President Buhari is back in Abuja after attending the Peace Forum in France. This was made known on Twitter via the presidency’s handle, @NGRPresident. Buhari, at the opening ceremony of the event on Sunday, November 11, 2018, delivered a speech on Illicit Financial Flows & Corruption. In his speech, the President advocated for more than jail terms for people who loot their nation’s wealth. He also called for more stiffer actions to be taken against those who steal public funds to serve as a deterrent. While in France, President Buhari also met with members of the Nigerian community. During his…
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Chief Olabode George has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to be unbiased in 2019 general election. In an interview he had with the News agency of Nigerian (NAN) on Wednesday, November 14, Bode George, urged INEC to conduct a free and fair election. “My appeal is that there should be nothing hindering the electoral process. The election must be fair, just and equitable,” he said. The PDP chieftain alleged that they were irregularities in the recent elections held in Osun and Ekiti states. “The display in Ekiti and Osun state elections, simply put, was an absolute charade. “If…
Rochas Okorocha has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2019 election in the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, of seeking the position to enjoy immunity from criminal trials he is already facing. He made this claim in reaction to the lawmaker’s allegation that his recent arrest was sponsored by him to put him in public disrepute. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha said, “His idea is that once he becomes governor, he would be leveraging the immunity provision to evade these trials.” He also accused the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole,…
Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday said that if Nigeria must develop and have sizable improvement in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), people of good conscience and high integrity must be at the helm of affairs of all areas of the economy. Ambode made the assertion at Alausa, Ikeja, when he received the national leadership of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International in Nigeria. He said the country had a lot to benefit when good business practice was combined with excellent religious conscience. According to him, this would obviously result in growth and development. “The economy of Lagos…
Muhammadu Buhari has accused former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, of diverting funds meant for projects in the state to run for the presidency. Until he defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in August 2018, Kwankwaso was a member of President Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) and was one of his most influential supporters to win the 2015 presidential election after he lost the party’s ticket to him in December 2014. He was also one of the 12 aspirants who contested for the presidential ticket of the PDP, but lost in the party’s primary election, coming a distant fourth,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of promoting fake news. This was made known in a statement signed by the ruling party’s spokesman, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The statement obtained from Daily Post reads: “While the APC is not surprised at the PDP’s typical theatrics in an attempt to evade scrutiny for its 16 years of misgovernance, it is instructive to the electorate that no lessons have been learnt by the prodigal party. “It is indeed clear to the electorate that the PDP is not a party to either be…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of deceiving Nigerians. According to Daily Post, the party said Osinbajo has been telling Nigerians lies about the current debt profile of the country. This was made known in a statement issued to newsmen by PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. Ologbondiyan said Buhari’s administration has crippled Nigeria’s economy, pushed it into recession and dragged the nation into debt. He said “Osinbajo is challenged to present to Nigerians, the scorecard of APC administration, for which President Muhammadu Buhari has now lost his carriage as a leader. ”Despite being busted, Osinbajo is labouring…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of planning to rig the 2019 elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Vanguard, Secondus said the electoral body has prepared special card readers and result sheets for APC. The PDP chairman said this while speaking with the election team of the Economic Community of West Africa states (ECOWAS). Secondus also warned the chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu against the manipulation of the 2019 elections. The PDP chairman said that it will be a ‘recipe for crisis’, and Yakubu will…
Bukola Saraki has called on the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole to resign from politics. Saraki said this following allegations that the APC chairman received bribes from candidates to influence the results of the party’s primaries. He said “That must be a joke coming from Oshiomole talking about moral ground. I think Oshiomole has no locus standi to talk about morality today. Oshiomole is somebody, who we have been told had been collecting not even Naira but dollars from candidates and he is being accused by his party’s aspirants and Governors. I don’t think he has…
Igbo leaders, at a summit in Enugu state, have endorsed the candidacy of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar. This was made known in a communique which was read after the summit on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, by prominent lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba. The communique reads: “The Igbo people of Nigeria held a 1 day non-partisan and inclusive Summit convened by Elders, Traditional and Religious leaders on Wednesday 14thNovember 2018 to consider Ndigbo’s place in the polity especially in light of the forthcoming 2019 elections. “The summit deliberated on the State of Ndigbo in Nigeria today especially after years of…
Kwesi Appiah has defended his decision to call up some of the nation’s biggest names for this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia. Asamoah Gyan has retained his place in the squad despite being without a league goal – or a start – for Kayserispor this season, while the Ayew brothers have also returned to the fold after a year out of the squad, despite their underwhelming form. Ghana have taken just three points from their opening two AFCON qualifiers, and find themselves four behind group leaders Kenya on seven points, and second-placed Ethiopia, on four, having played…
Manchester City are getting even better and could have won the Manchester Derby by even more if they had gone for it, according to Ederson. City beat Manchester United 3-1 on Sunday to maintain their two-point lead at the top of the Premier League and move 12 points clear of their rivals. Even after last season’s record 100-point title-winning season, Pep Guardiola’s side have improved their results with a win against United and a draw away to Liverpool — four points better than the last campaign — and Ederson said the manager’s ideas are having a greater impact. “We played…
Manchester United face a “challenge” to re-establish themselves as the top team in Manchester after falling behind their bitter rivals, according to Nicky Butt. The 3-1 derby defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday saw United slip 12 points behind Pep Guardiola’s champions. City have won two Premier League titles since United’s last success in 2013 and Butt, the club’s academy boss after 12 decorated seasons as a player, admits they have been overtaken in their own city. “For Manchester United now we have got a challenge on to get back to where we want to be,…
South Africa coach Stuart Baxter says that while his side have a healthy respect for Africa Cup of Nations qualifier opponents, there is no fear of the Super Eagles ahead of the clash at the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Bafana are unbeaten in their last four matches against Nigeria, including a 2-0 victory in Uyo last time out. That was the second time that Baxter has masterminded a victory over the Super Eagles having also beaten them 2-1 during his first spell in charge of the side in 2004. South Africa have not lost a full competitive international to…
Paul Pogba has ruled out a return to Juventus and reiterated his commitment to Manchester United by describing the club as his “home.” Pogba joined United’s youth academy in 2009 but having failed to break into the first team, joined the Serie A champions in 2012 where he established himself as one of the game’s leading midfielders. He made his return to Old Trafford for a then world record £89 million deal in 2016. In recent months, there have been question marks over Pogba’s United future following various bust-ups with manager Jose Mourinho. The midfielder has been linked with a…
Usain Bolt will give himself until the end of the month to decide whether to continue pursuing a career in professional football. The eight-time Olympic sprint champion rejected an offer from Central Coast following a long trial with the A-League club. Despite failing to reach an agreement with the Mariners, Bolt took in the club’s most recent A-League clash against Melbourne Victory on Sunday. He then caught up with Victory marquee man Keisuke Honda at the Melbourne team’s recovery the following day. “I’ve got a lot of offers from a lot of other clubs out there,” Bolt told Omnisport. “We’ll…
Diego Maradona has said he believes Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is a better manager than Pep Guardiola. World Cup winner Maradona has said he intends to spend a week in Manchester in the near future to see the former Real Madrid manager in action. “I, as a coach, still have a lot to learn,” Maradona, who is coaching Mexican second division side Dorados de Sinaloa told Marca. “That is why I will go a week to Manchester to see Mourinho train and to ask him a lot of things.” When asked why it was Mourinho he wanted to learn…
Joachim Low said his team was ready to “accept it” if they were relegated from the top tier of the Nations League on Friday. The Germans, bottom of Nations League Group 1 in League A with one point from three games, could be relegated as early as Friday if Netherlands, on three points, beat leaders France, who have seven. “It is not going to be the end of the world,” Low said. “We will just have to play in a lower group in 2020. We can always win promotion again. “If we are relegated we will have to accept it.…
Alvaro Morata said that he is seeing a psychologist to help him deal with the “pressure and emotions” he experienced at Chelsea last season, adding that he briefly thought about leaving Stamford Bridge last summer to join a club where he could play “without pressure.” Chelsea paid a then club-record £58 million to sign Morata from Real Madrid as Diego Costa’s replacement in the summer of 2017, but he faded badly after a bright start as injuries and off-field events — his close friend was killed in a car crash and his wife endured a difficult pregnancy with the couple’s…
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy is facing another spell on the sidelines after having surgery on a knee injury on Wednesday. The France international played the full 90 minutes in City’s 3-1 derby victory over Manchester United on Sunday but was forced to withdraw from the national team squad on Monday. He flew to Paris on Sunday night but was then sent to Barcelona to see trusted specialist Dr Ramon Cugat where he was operated on. Mendy suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee last season, which ruled him out for seven months of the campaign. He…