Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said the comfortable win over Tottenham at Anfield had sparked their season back into life. The 2-0 win over their top-four rivals, achieved thanks to two Sadio Mane goals in three first-half minutes, was Liverpool’s first in the Premier League since they beat Manchester City on New Year’s Eve. Such performances have been in short supply in 2017, but Klopp feels his players are back up and running — even if their new-found momentum will be interrupted by a 16-day break before their next game at Leicester. That period could become even longer if the game…
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan says it was Jurgen Klopp who taught him how to cope with the tougher times in his career, such as his difficult start to life at Manchester United. Mkhitaryan spent two years working with Klopp at Borussia Dortmund after the now-Liverpool boss signed him from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013. And Mkhitaryan credits Klopp with having a huge influence on his career due to the way he worked on him as a person. “I’m thankful to him as he worked a lot on me — on my personality, on my psychology — because I was really very stressed after…
Robbie Brady’s stunning debut goal checked Chelsea’s Premier League title charge as Burnley maintained their impressive home form in a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor. Republic of Ireland international Brady, a £10 million deadline-day signing from Norwich, curled a home a superb 20-yard free kick to cancel out Pedro’s early opener for Chelsea. Chelsea had won 16 of their previous 18 league games heading into the fixture, while Sean Dyche’s Clarets were chasing a sixth straight home league win and their eighth in all competitions. Burnley, yet to win on the road in the league this season, have steered clear…
Rio Ferdinand has dismissed Arsenal’s prospects of trophies this season and said the lack of a winning mentality is the reason the club’s best players leave. Arsene Wenger’s side travel to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday after last week’s defeat at Chelsea all but ended their hopes of a first Premier League title since 2004. With questions growing over Wenger’s future and star names including Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil having not committed to new contracts, a period of change appears increasingly likely. Former Manchester United and England defender Ferdinand, now a football expert for BT Sport,…
Sani Danja has released the official trailer for his latest movie titled, “Kwayen Amarya.” Three brothers got married to three damsels on the same day. The supposed to be wedding of the year turns out to be an avenue for dirty secret revelations. Cans of worms are opened, loved ones are let go and enemies are put to shame. On the flip side Kawayen Amarya is a story that strengthen the family ties. Produced by Naziru Danhajiya and directed by Yakubu Mohammed, the movie stars Sani Danja, Ali Nuhu, Yakubu Mohammed, Jamila Umar Nagudu, Halima Atete and Hafsat Idris. A…
Saturday, February 11, 2017, was day 26 of the Big Brother Naija reality show. In case you missed the events of the day, Pulse Movies has put together five things that happened yesterday on the reality show. 1) It was a banging Saturday for the housemates as they all killed their looks for the Legend party at the house. 2) Tboss and Bassey seemed to get a little more cosier at the party. 3) Things got pretty heated up between Gifty and Bally, what with all the smoldering kisses. 4) Marvis put the moves on Efe last night, and it…
Another rare snap! Aphrodi’ja is feeling more and more generous with her family. The singer shared a new photo of herself cozied up with her family at a family event via Instagram on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Di’ja who has been very careful to keep her private life out of the lime light, only recently showed off her husband, Rotimi, in a never before seen wedding photo. Now this new photo shows her husband, and son, and thats a lot of improvement if you ask me. Hadiza Salma Blell shared the reasons why she had a secret wedding to her…
Ice Prince Zamani drops new music featuring Ikechukwu, a romantic number lovers can relate to. The rapper follows up his Vanessa Mdee collaboration ‘No mind dem’ nicely with this tune produced by Sammy Gyang. Enjoy listening and share your thoughts on the song.
Mind blown or what? It’s one thing to dream about meeting music legends like Jay Z, P Diddy, and Kelly Rowland and its a whole different ball game to actually party with them. Yup, Tiwa Savage is living the dream. The Pop singer who is currently in Los Angeles, was pictured at a ROC Nation brunch on Saturday, February 11, 2017, and in the company of the top musicians and we cannot help but be mind blown! And then, lets focus on the sexy black creation Tiwa rocked for the event. Shes definitely on another level. Tiwa is unarguably the…
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the state government in collaboration with the Bank of Industry (BOI) will provide N250 million soft loans to 25, 000 women across the state. Tambuwal, who was speaking with newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday, said the soft loans was aimed at empowering women across the state. ” We will start with the first batch of 25, 000 women, who have been registered by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SOSMDA) in the state. ” Each of the women to benefit from the gesture would get N10, 000 to start up their small…
The Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says the National Assembly will not enact any law that will stifle the freedom of worship in the country. Saraki made this known in a statement by his Chief Press secretary, Mr Sanni Onogu on Saturday in Abuja. He gave the pledge at the formal closing ceremony for the 31st National Quranic Memorisation Competition in Kwara State. The president of the senate stated that the nation’s Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Senate President, representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the Jummah Prayers Commemorating the 2017 Armed Forces Remembrance Day[/caption]s apex legislative body would continue to “work to…
President Muhammadu Buhari will not be returning to Nigeria until his ‘long standing doctors’ in London are satisfied with his state of health. The President made this known in his letter to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, informing the National Assembly of the extension of his vacation. “… I am extending my leave until the doctors are satisfied that certain factors are ruled out,” Buhari stated in his letter dated February 5, 2017. The letter, which has been published on PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday reads in full: “Further to my letter dated 18th January 2017 in which I…
The Federal Government said it recovered another $151million and N8 billion looted funds from three sources through whistke-blowers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Mohammed sad actionable information given by whistle-blowers to the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation led to the recovery of the looted fund. He said the looted funds do not include the 9.2 million dollars in cash allegedly owned by a former Group Managing Director of the NNPC, also a dividend of the whistle-blower policy. “The biggest amount…
After the discovery of $9,772,800 and £74,000 in a safe house in the slums of Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna, the EFCC has arrested Andrew Yakubu. According to reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for hiding the recovered cash reportedly belonging to the Federal Government. Nation newspaper reports that Yakubu is being detained in an EFCC facility in Kano where he is expected to be interrogated. Sources reportedly said Yakubu has admitted the ownership of the money but claimed it is a gift though he’s yet to…
A group, Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), has urged the new Ohaneze leadership to remain apolitical in its approach to unity and socio-economic development of Igbo land. The president of the group, Comrade Augustine Chukwudum, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu. Chukwudum noted that the enormous task facing Ohaneze needed a clear departure from politics and power-struggle as well as affiliation to any political party. “We urged the new executives of Ohaneze to maintain the non-partisan stand of the group. “They should ensure that the organisation stands for equity and justice…
Gifty is your favourite or not-so-favourite Big Brother Naija housemate, who has entertained viewers with her laughable acts. The housemate had kicked off what can be termed a relationship with fellow housemate Soma, who was evicted from the show on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Four days after Soma’s eviction and Gifty has moved on to Bally, describing the Big Brother House as a dormitory during her diary session with Biggie. Viewers took to Twitter to react to her swift recovery of Soma’s eviction. After the nomination show on Monday, February 6, 2017, Biggie announced Bisola, Bassey, CocoIce, Debie-Rise and TTT…
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja expressed gratitude to Nigerians for the goodwill and support for Present Buhari. She also expressed her gratitude to Nigerians for their support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration; urging them to sustain the tempo. ”I want to use this opportunity to thank all Nigerians for the goodwill and support for my husband and Nigeria in general,” she said. The First lady also prayed for peace, stability and progress of Nigeria. She made the prayer shortly after her arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Saudi Arabia where she…
Manchester United produced as complete a performance as they have all season to dismiss Watford by a score of 2-1. Though the visitors were well-organised and attacked on the counter with pace, they had no answer for the tempo and precision of United’s passing through midfield, which was at times a joy to watch. Positives United were very strong from front to back, with Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan a brilliant trio of playmakers. Eric Bailly was excellent at the back, while Paul Pogba and Ander Herrera were dominant in midfield. Negatives If there were any black marks,…
UEFA’s executive on Thursday voted in favour of limiting leaders to three four-year terms and guaranteeing two seats for Europe’s increasingly powerful clubs. The moves were part of reforms that new leader Aleksander Ceferin has vowed to introduce since taking over from the scandal-tainted Michel Platini in September. If agreed at a congress in Helsinki on April 5, the UEFA president and 16 executive members will be limited to three four-year terms. The governance reforms would also mean that any executive member seeking reelectiion must hold an active top office in his country’s national association, such as president or general…
Borussia Dortmund’s CEO and president met their RB Leipzig counterparts on Thursday to apologise for last weekend’s violent attacks by hooligans as police say they have started prosecuting the culprits. Dortmund police have reportedly started criminal proceedings in 32 cases after violent attacks broke out before last Saturday’s German league match when hooligans set upon Leipzig fans, including women and children. During the attacks, four police officers and 10 visiting fans were injured, but the levels of hatred aimed at RB and their fans have shocked Germany’s football community. Around 60 banners, many bearing insulting slogans aimed at Leipzig, were…