Author: Opalim Lifted

Liverpool staged a second-half turnaround to beat Fulham at Anfield in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie. The visitors had taken the lead in the first half when Willian showed great control inside the area to slot in. It was no less than Fulham deserved after an impressive first half, but Liverpool stepped it up after the break and fought back with two goals in three minutes. First, Curtis Jones equalized when his 68th-minute strike from distance took a big deflection off Tosin Adarabioyo to wrong-foot Bernd Leno in the Fulham goal. Substitute Cody Gakpo then drove…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Aloche Adole as chairman of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) board. Chronicle NG reports that Adole’s appointment was one of the nine made by President Tinubu. In a statement by Presidential Spokesman Ajuri Ngelale on Wednesday, the appointees are Colonel Aloche Adole- Chairman; Dr. Stephen Adegbite- Secretary; Omowumi Olubunmi Ogunlola -Member (South West); Clement Alobu Nweke – Member (South East); Chief Prince Weli Wosu – Member (South South), and Prof. Joseph Haruna Mamman – Member (North West). Others include Dr. Toma Hamidu Ragnjiya – Member (North East); Dr. Simon Abu Samson…

Multichoice, the parent company of DStv, announced on Wednesday that it would be broadcasting the African Cup of Nations tournament held in Ivory Coast. The AFCON game is scheduled to take place between January 13 and February 11, 2024. Earlier last Wednesday, it announced it wouldn’t be broadcasting on its platform because it failed to secure the broadcasting rights of the continent’s biggest football event on its SuperSport channels. It said, “SuperSport Channel will not broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 scheduled for January 13th–February 11th, 2024, because the channel has not secured the rights to broadcast the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked the boards of Union Bank, Polaris Bank, Keystone Bank, and Titan Trust Bank with immediate effect. The boards of directors and chief executives of the respective banks were invited to a meeting that started at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, where they were addressed for 30 minutes each by the apex bank’s Deputy Governor of Financial System Stability, Phillip Ikeazor, alongside three other Deputy Governors, Emem Usoro, Muhammad Dattijo, and Bala Bello. At the meeting, the CBN reeled out issues of non-compliance and other infractions committed by the affected banks and then…

The Ikeja Special Offences Court, under Justice Mojisola, adjourned on Wednesday until February 2, 2024, the alleged N2.7bn fraud involving a couple, Ruth and Oriyomi Idowu. The couple was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, on 20-count charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering, stealing, retention of stolen property, and forgery to the tune of N2,757,188,000.00 (two billion, seven Seven Hundred and fifty-seven million, one One Hundred and eighty-eight thousand Naira only). They were arraigned alongside Food Commodity Processing Enterprise, Bonway Food Processing Company…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have arrived in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, for the 34th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals. The chartered aircraft that conveyed players and officials of the three-time African champions touched down at 11.23 am Cote d’Ivoire time (12.23 pm Nigeria time), with the contingent dressed in Nigeria’s traditional kaftan attire with a cap to match. The Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, stressed that the Super Eagles’ colour and pomp matched the ambience and flavour of the Send Forth ceremony organised for the team by the…

Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc. (AEDC) said there will be electricity outage in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday due to ongoing Japan International Cooperation project work on the towers. AEDC disclosed this in a statement, noting that electricity will be disrupted in some areas from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The planned outage on the 33 kV feeder H31 Apo Transmission Substation is due to ongoing Japan International Cooperation project work on the towers, Abuja DisCo said. DisCos to hike electricity tariffs Consequently, the areas affected in Abuja are National Hospital, American Embassy, British Embassy, Areas 1, 2, 3, and…

The Chief Executive Officers of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz banks were quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday over Betta Edu scandal. This comes amid a sweeping investigation into an embezzlement scheme linked to current and former Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu and Sadiya Umar-Farouq. Sources told Chronicle NG that the bank chiefs handed over documents of accounts operated by the humanitarian affairs ministry to the EFCC to strengthen the ongoing investigation. The bank chiefs invited are Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu (Zenith Bank), Haruna Musa (Jaiz Bank), and Walter Akpani (Providus Bank). Sources close to Chronicle…

Erisco customer Mrs. Chioma Okoli, who gave a review of the tomato paste brand, has been rearrested on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, despite court orders. Okoli was arrested around 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday. She was previously arrested and detained in September 2023 over her review of a tomato product manufactured by Erisco Foods Limited. A Human Rights Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who is also Okoli’s counsel, gave the update in a post on X. According to him, a contingent of police officers from Abuja, reportedly acting on the instructions of the Inspector General of…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, was on Monday spotted at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as pressure mounts. Despite reports that President Bola Tinubu had summoned him, the claims were not verified. Newsmen sighted the minister leaving the President’s office complex a few minutes after 2 p.m. Although sources close to the President said he was not summoned, Tunji-Ojo and all his counterparts who were on the president’s schedule on Tuesday were unable to see him as he was meeting a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States. When he was approached for an interview, the minister simply…