Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has announced that he would be running for a political office under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). He declared his intention to run for the House of Representatives in Ahiazu/ Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency, Imo State. Kanayo made the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. “Hello Friends, good evening. History has been made today as I declared my intention to run for the House of Representatives, Ahiazu/ Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency, Imo State under the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. I owe you this information as I enlist your prayers and support.…
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Samklef has released the tracklist for his fourth studio album, ‘Cruise’. The singer and music producer, Samuel Ogwuachuba popularly known as Samklef, has announced the release of his 4th studio album, titled ‘Cruise’. The album which will contain nine tracks is scheduled for release on July 4, and will feature collaborations with pop stars including Vector, Dremo, Starboy’s new act, Ceeza Milli and international superstars Akon and Safaree. Samklef who released his debut album, ‘Nonilising’ in 2009, followed it up with ‘4KP’ in 2013 and his last body of work, ‘Sounds of Muzik’ in 2015.
Arsenal announced the capture of Swiss international defender Stephan Lichtsteiner from Juventus on Tuesday — new manager Unai Emery’s first signing for the Premier League club. The 34-year-old was out of contract at the Serie A champions and joins the Gunners on a free transfer before captaining Switzerland at the World Cup in Russia. Lichsteiner moved to Juventus in 2011 and won seven successive league titles with the Italian club. “It is a great moment for me, after Juventus, to come to Arsenal,” Lichtsteiner told the Arsenal website. “It is a project to come back into the Champions League, it…
Ronaldo has returned to training with Portugal national team after Champions League victory over Liverpool on Saturday, May 26. After his triumph with Real Madrid in the Champions League, Ronaldo has been on vacation with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez and children. The 33-year-old has however ended his vacation to resume training ahead of his fourth World Cup appearance after failing to win in the last three editions. Ronaldo took time to sign autographs of Portugal supporters before he joined up with his teammates in training. Despite being out of full training for a while Ronaldo showed he was in high…
Dani Alves went under the knife Tuesday for the injured knee that ruled him out of the World Cup, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced. The 35-year-old former Barcelona star Alves suffered knee ligament injuries on May 8 during the French Cup final, meaning Brazil lost a senior player with 107 international appearances for the World Cup. “We waited for the right moment to operate so he would be fit again as soon as possible,” the club said. In his 17-year career, he won his first trophy with boyhood club Esporte Clube de Bahia followed by five at Sevilla, 23 with…
Ola Aina is hopeful of making the 2022 FIFA World Cup after he was dropped from the team to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Aina who was included in Gernot Rohr’s initial 30-man provisional list for the World Cup played in the Super Eagles 1-1 draw with DR Congo in Port-Harcourt. Brought in as a substitute, Aina was responsible for the penalty awarded to DR Congo which led to their equalizer. He was not given any game time in the 2-1 loss to England and was not included in the final 23-man list for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Rohr…
Nothing less than winning the World Cup in Russia next month will be satisfactory despite England’s failure to even progress to the later stages in recent tournaments, insist Three Lions’ stars Raheem Sterling and Dele Alli. Gareth Southgate’s men travel to their base in Repino, north-west of Saint Petersburg, next week looking to end 52 years without winning a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup. Sterling was part of the England sides that crashed out at the group stages four years ago and exited in humiliating fashion to Iceland in the last 16 of Euro 2016. But the Manchester…
Mikel Obi has blamed the transportation arrangements for the Super Eagles which involved a 1hr 30mins drive from their hotel as a factor responsible for the defeat to Czech Republic in a friendly played on Wednesday, June 6. In a tweet by journalist Oma Akatugba, Mikel reportedly revealed that the transportation to the stadium affected the Super Eagles performance in the game against Czech Republic. The message said, “Mikel John OBI says the ca 1 hour 30 minutes drive from their hotel to the stadium and the weather affected the team. But “we don’t want to think about this game…
Supporters of the Super Eagles are no longer optimistic about Nigeria’s chances of winning the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 1-0 loss to the Czech Republic on Wednesday, June 6. The Super Eagles came into the match against the Czech after a 1-1 draw with DR Congo and more recently a 2-1 loss to England. Super Eagles supporters were however left unimpressed and took to Twitter after the game against Czech republic ended in another defeat which is the last build up game to the World Cup. Victor Moses is regarded by some supporters as the star player of…
Gareth Southgate won’t lead his side off the field should any of his players suffer racist abuse at the World Cup in Russia for fear of expulsion from the tournament. Left-back Danny Rose has told his family not to travel to Russia as the Tottenham defender is fearful they could suffer from racism. However, Southgate believes walking off in protest at abuse would be counter-productive as he believes England can set an example as one of the most diverse teams in the competition. “In an idealistic world people would say ‘you should do that’ (walk off the pitch) but it…
Israel’s bid to stage a high-profile football match against Argentina in the disputed city of Jerusalem inevitably thrust politics and the festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the fore. The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires confirmed Tuesday that the pre-World Cup friendly international had been cancelled, citing threats against Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi. The original plan had been to stage the match in the northern coastal city of Haifa, at the state-of-the-art Sami Ofer stadium where Israel usually hosts international games. But Israeli sports minister Miri Regev, an outspoken hardliner in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, launched a campaign to move…
With their Premier League rivals already strengthening for next season, Chelsea risk losing further ground as uncertainty swirls over the future of manager Antonio Conte and even owner Roman Abramovich. A fifth-placed finish just a year after winning the league in Conte’s first season in charge meant many expected the FA Cup final to be the Italian’s last match in charge, despite beating Manchester United 1-0 to end the season on a high. However, more than two weeks on, no decision has been made on Conte’s future, with speculation that former Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc and Maurizio Sarri, who…
Buhari has once again urged Nigerians to vote for anyone of the choice in the 2019 general elections with an assurance that their votes will count. The president said this while speaking at the valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) session for outgoing former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, held at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. The president emphasised the importance of permanent voter’s cards (PVC) and voter education in elections. He said, “Let Nigerians be aware that they can vote anybody across any party in any constituency, and that their votes will count.”…
Any move to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari would be unsuccessful at the Senate, a source has said. This, the source said, is as a result of the recent treatment being meted out to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye. After two separate meeting on Monday, June 4, 2018, a source said that some lawmakers had proposed the commencement of President Buhari’s impeachment process over the purchase of two Tucano fighter jets without Senate’s approval amongst others. The move was rejected by some members of the National Assembly who were “very jittery” following recent happenings in the polity. Senator…
Ghana and Nigeria are the two countries with the highest search interest in Misoprostol, an abortion pill, the BBC reports. Misoprostol goes by the brand name Cytotec. According to the BBC, data of countries who search for abortion pills the most, was sourced from Google. Google data shows how often exact phrases are searched about a topic. “Abortion pills” is a top search phrase on abortion in all the countries analysed by the BBC. “How to abort” is the most commonly asked question in more than two-thirds of countries. “How to use Misoprostol”, “Misoprostol price”, “buy Misoprostol” and “Misoprostol dosage”…
The National Assembly has again passed a vote of no confidence on Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. The lawmakers made the resolution, among others, after an emergency joint session which was held behind closed doors. Reading the resolutions, the Senate President Bukola Saraki said the IGP Idris performs his duties with “outright disregard for the constitutional authority of both the executive and the legislature”. “We also hereby reaffirm our earlier resolution on the vote of no confidence on the Inspector General of Police, who does nothing but preside over innocent Nigerians with an outright disregard for the constitutional…
Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the Federal Government would establish six innovation hubs in the country. Osinbajo made the disclosure at the launching of the North East Humanitarian Innovation Hub in Yola. The vice president said that the six innovative centres would be spread among the six geopolitical zones in the country. He said that the hubs would be used to foster creative local solutions that could tackle humanitarian issues within their locations. Osinbajo said that the centres would provide opportunities for youths to think and innovate technologies that could address the problems affecting immediate communities. He said the administration…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Ahmad Mahmud from Zamfara as the Resident Electoral Commissioner after two rejections. The confirmation followed the report presented by Sen. Suleiman Nazif, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, at the plenary. The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, put Mahmud’s nomination to a voice vote and it was adopted by the senators. Nazif had in his reports, recommended the rejection of the nominee, maintaining that he hails from Sokoto State and not Zamfara as he claimed. Objecting to the rejection, Sen. Kabiru Marafa (APC-Zamfara), alleged that Nazif had…
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday chaired a valedictory session in honour of former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi resigned his appointment as minister last week to enable him contest the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the valedictory session was held before the commencement of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). President Buhari lauded the former minister for his contributions to the successes being recorded by the All Progressives Congress led Federal Government. He described Fayemi as a man of sound intellect whose contributions helped the…
Ayo Adebanjo has urged the National Assembly not to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari now to avoid unnecessary tension in the polity. He, however, said Nigerians should tolerate the President till 2019 when they should vote him out. “We should allow him go peacefully in 2019. We have just little time between now and the next election. Trying to impeach him now is not ideal. All everybody should do now is to ensure that we have a credible election and allow him go peacefully,” the Independent newspaper quoted the elder statesman as saying. The National Assembly had on Tuesday, June 5,…