You have sold some shares and you’ve got some money to spend. Now you want the ultimate: Your own football club. Hold on there, are you sure? Football clubs are a nightmare to run. In fact, almost two-thirds of premiership clubs have been in receivership at some point. Remember Portsmouth FC ploughed through four owners some seasons back and landed itself a debt of £60m and relegation in the Championship. Think of Leeds United’s tragicomic collapse; the balls-up at Cambridge United; Rotherham going into receivership in 2006 and 2008; Southampton’s sorry saga. And, of course, Crawley Town getting a winding…
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The controversial failed singer turned writer is back again. This time, Etcetera takes a shot at Dangote. Read his post below: – You have sold some shares and you’ve got some money to spend. Now you want the ultimate: Your own football club. Hold on there, are you sure? Football clubs are a nightmare to run. In fact, almost two-thirds of premiership clubs have been in receivership at some point. Remember Portsmouth FC ploughed through four owners some seasons back and landed itself a debt of £60m and relegation in the Championship. Think of Leeds United’s tragicomic collapse; the balls-up…
Large-sized Yoruba actress, Funke Adesiyan who ran for the seat of House of Representative in Oyo State under the Peoples Democratic Party in the last elections; has revealed how she reacted to her loss. The actress said she organized a party for her supporters after she failed to win the legislative seat. Funke told Punch that “I threw a party immediately after the election. Didn’t you hear about it? Ah! I don’t feel bad at all. I threw a big bash where I invited my fans and friends to come and celebrate with me. There was no need for me to…
Veteran petite Nollywood star, Dakore Akande has opened up on the challenges of raising her children and how her 3 years old daughter unconsciously got into a P0*n site thinking it was a Barbie cartoon. In a recent post titled Digital Media, My Babies & I on the actress’ blog, Dakore shared her experience in raising two girls and having to sacrifice watching music videos on popular music channels for kid friendly programmes. Read her post below: – On today’s post I want to share the challenge I face as a parent on a daily basis as it concerns digital media/new…
Veteran American singer, Mariah Carey mistakenly showed the world the color of her underpants. The very successful singer suffered wardrobe malfunction during her performance on Thursday night at her debut Mariah: #1 to Infinity show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Mariah wore a pink gown with a very high slit which clearly exposed her tan panties to the whole audience when she dropped down to the floor in her heels.
The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has said the conspiracy between labour union leaders and Governor Ayodele Fayose won’t stop the impeachment proceedings, if the lawmakers decide to carry out their constitutional duties. The party said it was vindicated over the alarm it raised that the state labour leaders had joined forces with the governor to stall his impeachment by the 19 members of the House of Assembly. The Ekiti APC in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, on Friday, said that the governor’s latest directive that workers should fill verification forms that would last for one…
The South West caucus of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate and the newly-elected senators from the geo-political zone, on Friday emerged from a marathon meeting with the agreement to adopt Senator Ahmad Lawan representing Yobe North, as their candidate for the Senate President position in the 8th National Assembly. According to PUNCH, 12 out of the 13 newly elected senators met at a private residence in the Asokoro area of Abuja and adopted the Lawan, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, as their preferred person for the job. One of the senators, who spoke on…
Senators-elect from the North-East have called for the creation of North-East Development Commission to rebuild the region following its destruction by the terrorist activities of Boko Haram. The senator-elect for Adamawa North and chairperson of the All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State, Binta Garba, who spoke on behalf of her colleagues in Abuja, lamented the level of destruction by Boko Haram in the geo-political zone. To assist those who were lucky to survive the reign of terror, the senator-elect said it was necessary to push for a bill to create the commission to fast track the re-settlement of indigenes of…
The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday commenced sitting at the premises of Court of Appeal along Aduwawa road, Ikpoba-Okha local government area of the state. At its inaugural sitting yesterday, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice S. Anjo, urged defence counsels to be upright and diligent in the handling of electoral petitions to enable the tribunal deliver judgment within the 180-day time frame stipulated for hearing of all petitions. Other members of the Tribunal are – Justice I. A. Yusuf and Justice (Mrs.) A. M. Alli. Justice Anjo pointed out that the panel would adjudicate all petitions relating to…
Nine suspects were paraded on Friday by the Gombe State Police Command for various acts ranging from murder to armed robbery. Speaking at the parade, the state Police Commissioner, Kudu Nma, said the suspects were arrested within Gombe metropolis. Nma said among the suspects was a wanted criminal, Adamu Abubakar, who spearheaded armed robbery and other heinous crimes that led to the death of many in the state. “Adamu Abubakar, alias ‘Baban Tudu’ has been on our wanted list for some time now. I even placed a price tag on him to facilitate his arrest. He however ran out of…
President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, on the occasion of his 79th birthday anniversary. The president, in a statement signed by his spokesman, Reuben Abati, said Nigeria owed the former head of state a huge debt of gratitude for his immense contributions to national development. “On behalf of my family, the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I write to felicitate with you on the occasion of your 79th birthday anniversary, tomorrow, May 9, 2015”, Mr. Jonathan wrote to Mr. Shonekan. “Over the years, you have always…
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that troops of the Nigerian Army have recovered video recordings of the heinous acts perpetrated by Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast. It, however, refused to go into details of the crimes against humanity captured in the video clips. The Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade, said, “It is true that troops have captured some video recordings of the terrorists but I would not want to say anything on that for now”. The Defence spokesperson also confirmed to PR-Nigeria, a media consultancy firm to security agencies that the videos recovered from the sect were being…
The All Progressives Congress on Friday declared its neutrality on the issue of who emerges Senate President in the 8th National Assembly. The party’s position came on the heels of reports that the Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has purportedly received the secret endorsement of about 70 senators drawn from across the six geo-political zones of the country. Speaking with Saturday PUNCH in Abuja, APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the party currently had no preferred candidate. Mohammed said, “As of today, as I am speaking to you, the party does not have a preferred candidate.…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been advised to put an end to the blame game currently threatening to tear it apart following its defeat in the March 28 presidential election and join forces with of other opposition political parties to present formidable opposition to the incoming government of the All Progressives Congress. The call was made by the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, whose candidate, Kelvin Allagoa, stepped down for President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential race. General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the APC was declared winner of the election after he defeated Jonathan of PDP with about two…
A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has described as complete fallacy and an act of mischief, media reports that, he is planning to run for the governorship of Bayelsa State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Mr. Alamieyeseigha, in a statement distributed to journalists on Friday in Abuja explained that, he had neither nursed such ambition nor discussed any plans to run for the governorship of Bayelsa State with anybody. He therefore called on his supporters and the people of the state to disregard the reports, as they were the handiwork of mischief makers. According…
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has denied media speculations that he is angling to replace Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Following the crisis of confidence in the Mu’azu-led National Working Committee of the PDP following the party’s disastrous outing in the last general elections, some members of the party had penciled Imoke to take-over as chairman to enable him reposition the party towards the 2019 elections. Reacting to the speculations while speaking with journalists at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar on Friday, Imoke said he would stay away from public office…
Outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has warned that the pattern of voting during the last general election has placed a huge responsibility on the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as he faces the challenging task of unifying Nigeria under his administration. Uduaghan made this known Friday while delivering a lecture titled: “Good governance as a catalyst for development: The Delta State experience”, organised by the University of Ibadan Alumni Association of Nigeria. The lecture, which was held at the UI Trenchard Hall, was the second public service lecture by the alumni. The Delta governor also said unemployment…
Shots fired! Amber just bruised Kanye’s ego and we know he got a big ego.. Amber Rose and Travis Scott were partying at Supper Club in Los Angeles.The DJ was playing Kanye’s song and she suddenly took the mic from him and said Stop playing nigga*s I used to f-ck..Wait..Why not play the nigg* that writes the songs for the other nigg*.Travis Scott lets go..He writes the songs for the other nigg* lets go..Let’s go! Amber reportedly got a huge amount of money from Kanye when they broke up…The reason? She wasn’t to spill any of his secrets..Looks like she’s…
In celebration of Mothers day, Ciara shared this stunning pic with her son, Future Jr..She makes motherhood look so sexy!
Former Acting governor of Adamawa state and Nigeria Ambassador to Tunisia James Barka, has blamed the collapse of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the lawlessness of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party and described it as one of the reasons why he left the party. “I left PDP when I discover that the party was hijack by people that have no respect for the rule of law, they were running the party as one of their family’s inheritance property. There is no responsible man or woman that has respect for the constitution of Nigeria will remain in…