UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin vowed on Wednesday to fight any “blackmail” by Europe’s most powerful football clubs over the Champions League. Ceferin took a tough line against Europe’s top leagues, angry at having been excluded, in their opinion, from talks on the future of the world’s biggest club tournament. “To some clubs, I shall say it calmly and dispassionately, but firmly and resolutely: there will be no closed league,” Ceferin told a UEFA congress in Helsinki. “Quite simply, that is not in line with our values and ideals. “To some leagues, I shall say it calmly and dispassionately, but firmly…
Author: David Folami
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku told his teammate Ashley Williams to ‘shut-up’ during an argument in their 1-1 draw against Manchester United on Tuesday, April 4. While Everton were leading 1-0, thanks to a Phil Jagielka’s goal, Williams got laid into Lukaku for his lack of effort on the pitch. The teammates got into a heated exchange as Lukaku held a finger to his mouth, telling Williams to shut-up. While analysing the incident on BT Sports, former Premier League stars criticised the Everton striker for his action. “It’s a lack of respect and without that in the dressing room we have…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured that there’ll be even development as long as he remains number one citizen of Kwara State. The Governor gave the assurance last Tuesday during the foundation laying ceremony of the Kwara State University (KWASU) College of Agriculture in Ilesha Baruba, Baruten Local Government area. Speaking during the event, Governor Ahmed said the siting of the Campus in Baruten is strategic as the area is well-known for its agrarian disposition, especially in the area of livestock and crop farming. He noted that the agrarian nature of the community will provide students with the opportunity to gain…
‘Mama Africa’ Yemi Alade and her band are currently in Paris, France to kick off her “Mama Africa World Tour”! The award-winning singer arrived Paris on April 3, 2017, and will be having a concert on the 7th of April, 2017 at Le Trianon. The ‘Taking Over Me’ star took to the city in style as she went sightseeing. Miss Alade also confirmed that she will be releasing her anticipated single ‘Charliee’ very soon and promised to deliver a performance like no other. The ‘Kissing’ singer was also spotted all cosy with manager, Taiye Aliyu sparking rumours of a relationship.…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger cannot explain why his team did not have a captain in the second half of the 2-2 Premier League draw with Manchester City on Sunday, April 2. Arsenal started the game with stand-in captain Laurent Koscielny who went off injured at half time. Koscielny was replaced by Gabriel Paulista but no on wore the armband throughout the second half. It appeared Wenger didn’t even know about it and could not explain why during his press conference on Tuesday, ahead of the home Premier League clash with West Ham. “I don’t remember,” Wenger said. “No, it is…
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede in a recent post talks about her strongest weapon and money. The newly married star on April 4, 2017, revealed she will never do anything for money. She shared new photos of herself writing, “I WILL NEVER do ANYTHING for money but I WILL do ANYTHING to make myself happy. That been said, money is good (oh yes it is very good), but money might not bring those things that make ME happy. I am not yet where I want to be, but I know and can feel it, that I am NOT where I used…
Nigerian singer Davido has denied having sex with an unidentified lady in South Africa. A video of the music star with a mystery lady saw Davido enjoying her twerking skills. She got bold and decided to drop it on the ‘If’ singers laps. Davido could be seen in the video grabbing the backside of the mystery woman while in Cape Town. Several social media accounts reported it as a sex tape. Davido has however responded to the allegations. The Nigerian pop star dropped a comment on the video, “Lmao nigga that ain’t me fuckin.” Meanwhile, the music star who recently…
Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu and his wife have finally opened up on his terrifying brain tumour experience. Julius in a recent interview with Inspaya disclosed he first began to suffer memory loss and several seizures shortly after shooting TV series “The Vendor”. The 43-year-old comedian said, “All I remember was I woke up in the hospital and heard the story of my being in coma. I lost my memory.” His wife said, “he had no recollection of who came to see him the day after. When I come most times he looks at me like he’s trying to figure out…
The Osun State government has explained how its share of the Paris Club refund, received a month ago from the federal coffers, was dispensed. The refunds were part of over-deductions from State allocations to offset loans from the Paris-London club. In December 2016, the Osun State government paid out the sum of N13,645,546,673.04 to clear salaries, leave bonuses and pension arrears of four (4) months, State executives said. The Accountant General of the state of Osun, Mr. Akintayo Kolawole, said the state government accountably expended the sum of N11,744,237,793.56 received from the federal government in November 2016. The sum was…
Worldskills Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Wednesday raised concerns over the routine manner technology and innovation expositions were being recycled annually in the country. Mr Rahman Mogaji, the Chief Executive Officer of Worldskills made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the ongoing Science and Technology Expo in Abuja. He said that although the concept of the expo was laudable as the innovations were expected to showcase the creativity of people, especially youths, many of them had been exhibited in other fora without any improvements. Mogaji, who said his organisation…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the National Assembly to address the issue of low funding of the education sector in the country. The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi made the call on Wednesday while answering questions from newsmen after the inauguration of a new secretariat constructed by the ASUU chapter of Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil. NAN reports that the new ASUU secretariat was named after Nasir Hussein, a founding member of the union in the university. Ogunyemi said the union was not happy with the allocations to the sector in the…
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte “may be the best”, says Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola who has “learned a lot” from teams managed by the Italian. Guardiola and Conte are both in their debut season in English football and face each other again on Wednesday. The latter has fared better, with his Chelsea side leading the Premier League, 11 points ahead of fourth-placed City. “My opinion about my colleague Conte is that he’s superb,” said the Catalan. “He was able to make Italy play beautiful football – Juventus too – in a culture where it’s so defensive. “He’s an excellent manager,…
Manager Jose Mourinho said Luke Shaw used “his body with my brain” during Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with Everton and has told the club’s young players they need to “grow up” quickly. Defender Shaw, 21, made his first appearance since January on Tuesday night and it was his injury-time shot that led to the penalty from which Zlatan Ibrahimovic equalised. “He was in front of me and I was making every decision for him,” said Mourinho. “He has to change his football brain.” On Monday, Mourinho questioned Shaw’s commitment and focus. Shaw’s appearance as a substitute against the Toffees was…
Sunderland boss David Moyes says that he never felt his job was in danger following his comments to a BBC reporter that she might “get a slap”. Moyes has apologised for what he said to Vicki Sparks after an interview following a draw with Burnley in March. Sunderland are standing by the Scot, who has been asked to give his observations on the incident by the FA. “It’s really good to have the support and I’m really grateful to them,” Moyes told BBC Radio 5 live. When asked if he had thought his position was under threat following the comments,…
A group of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Borno State say that they have no sympathy for Senator Ali Ndume despite his suspension by the Senate. The IDPs said that they were approached to join a protest to demand Ndume’s reinstatement but they refused. They said further that they would have been glad if Ndume had been removed outright due to his insensitivity to the plight of IDPs from his state. “Someone told me that they called him for a meeting in Area One, that all camps in Abuja they are coming out to protest because of what happened to…
President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017-2020 on Wednesday April 5, 2017. In a report by SaharaReporters, this was made known via a statement released on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Adesina said the launching is in furtherance of the current administration’s drive to sustain and build on the successes so far recorded in tackling corruption, improving security and re-revamping the economy. The President’s aide also said the launching would take place in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at 11am.…
The Gombe State Government says it recorded 40 fresh cases of leprosy in 2016. Dr Mustapha Musa, the Programme Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Unit of the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Tuesday that the cases were detected in Nafada, Funakaye, Yamaltu-Deba and Kwami Local Government Areas. He said out of the 40 cases, 12 were children, which means there was still ongoing infections in the communities. “We have embarked on contact tracing of the infections to pin down the sources, therefore, we are calling for more concerted effort among all the stakeholders,” he…
The Ekiti State Government says it has concluded arrangements to establish an additional five hectares of Cocoa Clonal Gardens across the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Kehinde Odebunmi, said this at a news conference in Ado-Ekiti. He said that the gardens would be used to cultivate 70 million improved cocoa seedlings for farmers in the state in the next 10 years. He said the move was part of the government’s renewed efforts to boost cocoa production in the state. Odebunmi said that using the current market price of cocoa as an index, cocoa farmers in…
Mohammad Gobir, a former boss at the Kwara Hotel, have been arraigned by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and forgery to the tune of N277,020,000.00 (Two Hundred and Seventy-seven Million, Twenty Thousand Naira). In a report by SaharaReporter, Gobir was arraigned by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 alongside Mondial Defence Systems Limited before Justice J.E. Oyefeso of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The ex-boss of Kwara Hotel was reported to have allegedly converted the money meant for the purchase of…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will issue licenses to motor dealers and interested individuals who wish to operate inland bonded vehicle terminals in the country. Mr Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer of Customs, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. “The coming into effect of this bonded vehicle terminals apart from securing government revenue, it also provides job opportunities for our teeming youths, security is guaranteed. “Because unlike smuggling these vehicles through the bushes across the border, which sometime you don’t even know what these vehicles carry inside…