Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said that they had knowledge before the plans by Fulani herdsmen to attack several villages in the statewas made known. The Governor also said “We wrote to the Vice President on the planned attack on parts of Benue by Fulani herdsmen, because the word was everywhere on the street, but he refused to reply. “When there was no response, and upon the return of Mr. President, I personally went and intimated him, and also wrote. The documents are here, I will hand them over to you. I wrote to him on the planned attack…
Author: David Folami
Jose Mourinho has said he only has “contempt” for his war of words with Antonio Conte after two weeks of trading insults with the Chelsea boss. “I think when a person insults another, you can expect a response. “Or you can expect contempt, silence. “The first time he insulted me I had a response, a response that I know that touched the point where he really feels hurt. “Then he insulted me for a second time, but now I change, and now contempt and for me, contempt means end of the story.” Mourinho added: “Zlatan is injured or is not…
Georginio Wijnaldum has refused to praise himself for luring Virgil van Dijk to Liverpool, admitting that his only advice to his Netherlands international teammate was to “follow his heart.” “We spoke a few times. I told him how the club was and everything,” Wijnaldum told the Liverpool Echo ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester City. “I told him whatever decision you make just follow your heart. “You have to deal with that. You do what you want to do. Liverpool is a great club.” Wijnaldum says Van Dijk has slotted seamlessly into Jurgen Klopp’s setup, hailing his calming effect on…
Jose Mourinho has left the door open for Henrikh Mkhitaryan to exit Manchester United this month but insists the midfielder is still part of his plans at Old Trafford. Mourinho said: “My approach to players is that every player has a price, doesn’t matter who he is, doesn’t matter the level, doesn’t matter the prestige, the status, I think every player has a price. “I’m not the kind of blind manager, blind in the sense of this player is untouchable, this player we can never sell, I think every player has a price. “So when the transfer window is open…
Mauricio Pochettino praised the way his Tottenham team has responded to last month’s one-sided defeat at Manchester City after they thrashed Everton 4-0 on Saturday. “Manchester City was a tough defeat,” Pochettino said. “They were so clinical. The game wasn’t bad [for us], only that they were and are in an amazing moment. It was so important to work hard, try to keep going and show we can win games and fight for big things. “Always the character is so important when you receive this type of defeat — you have to stand up and start to win games. I’m…
Ernesto Valverde wants Barcelona to overcome the disadvantage of having played on Thursday to win at Real Sociedad in La Liga for the first time since 2007. It makes an already difficult task even more difficult, with Barca having failed to win in each of their last seven visits to Anoeta in the league, losing five of them. “Not playing in midweek is an advantage for La Real,” Valverde said in a news conference on Saturday. “It’s the same story with our game against [Real] Betis, who we play in the league next weekend after our midweek game [against Espanyol…
Thibaut Courtois has blasted Chelsea supporters for “booing and whistling” during Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Leicester City. “I know we as a team didn’t have a good game, it was our third goalless draw, but we need the fans here at Stamford Bridge to get behind the team and not, when a player has a bad pass or a bad shot, start booing and whistling,” Courtois told Chelsea TV. “I don’t think we’re playing a bad season.” “It’s important that the fans must know that we want to play out from the back,” he added. “And they don’t have…
Manchester United are increasingly confident of winning the race to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal, with sources saying that Jose Mourinho first raised the prospect of using Henrikh Mkhitaryan as leverage for a deal last summer. Speaking before the match, Arsene Wenger said: “He is being vague at the moment. His situation is not completely decided one way or the other. “Yes, don’t read too much into it because I don’t know what way it’ll go. You want to focus on the players who are on the pitch.” Manchester City had been regarded as the favourites to sign the 29-year-old…
Liverpool have not made an offer to move up their acquisition of Naby Keita to this month, RB Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick has said. Leipzig do not want to lose Keita this month as they still remain in a battle to secure Champions League qualification for next campaign and find themselves in the round-of-32 of this season’s Europa League. Keita scored for Leipzig on Saturday as the home side defeated Schalke 3-1 to move to second in the Bundesliga. Director Rangnick has said there had been no contact from Liverpool about changing the existing agreement, reported to worth some…
Everton’s squad can expect a rough up on the training pitch this week after Sam Allardyce promised to remove any unprofessionalism in their ranks following Saturday’s heavy 4-0 defeat at Tottenham. “It’s out of order,” Allardyce said. “[You have to] play your way back into the game and be professional about it. It shocked me. I haven’t seen it since I got here. I’ve got to cut it out, starting tomorrow. “Tottenham can beat anybody by a lot of goals but they should have had to work a lot harder than they did. “When you go two goals down after…
Diego Simeone refused to say whether Atletico Madrid deserved to win a tight game on Saturday after his side held on to beat Eibar 1-0. Simeone said that it was a tactical decision to “take refuge” upon going ahead, and shrugged off questions about Atletico’s merit in taking all three points. “I will never speak about justice, whether I win a match or lose a match,” Simeone said after the game. “The result is what it is. “The situations in front of goal are important for us to know that the team is in good shape.” But Simeone was careful…
Cardi B hit a Billboard milestone this week, making her the second woman since Beyoncé to do so. Four songs from the “Bodak Yellow” rapper simultaneously placed in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the second week in a row. At No. 5 “Bodak Yellow,” was among them, while her featured spot on G-Eazy’s “No Limit” with A$AP Rocky placed No. 2, “Motorsport” with Migos and Nicki Minaj placed No. 3, and “Bartier Cardi” with 21 Savage dropped two spots to No. 9. When Beyoncé did this, it was for “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” and “6…
Rihanna was overcome with emotion as she attended the funeral of her cousin Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne who was gunned down at the age of 21 in Barbados. The 29-year-old superstar singer was seen wiping away tears at the celebration of life in Barbados on Tuesday. No doubt it was an emotional event as dozens of her friends and family were in attendance to pay their respects to the young man. It seemed like the family close to Alleyne wore white at the event as Rihanna was dressed in the light color from head to toe. Rihanna wore a sheer white…
Kim Kardashian promised to be healthier in 2018. But on Thursday morning the 37-year-old reality TV queen looked to be enjoying a cheat day as she chomped away on a double scoop ice cream cone while at Sloan’s the Westfield Topanga mall near her mansion in Hidden Hills, California. Also with the mother-of-two were her sisters Khloe and Kourtney. Kim was nicely styled in a grey tank top, leaving her bra at home, and splattered grey and white harem workout pants. The wife of Kanye West added pointy grey boots. Her hair looked different, almost blonde grey with subtle waves…
She was spotted solo in Beverly Hills earlier in the day. And hours later, Kim Kardashian stepped out with her husband Kanye West for dinner at Craig’s in West Hollywood. The 37-year-old businesswoman, who wore jeans with a zippered jacket, was all smiles as she held out hands with her rapper beau, 40. She shared on Instagram stories that she was having dinner with family friends Shelli and Irving Azoff and Allison Statter. Kim flaunted her flawless form in skinny black jeans, adding matching thigh-high boots. The gorgeous mother of two wore an olive top beneath a black hoodie, which…
JAY-Z grossed $48.7 million on his 32-date 4:44 tour November and December, a vindication of sorts for the hip-hop star who faced rumors that a lack of instant sellouts meant soft demand. Sales weren’t bad — they were just slow, as in slow ticketing. JAY-Z is the latest artist to embrace the slow ticketing model, blocking out bots and scalpers that instantly buy up tickets by pricing premium tickets higher and closer to their actual value (i.e. what they would fetch on secondary market sites like StubHub) while keeping less desirable seats relatively inexpensive. The move means more money for…
Skales has thrashed President, Muhammadu Buhari. The music star who could not hide his hate for the present situation in Nigeria took to his Twitter page on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, where he called out Mr President. “Buhari is the worst president in the world yes I said it ….this human abuse has to stop …u lied to us wen I wanted to be voted in …shame !!! I love my country and I want the best for my country,” he tweeted. “Worst government worst leadership my country is a tragedy and a joke and it’s crazy how we adapt…
Mercy Johnson in what looks like a reply to rumours has come out to say she would soon celebrate 10 years with her husband, Prince Okojie. “I usually delete all the pictures on my page from time to time and this time around, I didn’t just delete my husband’s pictures, I deleted photos of me and my children. In fact, my husband is in shock at the drama emanating from social media,” she explained. The talented actress went to explain that everything was intact in her marriage, stating that she would celebrate her 10 years wedding anniversary with her husband,…
Mercy Aigbe has stepped forward to speak for the first time over the controversial red dress she wore for her birthday photo shoot. “I’m so disappointed in her because she did not handle the situation professionally. It’s all her fault and she needs to come out and clear the air and look for a way to compensate the bride and she also has to compensate me because I’m her client,” she said. According to Mercy Aigbe, she feels people didn’t even wait to hear her own side of the story as she didn’t even have any contact with the designer…
Juliet Ibrahim and Iceberg Slim have finally revealed to their fans how they met and fell in love. “We met in Durban, South Africa, we were both there working on a project we were playing music for everyone through our phones and she was in charge, I wanted to connect my phone, so when I connected my phone, she was like I have these songs… I was going to play these songs. For me that was what got it for me, we had a similar taste in music,” Slim said. Iceberg Slim also mentioned that by her good heart. “The…