Former Governor of Lagos State and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described as false, a report that he has purchased a new airplane, saying the said publication was not impartial and objective in its reportage. In a statement issued Tuesday by the Special Assistant to the former Lagos governor, Ademola Oshodi, the APC leader also faulted the pictures attached to the publication, stressing that they were doctored and not authentic. “Tinubu has not purchased a new plane. He is currently using the same plane he has used for over a decade now,”…
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That is according to Spanish outlet Diario Gol, who claim the Premier League champions are willing to cut a player-plus-cash deal. Stamford Bridge chiefs have set an asking price worth £109m (€120m) for Hazard. But they could be tempted to drop their asking price if Barcelona throw Sergi Roberto into the deal. Barcelona are desperate to sign a replacement for Neymar and, despite eyeing Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho, Hazard is on their wish list. Reports in Spain earlier this month suggested Antonio Conte has asked Chelsea to launch a move for Roberto.
New season, same excitement, same problems. Only the eternally charitable could call Watford’s late equaliser a shock. It renewed focus on Liverpool’s inability to buy proper defensive reinforcements this summer. On a day that was hardly vintage, the Reds still scored three and could easily have scored another four. Their firepower when players perform at their peak level could be frightening. If only games were played solely in the opposition half. What else? Two more goals conceded from corners proved little or nothing has been done to rectify Liverpool’s main flaw. GK Simon Mignolet, 6 — Little he could do…
Pep Guardiola was glad to avoid an opening day defeat but insists Manchester City need to improve their attacking if they are to challenge for the title. “Before the Sergio goal we had chances in the first half and the second half and in these sort of games when teams defend with 10 players, deeper, deeper it’s so important to score the first goal,” Guardiola told a news conference. “After the first one it was a little bit easier but the first game is always a little bit complicated. We saw what happened in many [other] games. Especially with a…
Alexis Sanchez returned to Arsenal training on Friday as manager Arsene Wenger maintains his stance that the forward will not be sold. The Chile international has been linked with a move away from the club this summer with less than a year remaining on his current deal at the Emirates Stadium and could walk away for free at the end of the upcoming season. Wenger has insisted several times that Sanchez will not be sold, although links with Manchester City continue. Sanchez missed Arsenal’s scintillating start to the new Premier League season, an abdominal injury forcing him to sit out…
Manchester United defender Daley Blind is the victim this time around – and has fallen foul of the old ctrl+c in the exact same way that Victor Anichebe infamously did last year. Blind was clearly asked to update his Instagram post with a picture of himself in United’s new third kit. But as he pulled the PR-filled caption off the email and into the app, he clearly forgot to give it the old once over. The Dutchman in fact forgot to delete his representative’s request to upload the picture. The caption said: “Hi mate, would you be ok posting this…
Rooney was thrown in from the outset in Everton’s Premier League opener and did not disappoint, with his header late in the first half enough to secure a 1-0 victory against Stoke. “On a personal level scoring the winning goal at Goodison Park is a special moment,” England’s all-time top scorer told broadcasters after the match. “It doesn’t get much better. To play for this club is a huge deal for me. The early games in the season are always tough because you are always finding your rhythm in games. “We’ve got some tough games coming up so it’s important…
Mauricio Pochettino has joked that Harry Kane is tiring of being lavished with praise by the Tottenham Hotspur boss. Kane will register his 100th goal for the club if he scores in Sunday’s Premier League match at Newcastle, a milestone he will have reached in 166 games. The England striker has yet to hit the target in August in the top flight but Pochettino believes he remains a special player. ‘It’s a massive achievement. I think Harry is one of the best strikers in the world. It gets boring because I repeat it,’ Pochettino said ‘Harry finds it boring sometimes…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was tightlipped last night about the behaviour of Philippe Coutinho. Coutinho had a transfer demand rejected by Liverpool on the eve of their 3-3 draw at Watford on Saturday. While Klopp accepts FSG will have the final say on the Brazilian, he expects the 25-year-old to still be at Anfield after the transfer window closes at the end of the month. “I’ve had no time to think about it today,” said the Reds boss. “I had to prepare for a match. “If I was upset, I’d tell the player himself. I didn’t get it (the transfer…
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has expressed his confidence that his team can go all the way to win the Premier League title this season. Speaking on Friday ahead of the season opener against West Ham at Old Trafford, Mourinho admitted that it was tougher to finish first in England and tipped seven teams to fight for the title. “I would say there are seven teams to fight for the title and 20 teams to fight every week for every match. “It’s different than any of the other leagues. I worked in three other leagues apart from the English one…
Mauricio Pochettino said he has forgiven Danny Rose for comments that criticised Tottenham Hotspur’s lack of transfer activity and cast doubt on the player’s future, and has stressed he wants the left-back to stay. The defender gave an interview in which he said Spurs should steer clear of acquisitions that “you have to Google”, but on Friday Pochettino named several players who would not have become top-class performers if the chance to rise from relative obscurity had not occurred. “When you sign players like Eric Dier, who nobody knew, or Dele Alli, who was in League One. I don’t think…
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu on Saturday said that old enough voters in Lagos State who did not cast their votes in the local government elections need not complain against local councils. Oluremi, representing Lagos Central, said this in Lagos in an interview with journalists in her residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi. The wife of a former Governor of the State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bola Tinubu, spoke with newsmen after casting her vote. “This is the time to show solidarity for the government; we believe that this government is working; this is the time that everybody should…
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, recently, commissioned breast-feeding rooms for several mothers in Birnin-Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, to develop the general welfare of mothers and children. Aisha Buhari, who was represented by Senior Special Assistant to President, Dr. Hajo Sani, described the breastfeeding rooms as amazing and great in the 36 six states of the federation. According to her, “this is a place where mothers can conveniently breast-feed their children during working hours without any hiccup. This is an indica-tion of our commitments in advancing breastfeeding at all levels in the country.” She said it was a…
Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed one of the strategies the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will employ in voting out President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo in 2019. Fani-kayode said: ”That matter as far as I’m aware has already been settled, the PDP has already zoned the presidency to the North, chairmanship of the party to the south and of course the vice President will come from the south. “And that is the determination that was made sometimes back and we are working towards that. “Whether North or South, we are one party, one people and we will move forward…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the Federal Government to putt the remaining 40 per cent shares in electricity companies up or sale to state governments. The advice was part of his remarks while chairing the presentation ceremony of a report, “From Darkness To Darkness”, made by a civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP). “After analyzing the reasons for the abysmal failure of the electricity sector reform, the report has demanded that the remaining public ownership of the 40% shares in the electricity companies be further privatized to avoid using government public resources to subsidize…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said he had received the key to the sealed secretariat of the party in the state. George spoke with newsmen in Ikeja after a meeting at the office of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni. The police had sealed the secretariat on Thursday as a result of crisis over who controlled the secretariat after the Supreme Court judgement affirming the leadership of Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee. “I have collected the key to the secretariat from the CP in the presence of Mrs…
Former President Olusegun Obansanjo on Saturday at Apostolic Faith Church said that Christians should be ready for the the Second Coming of Jesus Christ as the end of the world is near. “You have to be fully prepared for the second coming of our Lord, there is no compromise. “I have a friend who will always say that when we get to heaven that we will be exhausted praising God and it will be like a prison and will be very boring. “But what I have seen this afternoon by the choir, I will want to go to heaven and…
A 5-man federal government delegation has been sent to Anambra state over the unjust killings at St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu, by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The ministers are expected to visit and condole with the state government and the people of the state, over the gruesome attack which took place on Sunday, August 6. Quoting from Osinbajo’s letter to Obiano, Akande stated: “Such barbaric act constitutes an affront to our common humanity and challenges, but will not overwhelm our collective resolve to rid our communities of all forms of violent crimes and criminality.” Osinbajo also mentioned that the Muhammadu…
The second Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Ubani, has stated that the current crop of Nigerian senators have rendered that legislative body useless, justifying calls for the abolition of the red chamber. The lawyer made the point in an interview. While acknowledging that the legislature is paramount in any democratic society, he said that Nigerian senators had not lived up to the expectation, adding that they show no respect for the Nigerians they were elected to represent. “We have discovered over time that the Senate has not been people-friendly,” said the lawyer. According to him, senators…
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Actor Mike Ezuruonye and a list of other patriotic Nigerians have been short listed for Peace Achievers Awards 2017. The Peace Achievers Award is an annual event organised to recognise individuals and organisations in Africa who have demonstrated strong commitment to serving their community while maintaining a global mindset, the award brings together the best and the brightest in Africa to work together towards a more peaceful future. Some of the other nominees for this year award includes South African High Commission to Nigeria, Lulu Louis Mnguni, Lt Gen Buratai, Elizabeth…