Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose has denied media reports that he has been picked to run as Vice President to Atiku Abubakar President in 2019, under the platform of the PDP. In a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, the Governor’s spokesman, he said Fayose will announce his plan to run for the Presidency in two months time. Fayose’s camp has, however, described the report as false. “I saw the report on Saharareporters like every other person; that will be one of the many mysteries of Sahareporters. As I’m talking to you, there is nothing like that,” Olayinka said. “Fayose will…
Author: David Folami
A socio-political group, Kwara Mass Movement (KMM), has urged President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, to return all monies he had collected as pension from the state government. National Coordinator of the group, Mr Salmon Jawondo, made the call in Ilorin on Thursday while briefing the media on “the state of the State’’. “We watched with great consternation the twist in the pension policy for former governors in the state which had benefitted Dr Bukola Saraki in no small way. “Saraki served as the governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011. “According to Saraki’s media aide, he wrote…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola over the death of his mother, Saratu Aregbesola. Buhari described the deceased as “a great woman who was the pillar of discipline to her children.” The President, who is recovering in London, expressed his condolences to Aregbesola in a telephone conversation on Thursday, August 3, Garba Shehu, a Presidential aide, disclosed on Twitter. Buhari said the Governor’s mum contributed immensely to the building of a respectable pedigree for her family by raising disciplined and humble children like Rauf Aregbesola. Mrs Aregbesola, 84, died in Ilesha, her hometown, in…
A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani has said that he has no regrets stopping the third term agenda of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to reports, Nnamani also said that he will do it once more, if he is given another chance. The former Senate President also called on the Federal Government to look into calls for the restructuring of Nigeria. He said “Yes, I presided over the plenary for third term, and all that I needed was to call a spade by its name. “If I have the opportunity to do it again, I will do the same thing.” He…
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that there is no reversing the quit notice issued to Igbos in the North. According to reports, the leader of the ACF, Yerima Shettima said the group has not denounced the announcement which it made some months ago. He said : “We have not renounced our earlier position on the notice to quit to the Igbo. “We stand for peace and our mission is for peace. But as it is now, Nigeria’s unity is being threatened by the current agitation by the Igbo. “Hence, our resolve to ensure that those who are…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said he knows nothing about sending people to collect money on his behalf. This is following reports that some fraudsters have been collecting money from top ministers and other civil servants in Magu’s name. According to reports, the dupes also created a Facebook account in the name of the EFCC boss to boost their devlish scheme. The spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement, said “These reports are indeed worrisome as they detract from the well-established mode of operation by the commission. As a highly…
Jose Mourinho has told Anthony Martial there is a enough space for him at Manchester United next season. Martial has been linked with a loan move to Inter Milan as part of a deal for Ivan Perisic to move to Old Trafford. Mourinho said after the 2-1 friendly win over Sampdoria in Dublin on Wednesday that he wanted to make one more signing before the deadline. But asked about Martial, he said: “Everybody’s in the plan — the plan is to have a good squad, not a good team, a good squad with options. “And we have important players injured…
Jose Mourinho was happy with Manchester United’s preseason, in which his team won five of their seven games — another, vs. Real Madrid, ended in a draw, but United won on penalties — in the U.S., Norway and Ireland. Big injuries were avoided, crowds turned up in their numbers and new signings bedded in. Several players performed very well and impressed their manager; among those right up there was Andreas Pereira. “I’ve had a good preseason; I’ve showed that I’ve learned during my time away on loan and I also have more to show,” Pereira said after Wednesday’s 2-1 win…
Nemanja Matic has told his new Manchester United teammates they can send a warning to Europe’s top clubs by beating Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup. United will be back in the Champions League next season after winning the Europa League in May, but before that they face European champions Madrid in Macedonia on Tuesday — just two weeks after their International Champions Cup clash in California, which the Jose Mourinho and his boys won on penalties. And Matic, who played his first game for his new club in the 2-1 win over Sampdoria in Dublin on Wednesday following…
Jurgen Klopp wants competition for places in his side as it will help Liverpool take “the next step” this season. The Anfield club has brought in Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Dominic Solanke so far this summer — the former arriving for a club-record £34.3 million. The ex-Roma man has shone this preseason, so much that star winger Sadio Mane has said he’s ready to switch positions to accommodate the Egypt international. Klopp has remained sure that, despite repeated links to Barcelona, star playmaker Philippe Coutinho will stay with the club this summer to help achieve their big aims this…
Paris Saint-Germain have completed the controversial signing of Neymar from Barcelona, smashing the world record for a transfer fee that Manchester United payed for Pogba. But instead of worldwide praise for the move, the Brazil superstar has had his ambition questioned for moving to the French league; he also certainly hasn’t been praised for finally leaving Lionel Messi’s shadow to lead a team his way. Ligue 1 has been blasted as never before, and although it might not be the same as the EPL, La Liga, Le Championnat is not being given the credit it deserves. Neymar is now the…
Kelechi Iheanacho has finaized his move from Manchester City to Leicester City, the clubs announced on Thursday. The Nigerian forward was bought by Leicester City for £25 million, according to sources, and will help boost Craig Shakespeare’s options alongside Jamie Vardy in attack for the upcoming campaign. Iheanacho joins the 2015-16 Premier League champions after failing to establish himself as a regular member of Pep Guardiola’s team last season, with sources saying that City insisted on a £50 million buy-back clause for one of Europe’s brightest young footballers. “It feels good and I’m happy to be part of this team,”…
Jose Mourinho ignored the reality that he broke the world transfer record last summer while channelling the views of thousands, if not millions of fans. Casting a critical eye over prices that were inflated even before Neymar’s move to Paris Saint-Germain, he said last week: “Some clubs obviously are paying too much, and by paying too much they create a very strange and out-of-control market.” If that last aspect may most irritate a manager who values control above most things, Mourinho highlighted a more common theme: clubs are paying over the odds. Mourinho being Mourinho, there seemed a pointed element…
There’s a veritable kaleidoscope of vantage points from which to consider the transfer of Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, AKA you-know-who. We’re not just talking the most expensive footballer of all time; we’re talking a guy who cost more than a quarter of a billion dollars. That’s Paul Pogba plus Cristiano Ronaldo with enough left over to cover their wages until Christmas. This is not, as some have suggested, the end of football as we know it. It’s either a bold, game-changing move from Paris Saint-Germain or a colossal blunder by folks with more money than sense or, perhaps, something…
AC Milan are through to the Europa League playoff round after beating Universitatea Craiova 3-0 on aggregate following a 2-0 second-leg win in the third qualifying round on Thursday. Giacomo Bonaventura and Patrick Cutrone scored either side of half-time to help Vincenzo Montella’s side ease past their Romanian opposition as the former Serie A giants look to reestablish themselves on the European stage. Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s calm finish kept Everton’s bid for qualification on course as Ronald Koeman’s men edged MFK Ruzomberok 1-0 in Slovakia. England Under-20 star Calvert-Lewin spared the Toffees’ blushes with a late strike in eastern Europe, sealing…
Neymar has finally come out to say “an athlete needs challenges” in his goodbye quotes to Barcelona on Thursday, after finalizing a world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain. In a video posted on his social media accounts, Neymar read off a statement in Portuguese in which he expressed his love for Barcelona — both the club and the city — but said he was ready for a new chapter in his career. The statement had a special message for his teammate Lionel Messi, and also appeared to suggest that his father was not in support of the move to PSG. But…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has pointed out the need for a reform of the nation’s education curriculum to focus on skill acquisition and improve the quality of future graduates. He remains unhappy that the present curriculum only prepared students for white-collar jobs, saying that the situation had added to the nation’s unemployment problem. “Nigerian students must learn skills in order to employ themselves and others; it is the only way to check the current situation where they idle away their time, many years after graduation,” he said. “The Federal Government is interested in restructuring; restructuring…
Nollywood actress, Annie Idibia, in a new post on Instagram remembers her humble beginnings. The mum of two and wife of music legend, Tuface Idibia on August 3, 2017, wrote, ”Don’t Even Know If It Right Or Wrong Posting This… This Image is my big broda @westafricanhebrew n I Just Appreciating n Thanking God 4 All His Blessings. But I Truly Hope This Will Inspire Someone This Morning. This Is Actually The True Story Of My Life As A Kid Raised By A Single Struggling Mother With 4Kids.(We Lost Our baby Broda to Tuberculosis 4 lack of good treatment/money)..RIP EMMANUEL…
Happy wedding anniversary to Dr Sid and Simi Esiri. The lovely couple have now been married for three solid years and yesterday, August 2nd, was their anniversary, Simi, 29, shared the happy occasion with her fans on social media. On her Instagram, she posted four photos remembering her blissful day from their 2014 nuptials and writes: “Happy 3rd anniversary babe aka Papa Ney Ney! “May God continue to guide us and give us more reasons to smile and laugh this hard!” The couple tied the knot at the Ikoyi Baptist Church in Lagos three years back, with a grand, celebrity-studded…
Congratz to Cool FM OAP Dotun and his wife as their marriage reaches the four-year mark today. The hypeman has the classiest of sweet words for the lady in his life on the occasion, taking to his Instagram page to write: “She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future. Keep calm. “It’s our anniversary and we are 4 years today… say a prayer for us…” Dotun, 33, and Taiwo who happens to be Dbanj’s kid sister and Kay Switch’s twin, wedded in a lovely Lagos ceremony held on August 3, 2013. Congratulations to…