Unai Emery is confident that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s scoring form will return quickly as long as his teammates continue creating chances. “I am sure they are going to score if we create a lot of chances in the game,” Emery said at a news conference on Thursday. “Maybe the players cannot score three good chances in one match and on another day, I am sure they are going to do maybe the same chances in one match and score three. Aubameyang is a player who, in his career, has scored a lot and he is going to do that here also.”…
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Patrick Vieira believes former France and Arsenal teammate Thierry Henry will do well should he begin his managerial career at Bordeaux. Henry is reportedly close to accepting the job after Gus Poyet was suspended by the club last week for a dispute over the sale of forward Gaetan Laborde to Montpellier. “It would be very good for Bordeaux,” Vieira said at a news conference. “It would be very good for him. It would be very good for Ligue 1 because of his notoriety. I know he’s someone who really wants to be a coach and he has the means to…
A banner calling for the exit of Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward will be flown over Turf Moor next month, according to multiple reports. Man United fans have reportedly hired a plane to fly the banner reading “Ed Out – LUHG” (Love United, Hate Glazer) on Sept. 2 before their match against Burnley in protest of Woodward’s leadership and of the club’s owners the Glazer family. Supporters had planned to have the banner flown over Old Trafford for Monday’s match against Tottenham, according to the reports, but that idea was scrapped because of light restrictions for the 8 p.m.…
Jose Mourinho broke down in tears. Manchester United had overlooked one of the greatest managers in history to appoint one who had never won a trophy. It is, according to Spanish journalist Diego Torres, what happened when the then-Real Madrid manager discovered United had opted for David Moyes in 2013. But it could have been a scene from the more recent past: Mauricio Pochettino was on United’s radar in 2016. The choice boiled down to four men: persisting with Louis van Gaal offered continuity but baffling sterility; promoting Ryan Giggs promised unparalleled experience of life inside Old Trafford but with…
Bukola Saraki has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PD) will win the 2019 presidential elections. The Senate President also said that the PDP’s future is bright. Saraki said “If we emerge victorious at the federal level, all of us will be the beneficiaries. In the state, with your support we will win the state for PDP. “All of you here are the key players in Kwara politics. With unity of purpose, no party can contest with you. “We are here to unite all of us under the party we belong to today. I am assuring all members that there…
Mrs Aisha Buhari on Wednesday donated nutritional food items to patients of Aisha Buhari Maternal Clinic in Daura. The wife of the President who inaugurated Daura office for grassroots women initiatives also donated groundnuts grinding machines to the women. She said that the centre would be used as an avenue to reach the women in the grassroots where they would be economically self-reliant. Mrs Buhari explained that President Muhammadu Buhari is focus in the fight against corruption even if it involved his family relations who used their position to abuse public trust. While urging women to be ambassadors of peace,…
Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians that three years is not enough for President Muhammadu Buhari to transform the country. While speaking during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Lagos on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, the former Lagos State governor said Buhari needs time to re-engineer the country’s economy properly. He said, “Nigerians adopted democracy; we are going to live through this democratic government. We need a President Buhari to retool and re-engineer; that is what he is doing in the economy and he is doing it gradually, otherwise we don’t want it to fall apart again. “We ate the seed of growth…
Muhammadu Buhari has said the combined efforts of defectors and their backers in the opposition will not distract his administration from the good work it is doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria. According to him, the ruling APC government has the full understanding of Nigeria’s challenges and is encouraged by the support of Nigerians in addressing them. ‘‘We are always encouraged when all our constituents are happy with the work we are doing and our genuine efforts to make sure that what we campaigned for in 2015 is still very much in our minds and we have not…
Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision to personally fund the medical treatment of a visually-impaired member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Even though Atiku praised the president’s decision to help Ahmed, he said he wouldn’t have had to if he had invested the nation’s health sector instead. Taking to his Twitter account (@atiku) on Thursday, August 23, the former vice president said Buhari should have spent the medical bills he used in medical trips abroad to improve Nigeria’s healthcare. He posted, “I commend @NGRPresident @MBuhari for paying medical bills of a blind corps member…
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central – APC) has vowed that the Senate caucus of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) will humiliate Senate President, Bukola Saraki out of office. While speaking on Thursday, Omo-Agege said the caucus is completely committed towards the plan to impeach Saraki and expressed his confidence that he’ll be disgraced out of office. He said, “We have the information that they want to reconvene a joint session and that is completely unacceptable to us. Of course, we won’t accept it. The Senate itself has to be reconvened for this purpose. The reason (for postponing the planned recall…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it has not released the timetable for State, National Assembly, Governorship and Presidential primaries, as it is being reported in a section of the media. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while reacting to the development. “The party is yet to announce its official timetable for the listed primaries,” the APC spokesman said. He described the timetable circulating in the social media and published in a particular newspaper as fake, saying that it should be disregarded by the general public.
Omoyele Sowore has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a public debate ahead of the 2019 presidential election as he warned the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC) of mistaking arrogance for confidence. While speaking during an interview on Channels TV on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, the publsher of online media organisation, Sahara Reporters, said President Buhari is hiding from debating other aspirants because he has no achievements or policies to talk about. He said, “If you want to be more serious, maybe you should start bringing these presidential candidates to debate us. Buhari should be brought out. The media should force…
Atiku Abubakar has taken a shot at President Muhammadu Buhari after the presidency made a big deal out of the president trekking 800 metres on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the trek proves that the president is healthy enough to seek re-election, contrary to what his opponents have been saying. He said, “I think the president has done one thing today – that the issue is not how old one is but how fit he is; how healthy he is. Now that the president has proven his fitness and…
Nigerians have reacted unfavourably towards comments made by Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom North-West – APC) that the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC) will take over Akwa Ibom like German dictator, Adolf Hitler, took over Poland, an act that kicked off World War II and led to the death of millions of people. He said, “Recently, I had an occasion in Akwa Ibom State and this is what happened: I went just to make a floor declaration; others do it in the social media, others just sit in their offices, some do it by text messages that they have changed…
Kiss Daniel’s next album, ”No Bad Songz” will contain 20 songs according to the tracklist unveiled earlier today, August 22. Ahead of the release of his sophomore album scheduled for next month, singer Kiss Daniel aka Kizz Daniel has given more insight into what to expect from the project with the release of the tracklist. The album will contain 20 songs, which surprisingly doesn’t feature some of his previously released singles like ‘For You’ featuring Wizkid, or the hit song, 4dayz. There is also no hint of any collaboration on the project, which is the first under his independent imprint,…
Kizz Daniel has unveiled Demmie Vee and Philkeyz as the first signings to his label, FlyBoy Inc. The announcement was made in a post on his social media pages, coming less than 24hours after he shared the tracklist to his upcoming sophomore album, ”No Bad Songz”. Kiss Daniel emerged on the scene with the release of his commercially successful debut effort, New Era in 2016, which contained 20 tracks and birthed a number of hit records including ‘Woju’, ‘Laye’ and ‘Mama’. The album earned him the honours for Best R&B Pop Album and Album of the year at the 2016…
Queen Nwokoye has welcomed a daughter with her husband. The good news was actually announced by her friend Oma Nnadi via her Instagram page on Monday, August 20, 2018. A seemingly excited Oma couldn’t hide her joy as she announced the arrival of the baby with a series of photos of the actress while she was pregnant. “My friend I am super happy. i.cannot keep calmoooo. Thank you, lord. .welcome to the world my Besties daughter @queennwokoye and hubby Oliiii. Enough to thank God for this year oooo,” she captioned the photo. Even though Queen Nwokoye is yet to announce…
Juliet Ibrahim feels if sex is removed from the equation, a number of people have nothing else to offer in a relationship. “Remove sex from a relationship, and you’ll discover that a lot of people have nothing to offer. #justsaying #ganjaburn #AQueenIEmbody #QueenStatus,” she wrote. As usual, it didn’t take long before she began to get a lot of comments on her Instagram page with fans and followers having divergent views. Well sometimes when Juliet says these things, we feel like she is shaking a table which has so many people on it. The other time she called out people…
Davido is at it again and this time he has splashed the sum of N1M a lucky fan on his Instagram page. The pop star revealed this on Monday, August 20, 2018. According to him, all the lucky fan has to do is to “drop your Aza below” and stand a chance of becoming a million naira richer. ” For the Culture! ‘AZA DROPS 2MORO!! @peruzzi_vibes @duncanmighty IM PICKING THE WINNER RANDOMLY,” he captioned the photo. He also said he would be choosing the winner randomly. At the end of the day, a follower with the handle @chinwendu_unachukwu emerged winner.…
“Lionheart,” Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut, will have its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The film, which aside from being her directorial debut, stars an array of acting award winners and pop culture icons, will screen for the first time at the festival on Friday, September 7, 2018. “Lionheart” stars Genevieve Nnaji, Chika Okpala, Steve Eboh, Pete Edochie, Kanayo O Kanayo, Onyeka Onwenu, Nkem Owoh, Kalu Ikeagwu, Jemima Osunde, Yakubu Mohammed and Sani Muazu. The movie also stars Nigerian rapper and singer, Phyno and Peter Okoye. Nnaji plays Adaeze, a level-headed executive in her father’s bus company,…