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30 Years After Liverpool EmergeEPL Champions As City Lose To Chelsea

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5 years ago

June 25, 2020

JOEL AJAYI

Thirty years after Liverpool football club of England are now 2019/2020 English Premier League Champions, following Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night.

Manchester City’s defeat means Liverpool have mathematically won the league with 86 points despite six more games to go.

The Reds last won the league in 1989/90, meaning that today’s winning makes it 30 years since they last managed it. Under Kenny Dalglish, the Merseysiders finished nine points clear of Aston Villa at the top of the First Division.

Liverpool, which lost only one game so far in the season emerged the winner after Christian Pulisic gave the Blues the lead, with a solo effort in 35 minutes, with Kelvin De Bruyne equalizing with a stunning free-kick.

Fernandinho got a red-card after handling the ball in the box, with William getting the second goal via a penalty, for Chelsea.

Chelsea’s victory was even more celebrated in Merseyside than in London. Manager Jurgen Klopp has masterminded a near-perfect season after 28 wins and two draws from 31 games, with just one defeat. The likes of Sadio Mane, Mo Salah, and Captain Jordan Henderson led the way en route to this historic moment.

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Breaking News: Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To New Alaafin Of Oyo

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3 weeks ago

January 13, 2025

The Gleamer

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade.

The governor presented the official instrument legitimising the reign of a king to the new monarch on Monday morning at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital.

The symbolic event was performed nearly three years after the death of the former Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi III.

The presentation of the staff of office was done amid controversy concerning the choice of the new Alaafin announced by the governor last week.

Last Friday, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said Owoade after thorough consultations and divinations, was recommended by the Oyomesi and approved by the governor.

He said the announcement put to rest, all the socio and legal bickering that have ensued since the demise of Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III on April 22, 2022.

The commissioner called on all citizens of Oyo State to join the government in celebrating this momentous occasion and lend their support to the new Alaafin of Oyo.

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