President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated Eid-el-Kabir in his hometown of Daura, Katsina state on Friday, September 1, 2017. Bashir Ahmad shared this on his Twitter account. He was present at the prayer ground with Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk Umar, and gathered by hundreds of supporters also at the worship centre. Chief Imam of Daura, Malam Salisu Rabiu, led the worshippers in the prayer and stressed the need to respect constituted authority in his sermon. He said, “On this occasion, I appeal to all to keep our prejudices aside and strengthen the bonds of friendship and unity, to keep Nigeria…
Author: David Folami
tThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Benue have rejected Gov. Samuel Ortom’s appeal against a one-week warning strike proposed to start Sept 5. The warning strike is the first step taken by the workers who have declared a labour dispute with the state government over the non-payment of salaries. “His appeal is predicated on the prevailing economic situation, but the state has not stopped receiving statutory allocations from the federation account. This is besides Internally Generated Revenue and other revenue receipts from the federal government. “He appealed for understanding without any offer; other allocations…
Neymar has moved into a five-storey, 1,000-square-metre (10,800 square foot) mansion in the posh western Paris suburb of Bougival, sources said Friday. The town has hosted lots of celebrities in the past including French actor Gerard Depardieu and Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho, and is just a few kilometres from the PSG training centre in the nearby town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. “The move began last week,” an informed source told AFP. Neymar had been camping in a luxury Paris hotel since his transfer to PSG last month. “It’s an exceptional property and very impressive. The house has never been on the market,” he…
It was the summer-long saga which dominated conversations between Southampton fans and neutral observers alike. A dark cloud hung over manager Mauricio Pellegrino as he tried to usher in a bright new dawn at the St Mary’s Stadium. In every prematch and postmatch interview, a visibly frustrated Pellegrino and his players were asked to provide a new soundbite on the future of wantaway captain Virgil van Dijk. Scores of former Liverpool stars lined up to give their views on why the Dutchman would be the missing piece in Jurgen Klopp’s Anfield jigsaw while one national radio host even went as…
Liverpool attacker Philippe Coutinho is experiencing a time of “anguish, disappointment and sadness,” according to Brazil teammate Neymar. Report have it that Neymar’s former club Barcelona remained desperate to sign Coutinho before the transfer window closed in Spain on Friday evening but sources close to Liverpool said that they remained unwilling to consider a sale. Coutinho, who came on as a substitute and scored in Brazil’s 2-0 home triumph over Ecuador on Thursday, handed in a transfer request earlier this summer and has made clear his desire to join Barca. Neymar said “Unfortunately, instead of being a happy time for…
Arsene Wenger has said Alexis Sanchez’s failed transfer deadline-day move to Manchester City was “not very close,” while also confirming that Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar was the one who turned down a move to Arsenal. On Thursday, reports said the London club had accepted an offer of £55 million plus a further £5m in add-ons for Sanchez, but the deal was placed on Arsenal finding a replacement. And after failing in their pursuit of Lemar, Arsenal held on to the Chile international — much to the annoyance of City, who had targeted him all summer. However, Wenger has ome out…
Barcelona could not omplete a sensational deadline-day move for Angel Di Maria after making a last-ditch effort to sign the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder as they finally give up on Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, reports have said. Coutinho has been Barca’s main target throughout the summer but Liverpool’s complete refusal to sell forced them to check out alternative options, and at the 11th hour they attempted to push through a deal for Di Maria before the transfer window closed in Spain on Friday. Barca had ignored a deal for the former Real Madrid and Manchester United man due to PSG’s elevated demands,…
UEFA has opened an investigation into Paris Saint-Germain for any financial fair play violations, European football’s governing body announced on Friday. This decisive move comes one day after the close of the transfer window in which PSG secured the two highest-priced transfers of all time in Neymar and Kylian Mbappe for more than €400 million. UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body is watchful of all clubs as a matter of course but still ensured they announced the investigation into PSG and said the summer splash were behind their move. “The investigation will focus on the compliance of the club with the…
Nigeria disgraced Africa’s champions Cameroon 4-0 in Uyo to take a huge step towards next year’s World Cup after goals from Odion Ighalo, John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses and Kelechi Iheanacho. Cameroon were the continent’s shock champions in Gabon earlier this year, but their deficiencies were exposed during the Confederations Cup in Russia and completely in the open in Uyo as Nigeria ran riot. Odion Ighalo began the scoring in the 29th minute, and Mikel added a second before half time, while Moses made sure of victory with a strike ten minutes after the break. Substitute Iheanacho concluded the victory…
Diego Costa was named in Chelsea’s official Premier League squad list despite the Spain international’s attempts to secure a move to Atletico Madrid this summer. Chelsea reportedly fined Costa two weeks’ wages for not returning to training, and had remained in his country as the disagreement over his future went on. Costa said in an interview last month that Chelsea are treating him “like a criminal” and that he has lost all personal respect for head coach Antonio Conte over the Italian’s handling of the situation. Four conditions were also said to have been set out for Costa to resolve…
Gareth Southgate understood why England fans showed their frustrations during his side’s unconvincing win in Malta, but pointed out that “free-flowing champagne football” is scarcely associated with qualifiers. World Cup qualification is firmly in the Three Lions’ hands after a 4-0 win at the Ta’ Qali National Stadium, which kept their two-point gap at the top of Group F intact ahead of Monday’s crunch clash with second-placed Slovakia. Harry Kane’s second-half goal was followed by a late flurry of goals as Ryan Bertrand and Danny Welbeck scored before the Tottenham striker completed a flattering 4-0 win against Malta, who made…
Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira whas left on loan to Valencia for the 2017-18 campaign, the Spanish club announced on Friday minutes before the transfer window closed in Spain. They will reportedly pay a £2.7 million loan fee and cover the player’s wages. A club statement said: “Valencia CF has reached an agreement with Manchester United for Andreas Pereira to join the club until June 30, 2018.” Under contract with United until June 2018, the 21-year-old Pereira did extremely well while on loan at Granada last season where he scored five goals and set up three more in 34 La…
Ayo Fayose, on Friday dressed in Muslim regalia and joined other Muslims at the Ado Ekiti central praying ground for the Eid-el-Kabir prayers. Fayose addressing muslime, said that this was not his first time of identifying with Muslims in the open, promising to maintain the relationship. He said such actions were needed from leaders as a way of preaching peace, unity to the followers. Fayose also promised to look into the request of the Muslim faithful as best as he could do. He advised the Islamic clerics to always tell the leaders the truth and preach the values of justice…
Davido is showing his little girl so much love as he just gifted her, Imade, a very beautiful 30 billion gang chain. He used Snapchat on Wednesday to flaunt Imade’s customized necklace. Imade is alreeady having a collection of necklaces. Remember that when the little girl was born her flashy dad had a customised OBO necklace made for her. Early this year David got himself two cars, a brand new 2017 Range Rover and a Mercedes 2017 GLA250, worth millions of Naira. He recently welcomed his second child, Hailey Veronica Adeleke with his American-based girlfriend, Amanda.
Simi has released the cover art and tracklist for her sophomore album “Simisola.” The album art features a photo of the singer on a bed, smiling, with her barefoot up in the air. The photo for the cover was shot by veteran photographer, Obi Somto. Her album tracklist is als out, and it reveals that “Simisola” has 12 tracks, with three bonus records inclusive of her hits ‘Love don’t care’, ‘Jamb Question’, and ‘Tiff’. Only Adekunle Gold is a featured artiste on the project. He was on the a record titled ‘Take me back’. The album is packed with production…
Chimamanda Adichie has been honoured with a Doctor of Letters degree at the University of Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom. The honorary doctorate degree was given to the writer by the university’s Principal and Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sir Timothy O’Shea, at a special ceremony at the school’s St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall. The award was given to recgnise dichie’s exploits as an author and public intellectual. Recently, Adichie was elected as a Foreign Honorary Member into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and bagged another honorary degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania in the United States of America in…
Small Doctor will not be taking anyone to court over his allegedly hacked Instagram account. Debunking reports that the ‘Penalty’ singer is dragging his hackers to court, his management has just confirmed to that the music star is not taking any legal action. “For now, we are not taking any legal action,” they said. This comes after an explicit video of the singer stroking his manhood with one hand, while apparently recording the act with his other hand was shared via his Snapchat account on Thursday, August 24, 2017. As earlier reported, it had seemed like the singer made a…
African China is bereaved. The music star lost his dad in the early hours of Thursday. He took to Instagram to share the news with fans and followers. “The man That God used to bring me into this world, My Hero, My mentor, Papa u tutored me on how to be a good father to my kids. Papa passed on today 30th August 2017….early hours of this morning R.I.P papa.” Meanwhile, African China recently blasted the new school age artists for being disrespectful. He talked about meeting and exchanging numbers with a certain new generation artist only for him to…
Toke Makinwa celebrated her late mother, Modupe Makinwa‘s birthday with an emotional message. The OAP took to Instagram today, Thursday, August 31, 2017. She had previously said in her book “On Becoming”, that she and her siblings, lost their parents to a fire when they were only kids. Now, she’s talked about how much she misses her mother and wondered just how close they would be if she were alive. “I called you in prayer today mama, if you were here you’ll be a year older but you not so I pray for your soul. My beautiful Rose Happy Birthday…
Damilola Adegbite is celebrating her baby boy, Brian Attoh, as he turns three. The movie star via Instagram today August 31, 2017, reveals her son stopped breathing during birth and had to be in the ICU for days. “My joy and pride I remember a moment when I was about to have you. We couldn’t hear your heartbeat for quite a number of seconds. One of the nurses tried her best to look calm but I could tell she was afraid. That must have been the longest I ever held my breath…and then suddenly, we heard your little heart beating…