March 12, 2020

‘Bad Loser’ Klopp Takes A Swipe At Atletico Tactics

‘Bad Loser’ Klopp Takes A Swipe At Atletico Tactics

March 12, 2020 1:24 pm

Jurgen Klopp hit out at Atletico Madrid’s defensive approach after holders Liverpool was knocked out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

Klopp’s side were on course for the quarter-finals after taking a 2-0 lead in extra time in the last-16 second leg.

Goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Roberto Firmino left Liverpool 2-1 up on aggregate at Anfield.

But a howler from Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian opened the floodgates as Marcos Llorente struck twice before Alvaro Morata completed Atletico’s 4-2 aggregate triumph.

It was a bitter blow for Reds boss Klopp, …

APC Removes Oshiomhole’s Pictures, Banners At Secretariat

APC Removes Oshiomhole’s Pictures, Banners At Secretariat

March 12, 2020 11:47 am

Banners displaying the pictures of the embattled chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at the party secretariat in Abuja, have been removed.

The billboard with the picture of President Muhammadu Buhari and Oshiomhole, at the entrance of the party secretariat has also been replaced.

It was replaced on Wednesday night with a billboard displaying only the picture of Buhari.

Other billboards of Oshiomhole on Blantyre street, where the party secretariat is located, have been removed.

Meanwhile Buhari has given the go ahead for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the APC slated for Tuesday, presidency …

Daniele Rugani Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Daniele Rugani Tests Positive For Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 11:46 am

Juventus have announced that 25-year-old defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus.

The Italy international is the first player from the club to test positive for the virus.

“The footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus-COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic,” the Italian club said in a short statement published on Wednesday night.

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“Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including those who have had contact with him.”

Juventus, who are based in the city of Turin in the northwest region …

UEFA Consider Champion And Europa League Suspension

UEFA Consider Champion And Europa League Suspension

March 12, 2020 11:46 am

UEFA is reviewing whether to suspend the Champions League and Europa League due to coronavirus.

Senior figures want it suspended with the virus beginning to affect a number of the teams involved in their competitions.

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Real Madrid were scheduled to face Manchester City at the Etihad in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, but their first-team squad have been placed in quarantine.

The players will self-isolate for 15 days after a member of the Spanish club’s basketball team, who they share a training …

Leicester City Players In Isolation For Coronavirus

Leicester City Players In Isolation For Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 11:41 am

Three Leicester City players have self-isolated after showing symptoms of coronavirus and “have been kept away from the rest of the squad”, manager Brendan Rodgers has said.

Rodgers did not specify which players had been quarantined but added that the club had “followed procedures”.

The Foxes are due to play Watford at Vicarage Road in the Premier League on Saturday at 12:45 GMT.

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“We had a few players that have shown symptoms and signs,” Rodgers said.

“It would be a shame [if the Watford game were postponed], but …

How Buhari, Osinbajo Now Greet In Aso Rock

‘Elbow Shaking’: New Method Of Greeting In Aso Rock

March 12, 2020 6:35 am
Amidst the global pandemic of coronavirus, Nigeria’s Aso Rock Presidential Villa has also changed the ways things are done. Gone is the shaking of hands. It has now been replaced with an elbow shaking.

President Buhari and his vice-president demonstrated this at a dinner with High Level CBN Round Table for Growth on Wednesday night.

Nduka Obaigbena trying to have an elbow shake with President Buhari

Obaigbena gets the elbow shake with Osinbajo thoroughly amused

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Central Bank Governor of Nigeria, (CBN), Mr …

List Of Monarchs Who Were Dethroned In Nigeria

List Of Monarchs Who Were Dethroned In Nigeria

March 12, 2020 6:34 am

The dethronement of a monarch in Nigeria is mostly received with shock and arguments with many still stuck to the belief that traditional rulers are independent rulers and indisposable.

However, such belief could not be entirely discarded based on how different territories were ruled before the colonial era which brought alterations in the powers conferred on monarchs.

But with independence in 1960, followed by alternating military and democratic governments, the powers of the traditional rulers became more subjected to the ruling government.

And with the pattern of democracy in modern Nigeria, monarchs are formally appointed and funded by Governors which …

ASUU: FG Reveals Next Action If Lecturers Fail To Resume

ASUU Strike: Ngige Insists On ”No Work, No Pay”

March 12, 2020 6:32 am

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has insisted that the federal government would not back down on its stance on ”no work, no pay”.

This is coming after the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a two-week warning strike.

However, after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Ngige disclosed that the Federal Government accused ASUU of not following laid down procedures before embarking on the industrial action.

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He also confirmed that the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) led to the …

APC Nullifies Suspension Of Amaechi, Expulsion Of Giadom

Amaechi: Corona Has Destroyed Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project

March 12, 2020 6:32 am
Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has claimed that the outbreak of Coronavirus, is affecting the completion of Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Amaechi stated this on Wednesday, while speaking at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) consultative round table.

The former Governor of Rivers state said the contractors handling the project, are employees of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC).

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Amaechi said most of those involved, have been quarantined after travelling for the Chinese New Year celebration.

“Lagos-Ibadan would have been ready in May. Unfortunately, nearly all of them that went for the

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Boko Haram Are Kidnapping Doctors To Work For Them

Boko Haram Are Kidnapping Doctors To Work For Them

March 12, 2020 6:15 am
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Dambao/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency of Borno State has revealed that Boko Haram group are kidnapping Doctors, ex-military, and bright students, not for ransom but forcing them to work for the insurgents.

The lawmaker on Wednesday during the debate on a bill to prohibit discrimination against victims of insurgents and militants revealed that four doctors are currently with Boko Haram who are perhaps compelled to work for the group.

He revealed that Boko Haramm have started kidnapping ex-military men who can operate guns and young sharia scholars for interpretation work.

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Ebonyi Police, IPOB In War Of Words Over Killings In Ngbo

Ebonyi Police, IPOB In War Of Words Over Killings In Ngbo

March 12, 2020 6:15 am

The National leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Ebonyi State Police command has continued to trade words over the gruesome killings of some persons in Ndegu Orie Umuoguduakpu community in Ohaukwu Local Govt Area of Ebonyi State.

Kanu, in a statement forwarded to newsmen in Abakaliki claimed that herdsmen carried out the attack of Ngbo community with the support of some security agents, but the Police denied such claims, adding that the attack was carried out by neighbouring Agila people.

Kanu’s statement reads in part: “On March 10 at Ndegu Orie

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UNILAG Council Followed Due Process To Remove VC – Babalakin

Babalakin Is Destroying UNILAG Because Of His Private Uni

March 12, 2020 6:15 am
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Chapter, Dr Adebayo Olusoji Oni, has accused Dr. Wale Babalakin of plans to ‘pull down’ the University of Lagos (UNILAG) because he wants to establish his own private university.

 

Wale Babalakin is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of UNILAG Governing Council.

The University of Lagos Chapter of ASUU, on Wednesday, declared Babalakin as a persona non grata, for allegedly being instrumental to the postponement of the University convocation, which was supposed to hold last week.

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