Pep Guardiola admits he will have to “buy goals” before next season in a bid to cure Manchester City’s lack of killer instinct. Guardiola’s side enter the final stages of the Premier League season with a top four finish still in doubt due, according to the manager, to their failure in the opposition penalty area. While City are top of the ‘chances created’ statistic in the division, they rank only seventh in goals scored and Guardiola claims there is only one solution to that problem. “We can accept the opponent scoring one goal, but we didn’t score enough goals,” Guardiola…
Author: David Folami
FIFA on Friday overturned Barcelona star Lionel Messi’s four-game ban from international matches imposed for swearing at an assistant referee, saying there was not enough evidence to support the stiff punishment. The U-turn is a major boost to Argentina’s hopes of reaching next year’s World Cup in Russia, with the South Americans struggling in regional qualifying. FIFA said its appeal committee sided with a challenge filed on Messi’s behalf by the Argentine Football Association and lifted “the sanctions imposed on him as a result”. “Despite the fact that the FIFA Appeal Committee considered Lionel Messi’s behaviour as reproachable” it concluded…
Premier League club Manchester City have been banned from signing academy players for two years. Manchester City have also been fined £300,000 after breaching Premier League transfer rules. The Premier League side were City were found guilty of approaching the family of two young players who were registered with other clubs. Because of the ban, Manchester City will not be able to sign any player from a Premier League or EFL club in the previous 18 months. “Manchester City will pay a fine of £300,000 and will be prohibited from registering any Academy players in the Under 10 to Under…
Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho continue one of the most poisonous and one-sided rivalries in English football when Arsenal host Manchester United on Sunday. A fixture that once enjoyed the cachet of a heavyweight title fight – and often resembled one on the pitch as England’s preeminent teams slugged it out – has been relegated in status with United fifth and Arsenal sixth in the Premier League. But although it has no bearing on the title race and both clubs are struggling to even finish in the top four, Wenger and Mourinho in such close proximity will add some needle…
Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has enjoyed playing in the Champions League this season and does not think he will have to leave the club to repeat the experience. The Premier League champions reached the quarterfinals of the competition at the first attempt but a disappointing domestic campaign means there will be no continental football for them next season. Schmeichel thinks the club could again qualify for a place among the European elite in future years but at the moment is focused on finishing as high in the league as possible. “Those Champions league nights are special,” Schmeichel told the…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode says that President Muhammadu Buhari has been afflicted with a deep spiritual wound. Fani-Kayode also said that Buhari’s current illness is judgment from God. The former minister made the comments in an article titled “The Resurrection of Corpsocracy.” Read the article below: The day before yesterday we were told by the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, that her husband was not as ill as most of us believed and that despite his obvious challenges he has continued to “carry out his responsibilities”. On the same day the media went to great lengths to convince us,…
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that some hotels in Lagos import vegetables from South Africa. Obasanjo also said that the current recession is a second chance given to Nigeria to get things right. He made the comments while speaking to The Nation in Abuja. “Let’s do something, we must all pledge to do something positive, let us be producers, we are all consumers, but we can do more than that. You are either a producer, a financier, a researcher, an enabler, an advocate, a processor, a marketer, an exporter,” he said. “Let us do something positive and productive.…
President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, May 5. The Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, announced this on Twitter. He said Buhari and Emefiele met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the CBN Governor briefed the President about the apex bank’s activities. Bashir said top on the agenda was the stabilisation of the foreign exchange market. Emefiele is one of the very few government officials the President was reported to have held meetings with since he was confined to his official…
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, recovered over N3.93 million debts owed some residents of the state between January and March this year. The spokesman of the command, Mr Adamu Abdullahi, made the disclosure on Thursday in Dutse in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the amount was recovered following complaints the command received from aggrieved creditors. He said that the command’s Disputes and Conflicts Resolution Unit (DCRU) amicably resolved disagreements between the debtors and their creditors. He said that the command handed over the recovered funds to their owners after…
Big Brother Naija 2nd runner-up, TBoss is making her official acting debut in a Toka Mcbaror upcoming movie, “Kada River.” The movie stars the reality star alongside Joke Silva, Chris Okagbue, Fella Makafui, Keppy Epkeyoung, Rachel Oniga, Bayray Mcnwizu, Rakiya Attah, Oluchi Madubuko and James Blessing. PLOT In the midst of an age long rivalry between the Boduas and the Shawlains, which erupts into a tensed and bloody crisis, Jerome and Nadia hold on to their young love in the bid to restore peace and save their tribes from this unfounded hate that they nurture for each other. In an…
The producers of the upcoming movie “Kada River” unveiled the trailer during a press conference. The press conference which held on Thursday, May 4, 2017, was attended by Rachel Oniga, Bayray McNwizu, Toka Mcbaror among others. “Kada River” stars Joke Silva, TBoss, Chris Okagbue, Fella Makafui, Keppy Epkeyoung, Rachel Oniga, Bayray Mcnwizu, Rakiya Attah, Oluchi Madubuko and James Blessing.
Since the announcement by the CEO of Ebonylife TV, Mo Abudu that there would be a sequel to last year’s blockbuster, “The Wedding Party,“ there has been rumors of a rift between herself and Kemi Adetiba. The rumours stem from the replacement of the movie producer as the director of the sequel as she is responsible for the first part. In an exclusive interview, Kemi addressed the rumours, reiterating that her relationship with Abudu remains solid although she refused to give an official statement on the issue. She said, “There’s really nothing to it, I’m still very good friends with…
Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw says she and her friends have made arrangement to return the funds raised for Michael Alvez. The actress in a post on Instagram today, May 4, 2017, asked Nigerians to stop paying into an account opened for the victim’s treatment, following disagreements with the family over Michael’s welfare. This comes after the family’s lawyer ordered an audit of the funds raised be presented to them. They claim Kate Henshaw in partnership with Project Alert promised to fly Micheal abroad but failed. She wrote on Instagram, “I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to EVERYONE who…
So, EME boss Banky W and actress Adesua Etomi are getting married soon! Thanks to the engagement news they shared on May 3, 2017, their engagement saw fans call out other bachelors in the entertainment industry. Wizkid was not left out of the tongue lash but he saved himself by stating he is still sampling. The ‘Ojuelegba’ star took to Twitter on May 3, 2017, to congratulate his ‘big brother’ Banky W. “Finally we can talk about this!!! My big bro @BankyW off the market!! Keep off ladies!!.” A fan then asked when his wedding bells would ring, he had…
It’s no longer news that music singer Banky W and actress Adesua Etomi are engaged. The ‘Made for you’ singer broke the news on Instagram, May 3, 2017. Meanwhile, his best man in the movie “Wedding Party” Ikechukwu tells Pulse what he feels about the engagement. According to him, their chemistry is top notch on and off camera. He told said, “I feel like our set/production is really blessed. In many ways. U guys are just randomly getting glimpses of reasons why. I love their chemistry. On and off camera. Both wonderful individuals. Banky is a sharp dependable brother who…
Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil has defended himself against criticism of his attitude and says his nonchalant body language can be misleading. Ozil, 28, has been a peripheral figure as Arsenal’s season has hit the skids, with Arsene Wenger’s side slipping from the top four and being thrashed 10-2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. He produced another poor display in Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat at derby rivals Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, but says people who say he does not care are wrong. “Some people like me, some people don’t,” the Germany playmaker told the Goal website. “Some people…
A Spanish court on Thursday ordered Barcelona’s Brazilian star Neymar and his parents to stand trial over alleged fraud and corruption in the player’s transfer from Santos in 2013. The National Court also ordered Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell, as well as the two clubs, Barcelona and Santos, to be sent to trial over the affair.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is prepared to bury the hatchet with old foe Jose Mourinho ahead of Sunday’s home game with Manchester United. Wenger regularly clashed with Mourinho during the Portuguese’s two stints as Chelsea manager, the rivalry spilling over into a touchline shoving match during an October 2014 game at Stamford Bridge. The pair resume hostilities at the Emirates Stadium with their sides competing for a place in the Premier League top four. Asked if peace could be made with United manager Mourinho, Wenger told reporters: “I am open always in life for everything, you know, for…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sympathised with President Buhari over his health condition. According to Punch, Dayo Adeyeye, the spokesman of the Makarfi led faction of the PDP, said “We sympathise with the President on his health and we pray that God will lay His hands on him.” Adeyeye also said that for Buhari to miss the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, May 4, 2017, it shows that he is critically ill. The PDP spokesman also alleged that the country is now being run by a cabal. Adeyeye said: “However, it is now certain that the country is…
The Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims a cabal has taken over the government of Nigeria due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s ill-health. The PDP made the comment due to Buhari’s failure to attend the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for the third time in a month. PDP spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye President Muhammadu Buhari[/caption] via a statement, said that Buhari’s absence at the FEC meeting shows the country “is now on auto pilot.” “We sympathise with the President on his health and we pray that God will lay His hands on him. However, it is…