Author: Chronicle Editor

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured the incumbent Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello of the party’s victory in the forthcoming election. Bello who is seeking a second term in office and on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the former Lagos governor as part of consultation with party leaders. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, Mr. Bello was accompanied by state APC chairmen past and present. “Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Yahaya Bello pays Visit to The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, His Excellency Asiwaju Ahmed…

The kidnapped lecturer of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found dead. Okedayo, of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and acting Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies in the university, was kidnapped on Sept. 5 on his way to his hometown in Igara, Edo State. Okedayo’s decomposing body was found on September 9 in the bush, where his abductors held him. The lecturer’s death is another sad tale in the recurring cases of kidnapping of travellers on major Nigerian highways in recent times. On July 12, Mrs Funke Olakurin, daughter…

Two suspects, including an army deserter, were on Tuesday arrested by the police in Adamawa for robbing a woman of her car at gunpoint. The Adamawa Police Command spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, confirmed the development to newsmen in Yola. Yahaya said the deserter, Dompa Hyellambamun and one Emmanuel Adeka had accosted a woman in the early hours of Tuesday around target junction in Yola,where they fired four shots scaring her to hand over her car. “She immediately reported the incident to our men on patrol in the area,who, in collaboration with some vigilante personnel,trailed the suspects and arrested them. READ:…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday fixed Sept.11 to deliver judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging president Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 general election. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate is seeking to nullify the election of Buhari in the February 23 polls. The Court of Appeal Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sadiat Kachalla, announced this in a notice of judgment  in Abuja. The tribunal on August 21 reserved judgment on the appeal after parties adopted their addresses. Justice Mohammed Garba, Chairman of the five-man panel…

Nigerian Singer Yemi Alade has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music group Africa/France. Universal Music Group also known in the United States as UMG Recordings (and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi. The Universal Music Group’s west African affiliate is in partnership with Universal Music France (UMF) Alade, one of Africa’s most creatively and commercially successful artists through her record label signed the deal with the global licensing in agreement with Universal Music Africa (UMA). Based on the multi-year agreement, UMA would  serve as the exclusive worldwide…

By Louis Odion, FNGE So, after all his thunderous imprecations and venomous profiling of the Wazirin Adamawa as “hopelessly corrupt”, OBJ could not resist the temptation of a N50m “egunje” from the same tainted hand. Perhaps, our ever sanctimonious patriarch never reckoned the secret would leak. No less amusing was the explanation offered by the giver when the EFCC hound uncovered an assortment of fingerprints and footprints of beneficiaries of a staggering 150m Euros (N60b) moneybag Atiku allegedly laundered ahead of the 2019 polls of which a consortium of local and foreign marabouts were said to have assured him, with…

The National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) which will be commissioned by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Adamawa state on Tuesday is not the same as the suspended Rural Grazing Area plan (RUGA). Some reports on social media and online have interchangeably used both programmes claiming that they are same programme but in the real sense, they are two different programmes. Our correspondent reports that in July, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the suspension of RUGA, a programme of the Ministry of Agriculture in favour of NLTP. The idea of NLTP was conceived at the National Economic Council chaired by Prof. Osinbajo.…

In the first week of September, International football clubs in France, Germany, Spain and Italy closed transfer windows after top footballers were successfully transferred to different clubs. However, in Nigeria, on Monday, history was made in Gano Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano state. A club known as ”Super Stars, FA league” bought talented footballer Ibrahim Salisu Iriyos from Aston Villa Gano for N5000 ($13.85). The deal is the most expensive transfer in the history of the town. The Aston Villa Gano striker, Ibrahim who is one of the club’s top goal scorers said he showed interest in joining…

Reality Star, Kim Kardashian has tested positive for Lupus antibodies. Chronicle reports that Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems  including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. The health scare was revealed during the premiere of the 17th season of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ on Sunday night. The 38-year-old Kim revealed she was having some worrying symptoms. “I’ve been feeling so tired, so nauseous and my hands are really getting swollen. I feel…

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as shi’ites have vowed to embark on its procession in the federal capital territory (FCT) and in other parts of the country on Tuesday despite a warning by the police. On Monday, Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, warned that ‘’all gathering or procession by the group remains ultimately illegal and will be treated as a gathering in the advancement of terrorism’’. He said the IMN has been proscribed and declared a terrorist group and that its activities are outlawed. But in a statement, Ibrahim Musa, president of the media forum of the…