Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met behind closed doors with chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in London. Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, made this known on his tweeter handle, @BashirAhmad, in Abuja. The presidential aide posted: “President Muhammadu Buhari receives National leader of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Jagaban) today in London.’’ President Buhari had on April 9, 2018, during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019. “I declared before leaving home because Nigerians were talking too much about…
Author: David Folami
Gianluigi Buffon has said he fully stands behind his inflammatory comments made toward referee Michael Oliver after Wednesday’s dramatic Champions League defeat to Real Madrid. And speaking on Italian television on Saturday, the legendary keeper doubled down on his remarks. “The content remains and I stand by all of it,” Buffon said on Mediaset’s Le Iene. “I’d say them all again — maybe with a different type of language.” He added: “I don’t have to make up for anything, because I am a human being who puts passion, sentiment and anger into what I do. You find a way to…
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness hit back at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, calling criticism over the hiring of Niko Kovac “rather outrageous.” Hoeness reacted angrily to Bobic’s comments in speaking to Sky Deutschland following Bayern’s 5-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach. “We view Fredi Bobic’s statement as rather outrageous,” Hoeness said. “We acted very professionally because we took advantage of a loophole in Niko Kovac’s contract — which he had inserted himself. That’s very professional. “We thought long and hard about when to tell Frankfurt. In the end, we told them as soon as possible so that they have an extra…
Antonio Conte has hailed his Chelsea players for rediscovering the “fire in their eyes” after substitute Olivier Giroud inspired a 3-2 comeback victory at Southampton. “I must be honest — I was very angry for our first half, because we didn’t show great desire, great will to fight, great will to play in the right way,” Conte said. “After the first half I was very disappointed, but I’m the first to take responsibility, because I’m the coach of this team. If they decide we can’t fight in the right way, I’m the first person to take responsibility. “In the second…
Andrea Pirlo has defended Gianluigi Buffon for losing his temper after a penalty was awarded in the final seconds of Juventus’ Champions League quarterfinal second leg at Real Madrid on Wednesday, telling La Gazzetta dello Sport he would have reacted in the same way. Pirlo, the former AC Milan and Juventus midfielder, said that Buffon’s behaviour cannot be condoned, but at the same time, he feels he would have reacted in the very same way. “He was angry and at a time like that, anything can come out of your mouth,” Pirlo said. “He would have thought that it was…
Kevin De Bruyne has admitted that Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is “probably going to win” the PFA Player of the Year award. Speaking to American broadcaster NBC Sports after City’s 3-1 win at Tottenham, De Bruyne said that the honour is not likely to come his way. Asked if Salah should win, De Bruyne said: “Yeah, I think if you can choose nobody from our team, I think he deserves it. “Probably he’s going to win it anyway. He’s been remarkable and to compete with somebody that’s scored that many goals, you’re not going to win. “I’m very satisfied with my…
Zinedine Zidane has said talk that his team benefitted from a “robbery” as they eliminated Juventus from the Champions League on Wednesday makes him “indignant” although it comes from the “jealousy” from outsiders toward Madrid’s success. Much of the media reaction to the game focused on the controversial penalty decision, with Catalan daily Sport among those to use the word “robbery” in relation to Oliver’s decision. Saturday’s prematch news conference ahead of Sunday evening’s La Liga trip to bottom side Malaga was completely dominated by questions about a supposed “anti-madridista” tone to the media coverage. “Everybody can give their own…
Manchester City have won the Premier League title after second-place Manchester United were stunned 1-0 at home by West Bromwich Albion. Pep Guardiola’s side are now uncatchable at the top of the table after United’s shock defeat to the bottom-of-the-table Baggies, who received a 73rd-minute strike from Jay Rodriguez to seal United’s fate. City re-established a 16-point lead at the top of the table on Saturday when they ended a run of three successive defeats with a 3-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur. Because of goal difference, United realistically needed to win all of their six remaining games and hope City…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has given his strongest hint yet that he could be a part of Sweden’s squad in this summer’s World Cup in Russia. Ibrahimovic has posted on his official Twitter account: “The chance of me playing in the World Cup is skyhöga [“sky high” in Swedish].” The 36-year-old retired from international football after Sweden’s last match at Euro 2016, a 1-0 defeat to Belgium. Ibrahimovic marked his first start for LA Galaxy with the winning goal in a narrow 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday, after scoring on his debut against city rivals LAFC.…
Marco Reus has said his team “simply botched it” in a bitter derby loss to Schalke 04 on Sunday. Reus, 28, told Sky after the game: “We wanted to win this game today because we could have leapfrogged Schalke. We simply botched it.” Yevhen Konoplyanka broke the deadlock after 50 minutes in the Veltins Arena after Daniel Caligiuri had won the ball off team captain Marcel Schmelzer in the build-up to the goal. Schalke centre-back Naldo doubled the lead for the final 2-0 scoreline in the 82nd minute with a powerful free kick from distance to open a four-point gap…
Vincent Kompany has said he is proud of everyone at Manchester City after they clinched the Premier League title with five games remaining. “It’s the same feeling as the first time, you can’t describe it,” Kompany said. “I was talking before the game and saying the first time you win it, you think you’re going to win all of them. The first time you lose it you never think you’re going to win it again. “You want to hold onto this feeling now. It’s amazing, it’s such a difficult achievement. I’m proud of everyone involved.” It’s the first time that…
Award-winning singer Alicia Keys is the coverstar for the latest issue of Variety Magazine. The singer spoke of her song ‘Girl On Fire’ amongst many other topics. On her song “Girl on Fire”: If I never do anything else — if I do nothing else — this has been something. Being a woman, being a girl, is the most awesome thing to be. I personally feel we are the more evolved species. We are the greatest creators on the planet, like, the planet literally would not exist if we weren’t in it. We’re the entire universe, in five feet five…
Rihanna’s wardrobe continues to be unpredictable in the best possible way. Days after stunning in a maximalist Dolce & Gabbana look to go shopping in Milan, music’s most fashionable woman took things in the opposite direction, trading ornate finery for the comfort of a Canadian tuxedo. She updated her Instagram yesterday with a glimpse at her latest outfit: head-to-toe light wash denim with a pared down jacket and figure-hugging jeans. With her hair and makeup understated, she looked low-key and chic, layering on a few gold bracelets and a shiny Rolex for added polish. The denim jacket and jeans combination…
Khloé Kardashian seems ready to move on from Tristan Thompson’s cheating scandal! Cosmopolitan reports that the TV star seems over what we assumed would be traumatising for the new mom. A source close to Khloe says, “She’s so incredibly happy that her baby is here, that she is big and strong and healthy and beautiful, and so right now Khloé truly has no other cares in the world. “She isn’t even mad at Tristan right now.” When asked the state of Khloe and Tristan’s relationship, and if they are back to being “A+ in their relationship?,” the source replies, “Basically.”…
The actress revealed that her friend Jennifer Lawrence, also an actress, introduced her to Adele and they immediately started planning an impromptu wedding, reports have said. Schumer said: “I was staying in Los Angeles in a house near Jennifer, who lives right by Adele and they are really good friends and I’d never met her before, so we hung out a little bit that week. “Then we were real drunk one night and talking about how we wanted to get married and Adele was like, ‘Well, I can marry you’, and we were like, ‘Okay, cool’. We were making a…
More than 200,000 people will descend on Indio, California, this and next weekend for the 19th annual Coachella Valley music and arts festival, one of the year’s biggest draws for live music fans. Traditionally seen as the kick-off for the summer music festival season, the festival boasts an illustrious group of headliners: Eminem, last seen torching the president in a freestyle at the BET Hip Hop awards; the Weeknd, whose latest EP has just topped the charts; and Beyoncé, who was meant to headline last year’s festival but was replaced with Lady Gaga after revealing her pregnancy. The lineup will…
Simi has warned her fans and admirers which is kind of the reality today, that they shouldn’t idolize their pastors as they are not God. “Guys, your pastor is not God. God has given you the power to communicate with him directly. He’s ur Father! Don’t let any pastor bully you into submitting out of fear to a God of love. Your pastor ‘might be’ anointed – but so are you! “Seen a lot of people make OBVIOUSLY stupid, life-changing decisions because, “pastor said”. Some of these people, very close to me. We can’t leave our lives and choices in…
Davido is presently traveling around the world, touring in different countries but is taking time out to go on vacation in Barbados with girlfriend, Chioma Avril. The music star took to his Instagram stories on Wednesday, April 12, 2018, where he shared a number of photos and videos with the two lovebirds having a nice time. Chioma Avril has been visiting different countries with the music star as you would recall when we first brought you the gist that she accompanied him to Senegal. The music star and DMW Boss shared a photo of himself and his girlfriend, seated in…
Khloe Kardashian and boyfriend Tristan Thompson have welcomed a baby girl, reports have said. She was said to have delivered the child in the early hours of Thursday, April 12, 2018. This is Khloe and Tristan’s first child together. The news comes after a video surfaced online showing Tristan making out with two women at a hookah lounge outside of Washington D.C. The incident with the women was said to have occurred back in October 2017 when Khloe was only three months pregnant.
Evicted Big Brother Naija housemates, Rico, has shared who he thinks will win the show. In this interview, the former housemate said he would be happy for whoever emerges the winner, but thinks it is between Tobi and Miracle. “That has to be… Like my nigga Bitto would say, ‘there’s a dichotomy in my head.’ So, it’s between Tobi and Miracle,” Rico said. “But whoever wins, I have much love for the person. Let the best man win. Whoever wins, it’s a great thing for the person.”