Newcastle United forward, Christian Atsu has said his club is targetting all three points when they battle Leicester City away in the Premier League on Sunday. After 3 games with no victory, Newcastle are looking to cause an upset at Leicester to boost their present 17th position on the league table. Atsu believes this too and has been waxing lyrical. His words, “They [Leicester] are a very good team. They love to play from the back like the way Brighton did [in our last game], so it’s going to be a very difficult game also because we are playing away.”…
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National Democratic Coalition, NADECO chieftain and ex-general secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Union, NUPENG, Chief Frank Kokori has had his say on Nigeria at 59. In a recent interview with Vanguard, Chief Frank bared his mind. His words, “Personally, I see Nigeria as a country that is still crawling like a baby. We are not even walking not to talk of running because all our contemporaries like Malaysia, Indonesia not to mention even China have gone ahead in terms of development while we are rather crawling and retrogressing developmentally. So, I am so disappointed…
Popular billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote has said he is striving to be as philanthropic as American billionaire, Bill Gates, in the future. Speaking during a panel session alongside Gates during the Goalkeepers event in the United States on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Aliko disclosed that the meeting he had with Gates changed him. He added that he admires Bill’s dedication towards people in countries he is not even familiar with. His words, “This is somebody that has nothing to do with us in Africa or Nigeria but he is putting his money and his soul, everything. “He is very committed…
Popular reality TV star, Kim Kardashian, 38, has flaunted a picture of herself when she was 18 years old. The beautiful wife added a caption which referred to the times when she travelled with her sister Khloe to visit Kourtney in college. See what she shared, Old times. Kimberly Noel Kardashian West born October 21, 1980, is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model and actress. West first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton but received wider notice after releasing a 2002 sex tape, Kim Kardashian, Superstar, with her then-boyfriend Ray J in 2007. Later…
Mauricio Pochettino looks like he has had enough at Tottenham, according to Jamie O’Hara. Jamie suggested that the Argentine who has always been linked to Manchester United and Real Madrid is fed up of life at Spurs. Tottenham have dropped 10 points in the EPL and have been eliminated in the Carabao Cup after losing to League Two club, Colchester. And the ex-Spurs midfielder, O’Hara has had his say on their current form, “We all know that we need a trophy. “I speak to all the Spurs fans and they are all, ‘we want a trophy, we want a trophy’.…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has talked about how prepared he is to ignore his constitutional immunity to help the most robust adjudication of various baseless reports, insinuation and lies against his person and office. Yemi Osinbajo revealed this on Twitter yesterday. He said the lies being spread about him are nothing but malicious and it is just a set of people trying to tarnish his image. See what he wrote, “In the past few days, a spate of reckless and malicious falsehoods have been peddled in the media against me by a group of malicious individuals. “The defamatory and…
Popular singer, Teni recently made her acting debut when she featured in a new production alongside BBNaija 2019 star, Sir Dee. Even if her role in the movie is still unknown, reports have it that she did star in it. Teni, Sir Dee will be joined on set by Toyin Abraham, Chinedu Ikedieze, Odunlade Adekola, and Hafeez Oyetoro and the movie is titled “Dear Affy.” The film was directed by Samuel Olatunji and he had this to say, “Dear Affy is an ambitious project, we want to tell a different kind of Nollywood story, we want to be very professional…
Ex midfielder, Jamie O’Hara has blasted Tottenam for repeating Arsenal’s contract mistakes by failing to agree on new deals with Christian Eriksen, Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen. As things stand right now, Spurs will see 3 senior players leave for free in the summer of 2020. Jamie is shocked that Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy has watched all this happen and has done nothing about it. His words, “I think that is the biggest problem Spurs have got,” “You’ve got Vertonghen, Alderweireld and Eriksen who are going to leave; they are going to go for nothing and might even go in…
Ahead of the forthcoming Governorship polls in Kogi, Mr. Umar Bamaiyi of the All Blending Party (ABP) has said he is not ready to step down for any candidates contesting the election. He said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos State on Thursday. According to him, no moneybag politician will intimidate his governorship ambition. His words, “I have a passion to fix Kogi, which has been there since I was younger. I am working on how this state can achieve the desired greatness. “I am propelled by the appalling situation of…
It has been one year since popular music producer, Don Jazzy quit smoking and he is indeed very grateful. Don Jazzy shared this achievement on Twitter. On how he made it happen, Don Jazzy wrote that his urge to smoke ended after 2 months, and he began to overfeed. See what he shared, Congratz to him. Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy, is a Nigerian record producer, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. He co-founded the now defunct record label he is a justice amadinMo’ Hits Records in 2004. Following the closure of the aforementioned record label, Don Jazzy set…
Manchester United defender, Axel Tuanzebe has described his first outing for the club as captain. He said it is a remarkable experience after a penalty shootout win vs Rochdale. In the game, Man Utd scored through Mason Greenwood in the 68th minute of the game but Rochdale equalised 8 minutes later when Luke Matheson netted against Sergio Romero. Axel had no idea that he was going to be captain until moments before the game kicked off, and he was happy to see that dream come true. His words, “Dreams do come true. I had goosebumps as I was walking out.…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently mourning the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Ufot Ekaette. He described the late man as a consummate administrator and bridge builder In a recent condolence message issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday, Buhari said Chief Ufot dedicated himself to duty in the course of his distinguished public service. He added that he was a gentleman who had given his best in the service of his country. His few words, “his demise comes at a time when voices like his…
Popular host, Oprah Winfrey has talked about how she found out that she was suffering from pneumonia. According to Oprah, she felt it was just a normal cold but she knew it was serious when she found herself in the emergency ward in the hospital. She also adviced those experiencing same. Her words, “I just got cleared yesterday. So, here it is. I came back from overseas and I thought I had a cold — but it wasn’t a cold. I ended up in the emergency room and they said, ‘You have pneumonia.’ And I go home, and pneumonia is…
Manchester City midfielder, David Silva has said he is not in a hurry to decide his long-term future and he is presently concentrating on his last season with his current club. The Spanish star will exit the Etihad Stadium in the summer when his present contract expires after a decade at the club. Speaking on what next after this season, Silva has said he is not thinking about that because he is focusing on City. His words, “Ten years for me is enough, it’s the perfect time,” “Initially the club were talking about two years [contract extension] but I decided…
Members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, on Wednesday, have protested against the invasion of their national secretariat at Ikeja, Lagos, by men of the Lagos State Police Command. The protesters sang solidarity music as they flaunted placards that demanded respect for the constitutional rights of the people. The group, led by its President, Mr Malachy Ugwummadu; and National Secretary, Olayinka Folarin, marched through the streets before stopping at the police command headquarters, Ikeja. Malacy had this to say, “If the police have any sense of history, they ought to know that CDHR is the wrong place…
Nollywood actress, Kemi Lala Akindoju has revealed that she prefers to stay poor rather than being a total unprofessional by accepting 3 movie roles at the same time. The movie star disclosed this on Twitter when she talked about the Nollywood industry recently. She added that sees acting as an art and it is very dear to her. His words, “An actor like me can’t take 3 roles at once- my art is still important to me. So actors like me become friends with poverty, or we find other streams of income or we become frustrated. Let me tell you…
Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp has begged for patience with Naby Keita after the Liverpool midfielder returned to feature in Wednesday’s 2-0 EFL Cup win over MK Dons. Keita has been battling a muscular problem since early August, and the last he played football was in the Community Shield game vs Manchester City. It was not his best game and Klopp has said that is to be expected. His words, “Obviously he looked good in moments, he looked really good in moments, but he has to adapt to the position again,” “You see it with Ox [Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain] as well. Naturally,…
Lionel Messi who recently beat Cristiano Ronaldo to the FIFA Best award for 2019 has said both him and his rival do not like losing. He said their battle has always been strictly professional and nothing personal. Messi added that there has never been any sort of rivalry off the pitch and they only strive to be the best all the time. His words, “Because of the big sporting rivalry that’s developed between us over the last few years, because one of us played for Barcelona and the other for [Real] Madrid, and because we won individual awards. “People perhaps…
Popular producer, Don Jazzy has blasted the Nigerian National Assembly for spending on what he sees as “inessentials.” He shared this as he reacted to a budget analysis by BudgIT. The budget analysis revealed that 10.2 billion Naira is budgeted for Legislative Aides of the National Assembly, whereas, only 6.11 billion Naira is budgeted for all the 43 Federal universities in Nigeria. Reacting, Don Jazzy wrote, “Thanks @BudgITng .There are 469 legislative seats in the National Assembly. Can someone make me understand why these legislators need many aides to work for them and why they should be on the govt’s…
Political activist and ex Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has said Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) should be ashamed after he exposed their corrupt activities. In a recent statement, Timi Frank revealed that he cannot be intimidated by the agency’s threat to take him to court. He described the agency’s rantings as their way to distract attention away from their evil deeds. His words, “I read the statement by the Federal Inland Revenue Service and I am rather disappointed at their intellectual laziness. “Who is the FIRS trying to fool by claiming…