The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that only God can give Ademola Adeleke victory in the upcoming Osun governorship re-run. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the governorship election which held on Saturday, September 22, 2018 as inconclusive. INEC also fixed the re-run election to hold on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Speaking further, PDP’s National Vice Chairman, South South, Eddy Olafeso he is confident that Adeleke will win. According to reports, Olafeso also said “For us, we are very confident that victory will be ours tomorrow. We already won anyway. “We met with the leaders but victory is…
Author: David Folami
Nyesom Wike is on the warpath with certain presidential aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who are opposed to the choice of the state as the venue for the party’s presidential primary election. He said the state will refuse to support the aspirants who are behind the objection, declaring that his people will no longer be used for political purposes and discarded after. The governor stressed that conducting the party’s national convention in Rivers will boost the local economy, and expressed anger at why anyone would object to it as an appropriate venue. He said, “Let me warn the…
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olu Falae has said that he is not aware of the pact between Iyiola Omisore and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omisore contested for Governor on SDP’s platform in Osun state. According to reports, the SDP governorship candidate promised to help APC win the Osun governorship election scheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2018. Falae said that he is not in support of Omisore’s pact with the APC. He said “All I want to say is that, as the National Chairman, I was not consulted. Therefore, I am not a party to his (Omisore’s)…
Ernesto Valverde was at a loss to explain Barcelona’s shock defeat to Leganes on Wednesday as their unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt end at Butarque. It extended Barca’s mini-slump after they were held by Girona at the weekend at Camp Nou, which saw their four-game winning streak in the league come to an end. “How do I explain it? This is football and these things can happen,” Valverde said in his post-game news conference. “Sometimes it’s difficult to explain what happens in a game. “You have a game under control and then the opposition can do…
Pep Guardiola has said Phil Foden will be an “amazing player” for Manchester City for the next 10 years after his brilliant display in the 3-0 victory over Oxford United. He also had a big hand in the other two goals — spraying a 40-yard pass which led to the first-half opener for Gabriel Jesus before laying on the assist for Riyad Mahrez’s second. Foden then wrapped up the victory with a low drive in the 90th minute and sprinted over to the away end to celebrate with the fans. “The way he celebrated he showed he is a City…
The agent for Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong remained coy when recently questioned about his client’s future amid interest from Real Madrid and Manchester United. Speaking to De Telegraaf about De Jong, Ali Dursun passed the responsibility to Ajax sporting director Marc Overmars to verify interest from the likes of Real and United in the Netherlands international. “I can neither confirm nor deny this,” Dursun said when asked about the pair’s interest after watching De Jong in the 3-0 Champions League win over AEK Athens recently. “You must ask Marc Overmars — I send all interested clubs his way.” Overmars…
Julen Lopetegui has accepted that his Real Madrid side were beaten by the better side on Wednesday after Sevilla won 3-0 at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, with all their goals coming before half-time. “Sevilla were far superior and they deserved to win,” Madrid coach Lopetegui said. “We weren’t as we would have liked and we paid in the first half by letting in quick goals. “Later, in the second half, we matched them and after that we hoped that, if we scored, we could get back into the game. “We did score, but the goal didn’t count on the…
Derby County manager Frank Lampard picked up the biggest win so far in his young managerial career on Tuesday when his Championship side knocked Manchester United, coached by his former boss Jose Mourinho, out of the Carabao Cup. And following the match, Lampard said he was somewhat in disbelief. “I’m a bit shell shocked [but] in a good way,” said Lampard. “What a performance from the team and in terms of personality… “To have the personality to step up and take penalties and perform the way they did, I’m just a proud manager, they were great. “I am trying to…
Mauricio Pochettino has hailed the Tottenham Hotspur supporters who travelled to Milton Keynes after his side’s Carabao Cup victory over Watford. Despite that inconvenience, the official attendance was given as 23,650. “First of all I want to say thank you to our fans,” said Pochettino. “They need to be praised from myself on behalf of all the players and staff and the club, to say thank you for coming here and offering their support. They made a massive effort. “It’s important for the people all to listen to me, as the manager of the club, to that gratitude and [for…
Eden Hazard has joked that he had no choice but to score the sensational solo goal that sealed Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup third round because N’Golo Kante had told him he did not want to take a penalty. Chelsea trailed at Anfield from the 58th minute when Daniel Sturridge acrobatically fired beyond Willy Caballero, but Emerson Palmieri bundled in a controversial equaliser before Hazard beat five Liverpool defenders in the course of a dazzling move and smashed the winner past Simon Mignolet. It was Hazard’s sixth goal in eight matches this season and will surely…
Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala scored his first goal of the season to set the Serie A leaders on the way to a 2-0 win over Bologna on Wednesday, which maintained their 100 percent start to the league campaign. Juve, with 18 points from six games, will take a three-point lead into Saturday’s match at home to bitter rivals Napoli after last season’s runners-up comfortably disposed of Parma 3-0 with a brace from striker Arkadiusz Milik. Dybala set up Blaise Matuidi for a shot which was parried by goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski and the Argentine followed up to score from the rebound,…
Unai Emery has denied a report that he blocked Germany coach Joachim Low from seeing Mesut Ozil during a visit to the club’s training ground this week. However, Emery denied the report when asked about it by Sky Sports following Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Brentford in the Carabao Cup. “It’s not true, it’s not true,” Emery said. A club source said that the report was incorrect, saying that Low was at the training ground in London Colney to have lunch with Per Mertesacker, who is now the academy director at Arsenal. He also met with fellow Germans Shkodran Mustafi and…
Jurgen Klopp has questioned the usage of the video assistant referee in allowing Chelsea’s equalising goal to stand during Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. Klopp felt the awarding of the free kick in the buildup — when Naby Keita was adjudged to have fouled Victor Moses — was particularly harsh, adding that he believed Alvaro Morata and Ross Barkley were in offside positions from the resulting set-piece. “Both discussable,” he said at his postmatch news conference. “I don’t think it’s a foul. He plays the ball and then he touched afterwards, but things like that…
It appears that Omawumi is the latest victim of the Nigerian Police Force brutality as she has come out to say she was almost hurt seriously by them. In a series of tweets on her Twitter page on Sunday, September 23, 2018, Omawumi said she was disrespected and almost hurt if not standing her ground to the overzealous men of the Nigerian Police Force. “I’m a proud Nigerian that louds the effort of the NPF(Nigeria police force) but today I was a victim of uniformed officers that abused their office. ”If you want to stop and search.. do it respectfully.…
Femi Kuti, alongside Ruby Gyang, Nonso Bassey and Etuk Ubong delivered riveting performances for all who gathered at ”A night with Femi Kuti.” Saturday night, September 22 is one for the record books as Afrobeat legend, Femi Anikulapo Kuti left the Afrikan Shrine for the poolside of the Sheraton hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, as he brought the music to his fans in what was the listening party for his recently released 10th studio album, ”One People, One World.” On Air Personality, Folustorms was the anchor on the night and she wasted no time in welcoming the opening performer in the…
Chimamanda Adichie says she was close to tears watching her mother read negative comments about her online. The award-winning author made this known during a hangout section with a group of young Nigerians in Lagos over the weekend. According to her, she was surprised by the backlash she got from the now famous question she asked Hilary Clinton during an interview. “I felt close to tears. When I got back to Lagos and there is just all of this noise and apparently it’s just all of ugliness, people said to me: ‘they are writing public letters to you. They said…
Ever since the break up of Psquare, the Okoye brothers have toed individual careers and it seems to be paying off as Peter Okoye receives his first recognition as a solo artist. This was made known by the singer through a post shared on his Instagram page [peterpsquare] on Monday, September 24th, where Mr P shared images of the award with the caption, ”Yes Guys we did it! We won!!! My very first award as a solo act! You guys made this happen. INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT RECOGNITION AWARDS. Slow and Steady but surely! God is great. To iarawards my profound thanks,…
Peter Okoye’s son, Cameron turned 10 over the weekend and photos from the party organised for him shows he had fun with his friends. Among those who showed up at the residence of Peter and Lola Okoye were close friends and family including Anita Okoye. There was a lot to drink as the kids had a lot of fun with different games at their disposal. A very proud Peter Okoye took to his Instagram page where he posted videos of the multi-talented son, Cameron. In one of the videos, he is seen showing his almost perfect dancing prowess while in…
Judge Steven O’Neill of a Pennsylvania courtroom has sent 81-year-old Bill Cosby to prison after denying him bail over sexual assault. According to various reports, Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison by the Judge O’Neil on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. It was further reported that the comedian and actor, who was once touted as ‘America’s Dad’ was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs after his sentence. Prosecutors asked for a sentence of five to 10 years in prison for Cosby but his defense attorney asked for a sentence of house arrest, citing advanced age…
Diddy has released his own top 100 influential black people and it has the likes of Fela Kuti, Michelle Obama and Serena Williams on it. The music mogul released his special list on his Twitter page on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Other celebrities who made the list include Will Smith, Jada Pinkett, Swizz Beats, Alicia Keys, Drake. It is not clear what the criteria were that was used in coming up with this list but it’s obvious Diddy has respect for these celebrities and is probably friends with a number of them. Still talking about lists, Diddy Jay-Z and Kendrick…