Author: Opalim Lifted

Manchester City ruthlessly dismantled Liverpool to move three points clear at the top of the Women’s Super League. Lauren Hemp opened the scoring with the first of three goals in eight first-half minutes as City seized control. Jess Park jinked past two defenders before finishing coolly for the second, and WSL top-scorer Khadija Shaw made it three with a sizzling 25-yard strike. A Shaw header early in the second half sealed the win, but Khiara Keating’s own goal gave the hosts a late consolation. Liverpool had started the game brightly at Prenton Park, keeping City penned inside their own half…

Substitute Harvey Barnes scored two late goals as Newcastle edged a seven-goal thriller against West Ham at St James’ Park. The Magpies made the perfect start when Anthony Gordon won a penalty with just three minutes played and Alexander Isak converted from 12 yards after a lengthy check by the video assistant referee (VAR). But the game started to get away from the Magpies when West Ham scored three unanswered goals. Michail Antonio brought the Hammers on to level terms before Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen scored within minutes on either side of halftime. Isak scored his second penalty of…

A 10-year-old boy identified simply as Israel has strangled his friend, Ezekiel at Powerline in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The incident happened on Friday while they were playing football in the community. A police source who spoke to reporters on Saturday said the match was ongoing when an argument ensued between the two boys. The source said, Israel, reached for 10-year-old Ezekiel’s neck in the process and strangled him till he lost consciousness and stopped breathing. The source said, “A report was received at Ejigbo Division on Friday from a complainant that stated that his son, Israel, aged…

Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has been gifted a car by businessman, Mohammed Ochacho in Abuja. In the video, the Abuja businessman gifted Portable a convertible Mercedes Benz and pledged to cover the cost of a police officer to escort the car. Filled with joy, Portable, in his usual screaming mood, asked his supporters to video him as he rejoices. ” In a social media post, @Jbrandy_YBNL revealed it on Friday. The post on X states, “Just in: Abuja billionaire Ochacho presents Portable with a brand new convertible Mercedes Benz.” “Nah, me and Portable get this year.”

Nigeria Police Force spokesman has encouraged citizens not to sit on the fence in the face of insecurity perpetrated by cultists. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed this on Friday in a social media post. Adejobi’s stance stemmed from a conversation he had with Collins Peters on X (formerly Twitter), who asked, “If a cultist member threatens to collect my phone, what should I do?” The police spokesman said, “You need to be sure he’s a cultist. How do you know that? Anyway, don’t single-handedly fight or tackle a cultist if you are not “loaded.” It’s not…

Xabi Alonso says he will remain in his role as Bayer Leverkusen manager next season as he believes the club is the “right place” to be as a young coach. The Spaniard had been heavily linked with the manager’s job at Liverpool since Jurgen Klopp said he would stand down at the end of the season. “I am convinced it is the right decision; I am happy,” said Alonso. Leverkusen are on the brink of winning their first Bundesliga title and are unbeaten in all competitions this season. Alonso, 42, a former midfielder for Liverpool, was also considered a potential…

Bank mergers are imminent as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised minimum capital requirements for banks. The Financial Policy and Regulation Department Director, Haruna Mustafa, signed a circular from CBN that all commercial, merchant, and non-interest banks received. The banker’s bank pegged the minimum capital base for commercial banks with international authorization at N500 billion, up from N50 billion in 2005. Also, CBN benchmarked the minimum capital requirement for banks with National Spread (N200 billion), regional (N50 billion), merchant banks ( N50 billion), National non-interest banks (N20 billion), and regional non-interest (N10 billion). All banks are required to…

Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have pleaded for understanding from their customers as the country plunged into another blackout due to national grid collapse. The national grid collapsed at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, throwing millions of homes and businesses into darkness. Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) indicated that the grid collapsed at about 4:00 p.m. and dropped from 2,984 megawatts (MW) to zero in an hour, with all 21 plants connected to the grid ceasing operations by 5:00 p.m. While confirming the development and explaining the reason for the nationwide blackout, some of the DisCos stated that the…

A nationwide blackout hit Nigeria again as the national grid collapsed for the fourth time in 2024 amid the Easter holidays. Sources from electricity distribution companies in Nigeria disclosed that the grid collapsed around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kunle Olubiyo, the president of the Nigerian Consumer Protection Network, confirmed the grid collapse. Chronicle NG learned that power went off around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in Apo, Dawaki, and Utako. The implication is that millions of homes and businesses centrally managed by Osogbo, Osun State, are without power from the national grid. National grid collapses again as blackout looms DisCos reported…

The French Parliament approved legislation on Thursday to outlaw discrimination against dreadlocks, braids, afros, and any other hair style, colour, or texture, defeating some who called the bill an unnecessary import of United States ideas. Olivier Serva, a Black MP from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe who drafted the bill, said it would help victims of such bias, in the workplace and beyond, make their voices heard and win court cases. “There is a lot of suffering (based on hair bias), and we need to take this into account,” he told Reuters. Serva cited a 2023 study by Unilever’s…