Garba Shehu has said that Nigeria and China have completed arrangements to sign 328 million dollars agreement on the National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase 11 (NICTIB 11). Shehu, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. The presidential aide said that President Muhammadu Buhari, who arrived Beijing, China, on Saturday, would join his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping to witness the signing of the agreement. He said the NICTIB 11 agreement would be between Galaxy Backbone Limited and Huawei Technologies Limited (HUAWEI) at the…
Author: David Folami
Antoine Griezmann has said that he dreams of winning the Ballon d’Or and that the opportunity to do so motivates him every day. Griezmann, 27, won the World Cup with France in July and was named the man of the match in the final, scoring four goals in seven games during the competition. He is one of the leading candidates to win the top prize in world football, along with Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Luka Modric. “I actually do [dream of winning it],” Griezmann told ESPN FC. “I’m not afraid of saying it. I dream…
Tottenham Hotspur are working hard on that reputation of being nearly men. They nearly won at Inter Milan, nearly won at PSV, nearly reached the FA Cup final, nearly made a big title challenge. But they lost in Milan, drew at Eindhoven, came up short on Monday against Manchester City, blew their FA Cup lead at Wembley against Manchester United in April, and finished 11 points behind Leicester in the Premier League race three seasons ago. No one is more aware of these failings than the players.They keep saying this talented team has to convert potential into silverware. So why…
Wilfried Zaha has said he received racist abuse and death threats after winning a late penalty against Arsenal in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park. Zaha was tripped in the box by Granit Xhaka, who was deputising at left-back, which allowed Palace to level the match in the 83rd minute, ending Arsenal’s 11-game winning streak. After the game, Zaha was accused of diving on social media, and responded to the “hate” he has been receiving with a message on Instagram. “For all the people taking it one step further and being racist and wishing death on my family, I wish…
Mauricio Pochettino is pleased to have another match so soon after Monday’s defeat and has told his Tottenham players the short turnaround will be no excuse for a cup exit at West Ham — but he admits he will rotate heavily. Wednesday’s fourth-round Carabao Cup tie at the London Stadium comes just 48 hours after Spurs were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City at Wembley, but Pochettino is looking on the bright side. “I’m happy to change that feeling [from] Monday,” he said. “It’s good to play on Wednesday. We’re going to use players that normally are not involved in the…
Petr Cech will be back in goal for Arsenal’s Carabao Cup game against Blackpool on Wednesday, Unai Emery has disclosed, a decision that indicates that Bernd Leno will keep his No. 1 spot in the Premier League. Cech has been sidelined for nearly a month with a hamstring injury, allowing Leno the chance to impress between the post in his absence after the Czech veteran had kept the German newcomer on the bench at the start of the season. Leno kept his starting spot at Crystal Palace on Sunday when Cech was back on the bench for the first time,…
Real Madrid have a problem. Manchester United have one, too. They might be two of the biggest clubs in world football, but when there is a dearth of world-class coaches capable of making good of a bad situation, not even money and history can generate a solution out of thin air. Having overseen a disastrous run of five defeats in seven games — the most recent being a humiliating 5-1 defeat against Barcelona at the Camp Nou — Julen Lopetegui’s brief reign as head coach at the Santiago Bernabeu has finally, perhaps mercifully, come to an end. Such form would…
Usain Bolt has been urged to sign a professional football contract with a Jamaican side in order to earn a call-up to the national team by the president of the country’s football association. Bolt, 32, is a free agent after undergoing an open-ended trial at Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners that culminated in him taking part in several friendly games. The eight-time Olympic track gold medallist also rejected a contract offer from Champions League hopefuls Valletta FC, and Michael Ricketts, the Jamaican FA president, has said he is frustrated Bolt has not taken up the opportunity to play for…
Lionel Messi returned to training on Wednesday after missing Barcelona’s wins over Inter Milan and Real Madrid in the last week. Messi, 31, did some fitness training at the club’s training ground and was able to do some ball work for the first time since breaking a bone in his arm on Oct. 20. The forward is on track to return within the three weeks he was initially ruled out for but sources have said that Barca won’t take any risks with his recovery. Barcelona face Cultural Leonesa in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday before travelling to Rayo Vallecano…
Angel Di Maria has committed his future to Paris Saint-Germain by signing a two-year contract extension until 2021. The Argentina international recently expressed his hope that the French champions would be his final European club in an interview with TF1 and this new deal will keep him at Parc des Princes until he is 33. Di Maria has been a key figure under Thomas Tuchel this season, scoring seven goals and contributing six assists across all competitions — including a stunning late equaliser in a 2-2 Champions League Group C draw with Napoli. The former Real Madrid man has said…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has escaped a touchline ban after the Football Association found a charge that he used offensive language after the win over Newcastle to be unproven. Mourinho was charged with using “abusing, insulting or improper” language in Portuguese as he looked into a television camera following the 3-2 win over Newcastle on Oct. 6. United said they would “vigorously contest” any sanction and after a hearing of the FA’s independent regulatory commission on Wednesday, the charge was found to the allegation to be “not proven.” An FA statement read: “A charge against Jose Mourinho for allegedly…
Umar Ganduje has been caught in yet another video tape receiving what has been described as bribe from a contractor. The governor has been in the news over the past few weeks after the publisher of Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar Ja’afar, alleged that he regularly received bribes from contractors handling projects in the state. In the series of videos in Ja’afar’s possession, the governor was alleged to have received a total of $5 million in installments from a certain contrator on several occasions. Since two videos surfaced earlier, the governor has dismissed it as a fabrication while Ja’afar has appeared before…
Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians that he needs more than one term in office to fix the country’s problems. The president said this during the 75th anniversary business lecture of the Island Club in Lagos on Monday, October 29, 2018. In a speech delivered by the president’s representative, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, he said it requires more than one election cycle to fully implement plans that’ll help the nation progress. During the lecture, titled “Nation building and institutional development, lessons for Nigeria from the Island Club at 75”, the president pointed out that the Island…
Mr. Jimi Agbaje has explained why his campaign posters are not visible on the streets of Lagos, with the 2019 general elections only four months away. Drive through Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, and what immediately hits you at every turn are the imposing, stylish and colourful campaign posters of APC governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. “Good morning Lagos, my team and I have gotten a barrage of questions asking why I haven’t been actively campaigning in public and I think it’s about time that we addressed it”, Agbaje wrote in a statement. “Let’s be clear, the INEC (Independent National Electoral…
Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria has left that era in which democratic norms are brazenly subverted, with votes awarded to those favoured by the authorities, and the shortchanged told to go to court for redress. The President stated this on Monday when he received members of the Joint United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS Good Offices Mission on Elections, at the State House, Abuja. “I am highly qualified to talk on this, having ended in Supreme Court three times, after participating in elections with disputed results. “Where will a man looking for where his next meal would come from, have money…
Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, on Wednesday called for urgent national and State interventions in the gridlock crisis currently rocking the state. Agbaje told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone that unless urgent measures were immediately taken, the state may be prone to total traffic collapse. He said that this would be detrimental to the health and resources of residents and the state. NAN reports that the severe gridlock in Lagos State has worsened in many parts of the state despite efforts by the state government to control the situation. Worried by…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State played host to APC governorship flagbearer, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu, in his office on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. It is the second public meeting between the pair after a bitter Lagos APC governorship primary election of October 2, 2018. Both men first met publicly after the primary election, in Abuja; during the national APC convention where party faithful endorsed Buhari for the presidency. Before the APC governorship primary election, Ambode had called Sanwo-olu a misfit who once sprayed fake dollars at a US nite club and who is still undergoing rehabilitation at the Gbagada General…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the presidency to present President Buahri’s West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate. This is coming as the President failed to submit his credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently. Buhari swore an affidavit instead, saying that his credentials are with the Secretary of the Military Board. The party said the body language of the presidency whenever the issue of the WAEC certificate is mentioned, shows Buhari has something to hide. This was made known by the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement issued to Daily Post. He…
A group known as the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for President. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the group’s President, Yerima Shettima. According to reports, the AYCF said Atiku’s emergence is a good sign, adding that President Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians. According to Shettima, who called on Nigerians to vote out Buhari in 2019, said that it is time for a new order. He said “For us in AYCF, we have said it over and over that Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians and we have…
Donald Duke earned a combined sum of N5,618,419 between 2015 and 2017, according to the form he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In his Form CF001 submitted to INEC, the former governor said he earned the sum from business in the three years under review. He also revealed in his tax certificate, with serial number 290664, that he paid a total sum of N400,000 in the same period. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) also attached his school certificate from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) indicating that he sat for the exam in 1977.…