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British broadcaster, Piers Morgan, has suggested that Cristiano Ronaldo would have helped Arsenal win the Premier League title this season if the Gunners had signed him in the January transfer window. Ronaldo had a dramatic exit from Old Trafford a few months ago after falling out with manager Erik ten Hag and being outcast from the Man United squad. The 38-year-old eventually joined Saudi Arabian giants Al-Nassr, where he has managed to score 12 goals from 13 matches since joining the club. In a tweet via his Twitter handle on Tuesday, Morgan, a passionate Arsenal fan, tweeted: “ “Mock all…
Rivers United head coach, Stanley Eguma has reacted to his team’s hard earned victory against Sunshine Stars. The title holders booked a spot in the Nigeria Premier Football League Super Six playoff after a slim 1-0 win against the Owena Waves in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Morice Chukwu netted the winner for the hosts in the second half. Eguma said their opponents made things difficult for them even as he claimed they could have scored more goals. “It was a tough game and we expected it because Sunshine Stars was also eyeing the Super Six play-off and they played hard…
Former France coach, Raymond Domenech, has given reasons Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi is responsible for boos from the club’s fans. Domenech said Messi is responsible for the reaction from PSG fans as he has not done well at the Parisians. PSG fans have been furious with the Argentina World Cup winner over the past few months. They made their opinion clear in the stadium and also protested outside the PSG office after Messi was handed a two-week suspension for an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia. Speaking on L’Equipe’s “L’Équipe du Soir” program, Domenech said, “And he [Messi] did not…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on Diaspora Chairmen has advised President-elect Bola Tinubu to beware of sycophants. The party chieftains expressed reservations about some developments ahead of Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29. Bola Babarinde, Secretary of the APC body led by Prof. Adesegun Labinjo, issued a statement on Monday in Lagos. The diaspora committee demands that the reward system under Tinubu’s government be sacrosanct. Babarinde said those around the President-elect must also be wary of praise singers and “strange bedfellows”. The chieftain complained of how youths are being assembled “to handle some aspects on the national level to celebrate…
Ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect and governors on May 29, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has urged Nigerians to start building support and provide an enabling environment for the incoming government to thrive. Gambari made the call in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, while briefing newsmen following a visit to Gov. Atiku Bagudu and Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar. “I am here on a private visit to see the governor and His Royal Highness, the Emir of Gwandu. Because we are coming to the end of this administration. ”I am…
With the 2023 general elections over, female politicians failed to secure a good number of seats across the country. Despite their efforts to break even, Nigerian women in politics still face a tough task of competing with their male counterparts. Many women interested in occupying elective political positions have disturbing tales on how their efforts are frustrated. “We were asked to pick the party nomination forms free of charge; that it was a way of encouraging women to occupy elective positions, that was what made me to pick the form for a counsellor in 2011 which marked the beginning of…
The Bauchi North district senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 25th February, 2023 elections, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed Baba, on Saturday, defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Baba, a former member of the House of Representatives representing Katagum Federal Constituency between 2015 and 2019, announced his resignation from SDP and defection to APC, under which platform he was elected to the National Assembly. Popularly called IMBA, Baba was received into APC by the Nasarawa Nakin Kasuwa ward chairman in Katagum Local Government Area of the state, Malam Adamu Abubakar. Speaking to journalists shortly after declaring for…
Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Sunday, called on warring factions in the ongoing Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis to “find common ground and sustain its new position as a third force in the current national politics.” In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in Nigeria noted that “there is nothing unusual about a political party having a leadership tussle or any form of disagreement, but its ability to close ranks and make compromises in the interest of the party is paramount.” Consequently, the CNPP…
Former special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has called on the national ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, to muster courage and discipline a former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari over his divisive statement. In a statement, the former presidential aide said Yari’s utterances had become incendiary, disrespectful and capable of splitting the party into factions. He quoted the ex-governor as threatening that the APC would cease to exist if the North does not get the Senate Presidency. According to Obono-Obla, Yari had now become a pain in the neck of the ruling party…
A Nigerian man has reportedly kicked the bucket while cheating on his wife with a serving member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC). According to lawyer @bolanlecole on Twitter, the deceased left home around 5:30am to visit the corps member for a quick sexual encounter but sadly passed away while they were having sex. He said the wife of the deceased found it hard to believe that her husband had died until she saw his corpse. He tweeted; “A man left his wife on their matrimony bed around 5:30am in the morning to a youth Corper’s house he was…