Roy Hodgson has suggested that Wayne Rooney will return to the England team when he’s fit, despite the hugely impressive 3-2 victory over Germany on Saturday night achieved without the injured captain. Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Jamie Vardy all excelled in Berlin, all in positions that Rooney might occupy, inevitably leading to thoughts that the England side might be better off without the Manchester United forward, currently sidelined with a knee injury. However, while Hodgson stopped short of guaranteeing Rooney, who scored seven goals in England’s 10 European Championship qualification games, will definitely be in his starting XI when…
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Mesut Ozil says Arsenal have not been fully focused at times this season, and has admitted Arsene Wenger’s side need reinforcements if they are to compete atop the Premier League next campaign. With just eight games remaining, Arsene Wenger’s side are 11 points adrift of leaders Leicester, albeit with a game in hand. Arsenal were top of the table at the turn of the year, but a run of just one win in their last four league outings has left them third, behind both Leicester and local rivals Tottenham. After their elimination from both the FA Cup and Champions League,…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said he is weighing up offers to move to a Premier League club after his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expires in the summer. The Sweden captain has been strongly linked with a move to England’s top division if he opts to leave the Parc des Princes, with Manchester United and Arsenal both reported as potential destinations, although Gunners manager Arsene Wenger denied an interest. Ibrahimovic, speaking ahead of his country’s friendly match at home to Czech Republic on Tuesday, said: “Yes, there is interest from the Premier League — I can confirm that.” He said the Premier…
Lionel Messi has hailed former Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard as the most important manager of his career, ahead of current Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola. Messi, who is with Argentina for their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Bolivia, got his professional start under the Dutchman, who led the Blaugrana to two La Liga titles and just the club’s second Champions League crown during his five years in charge. Barcelona and Messi became household names during the tenure of former club midfielder Guardiola, who presided over 14 trophies, including two more Champions League triumphs, in his ultra-successful four-year reign at the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission might be sending invitation to Julius Berger Plc; Daar Holdings, a former Accountant General of the Federation, Jonah Otunla, and Brig. Gen. A.S.Mormoni-Bashir over a fresh contract scam in the office of the National Security Adviser. According to a report by Punch Newspaper, the summon is coming after a list of 20 firms and individuals were indicted over the fresh scam months after the Arms Deal Fraud which rocked the office of the National Security Adviser. A statement reportedly signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Sheu Garba, revealed that Otunla…
Wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari has denied an allegation by the verified Twitter handle of the Peoples Democratic Party that she was involved in an illegal forex deal with the Central Bank of Nigeria. The tweet accused Aisha Buhari of collecting “$22m from the CBN on the instruction of Emefiele and the company sold at N362 same day. And in a swift reaction, the wife of the President denied the allegation in a series of tweets threatening to sue the political party.
After several years of gangsters’ siege in Mushin, Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has restored peace to the beleaguered community, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr Dawodu Olatunji, said on Sunday. “For two months now, peace has returned to Mushin. Thanks to our governor, who picked up the gang leaders and their boys disappeared. “Mushin is now safe, no longer a hotbed of criminality. The hoodlums are killing themselves and not hoodlums versus the people,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Olatunji, a Mushin chairmanship aspirant for the July council polls, said:“We are grateful to the governor…
Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), has denied responsibility for the inferno at Sabon Gari Market in Kano. A statement signed by its Chief Customer Relations Officer, Malam Abubakar Yusuf, claimed that the feeder line supplying electricity to the market was not on as at the time of the incident. It explained that the feeder which received supply from Club road, was off since Friday by 5p.m due to load shedding. The company said “We wish to put the records straight that the fire incidence at Sabon-Gari market never emanated from power spark”. “It is also on record that the two…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Lawal, says the Federal Government has commenced the reconstruction of schools and police stations destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. Lawan made this known on Sunday in Hong, Adamawa, during the graduation of 500 students trained by Buba Industrial Village. The training was part of the Youth Empowerment Programme introduced by Yusuf Buba, the member representing Gombi /Hong Federal Constituency. He said that the reconstruction of the region was part of the election campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari. The SGF stressed that the aim was…
Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three women suspected to be “specialists” in child trafficking. DSP Haruna Mohammed, Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi. He said the suspects were arrested by detectives of the command on March 25. Mohammed one of the suspects from Plateau, was arrested for selling a 17-month-old baby to a woman from Imo State at the cost of N200,000. He also said the woman also sold a 14-month-old-baby to another woman, who hailed from Benue, at the…
Few hours after fire razed Birnin Kebbi Central market, the Abubakar Rimi Market, was razed leaving shop owners with losses running into billions of naira. According to a recent report, the inferno that razed the market was the second in three months, the first one last December affected mainly the furniture section. It was further reported that no fewer than 6,000 shops including make shift stalls were wiped out by yesterday’s fire which raged for about 12 hours. A nearby branch of First Bank was also affected with several documents burnt. It was also reported that the fire was ignited…
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a Senior Army Officer, Col. Samaila Inusa on Saturday, March 26, 2016. Punch Newspaper reports that Col. Inusa was kidnapped around the Kamazo area in Chikun Local Government of Kaduna State. Colonel Inusa, it was further reported, was in the company of his wife when the incident occurred. Said to be serving with the Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, near Kaduna State, it was gathered that the gunmen dropped off Col Inusa’s wife and zoomed away with him. Confirming the abduction, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, One-Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Col. Usman Abdul confirmed…
Filling stations in strategic locations across the nation have been directed by the Department of Petroleum Resources to operate on a 24 hours starting from the Easter period and beyond. The announcement was made public on Saturday, March 26, 2017 by the DPR Director of Petroleum resources, Mordecai Ladan. Ladan disclosed that while the DPR had constituted special intelligence monitoring teams to ensure prompt delivery, it has also ordered oil marketers to commence massive loading of the products to petrol stations across the country. In his words, “The DPR, hereby, directs All depots with liftable petroleum products to truck out…
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Timi Frank, says the continued trial of Sen. Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is worrisome. Frank said this in a statement signed by him and released to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. According to the statement, Saraki’s travails at the CCT were undeserved. The statement said: “I sincerely hold that the current trial of Saraki is not only underserved, but amounts to paying a good man with evil. “I also want to say that the leaders of our great party have unfortunately remained quiet…
Wiz Khalifa is finally setting the record straight about his epic Twitter dispute with Kanye West. Featured in the April issue of GQ, Wiz briefly explained he didn’t apologize to West. From Wiz yelling out ‘F–k Kanye’ at a concert in Argentina to West taking a merciless shot at his son Sebastian with Amber Rose,—things got complicated. READ: Wiz Khalifa speaks on Kanye West’s apology and current relationship with Amber Rose As he was probed about the public war of words, Wiz was reluctant to talk about the matter. When asked if he regretted starting the beef with Kanye, he…
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 the Nigeria Police force as part of its ‘Police Week’ activities held a walk against ‘Crime’ at the nation’s capital, Abuja. Mavin act, Korede Bello who was unveiled as the first ‘Young Ambassador’ of the Nigerian Police force led other celebrities like Darey Art Alade, John Fashanu, Kanu Nwankwo and others to be part of the walk against crime.
Popular stand-up comedian, Oluwaseyitan Aletile commonly known as Seyi Law and his delectable wife, Stacey Ebere are celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary today. In celebration of their wedding anniversary, Seyi took to Instagram to share their photos along with a message which reads: ‘Finally, the day is here. It’s our 5th wedding anniversary. Lord, we are grateful. It is also Easter. Everything good is resurrected in our lives in Jesus name. Ondo State-born Seyi Law and Ebere, an Igbo woman from Abia state, got married in an elaborate wedding on March 27, 2011
Kendall Jenner has shared the secrets to her Instagram success, insisting the key is to not overthink every post. The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star doesn’t like to plan her posts on the photo sharing site too much and says the secret is to be ‘organic’. She explained to Vogue magazine: ‘I mean, it’s so crazy to me, because it’s so not real life – to stress out about a social media thing. ‘It has to be organic … It means you can’t totally plan it out. You don’t want to do too many posts. You want to leave…
After Kiss Daniel’s age falsification was brought to the public notice by a twitter fan, Wikipedia had since edited the singer’s data on the site putting his age at 28-years-old It all started when Kiss Daniel revealed he graduated with a 4.32GPA in ‘Water Engineering’ from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in 2013, putting his age, as at the time of graduation, at 18. Previously, Wikipedia had put his age at 21 and fans on Twitter had kicked off a debate on the singer’s real age. While some of the fans criticised him others criticized the irregularities surrounding his…
Popular Vlogger and On Air Personality, Toke Makinwa, has returned to discussing relationship months after her marriage ended. The Rhythm 93.7FM radio presenter recently released an edition of her Vlogs, where she discussed male ad female relationship. Makinwa released this week’s edition of her Vlog series which is entitled ‘Before you say ‘I Do.” The media celebrity also made it known that she is no longer afraid or ashamed to talk about her past relationship and bitter experience as well as all she learnt from it. According to her: “Before you say “I Do”… The Vlog of the week is…