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The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has upheld the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. In Friday’s lead judgement, Justice Folashade Ojo of the appellate court found the appellant (Baba Ijesha) guilty on counts four and five, accusing him of indecently touching a minor and sexually assaulting her. The three-man panel also includes Justice Abdullahi Bayero and Justice Paul Bassi, who aligned themselves with the lead judgement. The Lagos State Government had arraigned Baba Ijesha on six counts…

Vinicius Junior scored twice in his Brazil’s 4-1 Copa America victory over Paraguay in a Group D clash in Nevada on Friday, bouncing back from a lacklustre display in his first game of the tournament. Colombia, who have qualified for the quarter-finals, top Group D with six points after two matches, with Brazil in second on four points. Costa Rica are third with one point and Paraguay, who are bottom with zero after two defeats, have been eliminated from the competition. From the whistle, Vinicius’ pace and trickery posed a constant threat to Paraguay down the left flank, a far…

Colombia cruised to a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Group D on Friday and booked their spot in the Copa America quarter-finals thanks to strikes from Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and Jhon Cordoba. Colombia top their group with six points after two matches, ahead of Costa Rica and Brazil, who have one point each. Paraguay are bottom with zero points and face Brazil later on Friday. ‘Los Cafeteros’, who will finish the evening first in the group regardless of the later result, sealed a tenth consecutive victory and 25th match without defeat as they pursue their first Copa America…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the National Construction and Household Support Programme at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement that the project aims to increase agricultural output, strengthen the economy, and provide urgent economic relief to Nigerian people. Tinubu’s spokesman said that the NEC-supported programme comprises cash allocations and infrastructure projects across the country’s geopolitical zones. He also stated that the approval of the N50,000 uplift grant, which will be paid to 100,000 families per state for three months, is a critical component of the programme. Tinubu’s spokesman disclosed that…

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have threatened to embark on strike over the failure of the Federal Government to address their grievances. Despite the union’s assertion that it has tried both diplomatic and political methods without success, it maintains that it is interacting with a hypocritical government. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter issued the threat on Thursday following a peaceful march around the institution to protest the federal government’s failure to implement an agreement with the union. Members of ASUU-UNN, holding placards with messages such as “Government, stop forcing ASUU to embark on strike; government,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates for the 2024 supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The supplementary UTME was conducted between Friday, June 21st, and Saturday, June 22nd, 2024. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, directed candidates on how to check their results. “To check their supplementary UTME results, candidates are to send UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019 through the same phone number they had used to generate their profile codes at the start of registration,” he stated. Benjamin said the supplementary examination was conducted for 28,835 candidates who were unable to be biometrically…

Darwin Nunez and his Uruguayan teammates romped through Bolivia’s defence as if it were a training game. Nunez scored in his seventh straight international match, a 5-0 rout on Thursday night that moved Uruguay to the verge of a Copa America quarterfinal. “There are still several important steps to take in order to be convinced that Uruguay can reach the level we imagine with the individual talent it has,” Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa said. “It would be incorrect to make conclusions.” Facundo Pellistri put the Uruguayans ahead in the eighth minute, and Núñez doubled the lead in the 21st with…

Meta Platforms Incorporated has now enabled Facebook in-stream ads for indigenous content creators to earn a living using the app in Nigeria. The social media giant formally listed Nigeria on Thursday as an eligible country for indigenous creators to monetize their content on Facebook. Chronicle NG could independently verify the claims making the rounds on Thursday morning. Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Sir Nick Clegg, said in March 2024 that the platform would introduce a feature on its Instagram app that would allow Nigerian creators to monetize their content. Clegg said the feature would be unveiled in June 2024 and…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has expressed his displeasure on the activities of private illegal aircraft operators who are engaged in hard drug transportation as well as money laundering in the country. He added that this illegal charter operation was already thriving within the aviation sector. Keyamo disclosed this at a management meeting in Abuja on Thursday, where he expressed readiness to tackle the perpetrators headlong without any form of shyness. The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Customs Service, had moved to clamp down on operators of improperly imported private jets into the country, according to…

Spain defender Nacho has joined the newly-promoted Al-Qadsiah. He became the latest big name in European soccer to move to the Saudi Pro League. Khobar-based Al-Qadsiah, who won the Saudi First Division League in 2023–24 to move up to the top flight, announced Nacho’s signing on Thursday. The 34-year-old joined Real in 2001 as a youth player, and he made his debut for their first team in 2011. Chronicle NG reported that he left Real Madrid after 23 years of top-flight football. He won six Champions League titles at the Santiago Bernabeu, as well as four La Liga crowns and…