Babatunde Fashola recently said Nigerian roads were not as bad as many people thought; rather, he stated that the roads needed to be adequately maintained. Fashola stated these in his keynote address at the United Nations-sponsored capacity building programme for the Federal Road Safety Corps, which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja by his ministry. The minister stated, “They were built in the 1970s, and not only have they outlived their design life, they have had to deal with tonnage and capacities well beyond what their design intended. Can such a road be truly expected to stay intact…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rubbished as false allegations that Governor Nyesom Wike was sponsoring former acting National Chairrman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus to emerge the new national chairman of the party. Mr Samuel Nwanosike said that the allegation was totally untrue, stressing that the winner of the election would be determined by the delegates. He said: “How would you bring Governor Nyesom Wike in the matter? Will he be the one to decide who the delegates from all parts of the country will vote for? No, that is not correct. The allegation is not correct. “PDP…
Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District recently advised young Nigerians against leaving the country illegally in search of greener pastures abroad. Tinubu made the call in a message to Nigeria on the celebration of Maulid Nabiyy, the birth of Prophet Mohammed. She urged such restive Nigerians to be exercise more patience, saying the country would be great again. She said, “I celebrate with Muslim faithful in the Lagos Central Senatorial District, Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole on the celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed (SAW). “The birth of the Holy Prophet marks the beginning…
The Save Ijaw Nation Group has said the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima lacks the mental capacity to criticise former President Goodluck Jonathan on any matter whatsoever. Mr. Shettima recently said “Jonathan’s fairytale rise to power, his sheer display of bad governance, lack of political sagacity and willpower, he squandered the array of goodwill he commanded and subsequently got humiliated out of office”. However, the group in a statment said, “Shettima should be behind bars for his complicity in the kidnapping of the Chinok school girls in 2014.” The group said: “It is laughable that a Governor who has…
Bukola Saraki has criticized former President Goodluck Jonathan’s leadership style. “I like to share one or two things that will probably summarize the former President Jonathan,” Saraki began his semi-scripted speech. “I remember when I was then Senator and I came across this issue of fuel subsidy and the way the country was losing close to about N1.3 trillion. In the history of this country, I don’t think of any singular kind of level of corruption as huge as that. I had a motion already I wanted to present on the floor of the Senate. “I felt as a member…
Sen. Ajayi Boroffice has said that he had not joined another political party as being rumoured. Mr Kayode Fakuyi, the senator’s aide revealed this recently. “Few days ago after a successful APC stakeholders’ meeting in Akure, a plot to link Sen. Boroffice to another party in Ondo State was hatched; the plot is diversionary.” “The senator remains a chieftain of the APC in Ondo State and has not at anytime resigned his membership of the party nor at any moment joined another party,’’ Fakuyi said. “As a grassroots politician and one of the founding fathers of APC in state, if…
Mr Emmanuel Eze recently advised the CBN to reduce lending rate from 14 to 12 per cent for small businesses to thrive in the country. “Small businesses will be able to access credit facilities at less than 15 per cent from banks and will expand their businesses within a short time frame” “The impact on entrepreneurs will be positive so much that they will be employing young Nigerians thereby reducing the unemployment challenges of our society.’’ “In recent times, the economy of our country has been relatively okay as inflation rate has been on decline and there has been improvement…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed has again talked up the drive of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government towards tackling corruption in the country. His words: “No administration in the history of this country has exhibited the kind of courage to fight corruption that this administration has shown. We are aware that reformists government are never popular anywhere, but we will rather rid our country of corruption than to curry cheap popularity by throwing money at every issue in the name of ‘settlement’. “We are aware that corruption has continued to rear its ugly head even in countries with death penalty for…
Samuel Ortom of Benue state has shed more light on why he is supporting President Buhari for a second term in office. Ortom said the President deserves another term in office because of his resolve to fight corruption, adding that Buhari is a man of integrity. Ortom said “If you recall, we in Benue were the first in the country to initiate prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari when he took ill early in the year. “We thank God that he is back on his feet and getting better and stronger by the day.” Meanwhile, political observers claim that Buhari might…
Marcos Rojo is one of the “top five” central defenders in the world when he is in form, according to Manchester United teammate Ander Herrera. “Last season, when he got injured, I told him that he was in the top five central defenders in the world because his play was outstanding and he was in amazing form. “I felt so sorry for him because he got injured in what was the best moment of his career.” Despite his injury, Rojo was part of the squad for the summer tour of the United States and played 45 minutes for the under-23s…
Gary Neville has said Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in no way a threat to Romelu Lukaku as the Manchester United striker continues to struggle for goals. “Zlatan is confident but Lukaku is number one, the fans and the manager believe in him and if he does have any demons then he needs to clear them from his mind.” “I don’t think Jose Mourinho will be worried about Romelu Lukaku’s lack of goals, but I think ultimately he’s got two big games coming up,” Neville said. “He was brought in to score goals in the games which United were drawing last season.…
Thomas Muller is not convinced Bayern Munich have to sign a backup for Robert Lewandowski, despite the German champions’ pursuit of Sandro Wagner. Muller, 28, hailed his Germany teammate as “a very good player who undoubtedly has his qualities,” but pointed out that Bayern’s first-choice striker Lewandowski would also demand a starting spot when fit. “When I am tired it is easy to say I need a backup — and if that only happens every three months, it’s not ideal and also difficult for Mr. Backup,” Muller said. He added: “Of course when Lewy did have a problem two or…
Paul Pogba has blasted the French media for their negative attitude toward the national team, while praising the British press for supporting theirs. Pogba said he hopes the French media will get behind their cause rather than — as the Manchester United midfielder sees it — try to undermine it. “You’d have to ask French journalists,” he said when asked why the press have been so negative toward Deschamps’ team. “The English media push their team on, upwards. “Unfortunately, we French push the team into the water. Let’s hope all that changes, and that the journalists build us up rather…
Jose Mourinho has said Nemanja Matic is a doubt for Manchester United’s trip to Arsenal this weekend while Phil Jones, Eric Bailly and Marouane Fellaini have all been ruled out. He said “Matic is a doubt. I hope he can but I cannot guarantee he is selected to go. Let’s see the feeling before the match, let’s see the warm up. “I hope he can, I want to, he wants to, but I cannot guarantee, and Fellaini is not travelling with the team.” He said: “When we have the ball we are going to attack with 11 players because the…
Jose Mourinho has refused to rule out a move for Arsenal contract rebel Mesut Ozil. Mourinho, who worked with Ozil for three years at Real Madrid, has previously hailed him as “the best No. 10 in the world.” The Portuguese coach has struggled to find a player to fill the role at Old Trafford. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, a £30 million signing from Borussia Dortmund 18 months ago, is expected to be left out of the squad again when Manchester United face Ozil’s Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday evening. Reports have it that Ozil has not made a decision about his…
Serie A leaders Napoli finally gave up their unbeaten start to the season as Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain returned to haunt his former club with the only goal in a 1-0 win. Higuain was a major injury doubt before the game after undergoing surgery on a broken bone in his left hand earlier this week, but was named in the starting XI by head coach Massimiliano Allegri. The visitors started brightly and Higuain – who left Naples for Turin for 90 million euros in July 2016 — almost broke the deadlock with just four minutes on the clock after being…
Jose Mourinho said he will still look to Romelu Lukaku to score Manchester United’s goals, despite the Belgian’s current goal drought that has seen him score just once in his last 11 games. Mourinho said: “He is going to score soon, no problem. He is going to score soon. “If it’s Saturday, Tuesday, next week, I don’t know but he is going to score soon. No problem at all. No problem at all. “For me the most important thing is team work and he is second to none in giving everything he has to the team, scores doesn’t score, it’s…
Jose Mourinho insists he is “not surprised” Pep Guardiola did not receive any punishment for encroaching onto the pitch during Manchester City’s win over Southampton despite being sent off for a similar offence earlier this season. Asked at a news conference on Friday whether he was surprised at the lack of consistency, Mourinho, who did not receive a touchline ban after his sending off at St Mary’s, said: “Surprised? No. Not surprised.” But asked to clarify why he was not surprised, the 54-year-old declined the opportunity, adding that he did not want to land himself in trouble with the FA.…
Keylor Navas is not bothered by reports that Real Madrid are lining up a bid for Athletic Bilbao’s rising star Kepa Arrizabalaga in the winter transfer window. “One doesn’t know what is going to happen in the future but I’m the one who is here now. I have to be calm and enjoy myself.” He said: “I hope we can continue to win many more titles and continue to enjoy this experience. “What is very clear to me is that through work I will continue to give my best, not to convince those that don’t believe in me, but rather…
Fresh off the release of his sophomore album – “High Star”, Hip-Hop force – Yung6ix dishes out the visuals to one of the standout songs on the LP – “Gbe Seyin” featuring raving afro-house singer – Niniola. The video was directed by Unlimited L.A