Eniola Badmus is unbothered about comments made by bullies who are fat-shaming her body size. The actress makes a note on Instagram on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, in a bid to remind critics of her lack of concern regarding hurtful opinion. She has grown a thick skin and can accommodate intimidating thoughts. “When will the bullies realize that calling me fat does not affect my feelings,” Badmus asks in a post on IG. In September 2018, she points out in an interview with Vanguard News that there is more regard for plus-sized women in other parts of the world. The…
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Duncan Mighty has said he wants to be vice-president of Nigeria. The music star made this known via his Instagram page on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, where he shared a video with a message to one of the presidential candidates, Omoyole Sowore. In his message he advised the presidential hopeful to tell Nigerians what they don’t know rather dwell on the issues they are already aware of, saying they were his duties to Sowore as his vice-presidential candidate. “A piece of advice to Sowore as part of my duties to move this nation forward…you need to start telling Nigerians what…
Atiku Abubakar has accused President Buhari of persecuting and harassing his perceived opponents. The former Vice-President said Buhari was treated well by the PDP government in power when he ran for office in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. He made this known in a statement which he issued to newsmen through his media aide, Paul Ibe on Monday, December 18, 2018. According to reports, the former Vice-President said “However, since coming to office, President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to reciprocate the good treatment meted out to him by the PDP and has instead persecuted, harassed and attempted to intimidate his…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All progressives Congress (APC) of trying to manipulate the unemployment data in the country. The party said that Buhari’s administration want to force the Statistician General of Nigeria and the CEO of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Yemi Kale to tamper with data. Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, during an interview with Channels TV, said that the President had ordered the head of NBS to correct what he termed the wrong representation of data regarding unemployment in the country. According to reports, he said “The NBS chief had addressed the federal cabinet…
Akinwunmi Ambode believes President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term achievements make him the most qualified candidate to continue to lead the country after the 2019 presidential election. While speaking during an interview with some journalists during the reconciliation meeting with aggrieved All Progressives Party (APC) aspirants in Lagos, Ambode said it’s important for Nigerians to back Buhari he has more integrity and passion than all the other candidates. Singling out the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the governor said Buhari has proven that he has more integrity than the former vice president. He said he’s supporting…
Bola Tinubu has called on party members in Lagos State to ensure a victorious outing at the 2019 general elections by targeting at least three million votes for its candidates. The former Lagos governor made the call while speaking at the party’s stakeholders’ meeting held at its Ikeja secretariat on Monday, December 18, 2018. Tinubu urged party members to educate voters in the state to win millions of votes for its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as well as senatorial candidates, house of representatives and assembly candidates. He said, “There are six million solid votes in the…
Mr Yakubu Dogara has called on voters in Gombe State to exercise their civic duties by voting based on experience and not sentiments in the 2019 general elections. Dogara made the call in Kaltungo , Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state during an empowerment programme by Hajiya Binta Bello, a House member representing Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency. The speaker said that it was better to vote a leader that had been tested as against voting based on sentiment, including tribe or religion. “ You must be careful when electing people into offices in 2019. Vote for those who have been…
Mr Fela Durotoye, on Wednesday said that he was not a politician and would retain the status if elected president. Durotoye made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos at the 2018 The Future Awards Africa in Lagos where he was a guest. NAN reports that the Ibadan-born Durotoye, an Alumnus of the John F Kennedy School of Government, is a business consultant, leadership expert and motivational speaker. On the reason for running for the highest office in Nigeria, Durotoye said his intention was to represent a generational change in the leadership structure…
APC has blamed Bukola Saraki and the House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara for the incident that happened while President Buhari was presenting the 2019 budget at a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. According to reports, some of the lawmakers booed the President while he was reeling out the achievements of his administration. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC described the action of the lawmakers as irresponsible. According to reports, the APC said that it never disrespected former President Goodluck Jonathan when he was in power. The ruling party also alleged…
Jimi Agbaje has fired yet another shot at the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Even though Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the APC’s governorship candidate to battle Agbaje for supremacy in the state next year, the pharmacist-turned-politician has attacked Tinubu several times for his stranglehold on the state since he was governor between 1999 and 2007. With Tinubu largely influential in the choice of the past two Lagos governors and the emergence of Sanwo-Olu, Agbaje has vowed to liberate the state from the former governor at the 2019 polls. However, Tinubu recently mocked Agbaje’s ‘freedom’ mission for…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is fully prepared towards making the 2019 general election free, fair and credible. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this known at the 5th Northern Traditional Rulers General Assembly with the theme “pervasive insecurity in an election year” in Kaduna on Wednesday. “Our politicians are not democratic and that is the reason why some of them keep crossing from one political party to the other,” he said. Yakubu assured that INEC would continue to improve on its logistics to enable it conduct hitch-free election in 2019. He further explained that conducting election in one…
Atiku Abubakar has said that President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) lack the capacity to manage Nigeria’s economy. Atiku made the comment while speaking with members of the business community in Abia state on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. According to Vanguard, the former Vice-President promised to harness the opportunities in the various business hubs in the South-East and also create jobs. He said “This government doesn’t have the capacity, the will to do it (create jobs). We started the ease of doing business in Nigeria but this government came and completely destroyed it. We made it possible for…
An 84th-minute Eden Hazard goal, that spun into the net after a heavy deflection, earned Chelsea a place in the Carabao Cup semifinals after a 1-0 win over Bournemouth in an entertaining tie on Wednesday. Chelsea had buzzed round the Bournemouth goal for much of the game but it was not until substitute Hazard came on with half an hour to go that they looked creative and decisive enough to break through. Chelsea had piled on the pressure from the start and there were good chances for Olivier Giroud, Ross Barkley, who forced a diving save from Artur Boruc and…
Manchester United’s sacking of manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday will not harm their potential to marketers but a continued slide in on-pitch performance could test the club’s aura of commercial invincibility, say sports industry analysts. United topped Forbes’ most valuable football team list in June with a value of $4.12 billion but experts reckon that does not mean they are immune to losing fans or sacrificing marketing heft when it comes to their global brand. Experts suggest that is a road United could one day be on if they stick to a dull, defence-minded style of football that has led…
Gianluigi Buffon has told RMC he would have retired if he had not received a summer call from Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona or Real Madrid. PSG brought in 40-year-old former Juventus keeper Buffon on a free transfer and he is playing regularly in Thomas Tuchel’s team. “The important thing is no longer passion, it is the challenge — I like that a lot,” Buffon said. “I had decided to retire, and only a call from PSG, Real Madrid or Barcelona could have changed my mind. “It was only a dream, craziness, and then it happened. I was already getting ready for…
Mauricio Pochettino is keen on becoming Jose Mourinho’s permanent successor at Manchester United, according to reports. Following Mourinho’s sacking on Tuesday, sources said that Pochettino is United’s top target to become the next permanent manager. Although Pochettino remained coy on rumours linking him with the job during a news conference on Tuesday, the report states that United have identified the Argentine as the ideal candidate to take the club forward in the long-term having earned a reputation as one of the game’s most astute tacticians during his four-and-a-half years at Spurs. Former United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been announced…
Manchester City held their nerve to beat Leicester City 3-1 on penalties and reach the League Cup semi-finals after an entertaining last-eight tie ended 1-1 on Tuesday. City’s Oleksandr Zinchenko fired the winner in the shootout after hosts Leicester missed three of their four spot kicks. City had taken the lead through Kevin De Bruyne’s rifled finish early on but Leicester clawed their way back into the encounter with a brilliant finish from Marc Albrighton. With no extra time in League Cup matches this season, the game went straight to penalties where Leicester’s Christian Fuchs fired over, while James Maddison…
Jose Mourinho’s relationship with Paul Pogba at Manchester United had deteriorated to such an extent during his final weeks as manager at Old Trafford that the Portuguese told at least one member of his squad to “stay away” from the midfielder, sources have said. Mourinho and Pogba had become increasingly detached and distrusting of each other since the player was substituted during a 2-0 defeat against Tottenham at Wembley in January, but by the time Mourinho was sacked on Tuesday, the disaffection had spread throughout the dressing room. While Mourinho refused to comment on reports earlier this month that he…
Dele Alli was hit in the back of the head with what appeared to be a plastic bottle during his side’s 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. The midfielder helped put his team ahead with a superb pass for scorer Son Heung-Min in the first half, then netted a beautiful goal of his own just short of the hour mark, running in and calmly chipping the ball over Arsenal keeper Petr Cech. Minutes later Alli was hit in the head as Arsenal were about to take a throw in. The player…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been confirmed as Manchester United caretaker manager following the club’s decision to sack Jose Mourinho on Tuesday. Sources have said that United have paid compensation to Norwegian side Molde for Solskjaer’s services until May. Despite the short-term deal, the former striker will also have an input into January signings, with sources close to the club refusing to rule out new additions in the winter window. “Manchester United is in my heart and it’s brilliant to be coming back in this role,” Solskjaer, who scored 126 goals in 366 appearances for United, said. “I’m really looking forward…