Author: Opalim Lifted

Harry Maguire and Andre Onana secured the precious win for Manchester United as players who have endured a torrid time recently. Maguire would have been sold in the summer had he accepted the chance to link up with David Moyes at West Ham United, while many have questioned Ten Hag’s wisdom in replacing David de Gea with Onana. But when half-time substitute Christian Eriksen delivered a superb curling cross to the far post 18 minutes from time, Maguire met it perfectly, shrugging off the attentions of a defender to make sure he was in position to head home. It was…

Jude Bellingham continued his brilliant start to the season with another goal to help Real Madrid claim a narrow Champions League win at Braga. After Rodrygo’s first-half opener, Bellingham found the bottom corner in the 61st minute with a fine, curling finish. The England midfielder now has 12 goals in 15 matches for club and country this season. Alvaro Djalo pulled a goal back for Braga, but Real held on in Group C. Vinicius Junior thought he had added a third late on for the visitors, but his strike was ruled out for offside. Bellingham scores twice as Real Madrid…

Gabriel Jesus scored a goal and grabbed an assist to help Arsenal get back to winning ways in the Champions League with a victory at Sevilla. After losing 2-1 to Lens in their previous European outing, the Gunners came through a difficult test against the seven-time Europa League winners. Gabriel Martinelli got the visitors off and running by marking his Champions League debut with a goal, racing on to Jesus’ brilliant ball, and rounding the goalkeeper in first-half stoppage time. Jesus then increased Arsenal’s lead early in the second half with a superb strike into the top corner. Sevilla, backed…

Harry Kane scored and assisted to help Bayern Munich claim victory at Galatasaray in the Champions League. The England captain converted an easy tap-in after 73 minutes to give Bayern a 2-1 lead before assisting Jamal Musiala six minutes later. In the first half, Argentine forward Mauro Icardi cancelled out Kingsley Coman’s eighth-minute opener with an audacious Panenka penalty. Victory extends Bayern’s winning streak in Champions League group games to 16. They maintain their lead at the top of Group A with three wins from three. In an end-to-end encounter, Bayern Munich broke the deadlock when Musiala jumped over the…

Inter Milan moved to the top of the standings in Champions League Group D on Tuesday after beating Austrian champions Salzburg 2-1 with an early goal by Alexis Sanchez and a second-half penalty by Hakan Calhanoglu. Inter, who followed their opening 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad with a 1-0 home win against Benfica, are on seven points from three games. Salzburg sits third with three points, one behind second-placed Real Sociedad, who were playing at bottom side Benfica later on Tuesday. “It was a very important victory for the qualification; we were playing against a sparkling team,” Inter coach Simone…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a $3.45 billion World Bank loan application for the financing of five items repayable in 40 years. Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, spoke after the FEC meeting in Abuja on Monday. He said the council approved the loan request during its meeting at the State House, adding that the Federal Government would begin to receive the $3.5 billion “zero-interest” loan. Edun said the loan is payable within 40 years with a 10-year moratorium, which means payments would start in 2033. “Today at the Federal Executive Council, I…

The National Assembly (NASS) and the 36 state assembly workers have concluded plans to shut down their respective places of work on Wednesday, October 24. The workers, under the auspices of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), said the assemblies would be locked up until their demand for financial autonomy is granted. PASAN is demanding that the 36 state governors commence immediate implementation of financial autonomy for state assemblies in line with the 1999 Constitution. The workers made their decision known in separate letters sent to the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum; the Department of State Services (DSS); and the…

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement on Peter Obi’s appeal seeking to invalidate President Bola Tinubu’s election. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court headed by John Okoro made the announcement after taking arguments from lawyers to the parties on Monday. “This appeal is reserved for judgement until a date is communicated to the parties,” Mr. Okoro said. During the hearing, Mr. Obi’s lead lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), urged the Supreme Court court to allow his client’s appeal. He prayed the court to set aside the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja,…

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgement in the appeal by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the presidential election. After the parties’ lawyers adopted their argument briefs and made their final submissions, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Inyang Okoro announced this. On Atiku’s motion to present new evidence regarding forged documents, the apex court also heard arguments from lawyers for the parties. The fresh evidences are President Tinubu Bola’s academic records obtained from…

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court will today hear the appeals by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi challenging the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s election. Members of the panel, which have yet to be unveiled, will hear the appeals by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) challenging the election of Mr. Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, headed by Haruna Tsammani, had ruled that Atiku and Mr. Obi failed to substantiate…