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  Tottenham football club will still pay former boss Jose Mourinho £10million, despite his appointment on Tuesday, May 3 as the new coach of Roma.  Mourinho landed a new job just 15 days after being sacked by Tottenham, signing a three-year deal with the Italians worth £5m a year — compared to the annual £15m he was getting at Spurs. But as part of his severance package he entered into with Tottenham, the club will pay him the shortfall in salary if he took another post on lower wages before the end of his contract next summer. That means when Mourinho takes over at the Stadio Olimpico this summer he will receive £5m from Roma and, for next season only, £10m from Tottenham. But Spurs see it as a financial victory, as they have saved £5m on what they would have paid him had he not accepted another job. The ex-Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Real Madrid and Manchester United boss wants to show he is not at fault for his Tottenham sack. He also reportedly wants to show that he has not bee...

  The Presidency has been accused by the Northern Elders Forum of scaring Nigerians with the rhetoric of subversion with its continous claim of an alleged attempt to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari.   Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed in a statement he released, asked the Presidency what it wants Nigerians to do with such information.   Challenging the Presidency to mention the plotters it claimed were recruiting some leaders of ethnic groups and the alleged ethnic groups, Ahmed further told the current administration to deal with the problems facing the country as it is already showing it can't use the mechanism available to it to deal with the situation.  He said;   “Subversion is a crime, sedition is a crime and treason is a crime. Why is the Presidency or DSS telling us that there are people who are involved in these activities? What do they want the public to do with the information? They are failing t...

  Superstar singer Davido's alleged new girlfriend, Mya Yafai has shared a post which centered on her actions when she's in love.   The model revealed that she is "over protective" of anything she loves because to "love something is to protect it".  See Mya Yafai's post below....

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that combating banditry and kidnapping are not part of the duties of the federal government.   The Minister made the comment while reacting to PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus's call for President Muhammadu Buhari to sit up and tackle the challenges headlong.   Secondus who raised concern over the growing insecurity around the country,  decried the increase of cases of murder, kidnapping and other acts of terrorism across the country, especially in Kaduna, Niger, Benue,  Katsina and Zamafara. Reacting to this, Lai Mohammed said banditry and kidnapping are not federal offence and Governors of the states where such crimes are carried out should be held responsible. He also claimed that Buhari had successfully prosecuted thousands of Boko Haram members.   He said;   “The PDP alleged that kidnappers and bandits are not being brought to justice. This is apparently aimed at the f...

  Supporters of Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, took to the streets of Enugu to celebrate after the clergyman resurfaced following reports he had gone "missing".  Recall that Enugu residents took to the Enugu Bishop's lodge earlier today, May 5, to protest and ask for the whereabouts of the priest who was last seen on Tuesday evening, May 4.  Ohanaeze Youth Congress gave the federal government 48 hours to ''produce'' the Enugu-based Catholic priest who called for the President’s impeachment or resignation days ago over insecurity (read here).   In response, the DSS denied having Fr Mbaka in their custody (read here).  Well, Mbaka has now resurfaced. Mbaka, who is the spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), was seen waving to protesters through the open roof of a moving car.  In the video shared by BBC Pidgin, supporters of Mbaka and operatives of the Nigeria Police Force are seen surrounding the clergyman as he wav...

By Emmanuel Okogba Riyad Mahrez scored twice on the night to help Manchester City book  a first-ever Champions League final match, beating PSG 4-1 on aggregate City began the game with a 2-1 advantage from last week where Mahrez also scored the winner.  The final will be Guardiola’s first since he won the competition with Barcelona in 2011. PSG started prolific forward Kylian Mbappe on the substitute bench and thought they had a chance to cut the deficit after referee Bjorn Kuipers awarded a penalty against Oleksandr Zinchenko for handball. However, Kuipers overturned his original decision after replays showed the ball clearly hit the full-back’s shoulder.  Mahrez opened scoring in the 11th minute and double his tally in the 63rd to put the game beyond PSG.  City will get the opportunity to give club legend Serio Aguero the perfect sendoff against either Chelsea or Real Madrid who face-off tomorrow at Stamford Bridge.  The final is billed for May 29 at the Attat...

  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Tuesday announced the appointment of four Deputy Directors-General.  The former Nigerian Finance minister, disclosed this in a statement titled: DG Okonjo-Iweala announces her four Deputy Directors-General obtained by newsmen. The names of the appointed Deputies include: Angela Ellard of the United States, Anabel González of Costa Rica, Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam of France and Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of China. According to her: “I am very pleased to announce the appointment of four new Deputy Directors-General at the WTO. It is the first time in the history of our Organisation that half of the DDGs are women.  “This underscores my commitment to strengthening our Organisation with talented leaders whilst at the same time achieving gender balance in senior positions. I look forward to welcoming them to the WTO”.

President Muhammadu Buhari —Says it’s ready to ruffle unruly feathers By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA  THE Presidency on Tuesday warned that it will deal decisively with any group that does anything to undermine the democratically elected government in the country. even if some unruly feathers would be ruffled in the process.  The Presidency also said that it was ready to keep the country together even if it involves ruffling unruly feathers in the process The Presidency in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, in Abuja, alleged that some persons have planned to hold an illegal conference where a vote of no confidence will be passed on President Muhammadu Buhari.  It further said that some highly placed individuals in collaboration with some religious leaders and their foreign elements were working hard to undermine the sovereignty and corporate existence of the country.  Reacting to the alert earlier rai...

  …Don’t allow faceoff with Kaduna govt make you irrational By Adesina Wahab  The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, has appealed to the bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State to allow more time for negotiation that will lead to the peaceful resolution of the crisis at hand.  The National President of NAPTAN, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, who spoke in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday, also pleaded with the bandits not to allow the faceoff between them and the Kaduna State Government push them into taking irrational action. Danjuma also called on the bandits to fear God and not kill the innocent students.  He spoke in reaction to the threat by the bandits that unless a ransom of N100 million is paid by today, Tuesday, the remaining 17 students in their custody would be killed. “For me, I think the government should have a rethink about their decision not to dialogue or negotiate with the bandits. My position is bas...

  2021 budget contains 316  duplicate projects worth N39.5bn  Budget on May 4, 2021  2:51PM / IN Business … No N10trn Audit Records for the Security Sector By Yinka Kolawole The 2021 national budget has been found to contain over 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, according to investigations by BudgIT, a public finance transparency advocacy firm.  A report of analysis of the 2021 budget made available to Vanguard noted that the duplication of projects is just one among other loopholes for corruption in the budget, adding that there were no audit records of N10.02 trillion received by the security sector between 2015 and 2021. The report stated: “Our investigations into the 2021 budget revealed at least 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, with 115 of those duplicate projects occurring in the Ministry of Health. This is very disturbing especially considering the health infrastructure deficit and the raging COVID-19 pandemic affec...

 Riyad Mahrez's scored the two goals Manchester City has done it again, a big win for big city. City won the match 2-0 against PSG second leg on may 4th 2021

 Jeriq is making waves as a rapper in Eastern Nigeria Ani Jeremiah Chukwuebuka a.k.a  Jeriq  was born in 1999 and raised by his mother in Nkpor Onitsha Anambra state. As the first child of a family of 5, he had a difficult childhood that led him to develop a hustle mindset and mobed to grinding on the streets. He is popularly know with is hit song titled "Remember" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7-M31mRoQ

US President Joe Biden was pressed on how he would address the surge in migrants at the southern border at his first official press conference. More than 17,000 children are being kept in government detention centres and Mr Biden was challenged on whether his policies could be contributing to the increase in child arrivals. The president defended his record and vowed to be transparent. The hour-long event also covered subjects from guns to foreign policy. He also doubled his administration's vaccine rollout goal, saying that he now aims to have 200 million jabs be given before his 100th day in office. But questions about the situation at the US-Mexico border dominated the event. What did Biden say about the surge? During the White House news conference, Mr Biden blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the growing humanitarian crisis on the southern border, and said it was normal for the US to experience an influx of migrants in cooler months. "The truth of the matter is, nothi...

  The recommendation that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP should throw the race for its 2023 Presidential ticket open to all Nigerians has been opposed by a pressure group. A review committee led by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State made the recommendation in it’s report last week. In a reaction at the weekend, a group, PDP Youth Vanguard berated the committee for not considering the interest of zones yet to benefit from zoning in its The group in a statement by its National Chairman, James Efe Akpofure, said the recommendation is inimical to the unity of the party. The group said it is selfish of the committee to have thrown open the ticket, adding that the other zones that have not tasted it will not be happy, as such action is not for the good of the party. The PDP Youth Vanguard said: “The message our party is sending out by this recommendation will either help or destroy us. We should be mindful of the feelings of other members before adopting any recommendations. “We a...

  Former Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, has said that Spanish giants, Real Madrid were demanding too much from Zinedine Zidane and he should remain as their coach. While Zidane has managed to get Real’s season back on track, there remains the possibility of ending the campaign trophyless. But Wenger insists the Frenchman should keep his job, telling TF1: “When you are successful as a coach, you are a bit of the victim of that. “We never ask him for less because he has had put the club at such a level that to come back and do so well is impossible.” Real Madrid are in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in two years.

  The Super Eagles camp in Lagos is already bubbling with some early arrivals ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifying matches against the Benin Republic and Lesotho. According to the updates from the Super Eagles official Twitter handle, six of the invited players for the March 27 and 30 games are already in town with a handful more expected on Monday. The national team captain, Ahmed Musa is among the early birds along with the England-based trio of William Troost-Ekong, Ola Aina, and Semi Ajayi. The Galatasary duo of Henry Onyekuru, as well as Oghenekaro Etebo, have also arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Lagos ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Benin and Lesotho. More players are expected to arrive at the team’s camp on Monday as they look to begin preparations for the qualifiers. Coach Gernot Rohr originally invited 24 players for these two games in Porto Novo and Lagos. The Franco-German has, however, had to make some ch...

  The Judaism Fellowship Initiative (JFI), an umbrella organisation of all the Jewish synagogue in Nigeria, has accused Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of feeding gullible minds with wrong doctrine of Judaism. Chief Arthur-Regis Odidika, President of the Nigeria Judaism Community, said this at the 10th anniversary of JFI in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, on Sunday. Odidika said Kanu had become a threat of the true Judaism religion because he had embarked on mass evangelisation and conversion which was not part of the Jewish movement more so with erroneous teaching. He said Judaism in Nigeria, which was growing organically, had experienced the influx of a large number of followers of Mazi Kanu who knew little or nothing about the religion. He regretted that the IPOB leader had decided to adopt Judaism, a religion of peace for his separatist agenda and called on the Federal Government to save the movement by supporting ...

  The of Appeal, division has fixed July 5 for hearing in property suit lodged against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), J.B. Majiyagbe by Mr Samuel Nwosu. At the resumed hearing on Monday, the three-member panel of the granted an application seeking to substitute the name of Skye Bank for Polaris bank, which is the bank’s new name. Consequently, the ordered that all processes relating to appeal number CA/A/541/2018 be amended to reflect the name of Polaris Bank. The court further made an order directing that fresh hearing notice be issued on the second respondent, Polaris Bank, was not represented in court. Earlier, counsel to the appellant Mr Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, tendered a letter from the Deputy Registrar of the court confirming that the correct number of the appeal was CA/A/541/2018 and not CA/A/112/2017. Newsmen report that on the last adjourned date, a three-man panel of the appellate court headed by Justice Abubakar Yahaya, ordered Ume, G. O. A. Ogunyomi and Oluwase...

  Award-winning Nigerian novelist, Chika Unigwe, revealed to The PUNCH on Saturday in an interview that her new novel, “Leaving Meshach,” will be published by Dzanc Books in the United States in the fall of 2022. The Enugu-born writer is most notable for her “On Black Sisters’ Street,” a novel published by Jonathan Cape in 2009. The novel foregrounds the tragic lives of four immigrant African women — Sisi, Ama, Efe, and Joyce — helplessly trapped in the net of prostitution in Antwerp, Belgium. With more than ten titles to her name, Unigwe has returned to whet our literary appetite with a new novel, “Leaving Meshach”, which is modelled on Greek mythos, drawing inspiration from the story of the abduction of Persephone (daughter of the Greek god, Zeus) by Hades (Greek god of the underworld). Unigwe, speaking to The PUNCH, said this of her soon-to-be-published novel: “Leaving Meshach is a loose adaptation of the myth of Hades and Persephone. It is set in Enugu (and partly in Atlanta, G...

It is no longer news that Burna Boy, the self-acclaimed African Giant, won a Grammy Award in the Best Global Music Album category a week ago and he has continued to get commendation from several quarters. The 29-year-old singer, who noted that he was relieved when he was announced as the winner, also maintained that he deserved to win the prestigious award. In an interview with  BBC Africa , he said, “I felt very relieved because I deserved it. If I did not get it, I was hoping a situation would not happen where I would not get what I deserved. In 2012, I realised that it was bigger than me and that was when it hit me that this was not a hobby anymore. Anything is possible. Whatever situation or environment one finds oneself does not really determine one’s future or what one is going to do. It also does not stop one from pursuing one’s dreams. At the end of the day, we are in an environment that is very discouraging. An environment that does not even believe in itself; talk more of...

LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ Today in 2020, Joe Biden said he would "respect religious freedom" as president. But he has already forced Americans to fund Planned Parenthood's global abortion agenda and next he wants to force Americans to fund abortions! Joe Biden Claims He “Respects Religious Freedom,” But Will Force Christians to Fund Abortions   NATIONAL    STEVEN ERTELT   JAN 31, 2020   |   10:16AM    WASHINGTON, DC Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden is claiming that he would “respect religious freedom” as president. But he would force Christians to fund abortions if he gets the nomination and defeats President Donald Trump.