Tabitha Chawinga: First African Woman To Win Serie A Golden Boot

Tabitha Chawinga is a professional footballer from Malawi. She plays as a forward in Italy for the women's Serie A club, Inter Milan and the women's national team of Malawi.

Although on loan from Wuhan Jianghan University FC of China, she succeeded in making history by becoming the first African female footballer to win the Serie A Golden Boot.

Born 22 May 1996 in Lilangwe, Malawi, the 26 year old emulated Nigeria's Victor Osimhen who won the Golden Boot for the Men's category of the Serie A of the same 2022-23 season.

Osimhen win the Golden Boot with 31 goals for Napoli write while Chawinga scored 23 goals in 23 appearances for Inter Milan to claim the award and the two made history in what has become the first African double.

Chawinga and Osimhen's winners have become the first time African players will claim the Serie A Golden Boots titles for both men and women categories in the same season.

Congrats to Tabitha Chawinga for representing Africa in such height in Italy and Europe as a whole.

Governor Hyacinth Alia Dissolved 9th Assembly

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Friday dissolved the state's 9the assembly following the dissolution order issued and read by Bernard Nule, the Clerk of the House.

The dissolution order was read during the valedictory session held by members of the House.

According to the Clerk the dissolution was in line with the state's House of Assembly dissolution order, Section 105, subsection 3, of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.

The Constitution confers powers to the governor to dissolve the assembly in order to make way for new leadership.

One of our Sources reported that Titus Uba, the Former Speaker of the 9th Assembly, appreciated his fellow House members and the Assembly and praised the performance of the House "with the processing of 60 bills, of which 54 passed into law for assent and six expired."

The Source further explained that House members present during the session expressed formal praises for the 9th Assembly, "in which former majority leader Hon. Damian Cheme, extolled the legislative arm for being the most productive and peaceful across the country and appreciated members for the privilege to serve the House.

"In his reaction, Minority Leader, Bem Mngutyo, called for financial autonomy of the legislative arm of government, which will provide independence for the arm to function properly without interference from the executive."

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia's First Set Of Appointments

Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Alia, the Benue State Governor, had made his first set of appointments so far to enable him to effectively kick-start running the affairs of the state.

Alia who became governor on the platform of the All Progress Congress (APC) defeated Titus Uba of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), his closest rival in the March governorship election. He was inaugurated on Monday, 29 May.

A post on the official Facebook account of the governor and that of the Benue State Government  confirmed the appointments made by the state governor.

The posts named Prof. Joseph Alakali as the Secretary to the Benue State Government (SSG), Dr. Moses Agbogbo Ode as Head of Service (HoS) and Rt. Hon. Paul Biam as Chief of Staff (CoS).

Similarly, in a Press release posted on the Benue State Government Facebook account and signed by the now Chief Press Secretary stated that the governor had made two appointments a day before the above mentioned appointments and include Sir Tersoo Kula as Chief Press Secretary (CPS) and Dr. Emmanuel Chenge as Principal Private Secretary (PPS).

Liverpool To Miss Out On Champions League Football For The First Time Since 2016-17

Liverpool finished this season's Premier League in fifth place which means they will miss out playing Champions League next season for the first time since 2016-17.

Last season, Liverpool were on top of the English and European football. They won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, finishing a point behind Manchester City who won the league and losing at the finals against Real Madrid.

Liverpool ended the season with a 4-4 draw against a bottom and relegated club, Southampton. But the Red's manager, Jurgen Klopp, believes his side "will absolutely be a contender again".

"There were moments during this season where you thought it [the struggle] would be four years long," he said.

"Imagine if we were our normal self [earlier in the season], which we absolutely will be next season and we will be a contender again.

"The last 11 games helped us to realise that again."

Firmino scored against Southampton in what would be his final appearance as he and James Milner are said to be departing Anfied.

Finishing fifth in the English Premier League means Liverpool will be competing at the Europa League level next season.