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Liverpool star Alisson has given his verdict on Jordan Pickford’s challenge on teammate Virgil van Dijk. The Liverpool goalkeeper said that Pickford was not in control of the challenge that effectively ended van Dijk’s season. Liverpool star Alisson Becker has given his verdict on Jordan Pickford’s challenge on teammate Virgil van Dijk. The Englishman clashed into the Dutchman in the opening stages of the Merseyside derby, causing the Liverpool man to limp out of the game. It was later revealed that van Dijk picked up an ACL injury and is more or less ruled out for the rest of the season. The Englishman went unpunished for…

Jose Mourinho posted a controversial caption on Instagram after his team’s loss to Royal Antwerp Even though the Portuguese did not name any Tottenham players, the message did not impress Arsenal legend Keown Martin Keown has criticized Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho for his controversial Instagram post after Spurs’ 1-0 defeat to Royal Antwerp in the Europa League. Mourinho had made 9 changes to the team that won 1-0 against Burnley on Monday. The move backfired as Tottenham put up a lackluster performance and endured their first away loss of the new season. While Hugo Lloris and Ben Davies were the only players who retained their…

Tunji Ajibade The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), held a meeting with Nigeria’s former leaders the other day. The house was fuller; none of the attendees was less than sixty-five years. So, the first thing that occurred to me was, May the earth never lack elders. It’s a common saying among the Yoruba. Why do I look at this last meeting from this perspective? It was because of what transpired before the meeting, and what I think the participants ought to discuss as well as the take-away from it that the President necessarily needed to have. The meeting…

Ayo Olukotun The #EndSARS protest, warts and all, has lumbered itself into the pantheon of upheavals that hold great significance for both the present and the future. Beyond the excesses, orchestrated counter violence that sought to derail and demonise it, as well as the rage from down below that provided much of the ungainly drama, it remains an event of enduring import for those who care to learn. Depending on the perspective one brings to the issue, divergent readings have been made with almost everyone being their own historian or interpreter. Like the June 12, 1993 uprising and the…

Fola Ojo Nigeria’s history is long, bumptious, and bumpy. It predates 1914 when some strange anthropomorphic arms and legs were fused into an unrecognisable body replete with sickened physiology. Some things you read about Nigeria will make you puke. Some things you read will get you pumped up excited and gladden your heart. A whole lot more you read will trigger you to ask yourself: “How did we get here?” Anytime a new president assumes power, Nigerians always swerve into a frenzy of expectations that all will soon be well. They dance, they sing, they hope, they pontificate, they…

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has made history as the first chief executive of the electoral umpire to get a second term. But as an academic and a historian, the INEC boss knows what it means to repeat a session in an academic institution. Despite his outstanding academic accomplishments and experience garnered over the years, especially at the Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, near Jos; Prof. Yakubu came into INEC on November 9, 2015, as a rookie. And within the past five years as INEC chairman, he discovered that the commission…

As the country searches for a solution to the impasse generated by the #EndSARS protest against police brutality, President Muhammadu Buhari should take his portion of the blame for failing to address the protesters in good time before the protest degenerated into a crisis. His failure in this regard is not only against expectations of Nigerians who wanted a quick resolution of the stand-off, it is a pointer to a high level of contempt for the youth and indeed Nigerians. On October 12, 2020, just when the #EndSARS Movement was gathering momentum across the country, President Buhari announced the disbandment…

Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that a constitution amendment that addresses devolution of power may be the panacea to the challenges facing Nigeria. He described the difficulties facing the country as not insurmountable, adding that they can be addressed within the framework of “one Nigeria.” The governor spoke yesterday in Abuja at the commencement national campaign for the registration of 20 million Nigerians under ‘Project 20 Million.’ Tambuwal, represented by his Special Adviser on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, Hon. Akibu Dalhatu, said the country’s founding fathers were conscious of the complex nature of the country…

· Nigeria’s candidate confident to win · Has support of most members, insists organisation The federal government yesterday committed itself again to the emergence of Nigeria’s nominee, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Nigeria would continue to engage stakeholders to ensure that Okonjo-Iweala emerges the successor to Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, who stepped down on August 31, a year ahead of the completion of his four-year second term in office. But for the opposition of the United States, Okonjo-Iweala would have been announced on Wednesday as the first female…

Satisfied with the drop in COVID-19 infection cases in Ogun State, the state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has announced the re-opening of hospitality centres and other places earlier prone to infectivity in the state. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kunle Somorin, said all hotels, viewing centres, marquees, event centres, suites, guest houses, and motels can now re-open. Others to benefit from the reopening permit are establishments providing accommodation for tourists or entertainment, restaurants, eateries, fast food centres, lounges, bars, and cinemas. Abiodun further directed that schools, markets and religious centres in the state…