursday for the swearing-in and inauguration ceremony billed for May 29. The presidential inauguration committee will join the presidential transition team in planning a week-long presidential inauguration event. In a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha, he listed Abubakar Kyari as the coordinator and director of finance and budget. Kyari is a former senator and incumbent national deputy chairman (north) in the All Progressives Congress (APC). An executive director at the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank, Stella Okotete will serve as the head of secretariat,…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has said that “powers that be” are attempting to deprive Igbos of the chance to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. The governor made the comment while hosting the leadership of Nzuko Umunna, a pan-Igbo political organisation, in his Umuobiakwa palatial country residence. He encouraged Ndigbo to be unified as a people and collaboratively advance the people’s cause. He stated that the time had come for Ndigbo to be deliberate in their strategic stance in Nigeria. “There was a deliberate attempt by powers that be to deny Ndigbo the opportunity to superintend over the affairs of…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has been lauded by many Nigerians over his speech that has now gone viral on social media where he frowned against political actors and leadership elites for stoking the embers of ethnic-religious sentiments and prejudice, which reportedly led to voter suppression in some parts of the country in the last general elections. Prof. Osinbajo had given the warning on Monday, 17th April 2023, during his speech at the maiden Policy Making and Good Governance Lecture Series of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State. Osinbajo, who warned that…

The Nigerian government has declared Friday 21st and Monday 24th of April 2023, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid al-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the public holidays declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan. Aregbesola called on all Muslims to imbibe and practice the virtues of kindness, love, tolerance, peace, self-denial, sacrifice, and good neighbourliness, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) during the public holidays. “The self-restraint, self-denial, sacrifice, and deep spiritual consciousness that…

Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bayern Munich on Wednesday to cruise into the Champions League semi-finals with a 4-1 aggregate win that moved them a step closer to an elusive first title in the competition. City forward Erling Haaland, who had missed a first-half penalty, made amends in the 57th minute, drilling in his 48th goal in all competitions this season to kill off the tie. Losing finalists in 2021, Pep Guardiola’s team had a 3-0 advantage from the first leg and soaked up considerable Bayern pressure before Haaland’s goal. The Bavarians, who now have only the Bundesliga title left…

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu has called for an investigation into the supplementary election held in Adamawa state, northern Nigeria. Tinubu urged the police to investigate what transpired and called on the losers to pursue their cause through legitimate means. Chronicle NG reports that Adamawa’s incumbent governor, Ahmadu Fintiri was declared the winner of the polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement of Fintiri comes after the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari declared Aisha Dahiru Ahmed popularly known as Aisha Binani as the governor-elect even before all votes were collated. His actions led to the suspension…