Wizkid shows love to his fans when a bodyguard assigned to him assaulted them during a stage performance. While performing at the Polo Club in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a couple of fanatic supporters wave at him from the stance, some attempting to touch his feet. At this point, the bodyguard charges in to hit the fans but Wiz cautions him about the aggression. In a jiffy, he gets the crowd back to the frenzy of his songs. According to reports, the incident happened at a charity concert on Friday, December 14, 2018. Mr 2kay also performs at the gig…
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Offset tried to apologize to Cardi B during her performance at the Rolling Land Festival that ended on Saturday, but she rejected him. The apology seem an attempt to make things right after the female rapper puts up a post on IG announcing that they are getting a divorce. At the Rolling Land Festival in Los Angeles, Offset had his gesture of love turned down by his ex. A clip showing this is captured via Twitter. Summer Bunni, the woman alleged to be Offset’s lover has expressed that she had no intention to intrude on his marriage. She is captured…
Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said that the foreign policy of the All Progressives Party(APC) would remain the economy and security. Osinbajo, at the Vice Presidential candidates debates in Abuja, said that the government was working on improving the trade process of the naton. He said that a lot of agreements had been entered into between Nigeria and other nations to better the economy of the nation. “We just set up a trade office and this accounts for some of the work we have been doing . “Also, some economic partnerships are being entered into with the European Union and we…
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to support My Food Bank programme, an initiative of young Nigerians to address the problem of food security in the country. Buhari made the pledge during the official launch of the programme and activation of the first one million food bank smart cards and Farm City Project, on Friday in Abuja. Represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters, Prof. Adamu Usman, Buhari said that hunger and poverty was the major challenges the nation was facing. According to him, there is urgent need to address the problem of hunger and poverty…
Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau has charged APC candidates in the state to open campaign offices in their constituency and mobilise voters to support the party. Lalong, while inaugurating his campaign office on Friday in Jos, urged candidates to reach out to all stakeholders and work as a unit to ensure success. He said that APC governors were automatically state campaign coordinators of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid, and pledged to “do everything” to ensure victory for APC at all levels. The governor said that he would, henceforth, be operating in the campaign office, and advised politicians seeking to see…
General Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday heaped praises on President Muhammadu Buhari, acknowledging that the man he toppled in a coup d’etat in 1985 has remained focused and shown tremendous energy and vibrancy in running the affairs of Nigeria since 2015. Babangida also acknowledged Buhari’s patriotism and commitment to serve the nation diligently with honesty and sincerity of purpose. Babangida poured the accolades on Buhari in a statement released to the News Agency of Nigeria, ahead of Buhari’s 76th birthday on Monday, 17th December. The Minna hilltop-based army general must have been beaten a flood of greetings expected to be showered…
Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari had demonstrated high level of integrity in piloting the affairs of the country. Ojikutu who spoke with newsmen in Lagos, said that the president was doing his best to put Nigeria back on the track of honour and progress with transparent leadership and a fierce anti-graft war. “It is unfortunate that in spite of the president’s sincere efforts to advance the country’s development, some powerful Nigerians were hell-bent on stopping his re-election in 2019,’’ she said. Ojikutu alleged that the main grouse of the forces was that they could no longer…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of hate speech. The PDP had earlier accused the electoral body of planning to rig elections for the All Progressives Congress (APC) by reportedly setting up polling booths in camps belonging to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the North. Reports have it that PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan also issued a statement saying Nigerians will not accept any ‘fabricated’ result. An excerpt of the statement reads: “For the purposes of emphasis, the PDP rejects all forms of fraudulent ‘special arrangements’ tailored to rig this election. Our party insists…
Jimi Agbaje has said that he has no personal rift with the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu. Reports have it that Agbaje said that the issue is one of a difference in values and principles. According to the PDP guber candidate, the idea of one man controlling a state like Lagos is unacceptable. Agbaje, speaking on why he parted ways with Tinubu, said that he discovered that the APC leader’s idea of democracy was different from his. The PDP governorship candidate was a member of the Action Congress (AC), before he defected to the Democratic People’s Alliance…
Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria suffered major infrastructural deficite in the 16 years of the Peoples Democraty Party’s (PDP) rule. He stated this on Friday in Abuja at the 2019 Vice Presidential Debate organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group in collaboration with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and Civil Society Organisations. He added that corruption is the major course of the country`s current challenges which must be tackled head-on. The said the country`s Gross Domestic Product had consistently gone up under the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration which he added was building the country`s infrastructure, especially the road…
The former Governor of Ekiti state has hailed the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi’s performance at the Vice-Presidential debate. The debate organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) held on Friday, December 14, 2018, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. According to the former Governor, Obi displayed a high level of understanding of the issues the country is facing. Fayose said “Delighted that our VP candidate, Peter Obi demonstrated high level of understanding of issues relating to the economy of this country. In PDP, we have brains in…
Atiku Abubakar has said that he is eagerly looking forward to the upcoming presidential debate. The former Vice-President made this known on Twitter on Friday, December 14, 2018. According to Channels Television, the presidential debate will hold on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Atiku said “I watched with pride as @PeterObi laid out our vision to get Nigeria working again. Can’t wait for the presidential debate. “ The Vice-Presidential debate organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) held on Friday, December 14, 2018, and former Governor Ayo Fayose was impressed. The former Ekiti…
Jurgen Klopp wants his side to be “angry” when they host rivals Manchester United on Sunday. The Reds can retake the Premier League lead with victory, but Klopp is aware United will be looking for a response to their midweek Champions League loss. There are 16 points between the clubs, with United closer to the relegation zone than leaders Manchester City. “From the other side it looks like it is not the best mood – United lost their last game,” said the German. “We have our own problems and our own targets and we go for them. “We fight for…
John Arne Riise has said that he would prefer to play for Jurgen Klopp than the current version of Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho. While Liverpool are currently top of the Premier League, United visit Anfield on Sunday 16 points behind their rivals facing an uphill battle to secure a top-four spot. Riise played for Liverpool during the height of the club’s rivalry with Chelsea when Mourinho delivered back-to-back league titles, but feels the Portuguese manager has changed for the worse. “I think Mourinho is different now to some years ago,” Riise said, speaking to promote his new autobiography, ‘Running…
Christian Eriksen scored in added time as they snatched a 1-0 win over Burnley at Wembley to stay within five points of leaders Manchester City in the Premier League. Burnley looked to have secured a crucial point in their fight to move clear of the bottom three but Eriksen broke their hearts with a clinical finish for third-placed Spurs in the 91st minute. The Denmark international was relieved to have broken his goal drought after scoring for the first time since April in the Premier League as Spurs made it 10 wins in their last 12 league games. “Every time…
Virgil van Dijk believes his challenge on Dries Mertens early in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Napoli on Tuesday was a fair tackle. Mohamed Salah scored the only goal of the game in the 34th minute at Anfield to send Liverpool into the round-of-16 of the Champions League, although they could have been down to 10 men before the goal was scored. With 13 minutes on the clock in the must-win tie, Van Dijk slid in on Mertens, winning the ball before catching the forward high on the ankle in the follow through. “I don’t think it was a bad challenge…
Alisson says he felt like he had scored the winning goal when he made a game-changing late save against Napoli in the Champions League. With the Reds needing to win 1-0 to progress from the group stages and leading through Mo Salah’s goal, Alisson blocked Arkadiusz Milik’s last-minute effort to seal the victory and become an instant hero with the fans after his £65 million move from Roma last summer. “A save at the end of the game is always great and you feel you have contributed to the game,” he told The Times. “Of course, an important save in…
Luka Modric has hit out at players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for not attending award ceremonies when they are not going to win. Modric, who led Real to their third consecutive Champions League and reached the World Cup final with Croatia in the summer, ended the decade-long Ronaldo-Messi stranglehold on the Ballon d’Or when he won it earlier this month. But Modric was not happy that neither Ronaldo nor Messi made the journey to Paris for the ceremony. “I cannot speak why someone didn’t turn up at an award ceremony, it’s their choice,” he told Sportske Novosti.…
Ernesto Valverde said it’s not a problem finding room for both Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho as he finds ways to fit Barcelona’s two most expensive signings into the same side. The two were both regulars at the start of the season, but Valverde has preferred to use either one or the other since bringing midfielder Arthur Melo into the team against Tottenham in October. Dembele was initially the player to drop out of the side, but it was Coutinho who lost his place for last week’s derby win over Espanyol — although both started in a heavily rotated side…
Werder Bremen midfielder Nuri Sahin compared former teammate Marco Reus to a Ferrari after Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 2-1 on Saturday night to extend their winning streak to six games. Reus scored the winning goal in the 27th minute after Paco Alcacer had opened the scoring 19 minutes into the game. Max Kruse’s wonderful strike from distance 10 minutes before half-time wasn’t enough for the guests to come away with a point, though. Sahin, 30, singled out Reus as the main source of Bremen’s problems after the game. “The problem is Marco playing between the lines. When a Ferrari…