Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, (APC- Kano Central) on Tuesday said there would be no reprisal attacks against the Yoruba living in the North following the crisis in Ile-Ife on March 8. Kwankwaso said this in Sabo area of Ile-Ife after meeting with members of the Hausa community inside a mosque. The former Kano State governor, who was in company with Gov. Rauf Aregbesola and Sen. Babajide Omoworare (APC-Osun East), told journalists that he was in Osun to promote peace and the rule of law. According to him, the Kwankwasiya Foundation will offer the victims of the crisis succour as from next…
Author: David Folami
The Abubakar Shekau led sect has released a new video showing the execution of suspected government spies. In a report by Saharareporters, the 7-minute long video which was reportedly rendered in Hausa and Arabic showed the execution of three alleged government spies. Three persons reportedly recruited by Nigeria’s Directorate of Military Intelligence to infiltrate the group were gruesomely executed at the end of the video. The video was reportedly ladened with a series of footage showing Islamic priests, government officials and world leaders including a footage showing President Muhammad Buhari, Donald Trump, former US President Barack Obama and several European…
Rarely a game has passed in the competition this season without the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach shaking his head and calling for patience by reminding anybody who wants to listen that City’s lack of European pedigree counts against them when facing the Champions League elite. Yet this is a serial winner, a man who is also quick to remind the world that he won “21 titles in seven years” before arriving at City last summer, so it seemed counterintuitive for Guardiola to throw a wet blanket over any suggestion that his new team can not only rub shoulders…
Too many positives to list, including a precious clean sheet. Leicester were disciplined, gritty and hungry. They stuck to their game plan perfectly. Robert Huth and Wes Morgan were colossal at the back and the latter even popped up with a poacher’s goal. Marc Albrighton and Riyad Mahrez were as good defensively as they were in attack, Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki ran their socks off and the fans turned the King Power Stadium into a caldron. Vardy missed three chances he would have buried last season, but it would be harsh to focus on what he or anyone else…
“Are we looking for transfers and for players? Yes. Are we close to signing them? No.” As much as Jurgen Klopp dislikes discussions about purchasing players, he set the scene for Liverpool’s summer activity with his weekend comments. The German has admitted his current squad has proved too small and, with European football of some sort next season a near-certainty, it will have to be bigger. He has accepted that some of his current charges have not shown the consistency required over an entire campaign. Klopp tends to reject the simplistic notion that answers are always available in the transfer…
The Ligue 1 leaders are the top scorers in Europe’s top five divisions with 123 goals in all competitions this season and the City manager is expecting another high-scoring game. His side hold a two-goal advantage following their thrilling 5-3 victory in the first leg three weeks ago, but Guardiola says the only way to beat teams such as Monaco is to outscore them. “When one team scores [123] goals, it means they can score in many, many, many ways, so the best way [to beat them] is to score goals,” he told a news conference. “Take the ball and…
Juventus coasted into the quarterfinals of the Champions League as they saw off 10-man Porto 1-0 in Turin on Tuesday night. Massimiliano Allegri’s men were already 2-0 ahead in the tie having come through the first leg in Portugal unscathed, and the Serie A leaders never looked in danger of letting that advantage slip at Juventus Stadium. Any hope of a comeback from the visitors ended just before half-time when defender Maxi Pereira was sent off for handball on the line and Paulo Dybala slotted in the resulting penalty. Porto, who saw Brazilian defender Alex Telles sent off in the…
Trailing 2-1 from the first leg of the round-of-16 encounter, the defending Premier League champions tipped the momentum in their favour when captain Morgan somewhat fortuitously turned in Riyad Mahrez’s 27th-minute cross. There was nothing fortunate about Albrighton’s 55th-minute goal, though, with the midfielder firing low past Sergio Rico, and Samir Nasri’s dismissal with a quarter of an hour remaining seemed to end Sevilla’s challenge. But there was still time for late drama as Kasper Schmeichel was adjudged to have fouled Machin Vitolo in the area — but the Leicester custodian atoned for his error by guessing right and saving…
South African rap act Cassper Nyovest drops new single ‘Tito Mboweni’ off his forthcoming third studio album “Thuto”. Talking about working on the album, Cassper says ”Working on this album was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do after losing weight because it is so hard to be honest and pure when you have a lot to lose. It’s hard to express yourself when you have a brand to protect. It’s hard to be innovative when you’re paranoid. I’ve already set the bar so high for myself with the success of my first 2 albums that I am a…
Successfully, you readers predicted Kemen, CocoIce, Gifty, Soma and Miyonse’s eviction. It’s week eight and TTT, Debbie-Rise, Tboss and Efe are up for possible eviction on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Vote via poll below and predict who goes home this weekend. On Monday, March 13, 2017, the nomination show was led by TBoss, followed by ThinTallTony and then Bally. While Marvis nominated Debbie-Rise with her power card after Biggie instructed her to use it, Bassey saved Bally and replaced him with Efe. Who should be evicted this Sunday?
Contrary to widespread belief, TBoss wants us to know that she is not in the game for the N25 million cash prize. The Big Brother Naija housemate said this today, March 14, 2017, during a conversation with fellow housemate, Efe. Already seen as one of the possible winners of the reality TV show, TBoss revealed that she came on the show to build relationships with people and not money. Of course, relationships can be built anywhere else outside of the show which is quickly becoming agressive, and her attitude seems to be doing the exact opposite but who are we…
Nigerian actresses Omoni Oboli, Uche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha, Ufuoma Mcdermott and comedian Funny Bone hung out with Julius Agwu and his wife. The group turned up at his home last night, March 13, 2017, and they were obviously having a ball. The Wives on Strike actresses were in high spirits as they pleaded with Oga Cali (Julius Agwu’s character in the Wives on Strike movie) to come home that they were done with their strike. Recall that Julius was one of the main characters in “The Wives On Strike” movie before he took ill. In the video, Julius Agwu also…
Usuak Suspekt singer Dammy Krane rolls out a remix to his hit song ‘Amin’, which features legendary Fuji musician KWAM 1. Enjoy.
Adele is using a secret Twitter account after her management took control of her official one. The ‘Hello’ singer revealed her management team have taken over her verified Twitter handle @adele, and taken away her access to it because they thought she was too outspoken on the social media platform. The mum of one disclosed this during a recent concert in Brisbane, Australia. According to her, she had set up a second one under a mystery alias so she can check the micro-blogging site without her team knowing. “I was looking on Twitter last night. They don’t know I have…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned till April 7, hearing of an application filed by 23 INEC officials challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the bribery case filed against them. The 23 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), were docked for allegedly receiving N360million from Gov. Nyesom Wike of River during the Dec. 10, 2016 re-rerun election in River. They were dragged to court on a seven- count charge bordering on money laundering and economic crimes. The defendants are: Shittu Lamido, Henry Owokure, Peter Ewatade, Mrs Mary Pennap, Gwatana Jibril, Ivase Stephen, Abdullahi Ogabo,…
The Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Malam Modibbo Kawu, says the social media remains the biggest source of incitement and distribution of unsubstantiated crudely insensitive reports in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) reports that Kawu spoke in Sokoto on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day National Conference of Catholic Social and Communication Directors. NAN also reports that the conference has as its theme:” The Nigerian Media: The Ethics of Reporting Violence in Nigeria.” Represented by Dr Armstrong Idachaba, a Director in his office, Kawu said: “I must now draw our attention to the now evident –…
On Thursday, March 16, 2017, the EFCC will arraign ex-Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged fraud and false declaration of assets. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on March 10, 2017 filed six charges against Yakubu. The charges, which are all in relation to the N3billion recovered from his house in Kaduna on February 3, 2017, are bordering on fraud and false declaration of assets against him. In one of the charges filed against the former NNPC boss, the EFCC accused him of failing to declare the money…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Hassan Badmus, to two years imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone valued at N85,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, did not give Badmus an option of fine. She held that the accused was guilty of a two-count charge of stealing and burglary preferred against her. The chief magistrate sentenced the accused to one year imprisonment on each of the counts. She hoped that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to criminal acts. The accused who resides at Badagry, Lagos, was arraigned on Feb. 22. The prosecutor, Insp.…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has written to the Senate requesting amendment to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 2016 Statutory Appropriation Act to extend its operational period to April 30, 2017. President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, read the letter at plenary on Tuesday. He quoted Osinbajo as saying: “I have the honour to seek Senate’s approval to extend the application of the Federal Capital Territory Administration 2016 Statutory Appropriation Act until April 30, 2017. “It would be recalled that the 2016 FCT Appropriation was assented to on August 29, 2016, a fact that affected its implementation in respect of…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed March 23 to rule on the admissibility of a list of beneficiaries of funds in the ongoing trial of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dele Belgore charged with money laundering. Belgore is charged alongside a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman and a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, who is said to be at large. They were first arraigned in February but were subsequently re-arraigned on March 13, following the amendment of the charges to include the name of Allison-Madueke. They had pleaded not guilty to the charges and were…