December 15, 2019

EPL: Norwich Manager, Farke Attacks Kelechi Iheanacho

December 15, 2019 11:24 am

Norwich City manager, Daniel Farke, has expressed his anger over Kelechi Iheanacho’s poor sportsmanship during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City.

With Norwich player on the floor injured, Iheanacho decided to attack rather than sportsmanly play the ball out for throwing.

In the first half of the 1-1 draw, Norwich knocked the ball out of play so Emiliano Buendia could receive treatment.

They expected to receive the ball back, but the Nigerian international chose to play on, and, after he was tripped, the angered Norwich players stormed to confront him. Todd Cantwell was then punished with a yellow card.

Norwich …

EPL: Man City Identify EPL Manager As Guardiola’s Successor

December 15, 2019 11:23 am

Back-to-back Premier League champions, Manchester City have reportedly identified Leicester City coach, Brendan Rodgers as a potential successor to manager, Pep Guardiola.

According to The Sun, Man City want Rodgers to replace Guardiola when the Spaniard eventually leaves Etihad.

The newspaper reports that Man City hierarchy believes the Northern Irishman plays a similar style of football to Guardiola and could take over the team without having to make too many changes to the Citizens’ squad.

Guardiola’s current deal at Man City will end in the summer of 2021.

Rodgers has been a revelation since joining Leicester from Celtic.

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EPL: Mourinho Warns Tottenham Player Who Mocks Managers

December 15, 2019 11:23 am

Tottenham boss, Jose Mourinho has warned defender, Serge Aurier over mocking his previous managers.

The Portuguese has won three games out of four for Tottenham in the Premier League since taking over.

The Ivory Coast international has been caught up in controversy in the past, over comments made on social media about ex-boss Laurent Blanc during his time at PSG.

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The former PSG star was suspended by the club over the altercation, after making homophobic slurs towards Blanc via a video message, as well as to several teammates, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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EPL: This Is Not The Team I Want To Manage – Lampard Fumes

December 15, 2019 11:22 am

Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has said he does not want to coach a “safe” team, following a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.

It was the Blues’ successive defeat in the Premier League, after they lost 3-1 a Everton last weekend.

Lampard feels his team is playing with fear and don’t want to take risks during games.

“I don’t know about fear but in front of our own fans it’s clear now we aren’t playing well enough and getting enough results.

“Up until now I think a lot of it – and I said this after Lille – was we’re …

ICRC Donates Food Items To IDPs In Benue

December 15, 2019 11:22 am

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated food items to over 80,000 internally displaced persons in Guma and Makurdi local government areas of Benue State.

Also, the Committee is carrying out a livestock deworming campaign which has reached over 100,000 cattle and other small ruminants belonging to pastoralist communities affected by violence in Nasarawa state.

The assistance, according to Majid Bakhtiary,  Head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Jos, were provided to alleviate the suffering of people in the affected areas.

“The humanitarian situation here is difficult, and the ICRC helps the most vulnerable communities,” Bakhtiary said…

Kaduna Women Commend El-Rufai For Appointing 6 Females

December 15, 2019 11:19 am

Women in politics (WIP) including the Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development in Kaduna State, Hajiya Hafsat Baba have commended Governor Nasir El-Rufai for appointing six women out of his 14 commissioners but demanded for more in elective positions.

The six sensitive Ministries currently headed by women in Kaduna Stat are Human Services and Social Development, Housing and Urban development, Public Works and Infrastructure, Justice, Health and Agriculture and Forestry.

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Hajiya Hafsat Baba, who stated this at the weekend during the reflection meeting on the implementation of Gender …

IBB’s Spokesperson Dispels Death Rumour

December 15, 2019 11:17 am

The spokesperson to the former Military President, General Ibrahim B. Babangida (IBB), Kassim Afegbua has dispelled reports that the former military president is dead. He said that IBB as he is popularly called is “alive and bubbling”.

Afegbua made the clarification Sunday in a statement to debunk rumours about the former president’s death.

An online report had claimed the former military leader had died.

Dispelling the rumour, Afegbua said, ”It has become consistent fake news for quite some time now wishing our own IBB, the one we easily refer to as “the last don” of Nigeria politics, dead.

The “fake …

Osaze Bags Golf Coaching License

December 15, 2019 8:55 am

Former Super Eagles forward, Osaze Peter Odemwingie, has shifted his focus away from football to get certified as a golf instructor.

The 38-year-old ex-Premier League star completed his level one coaching badges recently, as he aims to become a professional coach in a different field. Unlike many of his club and national teammates who are clustering to manage football clubs across Europe, Odemwingie chose to carve a niche for himself in another sport.

Although, it is left to be seen what the ex-Nigerian football star would be up to after his recent feat, Jak Hamblett Gol, the Twitter handle which …

Ex-Edo House Aspirant Recounts Ordeal In Hands Of Police

December 15, 2019 8:55 am

In recent times, there has been a push for the amendment of laws regulating the conduct of policemen due to allegations of brutality, harassment, and illegal stop-and-search operations levelled against the Nigeria Police Force.

The latest victim of an alleged case of police brutality was Mr. Augustus Ikhine, one-time Edo State House of Assembly aspirant during the 2018 general election.
According to him, the incident happened on Monday 9, 2019 at about 4:32 pm, along Works Road off Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja GRA, Lagos.

“I was coming from Apapa and entered Works road through Oba Akinjobi way while trying to …

FG Plans Return Of Nigerians Detained In Bosnia Herzegovina

December 15, 2019 8:54 am

The Federal Government has disclosed that the two Nigerians in Bosnia Camps are hale and hearty and are expected to return to Nigeria any moment from now.

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM) Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa explained that this followed series of diplomatic interventions from the Nigerian Mission in Hungary and, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, who directed for full investigations to be carried out.

Recalled that the two students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Abia Alexandro Uchenna and Eboh Kenneth Chinedu, who attended an international table tennis competition in Croatia, ended up in a …

Pondering The State Of The Nation

December 15, 2019 8:53 am

An editorial by a prominent national daily (not THISDAY) had stirred a serious national debate in the course of last week. This was to the extent that the newspaper concluded that given the current state of the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari, had not only taken the nation back to his obnoxious days as a military head of state in the 80s, that he would henceforth be referred to as a general since his alleged democratic transmutation was incongruent with his disposition in power.

What’s more? The newspaper also claimed it would cease to refer to his government as an administration …

Persons With Disability Lament FG’s Failure To Protect Them

December 15, 2019 8:52 am

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD), at the weekend, lamented the delay in the implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill 2018 signed into law last April by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The association, however, praised Prophet T.B Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), noting that his church had committed so much, in support of the less-privileged.

The Head of Persons Living with Disability in Ogun State, Mr. Abacha Adebesin expressed concern at a session with THISDAY yesterday, challenging the governments at all levels “to stop using charity approach to …

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