Swansea City must learn to kill off teams by scoring at least two goals, goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski said as the club seek to keep out of the Premier League’s relegation dogfight. Swansea, unbeaten in four games, are yet to lose in the league under new coach Francesco Guidolin but they are fifth-bottom of the table, four points above the relegation zone. The Welsh side have only had a two-goal lead once in the league this season, in a 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Newcastle United in August. “At the moment we are at the stage where I think we have…
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Everton midfielder Ross Barkley should no longer be considered a young prospect but regarded as a player who can marshal and inspire his team, manager Roberto Martinez said. The 22-year-old converted two late penalties in his 100th Premier League game for the Toffees as Everton eased to a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Newcastle United on Wednesday. Barkley made his club debut in 2011 and has not looked back since, going on to score 16 goals for the Merseyside club and earning 19 England caps since first representing his country in 2013. “(100 Premier League appearances) is a remarkable landmark for…
Stoke City players should start taking more risks to end their four-game winless streak in the Premier League, manager Mark Hughes said after Saturday’s 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Everton. Stoke have failed to score in any of their matches during the losing streak and have conceded nine goals in the process. Hughes’ men have gone from fighting for the European spots in the league in seventh place, just four points off fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, to 11th in the table with just 13 games left. “We were a little bit reluctant to put balls into good areas and get…
Leicester City fan Leigh Herbert will pocket a cool 25 000 pounds ($36 000) if his team complete their fairytale run and win the Premier League title. Herbert placed a five-pound bet on Claudio Ranieri’s men to lift the trophy at the start of the season at odds of 5000/1. The Foxes are five points clear at the top with 13 games left following Saturday’s 3-1 win at Manchester City and the 39-year-old carpenter feels he is on the verge of a “life-changing” win. Herbert, who placed the bet in August while on a camping holiday, has refused bookmaker William…
Liverpool’s owners will consider a review of controversial ticket price hikes after being shocked by a walkout protest by 10 000 fans, media said on Monday. The Fenway Sports Group held emergency talks after Saturday’s protest and again on Sunday, British newspapers reported. Fans have meanwhile threatened more walkouts in looming key games against Chelsea and Manchester City. Saturday’s walkout was staged in the 77th minute of the 2-2 home draw against Sunderland in protest at the £77 top price for a seat in the new main stand at Anfield. Fans chanted “you greedy b******s, enough is enough” as thousands…
Abia indigenes resident in South Africa on Sunday urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to see the Supreme Court judgment, which upheld his election as a call to develop the state. Mr Vincent Onyema, President of Abia State Union, South Africa, made the call in a telephone interview with our correspondence. He said that Abia indigenes resident in South Africa rejoiced with the governor on his victory at the court and want him to see it as a call to serve the people. “ Abia indigenes in South Africa urge Gov. Ikpeazu to rededicate himself to serve the people. “ We urge…
Lagos State Fire Service and the State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) have blamed major fire and building collapse incidents in the state on human errors. Heads of both agencies told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separately interviews in Lagos on Sunday that the occurrences could have been avoided if people were safety conscious. According to Mr Rasak Fadipe, Director, Lagos State Fire Service, the service responded to 1,931 fire emergencies in 2015. ADVERTISING He said that in the incidents, 85 lives were lost while 117 were saved. “Eighty per cent of the emergencies that we responded to between…
Nigeria’s Senators are said to also be suffering the effects of the economic crisis in the country as banks have reportedly refused to loan them money. A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator said that a bank refused his request for a N20 million loan after he received only N6 million as housing allowance. “The National Assembly Service Commission had only approved N6m to each of us as housing loan. What can that type of money do in a place like Abuja? It is grossly inadequate but we have taken it as a sacrifice,” the unnamed Senator said. “Until things get…
Senator Dino Melaye has said that he is an “anti-corruption person” and an investigator who likes to expose corrupt dealings in Nigeria. Melaye made the declarations on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, during an interview with Channels Television. “I am a private investigator if you follow my trend, you will know that I am an anti-corruption person and I take delight in investigating and finding out the leakages and corruption in our system in a way to build a new Nigeria of our dream,” he said. “I do not have the capability, capacity or powers to individually investigate any government institution,…
Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to the National Assembly, describing it as a misplaced anger. In Obasanjo’s letter to the assembly, he condemned its plan to purchase 469 cars worth N4.7billion. Melaye on Thursday, January, 28, who acknowledged his respect for Obasanjo, accused him of corruption. He said the ex-president introduced corruption into the national assembly in his bid to run for a third term in office. “I have tremendous respect for president Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo. Elder statesman, respected pan Africanist and committed patriot. I went through the letter written…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock at the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he reportedly said the judiciary is his ‘major headache’. In a statement signed by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Uche Secondus, it alleged that the Presidency plots to “blackmail and stampede the judiciary to deliver judgments against the PDP in various pending cases involving our party and some of our leaders in the courts.” The statement urged “the judiciary to ensure that it adequately guards its flanks from all external influences, we also caution the executive to focus on governance, while respecting the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has urged Governor Ayo Fayose to explain which election result he was collating in the Efon-Alaye area on June 19, 2014, following allegations of rigging levelled against him. The APC’s demand comes after Ekiti PDP member and former Fayose ally, Tope Aluko alleged that the governor had received $37 million from former president, Goodluck Jonathan to rig elections in the state. The party’s comments were contained in a statement released by Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun on Monday, February 1, 2016. It reads: “By Aluko’s revelations, we are justified in our claim that…
The Chairman of Plateau chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Letep Dabam, has dismissed reports that the party had broken into two factions in the state. “It is just a rumour that we heard the way everyone heard; I am the chairman and I do not know of any division in my party in Plateau,” Dabam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Tuesday, Newspapers had reported the formation of a faction within the party, following alleged disagreements between Gov. Simon Lalong and a top political office holder in the state. Dabam dismissed the reports…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has denied calling for the probe of Supreme Court justices. Punch reports that Oyegun said he merely expressed shock at the court’s ruling, not that he said justices should be probed. This is coming on the heels of his comments over the court’s ruling upholding the election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Oyegun who expressed shock at the judgement said “I still find the judgment on the Rivers State governorship election totally astonishing. There is something fundamentally wrong in the Judiciary. “We have lost very important resource-rich states to the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has fixed Feb. 20, for rerun and supplementary elections for Langtang South, Pankshin South and Plateau North state constituencies. INEC in a statement in Jos on Sunday said that the Langtang South elections would be conducted in the entire 68 polling units, in compliance with a Court of Appeal judgment. The court had ruled that the initial winner, Vincent Bulus of the PDP, was not qualified to have contested the April 11, 2015 polls. “The elections will also feature two political parties, out of the three that participated in the initial elections – the…
Rob Kardashian, 28, took to his newly created Snapchat account to share a video with his girlfriend, a few of her friends and her son, King Cairo. But Blac Chyna, 27, posted her own Snapchat later in the day to send a strong message to the star’s haters. “You know what I hate the most? Whack a** b**ches,” she said in one video. “All right, so, I go on Instagram and my Snapchat and people is talking s— about Rob. Right, you’re a weak-ass bitch. Right, exactly … please come harder,” she taunted in another video. “What’s so crazy is…
Hollywood actress, Halle Berry, has finally opened up about the Hollywood’s lack of diversity, saying the issue is not inclusion or diversity but rather, the movies coming out are not “truthful” to black people. Like we’ve earlier been reporting, diversity has become a big issue since, for the second year in a row, no people of color were nominated for acting at the Oscar Awards. Berry, the sole black woman to win an Academy Award in the lead actress category for her work in “Monster’s Ball”, told the audience at an AOL’s Makers Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, that…
Veteran rapper, United Nations Peace Ambassador and CEO of Rugged Records and Twentieth September Wears Ruggedman starts 2016 with a banging joint. The new song is titled ‘Seyi Shay’ and it features YBNL rapper, Olamide. Produced by Tyrone, the song was mixed and mastered by Marqai.
The Usual Suspekt is here again as Dammy Krane teams up with YBNL’s Olamide on this Young Jonn produced track titled ‘Solo’. In need of something groovy? Then download this.
Talented songstress, Yemi Alade has revealed she would love to settle down with a man who is ambitious and has a purpose. The Johnny singer disclosed that some of the the qualities she looks out for in men include fear of God, sense of style and humour. In her words, “I like my man to be God fearing; have a good sense of style and good humour. He has to be one that has ambition and purpose and he must show it, not just talk about it.” Alade recently hinted that she’s in a relationship but refused to disclose the…