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A member of Chelsea's first-team squad would 'rather lose than win' for Jose Mourinho, according to BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Garry Richardson, who added they are 'fed-up' with the way he is dealing with them A member of  Chelsea 's first-team squad would "rather lose than win" for Jose Mourinho, according to BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Garry Richardson.  Sportsweek 's Richardson reported that Mourinho's relationship with his player had hit "rock bottom".  He said: "Let me tell you what I know on the Chelsea story. My information comes from a Chelsea first team player. "The information was actually passed to me by a football contact. I was told that Jose Mourinho's relationship with many of his players is at rock bottom. "I was told they're fed up with the way he's been dealing with some of them. They're fed up with his outbursts. I was told that his relationship particularly with  Eden ...

 The match between home clubs,Sunshine Stars and Lobi Stars played last week Saturday in Akure, Ondo State was declared inconclusive after football fans said to be loyal to Sunshine Stars, stormed the football field and attacked the referee and other football officials for failing to award their preferred team two penalty kicks.The fans stormed the pitch because they believed the referee has been partial in his officiating.Other reports alleged that the angry fans were Lobi stars supporters. The official camera man of Lobi stars was also beaten to a pulp during the process while his camera was destroyed.He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. Disclosing the news via their twitter handle,Lobi stars Sunshine star fans of attacking them. when will Nigerian football grow?

MTN Nigeria said it raked in about N5 billion from its caller tune subscription alone through its social media impact platform. The Managing Director of the company, Mr. Michael Ikpoki, who was the key note speaker at the Advertising Association of Nigeria, ADVAN, awards for Marketing Excellence 2015 with theme  Social Impact Marketing , revealed this in Lagos. The Managing Director, who emphasised the social impact of his company’s activities, said the social impact of marketing cannot be over looked in the present day marketing space. He said in 2013 the company generated N5 billion from the industry through caller ring tune alone. Mr. Ikpoki, who also stated that MTN had a very high responsibility to build its brand equity, noted that “the only way to grow our economy is to grow our brands.” For MTN, he said: “I adopted the principle of sharing value,” which he described as generating economic value in a way that also produces value for society by addressing its chall...

MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Accordingly, the telecoms operator was fine for violating its directive on SIM deactivation. This follows series of meeting held between MTN management team from South Africa and Nigeria with the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The telecoms operator which has largest subscriber base in Nigeria, it was gathered, may have agreed to pay the fine to sustain the interest of its telecoms business. Industry sources who confirmed the new arrangement, disclosed that the federal government is already yielding to the plea, which according to him, was part of the agreement reached at the series of meeting held at the weekend in Nigeria. “There have been series of meeting at the Presidency between the Vice President Osinbajo and MTN team both from South Africa and the Nigerian arm. MTN wanted a...

IMF Africa Director, Mrs. Atoinette Sayeh recently noted at a press conference at a World Bank event in Lima, Peru, that “…those measures introduced by CBN to restrict demand and limit access to official foreign exchange for certain imports are quite detrimental to economic activities and invariably led to a lot of unhappiness in the private sector”. File: Indeed, Naira devaluation is probably the most potent weapon against the prosperity of Nigerians. Nigeria’s migration from a potential industrial power house with bustling social affluence, to a subdued and stumbling economy clearly began with the adoption of IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programme during Babangida’s regime: the chorus from International Agencies, at that time, was also that falling oil prices with an unserviced debt burden and the consequent restriction of trade credit to Nigeria, were the products of an allegedly overvalued Naira exchange rate. Consequently, Sayeh, apparently concluded that “these measures wer...

Ahead of the swearing in of the ministerial nominees following their successful screening and confirmation by the senate last week, the Presidency has denied releasing any list that assigned portfolios to them. The denial followed the speculated list of portfolios which made the rounds especially on social media on Sunday. Responding to Vanguard on the issue, the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina said that the list did not emanate from the presidency as it was not officially signed. “Any communication from the presidency must be officially singed. Was that list signed by me or Mr. Garba Shehu? Please, ignore it”, he said. He also did not reveal when the inauguration ceremony of the Ministers would hold. Meanwhile, the speculated portfolios go as follows: Agric and Natural Resources Audu Ogbeh (Benue), Agriculture and Natural Resources, Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu), Attorney General, James Ocholi (Kogi), Aviation Sen Hadi Sirika (Katsina) ,Defense A...

Some hilarious tweets from the E-fight between Kenyan and Nigeria. . #KenyaVsNigeria . The fastest mean of transport in Nigeria is witchcraft #KenyansVsNigerians . #KenyansVsNigerians … @johnnygachanja , if we hv 2 do this then lets take west africa as a whole,fighting nigeria alone is belittling. . You cannot even tell whether they mean " cheap or sheep " " chop or shop " " hi or eye " Nigerians tho lol #KenyansVsNigerians . #KenyansVsNigerians 140 characters ain't enough for Nigerians to say one sentence thing. . Aye @JohnnyGachanja let's not bully our brodas and sisters from the west. #kenyansvsnigerians . The ground is not level yoh. . If it's on population and corruption then.Nigeria win by default. #KenyansVsNigerians . It is only in Nigeria where people wear weaves to differentiate between men and ladies #KenyansVsNigerians. . any Nigerian can mention"Judge" With...

President Buhari may assign portfolios to his ministers this week. The President’s Media Adviser, Mr Femi Adesina, said that it is most likely that the President finalises all plans on the list and might make final pronouncement on the matter. “Yes it is most likely that the portfolios for the new ministers may be announced this week but remember that this is entirely the President’s prerogative as he has the final say on it and once it is decided, ours is to publicize his decision,” he told Channels Television. Mr Adesina said that the list of ministers which has gone viral on the web should be disregarded as those who published those names and portfolios are merely making guesses. He said that there was nothing to worry about since Nigerians had waited long enough, they would get the best.

Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Senator Shehu Sani has cautioned Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai over what he described as reckless statements. The All Progressive Congress (APC) Senator who has been opposed to El-Rufai on some issues in the state described as ‘irresponsible’ a statement recently credited to the Governor asking those aggrieved over appointments to climb the Kufena Mountain and fall. Senator Sani replied the governor on the Kufena Mountain saga while receiving the youth group‎ from Southern Kaduna who paid him a courtesy visit in his Kaduna Office. “The positive aspect of the Governor’s proclamation on the Kufena Mountain is that, he has put it on a national discourse and it has become a tourist attraction for people who want to see where the opposition are supposed to go climb, fall and die. “But in a serious sense, it is an irresponsible statement to have called on people who voted us into power to climb such a hill, fall and t...

Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has limited time to bring the needed change in Nigeria. He said that though Buhari enjoys goodwill and respect from Nigerians, they may get out of patience soon. Kingibe in a statement at the weekend said “The task is more urgent because there is only but a limited time before impatience on the part of the public blends with resistance from vested interests and dilutes the national consciousness for change. “Fortunately, goodwill for the person of President Buhari is considerable, and people are willing to give him time to reset the country.” The running mate to late MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election urged Buhari to immediately make his policies clear. Advising Buhari to be prepared for resistance critics and those who would be affected by his policies for change, Kingibe said: “Looking ahead, to sustain change and overcome resistance, government must communicate very clearly – to Nigeri...

Apart from threatening the pope's visit, the violence might wreck plans to hold long-delayed elections in December. Pope Francis  indicated on Sunday that his planned visit to the Central African Republic this month could be cancelled if violence between Christians and Muslims there worsens. Speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, he called for an end to the "cycle of violence" in the country he is scheduled to visit Nov. 28-29 as part of a trip that will also take him to Kenya and Uganda. Francis spoke of the "trip I hope to be able to make to that nation". He has previously simply said he would go. A senior Vatican source said the phrasing was chosen because of the violence in the capital Bangui, where the pope is scheduled to visit a mosque in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods. "If the situation worsens, he will not be able to go and he is aware of that," the source said. Last Thursday, four people were ki...

Photo credit @KolaShangOne on Twitter A  tanker containing fuel probably about 23,000 litres, fell along Lagos-Ibadan express way. People around the area took to their  heels to get jerrycans and other containing vessels, then came back and started scooping as much fuel as they could. 0nigerians never learn I must say.

Pandemonium broke lose on Friday at the Unity Road Branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in Ilorin as a suspected robber fell from the bank’s roof into the banking hall. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the suspect was hiding in the roof of the bank while waiting for his accomplices to commence a robbery operation when he fell. A security man attached to the bank alleged that the suspected robber must have been hiding in the roof overnight. He also said nobody knew how the suspect got into the roof of the bank as there was no sign of damage to any of the security doors in the bank. The suspect was promptly apprehended by some customers inside the banking hall and later handed over to the police, he added. The Police Public Relations officer, ASP Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the incident and added that the police command, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Esosa Amadasun, visited the bank immediately the report reached him. The police spokesman said nobody was injured in the inc...

Following Friday’s pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria is broke and he might not be able to pay ministers, some minister-designates have said they are ready to work for free. Some of the ministers who said this include Mr. Adebayo Shittu and Professor Isaac Adewole. The ministers, who along with their colleagues are expected to be sworn in and given portfolios any moment from now, described their appointment as a call to service. Shittu, representing Oyo State at the yet-to-be-constituted Federal Executive Council, said he was ready to give his services free to Nigeria if that was what the situation demanded. Shittu, a legal practitioner and human rights activist told  SUNDAY PUNCH  that what matters is the intention to serve and not the financial benefits. He said, “It is an issue of national service. There is nothing too much to sacrifice. If that is what our situation in Nigeria demands, then we must put ourselves up selflessly. We cannot sa...