Davido shut down Liberia with another electrifying performance despite a heavy downpour. Earlier, we had reported the DMW’s boss arrival in Liberia for the concert tagged as the biggest event of the year, which went down at the SKD Sports Complex, Mills Center, Liberia on Thursday, November 29th. Shortly after his arrival in Monrovia, Davido and his team took a tour of the city where they were thronged by a large crowd who followed him around screaming, ”O.B.O.” At the main event later that night, the concert which featured a number of other Liberian acts including Kobazzie, Christoph, Stunna, DenG…
Author: David Folami
Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave Nigeria for Poland to attend the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) under the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). According to a statement released by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, the president will depart Nigeria on Saturday, December 1, 2018. At the conference, scheduled for December 2, Buhari will deliver a national statement highlighting Nigeria’s commitment to addressing climate change by implementing the goals set out in its National Determined Contributions. He will also hold an interactive session with the Nigerian community in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has promoted 2,209 members of staff in its 2018 promotion exercise. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Mohammed Haruna, INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee on Thursday in Abuja. The breakdown of the promoted staff according to Haruna in made up of -847 junior and 1,362 senior staff. Haruna said that the Commission at its weekly meeting held on Thursday considered, among other things, the report of its Appointment, Promotion and Disciplinary Committee (AFDC) on the 2018 promotion exercise. “In furtherance to the Commission’s…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has charged field commanders to complement whatever approach they take in prosecuting the ongoing counter insurgency operations with offensive posture. Buratai gave charge on Friday in Maiduguri at the conclusion of the Fourth Quarter Chief of Army Conference. He said such posture was necessary to instill fear in the terrorists. Buratai warned troops not to be deterred by the recent setbacks, especially at Metele, where the Boko Haram terrorists attacked troops of157 Task Force Battalion, killed 23 of them and wounded 31 other others. “Operational commanders at all levels must show leadership…
The presidency has revealed that even though President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best to provide for the Nigerian military, there will never be enough funding as troops continue to deal with the resurgence of terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the northeast. While speaking during an interview on Arise News Television on Friday, November 30, 2018, President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the military has to compete for funding with other problems facing the nation. Despite the challenge, he said President Buhari’s administration has funded the military’s operations more than any other leader in…
Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the people and government of Rivers and families of the deceased over the loss of lives after a seven-storey building collapsed. The president made the condolence in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday. Buhari shared in the grief with families who lost loved ones, and prayed for the recuperation of those who sustained injuries. He commended the State government for the urgent steps taken to unravel the cause of the accident, provide healthcare for victims and ensure safety in the future. The president prayed…
Omoyele Sowore has made N37.6 million ($103,045) in campaign donations from his GoFundMe fundraiser for the 2019 presidential election. Sowore set up the account on March 13, 2018 to raise $2 million for his presidential campaign on the platform of his new party. Even though the account was suspended a day later, he regained control of it and has now raised the sum of $103,045 (as at November 30, 2018). While speaking during an interview on Arise News Television on Thursday, November 29, the candidate said his campaign has raised N73 million in total. When quizzed on what he would…
Bukola Saraki has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of using the Trader Moni programme as a ‘sophisticated vote-buying’ plot to win the 2019 presidential election. Trader Moni is one of the government’s initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), a programme targeted towards awarding collateral-free loans to two million petty traders across the country. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has become the face of the programme as he’s launched it in several markets in many states in the country over the past few months. While speaking during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, November 30, 2018, Saraki…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Senator Dino Melaye as the spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign council. The lawmaker was appointed during the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council in Abuja on Thursday, November 29. Melaye, representing the Kogi West Senatorial district, thanked PDP for the appointment on his Twitter account (@dinomelaye) on Friday, November 30. He wrote, “Thank you, PDP for my appointment as Director in charge of Civil Societies/ NGO’S and Campaign Spokesperson in the PDP Presidential Campaign. We shall usually overcome. Light will always rejoice over darkness. Power to the People.” The lawmaker, alongside…
Alhaji Ahmed Lawan has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop putting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2018 Electoral Act Amendment bill into law. Lawan gave the advice when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday. He warned that the president would not be stampeded into signing the bill without studying the document to avoid errors. He said: “The electoral bill you are talking about has been sent back twice or thrice, that is to tell you that the president is willing to sign he bill provided it meets certain conditions that…
Atiku Abubakar will kick off his campaign for the 2019 presidential election in Sokoto State on Monday, December 3, 2018. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the PDP’s Presidential Campaign Council, Bukola Saraki, during a press conference on Friday, November 30, 2018. “We are commencing our campaigns on Monday in Sokoto. Thereafter, we are going to take our message to all the 36 States and the FCT, the 774 LGAs and all the wards in the federation,” the Senate President said. He disclosed that the former vice president and his running mate, Peter Obi, a former Anambra State governor,…
Kevin de Bruyne is unlikely to be fit to face his old club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Dec. 8, sources have said. The Belgium international is yet to return to full training after a knee injury and is not expected to be ready for the Premier League clash with Bournemouth on Saturday or trip to Watford on Tuesday. City are hopeful that Bernardo Silva could be back for the home clash with Eddie Howe’s side after an injury picked up on international duty with Portugal, which has ruled him out of City’s last two matches. Ilkay Gundogan also missed…
Koke defined it in just two words. “Nothing happened,” said Atletico Madrid’s captain. Spain’s “other” clasico was no classic. It was supposed to be the best; instead, the headline in the Spanish daily El Pais declared Atletico vs. Barcelona, played at the Wanda Metropolitano last weekend, as the “poorest game of the season.” They weren’t just saying it, either: the stats showed it. Between them, Leo Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez, Diego Costa and the 23 other players who joined them produced fewer shots on goal than any other team, in any other game, all season. For the first time,…
The stock excuse given for Jose Mourinho’s behaviour back when he was actually living up to his price tag — not just economic, mind you, but mentally and emotionally, because this is one draining guy — was that he was a human lightning rod. Fans and media focused on him and his players could get on with it. It’s one quality that hasn’t abandoned him and it was present in spades at Old Trafford on Tuesday night. After making such a big deal of how he wanted to beat Young Boys and seal qualification then and there, what does he…
Everton defender Lucas Digne insists he will not be fazed by coming up against his former teammate Mohamed Salah in Sunday’s Merseyside derby. Digne played with Salah at Roma during the the 2015-16 season when the Frenchman was on loan at the Serie A side from Paris Saint-Germain. The left-back joined Everton in the summer from Barcelona in an £18 million move, and said a prime motive of his move to England was to face the world’s best attackers on a weekly basis. “I know Mohamed Salah because I played one year with him in Rome,” Digne told reporters at…
Mauricio Pochettino says his friendship with Unai Emery was a factor in the signings of Serge Aurier and Lucas Moura as the Tottenham duo prepare to face their former manager in Sunday’s north London derby. Spurs met Emery’s Paris Saint-Germain side during their preseason tour of the U.S. in July 2017 and took Aurier from the French club the next month, before returning to sign Lucas in January 2018. “I remember we played in the USA, in Orlando, and he talked very highly about Lucas and Serge,” said Pochettino, who got to know Emery — now Arsenal’s head coach –…
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has warned coach Niko Kovac that fifth place is not good enough in the Bundesliga and he must deliver an improvement or face the consequences. Having won the past six Bundesliga titles, sometimes as early as March, Bayern are going through a difficult spell this term and trail leaders Borussia Dortmund by nine points. After a 3-3 home draw with Fortuna Dusseldorf last week, Kovac looked set to leave his post after only five months, but a 5-1 midweek win against Benfica steadied his position for the time being. “I can see a coach who is fighting, who…
Jurgen Klopp has rejected suggestions that he has problems to solve in Liverpool’s midfield. Liverpool’s three-man midfield of Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson and James Milner came in for widespread criticism following the 2-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday night. However, Klopp used Liverpool’s defensive record in the Premier League so far this season to defend the recent performances in the centre of the pitch. “We have conceded five goals and you talk about our midfield being overrun?” Klopp said at a news conference on Friday to preview the Merseyside derby. “Sorry, I didn’t see that.…
Jose Mourinho said it is not certain he will be able to strengthen his squad in January while suggesting Manchester United’s clout in the transfer market is not what it once was. Mourinho takes his team to Southampton on Saturday sitting seventh in the Premier League table, 14 points off the top and seven adrift of the top four. He will have the chance to add reinforcements in January to help make up the ground but the Portuguese coach is not expecting big changes. “Honestly, I don’t think we are going to sign,” the United manager told a news conference…
Zinedine Zidane will return to coaching soon, his eldest son Enzo has said, amid speculation he could be a potential target for Manchester United. Zidane stepped down as Real Madrid coach at the end of last season after guiding them to a third straight Champions League. “We all know that my father loves football and loves to coach,” Enzo, who plays for Rayo Majadahonda on loan from Swiss club Lausanne, told Diario AS. “It’s most likely that he will return to coaching soon.” He added that his father had been enjoying his break from management, saying: “Now he is resting…