Angel Di Maria has committed his future to Paris Saint-Germain by signing a two-year contract extension until 2021. The Argentina international recently expressed his hope that the French champions would be his final European club in an interview with TF1 and this new deal will keep him at Parc des Princes until he is 33. Di Maria has been a key figure under Thomas Tuchel this season, scoring seven goals and contributing six assists across all competitions — including a stunning late equaliser in a 2-2 Champions League Group C draw with Napoli. The former Real Madrid man has said…
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has escaped a touchline ban after the Football Association found a charge that he used offensive language after the win over Newcastle to be unproven. Mourinho was charged with using “abusing, insulting or improper” language in Portuguese as he looked into a television camera following the 3-2 win over Newcastle on Oct. 6. United said they would “vigorously contest” any sanction and after a hearing of the FA’s independent regulatory commission on Wednesday, the charge was found to the allegation to be “not proven.” An FA statement read: “A charge against Jose Mourinho for allegedly…
Umar Ganduje has been caught in yet another video tape receiving what has been described as bribe from a contractor. The governor has been in the news over the past few weeks after the publisher of Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar Ja’afar, alleged that he regularly received bribes from contractors handling projects in the state. In the series of videos in Ja’afar’s possession, the governor was alleged to have received a total of $5 million in installments from a certain contrator on several occasions. Since two videos surfaced earlier, the governor has dismissed it as a fabrication while Ja’afar has appeared before…
Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians that he needs more than one term in office to fix the country’s problems. The president said this during the 75th anniversary business lecture of the Island Club in Lagos on Monday, October 29, 2018. In a speech delivered by the president’s representative, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, he said it requires more than one election cycle to fully implement plans that’ll help the nation progress. During the lecture, titled “Nation building and institutional development, lessons for Nigeria from the Island Club at 75”, the president pointed out that the Island…
Mr. Jimi Agbaje has explained why his campaign posters are not visible on the streets of Lagos, with the 2019 general elections only four months away. Drive through Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, and what immediately hits you at every turn are the imposing, stylish and colourful campaign posters of APC governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. “Good morning Lagos, my team and I have gotten a barrage of questions asking why I haven’t been actively campaigning in public and I think it’s about time that we addressed it”, Agbaje wrote in a statement. “Let’s be clear, the INEC (Independent National Electoral…
Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria has left that era in which democratic norms are brazenly subverted, with votes awarded to those favoured by the authorities, and the shortchanged told to go to court for redress. The President stated this on Monday when he received members of the Joint United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS Good Offices Mission on Elections, at the State House, Abuja. “I am highly qualified to talk on this, having ended in Supreme Court three times, after participating in elections with disputed results. “Where will a man looking for where his next meal would come from, have money…
Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, on Wednesday called for urgent national and State interventions in the gridlock crisis currently rocking the state. Agbaje told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone that unless urgent measures were immediately taken, the state may be prone to total traffic collapse. He said that this would be detrimental to the health and resources of residents and the state. NAN reports that the severe gridlock in Lagos State has worsened in many parts of the state despite efforts by the state government to control the situation. Worried by…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State played host to APC governorship flagbearer, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu, in his office on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. It is the second public meeting between the pair after a bitter Lagos APC governorship primary election of October 2, 2018. Both men first met publicly after the primary election, in Abuja; during the national APC convention where party faithful endorsed Buhari for the presidency. Before the APC governorship primary election, Ambode had called Sanwo-olu a misfit who once sprayed fake dollars at a US nite club and who is still undergoing rehabilitation at the Gbagada General…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the presidency to present President Buahri’s West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate. This is coming as the President failed to submit his credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently. Buhari swore an affidavit instead, saying that his credentials are with the Secretary of the Military Board. The party said the body language of the presidency whenever the issue of the WAEC certificate is mentioned, shows Buhari has something to hide. This was made known by the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement issued to Daily Post. He…
A group known as the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for President. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the group’s President, Yerima Shettima. According to reports, the AYCF said Atiku’s emergence is a good sign, adding that President Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians. According to Shettima, who called on Nigerians to vote out Buhari in 2019, said that it is time for a new order. He said “For us in AYCF, we have said it over and over that Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians and we have…
Donald Duke earned a combined sum of N5,618,419 between 2015 and 2017, according to the form he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In his Form CF001 submitted to INEC, the former governor said he earned the sum from business in the three years under review. He also revealed in his tax certificate, with serial number 290664, that he paid a total sum of N400,000 in the same period. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) also attached his school certificate from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) indicating that he sat for the exam in 1977.…
Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he came back to power as a democratic president to convince Nigerians to make sacrifices for Nigeria’s future. The president said this during a dinner with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aspirants Forum at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. The forum is a group of APC members who are unhappy with the conduct of the party’s recently-concluded primary elections and are rumoured to be planning to dump the party. In a statement signed by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari urged the aggrieved party members to be…
Tobi Bakre has disclosed why he would love to work with Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji. The reality star is currently finding his feet in Nollywood but he has his eyes on the big names and has his reasons for wanting to pitch his tent with Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji. In a private chat, Tobi said he’s aiming to work with Genevieve Nnaji because she’s a brand to be identified with. He said, “I would like to work with Genevieve Nnaji and that is just because of what I perceive her brand to be. “I have not met her…
Wizkid has called Tiwa Savage his best friend in a picture showing the pair enjoying a city’s skyline. The energy is still high after releasing his “Fever” video where the female pop star plays a passionate lover. Starboy feels impressed about the project which offered him a movie experience. It seemed one for the books in an Instagram post he shared today. Tiwa Savage is once again a passionate lover as she leans tightly close to him, just like best friends would. Teebillz has also been doing some talking on IG lately. He has been addressing issues concerning his life…
Femi Kuti and The Positive Force Band will be touring Europe for the last time in 2018 days after Felabration 2018 ended. According to the New Afrika Shrine, the Afrobeat legend and his band will commence the tour on October 26, 2018 in France, where they will be performing at the Festival Root’s Ergue. The band will be touring France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Germany for the next 30 days. They will be performing at Festival Des Libertes, L’Ilyade, Kfe Quoi, Mediator, Smac 07, Concertgebouw, Onze Plus, Transbordeur, Theatre Lino Ventura, Espace Des Arts, Le Sans Reserve, Fuzz’yon, Le Forum,…
Stephanie Linus will be screening her movie, ‘Dry,’ at the 2018 Ray Charles Week taking place at Dillard University in New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. ‘Dry,’ a 2014 Nigerian drama directed by and starring Stephanie Linus, will screen to an open public who will be attending the Ray Charles Week between October 25 and October 26, 2018. In a statement by Adeola Adeyemo, Stephanie will also give a lecture at the Dillard University aside her movie screening. The movie screening, the statement said, “is organized by the Dillard University Ray Charles Program, Dillard Film and Dillard University African World Student Organization…
Late Afrobeat creator and legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, loved to bake cake, one of his daughters, Omoshalewa Anikulapo-Kuti has revealed. In a recent chat with one of Fela’s children, a UK based Disc Jockey known as DJ Shaarks, Omoshalewa disclosed that her father loved and baked cakes while he was alive. The disc jockey further narrated how Fela had taught her how to bake soft and sweet cakes when she made him a strong cake at her first try. She said, “Fela actually taught me how to bake cake because he loves cake and I love cakes as well. So, I…
Age is only a number as Faithia Balogun shares an interesting story of a young man who is trying to woo her despite their age difference. The veteran actress shared her encounter with the mysterious young man on her Instagram page on Friday, October 26, 2019. According to even though she told the man her second son is about to get into the university and that she has a man, the young man has remained optimistic. “I met one young man who is around 30 years here in US. He asked for my name and number. He asked I show…
Daddy Freeze has expressed his own thoughts on Wizkid’s latest video, ‘Fever’ featuring Tiwa Savage. The On-Air personality took to his Instagram page on Thursday, October 25, 2018, where he expressed his pleasure over the video. According to him, Tiwa Savage and Wizkid showed professionalism in the making of the video. “I think the video for #Fever is great, the chemistry is amazing, Wiz did a good job and so did Tiwa. Music is a profession, both were very professional. The video only served to give life to an already soulful masterpiece,” he wrote. Daddy Freeze is the latest celebrity…
Tiwa Savage is still hot on everyone’s lips following her passionate showing on Wizkid’s ‘Fever’ video but she appears not to care much what her critics say about her “broken marriage”. Her display in the clip had social media observers suggesting that she might be having a romantic relationship with Wizkid who also calls her his best friend in a post he shared on IG yesterday. “She no get shame, broken marriage, single mother, old woman. “If any of the above is a crime then take me to court. If not then eat this pepper stew I’m serving and drink…