Yaya Toure will not play again for Manchester City until the player’s camp apologises for comments made by his agent, manager Pep Guardiola vowed on Tuesday. Dimitri Seluk accused the City manager of “humiliating” Toure, 33, by leaving him out of the club’s Champions League squad at the start of this month. The Ivorian midfielder, who announced his retirement from international duty on Tuesday, has not figured in a single City match-day squad since then. “The day after that, his agent spoke and in that moment, Yaya is out,” Guardiola told a press conference. “Unless Mr Dimitri Seluk comes back…
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is under pressure to drop Wayne Rooney, with the captain’s clanking performances emblematic of the team’s struggles. United have lost their last three matches and there is clamour among supporters and journalists for Rooney to be removed from the starting XI. In an online poll by the United fanzine Red Issue, over 99 percent of respondents called for him to be axed. “Where do you want Wayne Rooney to play? Or should he be playing at all?” former England captain Alan Shearer wrote in The Sun after United’s 3-1 defeat at Watford on Sunday. “Not…
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked Mr Michael Akindele, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) with effect from Sept. 14, 2016. The Head, Public Affairs Unit of the agency, Mr Adebayo Kehinde, disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos, that Akindele had been replaced by Mr Tiamiyu Adesina. Kehinde said that the governor appointed Adesina, as the Acting General Manager of the agency with effect from the same date. Adesina’s appointment was contained in a letter written by the Head of Service, Public Service Office in the State, Mrs Olabowale…
The former Chairman of the House committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin has revealed that he is not bothered by threats that he might be suspended from the Green Chambers. Jibrin said he will take it as the sacrifice he has to pay to ensure that corruption is stamped out of the country. The lawmaker also promised to pursue the budget padding allegation till justice is served and the truth comes out. Jibrin said “On the issue of suspension I am less bothered. Perhaps that is the sacrifice I will have to make for the country and for us to be…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that community policing had become necessary to tackle internal security challenges facing the country. Osinbajo made the call at the 20th Memorial Service of the first female industrialist in Nigeria and third Iyalode of Egbaland, late (Mrs) Esther Bisoye Tejuoso. The Memorial Service and Symposium at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, was organised by the Tejuoso Royal Family in conjunction with Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission. Osibanjo noted that the Nigeria Police have not been able to “resolve” the puzzle behind the murder of the matriarch of Tejuoso dynasty…
Wife of Nigeria President, Aisha Buhari has met with the U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama in New York, United States of America. The two first ladies met during the broadway event which focused on the empowerment of the girl child. Mrs Buhari met Michelle Obama, who joined broadway stars and Stephen Colbert in a charity event which was created to coincide with the gathering of world leaders in New York for the opening of the 71st UN General Assembly. At the event, Michelle pledged to keep pushing for women’s right even after leaving the White House before an audience of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed past leaders for the current economic state of Nigeria saying they lacked foresight and uprightness. The President made this known to the public at the 20th memorial service of Iyalode of Egbaland, late (Mrs) Esther Bisoye Tejuoso, where he was represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal. In the speech read by Lawal but credited to the President, Buhari stressed that the economy would have been better if the past leaders had demonstrated managerial skills and uprightness. He said: “If our leaders had demonstrated the foresight, uprightness and managerial skills…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has shared one of his most cherished moments in life as he visits members of his constituents in Kwara State. In a video, which he shared on Twitter, Saraki noted that the simple things matters more to him than what many think. The video shows the Senate President enjoying a dance with an aged woman and obviously, a supporter of the Saraki scion. Saraki was in Ilorin, Kwara State to celebrate the sallah celebrations last week but has since returned to his office in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t care about Nigerians’ suffering. He also called for the destruction of “Islamist terror” in Nigeria and throughout the entire world. The former minister made the comments via an article titled “The Bloody Legacy of Usman Dan Fodio (Part 1)”. The article reads: On 19th September 2016 after the latest bombing in New York, Mr. Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said “In the 20th century the United States of America defeated fascism, Nazism and communism. Today the United States of America must destroy (radical) Islamism”. Mr.…
Former special adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has urged former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to help the Muhammadu Buhari government in its quest to end the current recession in the country. Okupe made the call via a post on his Facebook page titled “National Economic Emergency”. Read the post, published on Monday, September 19, below: It is a fact that Nigeria as a country is in dire straits in terms of its economy. It is not too important how we got here or who or what brought us here. We need an exit plan desperately. Sadly, there…
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu has criticized the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group over its frequent protest marches to the Presidential Villa. Ojudu also said that the group is conducting itself as if Buhari is detaining the abducted Chibok girls. “Since the President came to power, he has met with them thrice. And it is looking like look, you are making this thing appear as if I am the one detaining those girls. I am not detaining them. You are only going to protest to me if I am the one detaining…
Former Sokoto state governor, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed as a leader. According to Bafarawa, Buhari’s “failure” is due to the fact that he doesn’t have a listening ear. “Buhari has failed because he does not have a listening ear, he does not heed to advice at a time Nigerians are wallowing in poverty and deprivation,” Bafarawa told the Hausa service of Voice of America (VOA). “I’ve written several letters to President Buhari, seeking to have an audience with him on the way forward but he remains indifferent in granting me the opportunity,”…
Despite the fact that his current deal with Mavin Records is set to expire in a few months, Korede Bello is not considering leaving the label anytime soon. The singer made this known in a new interview, saying that when the deal expires, he will sign a renewal. ‘Of course I will renew, Mavin is like a family to me,’ he confidently said. Korede, alongside Reekado Banks and Di’Ja, signed three-year deals with Mavin in February 2014 but is yet to release an album with the contract nearing its end. The ‘Godwin’ singer however maintains he will still release his…
Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade in a Snapchat rant yesterday, complained about ‘self-acclaimed’ Nigerian critics who go about criticising artistes without doing any form of research or even bothering to listen to any of the songs, but ‘just say shit’. She called them gender-biased and wondered why they picked on only females. ‘Who are you?’ she asked angrily.
“Nolly Thursdays” which has been described as the new Industry Night” for the Nigerian film industry, is geared towards promoting and celebrating Nollywood movies (old and new) in the cinema. The next edition of the event is set to hold on Thursday, September 22, 2016, at Genesis Cinemas The Palms, with the special guest as Bimbo Akintola. Akintola is a veteran in the Nigerian, who started acting as a pupil with her peers. Her debut acting featured her in the film “Owo Blow” (1995) and “Out of Bounds” (1997) for which she was awarded the Best Actress/English Actress in Nigeria.…
News reaching us has it that movie star, Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. TMZ reports the filmmaker and humanitarian had a conflict with husband, Brad Pitt over the kids leading to their getting a divorce. Sources say Angelina’s decision to file has to do with the way Brad was parenting the children. According to them she was extremely upset with his methods of parenting. Meanwhile, other sources say Brad Pitt’s “Allied” co-star, Marion Cotillard might be the cause. Inquisitr reports Jolie barely eats, she guzzles wine every night and she smokes constantly, and Brad Pitt exhausted…
American rapper Kanye West has finally joined photo sharing platform Instagram and it’s been gaining thousands of followers since its genesis. He joined the social media platform under the username @kanyewest yesterday (September 18). Kenye’s first post is an image from 1990 film “Total Recall”, directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The post has gained over 300,000 likes and almost 50,000 comments from fans. Kanye has been trying to stick to one social media platform which is Twitter but disclosed in March, 2016 that he’s considering an Instagram account — but only under one condition. He tweeted “on…
Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot is full of praises for his wife Victoria. The couple attended a wedding over the weekend and the politician shared a photo of the two of them on social media. He used the photo as an opportunity to express his undying love for his wife and to let the world know just how much he loves her. He wrote, “The Mrs and I ..my babamai ,we shall grow old together ,we just dey start ooo. Love of mi life ..a woman who knows me .#not just bone of my bone… #youarethebone.” Also Elliot has been up…
Just when we were warming up to the idea of Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie, the couple call their relationship quits six weeks after they were first spotted together. An insider tells Us Weekly that things started to take a downturn for the couple earlier this month. Surprisingly, their split comes days after 18-year-old Richie enthused about her “special relationship” with the 22-year-old “Sorry” singer, to Billboard magazine. In the interview published on September 8, Sofia who one of Lionel Richie’s daughters said: “Justin is very easy to talk to, and that’s hard to find with people in Los Angeles.”…
Popular comedian Julius Agwu has been quiet on the entertainment scene for a while now following brain tumour relapse rumours. News outlets reported that Julius is currently out of the country as doctors are trying to manage his condition. We, however, reached out to his manager, Bishop who confirmed to us that Agwu is doing very well and is only getting a much needed rest. According to him, the veteran comedian is taking all the time he needs to rest in the UK. “He’s doing very well. He’s going to take all the time he needs now to have the…