Not everyone is elated for Mercy Johnson-Okojie on her new appointment by the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello as his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Entertainment, Arts, and Culture and the National Coordinator of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Youth Frontier, Usman Okai Austin, leads the pack. However, it is hardly personal. The appointment was announced alongside that of 62 others in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, by the Secretary to the State Government ( SSG), Dr. Folashade Ayoade. In a statement sent to Daily Trust, issued on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the youth leader stated…
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The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has declared his support for the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman. He said “I stand by Apostle Suleiman and other men of God being directly or indirectly persecuted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) cabal.” According to Daily Post, Fayose said the allegation of adultery levelled against the man of God is a high level conspiracy. Miss Stephanie Otobo had alleged that Suleman had an affair with her and tried to kill her when she got pregnant for him. According to Fayose, the allegations are aimed at discrediting the…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome has revealed that the second rejection of Ibrahim Magu means he ceases to act as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Magu’s confirmation as the EFCC chairman was turned down by the Senate on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Speaking further, Ozekhome said “Going by sections 2(1) and 2(3) of the EFCC Act, he ceases to be the Executive Chairman. Having left his “acting” position during his proposal to the Senate, he also loses his “acting” capacity. It is simply a bad case. “The Senate is the only repository…
Kogi State Government on Wednesday demolished a house and a mosque identified as hideouts of kidnappers, terrorists and armed robbers in Okene. The house and the mosque were said to be owned by a kidnap kingpin, Tijani Abubakar while the mosque was owned by a suspected terrorist group. The demolition of the buildings, supervised by Gov. Yahaya Bello, was in line with the state’s law on terrorism. The building belonging to Abubakar at Oyunkoko Ward in Okene Local Government was the first to be demolished at about 2:30pm. The mosque belonging to the notorious Ahlul-Sunnah Mosque in Inike, also in…
Mourinho recently spoke of the difficulty of attracting the game’s biggest names to Old Trafford, saying: “Real Madrid sell who they want to sell, Barcelona sell who they want to sell, Bayern Munich sell who they want to sell. “So then it is more difficult to have a very good market.” And Bayern CEO Rummenigge said: “I have to agree with Jose Mourinho — no club in the world can sign our players against our will.” Rummenigge said he believed the club’s development in recent years means “the best German and foreign players view Bayern differently these days,” adding: “I…
Neymar was instrumental in Barca’s 6-1 win against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last week, scoring two goals and creating another in a remarkable seven-minute spell at the end of the game. The Brazilian international came third in the Ballon d’Or in 2015 and many took his performance against PSG as a definitive sign that he’s well on the way to one day winning the coveted prize. “Neymar is a close friend and he is Brazil’s greatest idol today,” Ronaldinho said at a news conference in Dubai on Wednesday to discuss the expansion of his football academy across the…
Sources said earlier this week that Rooney was in contention to return to the United squad after missing Monday’s 1-0 FA Cup quarterfinal defeat against Chelsea through a leg injury. However, Mourinho said that the England captain has not recovered in time for the game along with Martial, who also missed the Chelsea clash with an injury. “[Rooney’s] injured — some kick in his knee area, so he can’t even come out to the pitch,” Mourinho told a news conference. “He stays inside the medical department. “[Martial] was injured for the Chelsea match and the Tuesday morning training session, so…
Nasri, on loan in Spain from Manchester City, was shown a second yellow card when the two players went head to head in the 74th minute — and the Premier League champions held on to the 2-0 lead they had at the time to advance 3-2 on aggregate. Nasri was furious at Vardy’s reaction, with the England international throwing his head back when they came together. “He didn’t say anything but he played it well,” Nasri told reporters after the game. “We went face to face and then he fell on the floor [sic]. I thought the English player was…
Manchester City and Pep Guardiola will look back on their Champions League exit at the hands of AS Monaco and know they blew a golden chance to win the competition this season, but much of the blame must lie at the feet of the City manager. City lost 3-1 on the night, going out on away goals after a 6-6 draw on aggregate, but they had the game in the bag after the 5-3 first-leg victory and also when they regained the overall lead with Leroy Sane’s second-half goal in Stade Louis II. In the final analysis, Guardiola’s tactics and…
City were beaten 3-1 on the night — 6-6 on aggregate — ensuring Guardiola failed to reach the semifinals of the competition for the first in his managerial career. The Spaniard had predicted two attacking sides would go head-to-head, but City failed to have a single shot on or off target in the first half as they trailed 2-0 at the break. His side improved massively in the second half and retook the advantage in the tie with Leroy Sane’s 71st minute goal, but Tiemoue Bakayoko’s header six minutes later meant City crashed out. Guardiola believed the game was lost…
There was a fight between Bisola and Tboss over breakfast this morning. While Bisola said she hates being micromanaged in the kitchen, TBoss said she was simply asking questions about ingredients she found weird. However, what started as a conversation took a wrong turn as the both parties involved lost their cool. During the heated argument, TBoss mentioned that she wasn’t in the house for the money, how she could spend 25 million in a week and how she has wealthy men with private jets hitting on her. The other housemates intervened and tried to calm the two housemates down.…
Before Sunday’s match against Real Betis, Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas’ season didn’t look very good. However, up to that point, one could make a few arguments that he should still start for Madrid. For instance, his back four has lacked consistency and hasn’t performed as well as in previous seasons due to injuries and different states of form. This term, Navas has seen all possible combinations of Dani Carvajal, Danilo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Nacho Fernandez, Raphael Varane and Marcelo play in front of him, as changes have happened with no rhyme or reason. A minimum sequence of matches played…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Kano State, Musa Kwankwaso has said that former governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso is planning to rejoin the party. Kwankwaso left the PDP in 2014 to join current ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Musa Kwankwaso made the claim on Monday, March 13, while speaking to Daily Trust. “I heard from reliable sources that the former governor is planning to dump APC for another party before the 2019 general elections and most likely he is coming back to PDP,” he said. However, Kano APC Chairman, Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa has dismissed the claims.
Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil has less than 18 months left on his contract, so rumours are rife that he may leave the club in the summer with Manchester United reportedly leading the chase. The Gunners paid £42.4 million for the Germany international, so would try to command a price in the same region while also risking the midfielder leaving for free in 2018. But would Arsenal sell one of their star players to a direct rival like United? Here is a breakdown of why United are interested and why Arsenal would be reticent to sell. It’s no secret that Rooney’s future…
But will he be as difficult to replace as Sir Alex Ferguson was at Manchester United? That’s a worry often shared by the section of the Arsenal fan base cautioning the more militant “Wenger Out” brigade to be careful what they wish for, having seen United struggle to compete with their top rivals since Ferguson stepped down in 2013. Like Ferguson, Wenger has been in charge for more than two decades and has helped shape everything about the way the club is run. But it seems clear that the Frenchman’s eventual successor will have a much easier task filling his…
As United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea on Monday night, sent on their way by a searing drive from the right foot of N’Golo Kante, Rojo was arguably their star man. To anyone who witnessed many of his games since his arrival from Sporting Lisbon in 2014, this would have been unthinkable. Once it would have been beyond belief that, on a raucous night at Stamford Bridge with Eden Hazard in full flight, Rojo would be so resolute. Yet there he was, the picture of intensity, with so much energy that by the end of the…
Banky releases video for ‘Blessing me’, a song of gratitude for the blessings he does have, not dwelling on the losses. Masterkraft produced this one. The video was co-directed by him and Clarence Peters, with chorography by Kaffy and iMagneto Dance Company. Enjoy.
9ice shares visual for ‘Living things’ single off his 8th studio album”ID Cabassa”. In Living things’, 9ice prays and calls to himself the good things of life. The song was produced by Young John, and video directed by Alexander The Great. Enjoy.
It was an exciting and fun-filled Sunday night as the housemates in the on-going Big Brother Naija reality TV show rose to lend their voices to the campaign for girl-child education. The housemates, led by Bisola, treated the viewing audience to a theme song titled “Let’s educate a girl-child’ in a bid to reiterate the imperative for a ‘girl-child’ education. During their act, all the housemates teamed up, with each one of them displaying his or her creative skill and zeal to collectively pass across their very important message. The fun last night took a different turn when Iyanya stepped…
Nyesom Wike of Rivers says his administration will support all Federal Government programmes that will benefit the people of the state. Wike gave the assurance on Tuesday at the beginning of a two-day stakeholders’ workshop on Home Grown School Feeding programme in Port Harcourt. The programme was organised in collaboration with the Federal Government. Represented by Mr Kenneth Kobani, the Secretary to the State Government, Wike also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for choosing Rivers for the programme’s pilot scheme. He said that the Home Grown School Feeding programme was beneficial to Nigerians, especially the most vulnerable children. “You see, the…