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1,2,3,4,5,6,7 – 0: How Nottingham Forest Disgraced Brighton At City Ground

Ganiyu Amodu

Chris Wood’s magnificent vein of form continued as his hat-trick helped Nottingham Forest to their biggest top flight win in 34 years with a brutal 7-0 thrashing of Brighton at the City Ground. Nuno Espirito Santo was looking for a response following their 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth last week and his side responded in style. Brighton simply could not deal Morgan Gibbs-White, who was at the heart of Forest’s stylish first-half showing as he forced Lewis Dunk into putting in his own net before scoring one of his own to…

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‘4,067MW To 1,255MW,’ How Power Generation Sank During 5th Grid Collapse of 2024

Damilola Olonade

“They keep increasing tariffs yet the power sector is inefficient,” electricity Consumers lampoon Monday-afternoon grid failure that downed Egbin Power output to Zero MW The electricity transmission system, known as national grid, suffered a partial collapse on Monday with generation plunging 4,067MW To 1,255MW. Platforms Africa reports that the 5th transmission system failure recorded so far in 2024 also downed Egbin Power output to Zero MW. This is asides that the incident also threw parts of the country into darkness. Disco’s Report One of the Distribution Companies (DisCos), the Abuja…

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1,2,3,4,5 – 0: How Chelsea Disgraced West Ham At Stamford Bridge

Ganiyu Amodu

Chelsea made it two London derby wins in the space of a few days as they hammered West Ham 5-0 at Stamford Bridge, with Nicolas Jackson netting a brace. After easing past Tottenham on Thursday night, the Blues enjoyed an even more comfortable afternoon in west London this time, with victory effectively wrapped up inside the opening 45 minutes. Cole Palmer opened the scoring with his 21st Premier League goal of the season, before captain Conor Gallagher doubled the lead with a sharp volley into the bottom corner. The lead…

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UK Varsity Lecturers Begin Strike

Ganiyu Amodu

4,000 members of the UCU at colleges across England, have taken up the industrial action over poor renumeration   University lecturers across the United Kingdom have begun a strike. Platforms Africa reports that the action being taken by the lecturers under the University and College Union (UCU) is a 10-day strike to protest poor renumeration. READ ALSO: ASUU Has Been On Strike for 1,744 Days in 16 Years — Report ASUU: How Govt Made U-Turn On Order Directing VCs To Reopen Varsities ASUU President And His Union of Quacks, By Lasisi…

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4,477 displaced Nigerian women, Children take refuge in Benin Republic

Aoko Benjamin

  Horribly disappointed by their country, the displaced Nigerian women, children and men have been reassured of safety and better living conditions by political and administrative authorities in Cotonou 4,477 Nigerians, displaced by communal violence in the country’s border towns, have arrived at Beninese villages in Pobè, another border community located about 100 km from Cotonou, Republic of Benin. PANA, which reported this on Saturday, quoted sources close to the authorities of the Pobe commune. They said 4,477 people made up of 2,163 men and 2,314 women have taken refuge…

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