Arsenal’s title hopes took another heavy blow on Wednesday after a 2-1 defeat at home to Swansea that gave the visitors’ Premier League survival hopes a big boost. Third-placed Arsenal dominated the early stages and went ahead on 15 minutes when Joel Campbell slid along the ground to half-volley home a pass from Alexis Sanchez on the turn. Fifth from bottom Swansea equalised against the run of play after 32 minutes as Wayne Routledge slotted in a ball from Jack Cork that had sliced the home defence in two. The game became stretched in the second half. Arsenal twice came…
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Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes were dealt another stinging blow as Liverpool gained revenge for their League Cup final defeat with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Anfield on Wednesday. Three days after City lifted the first silverware of the season, their hopes of claiming another trophy in Manuel Pellegrini’s final season were hit by first-half goals from Adam Lallana and James Milner and a late strike from Roberto Firmino. City have now lost three successive Premier League games and are 10 points behind leaders Leicester City. Lallana opened the scoring with a speculative effort from distance, Milner doubled the…
Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City remain sitting pretty at the Premier League summit after their closest rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester City remarkably all contrived to lose on Wednesday. Leicester had dropped points in a 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, but they remain in pole position after Spurs lost 1-0 at West Ham United, Arsenal crashed 2-1 at home to Swansea City and Liverpool claimed revenge for their League Cup final defeat by crushing City 3-0. The results kept Leicester three points clear of second-place Tottenham, with Arsenal, booed off at the Emirates Stadium, three points further…
A late free kick by midfielder Juan Mata gave Manchester United a laboured 1-0 home win over Watford after the visitors missed a flurry of chances in their Premier League clash on Wednesday. The 27-year old Spaniard curled a superb shot from 25 metres into the top right corner in the 83rd minute, much to the relief of his manager Louis van Gaal, whose decision to play two strikers almost backfired. “It was a good night for us but we have to keep going,” Mata said a post-match interview. “We are Manchester United, we don’t give up and we have…
Tottenham Hotspur are favourites to win the Premier League this season according to table-topping Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri, because their title charge has virtually gone under the radar. Mauricio Pochettino’s men, who are hoping to end their 55-year wait for a top-flight title, are second in the table on 54 points, two behind Leicester with 11 games remaining. “Tottenham are strong in every situation. Everyone is speaking about Leicester but nobody about Tottenham,” Ranieri told British media. “Tottenham, in my opinion, are favourites. When they defend and when they attack, they know what they want. “We are the surprise,…
The abducted 14-year-old girl, Ese Oruru, whose story had flooded social media platforms since Sunday, February 28, has been rescued. According to recent reports, Ese is now in the custody of the Federal Government. The Women Affairs Minister, Senator Jummai Alhassan, had vow to ensure the teenager’s release following the public outrage the story caused shortly after a campaign tagged #FreeEse was launched. Ese was abducted in Bayelsa state on August 12, 2015, she was 13 years old at the time, by Yinusa, who was said to be a long standing customer of the victim’s mother, Mrs Rose Oruru, a…
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari at no time promised to pay N5,000 stipend to unemployed graduates. Speaking to State House correspondents today, Monday, February 29, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, said the current budget before the National Assembly only makes provision for N5,000 monthly for extremely poor people. Buhari, in a recent statement credited to him, had ruled out the possibility of his government paying unemployed youths N5,000 monthly. “The budget for 2016 which has been submitted to the National Assembly has made an allocation of half…
The Presidency has issued a statement saying President Buhari never promised to pay N5,000 to unemployed graduates. Speaking to newsmen, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, said what was stipulated in the budget was that N5,000 will be paid to 1 million extremely poor Nigerians and not unemployed graduates. Reports have it that Akande said “The budget for 2016 which has been submitted to the National Assembly has made an allocation of half a trillion naira, the first time in the history of this country’s budget where you have…
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly would review obsolete laws to meet current economic challenges. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the president of the Senate, Mr Sanni Onogu in Abuja on Monday. Saraki, according to the statement, gave the assurance when a team of consultants from the Department for International Development (DFID) paid him a courtesy visit. The statement noted that the experts had informed Saraki that 54 of the country’s existing laws should either be amended or repealed to attract investors and become business…
A High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release the former Aide de Camp (ADC) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe on bail. Adegbe was arrested by the EFCC in connection with the ongoing $2.1 arms deal fraud probe. The ruling was given by presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu today, March 1, 2016. Halilu also criticized the EFCC for claiming that it was only keeping Adegbe in custody on behalf of the Nigerian Army. “While respondent (EFCC) is dancing makossa in one side, it is singing another song on the other side,”…
The Nigerian Army has arrested and paraded a man who is allegedly a Boko Haram spy. The suspect, who is alleged to have participated in a 2011 bombing, was paraded by the army on February 29, 2016, in Bauchi, Daily Trust reports. He was identified as Victor Moses from Benue State and was arrested in the Alkaleri area of the state. “Our troops on duty in Alkaleri arrested Victor Moses after receiving a report from people in the area that the suspect had been loitering around the mosque claiming he was a Christian and wanted to convert to Islam but…
Former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has been asked to refund over N3billion, which he allegedly stole from the state coffers when he served as Governor between 2007 and 2015, SaharaReporters reports. The recommendation was said to have been made by a panel of inquiry – a six-man commission, headed by Justice E.N Kpojime, and constituted by incumbent the Governor, Samuel Ortom, last July to examine Suswam’s tenure. According to the state government white paper on the report of the commission, obtained by SaharaReporters, Suswam and officials of his administration were recommended for prosecution and declared unfit to hold…
The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has accused the former Governor of the state, and minister of solid minerals, Kayode Fayemi of misusing the N852.9m State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) counterpart funds. Fayose said Fayemi’s improper handling of the funds was what led to the blacklisting of Ekiti state, by the education board. Punch reports that Fayose alleged that the “misappropriation of funds by Fayemi hindered the state from accessing the 2013, 2014 and 2015 grants, amounting to over N2.8bn.” The Ekiti Governor, through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said “It is…
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, says the party is putting its house in order to achieve victory in future elections. Sheriff made the observation when he received a delegation of PDP in Benue State led by its Chairman, Mr Agbo Emmanuel in Abuja on Monday. He said by the time the party reconciles with its aggrieved members, it would make the desire attainable. “Winning rerun election at this time in Benue state is very important to us in PDP because we always say that Benue State is for PDP. “It is our in…
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, says the party is putting its house in order to achieve victory in future elections. Sheriff made the observation when he received a delegation of PDP in Benue State led by its Chairman, Mr Agbo Emmanuel in Abuja on Monday. He said by the time the party reconciled with its aggrieved members, it would make the desire attainable. “Winning rerun election at this time in Benue state is very important to us in PDP because we always say that Benue State is for PDP. “It is our in…
Mr Incredible, M.I has come out to say he’s better than most rappers in America. In a series of tweets, rapper M.I Abaga has just made the bold claim that he’s better than “over 95%” of rappers in the United States. He also goes ahead to say #IM2 is as good a mixtape as any mixtape or album we’ve seen in recent years, home and abroad. “If IM3 is better than these Yankee rappers albums will you guys be honest and say the truth????!!!!” “Lot of great rap projects.. All I’m saying is IM2 is as great as all those..…
Cool FM’s OAP, Daddy Freeze took to Instagram yesterday to shade former bread seller, Olajumoke Orisaguna getting endorsements within a week and a UNILAG student, Ayodele Daniel Dada who emerged as the first Nigerian to finish university with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 getting none. He shared the photo above and wrote, ‘POVERTY MENTALITY’ When are Nigerians going to celebrate real achievements? On the left is Mr. Ayodele Daniel Dada the first Nigerian to finish university with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 and on the left is Mrs. Olajumoke Orisaguna a ‘former’ bread seller. Before Ayodele, no one had ‘EVER’…
Last week veteran music entertainer JJC Skillz, 38, reportedly proposed to popular Nollywood actress Funke Akindele. The story trended last week. It left many wondering when JJC Skillz and Funke Akindele even started dating. Not many people knew that the duo started dating this January, or rather the news got out last month. On January 19, 2016 it was rumoured that veteran pop star JJC who practically discovered D’banj and Don Jazzy was dating Funke Akindele. Some say that Funke is so in love with JJC that she moved to his home in Ikate, Lekki. A month later they were…
Nino will be the opening act at his mum, Adesunmbo Adeoye, Inspiring Change Convention, on March 5th.
Future performed at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom Saturday February 27 and addressed all of the Future Hendrix imitators during his set. ‘I’ma let y’all niggas know, it’s only one Future in this muthafucka and I’m really the plug, really,’ the Atlanta rapper said to the crowd before performing What A Time To Be Alive cut, ‘I’m the Plug.’ It’s not clear who the EVOL rapper is referring to but it is being speculated that his message is aimed at GOOD Music’s latest signee Desiigner, whom people have confused for Future on Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo album.