Author: Opalim Lifted

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes it will be “impossible” for his team to duplicate their Treble triumph from last season. City won three major championships in 2022–23 and will kick off their Premier League campaign against newly promoted Burnley on Friday. “It’s once in a lifetime,” Guardiola added. “What we did last season will not be possible.” City are attempting to become the first team in history to win four consecutive English Premier League titles. However, Guardiola stated that winning the league, Champions League, and FA Cup all over again would be too tough. “We climbed the highest mountain…

German champions Bayern Munich reportedly reached a deal with Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday for the transfer of England captain Harry Kane, Athletic website reports. Tottenham reject Bayern’s £85m for Kane, Chelsea target Tyler Adams Bayern, who did not comment on the report, have been trying to sign the striker for months, with any deal worth aroundeuros ($110.19 million). The Bavarians, who won the league for a record 11th successive time last season, have been desperate to bring Kane in as they look to boost their attack and battle for the Champions League title once more. The Athletic said it was…

Immediate Past Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, has expressed profound grief at the passing of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos. Why Osinbajo will not attend APC caucus meeting In a personally signed statement, Prof. Osinbajo noted that even though Pastor Taiwo’s death was devasting, the firmness of his faith as well as the soundness of his scriptural expositions will be missed. Below is the verbatim statement: “Dolly, I and our children are devastated by the news of the passing of our dear brother and friend, Pastor Taiwo. Our hearts…

Olatunbosun Oladapo, President of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, warned gas users to brace themselves for price increases beginning next week. He highlighted rising international prices, high tax rates and vessel prices, currency scarcity, and naira depreciation as factors for the planned pricing revision. “It will begin next week because international prices have risen.” Ship costs have risen, and taxes have risen, but consumers have not earned more. “Their purchasing power has decreased.” Everyone is in tears. “Consumers, middlemen, and retailers are feeling the pinch because business is now slow,” he explained. Olatunbosun called the impending price…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has set the release of the circular for one-for-one clinical staff replacement and payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund as minimal criteria for calling off its indefinite strike, which began on July 26. Dr. Emeka Orji, National President of NARD, said this in a chat with our correspondent on Wednesday. Despite the suspension of the planned statewide demonstration, Orji stated that the organisation was allowing the Federal Government 72 hours to satisfy some of its critical requests before calling off the strike. According to him, the union will determine whether to prolong…

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has proposed suspending the Value Added Tax on Automotive Gas Oil, often known as Diesel. The VAT suspension, according to Oyedele, will mitigate the economic impact of President Bola Tinubu’s decision to eliminate gasoline subsidies. On Wednesday, October 9th, 2023, Oyedele revealed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily broadcast. “What the President wants us to do is that within the first 30 days, there are those low-hanging fruits that everyone has agreed are a problem, but nobody has done anything about them,” he added. “Personally, I’m…

Spain’s third heatwave of the summer was set to peak on Wednesday, with temperatures reaching 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in central and southern Spain and officials warning of the danger of wildfires. According to the national meteorological service AEMET, the temperature in the Basque Country in northern Spain might reach 40 degrees Celsius, an area less accustomed to such high temperatures. It warned of so-called dry storms in numerous parts of the nation, which contain thunder and lighting but no rain. Southern European nations have seen record-breaking temperatures this summer, prompting regulators to issue health warnings, particularly for…

Rhissa Ag Boula, a former rebel commander and politician in Niger, has formed the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR) to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to power, according to a statement released on Wednesday. In the first evidence of internal opposition to a July military coup, the movement declared it would back international attempts to restore constitutional order in Niger.

Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, confirmed on Tuesday that five people were killed after a minibus taxi drivers’ strike that began last week turned violent. Last Thursday, the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) declared a one-week statewide stoppage after failing to negotiate several problems with the Cape Town municipal government. The complaints emerged when a new municipal ordinance gave local governments the authority to confiscate automobiles for offences such as driving without a licence or plates. After police began impounding vehicles last week, irate protestors set fire to buses and automobiles and showered officers with stones in several…

Residents reported on Wednesday that Ethiopia’s military had forced local militias out of two major towns in the Amhara region, marking the country’s first major battlefield gains since violence started last week. According to locals, the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) took control of the middle of Gondar, Amhara’s second-largest city, on Tuesday and reached the holy town of Lalibela on Wednesday after militias departed. Meanwhile, Ethiopian Airlines (ETHA.UL) confirmed that flights to Gondar and Amhara’s capital, Bahir Dar, both of which have seen conflict, will resume on Thursday. The Fano militia overran the ENDF in Gondar and Lalibela this…