Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance Kano’s State governorship candidate, Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, has come out to say that he supports a second term for Muhammadu Buhari and he is ready to give him 2 million votes in Kano State to make that happen. The reason he gave for this believe is the achievements of Buhari’s government. His words, “The APDA in its search for a torchbearer for this great nation, has found Buhari as a man of integrity, transparency and he is incorruptible. “We have noticed tremendous improvement in the area of security in Nigeria, especially in the North-East. Again, the…
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Jussie Smollett’s “Empire” time on TV is getting cut short after popular rumors that he infact planned his own “attack.” TMZ reports that the actor was supposed to feature in 9 scenes plus a massive music performance but all that has been reduced right now after recent rumors. TMZ went as far as saying the gay actor is no longer the main attraction. With this reduced TV time, Jussie is expected to be at home most of the time from now on. The less time he appears on the screen, te more time writers set aside to keep bringing up…
Beppe Marotta has tagged Juventus sporting director, Fabio Paratici as “out of order” for claiming Mauro Icardi could be a Juve player next summer. Speaking in a recent interview, Fabio uttered that the Bianconeri had made enquiries about Icardi before signing Cristiano Ronaldo last summer, and he added that “questions about Icardi may be on the agenda again, or not, next summer.” Marotta felt his remarks were uncalled for at such a crucial time in Icardi’s future at Inter Milan. His words, “Then what I say is: ‘Let’s see what happens with Dybala in June,'” Marotta responded to Sky Sport…
Liverpool star, Georginio Wijnaldum believes his team’s chances of winning the Premier League and Champions League is high this season. Liverpool are looking good in the league and are set to face an underwhelming Bayern Munich for a spot in the quarter finals of the UCL. His words, “Probably the Premier League because there are more games, and there are no easy games. The truth is we can both win, but both are very difficult. We have to believe it. “Jurgen Klopp preaches to look only at it game to game. It’s difficult because [the end of the season] is…
INEC has come out to state clearly that its decision to postpone Saturday’s election was solely its decision and no one forced the commission to take the step. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this recently. His words, “I want to appeal to Nigerians and all other stakeholders for their understanding in what has been a very difficult decision for the Commission. But we believe that ultimately this is for the good of our democracy and country. I wish to assure you of our commitment to free, fair and credible elections”, Yakubu said. “As Chairman of INEC, and on behalf…
Wizkid has shared his take as regards the postponement of Nigeria’s general elections which was meant to start on Saturday with the Presidential and National Assembly polls. In several messages, posted on his social media, an obviously pissed Wiz aimed lots of digs at Nigeria’s two main political parties – the PDP and APC. He said some ‘very strong words’ at politicians while begging citizens to vote whoever they liked. See what he said,
Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has come out to say his former club will miss Aaron Ramsey when he leaves. The Frennchman concluded that it was a loss for the London club. His words, “It will be a loss for Arsenal. “I must say it will be an interesting move for Ramsey. He is a player who is great going forward. “His main quality is he can keep the final ball. And he makes interesting runs from deep. “You don’t find many players today who can make midfield runs off the ball. It will be an interesting addition for Juventus.”
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blasted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over its stance on campaigns. After the commission did to go ahead with the presidential and national assembly elections scheduled to hold on the 16th of February, INEC also stated recently that no political party is allowed to reopen campaigns. The opposition rejected the wrongful administrative ban of open campaigns by INEC, saying that such administrative pronouncement was erroneous, directly in conflict with the provision of the Electoral Act and is not supported by any other law in our country. The PDP told INEC that whenever its…
Mide Funmi-Martins has revealed that she is absolutely nobody without her husband and that life is meaningless without her man, Afeez Owo. She then promised to love her husband till eternity. As part of the Valentine’s Day celebration Mide, a mother of two shared on Instagram: “ Happy Val to you ade ori mi.. The love of my life @officialafeezowo … My world is meaningless without you in it…. Thank you for being my ALL in ALL .. I love you till eternity ❤️❤️❤️ Wow.
Paul Merson recently joked that Mesut Ozil might consider retiring if his struggles to get into the Arsenal first team continue. “You play your best players and work around them,” “Ozil is Arsenal’s best player and he doesn’t play, it beats me. “He must sit at home and watch Arsenal and think ‘how am I not getting into this team?’ “I don’t know if they are trying to push him into retirement, because he must sit there and think he might as well retire if he can’t get into Arsenal’s team.” “Ozil is not so influential that you have to…
Lord of Ajasa recently shared that his aliment, Diabetes has taken him closer to God and has made him realize that health is wealth. His words to Punch, “I thank God that I am better now. I have been discharged but I still go to LUTH as an outpatient for some treatments. However, I will be undergoing surgery in some weeks’ time and I want everybody, who loves me, to pray for me. “There were gall stones in my gall bladder; so, I cannot eat much for now and I have to be careful of what I ingest.” My fans…
APC leader, Bola Tinubu has said some top members in the Lagos APC Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, upturned one of his key decisions not to return his wife, Remi, for a third term in the Senate. He said some went as far as leading coups for his decision. His words, “Let me tell the story of how Bayo Osinowo, APC Senatorial candidate for Lagos East emerged (displacing incumbent Senator Gbenga Ashafa). I was still thinking on the way to go for the primaries. “I told them, we will not follow the third term syndrome. No candidate will go for a…
Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich midfielder Dietmar Hamann has said Bayern will be scared heading to Anfield this week. His words, “It was the draw Bayern didn’t want,” “Getting Liverpool was probably the hardest one out of the hat in terms of facing one of the second-placed teams. “Liverpool have been going strong in the Premier League. They had a couple of average games after the turn of the year but they came back to form against Bournemouth “On the other hand, you have a team in Bayern Munich who are very fragile at the moment. Even when they do…
Nollywood actor, Ibrahim Chatta has shared that he has only left the shores of Nigeria to Benin Republic despite being in the movie industry for decades. Speaking to Punch, he said, “I have never travelled out of this country except to the Republic of Benin. Most times, I hear that people travel to other developed countries to beg; I don’t want to be like that. Right now, I am working on a movie and I will need to hold the premiere in the UK, America, South Africa and Dubai. If I eventually go to those places, I know it is…
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Prof Charles Dokubo, has said that the achievements of the president in the oil rich region will earn him more votes than he got in 2015. He then said, for this to be a possibility, the people must stay away from inciting violence and blackmailing innocent persons working to advance the cause of the Niger Delta under President Muhammadu Buhari. His words, “I arrived Abonnema on Friday evening to enable me to cast my vote the next day, before the election was postponed. But I was shocked when my attention was…
Paul Scholes does not mind if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer becomes Manchester United manager immediately after this season. His wprds, “I’d have no issues whatsoever [with Solskjaer getting the job],” “I know people will start to question because now because he’s lost a game but that was PSG. That could happen to the most experienced manager in the world because PSG are a top team. “I think for what he’s done so far he definitely deserves a chance. “I always knew there was talent in that squad. I think everyone did. Ole has come in with a smile on his face,…
Popular actor, Will Smith just trolled Kimye on the internet over his Val gift. Remember on Valentine’s Day, Kanye West made his wife, Kim Kardashian feel massively special by inviting legendary musician Kenny G to privately serenade in addition to lots of roses placed in her room. Will Smith has decided to chip in something, just for laughs. The actor shared photoshopped image of his humble self playing the instrument among the roses and wrote: “Ye – I’m available next year!” See the photo.
Bola Tinubu has begged Nigerians to not to be dampened because of the postponed elections. He begged the people o Nigeria to still turn up as they would’ve done on Saturday to exercise their franchise. His words, “We are also perplexed that INEC literally waited so late in the day to make known the obstacles preventing it from keeping faith to the election schedule. INEC could have and should have given the nation more ample and earlier warning. This could have perhaps lessened the pervasive disappointment that we all now feel. It also would have helped people to better order…
Joe Cole has said players with ambitions of winning major trophies will always prefer moves to Chelsea over their London rivals Arsenal. His words, “Because the expectation is that they [Chelsea] have always got to be there, which Chelsea have been for the last 20 years, it becomes a crisis quicker than it does at Arsenal. “With Arsenal, they’re probably not going to win anything, they’re in a 10-year transitional period. Chelsea demand to win things. “If you’re a player, you’d much rather move to Chelsea than Arsenal, there’s a better quality of player there and you’ve got more chance…
John Legend has said the reason he spoke up against R.Kelly was to be the voice of his powerless victims. He also stated that he never plays Kelly’s music. His words, “I think a lot of people have asked in the last few years, like, ‘When is the #MeToo movement going to come to the music industry? I think what a lot of people are thinking is ‘God that’s so ubiquitous in the music industry, where would you even start?’” “I mean I think clearly we’re having this conversation about R.Kelly, there’s another article this week in The New York…