Peter Obi has said that President Buhari is not the cause of Nigeria’s problems. Obi said “Nigeria should queue into sustainable development goals (SDG), not in signature. The country is there in signature and it is the only country that got involved in millennium development Gogl (MDG) and did not achieve one goal because as soon as we signed the signature, we threw it away and came here and started doing things wrongly. “China put MDGs in their developmental agenda, they mainstreamed it in their developmental agenda and they are targeting to lift 16million people out of poverty but I…
Author: David Folami
Yakubu Dogara has said the youth of so many young people in Africa have been stolen by their leaders. He noted that lack of readiness for positions remains the problem of leadership in Africa. Dogara begged African youths to step up their fight to end the menace. “I believe that it is a curse to have leaders that were not prepared for their positions,” Dogara said. “While preparation does not guarantee that the person so prepared would succeed in leadership but lack a preparation is surely a guarantee for failure. This is partly the curse of leadership in Africa. “It…
Dorathy Mato has defended the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, for not swearing her in after three months. During a ruling in June by the Supreme Court, the previous representative of the constituency, Herman Hembe, was dismissed with Mato ordered to replace him as the legitimate winner of the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Despite theis clear court order, Mato is yet to be sworn in as House spokesman, Abdulrazaq Namdas, explained she needed to wrap up certain documentation at the end of July when lawmakers went on recess. She said, “I don’t think there’s a problem…
Oyo state Government has declared the instant closure of Agodi Zoo over the killing of an attendant by one of the lions in the zoo. A statement by Mr Yinka Fatoki, Executive Secretary, Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) in Ibadan on Saturday said that the decision was to help keep the patrons safe. It added that government had also taken the decision based on a report received from AM & C, the company managing the Zoo. It quoted the report as saying: “one of the lions at the Zoo had accidentally attacked one of the attendants, Mr Hamzat Oyekunle popularly…
The Federal Government will soon begin the construction of international rail lines that’ll run into other African countries very soon. This was revealed by the Director of Media of the Ministry of Transportation, Mrs. Yetunde Sonaike, who was representing the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, at a seminar in Abuja. In the statement she read on behalf of the minister, she said the government “would complete the total rehabilitation of all the narrow gauge rail lines and put them to use. The Federal Government is currently discussing with General Electric on the concession agreement. “The government will construct and complete…
Yahaya Bello has commended workers in Kogi state for their patience despite the delay in payment of their salaries and other entitlements. “Prompt payment of salaries is still a vexed issue, but we will do our best to keep our workers happy given the competing demands on the income of the state per time,” Bello said. “However, it is inevitable that from time to time we must ask workers to stand with us in sacrifice. We hope they will oblige in the overall interest of the state. “In similar vein, prompt payment of Gratuities and Pensions is only possible within…
Pastor Tunde Bakare has talked 10 components of restructuring, bringing up examples of each one of them. Tunde Bakare broke down the restructuring setup that many prominent Nigerian leaders have cited in the past to as the way forward for the country. “Fellow citizens of Nigeria, Happy Independence Day to you all. At crucial moments such as this, I have, by the grace of God, stood on this platform to bring timely admonitions to our beloved nation. I stand here once again at this defining period in the evolution of our nationhood to bring the mind of God to a…
Atiku Abubakar has said that photos of his campaign sticker on bags of rice are nothing but a lie. A picture of what looked like a campaign sticker for the former Vice President’s 2019 presidential bid on a bag of rice pissed Nigerians on social media. In reaction, Atiku’s media office has cleared the air. saying they were most likely fake and had nothing to do with his campaign. “We’ve seen this flying around. It’s fake. Possibly photoshop. Atiku owns a feed factory, employing hundreds, not rice.” This is not the very first time the team has had to deny…
Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, has labelled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, a coward. Sir Ahmadu Bello expressed his thoughts about the missing leader of the separatist group while addressing reporters for the celebration of Nigeria’s 57th Independence anniversary. Danbaba said, “I find it difficult to understand what Nnamdi Kanu wants, bearing in mind the outcome of the secession attempt that led us into civil war. “Honestly, if I were President Buhari, he wouldn’t have the luxury of time he had in generating tension, caused untimely death of some before I descend on him. “Where is…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho hailed Marouane Fellaini for showing “the fight” to change club’s supporters’ minds about him. Mourinho told a news conference: “We are all managers, we are all different. Sometimes we like players others don’t like, some players perform better with some of us than others and I have examples of players that didn’t perform well with me and did with other managers. “I think Marouane has important qualities and I try to use these qualities depending on the situation. He has played with me as defensive midfielder, as second striker, adapted to the needs of the…
Juan Mata has said he believes “special” Marcus Rashford has developed a consistency that sets him out him from the rest of the world’s top young players. Rashford created goals for Mata and Marouane Fellaini in the 4-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday. Mata said: “I think he has been brilliant. I think he is a special kid. He has a lot of talents and he has got a good mentality which is important at that age. “He is performing very well, week in week out — even coming from the bench he is helping a…
Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that Gareth Bale has a new calf muscle strain and is a doubt for Sunday’s La Liga game at home to Espanyol as well as Wales’ crucial upcoming World Cup qualifiers. “[Bale] has a strain, nothing important,” Zidane said. “But here we do not like to take risks if a player has something small. We will see if Gareth is with us tomorrow.” “[Gareth] will go with his country if he has to go with his country,” Zidane said when asked if Bale would join up with Wales next week. “There is no problem between Madrid…
Marouane Fellaini deserves more praise for the role he plays at Manchester United, midfield partner Nemanja Matic has said. Matic feels the 29-year-old was underappreciated, adding: “He is a great player. “If you see how he works every day in the training sessions, the games he played didn’t surprise me — that he played well, that he scored goals. “He doesn’t have the credit that he deserves. I don’t know why. But I really enjoy playing with him, and I am sure that we will continue like this. “It’s nice to have him in the team because he can defend,…
Marco Verratti has withdrawn from the Italy squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Albania. He was replaced by the uncapped Nicolo Barella. Verratti played 79 minutes of Saturday’s 6-2 victory over Bordeaux before he was substituted with an undisclosed injury. It is the first call-up for the 20-year-old Barella. The Cagliari midfielder only made his debut for Italy’s Under-21 side last month. taly are second in European Group G, three points behind Spain. They need one point from their final two qualifying matches to secure second spot and a playoff place for the 2018 World Cup in…
Isco has said it was important for Real Madrid to “get back the winning feeling” at the Bernabeu after their first home La Liga win of the season on Sunday. He said: “Today was a very important game to get back the winning feeling at home, where we were finding it tough. “We are happy to get the three points. It was time we won a game here, and we hope this is the start of a good run now.” “I believe I scored a similar one with the [Spain] under-21s in the 2013 European Championship,” he said. “I hit…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has said that playing in the English Premier League has never been something he wants to do. Paris Saint-Germain showed concrete interest, but Manchester City were also rumoured to have made an approach for the player late in the transfer window. “I was never tempted by the Premier League,” he said. “It’s simply a personal opinion.” “I’m very happy to have stayed at Dortmund because I realise that it’s my family,” he added. “I feel very comfortable there and things have started well this season.” Big-spending Chinese clubs were also linked, but Aubameyang decided against pursuing such a…
Neymar’s father has said that his son’s decision to leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain “took me by surprise,” but he left the Camp Nou to get exit his comfort zone. “Neymar’s decision to come to Paris took me by surprise,” Neymar Sr. told French TV show Telefoot. “We had an offer last year but we didn’t reach an agreement. This time PSG’s offer was very interesting. The idea of winning the Champions League and the league pleased him. “The truth is that it was me who hesitated until the last moment. I said to Neymar that ‘you’re relaxed, you’re in…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been warned against rushing his comeback for Manchester United by surgeon Dr Freddie Fu, who operated on his knee in May. Ibrahimovic has been out of football since damaging knee ligaments in United’s Europa League quarterfinal against Anderlecht in April, but after signing a new one-year deal in the summer but recently suggested hhe could return soon. “I have no worry about his injury as it always takes time to fully recover,” Dr Fu, chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, told the South China Morning Post. “In fact…
Kevin De Bruyne has said he has no regrets about exiting Chelsea after scoring the winner in Manchester City’s 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. “I’ve no regrets over anything that happened,” the 26-year-old said after the win over last season’s champions. “I don’t think they have regrets — they’ve won two league titles since I’ve been gone, so they’ve done fairly well. “That’s the way it goes, it’s a business. At that point it was a good decision for me to go and maybe for them it was also good to let me go. “There’s no bad feeling…
D’banj has spoken up concerning a recent rant by hip-hop artiste, Eedris Abdulkareem who criticized lots of music stars including him, 2face Idibia and Timaya. The attack already prompted a response from Timaya who blasted him for not offering a helping hand to those under him – a similar theme of the Eedris’ criticism of Idibia whom he accused of abandoning Blackface. D’banj however, was calm in his response to his critic who thought he was “stupid” to have left Don Jazzy in 2012. He felt Abdulkareem is entitled to an opinion but also thinks he could be a better…