"Arsenal rejecting me made me doubt i would make it in football" - Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze

Thursday, November 12, 2020 SPORT No Comments

  Crystal Palace's £17 million ($22m) summer signing, Eberechi Eze, has revealed how his rejection by Arsenal and Fulham at a young age helped propel him to stardom. Eze, whose mum and dad are Nigerians, has played for England Under-21s' but before he found success he was released by Arsenal aged 13 and tried his luck at a series of other clubs like Fulham, Reading and Millwall, who all declined his services. Eze worked part-time in a UK shop chain while studying in college, before...

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Lionel Messi's father reacts to reports linking him to PSG transfer

Thursday, November 12, 2020 SPORT No Comments

  Lionel Messi's father and agent, Jorge Messi has reacted to reports that the Barcelona star is considering a move to Paris Saint-Germain next summer.    Messi's future has been a constant debate ever since he expressed his desire to leave Barca.   He ended up not leaving after he was told  that for him to leave in the summer of 2020, his team would have to pay a €700 million release clause.    ESPN published a report this week saying that contact had...

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180 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

Thursday, November 12, 2020 NEWS No Comments

  180 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday November 11, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).    A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-74, Oyo-41, FCT-19, Kaduna-19, Bauchi-12, Ogun-7, Rivers-4, Cross River-2, Edo-2.    There are now 64,516 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,162 deaths have been recorded. 60,737 patients who recovered from the disease have also...

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Man is tagged the 'ashiest man in history' after he was arrested and his mugshot hit the internet

Thursday, November 12, 2020 NEWS No Comments

  A 25-year-old North Carolina man named Deandre Rontrell Dean was recently arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, and his mugshot has gone viral.   Twitter users who saw Deandre's mugshot have commented on how dry and grey his skin looks. Some have begun sharing his mugshot alongside a tube of cream.   A number of people made jokes about his skin but some defended him, saying he probably has untreated Psoriasis or a skin disorder, and it's not a lack of moisturizer...

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US Elections: After Trump's pressure and voter fraud allegations, Georgia announces plans to conduct full hand count of presidential race ballots

Thursday, November 12, 2020 NEWS No Comments

    Georgia's secretary of state has announced that the state will conduct an audit of the 2020 presidential race, recounting by hand the millions of ballots cast in the state, where news networks stated Joe Biden was the winner.   Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, made the announcement on Wednesday November 11, after facing pressure from President Donald Trump's campaign for a recount, plus calls from fellow Georgia Republicans to resign...

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Bandits demand Zamfara farmers pay harvest fee to them before they can harvest their farm produce

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  Bandits in Zamfara are reportedly demanding "Harvest Fees" from Zamfara farmers to allow them harvest their crops in peace.   Farmers made this revelation to BBC Hausa. The farmers were forced to pay bandits to allow them access to their farms at the beginning of the planting season. Now that it's time to harvest their crops, the bandits are demanding as much as 900,000 Naira from farmers in certain villagers before they will allow them carry on harvesting.   Northern...

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Rumour of Governor David Umahi planning to leave PDP for APC is troubling - FFK

Thursday, November 12, 2020 NEWS No Comments

  Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to report of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state planning to leave the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).   FFK who described this as troubling, said he will be seeing the Ebonyi state Governor in the next few days to know the true position of things.   He also called on the National Chairman and the NWC of the PDP to do all they can to keep Umahi on...

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Donald Trump claims he won in Pennsylvania and Michigan as he continues to launch further attack on the election result

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  Donald Trump has launched a further attack on the election results, claiming he easily won both Pennsylvania and Michigan after the two states flipped blue for Democrat Joe Biden last week.    Recall Pennsylvania was called for Biden on Saturday and its 20 electoral college votes pushed him over the 270 college vote margin to victory.    The president tweeted on Wednesday November 11and also alleged that GOP poll watchers were prevented from observing...

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