Author: Opalim Lifted

Barely a year after terrorists attacked a Kaduna-bound train from Abuja, at a place called Katari in Kaduna State, the Edo State Police Command said scores of passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State to Warri in Delta State were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen on Saturday evening. Many of the travelers were also reportedly injured. The Edo Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident in a statement. The statement claimed that the abductors, armed with AK 47, invaded the train station and shot sporadically into the air…

Liverpool and Wolves were forced to settle for an FA Cup third-round replay after a thrilling encounter finished level at Anfield. Wolves led after Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson horrifically gave the ball away and Goncalo Guedes tapped home. Darwin Nunez’s classy left-footed volley pulled Liverpool level before Mohamed Salah side-footed them ahead. Hwang Hee-chan then came off the bench to earn Wolves a replay, with the ball ricocheting in off his side. Wolves thought they had won the game when Toti flicked home, but the linesman had ruled it offside earlier in the move. Lacklustre Liverpool top-four hopes dashed by…

Real Madrid slipped to just a second La Liga defeat of the season as they missed the chance to go back to the top of the table by losing at Villarreal. Yeremy Pino put the hosts ahead but a dubious handball call against Juan Foyth allowed Karim Benzema to level. Foyth then won a penalty of his own at the other end as David Alaba handled and Gerard Moreno slotted the winner. Real Madrid remains second, level on points with leaders Barcelona, who visit Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Villarreal climbed to fifth after a deserved third successive win, having created…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said his shame turned to celebration, having faced a lot of tribulations last year. Ooni said this during the Grand-finale of New Year Prayer organized by the Christian Association of Nigeria at Afewonro Park, Enuwa Square, on Saturday, in Ile-Ife. Oba Ogunwusi, who led different Christian worship songs and praises during the service, clarified that it was a good thing to always praise the Lord Jesus Christ and appreciate Him. “When I look back, I observe that my life is full of God’s wonders and miracles despite all challenges faced, but today,…

The Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Birnin Kebbi, Bunza, Kalgo Federal Constituency, Abba Bello Muhammad, is dead. The lawyer passed on after a brief illness on Friday in Abuja. The party chapter’s Gubernatorial Campaign Council, in a statement by Abubakar Usman, on behalf of the Publicity Committee, mourned the passing of its frontline member. 2023: PDP will never return to power – Tinubu The statement said the Council and leaders were deeply shocked and saddened by the loss. It directed that all campaign activities be suspended till further notice. Chairman of the Publicity Committee, Alhaji Sani Gwandu,…

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is contained in a release signed on Saturday in Calabar by Mr. Gabriel Egbe, Registrar of the institution. Egbe said that the unlawful act was carried out by the four students during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on December 2, 2022. Egbe mentioned the affected students to include Stephen Usen,…

A popular singer, Olawale Olofooro, aka Brymo, caused a stir online on Thursday, January 5, 2023, when he stated on Twitter that it would be difficult for an Igbo person to be elected as the president of the country, because of the secessionist agitation by some prominent people in Igbo land. Maintaining his stance in an interview with Saturday Beats, the singer said, “I did not mean an Igbo person is unfit for the presidency. That sounds ‘tribalistic. “I am not supporting Bola Tinubu (presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress) just because I am a Yoruba man from Lagos.…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has hinted that God has not spoken to him yet on the winner of the next President of the country in the forthcoming 2023 polls. The revered cleric made the claim on Saturday morning, January 7, during this month’s Holy Ghost Service tagged, “Wonderful” which was held at the Redemption City, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. Adeboye added that members of RCCG and Nigerians at large should ensure their Permanent Voter Cards are handy and ready to be used to exercise their civic rights come February 25 presidential…

Mali’s junta leader has pardoned 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in July and accused of conspiring against the Malian government, the presidency said in a statement on Friday. The soldiers’ arrest sparked a diplomatic dispute between Mali and neighbouring Ivory Coast, and widespread condemnation from regional leaders against a country already at odds with the international community. They were arrested at the airport in nation’s capital Bamako last July. The authorities said the troops were acting as mercenaries, while Ivory Coast said they were part of a United Nations peace keeping mission in Mali. Three who were women were later released,…

A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police said. No students were hurt in the incident at Richneck Elementary School in the coastal city of Newport News. “The individual is a six-year-old student. He is right now in police custody,” local police chief Steve Drew told a news conference, adding that “this was not an accidental shooting.” Police said that the victim was a teacher in her 30s and her injuries were believed to be life-threatening. “I’m in shock, and I’m disheartened,” said the…