Adebayo Shittu, on Sunday, vowed that the aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State would not relent until justice prevailed. Shittu made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the ongoing APC Convention venue in Abuja. The minister, who never hides his intention to contest for the governorship seat in the state on the APC platform come 2019, has been having a running battle with Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State over who controls the party’s structure in the state. Ajimobi was reported to have said that he would not…
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The Presidency has said the All Progressive Congress (APC) convention holding at the Eagle Square, Abuja, would be a quit notice signal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, gave the assurance to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the ongoing convention arena. Enang, who said he expected a peaceful poll at the convention, said the successful completion of the occasion would also indicate a quit notice to the Ekiti State’s incumbent governor, Ayo Fayose. The governorship election in the state,…
Adams Oshiomhole, the newly-elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s Secretary, Mai Mala Buni have been sworn in. The convention, which held convention Saturday, June, 23, 2018, stretched into Sunday, June 24, 2018. According to reports, the oath was administered to Oshiomhole and Buni by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The former Edo state Governor was elected APC national chairman unopposed after all other candidates for the same position dropped their interests for the position.
Rabiu Kwankwaso has issued a statement explaining why he shunned the All Progressives Congress (APC) Convention. According to Kwankwaso, the former APC chairman, John Oyegun did not accept the results of the ward and Local government elections which his loyalists held in Kano state. He said “I wish to inform the leadership of the party and the general public that we had wanted to be part of the National Convention but regrettably all the congresses that we conducted at the wards, Local Government Councils and at the State level were not recognized by the outgoing National Executive Council of the…
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has emerged the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s on going National Convention. He emerged after an affirmative vote by the party’s delegates from the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory at the party’s National Convention which began on Saturday in Abuja. Oshiomhole became the sole chairmanship candidate before the convention after his opponents, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor and Chief Clement Ebri, both former governors of Edo and Cross River, respectively, withdrew from the race. His election, along with those of 18 persons for other positions, without opposition,…
Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio urged action against repetitive fouling after his team was on the receiving end of 24 fouls in their 2-1 win over South Korea at the World Cup on Saturday. South Korea received four yellow cards while committing the highest number of fouls in a game of any team so far in Russia. They were also whistled for 23 fouls in their first game against Sweden, tied for the second-most with Morocco’s 23 against Portugal. “Usually, I don’t like to talk about referees but there was something I didn’t like and that was that there were…
Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez was delighted after netting his 50th international goal on Saturday in the 2-1 victory over South Korea, but he still wants more from El Tri at the World Cup. Leading Group F on six points from two games, Mexico only need a draw in their next game against Sweden to reach the next stage as group winners. “There are no words to express all this we are going through,” Hernandez said. “For me, [the 50 goals] are very special. We will try to achieve a lot more. We have to imagine amazing things. “We have to channel…
Radja Nainggolan has confirmed that he will be leaving Roma for Inter Milan, although he insists it was not his choice. The Belgian midfielder is set to join the Nerazzurri for a fee of €24 million with Davide Santon and Nicolo Zaniolo both heading in the opposite direction. He has repeatedly turned down the opportunity to leave Roma, rejecting advances from Chelsea and Chinese clubs in the past, but he has told Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport that he has practically been shown the door by the club this summer. “I will always carry every moment I spent with the…
Roberto Martinez has said he would field a much-changed side against England in their final World Cup Group G clash, resting a starting 11 who have all but qualified after scoring eight goals in two games. “It will be major changes against England,” Martinez told reporters after Saturday’s 5-2 thumping of Tunisia in Moscow that means the Belgians will be sure of reaching the last 16 if Panama, whom they beat 3-0, fail to beat England on Sunday. Injuries to striker Romelu Lukaku and his two forward support men did not seem to trouble the Spaniard, but given a lack…
Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Brazil international midfielder Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk. Fred, 25, has agreed a five-year contract at Old Trafford club and becomes their second first-team signing of the summer. “Fred will complement our other midfielders’ qualities, which we need; his creative brain and passing vision will give us another dimension to our game,” United manager Jose Mourinho told the club’s website. “I am very happy he is joining our club and I believe our players know how important he can be in our team.” Fred, with the Brazil squad at the World Cup in Russia,…
Toni Kroos has said his dramatic late winning goal against Sweden will upset many of Germany’s critics at home whom he believes were rooting for die Mannschaft to be eliminated from the World Cup. After falling behind early on Saturday, Germany were staring at their first-ever group-stage exit at a World Cup, but Marco Reus got a goal back just after half-time and Kroos made their task of advancing much easier when he curled a shot home from a set piece in the 95th minute to seal a 2-1 win. Germany had been inundated with criticism after losing to Mexico…
Janne Andersson hit out at the German bench for “rubbing in” their victory as they celebrated Toni Kroos’ stoppage-time winner in Germany’s 2-1 World Cup Group F triumph on Saturday. There was a confrontation between members of both teams on the sideline at midfield and the two groups had to be separated. “Some of the German leaders of the team celebrated by running in our direction and rubbing in to our faces by making gestures, and that really got me annoyed and angry,” said the Sweden coach, whose team had led 1-0 at half-time. “There were many people on our…
Douglas Costa will miss Brazil’s World Cup game against Serbia on Wednesday with a thigh injury, team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said. Costa injured the thigh in Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Costa Rica on Friday and, after scans, was ruled out for the Group E game in Moscow. “Yesterday, at the end of the game, Douglas Costa complained of pain in the back of his right thigh, only remembering that he was injured, but in the left thigh,” Lasmar said on Saturday. “It’s been diagnosed as a small muscle injury, so he will not travel with us. He will stay in…
Dele Alli won’t feature for England against Panama because of a thigh injury, Gareth Southgate confirmed, but the manager did let his team know who would be starting in their second Group G match at the World Cup on Sunday. Alli, 22, picked up the knock in England’s 2-1 opener against Tunisia on Monday and missed training the following day to undergo a scan. He is likely to be replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who came on for the Tottenham attacker in the 80th minute and played well. Southgate said: “This morning he followed the exact programme we had planned. He…
Romelu Lukaku is optimistic that he will be able to play against England on Thursday in Kaliningrad despite injuring his ankle during Belgium’s impressive 5-2 win against Tunisia on Saturday. The Manchester United striker limped off just before the hour mark but reassured fans when asked about his injury after the game. “I am a quick healer,” he said. “I will see how I feel tonight and tomorrow with the medical staff. I am not too worried. I am just relaxed about the England game. “It is going to be nice to see a couple of my club teammates on…
Neymar will start against Costa Rica on Friday but may need to play five games before he’s fully fit, Brazil coach Tite said after the star forward left training on Tuesday with an ankle injury. Brazil, one of the favourites for the World Cup, could only manage a draw in their opening Group E match against Switzerland as Neymar played in just his second game since breaking a bone in his foot in February. “It’s still the same prognosis. He played his first 90 minutes [against Switzerland] in three and a half months,” Tite said in a news conference. “There…
France are through to the last 16 of the World Cup after beating Peru 1-0 in Ekatrinburg thanks to a first-half Kylian Mbappe strike. It was not pretty at times, but Les Bleus got the job done after Didier Deschamps made two changes to the starting XI that beat Australia in the Group C opener last Saturday. The result and qualification. It might not have been the sexiest win, but France have made it out of the group stage after two matches and will advance in top spot if they can avoid defeat against Denmark. With the pressure well and…
Hugo Lloris has praised Peru for their effort and called the match like playing an away game after Les Bleus won 1-0 in Yekaterinburg on Thursday to move to the top of Group C and confirm the South Americans exit before the round of 16. Kylian Mbappe’s first-half strike secured all three points for the French and Lloris, who made an excellent low save to deny opposing captain Paolo Guerrero in the first half, admitted that the Peruvians did not give up without a fight. “Peru were aggressive, as we expected them to be,” the Tottenham Hotspur keeper told journalists…
Patrice Evra has said he mocked Arsenal as a “baby team” when Robin van Persie joined Manchester United — and that the striker “understood straight away” what he meant. Van Persie left Arsenal in 2012 after turning down a contract extension, saying the club’s ambition didn’t match his own. He signed for United instead and won the Premier League title in his first season there — which proved to be Sir Alex Ferguson’s last as a manager. When Evra highlighted the work ethic United had under Ferguson, he recalled how he and Van Persie talked about the differences from Arsenal,…
Four years ago, Ahmed Musa scored two spectacular goals as Nigeria came within a Marcos Rojo header of tying Argentina and finishing as group winners at the World Cup in Brazil. Instead, the defender scored from a corner kick, and the Super Eagles lost 3-2. They advanced in second place, having beaten Bosnia in the second game of the group, but had to contend with France in the Last 16 and lost 2-0. The CSKA Moscow forward was unplayable against Messi and co., and could well have had a hat trick. But between then and very recently, a combination of…