Author: David Great

By Yinusa Duba It is exactly two weeks to the national convention of APC, and there are clear indications that bookmakers may be in for a shocker as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is increasingly facing strong headwinds in his bid to clinch the Party’s presidential ticket. A zone-by-zone analysis of delegates’ preferences, realignments of APC governors, President Buhari’s behind-the-scene moves and emerging voting patterns indicate that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will likely emerge winner at the Convention on June 1. Of the 22 or aspirants, only three – Osinbajo, Tinubu and Amaechi – are the serious contenders. The rest came into…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has insisted that a Lagos businessman, Fidelis Umukoro, facing trial in an alleged N164 million fraud , diverted funds from A& P Foods Limited to other companies without being lawfully authorised to do so. Counsel to the EFCC, T. J. Banjo, on Monday, May 16, 2022 told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that Umukoro allegedly diverted the funds when he was the authorised signatory to the account of A& P Foods Limited. While being cross-examined on Monday, the prosecution alleged that the defendant diverted the funds…

Google on Tuesday said that 60 eligible black-founded start-ups would receive a total of four million dollars in the second cohort of Google for Start-up Black Founders Fund (BFF). Mr Folarin Aiyegbusi, Google’s Head of Start-up Ecosystem, Africa, made this known in a statement announcing opening of applications for Google for Start-up Black Founders Fund for Africa. Aiyegbusi said that following the success of the first cohort in 2021, Google increased its commitment in 2022 with additional one million dollars in funding, and support for 10 more founders. He said that it would result in a commitment of four million…

At least four people have been killed and a shop destroyed in an explosion near a primary school in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, police say. An investigation is under way police say, but initial reports indicate it was caused by a gas cylinder from a welding shop, which rules out an attack. Soon after the explosion, emergency services and security forces rushed to the scene in Sabon Gari neighbourhood. The authorities say there were no schoolchildren among the casualties although part of the school’s roof has also been blown off by the impact of the blast. The explosion…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre in Abuja received his award as the Leadership Newspaper Man of the Year after he was named in January of 2022. The newspaper said it was awarding Prof. Osinbajo the award because of his key role in steadying the ship of state through the storms as well as laying the foundation for the social intervention programmes of the current administration. Leadership Newspaper said, “The stability and leadership he has provided in the last one year to keep Nigeria’s many factions from tearing one another apart would have been enough…

Many are feared dead after an explosion rocked Aba Road, Sabon Gari area of the ancient city of Kano state on Tuesday morning. Videos on social media show that many are injured from the blast. Chronicle NG cannot confirm if it was a bomb blast or a gas explosion as at the time of this reporting. The Kano state government in its reaction by commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba said the incident happened at an animal feed store opposite the school along Aba Road, Sabon Gari area of Fagge local government. He said while the cause of the explosion…

Lagos Taskforce on Monday raided commercial motorcyclists operating illegally in the Lekki area following the gruesome murder of a sound engineer, David Imoh. The crack team where led by chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, to carry out a raid on commercial motorcyclists. The operation which lasted for about 4 hours began in the early hours of Monday, leaving 10 Okada operators arrested and also led to the seizure of 123 bikes plying the Lekki Epe Expressway, Lekki Phase 1 axis, Admiralty way and its environs for operating on restricted routes and constituting nuisance in the State.…

Real Madrid have agreed a five-year deal with France striker Kylian Mbappe and the 23-year-old will move to the Spanish club on a free transfer when his contract with Paris St-Germain comes to an end this summer. (Marca) But Mbappe has not signed any paperwork with Real Madrid and PSG are still trying to get him to stay. (Athletic – subscription required) Mbappe’s agent has been in talks with PSG but both parties are yet to agree a deal. Chelsea could join Barcelona in the race to sign Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33. (Guardian) Newcastle United are…

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has resigned his appointment to pursue his 2023 president ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, Amaechi noted that, his mission is to work towards a better Nigeria for all Nigerians. “It is with mixed feelings that I tender my resignation as the Minister of Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to contest for the Presidential ticket of our great party, the All Progressives Congress,” he said. “Your Excellency, it has been a great honour and privilege serving as a member of…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Monday, paraded three suspects in connection with the murder of a female member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Stephanie Terungwa. The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Sunday Babaji, while addressing newsmen, said the Maitama Division had on April 15, received information about the body of a middle-aged lady lying on the road. Babaji said that crime scene investigators (CSI) were swiftly drafted to the scene upon the receipt of the information and removed the body to the hospital where she was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty. He said…