Mauricio Pochettino said he has forgiven Danny Rose for comments that criticised Tottenham Hotspur’s lack of transfer activity and cast doubt on the player’s future, and has stressed he wants the left-back to stay. The defender gave an interview in which he said Spurs should steer clear of acquisitions that “you have to Google”, but on Friday Pochettino named several players who would not have become top-class performers if the chance to rise from relative obscurity had not occurred. “When you sign players like Eric Dier, who nobody knew, or Dele Alli, who was in League One. I don’t think…
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Sen. Oluremi Tinubu on Saturday said that old enough voters in Lagos State who did not cast their votes in the local government elections need not complain against local councils. Oluremi, representing Lagos Central, said this in Lagos in an interview with journalists in her residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi. The wife of a former Governor of the State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bola Tinubu, spoke with newsmen after casting her vote. “This is the time to show solidarity for the government; we believe that this government is working; this is the time that everybody should…
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, recently, commissioned breast-feeding rooms for several mothers in Birnin-Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, to develop the general welfare of mothers and children. Aisha Buhari, who was represented by Senior Special Assistant to President, Dr. Hajo Sani, described the breastfeeding rooms as amazing and great in the 36 six states of the federation. According to her, “this is a place where mothers can conveniently breast-feed their children during working hours without any hiccup. This is an indica-tion of our commitments in advancing breastfeeding at all levels in the country.” She said it was a…
Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed one of the strategies the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will employ in voting out President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo in 2019. Fani-kayode said: ”That matter as far as I’m aware has already been settled, the PDP has already zoned the presidency to the North, chairmanship of the party to the south and of course the vice President will come from the south. “And that is the determination that was made sometimes back and we are working towards that. “Whether North or South, we are one party, one people and we will move forward…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the Federal Government to putt the remaining 40 per cent shares in electricity companies up or sale to state governments. The advice was part of his remarks while chairing the presentation ceremony of a report, “From Darkness To Darkness”, made by a civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP). “After analyzing the reasons for the abysmal failure of the electricity sector reform, the report has demanded that the remaining public ownership of the 40% shares in the electricity companies be further privatized to avoid using government public resources to subsidize…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said he had received the key to the sealed secretariat of the party in the state. George spoke with newsmen in Ikeja after a meeting at the office of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni. The police had sealed the secretariat on Thursday as a result of crisis over who controlled the secretariat after the Supreme Court judgement affirming the leadership of Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee. “I have collected the key to the secretariat from the CP in the presence of Mrs…
Former President Olusegun Obansanjo on Saturday at Apostolic Faith Church said that Christians should be ready for the the Second Coming of Jesus Christ as the end of the world is near. “You have to be fully prepared for the second coming of our Lord, there is no compromise. “I have a friend who will always say that when we get to heaven that we will be exhausted praising God and it will be like a prison and will be very boring. “But what I have seen this afternoon by the choir, I will want to go to heaven and…
A 5-man federal government delegation has been sent to Anambra state over the unjust killings at St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu, by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The ministers are expected to visit and condole with the state government and the people of the state, over the gruesome attack which took place on Sunday, August 6. Quoting from Osinbajo’s letter to Obiano, Akande stated: “Such barbaric act constitutes an affront to our common humanity and challenges, but will not overwhelm our collective resolve to rid our communities of all forms of violent crimes and criminality.” Osinbajo also mentioned that the Muhammadu…
The second Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Ubani, has stated that the current crop of Nigerian senators have rendered that legislative body useless, justifying calls for the abolition of the red chamber. The lawyer made the point in an interview. While acknowledging that the legislature is paramount in any democratic society, he said that Nigerian senators had not lived up to the expectation, adding that they show no respect for the Nigerians they were elected to represent. “We have discovered over time that the Senate has not been people-friendly,” said the lawyer. According to him, senators…
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Actor Mike Ezuruonye and a list of other patriotic Nigerians have been short listed for Peace Achievers Awards 2017. The Peace Achievers Award is an annual event organised to recognise individuals and organisations in Africa who have demonstrated strong commitment to serving their community while maintaining a global mindset, the award brings together the best and the brightest in Africa to work together towards a more peaceful future. Some of the other nominees for this year award includes South African High Commission to Nigeria, Lulu Louis Mnguni, Lt Gen Buratai, Elizabeth…
She celebrated her 20th birthday on August 10th. And apparently boyfriend Travis Scott, 25, couldn’t help but shower Kylie Jenner with lavish gifts for her big day. According to TMZ, one of those presents was a breathtaking piece of jewelry. The Goosebumps singer had the piece, which was a jewel-encrusted butterfly suspended on a chain covered in smaller butterflies and more diamonds, crafted specifically for his significant other. While it was a pretty trinket, it reportedly was in reference to Scott’s track Butterfly Effect, which dropped back in 2016. It also seems Scott may have waited until the last minute,…
Kendall Jenner’s now infamous Pepsi commercial, which trivialized civil rights protests, is still haunting her. Many sneaker fans were outraged when Adidas revealed the model as their new brand ambassador on Wednesday. The Instagram advertisement featuring Kendall was flooded with comments criticizing the brand for using the 21-year-old for the campaign, voicing disgust stemming from the Pepsi ad. One commenter wrote: ‘Now I’m not gonna order the new stan Smith’s because I hate these ppl and what they stand for…cmon adidas get .. I hope this ends like the Pepsi ad she did…Morons’ (sic). While another wrote with some serious…
She has wasted no time moving on following her dramatic split from Robert Kardashian. And Blac Chyna and her new boyfriend Mechie proved they are still going strong as they enjoyed a shopping spree in Los Angeles on Thursday. The couple looked enamoured with one another, laughing incessantly as they perused the stores. True to form, Chyna, 29, opted to showcase her famous curves on their day out, slipping her pert derrière into denim hotpants. Mechie, 24, sported a green camouflage sweatsuit with a blazing Push logo on the front of his hoodie. The R&B singer finished his ensemble with…
Kim Kardashian West is used to criticism, but she is not about to let people call her a bad mother. The reality star recently found her parenting being questioned online after she shared a photo of her 20-month-old son Saint in his car seat. Some pointed out that the toddler should be in a rear-facing seat for his safety. Kardashian posted a video on her site on Thursday, explaining that her son is fine in the forward-facing car seat. “What people didn’t know is that Saint is now the weight and the height requirement to sit forward facing,” she said.…
Kanye West was recently spotted wearing a brand new, “Frozen Yellow” version the Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 sneaker. (We also noted that West was showing off the kicks by sporting a rather odd cuff on his jeans.) But a brand new Yeezy silhouette—dubbed the Yeezy Waverunner 700—was just dropped in a surprise release on the official Yeezy website, Yeezy Supply. The kicks retail for $300 and were released alongside a grip of new Calabasas merch, including hoodies, shorts, sweatpants and hats. (The yellow products are in fact dubbed “Frozen Yellow,” confirming the colorway name that previously was just a rumor.)…
Wiz Khalifa delivers “Something New.” Dropping the first single from his forthcoming album, the Taylor Gang boss taps Ty Dolla $ign for an R&B-infused banger produced by Hitmaka. “Girl, you look just like something out a magazine,” raps Khalifa. “You smell great, know your body clean / Them ni**as been on you since you was a teen / Now you grown up, and I’m a boss, I’m just showing love / Smell like kush when I’m rollin’ up / So much bank, I can’t fold it up.” Meanwhile, Ty Dolla handles the hook and a verse. “Baby, come give me…
Is Amber Rose planning to marry 21 Savage? It’s hard to say, but she makes it clear that’s something she’s willing to do in a brief new interview. “Let’s talk about how much in love I am, how happy I am,” Rose says in the video, deflecting questions about her ex-mother-in-law. “I just got back from Atlanta. I’m in love, I’m happy.” A few moments later, Rose was asked about potentially marrying the Atlanta rapper. “I wanna marry him, but we’ll see,” 21 and Rose have been public about their relationship for a while now. What makes them so compatible,…
Olamide has started a new challenge for his latest single ‘Wo’ in which 1 million naira is up for grabs. The response has since been crazy with plenty of videos being posted already online. Nigerian diaspora rapper Bils has even dropped a cover version of his for the song. It’s an expected move by Olamide to promote his music while also being generous.
Rihanna’s billionaire boyfriend Hassan Jameel was reportedly married before hooking up with the Umbrella hitmaker. The 29-year-old was first spotted with her new love, whose family have dealership rights to Toyota cars, earlier this year as they got hot-and-heavy in a pool in Spain yet they have remained low-key about their love. After months of romance, The Sun report the handsome businessman was married before meeting the star as sources revealed he tied the knot with art expert Lina Lazaar at Paris Opera House in 2012 – yet both parties have now happily moved on. Rihanna, who dated longtime pal…
Ciara’s post-baby weight and baggy fashion choices prompted many to believe that she is pregnant with her second child with husband Russell Wilson just four months after giving birth to daughter Sienna Princess. The singer, however, clapped back at body-shamers in the most stylish way possible by flaunting extreme cleavage on her latest Instagram post. The 31-year-old recording artist stunned in a powder blue pantsuit while putting her sexy post-pregnancy cleavage on full display. Fans were in awe after the mother-of-two shared the picture with her 16 million followers on the image sharing website. “Hot momma!!! Gorgeous and sophisticated lady,”…