Joao Felix was on target against his parent club Atletico Madrid as Barcelona registered a convincing win. Felix opened the scoring against his parent club in the first half before Robert Lewandowski and Fermin Lopez scored a goal each in the second half as Barcelona thrashed Atletico Madrid 3-0 in a vital La Liga clash on Sunday. The Portuguese attacker received a hostile welcome as he returned to Wanda Metropolitano. A section of the Atletico Madrid fans were so furious at their former player they set fire to his Atletico shirt and spat on the player’s plaque at the stadium. Reacting to the fans’…
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Jude Bellingham and Aurelien Tchouamani have enjoyed a heated debate, with the Real Madrid stars seemingly discussing Erling Haaland vs Kylian Mbappe. The Real team-mates have played alongside two of the most fearsome forwards in world football. Bellingham worked with current Manchester City striker Haaland at Borussia Dortmund, while Tchouameni is an international colleague of fellow Frenchman Mbappe. https://twitter.com/i/status/1769366620768452970 The pair are considered to be Ballon d’Or winners of the future, as they step out of the shadows cast by all-time greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with both boasting remarkable records when it comes to the art of goal-scoring. Debate as…
Kylian Mbappe scored his second hat-trick in Ligue 1 this season as leaders Paris St Germain won 6-2 at Montpellier on Sunday, securing their first league win in four matches. PSG, with 59 points from 26 matches, extended their lead at the top over Brest to 12 points while Montpellier, with 26 points, remain one point above the relegation playoff spot. Brest were earlier held 1-1 at home by Lille. The visitors took the lead in the 14th minute when Mbappe’s cross from the left found Vitinha who evaded two defenders to score from the edge of the box. Mbappe…
https://youtu.be/28VAr9Vj1yU Robert Lewandowski inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 triumph at Atletico Madrid on Sunday to keep their faint LaLiga title hopes alive. Lewandowski set up goals for Joao Felix and Fermin Lopez either side of striking himself to pull Barcelona second, eight points behind leaders Real Madrid. The resurgent Catalans, who reached the Champions League quarterfinals this week, became the first team to beat Atletico at the Metropolitano stadium this season. Barcelona were the last team to win at Atletico in the top flight too, with Diego Simeone’s team going 25 matches without defeat in between. They crumbled against Xavi…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has selected Dennis Idahosa as the running mate for the party’s governorship candidate in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Idahosa was unveiled at a meeting on Sunday night attended by the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, Okpebholo himself and a few other party chieftains. Guru Trends recalls Idahosa was one of the aspirants who contested the APC ticket for Edo governorship election during the party primaries but lost the ticket as the Okpebholo eventually emerged as the party’s flag bearer for the November 21, 2024 election. With his emergence as the deputy…
Eighty-seven people have been kidnapped by terrorists in a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Guru Trends gathered that the attack, which happened on Sunday night, came barely two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government. Confirming the incident on Monday in Kaduna, a member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, said the terrorists also broke into some shops and stole food items and other valuables. In a chat with Punch, Dari said they invaded the village around 10 pm, adding that no contact…
LiveScore D.aily is here to deliver all the big talking points from the world of football throughout the day. Keep refreshing this page for the latest stories in bite-sized chunks. An investigation has been launched after Trabzonspor fans ran onto the pitch and started a brawl following their side’s 3-2 loss to Fenerbahce. The Super Lig contest was marred by the ugly scenes at full-time, with 12 supporters arrested for their actions as of this morning. Footage circulating on social media shows ex-Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi, who netted an 87th-minute winner for the visitors, narrowly missing a charging fan with…
England have unveiled their Nike home and away jerseys for this summer’s European Championship in Germany, which will go on sale on March 21. The Three Lions kick off their three-game group campaign against Serbia on June 16 before locking horns with Euro 2020 semi-finalists Denmark and Slovenia. Gareth Southgate’s side will debut the suave new kits in international friendlies against Brazil and Belgium at Wembley this month, starting with the Samba Stars on Saturday. Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses will wear the strip when they host Sweden at Wembley in the Nations League on April 5 as they take the first…
Sexyy Red was in Mexico over the weekend and claimed she was stopped at the border before being followed by authorities. The St. Louis rapper took to her Instagram Stories in the early hours of Sunday morning (March 17) to praise fans for waiting, despite Mexican law enforcement allegedly giving her a hard time. Red thanked people for staying out until 3 a.m. to see her after being held up at the border, claiming it was due to having too much money and jewelry on her. “It’s been real, Mexico,” Sexyy Red began. “Thanks for fucking with a real bitch. Y’all…
EXCITEMENT AS OGUN BEGINS PAYMENT OF N10 000 CASH AWARD TO PRIMARY SECONDARY PUPILS The payment is in fulfilment of the promise made by the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to pay N10,000 to indigent pupils and students in the state’s primary and secondary schools. Speaking while monitoring the disbursement of the money in some schools in Abeokuta, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu noted that the payment was one of the strategies used by the governor to provide succour to parents as a result of the present economic situation in the country.
NIGERIAN ISLAMIC POLICE IN KANO ARREST NON FASTING MUSLIMS DURING RAMADAN Kano has a majority Muslim population, where an Islamic legal system – Sharia – operates alongside secular law. The Islamic police, widely known as Hisbah, carry out searches of eateries and markets every year during Ramadan. The 10 men and one woman were released after swearing an oath that they would not purposely miss a fast again. “We got 11 persons on Tuesday including a lady selling groundnuts who was seen eating from her wares and some persons alerted us,” Hisbah spokesman Lawal Fagge told the BBC. “The other…
FG TO BUILD 1000 HOUSING UNITS IN ONDO It said the housing units were designed to be affordable by Nigerians from all walks of life as part of the first phase of its affordable housing initiative. Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Federal Housing Authority, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, who stated this in Akure, the Ondo state capital during a visit to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, said the houses would be built in line with what residents in the state could afford
ARMY ARRESTS NINE FAKE SOLDIERS IN LAGOS Nigerian Army has apprehended nine individuals who were masquerading as soldiers and engaging in criminal activities in Lagos State. The Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The suspects were said to be involved in various offenses, including performing illegal duties, providing unauthorised security services, and offering illegal escort services while wearing military uniforms. The statement partly read, “The impostors who were paraded to the media on 13 March 2024 at Headquarters 81 Division NA, Victoria Island Lagos were identified as, Mr. Abua…
NIGERIA WILL STOP IMPORTING PETROL THIS YEAR BY KYARI The NNPC Boss who appeared before the Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the various Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) Projects of the Nigerian Refineries said over 450,000 barrels of oil has already been stocked into the Port Harcourt refinery.
MULTIPLE SUBSEA CABLE BREAKS KNOCK SAS INTERNET In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Vodacom says: “Certain customers are currently experiencing intermittent connectivity issues due to multiple undersea cable failures affecting SA’s network providers, including us. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.” The outage has also affected services such as Microsoft Azure and Office 365. Says Microsoft on Azure status: “Starting at 10:30 UTC on 14 March 2024, customers using Azure Services in South Africa North and South Africa West may experience increased network latency or packet drops when accessing their resources.” In a new update, Microsoft…
TINCAN CUSTOMS SEIZE AMMUNITION HARD DRUGS The Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Chapter, on Friday, said it seized a total of 11 rifles and six pump action guns from January to date. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Dera Nnadi, who disclosed this while addressing journalists, said that the seizures were a product of collaboration with sister agencies, including the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. “These were all seized from some containers. On the whole, the total number of rifles were 11 and pistols six,” he said
26 YEAR OLD NIGERIAN WITHOUT ENGINEERING CERTIFICATION INVENTS WATER POWERED GENERATOR A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Emeka Nelson, built a generator that operates mainly on water. Nelson invented the water-powered generator despite lacking formal education or engineering certification. The inventor said the generator has a maximum capacity of 1,000 Watts and a voltage ranging between 220 and 240.
TINUBU APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE NEMA DG President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Mrs. Umar is the first woman to be appointed as Director-General of the pivotal interventionist and humanitarian agency, and her appointment further underlines the President’s avowed commitment to gender inclusion.
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SUPER EAGLES JOB The last one week has been a very busy period for the Nigeria Football Federation. Apart from having two teams (male and female) participating in the African Games in Ghana, the football house has been busy with sorting out the very important issue of getting new coaches for the U17 and the senior national team, the Super Eagles.