Yaya Toure’s agent, Dmitri Seluk has replied Manchester City Pep Guardiola. Guardiola had said Toure would not feature in his team unless Seluk apologises to the club. But in his reaction, Seluk said he would only apologise to Guardiola if he (Guardiola) apologises to former City manager Pelligrini. “Guardiola wins a few games and think...
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A domestic staff, Yusuf Sarkin Gida of former first lady Turai Yaradua has been arrested by the Katsina police for stealing ninety-one million naira from her, Daily Trust reports. While confirming the arrest, the state commissioner of police Usman Abdullahi said his men received a formal complaint which led to his arrest. He said, “We are investigating, actually it...
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The Federal government has banned the usage of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on board airlines. This is contained in a statement issued by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday in Lagos. The statement signed by its General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye directed passengers not to turn on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note...
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says midfielder Yaya Toure will never play for the club again unless his agent tenders an apology for his outburst following Toure’s omission from City’s Champions League squad. Toure has only featured for Guardiola once this season. Seluk while speaking on Toure’s Champions League omission by telling Guardiola said if City “don’t win...
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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, according to TMZ. In the divorce papers filed on Monday Jolie said it was due to irreconcilable differences, and is asking the court to grant her full custody of their six children. The couple who have been together since 2004 married...
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Freelance journalist Ahmad Salkida says his life is in danger. Salkida who is believed to have links with terrorist sect, Boko Haram made the disclosure on Tuesday via his Twitter account @ContactSalkida. He said the Federal Government has ruined his life and that of his family, and he has been rendered homeless. 'it was a...
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A stopper for German lower division, SV Vonderort, Marco Kwiotek was arrested by the police after conceding 43 goals in a single match. The Sun UK reports that Kwiotek was arrested at the team’s training ground five days after the match. Kwiotek was reportedly accompanied off the pitch by two armed policemen, but the police...
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The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello. In a unanimous decision the justices of the Apex court dismissed the appeals file by Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Honourable James Faleke of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Faleke was the running mate to late Prince Abubakar Audu,...
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Ivorian midfielder, Yaya Toure on Tuesday announced that he would be retiring from international football. The four-time African footballer of the year appeared 113 times for his country. He wrote, “Writing this note was probably ‘the most difficult match of my life. “After 14 years at the highest level, I’m sure this is the right...
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Patience Jonathan’s USD 31.4 million is of no use to anybody in a frozen account. Take that money and use it to pay the salaries of primary school teachers in Otuoke. Or you use it to fund pipe-borne water for Otuoke. Or you use it to renovate primary school classrooms in Otuoke. Or you use...
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The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to sell some of the country’s assets in order to quell some of the effects of the economic recession. Senate President, Bukola Saraki said this in his welcome address to senators at the resumption of plenary. He said, “The Executive must raise capital from asset sales and...
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A professor in the Biochemical Parasitology Department of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nasiru Shua’ibu has developed a new malaria vaccine for the treatment of the fever. Shua’ibu revealed this on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the vaccine was different and would be out soon for use by...
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Everyone had a sneaking suspicion that Steve Gukas was a master storyteller. Unfortunately, ‘A Place in The Stars’ came in with so much promise, so much hype, and proved itself possessed of so much unrealized potential that it came crashing down under the burden of a million expectations. And in the cascade of bad reviews...
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Members of dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram on Monday slit the throats of a village chief and his son, after attacking sleeping villagers of Talari in Borno State, Premium Times report. A member of the Vigilante group of Nigeria in Borno State, Abass Gava confirmed the incident. He said the terrorists shot two villagers who...
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The Bank of Industry on Tuesday said 25,000 Nigerian youths will be engaged in the Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) Programme of the Federal Government quarterly. North East Regional Head of the bank, Malam Aliyu Umaru said this in Maiduguri at the opening of a five-day capacity building workshop for participants under the programme. He said the bank...
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France Football has announced that the Ballon d’Or award will now have new rules after it ended a six year contract with world football governing body, FIFA. France Football said the award will now be decided by votes by select journalists, confirming the exclusion of national team coaches and captains. The finalists will now increase...
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari has allegedly collected N500 million from telecommunications company MTN to help reduce the fine imposed on it by the Federal Government, SaharaReporters reports. According to the online news medium, concrete evidence that the shady activity took place has been presented to the President. It was reported that...
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by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of...
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The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojodu on Monday said it is improper for the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) protesters to march to the Aso Rock villa everyday, demanding the release of the abducted Chibok girls. Ojodu said the President had met with the group thrice and assured them of...
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In the 1997 movie, Absolute Power, the President of the United States was involved in a murder. The murder had a silent witness, who, as time went on, began to do what he could to bring the President to justice. As the movie goes along, all the characters around the President do everything they can...
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The Nigerian Hunters Association has said it is only waiting for permission from the government before entering into Sambisa forest and capturing Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau alive. Leader of the association’s security team, Tarfa Garba said this on Monday in Yola. Tarfa said the hunters are eagerly waiting for the government to give them...
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Minister for Women Affairs, Aisha Jumai AlHassan on Monday slumped at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Fufore local government area of Adamawa State, Guardian reports. According to reports, she was inspecting foodstuffs at the camp’s store when the incident happened. It was also reported that immediately she slumped, her aides stopped journalists from...
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The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe has said Nigeria should be more concerned about how to get out of recession instead of how we got there. In a Facebook post on Monday, Okupe listed names of Nigerians who he said could help the country fight against...
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has deployed over 1, 000 personnel to Kogi State ahead of the Supreme Court judgement on the governorship election appeals on Tuesday. Commandant of the Corps in the state, Everestus Obiyo stated this at a press briefing in Lokoja on Monday. He said the personnel were deployed to...
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Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano on Monday said the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) if voted into power in 2019, would reduce the cost of a bag of rice to N9000. Obiano stated this during the inauguration of ‘Governor Willie Obiano Support Group’ in Awka. He said the party will field a candidate for the 2019 presidential...
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Tola Sarumi’s tweets about #international exposure raises more questions than answers for us. And because we hate to assume, we decided to ask. So dear Tola, please feel free to address us on these below: What is International exposure? We ask because we realize how ambiguous this coinage is. We can go out on a limb...
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Here are some stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are now buzzing this morning in today’s Entertainment Roundup Blogger, Linda Ikeji is on the cover of Today’s Woman The popular blogger, who celebrated her birthday yesterday, is on the cover of Today’s Women Magazine’s September issue wherein she talked...
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Nigerians, you people need to let us who've lived in a working system take charge of that country. International exposure is a prerequisite. — T. Rânkïn' (@AfroVII) September 19, 2016 Whenever things are quiet on twitter, my friend Tola — bless her cotton socks — likes to heat up the polity just a bit. As you can...
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These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. EFCC seals of home of Katsina former governor The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has sealed off the home of former Katsina state governor, Ibrahim Shema. 2. FCT must enforce ban on street trading, comercial motorcycle, grazzing The Minister of the FCT, Mallam Muhammad Bello,...
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In the din of the well made ’93 Days’, the well hyped ‘The Wedding Party’, and the badly-bashed ‘Okafor’s Law’ there was the indie film ‘Green White Green’ with the pensive Ifeanyi Dike Jr as lead. Hear the Screen Daily: “a rousing celebration”. We try to avoid being pedantic at The Film Blog (TFB), but...
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