Goalkeeper Joe Hart is set to return for Manchester City’s Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain after recovering from a calf injury. However, midfielder Yaya Toure did not travel with the squad to France for the first leg of their quarterfinal tie against the Ligue 1 champions. Both players missed Manchester City’s 4-0 victory over Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday, but England keeper Hart, who limped off in the 1-0 defeat to Manchester United on March 20, trained with the first-team squad on Tuesday morning and has been passed fit to play. Toure, though, has been ruled out…
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La Liga has condemned anti-gay chants aimed at Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo during Saturday’s Clasico at the Camp Nou after a group which tackles discrimination in Spain asked the government to take action. The Observatorio Espanol contra la LGTBfobia (StopLGBTfobia) asked the government to act against individuals they say made anti-gay chants during the minute’s silence held before the game to honour Barca legend Johan Cruyff, who died last month. La Liga on Tuesday said in a statement that it will send a report to the Spanish government’s committee against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport. The chants were…
After a securing a slim win in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal, Bayern Munich will go to Benfica to win the return, according to manager Pep Guardiola. The Catalan coach was very pleased with his side as they beat the Portuguese league leaders 1-0 at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night. The Bavarians secured the advantage against Benfica thanks to a second-minute goal by Chile international Arturo Vidal. But despite 15 attempts, five of which were on target, Bayern failed to secure a better starting position for the return leg in Lisbon next week. “I am very…
Bayern Munich will take a slender 1-0 lead to Portugal after an organised defensive display from Benfica at the Allianz Arena in the Champions League quarter-final first leg. Arturo Vidal’s second-minute goal was all that separated the two teams on an evening when Bayern were unusually subdued for long periods and struggled to break down their opponents, who grew into the game as it went on. Pep Guardiola hailed Benfica’s defensive unit as Europe’s best in the build up to the game. While that was not evident early on as Bayern scored with their first attack, the claim held water…
Fernando Torres raged that Atletico Madrid are not treated equally to Barcelona by referees after his early red card turned their Champions League quarterfinal, first leg around on Tuesday. Torres had put Atletico in front at the Camp Nou before seeing two quick-fire yellow cards to leave the visitors a man light for over an hour. Luis Suarez finally converted Barca’s relentless second-half pressure into a 2-1 lead as he struck twice in 12 minutes. However, Atletico were enraged as unlike Torres, Suarez escaped punishment for a kick out at Juanfran and an off-the-ball incident with Filipe Luis. “They shouldn’t…
Atletico Madrid were left to rue Fernando Torres’s first-half red card as Luis Suarez’s double handed Barcelona a 2-1 lead on Tuesday heading into the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal. Torres got Atletico off to the perfect start as he slotted home Koke’s through ball for a vital away goal on 25 minutes, but saw two quickfire yellow cards to leave his side a man short for over an hour. A second-half onslaught from Barca ensued and Suarez turned the game on its head as he bundled home to equalise, before powering in a header for the winner…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to stop proceedings in his ongoing corruption trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Saraki filed the application on Monday, April 4, 2016, along with a nine-ground notice of appeal, Punch reports. The Senate President’s appeal is based on the CCT’s decision to dismiss a petition that it had no jurisdiction to try the case. Saraki appeared before the tribunal today, April 5, 2016, for the continuation of the trial. Meanwhile, fresh allegations of wrongdoing have trailed the Senate President following a leak of confidential documents which…
A group, Citizens Watch Nigeria (CWN) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was once attacked by terrorist sect, Boko Haram. This was disclosed by the group’s president, Omoba Aigbegbele who also accused Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu of attempting to politicize the war against Boko Haram. Aigbegbele made the comment after Shehu allegedly said that former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, used money meant for the purchase of arms to build palaces in Abuja, Vanguard reports. “This is a deliberately false and misleading statement by Mallam Garba Shehu which was calculated to tarnish the unblemished professional reputation of a distinguished…
Members of the Nasarawa state House of Assembly threw caution to the wind, when a disagreement occurred over the appointment of sole administrators for 11 local government councils in the state. Reports have it that the lawmakers exchanged blows during the House session. Governor Tanko Al-Makura had earlier announced the appointment of 11 sole administrators to oversee the affairs of the councils pending an election. Channels Television also reports that the two year tenure of the council chairmen expired on March 24, 2016. Confusion ensued when a faction of the lawmakers opposed Governor Al-Makura’s appointments, describing it as illegal. Reports…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has said that former President, Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 elections because his own men worked against him. Sheriff also said that arrogance on the part of the PDP was another reason why the party lost woefully in the elections. The PDP Chairman made the comments during a recent interview with ThisDay. “So many factors contributed to Jonathan’s failure to win the elections… I know that arrogance was one of such issues and I also know that some of our party men and women sold out,” Sheriff said. “I may not be…
An NGO, Women, Law and Development Centre Nigeria (WLDCN) has urged the Senate to re-present the “Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill” for consideration. The Executive Director of the organization, Dr Keziah Awosika, stated this on Monday, April 4, 2016, in Lagos. She said that the lawmakers could have amended whatever conflicting provisions the bill might contain, rather than outrightly rejecting it. “The Gender and Equality Opportunity Bill that was sent out of Senate is really unfortunate, because it shows that the Nigeria of the twenty-first century is backward,” Awosika told NAN. “Other countries have gone miles ahead. “In fact, when…
A detailed clean copy of the 2016 budget will be ready tomorrow for inward transmission to the presidency for approval, Theinfostride can report. According to a member of the Appropriation Committee, Rep Joseph Edionwele, who spoke to the newspaper, the joint committees will meet Tuesday, April 5, to produce the clean copy for the onward transmission to the president. We recall that last week, the Presidency had said that President Muhammadu Buhari would not sign the passed budget because it was not detailed. In his reaction to that, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep Abdulmumuni Jibrin said…
The Senior Special Assistant to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande disclosed that Boko Haram killed 20,000 people between 2011 and 2015. Akande said “Dr. Masha added that no fewer than 20,000 lives were lost while 1.8 million people were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency and the planned interventions are to be implemented over time, in view of resources that are available for its implementation.” He said this based on a report carried out by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Marian Masha, titled: Nigeria Recovery and Peace Building…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State said on Monday that the government’s budget for 2016 was based on the projected internally generated revenue of between N3 billion and N4 billion monthly. The Governor said this when he inaugurated the task force for Internally Generated Revenue on Monday in Kaduna. El-Rufai said there was therefore the need to refocus on the generation of internal revenue because the state had encountered some challenges in this respect. El-Rufai’ disclosed that three local government chairmen were involved in the committee of assessment and collection of revenue at the local levels. The governor tasked the…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has appealed for assistance for victims of recent market fire outbreaks in Kano metropolis. The Governor made the appeal on Monday in Kano while inaugurating a 41-man appeal fund committee to coordinate assistance for the victims. He urged the committee to identify and reach out to state and federal governments, individuals and international organisations for donations. He also urged them to organise and facilitate launching of appeal funds. The Governor mandated members of the committee, market leaders and appropriate government agencies to ascertain the actual number of victims. He urged them to liaise with…
President Buhari has once again explained that Nigeria’s present economic state is a result of the refusal of previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governments who refused to save for the rainy day. Buhari said this while meeting with the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr. Bernard O. Aliyu. The President was surprised that the previous governments did not put money away, even when crude oil was sold for $100. Buhari said “Nigeria needs to work on her potentials, so that we don’t remain permanently at the level of potentials. “If Ethiopia is sustained largely by her airline…
Nollywood actor, Segun Arinze, has joined the list of supporters of embattled actress and former president of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima. Arinze prostrated in a video appeal to the family of Dr. Giwa, who was killed in an accident involving Fiberesima, urging them to forgive the actress. He said, “I am making a solemn appeal here and I am saying please.” “If I can go on my knees, as you are seeing me go down on my knees, Giwa family, ‘Mo be yin. E da ri ji Ibinabo’ (I plead with you. Please forgive Ibinabo)” Ibinabo Fiberesima…
Today is JJC Skillz and Buchi’s birthday! JJC, real name, Abdul Rasheed Bello, is a Nigerian rapper and record producer. Born April 4, 1977 in Kano, Nigeria but based in London, JJC has produced singles for UK pop acts such as Liberty X, Lemar and Big Brovaz. He is currently setting up his own production company, Backbone Music, and working with a number of developing new artists. JJC founded a group known as the 419 Squad. The group released their first album “Atide” meaning we have arrived and was composed of S.O. Simple, M.P. and Smokey, who were the three…
A new twitter video has seen JJC Skillz’s mum, praying for fiancee, Funke Akindele, even as the singer turned a year older today. The twitter video which was posted today, April 4, 2016, shows the singer and his nollywood actress beau amongst friends and family, including his mother who took time out to bless and pray for them. Amongst her wishes was that, Akindele bear her son kids, following the reports that the couple are working on their wedding plans. We shared the sweet video, showing the couple amongst other family members, celebrating Skillz as they showed of their ‘dab’…
In a new Instagram post, Lynxx has shared more inspirational words of advice as has become his habit in recent times, and his topic of interest this time around is, premarital sex. The rapper took to his Instagram page, today, April 4, 2016, to address the burning issue of premarital sex wish is prevalent in the society today. He also revealed that he had taken to to study the subject from a spiritual point of view, making his message well rounded. Lynxx shared a cartoon photo of a lady being made love to by a beast, as he launched into…