Popular comedian, AY Makun has a question for fans concerning giving and receiving. The jester took to Instagram today, July 29, 2016 asking, “But at what point do people understand that givers also have needs? How many people can you give to in a place where those in need surpasses your income?” “Even when you follow the above quote by @Chrisrock and sets a limit, how do you also handle families and friends who blackmail you into believing its their right for you to give that which you have kept in your reserve to take care of your own problems?…
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Nollywood actress, Lola Alao has just cleared the air over an alleged animosity between herself and Bukky Wright over a man. The rumour mill was agog with news that the newly converted actress and her ‘bestie’ Bukky were at war over an Austria-based prince known as Abbey whom Lola was reportedly close to getting married to. Lola Alao has however debunked such claims calling it rumours. According to her latest post on Instagram the pair’s friendship is still intact. She shared a photo on her Instagram page yesterday, July 28, 2016, writing, “Ajoke my bestie for life, they Said we…
Andre Gomes says Cristiano Ronaldo has congratulated him on his move to Barcelona, and that playing alongside Ronaldo for Portugal and Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou is not an issue. Gomes joined Barca from Valencia this week for an initial fee of €35 million, despite having been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid. Speaking to Catalan station TV3, the 22-year-old said he had already spoken with Portugal teammate Ronaldo about the Barca move and was now looking forward to enjoying playing alongside the two players acknowledged as the world’s best over the last decade. “I spoke with…
Jurgen Klopp believes the players he had added to his Liverpool squad this summer gives them the chance to compete right from the off. In his first summer in charge of the Reds, Klopp has welcomed seven new faces to the side — in Sadio Mane, Loris, Karius, Ragnar Klavan, Georginio Wijnaldum, Marko Grujic, Joel Matip and goalkeeper Alex Manninger — while letting 10 players depart Anfield in the process. The German manager, who replaced Brendan Rodgers on Merseyside in October, feels his acquisitions can help the squad build on last season’s two cup-final appearances and eighth-placed league finish. “I’m…
Manchester City have made a final take it-or-leave it offer of around £40 million for Everton defender John Stones, a source has said. Pep Guardiola confirmed that he wanted to sign the England international at a news conference following City’s International Champions Cup victory over Borussia Dortmund in China. A source said City have been in talks with the Goodison Park club but will not be held to ransom over a potential deal. Reports suggest that Everton are holding out for £50m for Stones, with 15 percent of any fee going to Barnsley as part of the deal that saw…
Manchester United and Juventus have finally agreed to all the details on Paul Pogba’s world-record transfer, sources have said, with the midfielder set to undergo a medical exam to complete the move to Old Trafford. United had already agreed to pay Juventus’ £101.3m (€120m) asking price for Pogba but had been in negotiations over extra fees. After protracted negotiations, United will pay a £95 million (€112.6m) transfer fee for the 23-year-old plus £20m (€23.7m) in agents’ fees. The amount that the clubs would pay Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola, was a main sticking point in talks, as Juve had insisted that…
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has praised new signing N’Golo Kante for his reserved personality, and has backed the France international to be a “fantastic” midfielder for the squad. Kante left Premier League champions Leicester City for a £30 million move to Stamford Bridge earlier this month. The former Caen midfielder has impressed new boss Conte during preseason training sessions, leaving the Italian convinced the 25-year-old will play a major role in his side this season. “We are very happy to have N’Golo with us because he is a player who does not speak a lot, but just does his job,”…
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday announced his retirement from international duty with immediate effect. The 31-year-old Manchester United midfielder, who won his 120th and final cap in Germany’s 2-0 defeat to France in the semifinals of Euro 2016, revealed the news on his official Twitter account. “With Bastian Schweinsteiger, we are saying goodbye to a big name from the national team,” said German Football Association president Reinhard Grindel. Schweinsteiger retires from die Mannschaft with his Old Trafford future in the balance having reportedly been told by United’s new coach Jose Mourinho that he is one of nine players free…
Veteran Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he is delighted his compatriots will get to see the moment ‘everyone has been waiting for’, namely his debut for new club Manchester United in his homeland on Saturday. Ibrahimovic will lead United’s frontline in the pre-season friendly with Turkish side Galatasaray in Gothenburg, Sweden, after missing the club’s trip to China. Ibrahimovic, who has had to wait till the end of his career to play in the Premier League having won titles in Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands, said it pleased him his compatriots would be the ones to see him don…
No deal has been reached between Juventus and Manchester United concerning the touted transfer of French international Paul Pogba, the player’s agent Mino Raiola insisted on Friday. “Journalist = parrots. No deal done between clubs,” Raiola wrote on Twitter. “It’s a game between Italy press and UK press who announce it first and who is worse.” United have reportedly had an £86 million offer turned down by the Italian champions as they try to lure Pogba back to Old Trafford four years after allowing him to leave on a free transfer. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho all but confirmed United…
Kolo Toure will miss Celtic’s friendly with Spanish giants Barcelona in Dublin on Saturday but could play for his new club in next week’s key Champions League tie against Astana. The 35-year-old Ivory Coast centre-back, formerly with Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool has yet to feature for his new side since joining the Glasgow club last week. Scottish champions Celtic have a defensive injury crisis, with Erik Sviatchenko, Jose Simunovic, Dedryck Boyata and Kristoffer Ajer all sidelined. And with their Champions League third qualifying round tie against Astana poised at 1-1 ahead of Wednesday’s second leg at Parkhead, it is…
With a first Premier League title under their belts and a place secured among Europe’s footballing elite, Leicester City could be forgiven for expecting the silverware to just keep coming. But the Foxes’ Italian boss Claudio Ranieri is keeping his players’ feet firmly on the ground, insisting the goal for 2016-17 remains the same as 12 months earlier – avoiding relegation. “It’s the same this season at the start – to achieve 40 points, at the beginning, to be solid and to believe in yourself,” the 64-year-old Italian said. Leicester, 5 000/1 outsiders in pre-season, were crowned champions for the…
Niger Delta ex-militant, Mujahid Asari Dokubo has lost his first wife, Alhaja Zainab Asari Dokubo, to an auto crash on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. According to a report by Vangaurd Newspaper, Zainab died alongside a friend in a motor accident on her way to Ibadan. The sad occurrence was confirmed by the Chairman Oyo state Muslim community, Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni. “Even then, there was hardly any month she was not in Ibadan for one Islamic programme or the other. She was a member of many Islamic organisations in Ibadan including Oluyole Muslim community under the Imamship of Imam Mudashir…
The Nigeria’s finance minister, Kemi Adeosun has been described as a tenacious finance minister by English Newspaper, The Economist. In a recent report on how the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration is battling corruption in Nigeria, The Economist referred to the finance minister as being not readily relinquishing her principle, or course of action in the government’s battle against corruption. The report also pointed at her reforms in the country’s finance as well as managing the available resources in the current face of economic reforms. Adeosun, who insisted governors must make their finances public before receiving a second federal bailout,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken whole credit for the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail line project, which was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, July 26. The party accused the President and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of appropriating the project. Reacting to the launching of the project, PDP spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, said the Olusegun Obasanjo administration conceptualised the project, while “successive PDP administrations of President Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan commenced work and built the project to 99 percent completion.” “The only work done by President Muhammadu Buhari on the project was yesterday’s commissioning,” read the statement.…
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has screened 34 ambassadorial nominees out of 47 sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. The committee, which screened 15 nominees on Tuesday, screened additional 19 on Wednesday. The nominees, answered questions bothering on their qualification, expertise and what they would do to ensure bilateral relations between Nigeria and other countries if confirmed. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu, enjoined the remaining nominees to get to the venue of the screening as early as 10 a.m. on Thursday to enable the committee round off the screening. She appreciated the…
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has said that a military intervention might not be the best solution to the militancy in the Niger Delta. Dickson made the comment after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. “I have said that on the issues in the Niger Delta, the terrain, the historic nature of the issues and challenges are such that military solution may not be the way forward,” the governor said according to Leadership. “For us who are products of political system and who are at this level, we have a duty…
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is after Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu because he is Igbo. MASSOB made the comment via a statement released by leader, Uchenna Madu. The statement reads in part: “MASSOB has discovered the major reasons behind President Buhari’s pathological and sentimental hatred against Ndigbo and Biafrans in general which is his perceived pathological envy against the entrepreneurship, economic prowesses, establishment, domineering and industrious nature of Igbo people.” “Buhari’s grouse against Ike Ekweremadu is because he’s Igbo man not PDP; if a non-Igbo PDP…
Governor, Muhammad Abubakar has accused his predecessor, Isa Yuguda of withdrawing N1 billion from one of the state’s accounts in a single day. Abubakar made the revelation during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, Punch reports. “I always feel shy of churning out figures I am not certain of. All I can say is definitely, there will be great revelations because the little I have seen, for example, I know of a situation in which in one day the sum of N1bn was taken out of one account of the government with N10m cheques,” he said.…
Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being insincere about negotiating for peace in the troubled region. The group also threatened to prevent the government from exporting oil from the region. NDA made the comment via a statement released by spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo. The statement reads: The NDA intelligence agency gathered that the said peace talk or dialogue by the federal government is a delay tactic employed by the federal government to enable their purchased drones that are said to arrive latest end of August from the United State. This whole thing makes us to…