Chris Brown sure knows how to get attention with his looks as he has debuted a new look, rocking cornrows. The singer shared a photo of his new look, with the cornrows mostly restricted to the top of his head, given his previous haircut. The singer shared a photo of his new look, with the cornrows mostly restricted to the top of his head, given his previous haircut. Given the fact that Chris Breezy hardly ever has a bad hair day, he looked absolutely gorgeous and younger with his new look. He rocked the hair do clubbing last night and…
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Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu says that his success with the Gunners helped blaze a trail for African players to come to the Premier League. Kanu signed with Arsenal exactly 17 years ago — Feb. 17, 1999 — at a time when the African influence on English football was nearly non-existent. The former Nigeria captain went on to help Arsenal win two league titles and two FA Cups, scoring 44 goals along the way, and said his five-year stint in North London also helped raise the profile of the Premier League in Africa. “I believe I was the first [African]…
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney could miss two months of the season with a knee ligament injury, according to The Times. Rooney was already set to miss United’s match against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League on Thursday, having not been named to the 18-man travelling squad for the first leg of the round-of-32 tie. The club did not explain the forward’s absence, and manager Louis van Gaal confirmed he had a knee injury but would not say how long Rooney would be out. “Certainly in 2016, he has scored, and that’s why we had a good run in matches…
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique described the fortune to have Lionel Messi on his side a ‘privilege’ after the five-time World Player of the Year scored his 300th La Liga goal. Messi scored twice in a 3-1 win at Sporting Gijon on Wednesday to take his tally to 301 league goals in 335 games as Barca extended their lead at the top of the table to six points. “To be able to count on Leo is always a privilege no matter how the opponent plays,” said Luis Enrique. Barca are now heavy favourites to seal a fifth Liga title in seven…
Lionel Messi moved past 300 La Liga goals as Barcelona moved six points clear at the top of the table with a 3-1 win at Sporting Gijon on Wednesday. The five-time World Player of the Year struck either side of Carlos Castro’s well-worked equaliser in a three-goal burst in five first-half minutes. Luis Suarez missed a second-half penalty days after famously converting Messi’s pass from a spot-kick against Celta Vigo, but made amends with a brilliant finish for Barca’s third. Atletico Madrid are Barca’s closest challengers with Real Madrid a further point adrift in third. “We are where we want…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hailed Daniel Sturridge after he set his side up for a 6-0 victory at Aston Villa in his first Premier League start for the German. England striker Sturridge started in the league for the first time since October after a series of injury setbacks and scored the opening goal in Liverpool’s rout of Villa on Sunday. Now Klopp hopes for an injury-free run for the 26-year-old, whose all-round game impressed his manager more than his headed goal in the 16th minute. “Of course we need the goals of Daniel and he needs the goals, that’s clear,”…
Jurgen Klopp is back in Germany for the first time as Liverpool manager on Thursday hunting a Europa League win at Augsburg in his quest to quench the Reds’ thirst for silverware. Klopp returns to the touchline of a Bundesliga ground for the first time since the 48-year-old quit Borussia Dortmund last season, before he replaced Brendan Rogers as Liverpool boss in October. Fans have clamoured for tickets for the round of 32, first-leg clash at the WWK Arena in deepest Bavaria to see Liverpool, who are unbeaten in their six European games under Klopp and buoyed by Sunday’s 6-0…
Manchester United must “wait and see” on how long Wayne Rooney will be out of action, said manager Louis van Gaal on Wednesday as he confirmed his captain had suffered a knee injury. Several British media reports earlier on Wednesday said that 30-year-old striker Rooney, also the captain of England, would be sidelined for up to two months. Previously, United confirmed Rooney would miss their Europa League game at FC Midtjylland on Thursday. He was not in van Gaal’s 18-man squad which travelled to Denmark on Wednesday for the first leg of their last-32 tie and a United statement said…
Skipper Wes Morgan is confident that Leicester City will leave behind their dispiriting defeat by Arsenal and get their Premier League title challenge back on track. Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck scored a last-gasp winner at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday night to condemn Leicester to just their third league defeat of the season and Morgan stressed that the players would bounce back quickly. “It’s a disappointing result. To concede with the last kick of the game like that and to come away with nothing is hard to take,” the defender told the club’s website (www.lcfc.co.uk). “We’re the type of team to…
Tottenham Hotspur’s head of coaching and development, John McDermott, has been handed the responsibility of overseeing every age group at the Premier League club below first-team level. McDermott has a good relationship with manager Mauricio Pochettino and head of recruitment Paul Mitchell, with the trio discussing potential signings and who they can promote from the youth ranks. “All three would be considering whether we have the talent under our first team that we could promote up. The approach is always to try and promote up, if possible,” Spurs chairman Daniel Levy told the club’s Supporters’ Trust.
Arsenal’s lack of transfer business in recent years has helped the squad function as a unit because the atmosphere in the dressing-room has not been disrupted by too many changes, left back Nacho Monreal has said. The addition of Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny last month meant Arsenal have signed 13 players who have gone on to be involved in the first-team set-up since 2013. During this period Arsenal have won back-to-back FA Cups, and qualified for the Champions League twice, while clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United, who have brought in more players but not collected any major silverware. “In…
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has appealed to stakeholders in the power sector to partner the Federal Government in its effort to overhaul the sector. Fashola made the appeal while unveiling an overhauled generating unit of the Jebba Hydro Power Station on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rehabilitation work was the first carried out in the power station since it was inaugurated in 1985. The rehabilitation of the generating unit made possible through a N3.5 billon grant by the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Mainstream Energy…
President Muhammadu Buhari, today, February 16, 2016, held a meeting with his Liberian counterpart, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Abuja. Johnson-Sirleaf is said to have arrived the Presidential Villa at about 10am and was received by Buhari. The Liberian President then inspected a guard of honour before proceeding to the president’s office for a meeting.
Cameroonian soldiers have recaptured the town of Goshi in Borno State, Nigeria from Boko Haram, an official says. The soldiers are also said to have killed 162 terrorists and rescued about 100 persons who were being held captive by the sect, AP reports. This was disclosed by Cameroon’s Communications Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary. “During this victorious assault 162 Boko Haram terrorists were neutralized, four artisan mine factories were dismantled, a previously identified training centre was set ablaze, war weapons seized,” he said according to Voice of America. “The operation led by Cameroon special forces also led to the release of…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has sealed eight independent petroleum stations in Sokoto and Kebbi for allegedly selling petrol above the government approved pump price. The Sokoto Zonal Operations Controller, Mr Mohammed Makera, made the disclosure when he addressed newsmen in Sokoto on Tuesday. Makera, who gave an update on the fuel supply situation in the zone, said that five of the sealed stations were in Sokoto State, while three were in Kebbi. He said the sealed filling stations were sold the product at between N105 per liter and above. Makera said that the affected filling stations…
The Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has denied asking the Federal Government for more bailout funds. This is coming on the heels of accusations and criticisms from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Osun PDP Director of Publicity, Mr. Diran Odeyemi said “It is embarrassing and fraudulent for Governor Aregbesola to be begging the CBN for another bailout when no one in the state knows when, where and how he spent the N34.98bn he collected five months ago.” Responding to the accusations, Punch reports that the Consultant to Osun State Government on Information, Mr. Sunday Akere said…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has accused the Federal Government of protecting Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the state, Tope Aluko from prosecution for perjury. Aluko recently alleged that the June 2014 elections in the state had been rigged in Fayose’s favour despite earlier testifying that the polls were free and fair. The governor made the allegation via a statement released by his media aide, Idowu Adelusi. It reads: “To Aluko and his sponsors, he is a whistle-blower; one thing we are sure of is that the whistle will eventually explode on Aluko’s face as well as the faces…
Olusegun Obasanjo is currently in Uganda as the head of the Commowealth observer team for the country’s February 18 elections. This was disclosed via a statement released by the organization’s secretariat. It reads: “On 18 February 2016, voters in Uganda will be asked to choose a President as well as a local representative for the Parliament. The last general elections were held in February 2011.” “The 13-member commonwealth observer group is led by former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo as chairperson, and senator Amos Wako of Kenya as Vice-Chairperson.” “The group will issue an interim statement of key findings shortly…
Godswill Akpabio has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will still produce the state’s governor in 2019. Akpabio made the remark during a recent rally in honour of his successor, Udom Emmanuel in the Ikot Ekpene area of the state, The Nation reports. “When I came to you in 2006, I told you Godswill should be done and you the people of Akwa Ibom agreed with me and Godswill was done. In 2011, I said Godswill should be done again, you agreed with me and it was done,” Akpabio said. “In 2015 I pleaded with you to allow Godswill…
Newly sworn-in Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has sacked all Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Administration and Finance and all the Directors of Local Governments in the 21 council areas of the state. Bello also sacked all Education Secretaries, Cashiers and Treasurers in the local government areas with immediate effect. News of the mass sack was delivered by the Head of service, Dr Moses Atakpa during a meeting with the affected senior officials while other staff learned of their dismissal through a media statement. “I wish to confirm that Governor Yahaya Bello has directed that all Permanent Secretaries, Heads of…