Bob Manuel Udokwu has revealed his frustration with the situation of power supply in the country and fears only bloodshed can bring about adequate change. The Veteran Nollywood actor, while speaking during an interview with Punch Newspapers, disclosed his own struggle with power supply and what may have to be done to curb the situation. Speaking during the interview, Bob Manuel said: ” I now use generators more than most Nigerians. We have no choice due to the poor power supply in the country. I rely mostly on the generator for my power needs. “I have three generators in my…
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Rob Kardashian is definitely trying his hands at being a father as he expects his daughter with fiancee, Blac Chyna. An Instagram video shared by the reality star’s very pregnant fiancee shows Rob scolding his soon-to-be three-year-old stepson. Blac who shares King Cairo with ex-fiance, Tyga, expressed her excitement at the fact that Rob is willing to teach her son right from wrong. The video clip shows King playing around with a mobile phone with its camera on, recording him. Quite unexpectedly, King says, “Awww, S***t.” The Author George sock designer quickly responds saying, “What? What did you say?” King…
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone is open to making further signings before the transfer deadline on August 31. The 2014 Spanish champions have enjoyed a strong window to date, with Nicolas Gaitan, Kevin Gameiro and Sime Vrsaljko arriving, while star names including Antoine Griezmann and Jose Maria Gimenez have committed their futures to the Vicente Calderon. Reports in Spain on Saturday have claimed that Simeone is targeting Sevilla winger Vitolo in a €25million deal, with Oliver Torres expected to join Porto for €15m to make room for the 26-year-old. And Simeone says he is keeping his options open in the…
Juventus launched their bid for a sixth successive league title after their record signing Gonzalo Higuain came off the bench to grab a trademark winner in a 2-1 success over Fiorentina on the opening day of the Serie A season. In the new curtain-raiser earlier on Saturday, AS Roma produced a superb second-half performance to thrash Udinese 4-0 at the Olympic stadium after coach Luciano Spaletti left stalwarts Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi on the bench. Higuain, who joined Juve from Napoli in a €90 million euros close-season deal, pounced at the far post in the 75th minute after…
Nigeria won the bronze medal in men’s football on Saturday with a 3-2 victory over Honduras. A sparse crowd in the Belo Horizonte stadium saw the Central Americans launch a late comeback but it was not enough to cut the deficit after Nigeria went 3-0 went up in 56 minutes. Sadiq Umar got the first goal after 34 minutes and his namesake Aminu Umar doubled their lead two minutes into the second half. Sadiq Umar scored his second and Nigeria’s third seven minutes later when he controlled another good pass from their captain John Obi Mikel and hammered home from…
Brazil superstar Neymar struck the winning penalty as the hosts claimed a first ever Olympic football gold medal on Saturday before announcing his intention to step down as captain of the national team. The Barcelona forward slotted home to jubilant scenes at a packed Maracana as a 5-4 shoot-out win over Germany, after a 1-1 draw, exacted revenge for a humiliating 7-1 World Cup semifinal defeat to the world champions two years ago. “This is one of the best things that has happened in my life,” said Neymar, who sank to his knees in tears after scoring from the spot.…
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte praised the commitment and focus of his players after their 2-1 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday. Late goals by Michy Batshuayi, his first for the club, and Diego Costa gave Chelsea three points that seemed unlikely when Etienne Capoue put Watford ahead early in the second half on Saturday. Chelsea were second-best for the first 70 minutes, but Conte sent on Batshuayi and then Cesc Fabregas and the former scored while the latter had a hand in both goals. It was the second successive match in which Costa has scored a late winner…
Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham Hotspur can now start looking forward after a first victory of the campaign helped draw a line under the disappointment of missing out on the Premier League title last season. The north London club’s challenge fell away last term with Pochettino’s side eventually finishing third after pushing champions Leicester City until the closing weeks. After an opening-day draw at Everton, they secured their first win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane on Saturday. “I think it’s very important to recover this feeling because the end of the season…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit out at criticism of his club’s transfer policy after he once again came under pressure from supporters to spend money on new players. Wenger has made only one major close-season signing, recruiting Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka from Borussia Moenchengladbach for a reported fee of £35 million. Xhaka made his full debut in Saturday’s 0-0 Premier League draw at champions Leicester City, but the visiting supporters made their displeasure plain by chanting: “Spend some money!” Asked by a reporter after the game why he was reluctant to part with the club’s cash, Wenger replied: “Why do…
The American owners of Liverpool, one of the most famous teams in English soccer, are not planning to sell, a senior source at the club said on Sunday, after reports that a Chinese-backed consortium wanted to buy a sizeable stake. There were no active discussions involving Fenway Sports Group, the Boston-based owners, and the English Premier League club had received no bid, added the source who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the subject. The source restated the club’s position that its owners would listen to any expressions of interest from potential investors in Liverpool but move…
Lionel Messi and hat-trick hero Luis Suarez were in sensational form as they helped Barcelona start their title defence with a crushing 6-2 win over Real Betis at the Camp Nou on Saturday. Messi scored twice and set up another goal, dominating proceedings, while Suarez added three of his own after Arda Turan’s opener. Ruben Castro struck a brace for Betis but at no stage of the game did it seem like the visitors had enough to prevent Luis Enrique’s team from running amok on the opening day of the new Spanish season. Asked if he was surprised about Messi…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed confidence in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying the President is on course. Speaking to newsmen in Jalingo, Taraba State on Friday, August 19, Obasanjo said he has no doubt that under Buhari, Nigeria will overcome the current challenges confronting it. “So far Buhari has not disappointed us. I trust him (Buhari), he will not fail Nigerians. I know he will overcome the challenges the country is currently facing,” the ex-president said. Obasanjo also urged Buhari to complete the hydroelectric project on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba. Commenting on his alleged reunion with the…
A former presidential running mate and the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has urged Nigerians to be patient with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying “Pain is part of gain.” Bakare stated this on Friday, August 19, after a secret meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa which lasted for about an hour. He was said to have arrived the Villa at around 2:45pm local time and went straight to the President’s office for the meeting. Speaking of Buhari’s performance so far, he said the current administration inherited a bastardised economy. He said: “Pain…
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president has opened up on the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as the country’s leader. Obasanjo, while speaking in at a reception held in his honour at the Government House, Jalingo, Taraba state on Friday, August 19, 2016 said he and four other notable Nigerians brought President Buhari to salvage the country from its challenges. He said: “Three or four other of us from different part of the country got together and said to ourselves what do we do? “We said what is the problem with us and why are we still not growing. We got talking…
Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has hailed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which reversed the sack Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Ogbulafor told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) in Umuahia on Saturday that the Appeal judgment, “to me, is great, simply and fantastic’’. He said that the judgment, which set aside the June 27 judgment of Justice Okon Abang sacking Ikpeazu from office “has restored the integrity of the judiciary’’. “It reaffirmed the common adage that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man,” he…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the Federal Government’s commitment toward sustainable reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery of the North-East region. Osinbajo spoke at the World Humanitarian Day with the theme ” One Humanity” organised by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at International Conference Centre, Abuja on Friday. He was represented by Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Special Adviser to the Vice President on Monitoring and Evaluation of IDPs programmes. The vice president said the Federal Government had put in place several measures to reduce the adverse effects of the crisis by producing a guild for the restoration of the region. “Federal Government…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has been elected as the President of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB). Emefiele, who was elected at the 39th Ordinary meeting of the Assembly of Governors of the AACB, will be president of the association for the year 2016 to 2017. This is contained in a communiqué issued in Abuja on Friday, adding that he would succeed Lucas Nchama, Governor of the Banque des tats de l’Afrique Centrale (BEAC). To work with Emefiele are the governor of the Bank of Ghana as chairman of the West…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged officers and men of the Nigerian Army to ensure they update themselves in terms of knowledge apart from military basic training. Buratai spoke with newsmen at Kachia after he fired some shots in a mock war as one of the concluding exercises for graduating cadets. “They must be up to date, not necessarily getting the basic military training only, they must be up to date in terms of current affairs and in terms of global trend. “They must be current in Information Communication Technology and I am sure they will…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has suspended the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development, Mr Samuel Okoronkwo. Umahi, who announced the suspension when he declared open the ITF programme in Abakaliki on Saturday, also disbanded the state’s Committee on Employment. He said that the suspension was with immediate effect, adding that his administration would not tolerate any action that would take the state back to the dark ages. The governor, however, did not give reason for the commissioner’s suspension. “The Commissioner for Local Government is hereby suspended from office effective from now, the highest officer, a civil…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo said contrary to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) position, the All Progressives Congress (APC) government in Edo had shown that the state was viable. Oshiomhole, who stated this at rallies in Ameddokhian, Egbele, Uzea and Ivue, near Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo on Saturday, noted that the PDP was never interested in the development of the state. He alleged the PDP made people believe that the state was a pure civil service state, and as such, had no money. “PDP years of leadership in Edo was a waste. They told us…