Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has warned his players that they risk injuries if they are not totally match fit. City defender Gael Clichy revealed that former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss Guardiola had told players that they would not train with the first team if they were overweight and has banned pizzas and heavy food. City picked up a total of 81 injuries last season, according to physioroom.com, and lost key men such as Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero for significant spells. Guardiola is determined to look into every detail to ensure his players are as…
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Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis believes that the word “betrayal” is the best way of describing Gonzalo Higuain’s transfer to Juventus. Higuain arrived in Turin on Wednesday for his first day as a Juve player after the Turin-based club agreed to pay the €90-million release clause in his contract with the Azzurri. Not only did De Laurentiis not expect the Bianconeri to pay the fee required to release the forward from his contract with them, he admitted to his shock at Higuain’s decision to leave Napoli after signing for the club from Real Madrid in 2013. “People say that talking…
Real Madrid made another attempt to jump into the race, but their offer of wages is still considerably lower than that of Manchester United. Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola, returned to Italy after visiting his client in Miami and had another meeting with Juventus to work on the details. The Italian club acquired Gonzalo Higuain, a big-name signing to help lessen the impact of Pogba’s departure. The saga continues, and anything can happen until a deal is official, but the French midfielder is likely to play at Old Trafford next season.
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is a threat to Nigeria’s democracy. Fayose made the comment in reaction to the alleged manipulation of the Imo North Senatorial election, which was declared inconclusive by INEC. “If we have done more than 15 elections since President Buhari assumed office and all ended inconclusive, it is obvious that we are tending towards anarchy,” the governor said in a statement issued by his media aide, Lere Olayinka. “It is becoming very clear that votes of Nigerians are no longer allowed to…
African Independent Television (AIT) founder and a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Raymond Dokpesi, has expressed confidence that the party will “bounce back to glory.” The All Progressives Congress (APC) took over power in 2015 after the PDP had ruled for 16 years. Dokpesi, who is vying for the position of the PDP National Chairman, said the party lost power because it deviated from the visions of its founding fathers, adding that members must return to those ideals in order for the party to win the hearts of Nigerians again. Speaking to party members and delegates in Asaba, Delta…
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has said that Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu will soon lose his position to a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha further named the person who would displace Ekweremadu as Benjamin Uwajumogu, the APC candidate for the Imo North Senatorial District. “The position of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as the Deputy Senate President is at the moment under heavy threat, because in no distant time, the APC Senator in-waiting from Imo State, Benjamin Uwajumogu, will take over the seat on the grounds that it is an aberration that a PDP senator from the South-East…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has denied reports that the state received more than N9 billion from the Federation Account for use in July 2016. Fayose made the clarification on Monday, July 25, 2016, during a broadcast in Ado-Ekiti, a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi said. The statement reads in part: Those peddling unfounded rumours were given their own opportunity to lead the state and they left the state in huge debts. Their failed, white elephant projects litter the state. The uncompleted civic centre, the new Governor’s Office along NTA Road where they only scrapped the…
State governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday in Abuja met with President Muhammadu Buhari and reassured him of their support and loyalty. Gov. Rochas Okorochas of Imo, who spoke to State House correspondents after the meeting held in the Presidential Villa, said the governors were behind the ongoing anti-corruption crusade of the Buhari-led administration. He said that they also saluted the president over the successes so far recorded in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the country. “We have come to reassure Mr President that the APC governors are solidly behind him, his…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has recognised Sen. Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said INEC ratified the administrative approval granted Makarfi, based on the judgment of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt. Dazang said the ratification was in line with INEC’s Decision Extract, issued on July 14, 2016 and signed by the Director, Commission’s Secretariat, Mr Ishiaku Gali. He said INEC would recognise the National Caretaker’s activities such…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in the appeals challenging the election of Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Kogi. Rep. James Faleke of the (APC) and former governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had appealed the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had upheld the election of Bello as duly elected governor of the state. Justice Jumai Sankey led other four Justices to reserve the judgment after counsel to parties adopted their written addresses. “The judgment in these appeals will be delivered on a…
Following the cancellation of the legislative re-run elections in Rivers State, the state government has called for the dissolution of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under the leadership of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. INEC had initially cancelled the election due to violence and fixed a new date, July 30, to conclude the poll, but on Tuesday, July 26, the Commission suspended the process again. The latest cancellation has sparked outrage from rival political parties and the people of Rivers State. In a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George, it call on the Federal Government…
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president has come under attack over a recent comment he made on Nigerian lawmakers. Obasanjo while reacting to the alleged budget padding scandal currently rocking the House of Representatives on Monday, July 25, 2016 said the event had confirmed his earlier claim that Nigerian lawmakers were rogues. The former president’s statement however generated reactions from those directly involved, the lawmakers. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, the deputy Senate leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah dared the former president to prove evidence to back his claim. The lawmaker stated that he had rejected Obasanjo’s…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), under the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, is intensifying search for crude oil in the North-East. As contained in a statement issued by the NNPC spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, the search is in line with the resident’s order “for deeper inquest into the prospectivity of some hitherto neglected finds in some areas in the North Eastern part of Nigeria”. According to the statement, the group managing director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru, made this known while receiving Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, who paid a courtesy visit to the NNPC Towers, Abuja. Baru stated that…
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he allocated three ministries – the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, to a former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola. Many critics, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had criticised the President for assigning the portfolios to the ex-governor, arguing that it would overwhelm him, which would result to underperformance. But Buhari said Fashola’s outstanding performance in Lagos State for eight years prepared and qualified him for his present office. Speaking in an interview with a magazine, The Interview, Buhari said Fashola is a hard working man who has proven to be an…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that any member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who is involved in corrupt activities will be prosecuted without hesitation. Buhari, who was reacting to the allegations that he is protecting corrupt members of his party and those who financed his 2015 election campaigns, affirmed that he will come down hard on any of his loyalists if case of corruption is established against them. The President was said to have made the statement in an interview with a magazine called ‘The Interview.’ “Do you just grab people along the road and take them off to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the passing of prominent politician and former Deputy Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Magaji Abdullahi, describing him as one of Nigeria’s finest and result-driven engineers of his time. This is contained in the president’s condolence message to the family, the government and people of Kano State. A statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said Buhari’s message was delivered by a Federal Government delegation led by Alhaji Sulaiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources. Buhari noted that under Magaji’s tenure as head of…
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has denied reports that that nine of its members are being investigated for forging their ceritificates. The House made the denial via a statement released by Chairman, House Committee on Information, Honourable Gboyega Aribisogan. The statement reads: It has come to the attention of the Ekiti State House of Assembly that some enemies of the state, in their unrelenting bid to discredit the state government, have alleged, through an apparently-sponsored story in The Punch newspaper of Monday, July 25, that nine of the 26 honourable members of the House are under investigation for alleged…
Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to get him arrested. Fani-Kayode made the allegation in an article titled “Nigeria’s third Mahdi and the last of the Amalekite Kings”. Read the article below: Forgive me for my curious silence over the last few months but this was due to circumstances beyond my control. As you know I was locked up in President Buhari’s gulag and I was not allowed to write from there. Needless to say I missed all my readers. I have chosen to share my views about our nation today because I…
Kwara Government said on Tuesday that it had discovered 516 workers recruited illegally in its service, between 2014 and 2015. The State’s Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mr Musa Yeketi, made the disclosure at a news briefing in Ilorin. Yeketi said that the irregularity was noticed shortly after the three-day verification conducted for teachers, employed by the Teaching Service Commission, between 2014 and 2015. He said that Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed only approved the appointment of 449 workers for the period under review, while the record showed 965 as the figure of the employed staff. “We want to clear…
The ex-DAAR Communications Plc Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi, has revealed that embattled factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff because of his alleged involvement with the Boko Haram sect. The embattled AIT boss, who is also vying for the role of National Chairmanship of the opposition party reportedly said Ali Modu Sheriff was ousted because of his alleged links with the dreaded insurgents. “Sheriff has a little bit of baggage because from where he came from, he is not supported. Boko Haram is a major reason our son, Goodluck Jonathan lost the last presidential election. “So…