Klopp Defends Stance On FA Cup Replays
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is adamant he has to take a stand over the clash between the midwinter break and FA Cup replays or nothing will ever change. The German boss has drawn criticism for announcing that neither he nor his first-team players will be present for the fourth-round replay at home to Shrewsbury next […]
Fernandinho Signs Year-Long Man City Extension
Fernandinho has signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester City, the English Premier League champions announced on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Brazil midfielder, whose previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season, is now set to stay at the Etihad Stadium until 2021. Fernandinho has been a City mainstay since his arrival […]
Premier League Clubs Hold Fire In January Arms Race
Premier League clubs have until Friday to boost their squads but there has so far been little desire for a spending spree from the richest league in the world. The slump in January spending over the past couple of years shows that the mid-season transfer window is increasingly seen as an undesirable time to do […]
Leipzig Stars Slammed For Flying In Celebrity Barber
A group of RB Leipzig stars has been slammed as ‘decadent’ by a senior figure at the Bundesliga leaders for bringing a celebrity barber over from England to give haircuts before their shock defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend. Ralf Rangnick, head of sport and development soccer for the club’s chief sponsors Red Bull, was […]
German FA Chief Sets Semi-Final Target For Euro 2020
The president of the German FA has ramped up the pressure on coach Joachim Loew by saying he expects the national team to reach at least the semi-finals of Euro 2020. “We must, and ‘Jogi’ (Loew) won’t like hearing this, reach the semi-finals. Perhaps even the final,” Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Association […]
Trump Ignores Critics To Unveil Israel-Palestinian Plan
President Donald Trump on Tuesday will ignore accusations of pro-Israeli bias and unveil what he says is a peace plan that can solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Long held secret, the plan was to be aired by Trump and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in joint public remarks at the White House. Given that it has […]
UK Approves Restricted 5G Role For China’s Huawei
Britain on Tuesday gave the green light to a limited role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in the country’s 5G network, in a decision it said was necessary for developing its future digital economy but one that left the United States “disappointed” after it called for a total ban. Even though London decided that “high […]
European Markets Gain As US Data Eases Investors’ Nerves
Financial markets rebounded outside Asia on Tuesday following a global sell-off fuelled by the new deadly virus outbreak in China. Europe’s main stock markets closed with gains of close to 1.0 percent after shedding around 2.5 percent on Monday. Read Also: Trump Finally Presenting His Middle East ‘Peace Plan’ The Dow index in New York […]
Hon. Philip Ejiogu Rejects Gov. Uzodinma’s Greek Gift
Things haven’t been looking so rosy in Imo State since Emeka Ihedioha was dubiously ousted by the Supreme Court of Nigeria after some numerical manipulations by the Independent National Electoral Commission. “A nudge here+ Some bribes there + 213,695 votes = Hope Uzodinma” His removal not only brought tumultuous times to Imo state […]
Students Shutdown Delta State Polytechnic In Protest
Delta State Polytechnic students have shut down academic activities in the school as they protest an alleged “Anti Student Policies” put in place by the Institution. The students locked the entrance gate and took over the security post and blocked the ever busy Ughelli/Asaba expressway. Travelers plying the route have been stranded for over three […]
APGA BoT Member Defects To APC In Abia
David Ogba Onuoha, a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA), has dumped the party for the governing All Progressives Congress(APC). Onuoha who was also the APGA Senatorial candidate for Abia North district during the February 23 national Assembly election, attributed his decision, to the irresolvable internal squabbles rocking the […]
Kano: Oba Addresses Ganduje On Plans For New Emirates
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare, II, has urged Kano Governor Umar Ganduje, to reconsider the creation of additional Emirate Councils in the State. The Oba spoke during a courtesy call to the Governor, in Kano on Monday, against the backdrop of beliefs in many quarters that the creation of new emirates targets […]