Have a guess who is top of the Premier League form table over the past 10 games. Chelsea? Close, but no. Tottenham? Try again. Manchester United, even? See where you’re going with that, but wrong. The right answer is Everton. Like Spurs and Chelsea, they’ve taken 23 points from the last available 30, but have collected them by scoring more goals and conceding fewer than the top two in the table. They remain seventh, but quietly Ronald Koeman’s side have crept up to the edge of the Champions League places. They’re currently six points away from Liverpool in fourth. And…
Author: David Folami
Offiong Anthony, popularly known as ThinTallTony, (TTT) who was recently evicted from the on-going Big Brother Naija reality TV show, on Thursday arrived Calabar to a festive welcome by fans and admirers. TTT, who is a professional dancer, was welcomed by members of Passion 4 Calabar Carnival Band group who dressed in their all black attire, friends and scores of fans. Speaking to Journalists at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Tony described his BBNaija experience as interesting as well as amazing. “It was a worthwhile experience. Big brother Africa is the only show which I really don’t know what they…
Cynthia Morgan has taken to her Instagram page to call out Hollywood actress, Charlize Theron. Why? For dressing her five-year-old adopted son like a girl. The singer is angry at Theron’s approach labelling her a racist for what is been done to the boy. According to her, “This is a Total outrage.I am not a human right activist. I don’t even know what it certs to be that but, I am human and it is my right to state things when I think they are wrong and this one is. @charlizeafrica you really need to take that kid back to…
On March 30, 2017, a Federal High Court in Ikoyi lifted the injunction that restricted the nationwide release of “Okafor’s Law” in Nigeria. Oluwatomi Adeoye, who represented Dioni Visions and Omoni Oboli at the ruling, had a brief chat with us, discussing the court’s verdict. “We are still in court obviously. The only thing that happened today was pretty much the injunction to stop showing the movie was lifted,” she said. “We are being very careful to not release a statement that may cause bias, even though the other party has released their own statement to the media.” “But, from…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the immediate suspension of the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Augustine Nwankwagu, for non-commitment to duty. The governor also indefinitely suspended the state Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the ministry of Justice, Mr Jonathan Okoronkwo for the same reason. The governor announced the suspensions in Abakaliki after the duo failed to turn-up for the swearing-in of the new auditor-general of the state and members of the state judicial service commission. The officers also failed to witness the swearing-in ceremony of newly-appointed caretaker chairmen of some local government areas and development…
Suspended House of Reps member, Abdulmumin Jibrin has wondered why President Buhari is silent in the dispute between the Senate and the executive. Jibrin also said Buhari is not acting like the no nonsense Army General Nigerians used to know. The embattled lawmaker also wondered if the President is aware of the situation in the country. In a series of Tweets on Thursday, March 30, 2017, Jibrin said “Could it be some powerful people are aware of this situation PMB may be in and are taking advantage of it and/or taking things for granted?” Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the…
The Kogi Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Kehinde Oloruntoba, says the state has concluded plans to engage over 20,000 youths in agriculture. Oloruntoba made this known on Thursday in Lokoja when members of the agriculture Core Delivery Teams (CDT) from Kaduna and Benue states visited him. The team is on a three-day learning visit to Kogi under the State Partnership for Agriculture (SPA) programme. According to the commissioner, engaging youths in agriculture is part of measures to arrest youth unemployment in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the visit was organised by Synergos Nigeria, with support from…
Roman Abramovich will almost certainly know by now that Inter Milan are growing increasingly confident in their chances of luring Chelsea manager Antonio Conte to the San Siro this summer. Abramovich, Chelsea’s billionaire owner, is nothing if not well-connected, and the determination of the Suning Holdings Group, Inter’s Chinese owners, to deliver a statement of intent by appointing Conte is unlikely to have gone unnoticed by the Stamford Bridge hierarchy. Sources have told ESPN FC that Inter are serious in their pursuit of Conte and believe they can take advantage of the perfect storm which is developing at Chelsea in…
Rarely has a narrative been so well-defined so long before kickoff. We’ve known for a fortnight what this weekend will bring. Whether it transpires or not, this is going to be labelled as “Arsene Wenger’s Last Chance.” Victory against Manchester City on Sunday will buy the Arsenal manager much-needed time. Defeat, however — well, defeat would surely be the breaking point. If Arsenal lose, it would be their fifth league defeat in six games. Arsenal once went from May 2003 to August 2006 without incurring more league defeats than that. It’s all very gloomy, but is it distracting us from…
The latest international break has seen many top countries trying out their next generation of talent on the road to the 2018 World Cup. The need for regeneration is constant given injuries, loss of form and, simply, the passage of time. So how do the top five nations in Europe look for quality in this World Cup cycle and beyond? Gareth Southgate’s move up to managing the senior side lends a sense of continuity to the national team given his role as U-21 manager from 2013 to 2016. His knowledge of England’s depth, including the likes of Demarai Gray, Nathan…
Comedienne Lepacious Bose took to Instagram today, March 30, 2017, to slam those hating on Seyi Law’s baby. Fans and followers have been accusing Seyi Law and his wife, Stacey, for not watching their baby’s weight. Lepacious Bose wrote, “So I woke up this morning seeing posts of people who are speaking up against ignorant people insulting Tiwaloluwa @seyilaw1 ‘s baby. If the negative comments were about Seyi himself I will not say a word, he can handle himself, but for people to use words like obese, fat, ugly on a 6 months old baby is taking body shaming to…
Comedian, actor and producer AY Makun is celebrating his wife, Mabel Makun today. The comedian’s wife is a year older today, March 30, 2017, and he took to his Instagram page to celebrate her. He wrote a heartwarming message to her wishing her the very best and stating how much she means to him. He wrote, “My holding on to the camera to personally capture this moment is only a reminder of my days as a photographer on the same campus where I first met you. I just can’t forget your ability of finding something interesting in an ordinary place.…
Kim Kardashian is desperate for a third child and she will go to any length to achieve her dream. In a new clip of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”, the reality star tells her family that she intends to undergo a surgery on her uterus that would allow get pregnant again. The mother-of-two who had earlier noted that she would be happy with just two kids seems to have had a change of heart. Kim already shares three-year-old North and 15-month-old Saint with rapper husband, Kanye West. “I have to go in and repair my uterus. Because I decided I’m…
Former aviation minister, Stella Oduah has said that she was one of the best to ever serve in that capacity. Oduah is now the Senator representing the Anambra North Senatorial District. She made the comment during an interview with The Cable. Excerpts below: You were one of the ministers in the cabinet of former President Goodluck Jonathan, if you looked back is there anything you wish you could have done differently? I think with all sense of humility, I was one of the best ministers to ever serve in aviation. The evidence is there. I didn’t do it because I…
Some residents of Borno on Thursday expressed shock over the six months suspension slammed on former Senate Leader, Alhaji Muhammad Ndume, by the leadership of the Senate. A cross section of those interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri said that the action was unfortunate. Malam Musa Walama, an Iron- Bender, said that the suspension was undemocratic “I was saddened by the news of Ndume’s suspension from the Senate, I kept thinking about the issue through out yesterday.” “It is really a sad development that the Senate has decided to suspend him for standing by the truth,”…
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Timothy Bamiduro, has advised the Federal Government to conduct population census to gauge the nation’s population for effective planning and development. Bamiduro gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said that census was conducted every 10 years in most countries, but that Nigeria had not conducted it for a long time. NAN recalls that the last census in Nigeria was conducted in 2006. “The census should form the basis of activities and should be conducted every ten years. The changes between 10 years could be…
Arsene Wenger has laughed off Alexis Sanchez’s comments about wanting to play for a team with a “winning mentality,” and said he thinks both he and Mesut Ozil want to stay at Arsenal. Sanchez told Chilean media during the international break that he is happy in London and that “I’d like to stay in the city but with a team that is winning things, that has a winning mentality.” Some viewed that as a hint he wants a summer transfer to Premier League leaders Chelsea, but Wenger told a news conference that he interpreted the comments “in a very positive…
Arsene Wenger has given his strongest hint yet that he intends to stay on as Arsenal manager for another two years, but said the issue is “not sorted completely out.” Wenger once again refused to make an announcement about whether he will renew his contract when it expires this summer, but reiterated that he knows what he wants to do. He said at a news conference ahead of Sunday’s crucial Premier League game against Manchester City: “I am very clear in my mind, But anyway do I stay two months or two years? My commitment will be exactly the same.…
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho joked when asked about potentially managing the Brazil national team one day that he will need “an easier job” when he eventually leaves Old Trafford. Mourinho, 54, is in his first season as United boss and has already won the EFL Cup and is in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, but he has found it more difficult in the Premier League with his side currently sitting outside the top four. Speaking with ESPN Brasil on Wednesday, Mourinho dismissed the suggestion he could go on to manage the Selecao. “I think after Manchester United I…
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh just shared a cryptic quote about physical and verbal abusers. Apparently, she’s throwing a subtle shade at her estranged husband calling him a psychopath. The quote reads, “Most of us were taught to identify physical and verbal abuse, but with psychopaths, the abuse is not so obvious. You likely won’t even understand that you were in an abusive relationship until long after it’s over. Through personalised and idealisation and subtle devaluation, a psychopath can effectively erode the identity of any chosen target. From an outsider’s perspective, you will appear to have lost it, while the psychopath…