Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has accused factional leader, Ahmed Makarfi of plotting to purchase a favourable judgment at the Supreme Court. Makarfi has approached the apex court over a Court of Appeal decision which named Sheriff the rightful chairman of the party. The allegation was made by Sheriff’s deputy, Dr Cairo Ojougboh on the chairman’s behalf. “We make bold to say nobody can buy the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court cannot be bought, and that the party has implicit confidence in the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen and his colleagues in the…
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Kaduna State Senator, Shehu Sani on February 26, said that some people wanted President Muhammadu Buhari dead so they could serve as Vice President to then acting president, Yemi Osinbajo. Sani made the comment while Buhari was on a prolonged medical vacation in London. Meanwhile, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) boss, Hadiza Bala Usman has been forced to deny rumours that she gave $25,000 each to some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains to pick Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as vice-president to Osinbajo in case of Buhari’s death. “Those peddling rumours of Buhari’s death are enemies who by hook or crook want…
He’s known as the ‘Rooster’ with the insatiable appetite for goals, and Albania coach Gianni Di Biasi, for one, will be hoping Italy sensation Andrea Belotti goes hungry on Friday. “I would have preferred it if there was a foreign striker on top of the Serie A scoring charts right now,” De Biasi told La Stampa earlier this week. “That’s a full year Belotti’s been on top of his game, but the tragedy for us is that it’s not just him we have to worry about up front.” Nine months on from their quarter-final exit on penalties to Germany at…
UEFA director of competitions Giorgio Marchetti on Thursday rejected the idea of a European Super League made up of the continent’s top clubs, but said the format of the Champions League could evolve. “If the Super League is a competition for an elite, closed, then it’s not our competition,” said Marchetti on the sidelines of a football congress organised at Estoril, near Lisbon. Marchetti said that the European competitions and notably the elite Champions League “must change to remain the biggest club competitions in the world”. The Italian insisted however that “after several analyses we can say that for the…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria played out a 1-1 draw with the Teranga Lions of Senegal in a friendly game played at the Hive on Thursday, March 23. Mousa Sow first scored for Senegal in the first half, before Kelechi Iheanacho equalised from the spot to make the score 1-1. Nigeria Line-up: Akpeyi, Omeruo, Balogun, Troost-Ekong, Echiejile, Ndidi, Onazi (C), Iwobi, Musa, Iheanacho, Simon Senegal Line-up Pape Seydou; M. Wague, Kouyaté, Koulibaly, Mbengue; Sané, Guèye, Ndoye; M.B Diouf, Sow, Nguette
German powerhouse Bayern Munich opened a Shanghai office Wednesday in a bid to capitalise on China’s vast fan base and voracious hunger for top-flight football training. Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced the opening of its office in the German Centre, a complex in Shanghai’s Pudong district, with support from the China Football Association and Shanghai’s soccer and education authorities. “China is a massive market,” Rummenigge said through a translator. “Germany is a football powerhouse. We hope we can provide some help in China… (and) through such cooperation we can help China boost football overall.” On the same day, German Bundesliga side…
Gianluigi Buffon will make his 1,000th career appearance when the legendary goalkeeper pulls on the gloves once more for Italy on Friday against Albania. The 39-year-old Juventus stopper made his professional debut in 1995 as a 17-year-old in goal for Parma and has gone on to become a football icon at home and abroad. “This is going to be a great achievement. The only thing I can say with certainty is that there will not be 1,000 more,” he told a press conference on Thursday. Buffon played 220 times for Parma and is at 612 appearances for Juventus — and…
Wales manager Chris Coleman believes the experience his side gained in their shock run to the semi-finals of last year’s Euros will help them in Friday’s key World Cup qualifier in the Republic of Ireland. Both Wales and Ireland are unbeaten in UEFA qualifying group D. With three wins and a draw from four games, Ireland lead the group by two points from Serbia and four ahead of Wales, with only the leading side in each pool guaranteed a place at Russia 2018. The Welsh have dropped points as a result of consecutive draws with Austria, Georgia and Serbia and…
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu says members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not be flexing muscle over leadership when Nigerians are suffering. Ekweremadu made the plea on Wednesday when the party’s Reconciliatory Committee, headed by Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, visited him in Abuja. He said, “The country is in crisis. So our house is also burning. We cannot be chasing rats when our house is burning. “The PDP house that is burning needs to be rescued. Everybody needs to put efforts to ensure that happens. “There is hunger in the land; there is also anger in…
England manager Gareth Southgate says the death threats Jamie Vardy received in the wake of Claudio Ranieri’s sacking will not affect the striker in Wednesday’s friendly away to Germany. In the international’s build-up, Vardy revealed his alleged role in getting Ranieri sacked at Leicester City has earned him death threats. Vardy’s goals last season helped Leicester to the Premier League title under Ranieri and catapulted the 30-year-old into the England team. But the Leicester star went public while in the England camp about the death threats he received on Twitter, which were directed at both him and his family. Southgate…
Rapper and actor Wyclef Jean just posted a video of himself being handcuffed by Los Angeles police officers. Apparently, the fracas was a case of mistaken identity. They apparently mistook the ex Fugees rapper for a robber. “LAPD another case of mistaken identity,” the Haitian musician wrote in a tweet today, March 21, 2017. adding, “Black man with red bandana robbed a gas station as I was in the studio working but I’m in handcuffs?” The 47-year-old included a video of the incident, showing at least two police officers stopping him in front of a cop car. Jean was shown…
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Miss Seyi Shay drops the visual for her latest song ‘Yolo Yolo’, which she had been teasing for weeks. The singer is encouraging everyone to live life to the fullest and be happy. Directed by Meji Alabi, Seyi Shay takes this one to the beautiful Caribbean islands. Enjoy.
In the process of trailing the journey of an elegant woman- Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, we came to realize that she is an ex model, actress, singer and a philanthropist. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde who is of Ondo decent, but was born in Lagos state, Nigeria; grew up in a family of five, her parents and two younger brothers. She attended Chrisland school Opebi (1981-1987), Oxford Children School (1987), Santis Layout and Command Secondary School Kaduna (1988-1993). Omotola Jalade Ekeinde had her tertiary education at Obafemi Awolowo University and completed it at Yaba college of technology where she studied Estate Management. However,…
Chairman of Reconciliation Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday submitted the committee’s report to the National Caretaker Committee of the party. Handing the report to Chairman of the caretaker committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, in Abuja on Wednesday, Dickson said that organs and institutions of the party had crucial roles to play in resolving PDP crisis. He solicited the support of other party leaders in the effort to reposition the party. Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa, said that the recommendations in the report were not stone-cast, but opened to additional inputs that could help in the…
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that there is no vacancy at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. Makari stated this in a statement by the committee’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the attention of the caretaker committee had been drawn to some newspaper publication “Vacancies in the PDP National Secretariat’’. He said that the report was credited to Prof. Wale Oladipo, National Secretary to Ali Modu Sheriff, who advertised for various offices in the PDP secretariat, declaring them vacant. “We wish to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a list 28 nominees as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Senate for confirmation. The letter dated Monday, February 27, 2017, was sent to the Senate by Vice (Acting) President, Yemi Osinbajo. According to the letter, some RECs were renominated by President Buhari following the expiration of their tenures. Meanwhile, INEC has fixed February 16, 2019, for Presidential and National Assembly elections. Similarly, Governorship, State Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area Councils polls will hold on March 2, 2019. Mr Solomon Soyebi, National Commissioner of the commission in…
Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa has stepped down as assistant captain of the national team. Musa has been the assistant captain to skipper John Mikel Obi since March 2016. Before becoming the assistant skipper, Musa was the captain of the Super Eagles following Vincent Enyeama’s controversial exit from the national team in October 2015. Musa has now announced that he won’t be serving as an assistant again, saying he wants to just focus on his game. According to KweseSports, the Leicester forward addressed his teammates at a meeting on Thursday, March 23 just before their friendly game against Senegal. “He…
The chairman of England’s governing Football Association has deplored the “inappropriate, disrespectful and disappointing” behaviour of some travelling fans in Germany on Wednesday. Some England supporters in Dortmund for a friendly international against Germany could clearly be heard singing songs about World War I and II, with the chants loud enough to be picked up by television microphones. Hours after the attack in London, and with the British national anthem politely observed by the home crowd, jeers were also heard when the German anthem was played. Germany won 1-0 thanks to Lukas Podolski’s stunning second-half goal in his final international…
Ireland have no special plan to nullify Welsh superstar Gareth Bale in Friday’s crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier because it would never work anyway, assistant manager Roy Keane said. Keane, himself a standout if different type of player to Bale when he played for Manchester United and Ireland, said many teams had tried — and failed — to stop the Wales and Real Madrid forward. Group D leaders Ireland, who have lost several key players to injury and the influential Robbie Brady to suspension, have a two-point lead over Serbia and a four-point advantage over the Welsh going into Friday’s…