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By Victor C. Ariole COVID-19 is not only economic, but it is also social and it is creating too much disharmony that both WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom and UN’s Secretary-General seem not in a position to coordinate World’s great powers’ thoughts amidst the helpless majority of the world’s population. Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, is at loss as he laments that the pandemic had created no world leader to coordinate a fight against it. Short of saying that a lot of deceits are going on among the veto power members of the UN to really face the pandemic. However, like…

By Tony Afejuku Let me state urgently that I am dwelling on the current topic very much against my good sense of judgment. I had promised myself as far back as Friday, August 9, 2019, that I would no longer comment on Edo politics, particularly on the bad quarrel between Adams Oshiomhole and Godwin Obaseki – respective ex-governor and current governor of Edo State as we all know. I made myself my stated promise after weighing accurately the good and evil in the engendered bad quarrel between a god-papa and his god-boy. Besides, I had (and still have) friends, acquaintances, former…

When Victor James Osimhen hawked sachet water on the streets of Lagos as a seven-year-old lad, he never knew football would change the course of his life. The young lad was just a number among the numerous children striving to help their parents make ends meet in a country where survival is for the fittest. But now, he is the main character in a grass to grace live story that has given many Nigerian youths the cause to dream of great things to come if they work hard. At the weekend, the former Lagos street boy was named the best…

Inter Milan have extended their loan contract with Victor Moses until the end of the 2019-2020 Serie A season, according to reports. The print edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Victor Moses and Alexis Sanchez will remain at the Nerazzurri until the end of the championship, while as regards August, Inter Milan are still in talks with Chelsea and Manchester United. The original loan agreement between Inter and the Premier League clubs expired on Tuesday, June 30. Since joining the Milan based club in the January transfer window, Moses has provided two assists in 11 games to date…

Newly-promoted Italian Serie A club Benevento are the latest club linked with a move for Chelsea and Nigeria legend John Obi Mikel. Transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio writes on his websitethat Benevento are interested in signing the former Super Eagles captain who is currently a free agent after parting company with Trabzonpor due to coronavirus fears in March. The Sorcerersas the club is called by their fans have started rebuilding their squad ahead of their return to the Serie A and are on the brink of confirming the capture of Lille star Loic Remy, who previously wore the colours…

Odion Ighalo’s goal against Norwich which helped Manchester United to book a semi final ticket against Chelsea has been listed amongst five goals of the month of June at Old Trafford. June was particularly a great month for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and United as the Red Devils played four games, won three and scored nine goals in all. Ighalo who secured an extension of his loan deal till January 31 from his parent Chinese Super League club, Shanghai Shenhua, scored United’s opening goal in the 2-1 defeat of Norwich in the Emirates FA Cup clash at Carrow Road last Saturday.…

Antoine Griezmann should stand up to Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, according to a French radio host. Griezmann was left on the bench as Barcelona slumped to a 2-2 draw against Atletico Madrid. Former French player Christophe Duggary has made some shocking statements about Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann during a show on a French radio channel. The French national also works as a commentator for RMC Sport and weighed in on Antoine Griezmann’s situation at Barcelona. Duggary claimed that Lionel Messi should be put in his place at the club by Antoine Griezmann. Antoine Griezmann has struggled to find his feet at Barcelona this…

Manchester City will close the gap on Liverpool in the Premier League next season if they address the centre-back position, according to Jamie Carragher. Champions Liverpool face City at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday in their first match since winning a first English title in 30 years. Carragher, a Champions League winner with the Reds, thinks City boss Pep Guardiola always has something up his sleeve for matches between the teams. And he believes the contest will be the prelude to a closer title battle in the 2020-21 campaign, with Liverpool sitting 23 points ahead of the side they dethroned…

Niran Adedokun The broadcaster, ‘Youtuber’ and self-proclaimed preacher, Ifedayo Olarinde, also known as Daddy Freeze, is a subject whose interests almost always invite attention.  As a person though, I have resisted the temptation to join debates about his views on some charismatic preachers. Although I always felt his stand are sometimes extreme and borne out of a fragmentary understanding of the psychology of man in relation to the God he serves, my judgement is always tempered by the conviction that life is “live and let live.” The Creator gave every man the ability to think and decipher issues as we…

Kenny Awe A lot has been said and written concerning Governor Godwin Obaseki, whom I’ll refer to as “Goddie” here, just as we used to call him while we were together at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall of the University of Ibadan. Goddie was in Zik Hall throughout his sojourn in UI,  in one of the years, (I can’t recall exactly), his room was two  rooms away from mine in Block A on the fourth floor. We saw on a daily basis and ate together in the same Zik Hall’s circle-shaped dining hall, where we used to eat food at 25kobo…