Thomas Tuchel has emphasised his “love” for working with Adrien Rabiot but the Paris Saint-Germain coach also admitted that he has “no influence over the rest” as the midfielder is chased by Barcelona, Manchester City and Liverpool. Rabiot, 23, is into the final 12 months of his contract and sources have said that the France international’s mother and agent Veronique has been in contact with Liverpool as talks involving PSG sporting director Antero Henrique and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi are yet to prove fruitful. “I really like Adrien, really,” Tuchel told RMC. “I appreciate him. “There was a difficult situation after…
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Toby Alderweireld said he was not interested in leaving the club this summer amid reports he was set to join Manchester United. Sources have said that United made a £50 million bid for Alderweireld, £20m less than Tottenham wanted, and negotiations over the Belgium international continued until the Premier League transfer deadline on Aug. 9. “Everyone was saying everywhere that I absolutely wanted to leave Tottenham,” Alderweireld said at a news conference ahead of Belgium’s UEFA Nations League game against Iceland on Tuesday. “That’s not true. This summer, I quickly understood Tottenham wanted to keep me. So, I had to…
Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic has said international teammate Luka Modric is the outstanding player over the last year but reiterated his belief that Lionel Messi remains the best in the world. Modric won the Champions League with Real Madrid last season and helped Croatia reach the World Cup final, where they lost to France, and Rakitic backed his Croatia colleague over his Barca teammate. “Messi is the best player in the world and in the history of the game [but this year] Luka deserves everything,” Rakitic told reporters. “Everyone in Croatia is delighted for him [winning the UEFA award] because it’s…
Marcus Rashford went into the international break under a cloud, after being red-carded for rashly lowering his head into Phil Bardsley’s face during Manchester United’s 2-0 win at Burnley, but he emerges from it as one of the few players to have scored points — and the only one to have scored any goals — for England. The 20-year-old was England’s goal scorer in their 2-1 loss to Spain in their Nations League opener at Wembley, and he was the match-winner for Gareth Southgate’s men against Switzerland, ghosting in at the back post to apply a crisp volleyed finish to…
Brazil coach Tite opened a news conference on Monday by responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of his team’s World Cup performance, holding up his left hand to signify the five titles Brazil has won over the history of the competition. Trump joked with a reporter during a ceremony at the White House last month that Brazil “had a little problem” in the World Cup, referring to the national team’s quarterfinal loss to Belgium in July. But Tite, whose team will face El Salvador at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, on Tuesday, began his news conference after a…
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni said the team’s No. 10 is “exclusively” reserved for Lionel Messi until their star player decides his international future. Messi, who captained Argentina to the round of 16 at the World Cup, has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the national team. However, speaking at a news conference ahead of Argentina’s friendly against Colombia in New Jersey on Tuesday, Scaloni said: “Most of the players that went to the World Cup have kept their numbers. “In this case, Argentina No. 10 belongs to Messi until he says whether or not he will continue. In principle,…
Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will ensure judicious utilisation of recovered stolen public funds to address the nation’s socio-economic problems. He said that his administration would not allow the wanton diversion and embezzlement of public funds into private pockets. According to him, the Federal Government will continue to take all necessary measures to deprive looters of public assets access to the fruits of their crimes. “It is in keeping with the anti-corruption policy of this government, and in line with global best practices that this Committee was set-up to review our asset recovery and management practices in order to…
Lai Mohammed has said that President Buhari’s administration has reduced the killings arising from the Fulani herdsmen crisis in Nigeria. The minister made this known at a Special Town Hall meeting on security in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday, September 10, 2018. According to reports, he said the “drastic fall in the killings resulted from concerted and committed actions by the Federal Government to curtail the farmers-herders clashes, cattle rustling and other acts of banditry. ”Let me say straight away that the killings, resulting from farmers-herders clashes, cattle rustling, trans-border crimes and banditry, among others, have fallen drastically. Unfortunately, this…
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says President Muhammadu Buhari, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, which begins Sept. 18, 2018. The 73rd UNGA will begin Sept. 18 at the UN Headquarters, New York, while the General Debate will hold from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, 2018. Onyeama, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference on the 73 UNGA, said Mr President would use the opportunity to assert Nigeria’s position on global issues. “It an opportunity for him to assert Nigeria’s position globally and to put forward…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. The forum made the condemnation in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, after the forum’s meeting in in Abuja on Monday. The governors said that the president’s decline of assent to the Bill was indicative that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was afraid of electronic voting or the introduction of technology into the electoral system. The forum also condemned what it said was “politicization of security agencies in the country’’.…
West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalize personal use and prioritize treatment as a response to rising substance abuse in the region, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said on Tuesday. In an interview before he was due to present a model drug law to regional officials in Senegal, Obasanjo urged authorities to channel resources into fighting large-scale trafficking, which he said was undermining regional democracy. “The use of substances like cocaine, heroin and amphetamines is rising in West Africa despite strict drugs laws.Countries that once served primarily as transit points for trade between South America and Europe…
Adams Oshiomhole has blamed former president, Goodluck Jonathan, for introducing vote-buying into Nigerian politics during the 2015 general elections. According to him, Jonathan introduced the practice when he tried to buy the electorate in an attempt to win re-election in the 2015 presidential election. While speaking during an interview published on Channels Television on Monday, September 10, 2018, Oshiomhole said Jonathan engaged in massive vote-buying where he churned out dollars. He said, “I cannot be chairman of a party and celebrate anything that tends to distort the actual wishes of the electorate, but your recollection of history is not complete.…
Femi Otedola has accepted to contest for the Governorship of Lagos state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was made known by the owner of ovation magazine, Dele Momodu on Twitter. Momodu revealed that the PDP offered Otedola the ticket and he accepted. He said “Breaking news: Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He’s accepted and personally confirmed to The Boss newspaper.” Otedola had earlier denied nursing plans to run for the office of Governor of Lagos State. He s aid “My attention has been drawn to a news piece…
Yakubu Dogara has said that he will heed the people’s call to run for office in 2019. Dogara said this on Twitter on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 while speaking to some of his supporters in Abuja. The Speaker said “It was a heartwarming moment today when I received hundreds of constituents who visited my Abuja home, imploring me to recontest in 2019. “Representing the people of Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency has been a great honour and today, I saw many people who began this journey with me in 2007. “The voice of the people is the voice of God; even…
Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki joined other PDP Presidential Aspirants at a meeting with the party leadership and State Governors. Saraki made this known on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 on Twitter. He said: “We just concluded a successful meeting of PDP Presidential aspirants with the party leadership and State Governors. I am proud of the level of collaboration, commitment and camaraderie amongst all those in attendance. “There was a general determination and commitment to ensure that the party holds successful, credible and transparent presidential primaries that Nigeria will be proud of. We remain a happy family — flying the flag of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it will not allow jailed former Governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye to run for any office. According to Daily Post, the APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. The party said this following reports in the media on Monday, September 10, 2018, that Dariye had purchased and filled its nomination form. Nabena also said that he could not confirm if the former Governor actually bought the form as reported. He said “I have gone to the list for Plateau State, I…
Nollywood actress, and fast growing business mogul, Chika Ike, is really a boss of her own that she has been able to create time to make herself happy. The actress is currently enjoying her vacation in faraway Monte-Carlo, in Monaco, and trust me, she really needs it considering the stress she has gone through already to get her book ‘BOSS UP,’ published. Chika has really pushed herself to the top and now she does not have to wait on any man to come into her life before she makes her money as she also has a movie production outfit where…
According to reports, sources close to Cardi B revealed that the “I Like It” MC feels zero remorse about her dustup with Nicki this weekend at a New York Fashion Week event. The sources are even adamant Cardi was simply defending her daughter’s honor after hearing Nicki had been talking trash about her family and she’d still sling her stiletto if she had to do it all over again. According to Cardi B, Nicki Minaj has some nerve saying she needs an intervention, when Nicki is the one who incites people almost for sport. Nicki denied speaking ill about Cardi’s…
Ciara is making a serious comeback. She warned us of all the heat she was preparing with an earth-shattering photoset. The latex-goddess is serving us some new looks on what seems to be the cover of her next single, “Dose.” The Crunk princess adorns one of her ears with a George Michael-esque dangling jewel. Her honey-colored curly hair seems to be inspired by Whitney Houston’s famous ‘do. Although Houston was wearing the bright colors that were popular during the era of “How Will I know,” Ciara opts for a more low-key vibe. Another inspiration could also be Janet Jackson. Either…
Former Big Brother Naija housemate Tobi, has shared new insight on his current relationship with Cee-C since they left the big brother show. Speaking with NET TV on the AMVCA red carpet during the weekend, Tobi refused to respond to questions concerning why he was always begging Cee-C while they were on the show. He even went on to further describe the relationship between him and his fmr BBNaija sweetheart as ‘past’ tense. Tobi also shared his thoughts on the AMVCA amongst other things.