Author: Vincent Osuwo

Como had a remarkable Champions League debut, defeating over RB Leipzig with a score of 4-1 in their first league-phase match at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. Goals by Martin Baturina and Tasos Douvikas in the first half provided the debutants a 2-0 advantage before Assane Diao and Maximo Perrone increased the score after halftime on a momentous night for the Italian club by Lake Como. Como waited 119 years to play their inaugural game in Europe, but they required just 15 minutes to leave their mark as Baturina scored to put them in the lead before their 11,000 fans. Douvikas entered…

Manchester United made a stylish return to the Champions League, securing a 4-0 group stage victory over tournament newcomers Sabah from Azerbaijan. United who are three times winners, were making their initial appearance in Europe’s top club tournament after three seasons and charged into a three-goal advantage at halftime in Thursday’s game through goals from Matheus Cunha, Bruno Fernandes, and Benjamin Sesko. The home team secured the win in the second half with a goal from Lisandro Martinez, though it wasn’t entirely without tension. United had a sluggish beginning, causing a few faint sighs from the Old Trafford supporters, but…

Hull City have confirmed that Nigerian winger David Akintola’s contract has been terminated by mutual consent, allowing him to make a permanent move to Cypriot club Omonoia FC. The 30-year-old joined the Tigers from Turkish Süper Lig team Çaykur Rizespor in August 2025 and appeared 21 times during the 2025/26 season. Akintola scored once and assisted twice as Hull City earned promotion to the Premier League. He made his Hull debut as a substitute in the Tigers’ 3-2 home win over Oxford United in August 2025 and continued to play throughout the season. The Nigerian also appeared in Hull’s FA…

The National Sports Commission has confirmed that each player on Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, will receive the naira equivalent of $100,000 as part of the Presidential Reward for their triumph at the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket. The commission also revealed that each of the team’s officials will receive $50,000 in naira. The accounts of the players and officials were credited on September 9, 2026, and the NSC stated that all recipients had acknowledged receipt of the payments. D’Tigress won the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title for the fifth time in a row and seventh overall in 2025. According to…

Uber is limiting totally remote work to approximately 1% of its workforce after announcing intentions to cut about 3,300 jobs, its largest labor reduction since the COVID-19 epidemic. Dara Khosrowshahi, the business’s CEO, announced the shift in a memo addressed to staff and published on Uber’s website, which was viewed by Chronicle NG on Wednesday, claiming the company would require the majority of its current remote employees to relocate to an office. “We are also asking the vast majority of remote employees to move to an office, and going forward, only 1% of employees will be remote,” the executive wrote.…

The partial collapse of a two-story building undergoing manual demolition in Aboru, Lagos, has led to the death of one person while injuring two others. The Lagos State the Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The statement was signed by its Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu. Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the event occurred at midnight at No. 42, Governors Road, Aboru, in the Alimosho area of the state. He claimed the Alpha Eagle Response Team was dispatched from the Cappa, Oshodi Response Unit, at 12:56 a.m. in response to a distress call. According…

US President Donald Trump has pledged a $5,000 government “dividend” to every adult American if Republicans maintain control of both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections. Trump made the promise on Wednesday at the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, transforming an electoral rally into a pitch that could put billions of dollars straight in Americans’ pockets. “If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them,” Trump said, he would issue the payment “to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.” According to Reuters, Trump referred…

The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center has detained Hafsat Abubakar, a 27-year-old woman, for creating and circulating a fraudulent document claiming that fintech startup OPay Nigeria Limited was ceasing operations. Anietie Iniedu, the Force Public Relations Officer, announced this during a press briefing at the NPF-NCCC in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Iniedu, the arrest was made in response to a formal petition received by OPay Digital Services Limited on August 31, 2026, asking for an urgent investigation, tracking down, and apprehending individuals responsible for generating and spreading the false document. He stated that the petition was made through…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has launched an inquiry into the death of an unidentified man, who was allegedly attacked, set ablaze, and burned to death by a mob at Ikpe Ikot Akpan Village, on the Ikot Ekpene-Uyo Road. DSP Timfon John, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday. John added that the incident occurred around 7:05 a.m., following an allegation that the deceased attempted to steal a motorcycle belonging to one Idoroenyin Udo. The PPRO stated that preliminary investigations found that the motorcycle owner allegedly resisted the attempted theft and raised…

The Kano State Police Command has detained two suspects in connection with the death of Ibrahim Khalil Danshagamu, a well-known political analyst who was allegedly stabbed with sharp items at his home in Gaida Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area. The command made this known in a statement published on Wednesday by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori. According to the statement, the event occurred on Monday at about 11:30 p.m., after the command received a distress call from the Vigilante Group Commander in Gaida, who reported that unknown…