Zinedine Zidane has said Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar has “incredible statistics” as the clubs prepare to meet in the Champions League. “His statistics are incredible. However, what interests me is my team, my squad, my players.” Zidane also supported Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, who has struggled for form this season amid growing speculation over his long-term future at the Bernabeu, while Neymar has been linked with a move to Madrid in recent weeks. “When we look at what Cristiano has done throughout his career… Last season, for example, he scored eight times in the last three Champions League matches. That means…
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Thibaut Courtois has been ruled out of the Chelsea’s Carabao Cup semifinal second leg against Arsenal on Wednesday with an ankle injury, sources have said. He has returned to full training since missing Chelsea’s 4-0 win over Brighton on Saturday with the problem, but is still feeling pain in his ankle and Antonio Conte has decided not to risk him. Willy Caballero will start his third match in a row in the absence of Courtois. Chelsea, who drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, are already without Alvaro Morata (back) and Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) for the trip to…
Bayern Munich have received an injury boost as defenders Mats Hummels and David Alaba both returned to training on Monday. Niklas Sule filled in for his fellow Germany international in both games, but scored an own goal in Sunday’s victory against Bremen. Meanwhile, Alaba has recovered from a stomach bug which ruled him out at the weekend as Spain international Juan Bernat deputised at left-back for his third Bundesliga appearance of the season. With the return of Hummels and Alaba, the German champions are now only missing Thiago Alcantara and Manuel Neuer from their first team squad.
Alexis Sanchez has insisted Thierry Henry played no part in his decision to leave Arsenal for Manchester United. The Frenchman was blasted by some Arsenal fans, who believed Henry had influenced Sanchez. It prompted Sanchez to issue a statement insisting that was not the case. He tweeted: “I want to clarify that Henry never told me to leave the club, it was a personal decision. He loves the club and someday it would be nice to see him as the arsenal coach because he loves the club.” He said: “I know I don’t need to explain this to the majority…
Manchester United should battle it out with Manchester City for Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte, according to Gary Neville. Laporte could move to the Etihad Stadium before next week’s transfer deadline. He tweeted: “In my very short time in Spain we played them three times. This lad can play. Get in United. “It’s really hard to get players out of Bilbao and costly but this lad is a very good player.” Valencia met Athletic Club in La Liga and the Europa League during Neville’s time in Spain, winning once and losing twice.
Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi has commended the peaceful conduct of the Local Government election across the state. He appreciated the electorate for coming out to vote, describing the process as transparent, free and fair. He said candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not fail the people if elected and described the party as the only party that could salvage the nation from its current challenges. “APC has provided the purposeful and quality leadership at both the national and state level. “President Buhari and Gov. Al-Makura have done credibly well and they are still doing their best to improve on…
Adams Oshiomhole has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will expose the financial atrocities of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor also said that President Buhari will win the 2019 elections. Oshiomhole predicted that APC will win more governorship and national assembly elections in Nigeria. He said “It is our task as party activist to painstakingly explain to our people in the rural areas to understand who dug the hole that led to what we are experiencing today as a nation and the effort by President Muhammadu Buhari to gradually pull us out of that hole to…
Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has said that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi will be disgraced during the Ekiti governorship election slated to hold on July 14, 2018. Fayemi, who served as Governor of Ekiti state before he was defeated by Fayose, is the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state. According to reports, Fayose said that no force on this earth will stop Fayemi from being defeated. Meanwhile, the Ekiti state chapter of APC has accused Fayose of sponsoring a lawsuit to disqualify Fayemi. The All People’s Party (APP) filed a…
Ebenezer Babatope has said he was pained that Chief Iyiola Omisore dumped the party. Babatope made the statement on Saturday, May 26, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Omisore, a one-time governorship candidate of the PDP dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party on May 20. In a statement announcing his defection to SDP, Omisore said he was moving to a credible platform to realise his governorship ambition to “rescue the state from the All Progressives Congress.” The Osun State Chairman of SDP, Mr Ademola Ishola, had on Thursday confirmed Omisore’s membership of the…
The Sen Suleiman Hunkuyi-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State says it is considering defecting to another political party barely few months to the 2019 general elections. The group said it would take the decision “if there is no visible evidence of success in addressing the damaging levels of alienation and frustration among the millions of party faithful in Kaduna State”. Prominent among the group are Sen Shehu Seni, Isah Ashiru former APC governorship aspirant Mr. Mataimaki Tom Maiyashi, among others. Mr. Tom Maiyashi, Chairman of the group, who signed the statement said two recent events…
Some residents of Yobe, on Saturday in Damaturu, decried the hike in the prices of some food items usually consumed this Ramadan. A resident, Mallam Zarau Gulani, expressed concern on the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Gulani said that a yam that usually cost N3, 000 before the commencement of the fasting period now sells for N5, 000. He noted that the increase had been drastic in the past weeks, thereby causing the people hardship. Another resident, Babagana Madu, also expressed similar opinion that the prices of pepper, tomato, okro and other related items…
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated a new defence procurement contract which was said to have been midwived by the Minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, over allegations of fraud. The President was also said to have ordered the National Security Adviser and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency to investigate how the contractor obtained security clearance for the job without an end-user certificate. Buhari also reportedly ordered that the contractor should be made to supply items equivalent to the $50 million upfront payment which they received recently. The contract was signed off by the Federal Executive Council in December 2017. A report by…
Prof. Issac Adewole has said the Federal Government is doing every possible to end the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike by Joint Helath Sector Union (JOHESU). The minister said that the Federal Government was not sleeping in ensuring that the strike was called off as soon as possible. “The JOHESU strike will soon be over. The Federal Government is doing everything possible to bring the strike to an end,” Adewole said. Dr Tokunbo Olajumoke, the Osun NMA Chairman, made the allegation at a news conference in Osogbo on Saturday. Olajumoke, who noted that the doctors were ready to work and provide…
Black Diamond Support Foundation (BDSF) has fed more than 500 children in the slum of Lagos to commemorate this year’s Children Day. The foundation visited the slums of Agboyi-Ketu situated in Kosofe Local Government Area on Saturday in Lagos. The children were given foods, water bottles and other gift items packaged in a bag. The convener of the NGO, Mrs Adefunke Adewunmi, said there was need to celebrate with the children in the slums in a bid to give them sense of belonging. She noted that many elites and well meaning Nigerians choose to celebrate at the beaches, cinemas but…
The Kogi State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Salisu Yahaya, has warned residents against dumping of refuse in the drains and waterways to avoid flooding. Yahaya, who monitored the exercise, urged residents to have attitudinal change and cooperate with the government by dumping their waste at designated waste or communal bins, adding that offenders would be sanctioned henceforth. “We have sensitised the people through the mass media, we hope that by June, the compliance level will be better than it is today. We have given people enough time but some people have chosen not to obey. “We have…
Last week, children, wives, and mothers were brought into a long-brewing beef between Drake and Pusha T. Not only were diss tracks released, but also, Drake sent an invoice to G.O.O.D. Music for $100,000 and Pusha T posted a photo of Drake in blackface. According to Kanye West, all that is done with now. Early Saturday morning, after the release of his album, Kanye tweeted that he’s “never been about the beef” and that he is “about love.” Over the past few weeks, Kanye has repeated that he is all love, even amidst his insistence that slavery was a “choice.”…
As youth across the country are currently redefining the nature of prom, Jaden Smith tapped into the mood of the moment on social media yesterday. As Smith and girlfriend Odessa Adlon headed to Adlon’s prom in Los Angeles, the couple presented a modern vision of eveningwear for the Gen-Z set. The look was coordinated yet offbeat, with Adlon in a sparkling black fringed skirt worn with a matching sequin-covered crop top and Smith donning a dapper tux with silver stitching running down the sides of his slacks. The traditionalism of Adlon’s pink corsage found its compliment in Smith’s ripped-from-the-runways mix…
When Drake was a teen-ager, he spent two hundred dollars on a microphone that he believed was signed by Pusha T. Since then, the men have become messengers of two different rap paradigms. Drake is an invincible god of the Internet, a puckish tinkerer of its tropes. A lyric like “I only love my bed and my mama, I’m sorry” is, spiritually, an Instagram caption. The pastel video for “Hotline Bling” is, essentially, a sequence of gifs. Pusha T, by contrast, is a forty-one-year-old drug-rap classicist who first formed the group the Clipse, in Virginia Beach, with his brother, in…
Ramsey Nouah has joined other celebrities to air his views on Internet fraud and Yahoo boys in Nigeria. In an exclusive interview with Pulse, the award-winning actor said we should treat the ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ menace from the roots rather than the stem. “I’m going to be diplomatic about it, of course, there is a backlash to this yahoo yahoo thing and everybody knows that it’s not fair and not clean. However where I can’t blame…is that every time we talk about the ills of the society, I can’t but bring it down to the system. The system gave birth to…
Chris Brown has responded to the ongoing beef between Drake and Pusha T. Yesterday (30th May), DJ Akademics posted a screenshot of the controversial cover art for Pusha’s diss track ‘The Story Of Adidon’, which featured Drake appearing in ‘blackface’. In response, the ‘Questions’ singer took to the comments section to wade in on the explosive feud. “Hip hop is back,” he wrote, adding “Where’s the popcorn.” On his new album ‘DAYTONA’, Pusha T accused Drake of using a ghostwriter – which is an ongoing rumour – by alluding to Quentin Miller’s influence on his new song ‘Infrared’. Last week,…