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Remo Stars of Ogun were forced to play an additional 2 minutes for 36 minutes during their encounter against Katsina United at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium yesterday. The Ogun-based club played a total of 126 minutes during the 35th round of the NPFL fixtures... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/katsina-utd-vs-remo-stars-controversy-as-2-minutes-added-time-after-full-time-turns-to-36-minutes/ |
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Weak sentiment continues in the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), with the local market posting its second consecutive weekly loss last week as the risk of an economic slump rises... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/fears-of-a-global-recession-cause-the-index-to-decline-by-0-14-percent/ |
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has denied any involvement in a bus burning incident in the Obanikoro area on Ikorodu Road as contained in a viral online video that falsely alleged complicity of its officials... A statement signed by the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba sympathised with the vehicle owner but categorically denied the complicity of any of its officers in the incident, stressing that LASTMA patrol officers within the vicinity tried to assist in putting out the fire but were attacked by a mob... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/lastma-denies-involvement-in-bus-burning-incident/ |
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During an NPFL rescheduled game between Kano Pillar and Dakadda FC days ago, TNC news reported the gross misconduct displayed by fans of Kano Pillars and the club Chairman Mr Surajo Yahaya. In a video circulating around the social media, Mr Suraj punched a lineman for awarding a late goal against his club. The mixed reaction made the officiating referees reconsider their decision to withdraw the goal... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/lmc-fines-kano-pillars-2-250m-suspends-chairman-surajo-yahaya-indefinitely-for-misconduct/ |
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Delta State Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ifeanyi Okowa, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state criticised everything his administration did because it had poor understanding of governance... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/youve-poor-knowledge-of-governance-okowa-tells-apc/ |
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A paradigm shift, a concept correctly identified by the American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, is a fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline. Even though Kuhn restricted the use of the term to the natural sciences, the concept of a paradigm shift has also been used in numerous non-scientific contexts to describe a profound change in a fundamental model or perception of events... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/ekweremadu-supreme-courts-national-embarrassment-paradigm-shift-of-value-system/ |
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As of today, Nigerian students have been home for about 130 days no thanks to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has been on for over four months. There are at least 1.2 million students in Nigeria’s federal universities currently idling away at home... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/new-agfs-appointment-corruption-and-ASUU-strike/ |
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Electioneering period is without doubt an interesting season. It offers the masses/electorates golden opportunity to elect leaders-that will pilot their affairs for a specified period of time. To the fifth column in the fourth estate, it presents an opening for fierce political and ideological warfare; wars that negate our rationality as human beings. And in the effort to manipulate mass opinion by this media Machaiavellis, a great amount of innocent human character has been spilled, wars of words waged, countless souls/ambition persecuted and martyred.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/a-reincarnation-of-joseph-goebbels/ |
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In its bid to boost voter turnout during elections, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has partnered with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on voter education... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/voter-education-lasiec-partners-international-foundation/ |
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As insecurity continues to gain grounds in Nigeria, the proximity of Niger State and the criminals which have set up shop there, to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, remains a source of grave concern.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/nigers-nest-of-niggles/ |
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Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday issued summons to the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh for clarifications on alleged disengagement of recruited PTA Teachers as well as reliability of procedures of the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise in the State. The summon was given during Tuesday’s plenary at the State House of Assembly complex in Awka... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/anambra-legislature-summons-commissioner-over-uncouth-statements-against-teachers-recruitment-applicant-other-issues/ |
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In chapter one of their 2018 book, “How Democracies Die”, Steven Levistsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both professors of Political Science, Harvard University, USA, gave an anecdote of how elected leaders can subvert democracy and increase personal power. The book, which is described as “comparative politics”, narrates how people, all over the world, give out their liberties to tyrants, who disguise themselves as democrats and helpers.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/nigerias-democracy-on-life-support/ |
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Ondo State Office has enjoined corps members to avoid and shun all forms of election malpractice. This message was stressed by the ICPC Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner (RACC) Ondo State during a sensitization programme organized for the ICPC/NYSC CDS Group at the NYSC Zonal Office, Oda Road, Akure South Local Government, Ondo State.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/corps-members-urged-to-shun-election-malpractice/ |
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to “gather information about reports of vote-buying, undue influence, intimidation, ballot box snatching, and other electoral offences by the three leading political parties in the just concluded Ekiti State governorship election.” https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/ekiti-election-prosecute-vote-buyers-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-inec/ |
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CAF today announced that the 2022 awards ceremony will be held in Morocco on 21 July 2022 after the 2020 and 2021 editions were disrupted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Liverpool forward Sadio Mané won the last edition in 2019 with more votes over arch-rivals fellow teammate Mohamed Salah and Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City in Hurghada, Egypt, while Nigeria forward Asisat Oshoala scooped the female edition.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/africa-best-player-of-the-year-award-returns-following-two-years-of-absence/ |
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“Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need” Philippians 4:11-12 (NIV)... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/humble-means/ |
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APC, Nigeria’s ruling party’s recent and much talked-about national convention held in Abuja to elect its Presidential candidate for next year’s election has come and gone. Its peaceful conduct may however have disappointed and shamed those who thought of a break up and RIP.… https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/pmb-advocate-enabler-of-level-playing-field-at-all-times/ |
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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on his emergence as the running mate to the PDP Presidential flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/delta-speaker-congratulates-okowa-as-he-emerges-running-mate-to-atiku/ |
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has stated that Nigeria is making progress in the stoppage of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) by the implementation of advisories proffered by the Inter-Agency Committee to the Federal Government of Nigeria... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/nigeria-making-progress-in-fighting-illicit-financial-flows-icpc-tells-tl/ |
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Dangote Cement Plc’s management has assured block moulders across the country that the blockbuster brand will be available, noting that steps have been made to secure its availability.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/dangote-cement-guarantees-product-availability-to-block-moulders/ |
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As the search for running mates takes the centre stage on the Nigerian political arena, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against picking the governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike, as his running mate. MURIC said Wike is one of the bigoted Christian governors who had been blacklisted by Nigerian Muslims.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/dont-pick-wike-as-vp-muric-tells-atiku/ |
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A group of civil society organisations has formed a coalition for the promotion of whistleblowing as a tool for fighting corruption and achieving transparency and good governance in ECOWAS member states... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/csos-form-sub-regional-coalition-to-promote-whistleblowing-in-ecowas-member-states/ |
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, urging them to “urgently publish details of your assets and liabilities, and to publicly commit to rejecting vote buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.” https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/2023-publish-your-assets-group-tells-atiku-tinubu-obi-others/ |
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To my indefatigable Youths of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is with every sense of responsibility and deep concern that I write to address you as we prepare for the much anticipated make or mar 2023 Presidential election. I waited patiently for the various political parties to conduct their primaries so that the outcome can inform my inferences... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/2023-an-open-letter-to-nigerian-youths/ |
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Governments and businesses contributed more than $18.5 billion to support worldwide Internet access, giving hope to the world’s 2.9 billion people who do not have access to the Internet. https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/nigeria-would-benefit-18-5-billion-in-pledges-from-governments-and-businesses-to-expand-internet-access/ |
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There are many indeed who make music to a great country, who sing an ode to its audacity in adversity, who compose paens to the staying power of its citizens. There are many who write about the Giant of Africa; they are many who regale a country that is royalty with tales. Many are the flutists and praise singers who fete the Giant of Africa. It does not really matter that every once in a while, their exertions touch on the elegiac... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/nigeria-and-the-offshoots-of-optimism/ |
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has made a case for green energy as a panacea to the global challenge of climate change.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/green-energy-panacea-to-global-challenge-of-climate-change/ |
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In Nigeria, where politicians lack alternative business addresses, depending on power, political patronage, contracts, and so on to survive and remain relevant, the election is a do-or-die affair. Those who seek to topple incumbents and incumbents who want to retain power need to be guided. Seeking political power in Nigeria is not a patriotic endeavour. https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/how-elections-are-rigged-in-nigeria/ |
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Nigerians know how to lurch from the pulpit to the podium sometimes like a canine futilely chasing its tails. Perhaps, since Lord Lugard`s disingenuous throw of the dice in 1914 to roll the Northern and Southern Protectorates into union of two thrashing and venomous snakes, save for the months between July 1967 and January 1970, Nigeria has never been in such dire straits... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/is-soludo-also-among-the-prophets/ |
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The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Enugu state, Mr. E V Afrika, has expressed the corps’ readiness to partner with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in the fight against corruption and related offences.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/nscdc-to-partner-with-icpc-in-fighting-corruption/ |
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Your most potent strengths are not always the ones you recognize to be so – or the ones you naturally gravitate towards. The one that will eventually announce you to the world could be the very one you repeatedly run away from… https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/do-it-afraid-2/ |
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Going by information in the public domain, World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and to encourage people globally to take positive environmental actions, to help create a better future. This year’s celebration, which is hosted by Sweden, had “Only One Earth” as its campaign slogan, with the focus on “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature”.... https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/world-environment-day-2022-and-delta-state-government/ |
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