Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has petitioned the European Union, US Congress and other foreign missions over his trial for allegedly forging Senate standing rules. In a recent report by Nation Newspaper, the Deputy Senate President wrote the foreign missions on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Other foreign missions copied in the petition include the United Nations, European Union Parliament, Governments of United States and United Kingdom. The report further revealed that Ekweremadu was moved to petition the foreign missions over what he described as attempt to truncate Nigeria’s democracy and “silence him as the leader and highest ranking member…
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Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the appointment of Unai Emery as their new head coach. Emery has been hired on a two-year deal, which can be extended to three, to replace Laurent Blanc, who paid the price for an inability to get beyond the Champions League quarter-finals in any of his three seasons in charge. Former Sevilla coach Emery has bags of continental pedigree though, having won the Europa League in each of his three full seasons in charge at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. “It is with great pride that I agreed to become the Paris-Saint Germain coach,” Emery told the…
Argentina president Mauricio Macri revealed his discussion with Lionel Messi as he tried to convince the star to remain with the national team. The 29-year-old stunningly announced he was set to retire from internationals after his side’s penalty shoot-out loss to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final on Sunday. Fans and players have urged Messi, Argentina’s all-time leading goalscorer, to reconsider. Marci has tried to do the same and said the Barcelona star was huge for the country. “I spoke with him to congratulate him and tell him he had done a great championship,” Macri told reporters. He added:…
Chelsea are close to completing the signing of Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi from Marseille in a deal worth £33 million, according to multiple reports. Batshuayi has been one of the most coveted players of the transfer window, with Marseille said to have rejected bids from West Ham and Juventus earlier this summer before Crystal Palace reportedly had an offer of £31.6m accepted on Monday. L’Equipe, which first reported the story on Tuesday evening, reports that Chelsea have agreed to pay £33m to secure Batshuayi, making him the most lucrative sale in Marseille’s history ahead of Didier Drogba, who made the…
Luis Suarez is confident his Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi will reconsider his early retirement from Argentina duty. Messi, 29, unexpectedly announced that he was planning to end his international career after the Copa America Centenario defeat to Chile, which represented a third consecutive loss in three years in a major final for Argentina. Uruguay star Suarez, though, said he was hopeful that Messi, who had served as Argentina’s captain, would reconsider. “Knowing Leo, for sure he will have said something in a moment of sadness and powerlessness,” Suarez told Tenfield.com. “It would be a pity for football if he took…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp tracked Sadio Mane for four years before finally managing to sign him. The 24-year-old became Liverpool’s third most expensive player when he completed a £30 million move from Southampton. Klopp is delighted to have captured the Senegal international, who has reportedly signed a five-year contract. “I have followed Sadio for a lot of years since his impressive performances in the Olympics in 2012, and then watched his development in Austria and in his time at Southampton,” the Reds boss told the club’s official website. “Since I came here I have spoken to the staff a lot…
England captain Wayne Rooney has offered his preference for another homegrown manager to replace Roy Hodgson with the Three Lions. Two of the country’s last four permanent bosses have been imports — Sweden’s Sven-Goran Eriksson and Italy’s Fabio Capello — and Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn suggested on Tuesday nationality would be no barrier for the right candidate. When asked for his opinion, Rooney, who earlier on Tuesday denied a rift with Hodgson, said: “Of course it’s better if he’s English, but he has to be the right man for the job. “He has to have the credentials and…
Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Borussia Dortmund’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan after making an “improved offer” for the midfielder, the Bundesliga club’s CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said. The Armenia international has been linked by British media with a move to Old Trafford under new manager Jose Mourinho. “The situation is now different. Manchester have made a much improved offer,” Watzke told Sport Bild magazine. “In situations like this there are always a lot of different things to consider and in the end at one point we have to make a decision. “As we are back in training on…
The day Euro 2016 kicked off, Paul Pogba’s youthful face featured on the front page of L’Equipe, flanked by pictures of France’s all-time greats Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane. It was the French sports daily’s way of illustrating just how much the host nation was expecting from the 23-year-old midfielder — maybe too much. A couple of weeks later and Pogba has shown only glimpses of his talent on the pitches of France, with some people starting to wonder whether he was worth all the hype. “Is Pogba the world’s most over-rated player?”, former England captain turned pundit Gary Lineker…
Poland have an impressive defensive record at Euro 2016 but standing in their way to a semi-final spot is arguably one of sport’s greatest-ever athletes, Cristiano Ronaldo. The monstrous Polish centre back pairing of Michal Pazdan and Kamil Glik face their toughest challenge yet when they come up against Portugal in the last-eight clash in Marseille on Thursday, though their previous matches have not provided much by way of preparation for facing the Real Madrid star. Describing 29-year-old Ronaldo as the “perfect athlete”, US lifestyle magazine Men’s Health says he hits speeds of more than 32 kph, jumps nearly a…
Eden Hazard missed training on Tuesday with an injury suffered in Belgium’s 4-0 Euro 2016 victory over Hungary on Sunday but should return for their quarterfinal against Wales. Hazard scored and contributed an assist in an excellent individual performance when Belgium crushed Hungary in Toulouse but picked up a quadriceps injury in the first half. “That’s why I took him off,” coach Marc Wilmots told journalists on Tuesday. “I think he’ll be back the day after tomorrow. “He’s working with the physios and he should be 100 per cent on Thursday.” Thomas Vermaelen, suspended for Friday’s quarter-final in Lille, also…
We must collectively work as a people to put Ogoja on the world map. We must make Ogoja work. We must make Ogoja great again. I am glad the current leaders of Ogoja are people who are ready to serve and have a listening ear. But we as a people must continue to work towards the growth of the ancient city. We must see Ogoja as our project. The development of Ogoja should be our primary focus. I desire to see a town bubbling with fresh air. A town where many have jobs. Good schools, electricity and a good means…
Mavin Records singer Reekado Banks releases official video for his jam ‘Standard’ off his forthcoming debut album. The groovy song sees Reekado put on display his now lavish lifestyle. The tune was produced by Altims.
Top-billing dancehall/reggae act, Patoranking, releases the visuals for the dance tune, ‘No Kissing Baby’. Produced by GospelOnDeBeatz and featuring top Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, this is the first track/video off his upcoming debut album titled “God Over Everything”.
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has told those calling for the break-up of Nigeria to forget about it, adding that the country is better as one united entity. He said “Brexit hit the British economy hard. I’m sure they’ll recover. But what does it mean for Nigeria? It means we’re better as one united nation.” “Brexit hit the British economy hard. I’m sure they’ll recover. But what does it mean for Nigeria? It means we’re better as one united nation” “The amount the world has lost due to Brexit is over $2 trillion so far. More than UK ever gave EU. Nations…
The embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that their is “another government” within the President Muhammadu Buhari administration determined to seize the apparatus of Executive powers. Saraki disclosed this in a statement after he was granted bail by Justice Yusuf Haliru of the FCT High Court on Monday, June 27, 2017 over allegations of forgery of Senate Standing Order 2015. The Senate President noted that the charges filed against him by the Attorney General of the Federation is violation of the principle of the Separation of Powers between the Executive and the Legislative arm as enshrined in the Constitution.…
Students in Ekiti state have protested the freezing of Governor Ayo Fayose’s bank account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency blocked Fayose’s Zenith bank account on Monday, June 20, 2016. The students also condemned the EFCC over what they called selective prosecution, adding that President Buhari should be impartial in his fight against corruption. Some of the protesters were students from Ekiti State University (EKSU), Federal Polythenic, (POLYADO), Ikere College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and College of Health and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti. Daily Post reports that a representative of EKSU, Oladimeji Ibrahim Adebayo said “We are here…
Gov. Ifeanyi Uwguanyi of Enugu State says his administration would partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in its fight against drug abuse and trafficking. Ugwuanyi said this in Enugu on Monday while marking this year’s International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with a theme: “Listen to Children and Youths First”. He noted that such partnership became necessary to discourage youths from the act. Ugwuanyi said that the state government would identify with NDLEA as the consumption of narcotic drugs and other hard drugs had transformed into a major threat in the World. The governor described…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is working very hard to restructure the Nigerian economy, battered by several years of mismanagement. A statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said Buhari stated this in Abuja on Monday while receiving the Chief Global CEO of Unilever, Mr Paul Polman. The statement quoted the President as saying that Nigeria is paying dearly for the incompetent management of the massive revenue that accrued to the nation from oil. It also quoted Buhari as saying that the country was particularly paying dearly for over a decade’s decay…
The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Monday in Abuja, called on government and relevant stakeholders to intensify effort to end drug abuse in the country. The call is contained in a statement signed by Malam Zakariyau Nadabo, the Director Media to the wife of the President, to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Nadabo quoted her as saying that “the collective efforts by relevant stakeholders to end the drug abuse had become necessary to ensure free drug society.” Mrs Buhari reiterated her determination to continue enlightening Nigerians on the dangers of drug abuse…