Ikorodu City goalkeeper Michael Atata has credited concentration, commitment and collective effort after the Oga Boys secured an impressive 2-0 victory over defending Nigeria Premier Football League champions Rangers International in their EuroMatch NPFL Matchday 6 encounter.

Sports247 reports that Ikorodu City produced a disciplined performance to claim all three points, with Atata highlighting the importance of maintaining focus throughout the encounter.

“Today was all about concentration from the first minutes to the end of the game,” Atata said after the match.

The hosts made a bright start and took the lead as early as the eighth minute through a superb free-kick from Aderemi Adeoye.

Adeoye’s well-struck effort gave Ikorodu City an early advantage and provided the platform for the hosts to settle into the contest against the reigning NPFL champions.

Rangers attempted to respond but were unable to find a way through Ikorodu City’s organised defence, with Atata and his teammates maintaining their concentration.

The goalkeeper acknowledged the significance of the fixture, stressing that the players understood both the physical and mental demands required to secure a positive result.

“It is the game we know what is at stake mentally and physically,” he added.

Ikorodu City continued to work hard after the interval and eventually doubled their advantage in the 63rd minute when Ikechukwu Junior found the back of the net.

The second goal gave the Oga Boys greater control and allowed them to manage the remainder of the contest, eventually securing a clean sheet and a memorable victory over the defending champions.

Atata said the team’s approach was centred on giving everything on the pitch and executing their responsibilities with the right level of commitment.

“It’s all about giving our all, putting the right effort and making sure we come out winning,” the goalkeeper explained.

The victory adds another positive result to Ikorodu City’s campaign as the club continues to establish itself as a competitive force in the NPFL.

For Atata, the focus remains firmly on taking the season one match at a time.

“We just try to take each day as it is, we try giving our all and we are grateful for every match,” he concluded.

With Adeoye’s early free-kick and Junior’s second-half strike securing the points, Ikorodu City will take confidence from a performance that combined attacking efficiency with defensive discipline.

A social media claim that OPay has stopped using customers’ phone numbers as account numbers and is now issuing standard bank account numbers has sparked confusion among users of the fintech platform.

The claim, which circulated among social media users, urged OPay customers still using their phone numbers as account numbers to visit OPay agents to have their accounts updated.

“OPay is no longer using phone numbers as account numbers. They’re now issuing standard account numbers, so if you’re still using your phone number as your OPay account number, hurry to an OPay agent to get yours updated,” an X user, Israel Gharee, posted.

However, an OPay official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told PREMIUM TIMES that the claim is inaccurate, adding that the company would communicate any major changes to its customers through its official communication channels.

“I have seen the tweet. But even from the comments you will see people are already correcting him. If we have any update or news, we will always share through our communication channels,” the official said on Sunday.

Clarification

The official said the claim may have been prompted by OPay’s My BizPayment feature, which provides users with a separate account number for business transactions.

The feature is available to existing OPay users who want to use their accounts for business purposes. It allows users to provide information about their businesses and, after completing the process, receive a merchant account number.

The existence of the merchant account number does not mean OPay has replaced the phone-number-based account details used by its regular customers.

The business account number is associated with the user’s existing OPay account and is intended for business-related transactions.

BizPayment account

My BizPayment is a business feature within the OPay app, and it’s not a recent update.

Users can access it through the “Me” section of the app and provide information about their businesses, including the nature of the business and how it operates.

The process includes different business categories and operating models. Once the required information is provided, eligible users can proceed to generate a merchant account number.

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The account number generated through this process may therefore look different from the phone-number format associated with a regular OPay account.

That distinction appears to be at the centre of the social media claim.

No instruction to change existing accounts

There is no indication from OPay that ordinary customers have been instructed to visit agents to replace their existing phone-number-based account details.

The company said any change to its account system would be communicated through its official channels.

The OPay official said the availability of a separate merchant account number through My BizPayment should not be interpreted as an announcement that OPay has discontinued the use of phone numbers for regular customer accounts.