Author: Opalim Lifted

David Raya saved two penalties as Arsenal squeezed past Porto 4-2 in a shootout to reach their first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years. Leandro Trossard’s first-half strike cancelled out a first-leg deficit, but Mikel Arteta’s side then struggled to create chances to win the game as the tie finished 1-1 on aggregate. All four of Arsenal’s penalty takers were faultless, as Raya kept out spot-kicks from Wendell and Galeno to take the Premier League leaders past the last-16 stage for the first time since 2010. As a player, Arteta suffered four straight defeats in this round of the competition,…

Barcelona reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2020 with a thrilling victory over Napoli. Fermin Lopez and Joao Cancelo put Barcelona on their way at the Estadi de Montjuic, but the hosts were made to work hard by the Italian side, who pulled one back through Amir Rrahmani. With seven minutes remaining in the game’s regular time, Poland striker Robert Lewandowski’s close-range goal ended the back-and-forth exchange. Following a brisk opening, Barça landed a mighty one-two punch on Napoli with two goals in three minutes. First, 20-year-old midfielder Lopez took his chance to impress on the…

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that 10 shops were gutted by fire at the popular Wuse market in Abuja after an angry mob reportedly protested the shooting of a man convicted by a mobile court sitting in the market premises. Chronicle NG earlier reported that a section of the market was set on fire by an angry mob and a group of aggrieved traders after an officer allegedly shot a man trying to escape after he had been charged and convicted by a Mobile Court sitting in the market. In a statement, FEMA’s Head of Public…

A section of the Abuja Market in Wuse was set on fire on Tuesday by an angry mob and aggrieved traders after an officer allegedly shot a man who had been charged and convicted. The officer attached to the Mobile Court sitting within the Abuja market was said to have shot the man after he tried to escape. The Public Relations Officer in the AMML, Innocent Amaechina, confirmed that the management’s office and several shops and vehicles in the market were lost in the fire. Meanwhile, the Director of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, did not respond to phone…

Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has expressed willingness to facilitate comprehensive discussions between the Federal Government and bandits in a bid to secure the release of abducted school children and others in captivity. Gumi urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration not to repeat the mistake made by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who refused to dialogue with bandits. He was reacting to the refusal of the Kaduna State government to negotiate with the bandits involved in the abduction of 287 school children from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in Chikun Local Government Area. Last week, bandits abducted over 280…

Nigerian comedian and Nollywood actor Lawrence Atelile, popularly called Seyi Law, has been involved in banter with a Labour Party supporter who labelled him “Baba Suwe that stopped downloading at 23%.” An X user identified as Salako had berated Seyi Law for his comments on Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the 2023 Lagos state governorship election. His reaction came in support of Uncle Charles, whom Seyi Law had earlier engaged in a banter. The comedian, on Monday, in reaction to Uncle Charles’s statement on X, said, “Your stupid father should have taught you that I am…

Cole Palmer was hugely influential as Chelsea saw off Newcastle in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. Palmer struck in the 57th minute, taking a touch to get the ball out of his feet before drilling hard and low past goalkeeper Martin Dubravka. The Blues had gone ahead early after Sven Botman’s poor clearance was pounced on by Palmer, his shot being cleverly steered into the bottom corner by Nicolas Jackson for his second goal in as many league games. Aleksander Isak’s powerful effort from the edge of the area just before the break gave Newcastle hope before Palmer restored…

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on the Presidency and the National Assembly to explain the discrepancies in budget padding to the sum of N3 trillion. Obi said it’s worrying because the amount involved represents over 10% of the national budget. Recall Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central had queried the whereabouts of N3 trillion in the 2024 N28.7 trillion budget. Chronicle NG reported that Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, faulted Ningi’s claim. The presidency stated that the Nigerian government allowed the National Assembly to jack up the national budget by…

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that a woman who boarded a boat from Igando in Lagos State to Ogun allegedly jumped into the river from the moving boat. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday evening, said that rescue teams were already searching for the woman. According to him, one Rasaq reported the case to the Igando Police Division on Sunday at about 8:00 a.m.. Rasaq said that at about 10:00 pm on Saturday, one Folashade Nimotalahi, of yet to be known address, boarded a boat from their Isuti Jet, Isuti…

Ajuri Ngelale, President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, has blamed the latest kidnappings in the North on political forces in the region plotting to destabilise the country. Ngelale disclosed this in an interview with TVC on Sunday night. Asked how soon Tinubu’s government will curtail the resurgence of mass school children’s abductions witnessed in Kaduna and Sokoto last week, Ngelale said much work has gone into securing the country, resulting in relative stability in the South-East. “Where we still have some challenges is in the North-Central, North-West, and, to a large extent, the North-East. There is still a lot of work to…