Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has posted an Instagram video of himself working out with a private fitness instructor in a park as speculation about his future mounts. Schneiderlin, 27, has informed United manager Jose Mourinho that he wants to leave the club in the January transfer window, having not made a Premier League start since the Portuguese took charge last summer. The France international, who has been linked with Everton, West Bromwich Albion and Marseille, posted a message alongside the video saying that he is “working hard” with trainer Fabien Richard. Schneiderlin has not appeared for United since Nov.…
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Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has declined to discuss the prospect of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joining Shanghai SIPG for €150 million, telling Bild the offer is “hypothetical.” Shanghai SIPG are reported to have made the potentially record-breaking offer — which is also said to involve an annual salary of €41m for Aubameyang — as they seek to add the Dortmund striker to a squad already boasting Brazilian stars Oscar and Hulk. Dortmund media director Sascha Fligge said in a statement to several German outlets that the club have not received an offer for the 27-year-old, but Watzke refused to comment on…
Alex Ekubo is reportedly dating super hot model, Fancy Acholonu, and things are pretty serious between the pair. Reports have it that the Nollywood actor who has never been linked with any woman before now is reportedly engaged in a serious relationship with the top model. The pair met sometime in 2016 and close sources say that the eligible bachelor is seriously considering taking the marriage plunge. Although Ekubo was previously vocal about his single status in 2015, the actor has been mostly quiet about this since then. Considering the fact that the pair reportedly hooked up in 2015, it…
Former All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Kogi State, James Faleke has reacted to claims that National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is planning to nominate him for a ministerial position. Some chieftains of the Kogi APC had threatened to reduce Tinubu’s influence and reject Faleke’s nomination. Faleke made the comments during an interview with Tribune. “My purported nomination as a minister is even unknown to me, but it is a fact that the choice of a minister from any state rest with the president. I will ignore the duo who spoke against my purported nomination,” he said. “One…
Chelsea’s 13-match record-equalling Premier League winning streak ended at White Hart Lane on Wednesday, where Antonio Conte’s side were beaten 2-0 by Tottenham Hotspur. A brace from Dele Alli either side of the break, identikit headers both assisted by Christian Eriksen, settled the match in Spurs’ favour. The result was a fair reflection of a game in which the home side won the crucial battles for the flanks and midfield. Positives The key lesson for Conte is that neither his 3-4-3 system nor the regular nucleus of players he deploys to execute it are infallible. Despite losing, Chelsea still have…
For the purchase, maintenance and fuelling of plants and generators in 2017, the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing will spend a total of N324.1M. According to a report by Punch, the ministry under ex-Gov Babatunde Raji Fashola will be expending the fund on generators at its headquarters and agencies in the 2017 fiscal year. It was also reported that according to the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly, the headquarters and agencies of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing have budgeted N35.63m on the maintenance of plants/generators; N57.24m on plant/generator fuel; and N231.2m on…
There are reports that security operatives laid siege to the home of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s in-law home in Abuja. According to a recent report by Premium Times, the security operatives reportedly besieged a residence in Maitama belonging to one of the ex-President’s brother-in-law on Wednesday evening, January 4, 2016. It was also reported that though the Abuja police command denied being aware of the operation, security sources and sources close to ex-President Jonathan confirmed that police officers in uniform carried out the raid. The raid, it was further reported, saw the security operatives searching all the rooms in the house.…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the redeployment of three Federal Permanent Secretaries. A statement by Haruna Imrana, Director of Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), said that the circular conveying the deployment was signed by the HCSF, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita. Imrana said that the affected permanent secretaries, include Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, Federal Ministry of Education to the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation. Dr Jamila Shu’ara, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, was moved to Federal Ministry of Education. Mr Christian Chineyekka Ohaa of the Federal Ministry of Youth and…
Drake and Jennifer Lopez are hardly done throwing the Internet for a tail spin with their supposed romance. Us Weekly reports that according to sources close to the pair, Jlo and Drake are very much onto each other. A source told the publication that, the ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper and Lopez “are the real deal.” After the pair connected on December 11, 2017, at the backstage of her ‘All I Have’ Las Vegas residency, they have been spending a lot of time in each others company. A source close to Lopez says, “they’ve gotten very close fast,” adding that the mother…
It seems like 2017 will be no different for celebrities when it comes to clap backs from celebrities to trolls. Beverly Osu jumped right in with hers when someone took it upon their self to give her unwanted makeup advice. The makeup adviser commented on an Instagram photo of hers, writing, “I hope your new Year resolution is to get a new makeup artist.” Osu was very quick to reply and put the troll in her place. She replied, “I hope your New Year goal is to get customers cuz ur store looks likes 90’s trend boutique…. but when i…
Kemi Adetiba is so used to prayers for her nuptials, it’s more hilarious than offensive to her. Another fan has taken it upon herself to send a special prayer to God on her behalf, asking that the video director gets engaged as she turn 37 on January 8. Adetiba who found the post rather amusing shared it on social media, noting that she had been wondering when the marriage prayers would come as it has become a norm. The music video mavin is part of an ever increasing list of Nigerian celebrities who do not believe that marriage completes them…
Real Madrid star James Rodriguez said he was happy to stay at the club and fight for his place after scoring twice in Wednesday night’s 3-0 Copa del Rey last 16 first leg at home to Sevilla. James scored Madrid’s first goal of 2017 with an early 20 yard curler, and then got his second from the penalty spot just before half-time, with Raphael Varane also on the scoresheet as a previously in-form Sevilla side were steamrolled at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. It was quite a turnaround for James from Los Blancos’ last game of 2016 — when the €80…
So has Mauricio Pochettino devised the plan to beat Chelsea or will this 2-0 defeat at Tottenham prove to be nothing more than a bump in the road for Antonio Conte’s Premier League leader? Whatever the answer, Chelsea and Conte might well be kicking themselves for failing to spot the trap that Pochettino was laying for his team at White Hart Lane. Three days prior to this game, Pochettino sent his team to Watford and laid them out in the same 3-5-2 formation that would go on to negate the game plan that has served Conte and Chelsea so well…
Antonio Conte backed Tottenham to challenge for the Premier League title again this season after Mauricio Pochettino’s men ended Chelsea’s record-equalling 13-match winning streak at White Hart Lane. A header in each half from Dele Alli gave Spurs a 2-0 win over their London rivals , who had not tasted defeat in the Premier League since Conte’s decision to switch to a 3-4-3 formation in late September. The result lifts Tottenham up to third in the table, just seven points behind Chelsea, and after the match Conte admitted that Spurs — who chased eventual champions Leicester City until the final…
Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose, wife of Ekiti State Governor, on Tuesday, January 3, wished shame on her husband’s enemies in 2017. She prayed that enemies posing as friends of her husband’s government will be exposed in the new year. The Ekiti First Lady stated this during this year’s edition of inter-religious Thanksgiving service organised by the office of Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Religious Matters, Pastor Seyi Olusola, in Ado Ekiti. “Every enemy pretending as friends, close to the government of Ayo Fayose and working against the government, the Lord will expose them with shame this year. Enough is…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari must be tried for war crimes for the deaths of Biafrans from 1966 till now. The group said further that former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon must also be tried. IPOB made the comments via a statement released by spokesman, Emma Powerful. The statement reads: “It is crystal clear now to the whole world that IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who threatened during his last court appearance to expose the truths that will sink Nigeria has started doing so. “By releasing the latest video showing the grand…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described the Awujale of Ijebuland , Oba Sikiru Adetona, as a liar and a rumour monger. Obasanjo made the comments in a letter dated December 30, 2016, after Oba Adetona said that billionaire, Mike Adenuga was a pawn in the political battle between the ex-president and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar. The Awujale’s remarks were contained in a book titled “Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba S. K. Adetona, Ogbagba II.” The monarch also alleged that Obasanjo used the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to blackmail opponents during his tenure. Read Obasanjo’s letter, which was…
There’s a cabinet reshuffle in the offing, presidency sources said at every opportunity for the better part of 2016. To hear these top ranking government officials say it, it’s a matter of when–not whether–President Muhammadu Buhari will reshuffle his cabinet. Topping the list of Ministers who’ll be shown the exit door in the Buhari cabinet are Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and Women Affairs Minister, Aisha Alhassan, alongside a handful of under-performing Ministers. A few other Ministers who haven’t acquitted themselves well in their present portfolios, will be reassigned to man other portfolios where it is believed they’ll be better suited,…
The Osun Fire Service on Wednesday warned against indiscriminate setting of bushes on fire during the harmattan season to minimise risks of increased fire outbreaks. Mr Adekunle Ibrahim, the Staff Officer of the Service, gave this warning during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo. According to Ibrahim; “If we have 20 fire cases before, we may have 40 cases now because of bush burning by hunters or farmers burning bushes on their farmlands.’’ “Predominantly, the fire outbreaks we will have during the dry season will be from bush burning and it spreads fast because of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has not removed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, as chairman of the presidential committee on the reconstitution of Federal Government boards of parastatals, agencies and commissions. Earlier reports had it that Lawal had been removed from the committee and replaced with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The claim was however denied by a presidency source who spoke to Punch. “To say that he (the SGF) had been removed as the chairman of the committee constituting federal boards is not true and is uncharitable,” a source said. Senior Special Assistant to the President on…