Chelsea captain John Terry will serve a one-match suspension after the Football Association on Tuesday thwarted his attempt to overturn his FA Cup dismissal against Peterborough United. Terry was shown a straight red card in the 67th minute of Sunday’s third-round tie at Stamford Bridge, which Chelsea won 4-1, for a last-man foul on Peterborough’s Lee Angol. Chelsea submitted an appeal against referee Kevin Friend’s decision, but the FA rejected it, ruling Terry out of Saturday’s trip to Premier League champions Leicester City. “John Terry will serve a one-match suspension with immediate effect after his wrongful dismissal claim was unsuccessful,…
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of dividing the country. Fayose also said that Buhari wants to destroy Nigeria like he did as a military ruler in 1984. The governor made the comments via a statement released by his media aide, Lere Olayinka. Fayose was reacting to the sack of the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council (FRC) of Nigeria, Jim Obazee over the resignation of Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The statement reads in part: “When they realised the implication of their action on President Mohammadu Buhari’s 2019 ambition, especially the personality like Pastor Adeboye that’s…
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) has suspended its three-day warning strike barely 24 hours after it commenced. The union president, Igwe Achese, announced the suspension after a meeting with the minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige and other top government officials. NUPENG expressed satisfaction with the commitment shown by the government at the meeting, which was also attended by the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and other stakeholders in the oil sector. NUPENG embarked on the strike on Wednesday, January 11, in protest of the sacking of over…
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has asked the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to leave the state. The Governor alleged that the organisation is “exploiting” the victims of Boko Haram insurgency. According to The Cable, Shettima also accused some other aid groups in the region of siphoning money meant for the displaced people. Speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri, the Governor said only eight of the 126 registered agencies in Borno have “truly assisted” internally displaced persons (IDPs). He listed the commendable aid organizations as the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International…
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said the Senate is bigger than every sitting Senator. Saraki said this on Wednesday in Abuja while dismissing insinuation that there was social discontent in the Senate over removal of Sen. Ali Ndume as Senate Leader. The Senate President, who spoke to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said: “The institution is bigger than every senator. “There is no crisis in the National Assembly, things like this do happen and as you said the institution is bigger than everybody and I am sure that he…
Kim Kardashian has reportedly been told that her $4million diamond ring is unlikely to reappear. The diamond ring given to her by Kanye West has probably been shipped straight to Antwerp’s diamond district in Belgium after robbers took it from her Parisian apartment. The prosecutor’s office said this week that the jewels had not been retrieved. Five people disguised as police arrived at the apartment hotel where Kardashian West was staying during Paris Fashion Week in October, and stole valuables including a ring valued at 4 million euros and a jewellery box valued at 5 million euros. Kardashian West, who…
French police suspect that a 72-year-old convicted cocaine dealer was among five masked gunmen who broke into Kim Kardashian’s apartment and robbed her of jewels worth millions last year, sources close to the probe said Wednesday. Pierre B. – nicknamed “Pierrot” – was arrested Monday at a villa near the Mediterranean in a series of coordinated raids in Paris and the south of the country over the October 3 robbery. Since his conviction for cocaine trafficking in 2006 he had appeared on the police radar “from time to time” over his links to criminal gangs in southern France, a local…
Drake has reportedly just bought his new beau Jennifer Lopez a pretty expensive necklace. E! News reports the 30-year-old rapper dropped $100,000 on a platinum and diamond Tiffany Victoria necklace for Jennifer Lopez last week. We learned he gave the jewellery to her as a gift on New Year’s Eve to prove his love for her. This is not the first time the OVO boss would be buying an extravagant gift for a lady. Last year after Rihanna won the 2016 MTV Video Vanguard Award Drake surprised her with a billboard, which read, “Congratulations to Rihanna from Drake and Everyone…
Luis Enrique says it would have been ridiculous to doubt Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar after the South American trio fired Barcelona into the quarterfinal of the Copa del Rey with a 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday. Barca had failed to win either of their opening two games since the turn of the year, while Neymar was without a goal since October in all competitions for his club. However, all three were on target as the Blaugrana overturned a first-leg deficit against Athletic to keep alive their hopes of winning the Spanish Cup for a third consecutive…
Ronaldinho has revealed in The Players’ Tribune that the proudest moment of his career was “helping to change football in Barcelona” through his style of play. The former Brazil international won the World Cup, the Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and the Ballon d’Or in a career spanning three decades. But he said he looked back most fondly on the impact he made at Barcelona after joining from Paris Saint-Germain in 2003. In a letter to his eight-year-old self, he wrote: “What you’ll be most proud of is helping to change football in Barcelona through your style of play.…
Southampton head to Liverpool in the driving seat after Nathan Redmond’s strike secured a narrow victory in the EFL Cup semifinal first leg. Jurgen Klopp’s men finished runners-up in the competition last season and return to Anfield needing to overturn a 1-0 loss to the side they have raided for key players in recent years. Redmond’s first-half strike was the difference at a packed-out St Mary’s, bringing a timely end to Southampton’s four-match winless run in all competitions on their first appearance in the last four of a major competition since 2003. Claude Puel’s men rallied manfully after a sluggish…
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it sealed over 200 bakeries between January and December, 2016 in Kwara over unhealthy production. The Coordinator of NAFDAC in Kwara, Mrs Roseline Ajayi disclosed this during in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin on Wednesday. Ajayi said that the over 200 bakeries sealed in 2016 across the 16 local government areas of the state were producing bread in unhealthy environment “which constitutes health hazard to the residents of the state.’’ According to the coordinator, some other offences by the sealed bakeries are selling…
Former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, might be removed from his position. Ndume made the comment on Wednesday, January 11, after his removal on Tuesday, January 10. The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus of the Senate removed Ndume and appointed Senator Ahmed Lawan in his place. “If today, just like that, without telling somebody and he goes out (is removed) … If it is Ndume today and he goes out, it may be, God forbid, Ekweremadu tomorrow,” he said. Ndume had earlier expressed shock at his removal which he said was…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has warned that petrol might soon be scarce in the country. The warning was given on Tuesday, January 10, by IPMAN Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Dankigari. Dakingari said that a scarcity was imminent because the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was no longer loading petrol. “If care is not taken there will be fuel (petrol) scarcity because private depots have started increasing their rates; they are selling the product at a higher rate now in Calabar,” he told The Nation. “Secondly, the cost of diesel is increasing. It is between N250 to…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo isn’t comfortable with the way some Nigerians roll out the drums for persons whose sources of income can’t be explained. President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power on the back of a promise to crack down on official graft and endemic corruption. On Tuesday, his Vice President urged anti-corruption agencies in the country to step up their engagement with the Nigerian public, especially because there are still persons who think that when a politician who is their “kinfolk steals, it is permissible”. Osinbajo made the observation while meeting with a delegation of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki to Jan. 17, to enable the prosecution to present more witnesses. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, adjourned the matter following request for more time by the prosecution counsel, Mr Rotimi Jacobs. Umar said the tribunal was doing all it can to work by the provisions of Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), on the matter. “We are bound by the ACJA; we are trying to be lenient with all the parties. This matter is hereby adjourned to Jan. 17 for continuation of hearing,” Jacobs…
The Federal Government on Wednesday says she will no longer recognise Taiwan as a country but rather pledged support for One China. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this while answering questions from newsmen after a joint news conference with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. Onyeama said Nigeria had withdrawn all diplomatic relations with Taiwan as a country, adding that Taiwanese office in Abuja would be shut down and be relocated to Lagos. According to him, Nigeria has communicated Taiwan and they are moving to Lagos as soon as possible. “Taiwan will stop enjoying…
Seems like 2017 is the year of flaunting everything! Relationships, cars…. including money. Obviously, there’s no recession in the entertainment industry. ‘Stand by you’ star, Kcee took to Instagram today, January 10, 2017, to show off wads of dollars stuffed into a bag. “Shut up! I’m still making the money in bags. Keep talking while I keep balling,” he wrote in a post since taken down, slamming unnamed critics. This comes six days after he showed off bundles of dollars on Snapchat. He took to Snapchat on January 4, 20117, to show off bundles of dollars and his new Louboutin…
Nollywood actress Ini Edo was recently in Dubai where she enjoyed a new year vacation. The globe-trotter was seen in various spots in the beautiful city. She also shared photos and videos of herself cruising in a Rolls Royce. And now, she’s back! But this time she touched down in a chopper! The movie star arrived an undisclosed location in a helicopter balling out of it like the star that she is.
Uche Jombo has shared a darling picture of herself with her husband Kenney Rodriguez. The “Wives On Strike” actress took to Instagram to celebrate her husband’s birthday, today, January 10, 2017. She caption the picture:; “My Capricorn king”. Rodriguez and Jombo got married in a private ceremony 2012. They welcomed their first child together in May 2015. The Nollywood star began her acting career in 1999 when she appeared in the movie ‘Visa To Hell’. Since her debut she has appeared in over 60 movies