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Governor Ayodele Fayose  of Ekiti State has released his personal phone number to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying Mr President should call him to prove that he is hale and hearty. Fayose who noted that Nigerians would be more convinced if the president spoke with him, added that the president should call him like he has been calling others. Fayose disclosed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi. He reportedly said, “If their problem is that they are looking for a credible person who can help them convince Nigerians that all is well with our President, I am their best bet. “Let the president speak with me. If I tell Nigerians that the president spoke with me, Nigerians will believe. “Since they are eager for the president to speak to people; believing in this way to convince Nigerians that their President is hale and hearty, let president Buhari talk to me. I can be reached on 08035024994. I am credible and Nigerians will believe ...

Popular Premier League referee, Mark Clattenburg, has quit the English Premier League (EPL) to continue his career in Saudi Arabia. The Premier League referee, Mark Clattenburg has quit his job in England to take up a new position in Saudi Arabia, it has been announced. A statement from Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGGMOL) announced the decision of its highest-rated official, who was in charge of the finals of Euro 2016, the Champions League and FA Cup last season. The statement read;   “The PGMOL would like to wish Mark Clattenburg well as he prepares for his move to the Saudi Arabaian Football Federation. “Since joining the PGMO Select Group in 204, Mark developed into one of our top officials, refereeing at the highest level and setting standards for others to follow.   “Mark is a talented referee, he has been a great asset to the English game and hopefully an inspiriation to those who want to get into refereeing at the grass root...

Osun state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola recent tweet over Arsenal FC’s woefully loss against Bayern Munich has sparked off many reaction from Nigeria. The governor tweeted:  “The disaster of Munich. Humiliating” See photos below:

The naira has tumbled woefully against the dollar at the parallel market leaving investors and Nigerians in more difficulty. The Naira has crashed woefully against the dollar in the parallel market leaving the local currency in shambles. The local currency lost N3 from N507 it traded on Tuesday to exchange at N510 against the U.S dollar on Wednesday. While both the Pound Sterling and the Euro-single currency were exchanged at N625 and N535 respectively. At the Bureau De Change segment, the Naira closed at N399 to a dollar, a CBN stipulated rate. While the Pound Sterling and the Euro-single currency traded at N626 and N537. On the interbank market, the Naira traded at N305 to the dollar, the same rate it traded on Tuesday. Traders across all the segments have attributed the recent drop in the Naira value to the activities of some speculators and currency hoarders that will do anything to profit at the expense of the Nation. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources...

The bone of contention between Nigerian singers, Majek Fashek and Timi Dakolo seems far from over as the winner of the inaugural season of Idols West Africa in 2007 has issued a public response to allegations of Intellectual Property theft slammed on him. Timi Dakolo has published documents showing he did not infringe on copyright laws when he did a remake of Majek Fashek’s ‘Send Down The Rain’.   The documents released by Timi shows that an agreement was signed by Charles Novia who represented Majek Fashek while the sum of N500,000 was paid on behalf of Timi Dakolo by Now Music to November Records.   According to THE NET, Charles Novia also released a statement saying Timi Dakolo did not break any laws.  ‘Well yeah, I brought a statement on this last year which absolves Timi of any wrong doing and we still stand by that statement. ‘Majek in the presence three or four witnesses gave us permission to negotiate that deal on his behalf. Timi Dakolo actually...

Real Madrid’s  Cristiano Ronaldo  drops by Paris to watch his nemesis  Lionel Messi  play against PSG – and they have a Valentine’s Day drink together to show their mutual appreciation and forget their rivalry for once!

Ronaldo is just five shy of becoming the tournament’s first centurion but Messi has stormed back into contention by netting 10 times in five games When the season began, it seemed a foregone conclusion that Cristiano Ronaldo would become the first player to rack up 100 Champions League goals. Although it was Lionel Messi who had broken Raul’s record of 71 strikes in Europe’s premier cup competition in 2014, Ronaldo had stormed past his great rival by netting 16 times during Real Madrid’s triumph last season. That had taken the Portugal superstar to 93 goals in the Champions League proper, 10 ahead of Messi. However, while Ronaldo had a relatively quiet to start to Madrid’s bid for a 12th European Cup triumph, netting just twice in six group-stage appearances, Messi caught fire again. The Argentine kicked off his campaign with three of Barcelona’s seven goals in their demolition of Celtic at Camp Nou to take outright possession of the Champions League hat-tricks ...