Eccentric singer, Miley Cyrus, seems to be taking another step towards home and hearth after she was spotted with a moving van in front of actor, Liam Hemsworth’s home. The singer had earlier been reported to have been spotted wearing the engagement ring Hemsworth had given her in 2012. The pop star flashed her beautiful diamond rock on her finger as she jetted out of New York on Monday, January 18 while wearing a huge smile on her face. Not only do the lovers seem to be reengaged, they just might be moving in together. The 23-year-old singer had taken…
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Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna, has outdone himself as he had showered expensive gifts on his wife, Sonia Morales, as she became a year older today, January 19. The father-of-one had gushed about his wife, writing a sweet note to her as she became older. Morales took to Instagram to share photos of the expensive designer clothes and shoes. IK topped it off with a lovely chocolate cake. Commenting on one of the photos, Morales said: “I AM SPEECHLESS!!!! IK !!!!!!! He knew he had to do all this behind my back cuz I would never let him spend on all…
The father of Manuel Godoy believes Real Madrid tried to hide their involvement with his son during FIFA’s investigation into the club. Madrid, along with city rivals Atletico, were last week banned from registering players during the summer 2016 and winter 2017 windows for breaking youth transfer rules, although the La Liga clubs have denied any wrongdoing and say they will appeal. When Barcelona were first punished for breaking the same rules, it was widely reported in Spain that Madrid might face a similar problem. Back in April 2014, Marca pointed out that Venezuela youth international Godoy was one of…
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique says Lionel Messi will decide if he is fit enough to play in Wednesday’s Copa del Rey quarterfinal first leg tie at Athletic Bilbao. Messi was substituted at half-time after scoring early as Barca hammered Athletic 6-0 in Sunday’s La Liga meeting between the sides. The club’s medical staff have said that Messi had not suffered any hamstring injury, just took a knock, but the Argentine did not take part in Tuesday’s group training session and so remains a serious doubt for the game at San Mames. The Blaugrana coach told his pregame news conference that…
Fifa’s Sepp Blatter may have been banned for eight years from the game but he is still receiving his president’s salary from world soccer’s governing body, a spokesman for Fifa’s Audit and Compliance Committee told Reuters on Monday. Blatter was suspended for 90 days by Fifa on October 8 and then banned from the game for eight years last month for ethics violations over a $2 million payment Fifa made to European soccer boss Michel Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011. But Blatter, a Swiss national who has been president of Fifa since 1998, will continue to be paid until…
Pep Guardiola apologised on Monday after being accused of putting extra pressure on managers at England’s top teams by announcing he will coach in the Premier League next season. The Bayern Munich boss was accused by former England striker Alan Shearer in a British daily newspaper of lacking “etiquette” after not making clear where he would coach next season. Guardiola, said Shearer, had “put more pressure on those in the hotseats at Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal”. But, speaking in Doha, Qatar, where Bayern Munich are on the last day of a winter training camp, Guardiola said it had…
Fifa expressed their regret on Friday over Pep Guardiola’s absence from Monday’s Ballon d’Or awards where he is in the running for coach of the year. The Spaniard is skipping the ceremony in Zurich to oversee Bayern Munich’s training camp in Qatar. “It is certainly a great shame that one of the finalists for manager of the year, Pep Guardiola, just like the players named in the Fifa/FifPro XI, cannot take part in person at the ceremony,” Fifa noted in a statement. But world football’s ruling body “understands that for sporting reasons the club’s winter camp has priority”. Bayern, already…
Former Germany captain Philipp Lahm has slammed Fifa’s Ballon d’Or award for the world player of the year as nothing more than a “marketing prize”. The Bayern Munich full-back said the award favoured “the most popular players” over more deserving ones. Barcelona star Lionel Messi was handed the award for a record fifth time at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday. He and Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo have shared the last eight Ballon d’Or awards between them. “I think if Fifa wants to attribute a reward, it mustn’t be a marketing prize that only honours the most celebrity individuals…
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri may have been labelled the ‘Tinkerman’ when he was in charge of Chelsea but now he wants to be the “crazy man” who scares the Premier League’s established big clubs. The Italian was mocked for constantly altering his line-up during his first spell in English football at Chelsea from 2000 to 2004. But he has received praise rather than criticism this season for overseeing Leicester’s shock transformation from relegation candidates to title contenders. The Midlands club are level on points with Premier League leaders Arsenal and seven ahead of Manchester United in one of the most…
Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has signed a new contract, the English Premier League club announced Monday. Although Liverpool’s statement did not specify the duration of the extension, Britain’s Press Association said that Mignolet’s new deal meant he would stay at Anfield for a further five years until 2021. The Belgium international had more clean sheets to his name than any other Premier League goalkeeper in 2015, but recently he has found himself in the firing line after making some high-profile errors. However, he now finds himself still very much a part of new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s plans. “I’m very…
Liverpool’s Premier League defeat against bitter rivals Manchester United has hurt their ambitions of breaking into the top four but the club will not give up hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, captain Jordan Henderson has said. A Luis Suarez-inspired Liverpool finished second in the 2013-14 season to return to Champions League football after a gap of four years. But the Uruguayan striker left at the end of that campaign and the Reds went on to finish sixth the following term. After Sunday’s 1-0 loss, Juergen Klopp’s men find themselves ninth in the table after 22 games, eight points…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted he is charge of transfer policy at Anfield after sacked predecessor Brendan Rodgers revealed players were forced upon him. Last weekend, Rogers gave an interview in which he said Mario Balotelli, now on loan at AC Milan after a poor debut season on Merseyside, was an example of a signing over whom he had no control. Liverpool’s transfer committee, comprising the manager, representatives of the scouting department and senior management staff, has been widely criticised after several poor signings. But Klopp was adamant he had the last word on signings, although he accepted there…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Maryam Uwais as his Special Adviser for Social Protection Plan. Buhari is said to have appointed Mrs Uwais, who is a lawyer, weeks ago, according to Premium Times. She has reportedly been assigned to the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to coordinate the government’s social protection schemes. Before her appointment, Mrs Uwais was a Principal Partner at Wali-Uwais & Co., an Abuja law firm. She is the wife of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Muhammadu Uwais.
The Committee for the Defence of Democracy (CDD) has accused the federal government of planning to arrest former president, Goodluck Jonathan. The allegation was contained in a statement released by CDD Publicity Secretary, Comrade Akindele Lawson on Monday, January 18, 2016. The statement reads: “It is already eight months in the life of the Buhari government and all we have continued to hear is that our problems were caused by the last administration, without anything pointing towards a rescue plan by this government.” “It is on record that despite the difficulties that the Jonathan administration faced in procuring arms from…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently attending the World Future Energy Summit in the United Arab Emirates. Buhari left Nigeria on Sunday, January 17, 2016, to attend the summit as part of a three day official visit. Also participating in the event are Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi among others.
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu has denied reports that he is ill. Kanu’s counsel, Vincent Obetta also said that rumours that the Biafra leader was being tortured by the Department of State Services (DSS) are false, The Cable reports. “I would like to say that as a solicitor and advocate of the federal republic of Nigeria, I have sworn to an oath, to defend the defenceless and above all, to say the truth and be fair to all, at all material times,” Obetta said in a statement. “Having said that, I must add that I have been…
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Monday said that the government would undertake a verification of all workers on the payroll of the state and local governments. Tambuwal announced this when he received the National President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE, Mr Ibrahim Khalil, in Sokoto. The governor was quoted in a statement by his media aide, Imam Imam, as saying that the exercise was “to reposition the civil service.” “We will carry out full verification to ascertain the number of workers we have at the state and local government levels.” The governor said that the…
he Senate, in its response to a comment attributed to Chief Bisi Akande, the former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the APC chieftain is frustrated. Chief Akande reportedly said the fact that the 2016 budget got missing, shows that the Senators are not disciplined. Speaking on behalf of the Senate, its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi said “We have said it several times that the budget was not missing. That two versions of the details of the budget exist and this is no longer in doubt as the Presidency has equally admitted this. “We expect…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that former president, Goodluck Jonathan is to blame for the fall of the naira against the dollar. The APC also said that the financial recklessness of the Jonathan government put Nigeria’s economy in trouble. The comments were made by the APC’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank during an interview with Vanguard on Sunday, January 18, 2016. “Personally, I am worried about the current situation of the economy but again I am letting you know it is not our fault because this is what we met. We met a bastardised system,” Frank…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from some of its members who are being tried for corruption. The PDP said further that it cannot take responsibility for the charges against the accused persons, which include spokesman, Olisa Metuh and former Board of Trustees Chairman, Tony Anenih. The comments were made by the PDP’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Abdullahi Jalo, according to Voice of America. “Let us call a spade a spade. There is money allocated to purchase arms to fight Boko Haram, which is an act of the National Assembly, and then instead of the money to be…