Sen. Binta Garba (APC-Adamawa North) reccently advised ministers against diversion of funds for development purposes. She also advised them to fully focus on programmes that will better the lives of the poor people. According to her, if we fix our roads, health system, problem of water, environment and sanitation, among others, issue of flooding ravaging the grassroots would be a thing of the past. “Health sector is in shamble because of lack of proper policies of the government, every minister that comes in will complain of having a slim budget, but the thing is that you see how you diversify.…
Author: David Folami
Former Manchester United midfielder, Paul Scholes, believes that manager Jose Mourinho, has gotten under the skin of his Chelsea counterpart, Antonio Conte. Conte begged Mourinho to stop talking about Chelsea, after the United boss suggested other managers were “crying” about their injury situations. But Scholes believes Conte has falle into Mourinho’s trap, ahead of United’s clash with Chelsea next month. “Conte was probably badly advised, someone told him they were talking about him but Mourinho didn’t mention anyone’s name. He just said ‘other managers’. Conte’s had a little bite back. “November 5 [when Chelsea play Manchester United] could be interesting.”…
GEJ has mocked those that blasted his decision for taking the pump price of fuel to N87. Jonathan said he is shocked that those who criticised him for leaving the pump price of fuel at N87 are not saying anything now that it has been hiked up to N143. “My government was severely criticised for increasing the pump price of petroleum from N67 to N97 at a time that global crude price was going for over 100 dollars,” Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan’s spokesman quoted him as saying. “The pump price was later reduced to N87 when the price of crude oil…
Pep Guardiola has come out to dedicate his side’s 2-1 Champions League win over Napoli to two pro-Catalan independence leaders imprisoned since Monday in Madrid for charges of sedition. Ex-Barcelona player and coach Guardiola, who has been readily involved in the political campaign for pro-Catalan independence, uttered words of support for Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, leaders of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium Cultural respectively. Pep said “We have shown in Catalonia that citizenship is bigger than any ideas. Omnium and ANC have always acted with civility, expressing their ideas of what we want. Right now the situation…
Cesar Azpilicueta has agreed morale at Chelsea might be nothing to write home about due to their three-match winless run. “The mood at the moment is not the best,” Azpilicueta said. “It’s true that we are not in our best moment. We came into the game after two consecutive defeats in the Premier League. “We had the game in our hands [against Roma] when we were 2-0 up, but we also had it lost when we were 3-2 down. We managed to get a point, we are top of the group and we will keep fighting. “To come back into…
Jose Mourinho has said he expects to have “some” players back for a trip to Huddersfield, but cannot rule either of his midfield stars in or out just yet. The Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is still not certain if Paul Pogba or Marouane Fellaini will be available to face Huddersfield Town on Saturday. Pogba has not featured since suffering a hamstring injury in the first half of a 3-0 Champions League win over Basel on September 12, while Fellaini has been out since picking up a knee injury during the international break. With club captain Carrick also unavailable, United’s…
An appeal court in Brazil has fined Neymar 3.8 million Brazilian reales ($1.19m) for acting in “bad faith” after his attempts to delay a tax evasion case. The parents of the football talent as well as three companies that administer the player’s portfolio have all been fined, according to judicial sources. The ruling was given three days in a regional federal tribunal in Brazil regarding a case that was examined by the justice department in September 2015 and resulted in the player’s assets of 192.7m Brazilian reales ($62.2m) being seized to guarantee the payment of the taxes owed. The amount…
Georginio Wijnaldum has said the players always knew the goals would still rain despite a frustrating run of form. He said: “We were a little bit sad that we didn’t score a lot of goals [previously] as we created a lot of chances. “The manager told us if we play like that, creating a lot of chances and are maybe more ruthless, then we would score goals. “We just kept the belief and played how we always believed — just being more ruthless.” The Maribor result provided a big confidence boost heading into Sunday’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur. But Wijnaldum…
Eden Hazard has said he believes Chelsea are still serious contenders for the EPL title despite their recent poor form. Asked whether defending champions Chelsea were being chased out of the title race already, Hazard said: “I don’t agree with that. “The difference between this year and last year is Manchester City and United are stronger. We are ready, we know the Premier League is long, so we have time to come back.” “I think it’s different this season because we play in the Champions League,” he said. “Last season, it was easier to play every game every week. We…
Manchester United are playing like Premier League title challengers for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, former United defender Gary Neville has said. United are two points behind City at the top of the table, and Neville said: “There’s consistency, definitely. “There’s strength, there’s power, they’re tough to beat, there are a lot of very good things. “This season will be a big challenge to win the league, City are looking fantastic. “But there’s something there that tells me they are capable of winning the league, and I’ve not seen that for the last three or four years.…
Arsene Wenger has insisted Jack Wilshere will soon get his opportunity to impress in the Premier League after he spearheaded another Europa League victory as Arsenal won 1-0 at Red Star Belgrade. “He will get a chance in the Premier League, don’t worry about that,” he said. “I think at the moment it’s going like that. He got a big kick in the first half on his ankle but he managed to get through the 90 minutes and games of that intensity will, of course, help him a lot.” Wenger witnessed the attitude of his squad questioned by Watford captain…
Roma have been charged by UEFA after some of their fans allegedly directed monkey chants at Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger during Wednesday’s Champions League clash at Stamford Bridge. A statement from UEFA read: “Disciplinary proceedings have been opened following the UEFA Champions League group stage match between Chelsea FC and AS Roma (3-3), played on October 18 in England.” UEFA said the charge was “racist behaviour (monkey chants),” adding: “This case will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body” on Nov. 16. Germany defender Antonio Rudiger left Roma for Chelsea last summer, having previously expressed his…
Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian have been the root of so many pranks, usually to each other or to another family member. This time the sisters united to prank their younger sibling, Kendall Jenner, as she slept in the other room during a trip to Santa Barbara, as seen in a teaser for Keeping Up With The Kardashians. After asking Twitter for ideas, Khloe and Kourtney decided to put squares of chocolate in Kendall’s bottom while she snoozed. It all started when Kourtney pondered what kind of prank they could do to Kendall after she went to bed early. ‘Is there…
In certain ways, the ultimate dream for a rapper is to reach a point where they can stop rapping altogether. Whether it’s branching out into business ownership, fashion design, or movie stardom, there’s never been a shortage of successful hip-hop artists eager to trade on their poetic capital for extra-poetic ends. Shaping words is hard work, and there’s only so much one artist can say; the retirement age in rap is low, and it’s important for even the most gifted to have a backup plan. Along with Ice Cube and Ludacris, Will Smith is a member of that rare mini-caste…
Eminem and Kid Rock both showed up on the JumboTron stage during the game against the Charlotte Hornets. While the crowd cheered for Eminem, they booed when Kid Rock appeared, according to the Detroit Free Press. Two Michigan music stars on different sides of the political aisle drew very different reactions during Wednesday’s Detroit Pistons game. Eminem and Kid Rock both appeared on the JumboTron during the game against the Charlotte Hornets. While the crowd cheered for Eminem, they booed when Kid Rock appeared, according to the Detroit Free Press. Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy noticed the difference in reception.…
We always suspected Kanye West , 40, liked to take things to the very extreme, but apparently he’s driving his wife Kim Kardashian West , 36, crazy with his incredible demands of the couple’s surrogate. As the unnamed woman – allegedly she’s a mother-of-two in her late twenties – readies herself to birth one of the most famous babes in the world, the rapper has got the woman under his thumb, according to Heat magazine. When Kimye is reportedly paying the woman a whopping £34k to bring their third-baby – who will be sibling to four-year-old North and one-year-old Saint…
Bey is known for many fabulous talents, but acting isn’t exactly one of them. Nevertheless, that didn’t stop director Bill Condon from trying to star the cultural icon in his live-action Beauty and the Beast film. Spoiler: Beyoncé said no. Condon, of course, had previously worked with Beyoncé in 2006’s Dreamgirls—and at some point in Beauty and the Beast’s production, asked her out to play Plumette, the flying feather duster who’s partially featured in one of the film’s major set pieces. But in an interview, when Condon approached Beyoncé’s people, he was eventually rejected because Plumette wasn’t “a big enough…
Flavour’s Baby Mama, Sandra Okagbue, has shared old school photos of herself pregnant with their daughter. She captioned the picture “”Almost 3years 20/10/2014 #unbelievable .. Thank you Lord! #myjoyunspeakable #TBT” Sandra and Flavour were recently spotted together at her birthday dinner which held at the Intercontinental hotel in Lagos in 2016 speculating that they were back together as a couple. The duo reportedly stepped out as a couple together which was captured on Snapchat by Sandra’s brother, Chris Okagbue.
Rihanna cannot stop talking about Instagram trends. Really. During an interview with New York Magazine’s The Cut over the weekend to celebrate her recent collaboration with Puma, the Barbadian fashion and beauty entrepreneur, philanthropist had plenty to say about her approach to the social media platform, where she has always been active and unfiltered. “Instagram is the death of all trends,” she told The Cut unequivocally. “Once it gets there, it’s too late. It’s gone. I’m so over it. I can’t; I can’t deal.” Instead of tagging along with whatever hot look is shown all over our smartphone feeds and…
Adesua Etomi has shared list of ways to ensure you are wise with your spendings. The Nllywood damsel told her fans on twitter a bunch of measures that can help one ward off the financial red zone and one of the actions to be taken includes not buying things to impress another. Quite a number of people in Nigeria are sleeping and waking in poverty because they have lacked the will to perform what was needed to achieve financial breakthrough. Etomi won’t have that stats increased on her watch, a reason she shared the knowledge. Her lessons also shed some…