Day: January 11, 2023

Nottingham Forest have beaten Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 on penalties to advance to the semifinals of the Carabao Cup after a 90 minutes 1-1 draw at City Ground on Wednesday. Forest scored first in the 18th minute and held the lead up until the 64th minute before Wolves forward, Raul Jimenez, levelled the scoreline in the

Manchester City have been knocked out of Carabao Cup as Southampton shockingly defeated the Cityzens 2-0 at St. Mary’s Stadium on Wednesday night. In an underwhelming performance, City had no shot on target despite having 73 per cent possession and more passes than Southampton. Also top footballers like Kevin deBruyne, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden among

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has expressed grief on the death of seven personnel of the corps killed in Kaduna by bandits while on official duty. This was contained in a press statement signed by the NSCDC Spokesperson, Olusola Odumosu on Wednesday, as prayers were offered for the slain

The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has said the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is unfit to hold office as president. The organisation said this while mocking the APC candidate over “his failed attempt to impute illness on the healthy and energetic presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.”

The Criminal Investigation Department, Lagos State Police Command has arrested 55 year-old Oluwole Akande for impersonating the Police Commissioner of Railway Command, Yetunde Longe, and defrauding an 80-year-old man of N250 million. Longe confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. Longe said that she got a call from a

A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike, has been delivered of septuplets (seven babies), two boys and five girls. Although, one of the girls did not make it alive. Ngozi, who works at the Department of Business Administration, delivered the babies at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, on Sunday. The

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has announced that she is pregnant with her first child. The 25-year-old last week pulled out of the first Grand Slam of the year without giving any official reason, but on Wednesday she took to social media to post a picture of a baby scan. She also revealed that she is

Ghana’s inflation rate hit a record 54.1% in December 2022, as a result of increased in prices of food, housing, and transport in the country. The inflation rate as at November 2022 was 50.3%, Government Statistician Samuel Kobina Annim told reporters on Wednesday in Accra,the country’s capital. According to Bloomberg, the 54.1% inflation rate was

FIFA has said Gabon striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, can only play for either Chelsea or Barcelona and not any other club. The Chelsea player had been linked with a move to Atlantic Madrid, after just arriving Stamford Bridge from Barcelona in September 2022 for a £12 million deal. Aubameyang, also in February of 2022, left Arsenal

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, on Wednesday, formally launched the state’s electronic court filing system, established to quicken the process of litigation and administration of justice in the state. He launched the new filing system while inaugurating the remodelled State High Court complex at Onopa, Yenagoa, which was reconstructed and named after the