Jose Mourinho says he is in the dark about a possible switch to Manchester United but that he hopes to be back in football this summer. The Portuguese, who was sacked as manager by Chelsea in December despite winning the English title last year, has been heavily tipped by British media to take over from current United head coach Louis van Gaal in June but he was coy when asked by students at Singapore’s North Light secondary school. “That’s the one million dollar question and nobody knows and I’m the first one not to know,” Mourinho replied to the young…
Author: David Folami
Sacked Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said on Wednesday he is “happy not to have a job” at the moment and kept coy about taking the helm at Manchester United, saying that was “a one million-dollar question”. Mourinho spoke before students at a suburban secondary school in Singapore in conjunction with a scholarship foundation set up by Valencia Football Club owner Peter Lim, who is from the city-state. Asked by a student United fan whether he would be the next manager of the English Premier League club, Mourinho replied: “That’s a one million-dollar question that nobody knows, and I’m the first…
Louis van Gaal, the Manchester United manager, has said the criticism being levelled at the club this season could be having a negative effect on his players’ performance. United are in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup after winning at third-tier Shrewsbury on Monday, and will play West Ham at Old Trafford next month. However, they have lost seven Premier League games so far this season — the latest at Sunderland, threatened by relegation, last weekend — and are now fifth in the table, six points fourth-placed local rival Manchester City, who currently occupy the final Champions League place on…
Disgraced ex-Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says he just wants to be a club fan following his release from prison on Monday as he weighs up his future after serving half of his sentence for tax fraud. The 64-year-old has served 21 months of his three-and-a-half year sentence after being convicted in March 2014 of having evaded paying at least 28.5 million euros ($31.5 million) in taxes. He served his sentence in Landsberg prison, where Adolf Hitler wrote ‘Mein Kampf’, and has been on day release since January 2015, working in Bayern’s youth academy, under a parole system which meant…
Manchester City may be toiling domestically at the moment but they produced a superb European away performance to beat Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in Ukraine in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Wednesday. Manuel Pellegrini’s side did enough to win the game in the first half with Sergio Aguero and David Silva both scoring to underline their importance to City. Dynamo pulled a goal back in the second half through midfielder Vitaliy Buyalskiy, but Yaya Toure’s late beauty ensured that City are very much on course to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in their history. “It was…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, met with Nigerians resident in Saudi Arabia. Buhari arrived in the holy land on Monday, February 22, 2016, and was received by the Governor, Prince Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. He was also hosted to a reception by Saudi King, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
Nigerian and Cameroonian soldiers have killed 23 Boko Haram terrorists during a joint operation in Borno State, the Nigerian Army has said. The disclosure was made via a statement issued by Army spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. It reads: “The joint operation which was carried out with Cameroonian forces was quite successful as a number of the terrorists were killed, some of their weapons and equipment either destroyed or captured.” “Unfortunately, 3 soldiers sustained injuries and a vehicle damaged as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Troops also encountered about 10 other IEDs along…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that all those found wanting in the 2016 budget padding scam will not go unpunished. The President said this while reacting to questions at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in Saudi Arabia at the Nigerian House in Riyadh on Tuesday evening. Buhari, who said that he never knew what was budget padding until when the case was reported in the 2016 budget, promised to fish out all those involved in the act with a view to sanctioning them to serve as deterrent to others. He announced that his administration had introduced a…
The Sokoto State Board of Internal Revenue said on Wednesday that it had collected about N6 billion as internally generated revenue in 2015. Chairman of the board Alhaji Musa Maccido, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that much would have been collected if the businessmen community had paid their taxes. He said that only 10 per cent of business men and women in the state paid taxes to the government which was effecting the revenue generation in the state. Maccido called on the government to set up mobile courts to prosecute defaulters. He explained that such mobile…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said that China and Japan are refusing to cooperate with the agency’s war against corruption. Magu made the disclosure on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, during a meeting with the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria, Punch reports. “The cooperation from the Chinese end has been very minimal, it is not encouraging,” Magu said. “There is more collaboration from the US, the United Kingdom and Switzerland essentially through INTERPOL or government to government,” he added. Magu also urged the bankers to assist the agency in…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leadership has approved a three months tenure for the newly appointed Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, According to LI reports. It was reported that the decision was taken at the Ondo State Governor’s lodge in Abuja today, February 23, by a large number of the party’s stakeholders and authority. The meeting comprised of the PDP Governors’ Forum, the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), the National Assembly Caucus, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and state caucuses. According to the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, who spoke to newsmen after the meeting, Sheriff was…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state has condemned Governor Adams Oshiomhole for scrapping the Edo State Transport Management Agency (EDSTMA). The party described the Edo Governor’s action as a policy somersault. The PDP also said the government needs to tell the citizens of Edo state, the real reason why he sacked the traffic agency officials. Speaking to newsmen, the PDP state chairman, Dan Orbih, said “Oshiomhole told a big lie when he said EDSTMA officials were not employed, constituted and empowered by his government to harass, intimidate and collect levies and fines from innocent Edo road users. “Oshiomhole…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors’ Forum and other organs of the party have pledged their support to the new National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff. Chairman of the forum, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo, announced this at a news conference after forum’s meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Mimiko said the major organs of the party had agreed to stand by Sheriff as the party’s national chairman. “I am happy to let you know that all the major organs in the party have agreed to stand by our national chairman, to ensure that our party moves forward.…
The Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of withholding N19.4b bailout funds accrued to the state. The party also alleged that it was a deliberate plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to cripple the economy of Ekiti state. Premium Times reports that the state PDP spokesman, Jackson Adebayo said “Out of N29 billion requested from the federal government, only N9.6 billion was released to Ekiti State, hence it was evident that Ekiti State was particularly marked for this financial punishment to prepare ground for the 2018 governorship election in the…
Market women in Port Harcourt, River State have allegedly been paying tax for Governor Nyesom Wike’s perfume, reports say. The women, who trade at Mile Three Market in the Diobu area of the state capital, made the claim while protesting at the Government House, Punch reports. “Each of us pays levies ranging from N1, 500 to N4, 000. The one that is annoying us and forced us to embark on this protest is the N2, 000 for ‘Governor’s perfume’. They said the money would be used to purchase perfume for the governor,” one market woman, identified as Gift, said. “The…
The beef between two popular rappers, The Game and Young Thug is moving from heated to strangely sweet. Less than a week ago, The Game in a comment on Instagram said that he’d “beat the Victoria secret out Young Thug”. And now, the two rappers are seemingly exchanging pleasantries with regard to the cuteness of their respective daughters. Out of nowhere, Young Thug posted a picture of The Game’s daughter to Instagram. “Such a cutie,” he wrote. “Wish she was my kid!!” He quickly deleted the post, but not before The Game heard about it and clapped back a couple…
50 Cent is confident, proud, never backs down from a fight and seems to take pleasure in being a controversial topic of discussion as he shares another photo featuring stacks of dollar bills. The rapper just loves to flaunt his assets, both physical and otherwise, and this is far from the first time he has shared this kind of controversial photos even though he claims to be bankrupt. Following a judges ruling against him in the case between himself and Rick Ross’ baby mama, which would have cost him a pretty penny, the cunning rapper had quickly declared bankruptcy but…
Chelsea Handler adds to the list of people who have called out rapper, Kanye West in recent weeks, as she states her opinion about him. The ‘Chelsea Does’ star thinks Kanye has been headed into trouble for years and said on Monday, February 22, 2016, “I’ve always thought he’s a maniac,” “And he just sounds like more of one. He’s delusional.” West has made headline in the past few weeks, especially with his beef over the title of his new album, which he went on to name ‘The Life of Pablo’. He also asked Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg via Twitter…
Davido is balling, and he’s balling real hard! The popular Nigerian singer has just got himself some brand new jewelries custom made by his jeweller, Greg Yuna. The self proclaimed, OBO who was recently featured on Fadar Magazine’s 2nd Global issue shared photos of himself in a Limo along with his jeweler holding on to new blings and a customized wrist watch. He shared a photo along with the words, ‘NO BE MAN DO AM! NAH GOD!’ The proud father of two recently revealed to Fadar he paid Meek Mill $200,000 for ‘Fans Mi’ feature. Davido’s Fadar feature is made…
Yesterday, popular Canadian rock producer, Bob Ezrin took his media perception and criticized Kanye West’s discography. In a scathing analysis of Yeezy’s impact to music culture that appeared on “The Lefsetz Letter,” Ezrin explained that West suffered for delusion of grandeur and he wasn’t the legend he claimed to be. “Unlike other creators in his genre like Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie or even M.C. Hammer for that matter, it’s unlikely that we’ll be quoting too many of Kanye’s songs 20 years from now,” Ezrin wrote. “He didn’t open up new avenues of public discourse like NWA, or introduce the world to…