Former England captain John Terry has called on fans to show more respect for “great player and man” Wayne Rooney when England face Slovenia on Tuesday. Interim England manager Gareth Southgate has dropped Rooney to the bench for the World Cup qualifier in Ljubljana. Southgate’s decision came after Rooney was booed by a section of the crowd during the 2-0 win over Malta at Wembley on Saturday, and the 30-year-old Manchester United captain later said he was going through a “difficult period.” But Chelsea defender Terry wrote on Instagram: “Wayne Rooney — England’s highest record goalscorer in the history of…
Author: David Folami
Wayne Rooney still dreams of ending his international career on a high, despite the England captain being dropped to the bench in Slovenia. The country’s most capped outfield player and all-time top scorer is to be reduced to a watching brief in Ljubljana after interim boss Gareth Southgate took the decision to drop the 30-year-old. Rooney has struggled for form and a regular place in the Manchester United lineup recently, with a smattering of fans going as far as to boo the Three Lions captain during Saturday’s straightforward win against Malta at Wembley. It was a reaction Rooney claimed not…
Manchester-born referee Anthony Taylor will oversee Manchester United’s Premier League trip to Liverpool next Monday. Taylor, who was born six miles away from Old Trafford in Wythenshawe, will take charge at Anfield for the biggest game in the upcoming round of fixtures when the Premier League resumes after the international break. In 2013, former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers questioned why Lee Mason, who is from Bolton, refereed his side’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City. “I certainly wasn’t questioning the integrity of referees,” Rodgers said at the time. “It was more than logical [to question] having a referee from that part…
Chelsea’s Victor Moses and Watford’s Isaac Success could be banned by Nigeria after failing to honour invitations for the last World Cup qualifying squad. Both players were withdrawn from the Nigeria squad after the football federation received letters from their clubs saying they were injured. There are reports that Nigeria’s football federation will report both players to FIFA, which would mean they could be prevented from playing for their clubs this weekend, but NFF first vice president Seyi Akinwunmi says the federation is doing no such thing. “There are no plans to report any player to FIFA,” he told ESPN…
France captain Hugo Lloris has described Paul Pogba as a “warrior in his mind,” praising how he gave the “perfect response” to recent criticism by scoring the only goal in France’s 1-0 win away to the Netherlands, and backing the Manchester United midfielder to move onto the next level as a player. The 23-year-old settled Monday night’s match in the Amsterdam Arena with a brilliant long-range 30th-minute strike that evaded the grasp of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, and generally put in a man-of-the-match response. That came after a weekend of debate over whether Pogba should be dropped, with French manager Didier…
Paul Pogba’s unstoppable strike gave France a 1-0 victory on Monday and ended the Netherlands’ remarkable 15-year streak without a defeat in World Cup qualifying. The world-record Manchester United signing has struggled to find his best form for club and country since leaving Juventus for Old Trafford this summer, but one moment of brilliance in Amsterdam helped Les Bleus to the top of the Group A table. In the 30th minute, Pogba received a square pass from Dimitri Payet and blasted a shot from 35 yards out, skimming off the hands of Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg before going in to…
Former National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega recently revealed that the 2015 election was not perfect. Jega said this on Saturday, October 8, 2016, in Lagos at the 50th birthday lecture of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Legal Adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire. The former boss of the nation’s electoral body said the recklessness of politicians need to be checked before Nigeria can achieve a perfect election. Jega also said “The 2015 elections were far from perfect, but they represented a remarkable departure from our ignominious history of fraudulent elections to the path of…
Former Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said that Nigeria’s politicians act like militants. Jega also condemned the country’s politicians for treating politics like a do-or-die affair. He made the comments on Saturday, October 8, during the 50th birthday celebration of All Progressives Congress (APC) Legal Adviser, Dr Muiz Banire. “INEC, as an election management body, faced perhaps its greatest challenge containing the predisposition and reckless mindset of Nigerian politicians. I quite often say that Nigeria has a special breed of politicians – ‘militicians’,” Jega said according to Punch. “They generally tend to believe that political power,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to accuse President Buhari of masterminding the raid on judges by security agencies. The Department of State Services (DSS) raided the houses of four judges on Saturday, October 8, 2016. The party also called on security agencies to always obey the rule of law when carrying out their duties. The APC in a statement issued by its national Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, said “The All Progressives Congress (APC) is concerned about the desperation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some of its governors to drag…
The Department of State Services (DSS) is set to arrest eight more judges as part of its operation against corruption in the judiciary. The DSS, on Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, raided the homes of some judges across the country and recovered more than $800,000 from three of them. “We received petitions against these judges on cases they are handling. The worst part of it is where they collected money. We knew the issue would be controversial even before we started,” a DSS source told Daily Trust. “A particular judge entered a departmental store and collected bribe from…
Senator Dino Melaye has criticized the Department of State Services (DSS) over its recent arrest of some judges on corruption charges. Melaye also said that the DSS acted outside its original mandate by arresting the judges. The senator made the comment via a statement released on Sunday, October 9. The statement reads: “I have studied the Act setting up DSS, Nigerian Intelligence Agency and DIA and can conclude that the DSS operatives went outside their core mandate. There is no doubt that many Judges are corrupt. “It is also important to state the need to sanitize the judiciary of corruption…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the Department of State Services (DSS) is telling false stories to justify its recent arrest of some judges in different areas of the country. Wike is said to have been harassed by the DSS operatives while trying to protect one judge from arrest. He made the comments on Saturday, October 8, during a special dinner for the management and players of Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt, Leadership reports. “Their blackmail stories will not move me. They will concoct all kinds of stories to justify this undemocratic illegality perpetrated against the…
Former Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abubakar Tsav has said that Nigeria needs a leader like President Muhammadu Buhari. Tsav also said that those who are complaining about the situation in the country are its enemies. “Those complaining now are enemies of Nigeria. In a situation like this, before we get things right, there must be pangs of inconvenience and thereafter there is light at the end of tunnel. That is why I am appealing for patience, because everything will soon be right,” he told The Tribune. “The way out is to continue to honour those who served this nation so…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 5.93 hectares of Cannabis Sativa in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau. Mrs Ngozi Madubuike, the NDLEA Commander in the state, said that the farm, located at Zampit village in Shimaka district of the area, was located after a tip off. She told newsmen on Monday in Jos that the value of the destroyed Indian hemp stood at N670, 380. Madubuike said that the operation was carried out in collaboration with soldiers of 332 Artillery Battalion, Shendam. She disclosed that eight persons, including a woman were arrested, while the farm was…
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has said that the Federal Government is still negotiating with militants in the Niger Delta. Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum also said that President Muhammadu Buhari is supportive of the negotiations. The minister made the comments during an interview at the end of the Convocation Ceremony of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Delta state on Saturday, October 8. “The dialogue with the militants has not collapsed, I have laid that process and the president is very supporting of that process. But what the president does not want to do is to put in place…
Senator Shehu Sani has said that the recent arrest of judges across the country is nothing but tyranny. The judges were arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) between Friday, October 7 and Saturday, 8 as part of an anti-corruption raid. The senator’s comments were made via a post on his Facebook page. The post reads: “The raid on the residences of the Judges if done without a proper search Warant from the court is nothing but tyranny. The millions harvested from the raid of Judges’ residences if it’s proceeds from the sale of Justice is nothing but corruption.”…
Kate Henshaw has added to her charitable gestures by pledging to be an advocate of malaria awareness. The Nollywood actress made the commitment on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at an event organised in Lagos to proffer solutions in combating the terminal disease. ‘In those days, people spoke about malaria as if it belonged to them with expressions like ‘I have malaria,’ ‘my malaria’ and ‘ordinary malaria.’ Surprisingly, after many years, these terms are still common place among family members, colleagues, and friends, irrespective of class or level of education,’ Henshaw said. Henshaw voiced her support for National Malaria Elimination Programme…
If you are looking at meeting with Kcee of Five Star Music and possibly get a record deal, then you should start going to beer parlours now. Kcee has revealed that he met and picked up Harrysong, Iyanya and even his new signee Xbusta from beer parlours. Kcee met Harrysong at a beer parlour in Lagos, Iyanya at a bar in Carlabar and Xbusta also in a bar in Owerri. In this interview with Ife Salako of Naija FM, he takes us through a quick journey of his early beginnings in Ajegunle and his relationship with Presh.
In a recent interview with City FM, new mom and Mavin artiste, Di’Ja spoke on life after marriage, motherhood and how she’s been coping so far. She started by announcing that she was launching a new website soon where she’d gladly answer all questions from her fans regarding her family, new child and everything they possibly want to know about. On motherhood, she said, ‘you already respect your mom, but you respect your mom like a hundred times more… And you also have another respect for being a chick, being a woman, so it’s a pretty cool, very very cool…
A week ago, Nollywood actor and film-maker, Yomi Fabiyi took to social media to say Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, is currently going through tough health situations as a result of the ‘torture done on him by NDLEA five years ago.’ Shortly after Fabiyi’s social media post, we reached out to Baba Suwe for comments and he shrugged it off, saying, ‘my health is perfectly fine, I don’t want anybody to worry about me, a lot of people have been calling me about the issue all day.’ He added that, ‘what Yomi put out is a very old…