Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor was recently pictured ministering to a congregation at an Anglican church in Alaba. Ozokwor was ministering to a congregation at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Alaba where she spoke about her life and her personal encounter with Jesus Christ. This is the first time the actress will be seen ministering after she announced that she has given her life to Christ following a personal encounter. Recently, Ozokwor dished on her new religious life, how she met God, the retreats she holds and having to ditch wearing trousers, dreadlocks and jewellery. According to her, one of the things…
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Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has confirmed that Croatia right-back Sime Vrsaljko has passed a medical ahead of a transfer to the La Liga club. Atletico are interested in signing current Sassuolo player Vrsaljko to act as competition for current first choice right-back Juanfran Torres, with a fee of between €15 and €18 million mentioned in regular speculation in the local press. Serie A sides Napoli, Juventus and Napoli are also thought to be interested in the former Dinamo Zagreb and Genoa defender, but Vrsaljko himself said recently from Croatia’s camp at the Euros that his preference this summer was…
Reports this week suggest that Pep Guardiola has been immersing himself in Manchester City history ever since he knew he would be joining the Premier League. He’s said to have been watching DVDs of matches last season and reading up on the club’s roots, as well as making secret visits to the City Football Academy. As the 2016-17 season draws ever nearer, and director of football Txiki Begiristain hunts for players to add to the squad — potentially including Nolito — following the £21 million capture of Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund, it’s understandable that the fans are beginning to…
Lionel Messi blasted the Argentine Football Association, calling it a “disaster” after the national team’s plane from Houston was delayed on Thursday. Messi and Argentina comfortably defeated the United States in the Copa America Centenario semifinals on Tuesday, setting the stage for a rematch in the final with defending champion Chile at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. With the team’s plane from Houston to New Jersey grounded on Thursday, Messi took to Instagram to voice his disgust with the AFA. “Once again waiting on a plane to leave for our destination,” Messi wrote. “What a disaster the AFA are. My…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s brace against Hungary has silenced doubters of the Portugal captain, his international teammate Nani has said. Ronaldo endured a frustrating opening two games at Euro 2016 as Portugal were held to draws by Iceland and Austria. The 31-year-old Real Madrid forward claimed Iceland were “lucky” and “small” following their 1-1 draw and then missed a penalty and had a goal disallowed for offside in a goalless draw with Austria. But his double in a 3-3 draw with Hungary secured Portugal a round of 16 game with Croatia and got Ronaldo off the mark in the tournament. Nani said:…
Portugal depend too much on star forward and captain Cristiano Ronaldo and that could cost them in Saturday’s round-of-16 match against Croatia, according to Argentina legend Diego Maradona. Ronaldo, 31, led his team into the knockout phase in France as third-placed finishers in Group F. The Real Madrid forward scored twice in his Tuesday’s 3-3 group draw against Hungary — his first two goals of the tournament — to give them a third draw in three matches. Next up for Portugal is Croatia, surprise winners of Group D after beating Spain 2-1 in their last match and seen by many…
Liverpool are growing increasingly confident of landing Southampton forward Sadio Mane this summer, sources have told ESPN FC. Liverpool have been locked in discussions with Southampton for some time as they look to try and thrash out a deal for the Senegal international and sources have told ESPN FC the Anfield outfit are optimistic of agreeing a deal with their Premier League rivals. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has identified Mane as one of his top targets as he looks to strengthen his squad ahead of next season. Mane impressed Klopp during the two Premier League meetings between the two sides…
Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Southampton’s defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama on a five-year deal, the Premier League side said on Thursday. The move reunites the hard-tackling Kenyan with former Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino, the Argentine who took over at White Hart Lane in May 2014, as Spurs’ first signing of the close season. No financial details were given by the club, who secured a place in the Champions League by finishing third last season, but British media put the deal at £11 million. “The midfielder has agreed a contract with the Club until 2021,” Spurs said on their…
With the continent’s perennial powers shoehorned into the same half of the draw for the Euro 2016 knockout stages, Europe’s lesser lights will never have a better opportunity to topple the traditional giants. Title-holders Spain face Italy in the last 16 and then a potential quarterfinal against world champions Germany before the prospect of bumping into France or England should they reach the last four. The teams in the bottom half of the draw have combined to win 11 World Cups and nine European championships, whilst no side in the top half has won a major tournament. But for the…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has no hard feelings after England striker Jamie Vardy signed a new contract with Premier League champions Leicester City rather than moving to the London club. Vardy, who signed a four-year contract extension with the Foxes on Thursday, scored 24 league goals to help propel Claudio Ranieri’s side to a fairytale title win four years after joining Leicester from non-league Fleetwood Town. Vardy was strongly linked with Arsenal who were reported to have triggered the release cause in his contract and offered better personal terms than Leicester, said British media. “I think Leicester have made a…
Wales forward Gareth Bale will find it difficult to break down Northern Ireland’s defence in the all-British last 16 Euro 2106 clash at Parc des Princes on Saturday, said Irish striker Kyle Lafferty. Bale is joint-top scorer at Euro 2016 with three goals after helping Wales to top spot in their group, but will likely come up against a stubborn Irish backline, who have let in seven goals in their last 13 fixtures. “Gareth Bale is a standout player – you don’t play for Real Madrid if you’re an average player – but I honestly believe we’ve got one of…
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has cancelled the primary elections which held in Edo State after describing them as illegal. The primaries took place on Saturday, June 18, 2016, and led to the emergence of Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the party’s candidate. Sheriff expressed the sentiment in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The former chairman further released a schedule for a fresh congress in Edo State to run from June 23 to June 29.
Ogun State Senator, Buruji Kashamu has urged Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose to leave the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari alone and address the allegations levelled against him. Fayose had accused Mrs Buhari of participating in a 2009 bribery scandal involving US Congressman, William Jefferson. Kashamu made the call via a statement issued in Abuja. It reads in part: It is interesting that Mr. Fayose is talking about the rule of law and the need to do things within the ambit of the law. I never knew that he has ever heard of the concept of the Rule of…
The Deputy Minority leader of the Senate, Senator Emmanuel Bawcha has announced that 49 Senators in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have withdrawn their support for President Buhari. Bawcha said this on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the Senate chambers. This is as a result of the fresh forgery charges which the Federal Government filed against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. You will recall that the 49 PDP Senators declared their support for Buhari in August 2015. Reports also say the PDP Senators frowned at the freezing of the Ekiti state…
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called on the Federal Government to focus on insecurity, the economy and other important things that will uplift the nation, rather than trying to remove him. Saraki also told the government to be prepared for a long legal tussle, adding that he was going to prove his innocence. The Senate President also said the forgery case against him is an attempt by those who want him removed, The Independent reports that he said “The police in their investigation were conscious that the incumbent Senate president was not in office prior to June 9, 2015…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has contributed to the current crises being faced by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. The respected legal luminary has penned down what he tagged the limit of Governor Fayose’s legal immunity in the article below: Sometime in 2004, Governor Ayo Fayose was reported by The News magazine to have stolen N1.2 billion from the coffers of Ekiti State government. The brutal killings in the state were also traced to a killer squad funded by the governor. Embarrassed by the publication Mr. Fayose sued the magazine at the high court holden at Ado Ekiti.…
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President has again reacted to the allegation made by Governor Ayodele Fayose that she transferred funds to a convicted former U.S. lawmaker, Williams Jefferson. This was contained in a letter titled: “Demand for unqualified retraction of the false statement published by you in various media on the 20th of June, 2016, and subsequent dates regarding our client, Her Excellency, Mrs. Aisha Buhari the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR” which was obtained by Premium Times on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Mrs Buhari issued a five-day ultimatum to the governor demanding a full retraction of…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the erosion of powers given to local governments by state governments. Obasanjo said that the local council structure had been bastardised, battered and encroached upon by states, contrary to the objectives of creating the third-tier of government in 1976. “I wish I could help, but I am helpless,” the former president said when receiving the leadership of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) who paid him a courtesy visit in Abeokuta on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NULGE leadership was led by the National President, Mr Ibraheem…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the inability of 27 of the 36 state governments of the federation to pay the salaries of their workers as “a disgrace to Nigeria”. Buhari, while addressing staff of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, expressed concern that in spite of the initial bailout funds made available to some states, their workers had yet to receive their salaries. “The matter that may shock you is that 27 out of the 36 states couldn’t pay salaries. “This is a disgrace to Nigeria; is a disgrace. Up till now, some of the states cannot pay salaries. “What happened to…
The Ogun Government on Wednesday denied diverting the bailout fund from the Federal Government for other purposes as widely rumoured. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, made the clarification at separate meetings with Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and the leadership of the National Union of Local Government Employers (NULGE) in Abeokuta. He insisted that the money was solely committed to the payment of arrears of salaries and co-operative deductions of all categories of the state’s workforce. Adeoluwa expressed surprise at the insinuations in some quarters that part of the fund, especially those due to local…