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Saraki Speaks On Why He Has Been On The Buhari’s Critic Lately. Senate President and  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  presidential aspirant,   Bukola Sarak i has dismissed claims by the Presidency that he is making false and crude statements against the president Naija News  reported how the President’s special assistant on media and publicity  Garba Shehu  said that Saraki was making ‘C ondemnable and extremely derogatory speeches’  in his campaign. Saraki clearly stated in Bauchi today when he met the state’s delegates ahead of the forthcoming PDP presidential primaries, that he has always spoke on issues and what he believes himself and the PDP will bring to Nigerians. “We speak about facts, the facts are the facts, there is a lot of poverty in Nigeria. Things have not improved as expected, and we want to provide an alternative so that things will get better. We can make the country much better. It is not a personal issue at al...

Chelsea manager,  Maurizio Sarri , has revealed that he is not happy with his side’s 1-0 win over PAOK in their Europa League match on Thursday. Sarri claimed that his players should have done more in the game after their hard work in match in Greece. Willian  scored in his first competitive game as skipper, helping his side to an early win in Group L opener. The Blues then failed to add more goals and had to hold on for a narrow win. “ I am really very happy with the three points, very happy with the performance, but I am not very happy with the result. “When it is time to kill the match we have to kill the match ,” Sarri told reporters after the game.

Tottenham Hotspur manager,  Mauricio Pochettino , has revealed that his players are depressed due to their recent losses and are eager to win matches. The Tottenham coach is experiencing the worst run of his four year reign after seeing his side lose three games consecutively. Pochettino told the Mirror UK: “ I am going to stick with the club, I am not going to criticise the club. All the decisions are our decisions and of course always with the club until the end. “Maybe we are still here in five years or maybe in one week we are not here, but we will always be talking well about the club and helping them to achieve all they want. “The only way we can stop that [criticism] is winning games and if we don’t win, everyone is going to criticise more than now. And you know what is going to happen when we don’t win games the first responsible is me. “I am so relaxed. In football, something can happen with the situation but I am going to give my best until the end. “...

Arsenal Manager,  Unai Emery , on Thursday set a new record in the Europa League. The Arsenal head coach became the first coach to win 32 games in the Europa League, after he led the team into a 4-2 victory over Vorskla Poltava on Thursday. The Arsenal side dominated in their group opening match, with  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  scoring twice for his side. Danny Welbeck  and  Mesut Ozil  put Arsenal 4-0 up, before  Vladimir Chesnakov  and  Vyacheslav Sharpar  hit two brilliant consolation strikes late on. Emery has built history for himself in the Europa League having won the title three times with Sevilla.

African music legend, 2face Idibia , yesterday celebrated his 43rd birthday and was celebrated by many people, including Basketmouth’s wife, Elsie . Elsie posted a photo she took with 2face at Basketmouth’s recently held 40th birthday party. Her comment however attracted an interesting reaction from media personality Toolz who used emoji to ask if 2face was her lover. 2Face’s wife, Annie Idibia liked the post and even dropped a playful comment about being jealous of the photo. See post below:

Nigerians have reacted to an Instagram post by popular Nigerian pop star, Wizkid ‘s babymama, Oluwanishola who has allegedly called him out over his refusal to recognize her or perform his fatherhood responsibilities of being available in the life of his son, Tife. Oluwanishola took to her Instagram page to write an open letter to Wizkid, where she expressed her dissatisfaction. See the message below Oluwashola also published a chat she had with the Nigerian pop star. In the chat she accused him of not being a part of his child, Tife’s life. Apparently she has been trying to get Wizkid to represent himself in Boluwatife’s life. See the chat below: Only three days ago, his second babymama,  Binta Diallo warned him to desist from expressing fake love to her son, Ayo, who she named after Wizkid, following series of controversies that trailed the child’s paternity after he denied paternity. She issued the stern warning to Wizkid via Instagram page dedicat...

Former Real Madrid goal keeper, Iker Casillas , became the first player to participate in 20 UEFA Champions League seasons following his team’s 1-1 draw against Schalke 04 on Tuesday. The Porto stopper, broke the record when he played for his side in their Champions League opening Group D match against Gelsenkirchen. Gelsenkirchen had opened the game through a goal from Swiss striker, Breel Embolo, however, Porto, equalized through Otavio in 75th minutes from the spot. Casillas broke the record going beyond Manchester Uniter legend, Ryan Giggs, who played in 19 Champions League campaigns. Casillas has won the competition three times: in 1999/00, 2001/02 and most recently in 2013/14, all of which came while he was playing for Madrid.

Chelsea midfielder, Ethan Ampadu  has signed a new five year contract extension with the club, on Wednesday. Ampadu, who plays for Wales has been battling to settle in the starting line up of Chelsea’s coach, Maurizio Sarri this season. The player in time past had stated that he was putting all efforts together so has to be included in the starting line up of the club. “ I’m really proud and happy, ” ESPN quoted Ampadu as saying. “ I’m looking forward to the next five years and all I have got to do now is continue to work hard, and hopefully good things will happen .”

Sokoto State governor and PDP presidential aspirant , Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal,  has promised to accept the outcome of the party’s presidential primary scheduled for between October 5 and October 6 in Port Harcourt. Naija News learnt that Tambuwal stated this in Birnin Kebbi when he met stakeholders of the party as part of his familiarisation visit ahead of the primary. “I deem it appropriate to start the visit with Kebbi State being my home as Sokoto and Zamfara.“Our party is still consulting the stakeholders on who to present to contest for the presidential position.‘‘If the consultation fails,  we will do the primary and I will accept the outcome and support whoever emerges as our candidate ,” Tambuwal said. “I had left PDP for APC in view of the situation we found ourselves under PDP in the last government and joined APC for our conviction and presumption that the party would do the expected,’’ he added. He promised to address the security challenges i...

The young lady who is in her 20s took to social media to explain lots of things the singer has done to her and her son. Oluwanishola in a series of shocking posts corroborated the claims of the singer’s second babymama who had earlier called him out for being a deadbeat father. Citing examples and sharing screenshots of her chats, Oluwanishola talked about how Wizkid is always begged, forced by family members to pay for his child’s school fees. It’s always war to get the singer to pay his 7-year-old child’s fees. She also revealed how Wizkid would be checking if his young was gay or not. This he allegedly did by touching some parts of his body and many more ridiculous stuff. Nishola also revealed how even with being patient with the singer and always trying to get a good life for their son, the singer never appreciated her for once. All he cared about was being painted as a good person on social media. ‘…You only cared for yourself alone and how the public perce...

Sports Champions League: Ronaldo Is The Best In The World – Allegri Published on 18.09.2018 By Naija News Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said today that Cristiano Ronaldo “increased the self-esteem” of the squad, after “having arrived the best in the world” to the club, which on Wednesday will face Valencia in the Champions League football . “The arrival of Cristiano increased the self-esteem. He has the best in the world for Juventus, and is the player who, with Messi, has shared the Golden Balls in the last 11 years, “he explained, in the preview of the game on Wednesday, the first day of group H. According to the Italian coach, in the last four years the Serie A champions, who are also part of the João Cancelo squad, “grew”, but this year “more opportunities to reach and win the final than before”, even though have to face the game by game until then. Cristiano Ronaldo returns on Wednesday to play on Spanish soil, against Val...

Lionel Messi became the first footballer to win eight UEFA Champions League hat-tricks by scoring three goals in FC Barcelona’s 4-0 win over PSV Eindhoven in Group B. The final result does not reflect the difficulties that PSV created for the Spanish champions, especially in the second half, after Messi opened the scoring with a free-kick through a free-kick in the 32nd minute. In the second half, the Dutchman created difficulties for FC Barcelona, ​​which allowed several counter-attacks, but thanks to a move inspired by Dembelé. A quarter of an hour from the end, the Frenchman received the ball back to the goal, rolled, left two opponents back and shot at the entrance of the area outside the goalkeeper’s reach. Who did not want to be behind was Messi, who in two good collective bids, scored two more goals and closed the result at 77 and 87 minutes. FC Barcelona saw central defender Umtiti sent off in the 79th minute, after scoring an opponent that ran t...

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Commandant General, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has positioned officers from its Disaster Management Department in four state recently affected by flood in the country, , including Kogi, Niger, Delta and Anambra. The Corps Disaster Managers are saddled with the responsibility of assisting victims destabilized by the flood. This was made known in a press statement signed by the Media Assistant to the Commandant General, Ekunola Gbenga. He said “A team of trained and experienced disaster case managers are on the ground in the states in collaboration with National Emergency Management Agency and other agencies in helping those impacted by the devastating floods in affected states. “I have tasked senior disaster managers to travel across the affected states to focus on impacted communities; we are getting bad floods in those states therefore, need to have disasters officers in these areas in case disaster strikes, said Gana....

A one-year-old boy was found dead after he was swept out of his mother's arms by Hurricane Florence's raging floodwaters in North Carolina on Sunday night. Union County Sheriff's Office spokesman Tony Underwood said that the mother and her son, Kaiden Lee-Welch, were traveling east on Highway 218 in northern Union County, N.C., to visit relatives during the storm when the incident took place. The mother, whose identity has not yet been released, told officials that she encountered police barricades but said they were pushed slightly to the side of the road, leading her to believe it was safe to drive past them. According to the Associated Press, the woman continued traveling east until she encountered rushing floodwaters, which swept her vehicle off the road and pinned it against a row of trees. Although she was able to free Kaiden from his car seat and escape the flooded vehicle, the powerful waters pulled the baby from his mother's ...

Sondra Radvanovsky as Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux at San Francisco Opera Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Russell Thomas in the title role of San Francisco Opera's Roberto Devereux Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Jamie Barton's Sarah Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera I T HAS BEEN NEARLY forty years since San Francisco Opera produced Roberto Devereux , as a vehicle for diva Montserrat Caballé, who sang just a single performance of the SFO run before cancelling due to illness. The company’s return to Donizetti’s Tudor drama this fall was a triumph, with soprano Sondra Radvanovsky starring as Elisabetta in the local premiere of Stephen Lawless’s production. With an ebullient supporting cast and masterful music direction from conductor Riccardo Frizza, the opening night performance on September 8 cast a powerful spell. Radvanovs...

September 18, 2018 Presidential leadership has produced as many aphorisms as examples. “Leadership is the ability to get men to do what they don’t want to do and like it,” said Harry Truman . President Coolidge defined the other end of the action spectrum: “Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.” It’s not just presidents who weigh in. Presidential critics have a lot to say about leadership too. It’s what they say a president lacks, when the president doesn’t do what they want him to. In this collection, presidential leadership is defined by men who on at least one occasion focused their energies, and chanced their political fortunes, on something larger than their self-interest. Instead of the easy win, or easy out, they took the long view. This is usually called “presidential character,” and it was the original conception of the job. The founders believed that the mental and ...

Davido Looks Set To Marry Chioma Nigeria’s super star musician, Davido seems ready to take his girlfriend to the altar if recent Instagram posts between the duo is used to judge. Davido commented his readiness on a recent picture of his girlfriend Chioma and she eagerly responded with a positive response. See the post below: https://instagram.com/p/Bns4lxmBh_0/?utm_source=ig_embed The duo have been a romantic item since they made their love relationship public

Davido’s manager, Asa Asika, has address claims that the Pop singer belongs to the Black Axe confraternity. A fortnight ago, one Tobi Adegoke,  a 25-year-old suspected member of the Black Axe cult was lured into becoming a member of the group with promises that joining the group would grant him the rare opportunity of meeting Davido. The aspiring musician confessed to police, “I am an Aiye member (Black Axe). I have been in the cult for about two years. I was told that Davido was a member and if I joined, I will be able to meet him. “It was the guy who initiated me that said so. He said he worked for Davido and that it will be easy access for me. But since I joined, I have not met Davido. They told me I’ll become a very popular musician but see where I am now. ” However, in an interview with Vanguard, Asika denied knowledge of Davido being a member of any secret cult group “I have no idea of what you’re talking about my brother”, he said. Another member...

Toby Alderweireld , has revealed that he will never force a summer move from  Tottenham Hotspur  to Manchester United, he stated that his only focus is to regain his place in his team starting XI. The Manchester united boss,  Jose Mourinho ,  showed interest in Alderweireld during summer but they were unwilling to meet the £70million buy out clause. “ Everyone was saying everywhere that I absolutely wanted to leave Tottenham, ” Alderweireld stated this at a news conference ahead of Belgium’s UEFA Nations League clash against Iceland on Tuesday. “ That’s not true. This summer, I quickly understood Tottenham wanted to keep me . “ So, I had to battle to get my place back in the team. To be in the first team again is a victory for me .”

In an interview with RMC Sport, N’Golo Kanté returned to his summer transfer window. Chelsea midfielder confirmed his interest in PSG this summer: “There were some contacts, but the logical continuation was to continue Chelsea. The word of N’Golo Kanté is rare. And all that is rare is precious. The quiet Chelsea midfielder is, in an interview given to RMC Sport, back on the advances of the PSG this summer. For a long time one of the hottest records of the summer transfer window, the information had never been officially confirmed. It is now done. The Blues player confirmed that the Parisians had tried to sign him this summer. “PSG? There has been some contact. But after a discussion with Chelsea, I understood that the main thing was to feel good about where I was. I am at Chelsea. It’s good for me to stay in Chelsea, “said the French midfielder. Not especially leaving to leave the Blues after two seasons in London, Kanté will play this season his fourth season in the Premier Le...

A Pan-Yoruba group, the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), has commended Mrs.  Kemi Adeosun for resigning from her position  as the Nigeria’s minister of finance. Naija News recalls that Adeosun tendered her resignation letter on Friday after months of turbulence over the authenticity of her certificate. President Muhammadu Buhari immediately appointed  Zainab Ahmed Facts About New Acting Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed  to act as interim Minister of Finance. YCE Secretary General, Dr Kunle Olajide in a statement on Saturday linked Adeosun’s downfall to activities of mischievous individuals involved in the process that produced the forged certificate. He noted that there were government officials who had been accused of one fraudulent practice or the other but still in government in various capacities. YCE also commended her for leaving behind a glorious achievement as a minister, having steered Nigeria out of recession when she was given no chanc...