Author: David Great

Manchester City suffered one of the most remarkable Champions League collapses as Real Madrid came back from the abyss to set up a final showdown with Liverpool. City were two goals ahead on aggregate going into the 90th minute after Riyad Mahrez’s strike had added to their 4-3 first-leg win last week. And then Rodrygo happened. The Brazilian substitute turned home Karim Benzema’s left-wing ball from close range in the final minute – with Real Madrid’s very first shot on target. And 90 seconds later he levelled the tie with a header into the top corner after Marco Asensio flicked…

Congresses to elect local, state and national delegates holds 12th-14th May The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) on Wednesday extended the party’s sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the 2023 general elections to Tuesday, May 10, 2022. APC national publicity secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, in a statement noted that aspirants must submit their forms on or before 11 May. Chronicle NG reports that the ruling party had originally fixed May 6th as the last day for sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. Open letter to APC delegates by Seun Bisuga “In a…

The shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal and much vaunted ‘goal of the century’ for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold for a record £7.1m. It is the highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia. Former England midfielder Steve Hodge put it up for auction 36 years after he swapped it with Maradona following the famous quarter-final in Mexico. After Maradona died in November 2020, Hodge said the shirt was not for sale. #AuctionUpdate The football shirt worn by Diego Maradona for “The Hand of God” &…

The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has urged parents and guardians to pay closer attention to their children and wards. She gave the advice on Tuesday during the year 2022 Eid-El-Fitr Celebration in Ikeja, organised by the First Family and the Lagos State Government to commemorate the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The governor’s wife said that parents should be the friends of their children, so as to attend to all that concerned them. ”As we bask in the euphoria of this sacred celebration, it is also important to seize the opportunity of this…

Former governors of Osun and Ogun states, Chief Bisi Akande and Chief Olusegun Osoba, have called for a meeting of Southwest presidential aspirants ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary on May 31. Others expected to be at the meeting that will be held in Lagos state are incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Deputy Senate Leader, Prof Ajayi Boroffice, APC Southwest governors and other leaders of the APC in the region. According to sources who spoke to Chronicle NG, the Southwest leaders called the meeting to see if the the region can present a…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met a former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja in a closed door meeting. The meeting was reported by President Buhari’s personal photographer, Sunday Aghaeze, who shared pictures of the President and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). NAN reports that the agenda of the meeting between the president and the national leader of the APC could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. NAN reports that Tinubu had on Friday picked the ruling APC presidential nomination and expression of interest forms at…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday lauded Nigerian authorities’ ongoing reintegration of defectors from the jihadi Boko Haram group, which has waged a decade-long insurgency, as “the best thing we can do for peace.” Speaking to reporters in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state where the insurgency is centered, Guterres also called for more global funding to help rebuild lives in northeast Nigeria where the rebels are operating. “The best thing we can do for peace is to reintegrate those who in the moment of despair became terrorists but now want to contribute to the well-being of their brothers…

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has no interest in signing for AC Milan or Newcastle this summer, despite the 28-year-old’s growing frustration at a lack of opportunities at Chelsea. (Evening Standard) Lukaku has been linked with a move away from Chelsea with Inter Milan his preferred destination. Barcelona will listen to big-money offers for Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong. Manchester United have been linked with the 24-year-old with Erik ten Hag, who coached De Jong at Ajax, taking over as Old Trafford boss this summer. (Sport – in Spanish) Ten Hag, meanwhile, has identified eight players he can trust when he…

Liverpool survived a scare against Villarreal to move into the Champions League final – and keep their hopes of winning an unprecedented quadruple alive. The Reds had comfortably won 2-0 in the first leg but that advantage was wiped out after only 41 minutes at a noisy and passionate El Madrigal as the Spanish side pushed for a huge upset. Boulaye Dia scored Villarreal’s first after only three minutes, converting Etienne Capoue’s pass, before ex-Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin headed in a second from another Capoue cross as the Reds looked rattled. Liverpool had to improve in the second half and…

Women living in about half of all US states could soon lose access to abortion, according to a leaked Supreme Court document on Roe v Wade. A draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito said the majority of the court’s judges favoured overturning the ruling known as Roe v Wade which in 1973 established a woman’s right to an abortion. The prospect that nearly 50 years later this nationwide protection could be eliminated has dismayed pro-choice activists but cheered opponents of abortion. The court’s final ruling is due at the end of June or the start of July. What will happen…