The News Chronicle

6 days ago | thenews-chronicle.com | Owei Lakemfa

I was in Ndjamena, Chad in 2014 as the then Secretary General of the African Workers, to meet the labour leaders in that country. There was a major barracks on the road opposite the hotel I stayed. Newly arrived soldiers poured from the barracks towards the hotel. They were Chadian troops that had been expelled by the Central African Republic, CAR. A national coalition against CAR President Francois Bozize had removed him from power in 2013.

6 days ago | thenews-chronicle.com | Thomas Danjuma Abu

This morning, while scrolling through the blue app—yes, Facebook—I stumbled upon a disturbing video posted by Sahara Reporters. It featured a retired Police Superintendent, reportedly rejecting a ₦2 million retirement benefit after 35 years of service. His face carried no joy, just an air of disbelief and disappointment. But what hit harder than his rejection was the comment section.

1 week ago | thenews-chronicle.com | Owei Lakemfa

Three events made Monday, June 16, 2025, a sobering moment for me. On that day, back in 1976, news filtered that the killer Apartheid security forces which had been terrorising African countries like Zambia, Botswana and Lesotho, had turned on unarmed school children in South Africa. The Nigerian society was so conscious then that I recall adults in Lagos, explaining to us that school children like us were being gunned down. This is what became known as the Soweto Massacre.

1 week ago | thenews-chronicle.com | Abdulkadir Salaudeen

Nigeria is becoming synonymous with calamity. It is sad news all over. Yet, the country is not at war. The incidence of killings is scary. Human lives in Nigeria continue to lose that element of sacredness. When you think you have mourned the death of your fellow Nigerians enough and pretend to forget that calamity had ever stricken, some messengers of death—from ‘nowhere’—would just strike again. Benue State witnessed the most recent widely reported senseless killings.

1 week ago | thenews-chronicle.com | Stanley Ugagbe

Barcelona has reached a full agreement on personal terms with Spanish winger Nico Williams, paving the way for his transfer from Athletic Bilbao. The deal will keep Williams at the Catalan club until June 2031, with a reported net salary of €7–8 million per year. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, both parties have finalized the contract, and discussions are now focused on the financial aspects of activating Williams’ €58 million release clause at Athletic Bilbao.