Carl Ikeme, Nigeria goalkeeper has recovered from a hip injury which kept him out of a World Cup qualifier against Algeria. Wolves lost 2-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday with Ikeme an unused substitute, while compatriot Dominic Iorfa played the entire game. Wolves are now flirting with relegation under new manager Paul Lambert. They are 21st on the 24-team table with 18 points from as many matches. Share on: WhatsApp
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Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor has rubbished the outcome of the Ondo State Governorship election, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) connived with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its collaborators in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the election before it was conducted. He said; “Just as I would have loved to congratulate the winner, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), because in every contest, there must be a winner and a loser, the role of INEC in awarding victory to him in the election left much to be desired.”…
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Jose Mourinho, Manchester United manager was sent to the stands for angrily kicking a water bottle during his side’s Premier League home game with West Ham United on Sunday. With the score 1-1, Mourinho took his displeasure out on a plastic bottle standing beside his technical area after Paul Pogba was booked for diving by referee Jonathan Moss. It is the second time Mourinho has been sent to the stands during a game this season, following his dismissal at half-time of United’s recent 0-0 draw at home to Burnley. The…
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Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress is the new governor-elect according to the results of the Ondo Governorship election announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday. INEC has announced 17 out of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state, with Akeredolu winning 14 of the LGAs, the Peoples Democratic Party led in two LGAs while the Alliance for Democracy won one. The result still being awaited is from Ilaje LGA. The Returning officer announced that the results are still being compiled. The Chief Returning Officer,…
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Diamond Bank has opened a window of money management opportunity that enables parents and guardians plan and save for the future of their children through a simplified and high interest yielding target savings plan. The financial product, known as ‘Diamond Future’ according to a statement from the bank, does not only enable parents to save, but also to teach their children to develop healthy savings habit and build prudent expenditure profile and diverse investment portfolio. According to the bank, Diamond Future was created and launched into the market in 2014…
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The People’s Democratic Party’s former Chairman of Board of trustees, BoT, Chief Tony Anenih, has said that the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, kept the leadership of the party in the dark when he entered an agreement with then Secretary of Defence, General Sani Abacha to overthrow the Interim National Government headed by Chief Earnest Shonekan on November 17, 1993. Chief Anenih, who made this known in his book, “My life and Nigerian Politics” which was presented yesterday at the International…
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Former Chairman of Skye Bank, and the key promoter of NATCOM, the owners of ntel, Dr Olatunde Ayeni, has cleared the air on his recent encounter with the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, describing as total false, the claim by many online publications, particularly that he was arrested and detained over an alleged 1 billion Naira bribe to a former Minister of Federal Capital Territory over a land deal. An online newspaper had reported Friday evening that Ayeni was arrested and detained by EFCC over allegations that…
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Fidel Castro, former Cuban President is dead. Fidel Castro who died on Friday at the age of 90 years is to be cremated in accordance with the deceased’s wishes, President Raul Castro, who is Fidel’s brother, said. Fidel Castro ruled Cuba for 47 years and saw off 10 U.S. presidents in the process. He remained a force behind the scenes after bowing out of day-to-day politics for health reasons in 2006. According to his official biography, Castro was born in Biran in eastern Cuba on 26 July 1926. He was…
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Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, the Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday at the 42nd convocation lecture of the University of Benin, told the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola that Nigerians are waiting for him for solutions in the power sectors. According to him, “Fashola is one good example of the brains we have as a nation and Nigerians want to hear how many houses were built, how many kilowatts of electricity were added and how many kilometers of roads were…
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8 people we’re hit yesterday by stray bullet at Sand Field 1 and 2, popularly known as Warri Corner, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, when men of the Nigeria Navy, NNS Base, Warri, Delta State, shot sporadically into the air while allegedly testing their weapons on Thursday. The Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, in a statement, yesterday, described the random shootings as irresponsible. In a related development, the Niger Delta Peace Movement, NDPM, has raised the alarm that mother and two children were missing, while…
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