Thursday, 20 April 2017

Juventus Coach: We Could Have Played Barcelona For A Whole Day And Not Conceded


Juventus Manager Massimiliano Allegri boasted Juventus could have played for an entire day without conceding after a goalless draw at Camp Nou secured a 3-0 aggregate win over Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Barca's Luis Enrique failed to win for the first time at home in Europe during his three-year reign as Juve held their hosts at bay to progress to the semi-finals on the back of a stunning victory in the first leg in Turin.

Serena Williams Announces Pregnancy, Set To Miss French Open


Record-breaking grand-slam tennis champion and former world number one Serena Williams is expecting her first child.

Williams sent social media and the tennis world into frenzy on Wednesday when she posted a photo of herself on Snapchat with a caption that read simply "20 weeks" before the 23-time major winner deleted the post.

Steven Gerrard Set To Play For Liverpool Again

Gerrard in Liverpool's colour

Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will wear the iconic red shirt once again when Jurgen Klopp's men travel to Australia in May.

Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Daniel Agger and Steve McManaman will be part of the Liverpool team who will play a post-season friendly against A-League side Sydney FC next month as part of the club's 12th anniversary celebrations.

Gernot Rohr Explains His Difficulties At Having Enyeama Back In Super Eagles


Super Eagles technical adviser Gernot Rohr has explained his frustration at his inability to get former Super Eagles Captain and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to return to the National team due to issues with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) according to coach of the team Gernot Rohr.

Recall Vincent Enyeama quit the team after a row with former coach Sunday Oliseh , who stripped him off his role as captain of the team, but according to Rohr his main issue lies with someone in the NFF.

Again, Naira Makes Major Gain Against The Dollar


The Nation's currency, the naira recorded a major gain on Wednesday, closing at 390 per United States dollar at the parallel market, up from 405/dollar on Tuesday.

This came barely 24 hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria announced the injection of $280m into the various segments of the forex market and the commencement of its weekly $20,000 sale to licensed Bureau De Change operators.

16 University Students Beheaded In Edo Cult Clash

Police IGP, Ibrahim Idris

At least, 16 students of Edo state-owned University, Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, have been beheaded in the ongoing cult war ravaging Edo State. Rival cult war involves high profile kingpins including senior lecturers of the university.

The statistics was released by the Police Commissioner, Mr. Haliru Gwandu. Briefing journalists in Benin, Gwandu disclosed that 61 suspects such as armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists and rapists were arrested in the last three weeks.

EFCC Is Entertaining Nigerians With Comedy-PDP


The People Democratic Party, PDP, has described the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as comedy and bunch of entertainments, noting the agency had drifted from the focussed body established in 2003 by Olusegun Obasanjo, who became President on its platform.

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Leicester City Manager Shakespeare Finally Opens Up On Relationship With Claudio Ranieri

Shakespeare and Ranieri 

Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare has rejected the suggestion that a falling-out with Claudio Ranieri led to the Italian's exit from the club.

Ranieri left in February less than a year after guiding Leicester to a shock Premier League title triumph, with a number of reports at the time suggesting that senior players had called for him to be sacked after growing disillusioned with his methods.

Dogara Blasts El-Rufai, Says Governor Undermining Buhari, National Assembly

Dogara

The war of words between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasiru el-Rufai has continued unabated as the speaker yesterday accused the governor of undermining the parliament and President Muhammadu Buhari.

Recall El-Rufai had, two days ago, published his security votes in reaction to a challenge from the speaker.

See What Barcelona Manager Luis Enrique Has To Say After Mauling By Juventus

Enrique

Barcelona manager Luis Enrique compared the poor performance of his Barcelona side in their 3-0 loss at Juventus to the team's defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the previous round.

Paulo Dybala struck two brilliant goals and Giorgio Chiellini headed a third goal to put the Serie A leaders in full control on a stunning night in Turin.

Nigeria Will End Up In A Very, Very Bad State If… – Osinbajo

Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has warned that Nigeria is at the risk of plunging into more crisis, if the present war against corruption fails.

The Nation's number two citizen noted that corruption was fiercely waging reprisal attacks in states, but assured the public that President Muhammadu Buhari was committed to sustaining the anti-corruption fight to ensure the system was cleaned up and government business done the right way.He also called for a re-orientation of Nigerians.
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