Toni Kroos has been named Footballer of the Year by sports writers in Germany for the first time. “It is and always will be an honour to be Footballer of the Year,” Kroos told kicker. “This is a prize that is not easy to get, and not everyone gets.” Former Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes beat Schalke’s Domenico Tedesco to win the Coach of the Year award. “I am very pleased that I have been voted Coach of the Year by journalists,” he said. “My big compliment goes to those who did not vote for me because there are many…
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Pep Guardiola has said Phil Foden was ready to play a role in the Premier League after the 18-year-old’s impressive display in Sunday’s 2-0 Community Shield win over Chelsea. He said: “Yep. He was last season. “He’s one year more mature, he trained all the season with us, so he fought with all our players. That’s why it’s so good to have another player with his talent and he’s a Manchester City fan, he’s Mancunian, so that’s why, for us, he’s so good.” “We congratulate all the players. Playing in those conditions, with a short time for training. More than…
Thibaut Courtois has told Chelsea that he wants to join Real Madrid this summer for family reasons, his agent Christophe Henrotay has said.# Numerous reports have suggested that Madrid have offered £35m for Courtois, and Henrotay urged Chelsea to take their goalkeeper’s wishes into consideration. “I have been reading everywhere that Chelsea are saying it is up to Thibaut, but he has made it clear to the club that the best option for him is to move to Madrid,” he told The Sun. “For him this is a big decision because he wants to be near his family, and there…
Ivan Perisic has admitted his desire to play in England or Spain, while also indicating that he would consider a move to Bayern Munich. “I would like to test myself in all of the biggest leagues, but the question is will I have the time? I am 29 and working to extend my career as long as I can,” he told Sportske Novosti. “Yes, I’d like to play in England and Spain, but I don’t know if there is enough time left. “I heard some clubs want me but they have to talk to my club and only after that…
Senator Shehu Sani has restated his commitment to stay with the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and not get baited with ‘juicy carrots’ like a rabbit, unlike many of his colleagues that have defected to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The senator disclosed that the PDP enticed lawmakers with promises of automatic tickets for their re-election bids, but he said he’s ready for any competition within the APC. He said, “I heard that senators were promised juicy carrots and I am not a rabbit. But what I know very well is the PDP that promised the automatic tickets. “The APC…
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto) who staged a grand homecoming to Sokoto today said defectors to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties from All Progressives Congress (APC) will surely regret their actions. He said the Sokoto APC still has two Senators, seven members of the Federal House of Representatives and 12 state assembly members, beside the high percentage of political elders, youths, women and others in the state. He conveyed President Buhari’s goodwill message to Sokoto residents. He thanked Sokoto people for the warm reception as well as huge support for President Buhari’s administration. He urged the people…
Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi has ruled out the possibility of leaving the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for any other political party if he does not win the party’s ticket for the country’s top job in 2019. “If I leave PDP, I would leave politics. If I was to leave PDP, I could have defected a long time ago.So that possibility is not there,” he said The one time governor of Kaduna said he predicted the recent mass defections to PDP, adding that the biggest challenge is managing it. “I welcome all the defectors and as a matter of fact I predicted…
The immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has finally dumped the party. “I was one of the early joiners from the PDP, having been dissatisfied by the unsustainable trajectory of the last administration which I felt no longer possessed the political will to make Nigeria and her democracy reflect the lofty dreams of its founding fathers which among others was to unleash the untapped potentials of the Nigerian citizenry, especially her vibrant youth population ever eager to take their place in the economic and socio-political advancement of the country. “My decision to join…
A Group of ‘Concerned Citizens of Sokoto State has urged Gov. Aminu Tambuwal to resign his position as governor following his defection to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from All Progressive Congress (APC). Addressing newsmen on Sunday, the group Coordinator, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, described Tambuwal’s exit from APC as a betrayal of the people’s mandate given him in the 2015 general elections. Abdullahi said Tambuwal’s election was not because of his popularity among the by people but because of the circumstances that PDP led Nigeria into then and the contributions of Sen. Aliyu Wamakko and President Muhammad Buhari. “We are speaking…
PDP has described the actions of the All Progressives Congress, APC, a threat to the Nigerian Senate. Kola Ologbondiyan said the opposition party called on Nigerians to hold the ruling party, APC, responsible should Nigeria’s democracy fall under any harm. “The People Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians and the international community to hold the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Federal Government responsible should our nation’s democracy fall under any harm in the coming days.” “The party also warns that any attempt by anybody to forcefully take over the control of the National Assembly is a direct recipe for…
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of luring its members with juicy offers. Kola Ologbondiyan described the ruling APC as a discredited fold, said that nobody will choose to run into a sinking ship. He said “Indeed, no one, no matter the enticement, runs into a collapsing building from where terrified, wounded and traumatized people are already taking flight for their dear lives. “Nigerians can now see the shameless hypocrisy of the APC, which is now going about, cap in hand, to beg the same persons it haunted as corrupt and evil, seeing that it…
Rilwan Akiolu has called on Lagosians and Nigerians to ensure the return of President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa in the 2019 general elections. The Lagos monarch made this statement on Saturday, August 4, 2018 in his palace when Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures paid him a courtesy visit. Oba Akiolu said Buhari, Ambode and Obasa have performed excellently well in their course of duty and deserve another term. “They have done well. And going by their performances during the few years that they have been saddled with the leadership positions, they have shown to…
Bukola Saraki’s exit from the All Progressive Congress, APC, has been described as a wrong decision by a fellow APC Senator, Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu, in a statement attributed to him, the Senator further said, “The way he is going now, he has obviously stepped on the banana peel and only God knows how far he will slip. “If Saraki knows political intricacies and the political terrain or the path where the banana peel in the political landscape is, he will be more cautious. “The way he is going now, he has obviously stepped on banana peel and only God knows…
All Progressives Congress (APC) members in House of Representatives have advised their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) colleagues to push for reconvening from recess rather than blame President Muhammadu Buhari on issues. The APC lawmakers also said that the purported impeachment of the Speaker of Benue House of Assembly by eight members could not pass the test under the Constitution. They, however, warned the PDP not to blame the activities of an independent state assembly on the Presidency. “While we agree that the purported impeachment of the Speaker by eight members cannot pass the test under the Constitution, we find it…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the resignation of the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, from the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday in Abuja also welcomed the Kwara State Governor, Ahmed Abdulfatah and the Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, to its fold. PDP also assured all returning members of all the rights and privileges accorded to every member of our party. The party noted the harassment and intimidation that the duo of Saraki and Ahmed had suffered in the APC , “which…
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with Gambia’s President Adama Barrow at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The 51-year-old Gambian president was received by President Buhari at the fore court of the presidential villa at about 3.10p.m. President Buhari played a major role in ensuring smooth democratic transition in The Gambia when the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh refused to step aside. Buhari, who is now the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), was appointed by the ECOWAS as mediator on the Gambian political impasse.
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to take disciplinary action against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, only hours after he dumped the party for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Allegations levelled at the senate president include refusal to screen nominees for appointments submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari; causing avoidable delays in the budgetary process and passage of the appropriation act into law; encouraging defection of other senators from the party and a few other allegations. The statement read, “That you have deliberately refused to screen nominees for appointments submitted by Mr President who are…
Aminu Tambuwal has officially dumped the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. The governor announced his defection to hundreds of supporters at the Sokoto Government House on Wednesday. He said that the APC has reached historically unprecedented heights of impunity in all manner of vices and brazenly turned itself into a sanctuary for the corrupt and a machine for rigging and for the rape of democracy. He further complained that Sokoto State is not being meaningfully carried along in political appointments and in other matters of national importance. He said his…
Aminu Tambuwal has explained why he left the All Progressives Congress (APC). He is the third Governor from the APC to move to the PDP in recent times. The Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom and 13 Local Government chairmen dumped the ruling party last week. Also, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, the Governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed announced his resignation from the APC immediately the Senate President, Bukola Saraki decamped. According to Daily Post, Tambuwal cited the lack of statesmanship in responding to national issues as one of the reasons he left the ruling party. “Politicians and political…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the appointment of Mr Yekini Nabena as the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party. The appointment was contained in a letter issued on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the National Secretary of the party Mr Mai Mala Bunu. It said the appointment followed the resignation of the party’s National Publicity Secretary Malam Bolaji Abudullahi who defected to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) earlier on Wednesday. “I write to convey the resolution of the National Working Committee reached at its 34th regular meeting of Aug. 1,…