Author: Opalim Lifted

President Bola Tinubu today restated his administration’s commitment to eliminating poverty, terrorism, and all forms of criminality in Nigeria. Already, the Nigerian leader, who is also Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said the administration is currently implementing programmes and policies that would empower Nigerians to combat the challenges of poverty, criminality, and terrorism. During today’s passing-out parade of Cadets from the 70 Regular Course, Direct Short Service Course 27 (Army), and Direct Short Service Course 31 (Air Force) of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna, President Tinubu, who was in attendance, gave the hint. Vice…

Referees’ body, PGMOL, has admitted the decision to disallow Luis Diaz’s goal in nine-man Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur was “a significant human error”. A remarkably quick VAR decision that omitted the customary offside line graphic at 0-0 and with the Reds down a man disallowed Diaz’s goal. “PGMOL acknowledges a significant human error occurred,” the statement read. “PGMOL will conduct a full review.” The on-field crew of match officials “disallowed the goal by Luiz Diaz for offside. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention; however,…

Manchester United suffered a second successive defeat at home in the Premier League as Joachim Andersen’s superb strike gave Crystal Palace an impressive victory at Old Trafford. The two teams were meeting for the second time in five days, with Erik ten Hag’s side comfortably winning 3-0 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday. But Crystal rested a number of first-team players for that game and were a different proposition on Saturday as they produced the perfect away performance. After Tyrick Mitchell cleared Rasmus Hojlund’s effort off the line, Palace took the lead when Andersen superbly drove a first-time effort into…

A hat-trick from England striker Ollie Watkins fired Aston Villa to a sensational 6-1 thrashing of high-flying Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday. Brighton travelled to the Midlands having only lost once all season, but they were put to the sword by a rampant Villa side in the first half, with a Watkins double and Pervis Estupinan’s own goal catapulting the hosts into a 3-0 lead by halftime. Substitute Ansu Fati’s first goal since signing on loan from Barcelona early in the second half gave the visitors some hope, but Watkins’ third put the game to…

Chelsea have signed a shirt sponsorship deal with sports technology company Infinite Athlete, reportedly worth around 40 million pounds ($49 million), having started the season without one following the expiry of a deal with telecoms group Three. The logo of Infinite Athlete, which offers an integrated platform covering everything from broadcast viewing to athlete performance, will appear on the front of the Chelsea men’s and women’s teams’ playing kits and training kit sleeve, the club said. Neither party disclosed the financial details of the deal, but British media reported it was worth in the region of 40 million pounds. The…

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed concern over incursions into secondary schools and higher institutions of learning by bandits and other criminals, including kidnappers. In a statement by the director general of the forum, Prof. Doknan D.D. Sheni, in Abuja yesterday, NEF said that nearly a decade after the mass kidnapping of Chibok girls in Borno State, the spectre of this act of criminality was assuming a much more frightening dimension. “While the pain and sense of loss at the woeful failure of the government to rescue many of the Chibok girls from captivity have continued to add more…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Command has arraigned the duo of Joseph Akadu Asukwo and Emmanuel Ekenedilichukwu Armstrong before Justice Maureen Adaobi Onyetenu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Uyo Akwa Ibom State, bordering on criminal activities. Asukwo was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on criminal conversion and stealing to the tune of N12, 993, 600.00 (Twelve Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Three Thousand, Six Hundred Naira), while Armstrong was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on fraudulent impersonation, forgery, and criminal diversion to the tune of $108, 762.5 (One Hundred and Eight Thousand, Seven Hundred…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Delta Command, advises motorists to obey traffic rules and regulations to stem crashes on highways during and after the ember months. Mr. Bassey Eshiet, the Sector Commander of FRSC Delta Command, gave the advice at the flag-off of Ember Months Campaign 2023, entitled “Speed Thrills, Speed Kills, Drive Responsibly, and Avoid Overloading”. According to him, towards the end of every year, the volume of traffic increases, coupled with high incidences of road traffic infractions. “These infractions include route violation, excessive speeding, dangerous driving, wrongful overtaking, overloading, drunk driving, driver fatigue, and making calls while…

Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday, September 28, 2023, convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to one year imprisonment each, without an option of fine. The all-male convicts, with ages ranging between 20 and 28 years, are Abdullahi Saidu Momoh, Godwin Boman Emmanuel, Samuel Godfrey Orudu, and Anunobi Kyrian. They were jailed after pleading guilty to separate charges, all bordering on criminal impersonation and obtaining false pretences. One of the separate charges reads: “That you, Abdullahi Saidu Momoh “M,” sometime in 2022, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,…

Minister of Works Dave Umahi has apologized to his staff after each other engaged in a show of power as both locked each other in or out of office on Thursday. In reaction, the affected workers embarked on a protest, angrily shouting, ‘He must go!’, ‘Umahi must go!’ and ‘Solidarity forever!’ Umahi, who got to the ministry’s complex ahead of some directors and staff in the morning, denied them access to their respective offices. Addressing the protesters, Umahi apologized to the staff of the ministry for locking them out. “I would come to work and see workers coming to work…