Author: Chronicle Editor

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, voting data shows in the key state in the US presidential race. This comes after he took the lead in Georgia leaving Trump with almost no path to win the election. As at the time of this report, Biden had 3,295,304 votes Trump’s 3,289,717 with five per cent of the votes to be counted. With its 20 electoral college votes, Biden with 253 electoral college votes will surpass the 270 required. In Georgia, according to the most recent data, Biden is leading Georgia by more than 1,000, with 99% of…

Deal To Deliver Significantly Increased Access to Electricity in Nigeria Represents Further Example of Transcorp’s Mission of Improving Lives and Transforming Nigeria Transcorp Consortium is pleased to announce the 100% acquisition of the 966MW installed capacity Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power Limited (jointly referred to as “Afam GenCo”), at an acquisition cost of N105.3bn. The announcement was made at the State House, Abuja on Thursday, November 5, 2020, during the signing ceremony between the Federal Government, represented by His Excellency, the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN and Transcorp Consortium represented by the Chairman of…

President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of voting “shenanigans” as the result from Tuesday’s White House election hangs in the balance. His Democratic challenger Joe Biden earlier appealed for calm as the nail-biting count drags on in five states. While clinging to wafer-thin leads in Nevada and Arizona, Mr Biden has been chewing into the Republican president’s edge in Pennsylvania and Georgia. The cliff-hanger follows one of the bitterest campaigns in living memory. The election is projected to have generated the highest turnout since 1900. Mr Biden has so far pulled in well over 73 million votes, the most ever…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the main objective of developing a power sector that will steadily deliver quality service and sustain itself is on track with the successful acquisition of Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power, by the Transcorp Consortium. Prof. Osinbajo also stated that the Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power Limited plants have a combined capacity of almost 1,000MW. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the signing ceremony of the Share Sale and Purchase Agreements for Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power Limited. The Minister of Power, Engr Saleh…

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja emphasized the imperative of support of traditional rulers in the administration’s determination to address the demands of the country’s youths. At a meeting in the State House with a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, the President told the royal fathers that “we have heard the loud cries of our youth and children, and we are attending to their concerns.” He, however, stressed that “To succeed in all of this, we would require your support and…

Poor diets for school-age children may contribute to an average height gap of 20cm (7.9in) between the tallest and shortest nations, an analysis suggests. It reports that in 2019 the tallest 19-year-old boys lived in the Netherlands (183.8cm or 6ft) and the shortest lived in Timor Leste (160.1cm or 5ft 3in). Meanwhile the UK’s global height ranking fell, with 19-year-old boys being 39th tallest in 2019 (1.78m or 5ft 10in) from 28th tallest in 1985. The study appears in The Lancet. Researchers say tracking changes in the height and weight of children across the world and over time is important because…

Harry Kane marked his 300th appearance for Tottenham with his 200th goal as Jose Mourinho’s side dominated a Europa League mismatch in Bulgaria. Kane, 27, long-since cemented his place in the Spurs history books but few could have predicted his prodigious goalscoring rate when he came into the first team seven years ago. Only 1960s legends Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Smith stand ahead of him in the club’s records and if he stays fit – and at the club – the England captain looks set to break record after record. He could, and should, have already scored twice when he…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 5, 2020, arraigned the chairman of the Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities’ Cooperative Society, Alhaji Iliasu Abdulrauf, for alleged N1, 126,156,000.00 (One Billion, One Hundred and Twenty-six Million, One Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand Naira) fraud. Abdulrauf was docked before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a six-count charge of breach of trust. Count one of the charges read: “That you Alhaji Iliasu Abdulrauf being the Chairman Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Cooperative Society, sometimes between November 2017 to February, 2018, in…

WhatsApp is introducing a “disappearing messages” option that will erase chats from the phone of both the sender and recipient after seven days. The Facebook-owned app, which has two billion users worldwide, said the setting would help keep chats private. But it said recipients would still be able to screenshot or forward any messages, photos or videos that they wanted to keep. The option will appear for WhatsApp users by the end of November. In a blog, the company said messages could be set to expire after seven days to offer “peace of mind that conversations aren’t permanent, while remaining…

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu said social media was the greatest weapon used in escalating #EndSARS protest across the states of the federation. The IGP disclosed this on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to the state Governor Hope Uzodimma to ascertain the level of damage done to both public and private facilities during the #EndSARS protest. “I came specifically to visit vandalized properties and to see the level of damage done to police facilities in Imo”, he said. He said the protest was not basically targeted at the Police or SARS, but for hoodlums to loot…