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Atetico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann has stated that Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Luka Modric Should all miss out on the 2018 Ballon D’or. Griezmann believes the highly contested award should go to a World Cup winner. Griezmann was part of the France squad that won the 2018 World Cup In Russia for just the second time and the first time since 1998. And he thinks France’s achievement outranks the likes of Lionel Messi, who won La Liga with Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Champions League with Real Madrid. On the 30-man shortlist, France have seven players – Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Raphael Varane and Hugo Lloris. Griezmann previously slammed the three-man shortlist for the The Best award – Ronaldo, Modric and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah – slating: “It’s a FIFA award and there’s no Frenchmen. It’s weird.” However, Griezmann is keen to see one of his compatriots win the big prize – with the 27-year-old the most likely to win it. “We are wo...

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Due to the incessant rain, a road in Anambra state that links commuters to Awka, the state capital yesterday divided into two after a heavy downpour. The Nibo-Umuawulu-Awgbu road is a major road that links commuters and communities within to Awka. Commuters now find it difficult to get across make their daily dealings. Government urgent attention is highly needed to fix and make it easier for the people.

Nigeria's goal came from a penalty after Anam Imo was fouled in the box in the 36th minute of the encounter. Falconets of Nigeria beat Haiti 1-0 in their second game of the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France to keep hope alive of progressing from the group stage. Nigeria were beaten 1-0 in their first game by Germany » but bounced back to take all three points from Haiti on Thursday, August 9. Nigeria’s U20 girls, needed a win to keep hope alive and it was stand- in captain Rasheedat Ajibade » that scored the only goal of the game to give the Falconets the win. The goal came from a penalty after Anam Imo was fouled in the box in the 36th minute of the encounter. In the second half, the Falconets held on to their lead after the Haitians improved in search of an equaliser. Chiamaka Nnadozie won Woman of the Match after her impressive saves between the goal for Nigeria. Nigeria are now second in Group D and will aim to beat China in their next game to seal qualification to...

A gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun State under the platform of ADC shares Chin-Chin and Cakes as souvenir during campaign. A sign of better things to come I guess.

Famous Actress Funke Akindele Celebrates her wedding anniversary with beautiful wedding photo. She’s beautiful. She shared this photo with caption #wcw #allglorytoGod Oba to se oun gbogbo ninu oun gbogbo

’s not only popular belief but it’s true that Duncan Mighty has been a hot stuff in the music industry in the last three months. This is largely due to his collaboration with Wizkid on ‘Fake Love’. Since then his career seem to have taken off again with so much vigor. The Port Harcourt first son in an interview with online media platform TheNet NG shared talked about getting to feature Wizkid and also working with Tiwa Savage. In a candid reply Duncan Mighty stated that everything changed after he released ‘Fake Love’ with Wizkid. He said this when asked what he thought about ongoing debates Wizkid brought him back on the scene. Wene Mighty readily agreed saying they are correct about that assertion. In addition, he noted that it was easy getting Wizkid to work with him as he is more than just a colleague but a brother. He also stated that he was quite amazed having to work with Tiwa Savage on her latest single ‘Lova Lova’.

With less than one year to the 2019 general elections, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, on Tuesday warned Catholic clergy or laity (members) against public endorsement of any candidate for political office. The organisation also warned that ecclesiastical properties should not be used as a platform for the support of any political candidate or political party. The clerics said they took the decision because of the political tensions and realignments currently taking place and the gale of defections by politicians to different political parties. The CBCN also called on Catholics to recite the Prayer for Nigeria in Distress, which it composed during the military rule at all masses and other liturgical celebrations. The CBCN issued the warnings in a statement by its President and Archbishop of Benin City, Augustine Akubeze, and Secretary and Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Camillus Umoh. The statement was obtained by The PUNCH in Jos on Tuesday. The directive was issued to Catholic Bish...

The gale of defection sweeping across the country yesterday hit Nasarawa State as over 5,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) belonging to the Kwankwasiyya group in the state defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event took place at the state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lafia, where the defectors bade farewell to their former party, APC. Speaking to newsmen shortly after the event, a representative of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and leader of the Kwankwasiyya group, Aminu Dabo, said they were at the PDP secretariat to formally merge with party. He said: “The Kwankwasiyya group came to formally present themselves to the chairman of the state PDP, which will open the way for all our members to start registering with the party. “We have decamped from APC to PDP long ago. So this is the coming together formally of our members so that everyone will go to his ward and register with the PDP. “Each one that came here is the representative o...

Getting a new smartphone gives you butterflies in your stomach especially when you are upgrading to a better smartphone. However there are important things you need to do once you switch to a new smartphone. #1 Check out the Device After buying a new smartphone, and before you turn it on, you need to check your device properly. Check what’s inside the box properly and make sure you bought a phone instead of a box of soap and make sure all the accessories are complete and working. #2 Prepare Your Phone Try to charge your phone properly first. You are going to use a new device for the next couple of hours, and I’m sure you don’t want your new device dying on you right in the middle of something. It’s advisable to do charge the phone full before using. #3. Clear Your Home screen By default the home screen of your device is usually filled with some apps and widgets that are placed in their default order as provided by the manufacturer. You can simply remove them and make your homescreen lo...

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso chapter, yesterday commenced a two-week warning strike. They alleged poor funding of the institution owned by Oyo and Osun State governments. The union, in a statement after its congress, signed by its chairman, Biodun Olaniran and the secretary, Toyin Abegunrin, said the strike was approved by its national body. The statement read in part: “On 13th February, 2018, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) LAUTECH Branch Ogbomoso signed a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with the Governing Council (GC) of the University. “The signing of MoA led to the suspension of the 8 months old strike on the 17th February 2018. One of the fundamental clauses of the agreement is the promise of the GC that “it will ensure that the governments (of Oyo and Osun states) will be made to be responsive to their legitimate responsibilities (funding inclusive) to the University.” “The GC also promised to work out...

Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke yesterday voiced out his opinion on why the Nigerian Senate is never peaceful via his Twitter handle. According to him, it is not until former Governors stop making the Senate a retirement home that it will find peace.

 mass burial has been held for the 21 victims who died in a boat mishap that occurred at the Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State in north western Nigeria on Aug. 2. 12 people were also rescued in the tragedy. According to reports the victims were Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from a camp where people who escaped a recent gunmen attack in the state were settled. According to the Director-General of the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Ibrahim Dingyadi, the boat mishap happened as a result of overloading. He said that 33 people boarded the boat from the IDP camp at Gandi community going to a village known as Gidan Kare in the Rabah Local Government Area of the state. The SEMA chief said that no sooner had council officials reported the incident than the agency set out to rescue the victims. He said that the victims were mainly women and children and that the dead people among them had since been buried.

 Monday, August 6, 2018, a twitter handle, APC Newspaper, which claims to be a social media mouthpiece for the ruling party, All Progressive Congress announced that President Muhammdu Buhari has raised NYSC allowance to N49,800. This writer, however, tweeted at NYSC to confirm the credibility of the APC Newspaper’s tweet about the allowance increase and @officialnysc replied saying it is a rumour. Shortly after responding to the tweet that asked the agency to clear the air on the rumour @officialnysc immediately deleted the tweet. Silverbirdng.com also spoke NYSC official in Edo State about the rumoured allowance increase. The official who prefers to be anonymous however said he is not in the best position to confirm the increase in corps member allowance. Recall that the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure recently has reportedly said the Federal Government has already started the review of the NYSC corps members’ allowance. The DG al...

The chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibril has said it was the action of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, that made the PDP donate former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio to the APC. According to him, it was the response of the Acting President to the security siege at the National Assembly that made the opposition party allow Akpabio to go. He, however, said that the PDP wants Akpabio to learn from the past. He also said the PDP was happy “donating ” the former Senate Minority Leader, to the APC. Walid said it was within his right to decamp to another party, adding that there were competent hands in the party to take over from him. “The recent attempt to tamper with the legitimate function of the National Assembly by selfish individuals who attempted to block the Assembly should be condemned and appropriate action taken against the intruders,” Walid told reporters in Abuja yesterday. “In this respect, t...