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Liverpool In Embarrassing Defeat At Wolves
Liverpool’s woes continue on Saturday as they were demolished 0-3 at Wolves to fizzle out their hope of a premier league trophy this season.
Wolves opened scoring in just five minutes into the game from Joel Matip’s own goal.
Matip scored an unlucky own goal after he deflected a shot which went into his own net.
The goalkeeper had made a superb save, but the ball rebounded off him out to Craig Dawson, who fired the ball into the roof of the net.
On 67th minute, Darwin Nunez came close to scoring but his poor attempt from close range ended up in the gloves of Jose Sa.
Four minutes later Adama Traore produced a great pass that found Ruben Neves inside the penalty area, who took advantage of the situation to rifle a shot into the bottom right corner to make it 3-0 for the homers.
On added time, Adama Traore found some space to dink a cross from the side into the box, but it needed to be more precise to threaten the opposition.
Another explosion occurred at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa area of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday.
This incident follows a similar explosion that shook the Trans Niger Pipeline, operated by Shell, in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area just hours earlier.
The latest explosion reportedly took place at a manifold connected to a federal pipeline deep within the forest, which transports crude oil to Brass in Bayelsa State.
While the explosion has not yet been officially confirmed, community sources reported seeing massive flames and thick smoke rising from the oil installation in the forest.
Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, stated that she would investigate the incident but had not provided a response at the time of this report.
A video obtained by our correspondent displays a large fire burning in a remote location.
In a separate development, Ijaw youths blocked the Ahoada section of the East-West Road leading to Bayelsa State on Tuesday in protest.
The demonstrators, numbering over 100, carried placards in solidarity with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara amid his political dispute with the state House of Assembly. Some of the placards read: “We demand Wike’s dismissal as FCT Minister” and “Martin Amaewhule and 26 lawmakers have defected and lost their seats.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in October 2024 by President Bola Tinubu.
Recall that the House had on Thursday last week, considered and approved the report of the House Committee on Finance which made some recommendations, particularly in controversial areas such as the Value Added Tax and inheritance tax.
While awaiting the Senate to similarly pass the bills, the proposed reforms are expected to be transmitted to the President for his assent in the days ahead.
Details shortly…
Two members of the house of representatives have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, announced the defections in a letter read on the floor of the lower legislative chamber on Tuesday.
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