Day: April 16, 2024

PSG Thrash Barcelona 4-1 To Reach Champions League Semis

Ganiyu Amodu

Paris Saint-Germain produced a stunning comeback on a thrilling night in the Champions League to dump Barcelona out at the quarter-final stage 6-4 on aggregate. After the first leg Barcelona brought a one-goal lead into the match and opened the scoring in the night with a fortuitous touch from Raphinha beating Gianluigi Donnarumma at the near post. PSG looked to get back in the game and were gifted the initiative after a mistimed challenge from Ronald Araujo saw the defender sent off inside the first half and hour. That red…

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UCL: Dortmund Defeat Atletico Madrid 4-2, Qualify For Semi-finals

Ganiyu Amodu

Borussia Dortmund stormed into the Champions League semi-finals with a rip-roaring 4-2 home win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday that saw them fight back from a 2-1 defeat in the first leg to win the tie 5-4 on aggregate. The German side scored twice in the first half and looked to be cruising into the last four, but Atletico bounced back with two goals early in the second half to put Dortmund on the ropes before they dug deep to complete a superb comeback. The game got off to a…

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Why My 10-year Marriage Ended – Kaka

Ganiyu Amodu

Brazilian football icon Kaka has broken his silence on his 2015 divorce after a rumoured claim made by his ex-wife. Kaka, who married his childhood sweetheart Caroline Celico in 2005 while playing for AC Milan, recently addressed the split during a podcast interview reported by Spanish outlet Sport. The couple, who share a son and daughter, ended their marriage after a decade together. Reports surfaced last week suggesting that Celico attributed the breakup to Kaka being “too perfect” for her – however, Celico has debunked the reports. Reacting, Kaka, 41,…

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22 NTIC Students To Participate In NMC’s Olympiad Camp

Ganiyu Amodu

22 students of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) have been selected by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC) to participate in a 3-day Olympiad Camp. Olympiad competition spans across Mathematics, Science, Arts, Music, Literature, History, Culture, Information Communication Technology among others. The Managing Director NTIC, Feyzullah Bilgin, made this known in a statement, on Tuesday. READ ALSO Nigerian Govt Commences Disbursement Of N200bn Palliative Loans Story of Valentina Vassilyev, Mother of 69 Children KPMG, Deloitte Indicted In Exam Cheating Scandal, Fined $27 Million The statement reads: “In a remarkable display…

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Nigerian Govt Commences Disbursement Of N200bn Palliative Loans

Ganiyu Amodu

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment says it has begun disbursement of the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to verified applicants after an exhaustive selection process. The government, through the Bank of Industry, had said it would be disbursing three categories of funding totalling N200bn to support manufacturers and businesses across the country. In a progress report posted on X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Aniete, stated that an unspecified number of beneficiaries had received their grants, adding that by Friday, April…

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Story of Valentina Vassilyev, Mother of 69 Children

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets, all survived but two; How the wife of a Russian peasant broke Guiness World Records for most children born to a single mother The Guinness World Record for most children born to one mother goes to Valentina Vassilyev, the wife of a Russian peasant Feodor Vassilyev. She birthed total number of 69 babies in her lifetime. She lived to be 76 and between 1725 and 1765 she had 69 children (16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of…

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KPMG, Deloitte Indicted In Exam Cheating Scandal, Fined $27 Million

ADEOLA YUSUF

▪️Banned For Life; Why KPMG Netherlands’ former audit boss Marc Hogeboom will never work for a firm that audits US public companies till he dies – PCAOB + Penalty, largest in US accounting regulator’s history   Hundreds of staff in KPMG’s Netherlands business, including senior partners and managers, cheated on professional exams, and the firm misled investigators about the misconduct, according to the US audit regulator. The Dutch arm of KPMG was on Wednesday fined $25mn by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the largest penalty in the US…

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US-Based Nigerian Man, Chidozie Shot By Wife, Dies After 18-Day Coma

Abibat Babalola

A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Michael Chidozie, has died of spinal injury complications after his wife shot him four times during an argument inside their Houston residence, Texas, US. Chidozie’s wife, Keaiirra Shavoiyae, two years older, shot him in the middle of an argument on March 21 in front of their two children, claiming she acted in self-defence. He was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital after police found him with gunshot wounds and his wife in a panic holding their two kids, aged three and two. According to Daily Mail, Chidozie…

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EFCC Arraigns Father-In-Law, Daughter-In-Law For Alleged Forgery In Lagos

Abibat Babalola

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC), Lagos Zonal Command has arraigned father-in-law, and his daughter-in-law over forgery in Lagos. The commission on Monday, April 15, 2024, presented the dual father-in-law, Alaba Alakija, and his daughter-in-law, Oyinkansola Alakija before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy and using false documents. This was disclosed on the official X account of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a press release. ‘’The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic…

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Robbers Attack Married Man Who Lodge With ‘Side Chick,’ Shoot Three In Lagos Hotel

Abibat Babalola

“Devil is real o. If I have died, how will my wife and five children receive the sad news? If injured, what would I tell my wife happened to me?” Read-for-yourself full account of how the 9-man robbery gang struck, by a lodger Some lodgers, including a married man who lodged with his ‘side chick,’ and workers of a hotel were injured in the early hours of Monday as daredevil armed robbers invaded the hotel in the Alagbado area of Lagos State. Platforms Africa reports that three of the workers…

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