In a shocking revelation, the President’s wife, Mrs Aisha Buhari has said she may not support her husband’s re-election in 2019 unless he retakes control of his government. According to her, the President’s government has been hijacked by a “few people.” Speaking in a BBC interview, she revealed that her husband “does not know” most of the top officials in his government, suggesting that a ‘powerful caucus’ is behind the presidential appointments. “The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the release of more of the kidnapped Chibok girls, after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram, following more than two years of captivity. Buhari spoke at a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday in Berlin. He said negotiations would continue until all the girls secure their freedom. “On the Chibok girls, we have been able to secure the release of 21 of them, so over 100 more are still in the hands of the terrorists somewhere in the Lake Chad Basin area which include Cameroon, Niger…
Former Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, says Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers represents Nigeria’s new generation of leaders, driving the country toward prosperity and development. A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to Wike on Electronic Media, said Maku made the remark at the inspection of some projects in the state on Saturday. The statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said that the projects were located in Port Harcourt City, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre Local Government Areas, respectively. Maku, who is National…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Sunday suspended Alhaji Sadiq Rabiu, the Chairman of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, over an allegation of fraud during the just concluded Hajj. The Director-General, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this in a statement in Lokoja, said Rabiu had been handed over to the Department of State Services (DSS) for investigation and possible prosecution. Fanwo said that the governor was also not happy with the dehumanising treatment of pilgrims from the state during the 2016 Hajj. “The travails of the chairman stemmed from allegations of corruption, nepotism…
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in Kafanchan, Kaduna State after youths set up road blocks and burnt vehicles on Kafanchan-Kagoro road, in retaliation of an attack on Saturday in which 20 people died in Godogodo Chiefdom. Saturday’s attack was believed to have been carried out by herdsmen who for two months had engaged the locals in series of attacks and counter attacks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several people had been killed during the period and properties worth millions of naira destroyed on both sides. Dr Bege Katuka, Interim Chairman of Jema’a Local Government told NAN…
The operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Sunday dislodged oil bunkers and destroyed over two million litres of adulterated diesel around Coker in Orile area of the state. SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, Chairman of the Taskforce, said the operations were carried out based on series of petitions by residents submitted to his office. Egbeyemi said the petitions detailed that due to the high cost of diesel, some people were buying tankers of diesel and mixing them with kerosene around Orile area. “The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Wilson Alaba, led the operations where 25 containers with 5,000 litres of mixed…
Governor Fayose of Ekiti state has alleges that former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave lawmakers N50m each, to support his failed third term bid. Fayose also said Obasanjo is the cause of corruption in Nigeria, and described him as a laughing stock. The Governor said the former President is trying to cover up something, because of his frequent visits to the Presidential Villa. Fayose added that Obasanjo is supporting the Buhari administration because he want to protect himself. According to Daily Post, he said “I’m not ready to take issues with Obasanjo because if you are talking about corruption today, Obasanjo…
South Korean Son has stepped up in the absence of injured striker Harry Kane, scoring three league goals in September to help lift his team to second in the table behind Manchester City. “This is my dream, to get the award. I want to get it a second time, a third time. When I take the award home my family will be crazy like you can’t believe. They will be really happy,” Son said.
Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has responded to Franck Ribery’s claims that he is not yet “world class”, quipping that his father thinks he is the best player on the planet. Griezmann has developed into one of the game’s brightest talents since joining Atletico in 2014 and is among the favourites to win the Ballon d’Or following an impressive Euro 2016 campaign with France. However, compatriot Ribery told Sport Bild that “Griezmann did a great job last season… but you have to consistently show performances like that if you want to be world class”. He continued: “People are so quick…
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has hailed Antoine Griezmann’s growing maturity after the France international laughed off questions over his ability from Franck Ribery. Griezmann was top scorer and named best player at Euro 2016 after his six goals propelled France to the final, where they lost to Portugal. His international exploits came on the back of another wonderful season for Atletico in which he scored 22 league goals as the Rojiblancos narrowly lost out to Barcelona in the race for the title. There has been no let-up this season either with the former Real Sociedad man top of the…
Leicester City captain Wes Morgan concedes the Premier League champions are feeling the loss of former midfielder N’Golo Kante. Morgan and Co. will come up against their ex-team-mate for the first time since Kante’s switch to Chelsea when Leicester travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Kante was crowned Leicester’s Player of the Season as the Foxes defied the odds to hoist the Premier League trophy aloft last term. And while Morgan said the France international is missed, he insists it is time to move on. “He was fantastic for us last season, he was our Player of the Year, what…
Manchester United duo Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Luke Shaw are fit to return in Monday’s Premier League clash against Liverpool. England full-back Shaw has not featured since the 3-1 defeat to Watford on September 18 as a result of a muscle complaint. Mkhitaryan, meanwhile, was last involved in the 2-1 derby loss at home to Manchester City on September 10, having battled to recover full fitness following a thigh injury. But United boss Jose Mourinho has indicated both players will be available for the meeting at Anfield, according to MUTV, while there are no further injury concerns following the international break.…
Liverpool’s squad believe anything is possible under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp, according to full-back Nathaniel Clyne. After taking time to implement his style of play at Anfield, Klopp’s methods appear to be bearing fruit this season and Liverpool sit fourth as they look ahead to Monday’s Premier League showdown with Manchester United. A run of four successive top-flight wins prior to the international break underlined their threat and Clyne is delighted with how things are going under the German coach. “He is building confidence in the team and helping us believe we can do anything,” said Clyne. “It’s his…
Ross Barkley must work on delivering on a consistent basis if he is to become a key player for Everton and England, says former team-mate Leon Osman. The 22-year-old has not featured in the last two international squads despite being a regular at Goodison Park this season. Barkley has started all seven Premier League games under Ronald Koeman, but he has only managed one goal and one assist, a tally not deemed enough by Sam Allardyce and latterly Gareth Southgate. Osman believes Barkley’s troubles stem from the change of manager at Everton during the close-season, but he is confident the…
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been sidelined for up to three weeks with a fresh injury and will miss Wednesday’s Champions League game at home to PSV Eindhoven. The 33-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season, picked up a leg injury on Friday in training and Bayern’s assistant coach Hermann Gerland confirmed he is unlikely to play again this month. “He needs at least two to three weeks to be ready to play again,” Gerland told Sky. Bayern need a victory at home to PSV at the Allianz Arena to get back to winning…
Super Eagles stars, John Mikel Obi, Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho have been shortlisted for the 2016 African Footballer of the Year Award. The Nigeria internationals make a long list of players that have been nominated for awards which will be announced on Thursday, January 5, 2017, at the Glo-CAF Awards night in Abuja. In the year under review, Mikel lead Nigeria’s Dream Team VI to bronze in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, while Musa won the Russian Premier League title with CSKA Moscow. Iheanacho missed out on the Premier League title with Manchester City but won the League Cup…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will not allow Manchester United’s greater financial muscle to become a plotline behind Monday’s heavyweight Premier League clash. Jose Mourinho was afforded over £150million to bring United’s squad into shape ahead of the campaign, funding a world-record move for Paul Pogba and a costly ‘free’ transfer for top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Liverpool’s spending was modest in comparison, with big-money moves for Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum being financed in part by the departures of Christian Benteke, Jordon Ibe and Joe Allen. Klopp attracted Mourinho’s trademark invective when he questioned the prospective signing of Pogba in pre-season,…
Comedian Basketmouth is set to become a co-host on the set of an all new MTV Base comedy video clip series “Ridiculousness Africa.” Characterised by insane antics, crazy stunts and life-threatening feats of senselessness, the show airs weekly on MTV Base, DStv channel 322. Hosted by the comedian alongside two South African co-hosts Thomas Gumede and Boity Thulo, “Ridiculousness Africa” hunts the Internet, seeking out the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest stunts ever committed to video. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Ridiculousness, and I always dreamed of being a guest on the show, so it’s totally amazing to become…
A new episode of popular Friday night comedy program “The Bigger Friday Show” featured Basket Mouth as a shrink with Kiss Daniel as his patient. On the episode, Kiss Daniel jokingly said that everyone wants to kiss him because his name is ‘Kiss Daniel.’ He further said that his female fans want him to change his current hairstyle which they claim is too feminine. The Bigger Friday Show is one of the revamped entertainment shows on MTV Base as the channel seeks to make young African audiences the center of its content and deepen audience participation and interaction. Basketmouth has…
For some weird reasons I’ve been seeing tweets and anywhere I turn I hear ‘Baba you don hear Kiss Daniel album‘, and I’m like what’s the fuss about the album? So I finally got the album and to say I was pleasantly blown away is an understatement. Truth be told the album is a masterpiece. For a perceived rookie, Kiss Daniel dropped a debut album with zero feature (apart from his label mate Sugarboy on two songs). No one in his category would attempt that. As we approach yet another award season, the industry is on the edge, pundits are…