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Tottenham Hotspur defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday night. The Reds came into the fixture as heavy favourites to win, as they had already claimed a 6-3 win over Spurs in a Premier League clash in December. The hosts on the other side, were dealing with several injuries in defence and lost midfielder Rodrygo Bentancur early in this game. Bentacur’s injury and subsequent withdrawal resulted in a lull in the game as the first half ended goalless. The second half seemed to be heading in that direction until Dominic Solanke’s goal was…

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the newly elected  President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Jackson Omenazu, has made a bold commitment to securing the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, stating he is willing to sacrifice his freedom to achieve this goal. This Nigeria news platform understands that Omenazu emphasized that the restoration of peace in Igbo land is closely tied to Kanu’s freedom. In a statement released on Wednesday, Omenazu declared, “I stand firmly ready to trade my liberty, my freedom, and even my life in the pursuit of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release.” The Ohanaeze President also outlined plans for collaboration with religious groups across…

President Tinubu has secured a $255m Chinese Loan. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the China Development Bank (CDB) has approved the first tranche of a $255 million loan for the Nigerian government’s Kaduna-Kano railway project. This was disclosed in a statement by CDB on Tuesday. The loan, according to the China Development Bank, will provide crucial financial backing to ensure the smooth construction of the transportation initiative.   The railway is on the list of practical cooperation deliverables released during the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in 2023. CBD said the railway project has been making steady progress, so far, adding that going forward,…

Meta has reviewed hate speech guidelines and is set to allow labelling LGBTQ people as mentally sick. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has revised its hate speech guidelines to allow users to describe LGBTQ people as mentally ill. The change was announced in new guidelines released Tuesday by the media outfit. The development, which will affect billions of users across its platforms, comes after Meta’s recent decision to end fact-checking on Facebook, replacing it with community notes similar to X’s.  “We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation,…

A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush-money case. The US president-elect is set to be sentenced on Friday after being convicted by a New York jury in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star, Stormy Daniels. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer turned down Trump lawyer’s arguments that the sentencing should be postponed while the president-elect appeals his conviction. The lawyers also pointed out that the immunity from prosecution granted to a president should be extended to a president-elect but…

APC National Women Leader has blasted Peter Obi in a strong-worded statement. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Mary Idele Alile, has taken sides with the party’s Spokesperson, Mr Felix Morka, over allegations by Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that the Spokesperson threatened his life and those of his family. In a strongly worded statement signed personally by her on Tuesday, Alile described Mr Obi’s claims as inflammatory and baseless, noting that the APC and its leadership have always upheld the principles of democracy, free speech, and constructive criticism. She accused the…

The auditor-general has uncovered N515bn infractions in NNPCL transactions. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation has uncovered a minimum of four financial infractions amounting to N514 billion in the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, in the 2021 financial year. This was disclosed in an audit report of non-compliance/internal control weaknesses in the MDAs for the 2021 financial year, recently cited by our correspondent.  A breakdown of the infractions includes irregular deductions worth N343.64 billion from domestic crude sales at source and warehousing of N83.66 billion from the federation’s miscellaneous income in a sinking…

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has warned the All Progressives Congress(APC) against intimidating the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, his family or associates. Tanko, while responding to the Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, over the alleged threat to his principal, said such an issue should not be allowed to go unaddressed.  In an interview with Punch, the LP chieftain warned against any attempt to arrest Peter Obi, stating that it would boomerang on President Bola Tinubu’s government. The former spokesman of the Obi presidential campaign council also called on security agents not…

There is outrage from Nigerians as substantial parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Nasarawa have been plunged into darkness on day 1 of the two-week electricity supply disruption announced by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and the Transmission Company of Nigeria. Residents and business owners are decrying losses amounting to billions of Naira as the outage kicked off. DAILY POST reported three days ago that AEDC announced a two-week blackout, which commenced on Monday, 6 January, 2025. TCN re-echoed the outage. Both AEDC and TCN confirmed that in separate statements that the outage is due to the relocation…

The Ogun State Police Command has paraded 25 suspected criminals for a variety of crimes, including kidnapping, murder, and cultism, among others. Commissioner of Police Lanre Ogunlowo, while parading the suspects on Monday at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, said the arrests were made within the last three weeks. Those paraded include Afeez Ayeteru, who allegedly beheaded an 80-year-old woman, identified as Aduke, with a knife in the Ado-Odo Ota area of the state. Ayeteru was said to have entered the victim’s apartment to carry out the brutal act. The commissioner said: “Responding swiftly to a distress call, the…