The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has signed a N4.34 Billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dangote Group and other stakeholders for the reconstruction of Apapa Wharf Road. Fashola signed the MoU in Lagos on Saturday, June 17, 2017. The project is to be funded by AG Dangote Construction Company Ltd, an arm of the Dangote Group, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Flour Mills of Nigeria. According to NAN, the site was handed over to the stakeholders for the commencement of reconstruction works. Fashola explained that the gridlock in Apapa has become compounded reached an…
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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane broke off his holiday to call Cristiano Ronaldo in a bid to persuade his unsettled star not to quit the club, Spanish sports daily Marca claimed on Sunday. Ronaldo, on Confederations Cup duty in Russia with Portugal, is reportedly furious over a tax probe into the off shore accounts dealing with his image rights, and has reportedly vowed to leave Spain. “I am leaving Real Madrid,” Marca claim Ronaldo told his Portuguese colleagues. “I have made a decision. There is no turning back,” the daily sports paper reported. According to Marca when Zidane heard Ronaldo…
World champions Germany will pit an inexperienced line-up against Australia in their Confederations Cup opener on Monday with striker Timo Werner anticipating a robust challenge from the Socceroos. With an average age of just 24 years, four months, and a combined total of 179 international appearances, Germany have the most youthful squad of the eight Confed Cup teams. Only three of the squad — Arsenal’s Shkodran Mustafi, Matthias Ginter and Julian Draxler — lifted the World Cup in Brazil three years ago, but none of the trio played in the Rio de Janeiro final. With the likes of Thomas Mueller,…
Cristiano Ronaldo, battling accusations of tax evasion and speculation over his club future, is concentrating only on the Confederations Cup, his Portugal teammate Andre Silva said on Friday. “He takes this tournament very seriously and is focussed. He is motivated, just like me,” said the 21-year-old Silva at a news conference in Kazan ahead of Portugal’s opening Confederations Cup match against Mexico on Sunday. “He is concentrating on playing for the national team and he wants to give the motivation to have a good tournament.” Ronaldo insisted Wednesday he had a “clear conscience” after Spanish prosecutors accused the Real Madrid…
Katy Perry is no longer just the most followed person on Twitter, she has become the first user to hit a 100 million followers. The “Titanium” crooner hit this new milestone yesterday, Friday, June 16, one week after the release of her fourth studio album, “Witness.” Big congrats to her.
Davido just might be regretting his decision to shade Wizkid, because the Starboy’s clap back was beyond epic! Following a post Davido shared on Snapchat on Saturday, June 17, after the release of Wizkid’s single, “Sounds from the other side”, Wizkid’s reply showed that he will not be taking shades lying down. Davido wrote in his post, “Nah ‘pon pon’ sounds dey reign now oooo! No Jonze, all other sounds na the least for now. Lmao!” Wizkid to his Twitter account to put Davido in his place, asking him to “catch up or stay local.” We all know that the…
“All Eyez on Me”, a biopic about the life of deceased rapper, 2Pac Shakur, has surprising met more negative reaction than positive since its release on June 16, 2017. One of these came from 2Pac’s close friend, Jada Pinkett Smith whose character was played by actress, Kat Graham. She made her thoughts known on Twitter, holding nothing behind in a series of blunt tweets. According to Smith, scenes captured in the movie does not aptly portray the relationship she had with the rapper. “The reimagining of my relationship to Pac has been deeply hurtful”, she said. “Forgive me … my…
As speculations that Beyonce has been delivered of her twin babies, continue to rise, a curious package arriving at a certain Los Angeles hospital only fuels those flames. An unidentified woman was pictured on Friday, June 18, arriving at the Los Angeles hospital where the singer is believed to have put to bed. The woman is seen carrying a bouquet of pink, purple and blue flowers with two giant baby foot-shaped pink and blue balloons that read, “Baby Girl” and “Baby Boy.” E Online reports that according to an eyewitness account, the woman walked into the front of the building,…
If there is one thing Daddy Freeze is good at, it is throwing the most obvious shades just so you know who is being trolled. The On-air-personality, in one of his reactions to the viral story of the arrest of kidnap kingpin, seems to have thrown shade at his ex-wife, Opeyemi. Freeze shared a question on social media, asking if Evans should implicate his wife, Precious, since they allegedly were in his criminal business together. Sharing his own opinion, he wrote: “Guys lets be very honest, will you implicate your wife if you were in Evan’s shoes? Some people are…
Emma Oh My God and his wife, Yetunde Shode have welcomed their baby girl, Feranmi. Yetunde shared the happy news on social media in the form of a cute video of the comedian going crazy over his little girl. She captioned the video: “It’s only been 8 weeks and you’ve taken to it like a pro. I thank God for you as I couldn’t ask for a better father for my baby. “Sweet pea is incredibly blessed to have you, may the love you share continue to blossom in Jesus name. Happy Fathers Day @emmaohmagod.” Yetunde revealed the news while…
Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, the Public Relations Officer, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says the service presently registers only corporate taxpayers for the issuance of Tax Identification Number (TIN). Gbadamosi, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday, said the service no longer registers individuals for the issuance of TIN. He said the development was due to the directive by the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to stop the collection of Personal Income Tax (PIT) in Abuja. “The FIRS no longer registers individuals for TIN, we only register corporate…
The Jigawa State Government has directed the state’s Ministry of Agriculture to deploy 630 youths trained on pest control to all the local government areas affected by armyworm invasion. The state Acting Governor, Ibrahim Hassan, gave the directives on Saturday during an assessment tour of affected farmlands. Hassan, in a statement by his Director Press, Alhaji Ahmad Haruna, noted that the menace is threatening to wipe out early planted rice, sorghum, guinea corn and maize across the state. He also ordered the state’s Agricultural Supply Company (JASCO) to release all the needed chemicals and pesticides without further delay to tackle…
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has urged those behind hate speeches that are capable of dividing the country to desist from the act. He said if war breaks out in the country today, nobody would escape the horror that comes with it. Mohammed gave the admonition on Saturday, June 17, at the “Lai Mohammed 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture” held in his country home, Oro, Kwara State. He expressed concerns over the rate of inflammatory statements capable of causing division and war in the country in recent times. The Minister urged Nigerians to disregard those who are engaged…
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, is reportedly in a meeting with traditional rulers from the South East over the quit notice some northern youth group issued to Igbos in the region. The northerners had given the Igbos living in the north till October 1, 2017, to return to their Biafra land. According to Punch, the meeting is holding behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking at the meeting before it entered a closed session, Osinbajo was said to have established that both the position of the Northern youths and the Igbos calling for the Republic of Biafra are…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly frowned against some government officials, including Ministers who are said to be undermining the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. According to The Nation, some of the officials sneaked to London, United Kingdom, where Buhari is undergoing medical treatment, with files for the President to sign. But President rejected the files, ordering them to take all documents and issues to Osinbajo, authoritative government sources were quoted as saying. Buhari was also said to have refused to grant audience to ministers and some presidential aides who wanted to see him. Contrary to social media reports, the President was…
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government remained determined to deliver humanitarian aid to victims of insurgency in the North East through a transparent and effective process. He gave the assurance when he received a situation report on the distribution of humanitarian aids to the victims of insurgency from the implementation team of the Special Relief Intervention programme. A statement by the Acting President’s Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, on Saturday noted that the team had been involved in the distribution of the aid since June June 8, when the programme was inaugurated in Maiduguri, Borno. Osinbajo hailed…
Chelsea are growing in confidence that they can hijack Manchester United’s deal for Alvaro Morata and believe manager Antonio Conte holds the key. The Spanish striker was believed to have agreed terms with United last week, though the Red Devils were still waiting to agree a fee with Real Madrid after unsuccessful talks. That delay has allowed Chelsea to barge in at the last minute, and the Mirror say Morata’s desire to work under Conte could swing the deal in their favour. United have recently become the main protagonists in Cristiano Ronaldo’s latest transfer saga, with the Portuguese winger thought…
Man-of-the-match awards at major tournaments are not renowned for their originality but it still seemed a questionable move when, amid a chaotic finale to Portugal’s 2-2 draw with Mexico, FIFA announced that Cristiano Ronaldo had been voted the game’s stand-out player. Ronaldo had not been bad at all; he created one goal and was involved in another and also hit the bar in the first half. But singling him out simply brought him into focus — where none more was really needed — and cast into fresh light the question that had hung over the build-up to one of the…
Pep Guardiola wants his Manchester City full-backs to play in the way Dani Alves did for him when they were together at Barcelona — and the easiest way to do that is to buy the Brazilian himself. Sources have said that City are interested in signing the Juventus right-back, who could be available for as little as £5 million. City are in the hunt for new full-backs after Guardiola allowed Pablo Zabaleta, Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy to leave at the end of their contracts in June along with winger Jesus Navas, who ended the season at right-back. The coach…
Cristiano Ronaldo brushed off speculation about his Real Madrid future, although Portugal conceded a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Mexico at the Confederations Cup on Sunday. Ronaldo teed up Ricardo Quaresma to fire Portugal ahead in the first half in Kazan, but the goal was cancelled out before the break by Mexico striker Javier Hernandez’s bullet header. Cedric Soares restored Portugal’s lead on 86 minutes, but Hector Moreno’s stoppage-time header salvaged a point for Mexico in their Group A opener. Ronaldo, 32, is reportedly furious over a tax probe into the off-shore accounts dealing with his image rights,…