Jennifer Atiku, wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has soght votes from women in Abia state to vote for her husband. According to Vangard, Jennifer also beged the women not to sell their kid’s future. She said this at a town hall meeting in Umuahia, Abia state on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. “I am not saying this because he is my husband. I have known him since 1986 and married to him for 21 years. He is a detribalised Nigerian. He likes Ndigbo. “We are not here to preach to you. Search your conscience and…
Author: David Folami
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state, has begged the electorate to place their votes in favor of President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the forthcoming election. The governor who was represented by his deputy, Mr Silas Agara, said Buhari and APC government in the state have improved the life of Nigerians. “Everybody in Nasarawa state has seen what my government and the government of Buhari have done in impacting positively on the lives of Nigerians. “I am calling on you to use your Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to vote for Buhari, Malam Abdullahi…
Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Deputy Chairman, APC Kogi Presidential Campaign Council, Kogi West has said President Muhammadu Buhari would win in a landslide manner in the Feb. 16, Presidential Poll. He said Buhari did well in his first tenure and fully deserved massive votes from all Nigerians. His w0rds, “The mammoth crowd you are seeing here today is an assurance that President Buhari will win massively across the 21 Local Government Areas of Kogi. “It is a very successful rally today as you can see that it is a massive endorsement for our dear President, just as he won massivel…
Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria has saved millions of dollars via banning and non-importation of agricultural produce. He revealed that his government had made tremendous progress in the almost four years of his tenure. “In the area of economy, this administration has provided soft loans for farmers, which has helped them improve and increase productivity,” the President said. He also said that the administration had done well in the area of security as well as in their fight against corruption. He explained that in the fight against corruption, assets had been seized while some persons had been prosecuted.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he believes his chances of facing defeat in the February 16 presidential election are very slim, saying that it “sounds like its impossible”. When probed on if he would accept defeat if he loses the election, the president was not willing to tackle the possibility of it because of the support he believes he has gathered among Nigerian voters. His words, “That wouldn’t be the first time I lose election. I tried in 2003, and I was in court for 30 months; 2007, I was in court for 18 months; 2011, I was in court…
Adams Oshiomole has told politicians who abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the ruling party that their sins were forgiven and forgotten. As he welcomed politicians who recently joined, Oshiomhole said they’ll aid Buhari to defeat their former party. “I’m told that there are a lot of very senior people from PDP who have decided to join forces with President Buhari to take the broom to sweep away PDP,” he said. While reading out the names of the defectors to the rally crowd, Oshiomhole even joked with the name of one of them to mean “I don do…
The Coalition of Buhari/Osinbajo Movement (COBOM) has said plans are underway to get 10 million Nigerians to vote in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming poll. The Patron of the Group, retired Maj.-Gen. Garba Audu, made the vow at the launch of COBOM’s Executives in Abuja on Thursday. He said the project should be easy since Buhari’s record speak for itself. “We are having an inauguration of COBOM, a coalition with grassroots; we have about 10 million people with their voters’ cards and they are ready to vote for Buhari come Feb.16. “This is because they believe in…
Alhaji Abdu Ringo, Chairman, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity will make him win again in February. According to him, Buhari is the only leader, presently, without a foreign account or home in foreign countries. ‘‘President Buhari is a trustworthy, honest, truthful, committed and patriotic Nigerian who always works in the interest of national unity, national growth and development. ‘‘These qualities have earned him respect, not only in Nigeria or Africa but the world over, hence the need for Nigerians to give him a second chance to take…
Chelsea must complete the signing of Gonzalo Higuain before midday on Friday in order to have him available to face Arsenal this weekend. Blues boss Maurizio Sarri is determined to be reunited with the striker who scored 38 goals for him at Napoli during the 2015-16 season. Juventus striker Higuain, who is currently on loan at AC Milan, is flying to London and is keen for the move to go through too. The move looks very likely to be completed this month but Chelsea face a race against time if they want him to be eligible to make his debut…
Maurizio Sarri has said he wants the club to seal a deal for Gonzalo Higuain, so that he can unleash the striker against Arsenal this weekend. The Blues reached an agreement with Juventus for Higuain after the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday night, with the 31-year-old set to complete a temporary move to Stamford Bridge until the summer. If Higuain meets targets set for him by Chelsea, including appearances and goals, it will automatically trigger a further one-year loan in the deal. The Blues are ready to unleash him to the world him in the coming hours and it’s expected…
Jordan Henderson thinks Mohamed Salah has a similar “mentality” to former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez. Salah is currently joint-top scorer in the Premier League alongside Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with 14 goals. The Egyptian, who also has seven assists this campaign, ended the 2017-18 season as the league’s top goalscorer on 32 goals, which is one more than Suarez scored in his most successful season at Anfield. Salah, who has helped Liverpool to top spot in the league, has been compared to the Barcelona forward over their similar playing styles. However, Henderson believes it is Salah’s mentality…
Mauricio Pochettino has said losing Harry Kane until March through injury has not affected Tottenham’s plans in the January transfer window. Kane sustained ligament damage to his left ankle in the closing moments of Spurs’ 1-0 home defeat to Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday after competing for a loose ball with Victor Lindelof and Phil Jones. The striker’s usual understudy, Heung-Min Son, is also unavailable for selection because he is representing South Korea in the Asian Cup, which has sparked talk Spurs will have to invest in January. Pochettino conceded it was “tough” hearing he would be without “one…
Paul Pogba wants Manchester United to prove they are a “big team” by continuing their perfect record under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United have won all six matches since the Norwegian replaced Jose Mourinho asw caretaker manager at Old Trafford, including a 1-0 victory against Tottenham at Wembley last weekend. Pogba believes the next step on United’s mission to return to the top of the English game is to prove they can sustain the form they have showed. “It’s not easy but that makes a big team, when they carry on at the top level and keep winning for a long…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is open to selling Marouane Fellaini this month, with sources saying that Chinese Super League sides Beijing Gouan and Guangzhou R&F are targeting the Manchester United midfielder. Fellaini signed a two-year contract worth £100,000-a-week to stay at Old Trafford following the backing of former manager Jose Mourinho last summer. But the 31-year-old has clocked up just three minutes of first team action during Gunnar Solskjaer’s six-game reign as caretaker manager and the Norwegian is understood to be happy for United to sell Fellaini this month. Solskjaer revealed on Friday that Fellaini has a “long-term” calf injury, while…
Ousmane Dembele scored twice as Barcelona beat Levante 3-0 to progress to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, advancing 4-2 on aggregate after last week’s surprise defeat in Valencia. Dembele, twice assisted by Lionel Messi, moved Barca ahead in the tie with two fortuitous finishes in the first half. Messi added Barca’s third after the break as the Catalans continued their bid for a fifth successive Spanish cup success. Ernesto Valverde could not have hoped for a more convincing performance from his players. They were 2-0 up at the break, but it could have been five or six. Barca…
Jose Mourinho has said he “fell in love” with Mohamed Salah before signing him for Chelsea, but that the Egypt international became a “lost kid in London” during his time at Stamford Bridge. Salah made 19 appearances for Chelsea after sealing an £11 million move from FC Basel in 2014 before moving to Fiorentina on loan in February 2015. Chelsea then sold Salah permanently to Roma in August 2016 before the forward returned to the Premier League with Liverpool at the start of the 2017-18 season. Salah has since gone on to become one of the biggest stars in the…
Olivier Giroud has said in an interview that he has found it “difficult” to adapt to not being Maurizio Sarri’s first-choice striker at Chelsea, but insisted that he will keep fighting to play regularly at Stamford Bridge. Giroud has started just two of Chelsea’s last eight Premier League matches, with Sarri increasingly deploying Eden Hazard as a false No. 9 over both him and Alvaro Morata, who has struggled to live up to expectations since joining for £58 million from Real Madrid in the summer of 2017. “It’s not me who decides the team, making the starting XI, but obviously…
Jose Mourinho has said his achievement in leading Manchester United to runners-up spot in the Premier League last season was one of the best in his career because “people don’t know what is going on behind the scenes.” Mourinho, speaking recently, went on to insist that he would return to management at the “top level” following his Old Trafford sacking last month. Sources said that the 55-year-old had been subject to a so-called gagging order by United, preventing him from speaking about the terms of, and background to, his dismissal as manager. But although the former Chelsea and Real Madrid…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half goal secured a record eighth Italian Super Cup victory for Juventus as they beat AC Milan 1-0 in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Wednesday. The trophy, which was being contested outside of Italy for the 10th time, is traditionally a clash between the Italian league and cup winners, but Milan qualified as Coppa Italia runners-up after Juve clinched the domestic double last season. Striker Gonzalo Higuain was dropped to the Milan bench amid media rumours of an imminent move to Chelsea, with some pre-match reports suggesting he was struggling with a fever. Yet it was…
Moussa Dembele has completed his move to Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F, with sources saying that Tottenham have banked £9 milllion from the sale. Dembele, who joined Spurs from Fulham in 2012 and made 250 appearances for the club in all competitions, was entering the last six months of his contract so could have left for free in the summer. The 31-year-old’s last appearance for Spurs came against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League in November and ended after seven minutes as the midfielder was forced off with an injury. “The club always treated me fairly. I’ve always had…