Paul Okoye has publicly apologised to his twin brother and advised him to swallow his pride, forgive and forget what has happened on Instagram. In a recent report, the singer posted the apology on his Instagram page but later removed it. He wrote, “All you all want is psquare,…all I want is family, love and care!!! Social media is the new root of all evil!! There’s family before Psquare and there will always be family after PSquare ….Jude was only a scape goat and a victim .The person who has been keeping us together for all these years,..the truth is…
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Peter Okoye, has given an exclusive all-tell interview highlighting the broken relationships between him and his brothers, Paul Okoye and Jude Okoye. In an exclusive interview, Peter Okoye said that the rancour between him and his brothers would have pushed their mother to her grave if she was still alive. “To be honest with you, I feel if our mum was still alive, we would have pushed her to her grave with this whole thing. It’s really sad that even with everything going on, I still stand with Paul.” Psquare’s mum died in 2012 from an undisclosed heart illness. Paul…
Midfielder Andres Iniesta has been left out of Barcelona’s squad for Sunday’s visit to Villarreal in the Spanish league. Barcelona says coach Luis Enrique took the decision because of “minor fitness concerns.” The 31-year-old Iniesta is Barcelona’s top playmaker in midfield. He helped the Catalan club beat Arsenal 3-1 on Wednesday to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals. Barcelona leads the Spanish league by eight points before their match at fourth-place Villarreal. Second-place Atletico Madrid lost 2-1 at Sporting Gijon on Saturday.
Jose Mourinho has identified Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane as his primary transfer target if he becomes Manchester United manager in the summer, sources have said. The ex-Chelsea manager’s representatives remain confident that he will replace Louis van Gaal at the end of the season, and he has already started making transfer plans. If Mourinho gets the job, he sees 22-year-old Kane’s high work rate and intensity as a key element of his plan to revitalise United. It was revealed in January that he had put together a dossier detailing his analysis of United and how he would improve them.…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he is prepared to sell any player who is not happy amid reported interest from Tottenham Hotspur in Jordan Henderson. Henderson, 25, was one of Liverpool’s most important players under Brendan Rodgers and inherited the club captaincy when Steven Gerrard left last summer. But the England international has not looked as comfortable in Klopp’s midfield after the former Borussia Dortmund boss replaced Rodgers in October. “Everything is OK in this moment but nobody in the world, maybe only [Lionel] Messi, is unsellable,” Klopp told reporters. “There is always a situation. “I come from a club…
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane wants star striker Karim Benzema to concentrate on regaining his form and fitness rather than a series of off-field scandals affecting the French international in his homeland. Benzema wasn’t included in Didier Deschamps’s latest French squad on Thursday due to an ongoing investigation into his role in a sex-tape blackmail plot involving international teammate Mathieu Valbuena. The 28-year-old has also given evidence to French authorities in a separate money laundering investigation. “I am not going to say whether the treatment of Benzema is fair or unfair,” Zidane said on Saturday ahead of Sevilla’s visit to…
Riyad Mahrez moved Leicester one step closer to pulling off the most remarkable title success in decades with the only goal in a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Claudio Ranieri’s side sit eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after Algeria winger Mahrez’s 16th league goal of the season piled the pressure on Tottenham, 24 hours before the second-placed side face Bournemouth at White Hart Lane. No matter the outcome of that clash, Leicester will head into their remaining seven games of the season as strong favourites to become the most unlikely champions in English…
A goal in each half by Ahmed Musa ensured that CSKA Moscow defeated Kuban Krasnodar two-nil in Saturday’s Russian Premier League game at the Arena Khimki. Despite the poor state of the pitch, Musa got his first chance of scoring on 19 minutes but fired off target from close range. Two minutes later, the Nigeria captain opened scoring. He smashed in a left-footed effort from a corner kick past Kuban goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov. Playing as a centre forward with the trio of Zoran Tosic, Aleksandr Golovin and Roman Eremenko behind him, Musa’s pace troubled Kuban and he came close to…
Jose Mourinho has signed a pre-contract agreement with Manchester United with a view to replacing Louis van Gaal as manager of the English giants next season, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Sunday. Citing sources from Gestifute, the agency company owned by Mourinho’s representative Jorge Mendes, El Pais suggest a deal has been struck that could see the former Chelsea boss make £15 million (19 million euro), even if he doesn’t end up taking charge at Old Trafford. If United don’t complete the deal by May 1, Mourinho will be entitled to £5 million compensation, should negotiations drag on beyond…
Barcelona moved ever closer towards a successful defence of their La Liga title after nearest challengers Atletico Madrid suffered a shock late collapse at struggling Sporting Gijon to lose 2-1 on Saturday. Relegation-threatened Gijon scored twice in the last 11 minutes with Carlos Castro securing the winner in the 89th to deliver a potentially fatal wound to Atletico’s title chances. The result leaves Barca eight points clear at the top, with a chance for the rampant leaders to stretch their lead to 11 points with eight games left when they play at Villarreal on Sunday. Atletico, who have been drawn…
“We should have two points more. We are gutted. Proud, but gutted,” West Ham manager Slaven Bilic told reporters, describing referee Robert Madley’s decision to award the penalty “unacceptable”. The Hammers stayed in fifth place with 50 points, one behind Manchester City who play sixth-placed Manchester United (47) in Sunday’s derby. Chelsea remained unbeaten in the league under interim manager Guus Hiddink, but an 11th draw of the season for last season’s champions left them 10th. Some Arsenal fans displayed banners at Goodison Park urging manager Arsene Wenger to step down, but his side produced a vibrant display to at…
Indomitable Leicester City stayed bang on course for the Premier League title as Riyad Mahrez scored the only goal at Crystal Palace on Saturday to open up an eight-point lead with seven games left. Third-placed Arsenal, 11 points behind with a game in hand, made a timely return to form with a 2-0 win at Everton and Tottenham Hotspur can reduce the gap to five on Sunday. But any hopes that the two London rivals and fourth-placed Manchester City harbour of Leicester imploding are fading fast. Leicester’s 3 000 fans were chanting “We’re gonna win the league” long after their…
The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commended Nigerian youths for being agents of change in the life of the present administration. Buhari gave the commendation on Thursday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled: “The New Dawn Nigeria”, written by a group of youths under the canopy of Flex Digest Concept, a print media organisation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the book was in honour of the change mantra of President Muhammudu Buhari. Representing the wife of the President, Mrs Pauline Tallen, a former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, called on…
Former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati has said that Nigerians are Nigeria’s problem. Abati also explained that Nigerians are special because they always adapt to whatever situation life brings their way. He made the remarks in an article titled “Why Nigerians are special”. Read it below: Whatever problem we may have in Nigeria at this or any other time, this country is sustained by the fact that we are indeed a very special people. We have been described as the happiest people on earth, we have also described ourselves as resilient, gifted and determined, and in one report,…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Friday described the twin bomb attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday in Maiduguri as a show of cowardice by the sect. A statement by the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, noted that targeting innocent persons by the group was a manifestation of their barbarism. He said the regional body was sad over the unjustifiable attacks and urged residents to be more security conscious and continue their support to the military to end the insurgency. “Villages in the outskirts of Maiduguri…
The 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Abeokuta, Ogun State has begun the detonation of expired bombs in the state. This was disclosed by the Brigade’s spokesperson, Major Rilwan Ishida on Friday, March 18, 2016, via a statement. The statement reads in part: “The purpose of the demolition exercise is to reduce the risk associated with the continuous storage of unserviceable and obsolete ammunition and explosives at the Nigerian Navy Ordinance Depot.” “It should be noted that demolition of explosives and ordinances come with loud noise that might be frightening especially to the elderly and babies.” Major Ishida…
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Friday, sacked the Secretary to Government of Imo (SGI), Mr Jude Ejiogu. with immediate effect. Principal Secretary to the governor, Dr Pascal Obi, who announced the sack in a statement in Owerri, said it was with immediate effect. The statement directed the former SGI to hand over to the Permanent Secretary in his office. It said that the governor commended Ejiogu for his services to the state during his tenure and wished him well in his future endeavours. No reason was given for the development. Ejiogu was Chief of Staff to the governor in…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised that the Federal Government would prioritise the reform, re-orientation and re-equipment of the Nigeria Police. Osinbajo made the promise on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of operational vehicles for the deployment of policemen to liberated communities in the North-East. In his speech at the occasion, Osinbajo described the police as “a critical actor in the criminal justice system of the country.’ “Consequently, any nation that is desirous of national security, economic development and democratic governance must of necessity be determined to evolve a people friendly and rule of law compliant police force,“he said.…
Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has rewarded the best graduating student of the Imo State University with a sum of N1m and an automatic employment as a lecturer at the university. The lucky graduand, Chigozie, who hails from Ogbaku, Mbaitolu Local Government Area and studied optometry, was announced the best graduand of the University at its 7th convocation with CGP of 4.71 on Friday, March 18, 2016. According to multiple reports, Chigozie was also awarded a scholarship for his masters abroad as well as additional cash token of N500,000 from the contribution of Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor, representing Okigwe South…
The Federal and State Assembly Rerun elections in Rivers State is scheduled to hold today, Saturday, March 19, 2016. According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper, there is calm in Buguma, headquarters of Asari Toru local government area as at about 7: 50am. It was also reported that there were no sign of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in several wards in the area. The report further revealed that at Ward 4 there was no material as at about 7.53am and a youth leader, Livingston Membere, alleged that the soldiers had moved into the community to calm…