Author: Opalim Lifted

Veteran actor John Okafor, widely known as Mr Ibu, has succumbed to death after multiple health complications. Okafor passed away on Saturday, March 2, in a Lagos state hospital. Mr Ibu faced persistent issues with blood clotting, attributed to diseased blood vessels, and struggled with various health challenges over the years. In October 2023, he publicly sought financial assistance to address his ailment, with initial plans to seek medical care abroad. Unfortunately, the doctors deemed him unfit for international travel, abandoning the overseas treatment option. As his health deteriorated, Okafor underwent the amputation of his leg in November 2023, marking…

Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score a dramatic 99th-minute winner and send Liverpool four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a victory over struggling Nottingham Forest. As the game drifted past the eight added minutes announced by the fourth official, Nunez, playing his first game since suffering a muscle injury at Brentford on February 17, found the bottom corner with a glancing header from Alexis Mac Allister’s cross, sparking bedlam on the Liverpool bench and in the stands. While flares were lit in the away end and Jurgen Klopp celebrated wildly with his team,…

Former Nigerian Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has described the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as a man of impeccable integrity and humility on his 82nd birthday. Osinbajo, in a post on his Instagram page, disclosed that Adeboye’s impeccable integrity, his measured speech and actions at all times, his life of many challenges and wars, his courage, his unshaken faith, and his deep love for God, through phenomenal achievement and numbing personal tragedy, are all together the most persuasive evangelical message to all, even those of other faiths, of the grace and mercy…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he is alive because God is wonderful, recalling how he once escaped death by the whiskers. He spoke at the Redemption Camp, off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun, on Saturday as he clocked 82, with congregants celebrating him. Adeboye narrated the incident, which, many years ago, according to him, could have claimed his life if not for the miraculous intervention of God. He referred to an earlier narrative by his former driver of several accidents in which the cleric and his wife escaped death in…

Bayern Munich could end the weekend 10 points off the top of the Bundesliga after dropping points against Freiburg. Christian Gunter fired the mid-table hosts into a lead with a fine 20-yard strike. The Bavarians thought they had turned it round through Mathys Tel’s excellent curling effort and Jamal Musiala’s placed shot after a solo run. But Lucas Holer struck an 87th-minute volley to snatch a point for the hosts. Bayern are now seven points behind unbeaten leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who visit Cologne in their game in hand on Sunday. Bayern Munich sign Sacha Boey until 2028 It could spell…

A popular Yoruba Nollywood actor, Tolani Quadri Oyebamiji, who is popularly known as Sisi Quadri, is dead. Bolaji Amusan, also known as Mr. Latin, confirmed the shocking passing of the Nollywood actor on Friday. Amusan, who is the Chairman of the Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), announced the demise of the Iwo, Osun State-born thespian through his social media platform. Another of his colleagues, Nollywood actress Abiola Bayo, wrote on her verified Instagram handle, “You will be greatly missed, Sisi Quadri. May your soul rest in perfect peace.” Another actor, Tunde Yusuf, who posted his (Sisi…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday celebrated the grace of stewardship and leadership upon the life of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as he marks his 82nd birthday on March 2, 2024. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, congratulated Pastor Adeboye on hitting another milestone. Tinubu accuses labour of politicizing Nigerian economic crisis Tinubu joins the Body of Christ in thanksgiving for the General Overseer’s remarkable life of impact that transcends cultures and borders. He thanked the “Lord’s own servant” for his regular…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are in talks with Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro over a new contract. Ibrahim Musa Gusau-led NFF management are willing to pay the Portuguese soccer gaffer the same €50,000 monthly pay he was earning before he led the team to second place finish at the just concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast, report said. The report added that the 63-year-old former Saudi Arabia and Venezuela coach, previously earned €70,000 monthly but agreed a pay cut to lead the Super Eagles to the AFCON 2023. The former Saudi Arabia and Venezuela…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday threw jabs at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over its series of industrial actions, saying calling for four strikes against his administration that are barely nine months old is unacceptable. Tinubu stated this at the official commissioning of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT), Red Line in Lagos, also said his administration will fight corruption that is currently fighting back at his administration to the end. He said, “The labour has gone on strike four times within my nine months in government. That’s a record. Calling for a strike in just nine months of an…

Residents of Gonin-Gora barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Thursday in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State while protesting the kidnapping of an unspecified number of people in the area. The residents stormed the highway, protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attacks by kidnappers in the area. According to an eyewitness, kidnappers, on Wednesday night through the early hours of Thursday, attacked the community, kidnapping an unspecified number of the residents. The Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, also confirmed the incident but declined further comment. An eyewitness who…