Author: Opalim Lifted

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel wants greater consistency from his team and has urged his players to repeat their opening 4-0 league victory at Werder Bremen when they play Augsburg on Sunday after an erratic start to the season. The Bavarians began the domestic season with a 3-0 German Super Cup loss at home to RB Leipzig. This came after the Bavarians won their 11th straight league title after Borussia Dortmund faltered on the penultimate matchday. Tuchel wants more of the same after they backed it up with a convincing league victory against Werder on Friday. Tuchel stated this week…

Chelsea will hope to claim their first Premier League win of the season when they host promoted Luton Town at Stamford Bridge while Manchester United will hope to put their defeat at Tottenham Hotspur behind them when they take on Nottingham Forest. Here’s a preview of third week of matches. Friday, Aug. 25 Chelsea vs. Luton Town (1900) Chelsea are aiming to secure their first win of the season when they host promoted Luton at Stamford Bridge after drawing 1-1 against Liverpool and losing 3-1 to London rivals West Ham United. New Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino is dealing with injury…

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin who opposed President Vladimir Putin was believed dead after a private jet on which he was listed as a passenger crashed north of Moscow with no survivors. Prigozhin, 62, spearheaded a mutiny against Russia’s top army brass on June 23–24, which Putin said could have tipped Russia into civil war. Others who have opposed Putin or his interests have also died under unclear circumstances or come close to death. Here are some details about these mysterious incidents: Alexei Navalny Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was flown to Germany in August 2020 for medical…

At least 26 people were confirmed dead and many more are missing when a railway bridge under construction in north-eastern India collapsed, officials said. The tragedy happened near the town of Sairang in Mizoram. 40 workers were there when a portion of the bridge fell, local media said. The reason for the occurrence is unknown, but an inquiry has been launched by the railway administration. So far, three individuals have been rescued. One of the wounded workers had to be lowered from the top of one of the bridge’s 100-metre (328-foot) pillars. The event occurred on the Kurung River, around…

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was named as a passenger on a private plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday evening with no survivors, Russian officials said. There was no proof that Prigozhin was allegedly on board, and reports have yet to confirm his presence on the plane when it crashed north of Moscow. “An investigation into an Embraer plane crash that occurred tonight in the Tver region has been launched. The name and surname of Yevgeny Prigozhin appear on the passenger list,” Rosaviatsia, Russia’s aviation agency, was quoted as saying by the Russian TASS news agency. A private…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 38 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on August 21, 2023, in a sting operation at Ogbogoro and Aluu Roads, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The suspects are: Marvellous Obuah, John Don Precious, Batholomen Ifeanyi, Onyenaturuchi Akuma Chima, Maxwell Goodluck, Joseph Emmanuel, Godwin Emmanuel, Kelechi Ukaegbu, Kelly Taribo Bruce, David Onyedikachi Eluwa, Chukwu Anokwute, Christian Othuke, John Iheme, Obenushe Blessed, Eruchi Oshu Godswill, Emmanuel Goodluck, Nnaemaeka Chinedu, and Prosper Emmanuel. Lawyer sues DSS over illegal detention of suspended EFCC chairman, Bawa Others include Daniel Ogumba, Ikem Onyeka, Delight Godwin, Obed Martins, Chidebere Cyril,…

The Northern Youths are appealing to President Bola Tinubu to appoint Dada Olusegun as the Minister of Youths. The Northern Progressive Caucus is specifically appealing to the president, Bola Tinubu, and all APC governors to be united behind Segun Dada’s leadership skills for the office of the minister of youths. Speaking on behalf of the group, the forum spokesperson, Ismail Adam, said all the young men and women from the zones across this country have resolved to support his appointment as he has served in various capacities of the Buhari administration and now the Tinubu-led administration. I am currently serving…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a manhunt for a notorious Lekki, Lagos-based drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving over an NDLEA officer in his bid to evade arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. Chronicle NG reports that Femi Babafemi, NDLEA PRO, said this on Wednesday in a statement. Anti-narcotics officers of the agency stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, August 18th, for a search and possible arrest following credible intelligence that…

The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Abass Abdulkareem before Justice O. I. Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa on a one-count charge bordering on internet fraud. The charge read, “that you, Abass Aminu Abdulkareem, sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, cheated by personation when you represented yourself on a Facebook profile page as Jeremiah Lincoln, a citizen of the United States of America, and under that name obtained the sum of two hundred and seventy United…

In a case that might have broader European repercussions, Norway’s data authority informed a court on Wednesday that Meta Platform is violating European data privacy standards. Since August 14, Meta has been fined one million crowns ($94,145) every day for violating users’ privacy by gathering user data and utilizing it to target advertising at them. Big Tech uses a business strategy known as behavioural advertising. The owners of Facebook and Instagram are seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the ruling, which levies a daily fee for the next three months, from being implemented. The fine is legal since Meta…