Nigeria’s pop queen, Tiwa Savage and her son, Jamil ‘Jam Jam’ Balogun are on their way to Dubai! Apparently the Mavin artist is back to business after her well documented marriage drama that played out from April 28- 29, 2016. Tiwa however did not disclose whether the trip was for business or a vacation but shared a photo and video to show how she and Jamil were doing. Jamil was fast asleep on the plane. It’s been back to work for Tiwa Savage as her marriage to Tee Billz smashed on the rocks a few weeks ago. As a matter…
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France international Lassana Diarra has opened the door to a possible reunion with Jose Mourinho at Manchester United, claiming there’s a clause in his Marseille contract would allow him to leave for free this summer. Mourinho is widely expected to be made United manager on Tuesday following Louis van Gaal’s departure and Diarra, who played under the Portuguese at Chelsea and Real Madrid, is open to the idea of working with the 52-year-old again. Numerous changes have been flagged for the Red Devils squad that failed to gain Champions League qualification and, regardless of who takes over from Van Gaal,…
Manchester United have denied having a pre-contract agreement with Jose Mourinho, who is expected to be appointed as their new manager following Louis van Gaal’s exit. Van Gaal parted company with United on Monday evening following widespread reports his future was in jeopardy despite leading the side to FA Cup glory at Wembley on Saturday. The Dutchman failed to clinch Champions League qualification this season and came under significant pressure for his side’s style of football. Sources have told Theinfostride that Mourinho has agreed a deal to become United’s next boss and is expected to be officially appointed by the…
Neymar has hinted that he sees his long-term future at Barcelona amid continuing speculation as to whether the Brazil star will sign a new contract this summer. Neymar’s current deal with the Catalan club ends in June 2018 and talks over an extension have been ongoing for several months amid rumours that potential suitors such as Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain or Manchester United could pay his €190 million release clause this summer. Last week, Catalan radio station El Club de la Mitjanit reported that another meeting between the player’s representatives and Barca directors had taken place, and a new contract…
Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has thanked the club for the “honour” of managing at Old Trafford after it was announced on Monday that he would be leaving his position effective immediately. Van Gaal, 64, oversaw two tumultuous seasons at United and it had long been rumoured that the club would part ways with him following the end of the campaign. United won the FA Cup in their final match of the 2015-16 campaign, but the team missed out on the Premier League top-four and Champions League places and had been criticised by supporters and former players for…
Italy coach Antonio Conte cut several Euro 2016 hopefuls from a preliminary squad on Monday as he unveiled a 30-man squad for the Azzurri’s second pre-competition training camp. Italy will head to the June 10-July 10 tournament in France looking to reach a second successive final, but are facing a formidable challenge after failing to get past the first round at the past two editions of the World Cup. New York City FC midfielder Andrea Pirlo and AC Milan’s on-loan Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli were among the big names missing when Conte named his preliminary squad last week for a…
Mario Gotze says he is looking forward to next season at Bayern Munich, dampening speculation of a move back to Borussia Dortmund or Liverpool to work again with Jurgen Klopp. “I am looking forward to the new season in Munich and will do everything possible to be in top shape for my first training session with Carlo Ancelotti,” Goetze told German daily Bild. After a season spent either injured or largely on the bench under Pep Guardiola at Bayern, speculation had been rife that Germany’s World Cup winner was set either to join up with ex-coach Klopp at Liverpool or…
Stephen Keshi has said that he will take up the opportunity of working in the South African top-flight, the Premier Soccer League. The Nigerian legend explained that if the terms and conditions from any offer suits his choice, he will take up such deal. The 54-year-old further disclosed that he is leaving his door open for other options as well apart from working in the South African top division, the Absa Premier League. “As a professional I am ready to take up an offer provided the terms are okay by me,” Keshi said. “An opportunity to work in South Africa…
Portugal on Monday began preparations for Euro 2016 in Lisbon without talismanic captain Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid forward and club teammate Pepe will join the squad after the Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in Milan on Saturday. Fifteen of the 23 players named in Fernando Santos’s squad were present at their first training session, with those who played for their club sides at the weekend due to arrive during the week. The team are preparing in Oeiras, on the outskirts of Lisbon, before warm-up friendlies – the first on Sunday in Porto against Norway, before a match against…
Jose Mourinho is on the verge of fulfilling his dream of managing Manchester United after Louis van Gaal’s troubled two-year reign at Old Trafford came to a bitter end. Van Gaal said he was “very disappointed” to be sacked on Monday just 48 hours after leading United to victory in the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace. Missing out on a lucrative Champions League place proved the final straw for the club’s United States-based owners, the Glazer family, and they didn’t let United’s first piece of silverware since the 2013 retirement of legendary boss Alex Ferguson stop them from wielding…
Netherlands international Daley Blind believes sacked Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal deserved more respect, better treatment and faced unfair speculation over his future before being dismissed on Monday. “I always worked well with him and would have been keen that the co-operation lasted longer. The manager of a top club in England is naturally under much more pressure but over the last six months he has not been treated fairly,” defender Blind told reporters at the Dutch team’s training camp in Portugal. “I think a manager like Louis van Gaal, who has achieved so much already, deserved more respect,”…
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the founder of the Latter Rain Assembly, has urged the government to embark on institutional reforms and constitutional amendments. Bakare said for Nigeria to move forward, a Presidential Commission for National Reconciliation, Reintegration and Restructuring should be set up to address the numerous challenges plaguing the nation. Channels Television reports that he said “This commission should be mandated to work closely with the stakeholders and power-plugs, as well as legislative houses to create a new national identity for the Nigerian people and facilitate the creation of an acceptable functional governmental structure for Nigeria.” Bakare also added that…
According to reports, former president, Goodluck Jonathan might have begun a period of self-exile in Cote d’Ivoire to avoid being arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to SEWS, Jonathan went to the country last week after hearing reports of an impending arrest over money laundering allegations. The sources also reportedly said that the renewed attacks in the Niger Delta were due to “the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to renege on his promise that his predecessor had ‘nothing to fear’ from him (Buhari) after he handed over the reins of power on May 29, 2015”. Jonathan…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has warned of the possibility of reprisal attacks against Fulani herdsmen in the state. Fayose made the comment via a statement released by his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka on Sunday, May 22, 2016, according to Vanguard. It reads: I am sounding a note of warning to the Fulani herdsmen and those who can talk to them should also do so now. If they continue with these wanton attacks, killing of the people and destruction of farmlands in Ekiti, I cannot guarantee that there won’t be reprisal attacks. I can also not guarantee the level that the…
Leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Frederick Fasehun has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s current cabinet is an insult to Nigerian experts at home and abroad. Fasehun also urged Buhari to create an economic team involving former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, former Central Bank Governor, Charles Soludo, and prominent economist, Professor Pat Utomi among others. The OPC leader made the comment on Sunday, May 22, 2016, while addressing journalists in Lagos, Punch reports. “A review of the government’s economic team shows that it is made up of persons occupying their offices by nepotism…
Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu has urged Nigerians to contribute to the country’s growth instead of focusing on criticizing its leaders. Kachikwu made the comment on Sunday, May 22, 2016, during a thanksgiving service organised by the Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International in Benin, Edo State, Punch reports. “I have the hope that those, who are offended by virtually (all) the policies that we have pursued and still blow up the pipelines to express their anger, will sooner or later see the hope that we are trying very hard to produce and work with us in…
The Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed has said that mechanisms to respond to future incidence of flooding in the country have been put in place. Mohammed, speaking at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, noted that the 2012 flood caused a lot of damage because of lack of preparation. According to her, there are mechanisms that have been put in place so that we can have an emergency response should it happened again which we were not really for prepared that time (2012). “This time, we are working more collaboratively with NiMet to see…
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has expressed his confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari’s ability to lead Nigeria. Okorocha gave the vote of confidence while speaking to journalists in Owerri on Sunday, May 22, 2016, Vanguard reports. “I have no doubt in my mind that the old man (Buhari) will succeed. All I pleaded with Buhari to capture in the current fiscal year are in the budget. I want to assure Ndigbo that all that are due to us will definitely get to us,” he said. “I will not run in 2019 because President Muhammadu Buhari has all it takes to…
Former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied reports that she was asked by a Federal High Court to account for N30 trillion which “went missing” during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The court order was said to have been issued in connection to a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Okonjo-Iweala’s denial was contained in a statement released by her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu. It reads: Our attention has been drawn to media reports regarding a court judgment alleged to have been entered against the federal government of Nigeria and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in respect of an…
Following media reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan has fled to Côte De Ivoire to avoid arrest, one of his close associates, Senator Nimi Bariagha Amange, says the report is false. Amange described the report as a figment of the writer’s imagination, noting that he still spoke to the former president on Friday, May 20. Speaking in an interview, the Senator said: “I spoke with the former President on Friday. He told me that he was going to London to spend some times with his children. He did not indicate that he was under any stress and did not tell…