Jurgen Klopp has said he is completely relaxed about Mohamed Salah’s start to the season despite the Liverpool forward appearing frustrated in recent weeks. He failed to score in the midweek Champions League defeat to Napoli and was substituted 66 minutes into last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea. “Obviously expectation changed, that’s normal,” Klopp told a news conference on Friday. “He’s set a completely new standard last year. “From the rest, it’s what he did last year. Nobody expected 10 goals after five, six, seven games. It was always a nice surprise. “Each striker could write a book about these…
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Unai Emery has insisted he is not focused on the club’s eight-match winning run and believes he can balance the Premier League and Europa League commitments this season. “Usually I don’t look behind, every day I’m looking at the next matches — what’s in front,” Emery said. “For me, whether we win or lose, every match is giving me a lot of information about how to improve. Every coach wants to win, but it’s not easy to do that. “For me the challenge is every day and every match — to look back to the last match is not good…
A 90th-minute goal by Alexis Sanchez helped Manchester United complete an unlikely comeback and claim a 3-2 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford on Saturday. Juan Mata and Anthony Martial also scored in the second half for United, who came back from a two-goal deficit to end a run of four games without a win in all competitions — form that has manager Jose Mourinho under fire. Newcastle, who began the day second-bottom in the table on goal difference, had not held a lead in any league game this season before Kenedy opened the scoring in the seventh minute. The…
Eric Dier scored his first Premier League goal since April 2017 as Tottenham Hotspur defeated Cardiff City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Dier handed Tottenham the lead in the eighth minute when a header by Davinson Sanchez was blocked and the ball fell for Dier to tap in from six yards out. Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura missed good chances to extend Spurs’ lead before half-time as a nervous energy began to take hold of the home crowd. Cardiff created chances and came close to equalising in the second half when Josh Murphy raced through and lifted the ball…
Unstoppable Juventus maintained their perfect start to the season after 10 matches when first-half goals from Rodrigo Bentancur and Cristiano Ronaldo gave them a 2-0 win at Udinese in Serie A on Saturday. Juventus, chasing an eighth successive league title, have 24 points from their eight matches in Serie A and have won their first two games in the Champions League. Uruguay midfielder Bentancur’s goal was his first since joining Juventus at the start of last season while Ronaldo took his tally to four since his move from Real Madrid. Juve dominated the opening half hour and broke through in…
Dr Ibe kachukwu has said that it would be sad if the nation’s refineries are not functional by the end of 2019. According to him, the present administration is committed to ensuring that the importation of petroleum products is curtailed. Kachukwu stated this on Thursday in Ibigwe-Ohaji in Ohaji\Egbema council area of Imo during the ground-breaking for construction of the 5,000 BPD Modular Refinery by Walter Smith petro-chemical limited. The project is being partnered by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) He said that the Buhari administration was committed to ensuring that the nation’s refineries became functional by…
Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration’s ongoing fight against corruption is non-negotiable and “a must”. The President stated this when he received the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, at State House, Abuja, on Thursday. Mbeki heads the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa and he was in Abuja to update Buhari about panel’s assignment. Buhari, who is the current Champion of AU Anti-Corruption Campaign, said: “We must fight corruption frontally, because it’s one of the reasons we got elected. “We campaigned on three fundamental issues; security, reviving the economy, and fight against corruption. It’s…
Muhammadu Buhari will soon constitute Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to lead the All Progressives Congress (APC) to victory in the Feb. 2019 general elections. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Buhari expressed the hope that the Council, when constituted, would bring all speculations regarding its formation to an end. The President said he was aware of the yearning by Nigerians for the formation of a full Presidential Campaign Council towards the APC’s victory in the presidential elections. He added that he appreciated the growing…
Yemi Osinbajo says you can now register your business in Nigeria for as little as N5,000. To be fair, it used to cost a lot more, especially when you factor in how many palms you have to grease to get the business registration process over the line. But, hey, this N5,000 business registration bonanza is only for a period of time. How we hated breaking that to you! Speaking at the launch of the 19th edition of the National MSMEs Clinic in Enugu, Osinbajo said the federal government has approved a 90-day special window to register businesses at a reduced…
Geoffrey Onyeama has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s outing at 73rd UN General Assembly (UNGA), New York has made him an accepted and recognised global icon in the fight against corruption. Onyeama made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the conclusion of UNGA 2018 in New York. “The UNGA 2018 has been extremely positive for Nigeria, Mr president addressed the General Assembly on various issues; his address shows Nigeria’s engagement with global issues and portrayed Nigeria as a responsible global partner. “His address was very straight forward and shows Nigeria as an important global…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that no plan can stop its Saturday’s national conventional to elect its presidential candidate for 2019 national elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the party’s National Working Committee’s meeting held on Thursday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that the convention would be successful in spite of alleged plot by some organisations to disrupt the event scheduled for Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 in Port Harcourt. He said that PDP was aware of plots or machinations of all kinds to stop its national convention.…
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said governors under the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) are looking for a way out of the party’s predicament resulting from its primaries. Okorocha, the Chairman of APC governors forum, stated this while briefing State House correspondents on Thursday in Abuja. He spoke on the outcome of the closed door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and nine APC governors at the Presidential Villa. The governor disclosed that the meeting deliberated on various crises emanating from the conduct of the party’s primaries across the country. He said the meeting also deliberated on…
Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant and Sokoto State Governor, says he will do a lot of things differently for the country, if voted into office as president. He reiterated the need to promote development of science and technology and wealth creation in the country, which he said he was committed to doing. “We shall promote wealth creation and ensure a robust economy,” he said. Earlier, while addressing the national delegates, Tambuwal, a former Speaker, House of Representatives, said that Kaduna remains very important in the nation’s politics. “Kaduna is a top place for politics in…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) has cleared 24 candidates to contest in the 2019 state governorship elections across the country. The committee ratified the reports of the various electoral committees and adopted the candidates at a meeting held on Thursday, October 4, 2018, according to a statement signed by the party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena. The candidates include Tonye Cole (Rivers State), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi), and Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina). Others are…
Mr Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), has said that conducting direct primaries to pick the party’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senatorial candidate for 2019 election is not negotiable. Oshiomhole stated this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen after a closed door meeting with governors on the party’s platform. “For the FCT, I think there are some elements who believe they can hijack the process and impose their personal preferences on the people. “We are trying to clean up our party’s internal democracy and eliminate corruption as much as we can from the process and…
DJ Cuppy like every patriotic Nigerian took to her social media page to celebrate the country but generated a lot of mixed reactions. The Disc Jockey and billionaire heiress had taken to her Twitter page on Monday, October 1, 2018, where she tweeted about the Independence Day celebration. “Today, we experience the joy and pride of being called NIGERIANS! The greatest nation. #NigeriaAt58 #Nierian independence day ” she tweeted. It didn’t take long before she began to receive comments over the tweet. Just like a lot of Nigerians who weren’t happy about the situation in the country, they probably…
We all know Davido is one celeb who doesn’t take likely anything that has to do with his family like what he did to a supposed friend who trolled his uncle over the Osun elections. The friend simply identified as Olu Ricky had taken to Instagram mock Davido uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke over the just concluded governorship elections held in Osun state. “Lolz he wasn’t present for the Osun State debate Channels TV held back then, he is present to announce he is going to court,” he wrote. Well, it didn’t take long before Davido took to the comment section…
Today on your favourite female celebrities showing off some skin, we have Chika Ike who’s cleavage revealing outfit definitely set the Internet on fire. Don’t get it, twisted guys, Chike Ike wasn’t wearing a bikini rather she appeared all classy on her Instagram page on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, looking all shades of hotness!!! She obviously knew she was going to cause a commotion on social media and get guys to drown in her beauty as she went on to caption the photo with a unique but seductive quote “Women like you drown Oceans ,” she wrote. Chika Ike’s unarguably…
Hey guys, it looks like Toke Makinwa has lowered her standard as she has revealed that her ideal man shouldn’t rich. We all know how classy and flamboyant Toke Makinwa is but we are surprised that she has decided to adjust and go for a man that isn’t rich. She made this known on her Twitter page on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. “Today, in my thirties, the complete one for me doesn’t have to be rich, but he has to be able to take care of me she #Thecompleteone share yours? Your complete man should be…” she tweeted. She also…
Olamide has lend his voice to the second term ambition of Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The governor, who is currently in the stormy part of his political career, had announced his decision to test his popularity at the Lagos All Progressive Congress’ governorship primaries on Monday, October 1, 2018. The rapper had been at the forefront of entertainers, who rallied round the governor during his campaign ahead of the governorship election against Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Jimi Agbaje. Olamide had sang about Lagos and once said Governor Ambode picked him up and adopted him after the death of his…