Day: May 18, 2024

Bayer Leverkusen Complete Unbeaten Bundesliga Season

Ganiyu Amodu

Bayer Leverkusen have become the first team in Bundesliga history to go through a season unbeaten after a 2-1 home win over Augsburg on Saturday, extending their season-long run to 51 games without defeat. Crowned Bundesliga champions for the first time in their history in April, goals from Victor Boniface and Robert Andrich put Leverkusen — who play the Europa League final against Atalanta and the German Cup final this week — on course for victory and a possible unbeaten treble. Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen took the lead after 12 minutes…

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Guinness World Records: One-Year-Old Is World’s Youngest Male Artist

ADEOLA YUSUF

A one-year-old, Ace Liam, a Ghanian, has broken the Guinness World Record holder for the youngest male artist. Liam’s attempt to break the Guinness World Record attempt commenced in Accra, Ghana, at the Soundout Premium Exhibition in the Museum of Science and Technology on 15 December 2023, concluding on 21 January 2024. The previous record holder was Dante Lamb, an American, who earned the title at age three in 2003. On 14 May 2024, Chantelle Eghan, Liam’s mother, received an approval email from Guinness World Records, officially recognising him as…

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Man City’s Phil Foden Named Premier League Player Of The Season

Ganiyu Amodu

Manchester City’s Phil Foden has been named the Premier League‘s Player of the Season. Saturday’s announcement meant the 23-year-old England midfielder completed an awards double after being voted Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers’ Association earlier this month. Foden has scored a career-best 17 Premier League goals so far this season ahead of champions City’s final league game of the campaign. “To win this award is an achievement that I am extremely proud of,” said Foden. “The Premier League is acknowledged as the greatest league in the…

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I’ll Support Obi In 2027 If PDP Decides – Atiku

ADEOLA YUSUF

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that if in 2027, the party decides that it is the South-East’s turn and selects Peter Obi as its candidate, he will readily offer his support. “I have said repeatedly and I even said it before the 2023 general elections that if the PDP decides to zone the presidential ticket to the South or South-East specifically, I won’t contest it. As long as it’s the decision of the party, I will abide by it. But I contested…

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Tinubu’s Intervention Made 2024 Hajj Possible, Says NAHCON Chairman

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Malam Jalal Arabi, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s timely intervention made this year’s Hajj possible for Nigerian pilgrims. Arabi made this known during an inaugural flight for Lagos State pilgrims at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja. The NAHCON boss urged the pilgrims to make special prayers for the President. He said: “We know no human can do anything unless Allah wishes that it happens. But we would be very unfair to ourselves and to history if we don’t mention the…

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Twitter Has Fully Migrated To X.com, Elon Musk Confirms

Ganiyu Amodu

Elon Musk’s online platform X has removed another remnant from its Twitter past nearly 10 months after the tech mogul changed the social media service’s name. The multi-billionaire has removed twitter.com from profiles on the site. “From now on, users who type in twitter.com will be directed to “x.com,” Musk wrote on Friday. Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion. He renamed it saying that was necessary to show that his platform is much more than just a short messaging service. In addition to a new function for…

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Court Jails Lagos Cosmetic Surgeon Over Failed Plastic Surgery

Ganiyu Amodu

justice Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a cosmetic surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, to one-year imprisonment for a failed plastic surgery on Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020. The judge handed down the verdict on the convicted doctor, after analysing all the submissions of both the prosecution and the lawyer of the deceased. Justice Liman, however, ordered the convict to pay the sum of N100,000, in lieu of the jail term. The convict was arraigned before the court alongside her clinic, MedContour Services Limited,…

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