The decision by Kano Pillars attacker, Junior Lokosa, who is considered as one of the hottest players in the Nigeria Professional League (NPFL), to seek contract with a Chinese second division club, is not going down well with some football-loving Nigerians. SCORENigeria reported yesterday that Lokosa and Katsina United midfielder, Destiny Ashadi, will by this weekend, know whether they will sign a contract with the Chinese second division club, Heilongjiang Lava Spring FC. Both Lokosa, top scorer in the NPFL last season with Kano Pillars, and midfielder Ashadi have been on trials with the Chinese club since last week. The trials are for 10-days. The Chinese club, which is based in Harbin, is eighth in the 16-team second division with 38 points from 29 matches. The league ends this weekend. Some Nigerians were uncomfortable with Lokosa’s decision to take his football to the Chinese league, which according to them, is ‘pension ground’ for old footballers. “Whoever encouraged

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, on Tuesday appreciation God as the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and other passengers on a Lagos bound flight escaped crash.a ircraft,  which took off from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was said to have ran into turbulence due to bad weather and almost crashed but was able to land safely. Reacting to the incident, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain wondered why the pilot did not return to base. Stating that most crashes were caused by error judgement, Fani-Kayode warned that “this must stop.” In a series of tweets, he wrote: “I thank God for sparing the lives of all those that were on the Arik Air flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos on sunday. “I gather that @ChibuikeAmaechi, the Min. of Transport, was also on the flight and I praise the Lord that he and all the other passengers landed safely.I am however constrained to ask why the pilot did not go back to base once he noticed that the weather was bad?Why did he

Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi returned to training earlier than expected with the Spanish La Liga giants on Wednesday as the forward continues his recovery from an arm injury.The injury has so far kept him out of the team’s wins against Inter Milan and Real Madrid last week.Messi was set to miss three weeks after breaking a bone in his right arm on Oct. 20 during a match against Sevilla. Messi, not included in the squad for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey game at Cultural Leonesa, is unlikely to feature on Saturday in the La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano.  FC Barcelon a face Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League on Nov. 9, and they then play Real Betis in La Liga on Nov. 11. Thy beat Inter 2-0 at the Nou Camp without Messi last week to go top of their UEFA Champions League Group B. They went on to thrash Real Madrid 5-1 on Sunday to go first in La Liga.

Tottenham will face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals at the Emirates on the week of Dec. 17, setting up two North London derbies in the month of December. Spurs beat West Ham 3-1 at the London Stadium to reach the last-8, while Arsenal held on to beat Blackpool 2-1 in a match that saw both teams finish with only 10 players. Arsenal host Tottenham in the Premier League on Dec. 2, meaning the London rivals will meet twice within the span of a few weeks. Chelsea beat Frank Lampard's Derby County 3-2 on Wednesday, setting up a quarterfinal showdown with Bournemouth, who beat Norwich City 2-1 on Tuesday. In the third match of the quarterfinals, Burton Albion -- 3-2 winner against Nottingham Forest -- will meet Championship side Middlesbrough, who saw off Crystal Palace 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium. The remaining match is yet to be decided, with the winner of Thursday's match between Manchester City and Fulham in line to face either Leicester or Southampton depending o

Derby boss,Frank Lampard felt proud, honoured depicts the fact his Derby side were beaten 3-2 at his former club Chelsea. Chelsea benefited from two Rams own goals, only for the Championship visitors to equalise on each occasion before Cesc Fabregas’ 41st-minute strike proved decisive. It was in the build up to Fabregas’ first of the season that Derby felt Tom Lawrence was fouled by Davide Zappacosta, only for the Italian to take a quick throw-in and referee Jon Moss to dismiss protests. Lampard said: “The third goal was a foul. The whole stadium saw that. I turned round thinking we’d got the foul, then looked back and they were in our box. “VAR should clear up the ones that go slightly wrong. It didn’t tonight.” Lampard scored a club record 211 goals in 648 appearances and 13 years at Chelsea, but left when his contract expired in June 2014 without having the chance to say goodbye.This fourth-round clash provided an opportunity to do so and Lampard was serenaded throughout by C

Italian police on Wednesday arrested four of five members of an alleged Nigerian gang on suspicion of gang-raping a young Nigerian woman in the CARA asylum seeker reception centre in Bari, police said. The five Nigerians have been charged with committing group sexual violence and private violence. The men arrested are aged between 21 and 37, police said.

Osun State governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reaffirmed his faith in the Nigerian judiciary, describing the institution as a “citadel for justice seekers”.    Speaking while receiving a group of Osun State indigenes, who paid him a solidarity visit in Abuja, Adeleke said the judiciary is a stabilising and balancing institution which strengthens democracy and enhances good governance. I have faith in the judiciary to do justice not just in the case at the tribunal but in all cases.my lords, judges are men and women of integrity who can be trusted to ensure equity and fair play in all matters before them,” he told the visiting group. While urging his supporters and the people of Osun State to remain calm, Adeleke said he remains resolute in his commitment to retrieve the “stolen mandate” of Osun people, saying, “By God’s grace, we shall triumph. “I appeal to our people to remain calm and law abiding .We are before the tribunal a

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja launched the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem with N10 millon. Buhari who conducted the launch in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, said the internal insecurity confronting Nigeria and the war against terrorism in which the military was actively engaged “have tasked both capabilities and resources of the Nigerian military.”the president  said despite being overstretched, the armed forces had continued to devote themselves to the task of securing the nation. Details later…

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Donald Duke, says he earned a combined sum of N5, 618, 419 between 2015 and 2017. Duke stated this in his tax certificate with serial number 290664, which was attached to his Form CF001 and submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission.    Within the same period, Duke also paid tax to the tune of N400,000. The former governor of Cross River State claimed to have made the money from business.Duke stated in his form that he had never been indicted for fraud by a judicial panel even as he said he had never been involved in certificate forgery. The former governor attached his school certificate from the West African Examination Council indicating that he passed all subjects in 1977. However, mathematics was not listed among the subjects he sat for.Duke graduate  from Ahmadu Bello University with a Second Class (lower division) in law. Meanwhile, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-Gene

 US president,Donald Trump  plans to revoke the birthright citizenship which allows children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants born in the US to become automatic citizens. The US President referred to the law as “ridiculous” during an interview for Axios on HBO and said he wants to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship. Trump has always criticized the so-called “anchor babies” and now that he is president, he plans to do something about it. He said“We are the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States… with all of those benefits. It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.”The14th Amendment of the constitution, written in 1868, state.All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside trump says he can change the law without amending the Constitution and can do

Big Brother Naija star, Nina who was on her way to Owerri, took to her insta-story to narrate how she escaped an air mishap which left a passenger with health complications. Nina who disclosed that they were brought back to Lagos on emergency landing, told Air Peace to take care of their air planes. See the message  she shared below This is coming after we reported that Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who boarded an Arik flight from Port-Harcourt, Rivers state capital to Lagos, was saved from an air mishap as they experienced a two hour plane turbulence mid-air. It was gathered that the plane turbulence left the passengers frightened and in panic, as they engaged in serious prayers and praise worship aboard the plane. It would be recalled that days after being dumped on social media by her supposed lover, Nina Chinonso Onyenobi, of the BBNaija reality TV show yesterday sealed another endorsement deal with an international clothing store, Mands Clothing s

Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that he has taken a decision to sign an executive order to give automatic employment to all first class graduates in the state every year. The Governor said that the executive order was aimed at ensuring that the automatic employment policy is sustained annually even after the end of his administration.    The  Governor said that the executive order was aimed at ensuring that the automatic employment policy is sustained annually even after the end of his administration. Niger Delta youths back Kachikwu, dismiss claims on his degree classification A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the governor as having stated this during an induction ceremony for 31 First Class Graduates who were offered automatic employment at the Government House, Yenagoa on Monday, He explained that the order would mandate the Civil Service Commission to present a list of duly ver

Nigeria’s Bring Back Our Girls Convener and Former Minister of Education,  Oby Ezekwesili , made the list for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize by the Peace Research Institute Oslo PRIO.          Also on the list were Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad & Tarana Burke for the World Food Programme); SOS Méditerranée, Doctors Without Borders & International Rescue Committee and Reporters Without Borders)

the leader of the indigenous peoples of biafra and director of radio Biafra,mazi nnamdi Kanu has revealed to world,those good people that helped him escape.kanu in his live interview with Israeli TV channel 1 said that he was smuggled out of nigeria with the help of his relatives.IPOB was the target of the Nigerian army operation code,named python dance,launched in south East.during the operation,around kanus residence in umuahia,abia state.28 people were killed while Kanu went missing.when I came out of prison,i continued to preach to my people.i continued to practice my jewish religion.and one day, the Nigeria army came to my house to kill me. They killed 28 people in their attempt to kill me.my people evacuated me before they came to my bedroom.they took me away and smuggled me out of nigeria.i needed some time to recover which I did and then,had to make my way to isreaI. Israel is the only place I feel safe in the world,kanu said.he also said,he could have gone back to England,but

Five-time world footballer of the year Cristiano Ronaldo became the most followed person on Instagram on Monday. The Juventus forward surpassed American actress and pop star Selena Gomez, who has held the title since 2016.But Ronaldo, who at the time of writing has over 144 million followers, has cemented his status as one of the most recognisable figures on the planet. The Portugal international marked the news in relatively modest circumstances, with an image of him in the gym. The development comes just months after he swapped Real Madrid for  Juventus  in a deal worth €100 million (£88.93m/$114m). Ronaldo has already registered seven goals and four assists in 10 Serie A outings for a Juve side who are already six free at the top of the table. Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar is the next highest sportsperson in 10th position with 104m followers. Reality television personality  Kim Kardashian , pop superstar Beyonce, actor and wrestler Dwayne Johnson, Kyli

Starboy wizkid   h as reportedly joined the list of the highest paid artistes in the world, after he performed at a Royal Wedding at one of the world’s top private residences,umaid Bhawan Palace in India.ayodeji Ibrahim,balogun.popularly known as wizkid,was  reportedly paid 50 million Rupees ($681,200, N245.9 million). Wizkid and his Band gave a Live Performance at the wedding yesterday, and he got Indians dancing to soco ,fake  Love and more.According to a post made by a twitter handle World Publicist, the Nigerian pop star has joined the list of the highest paid artistes in the world after being paid such huge amount. Wizkid joins the list of the Highest Paid Artists for Bookings in the World, as he performs at a Royal Wedding at one of the world’s top private residences, Umaid Bhawan Palace in India. He was reportedly paid 50 million Rupees ($681,200, N245.9 million).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on the phone Monday and congratulated him on winning the election. "I am confident that your election will lead to a great friendship between the two peoples and to the strengthening of ties between Brazil and Israel," Netanyahu told Bolsonaro, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office. "We await your visit to Israel," Netanyahu added. Earlier a senior diplomatic source said that as far as Israel is concerned, "Brazil will now be colored in blue and white," referring to the colors of the Israeli flag. Far-right politician Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil, the world's fourth-largest democracy, on Monday. In some of his first words to the nation as president-elect,bolsonaro p romised to defend the constitution and unite a bitterly divided populace. In August, Bolsonaro announced that, if elected, he will close the Palest

In-form Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi and striker Odion Ighalo lead Nigeria's 23-man squad for their African Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Uganda friendly, with Villarreal starlet Samuel Chukwueze getting his maiden invite.AlNasr forward Ahmed Musa will carry on with captain duty with John Obi Mikel missing out once again. The Tianjin Teda midfielder has yet to return to national team assignment since Nigeria crashed out from the 2018 World Cup in Russia.Also Ogenyi Onazi and Shehu Abdullahi are missing from the list. The duo returned to their club from the last international break with injuries. The latter only got to play few minutes against Libya in Uyo before being replaced with Ola Aina, while the former missed out on the doubleheader, thus leaving Rohr with three midfielders - Mikel Agu returning to the mix - to prosecute November 17 and 20 games.FC  IfeanyiUbah  defender Olamilekan Adeleye while Sporting Charleroi striker Victor Osimhen has been given a c

Barcelona ran riot in the El Clasico on Sunday as Luis Suarez scored the hat-trick that will surely spell the end of Julen Lopetegui’s spell as Real Madrid coach.Barcelona were 5-1 winners at the Camp Nou, dominant for all-but a 15-minute spell after half-time when the otherwise hapless Madrid briefly threatened a comeback. All the failures that have underlined their recent problems under Lopetegui were on show here, poor finishing, dreadful defending and key players performing well below par, let alone their best. Philippe coutinho scored the first and Arturo Vidal the last but in between the game belonged to Suarez, who terrorised Madrid from start to finish and made light of Lionel Messi’s injury-enforced absence.For Lopetegui, it is now one win in six games, as Madrid fall seven points behind Barcelona, who return to the top of the table.And according to news a moved to appoint Antonio Conte is just a matter of time. This defeat against Barcelona was reminiscent of the 4-0 thras

Chelsea coach,maurizio sarri believes Ross Barkley has transformed into a complete midfielder following his master class display in win over Burnley at turf moon on sunday.barkley assisted Alvaro moratas opener with a deft pass before scoring in his third premier league goal for Chelsea to double their lead,willian and Loftus cheek added gloss to the scoreline as the blues extended their unbeaten records to 10 games.he is the first English man to score in three consecutive league games for Chelsea since frank lampard in February 2013.

Vichai srivaddhanaprabha the owner of Leicester city Football club was confirmed dead along with five people on board after his helicopter crashed on saturday. namely nursara suknami and kaveporn punparep who were members of his staff,pilot Eric swagger and passenger izabela roza lechowicz.the chopper,lost control and came down outside the king power stadium shortly after the premier league match against West ham. The television footage had earlier shown the helicopter,said to be augusta aw169,was said to take off from the stadium.police and emergency services rushed to the scene,with video footage showing flames coming from the crash helicopter. the Leicester city pilot,eric swagger,has been hailed a hero for steering the doomed helicopter away from the busy football stadium. The thai businessman was popular with the foxes fans and the crash has been described as the club's"darkest day". Mr.srivaddhanaprabha bought the club in 2010 and oversaw the club's prom

A lady was arrested for stabbing her pregnant friend to death over a man.according to report, the late best friend married a man she is also in love with. The incident happened on Thursday in bafoussam,cameroon,after she bumped into her pregnant friend,ludivin kamga,and the man.both ladies started fighting,which resulted in the suspect stabbing her in the neck,she was rushed to the hospital immediately,where she reportedly gave up the ghost.

On Sunday,arewa youth consultative forum(AYCF) challenge the leader of ipob and director of radio Biafra,mazi nnamdi Kanu over his vow to return to Nigeria with hell.however,AYCF dismissed such threat saying, the peace of Nigeria can't be undermined by an individual or group.shettima said,kanu is a noise maker and challenge him to return to the country and repeat such claims.kanu was not in Jerusalem because I saw the Israeli comments.however if he was there,he should come back home,to Nigeria and repeat what he said if he is powerful.

A federal high court sitting in port Harcourt on Friday ordered the Nigerian army to pay the sum of N1.25m and to publish a written apology in at least two national dailies to nollywood actress Ebere ohakwe for assaulting her on her way to Onitsha,from port Harcourt.nigerian army stationed at images axis of port Harcourt airport road stopped the vehicle for a routine stop and search,and in the process started adsulassau her.mohammed Adamu,a federal high court on march 2018 ordered the defendant to pay the sum of N1m to the plaintiff as compensation for infringing on her fundamental human rights.

Leader of indigenous people of biafra(IPOB) and director of radio biafra,mazi nnamdi Kanu,by the time am done with Nigeria,heaven and hell will not recognised them as he called all biafrans to boycott the 2019 general elections.in a live Facebook broadcast aired by the radio Biafra,he said,"you owned the power,you take it back,you can boycott the election and decide what you want,stand your ground,cripple the 2019 election and see the effect in your life."he also said,"no restructuring,no elections in 2019,southern leaders.all want is total freedom,but Igbo men ewh have political blood brought deaths to us.we have said it time after time,we want freedom.perhaps,some of you are comfortable being slaves,we are not."why do they want me dead? biafrans should ask them."when I came out of prison,i ensured that the activities of the fulani herdsmen were reduced to the barest minimum.at no time during the days of fulani herdsmen terrorism our land,did anybody called

The Europe support group led by Dan ochonma is determined to make sure Alex otti comes out victories in the 2019 governorship election in abia state.dr.alex fanbase is growing rapidly all across the world as major grassroots stakeholders gathered for a purpose.today Alex otti in a live town hall meeting in Houston,united state,will present his unique plans for wonderful people of abians and Igbos in diaspora.according to ochonma,they are seriously rallying abians in diaspora to vote wrwe this time in 2019 they deserve nothing but the best in leadership.otti who lost to ikpazu in last term election is determined,focus not to lose this time.

Sunday justice a 16 year old,from ebonyi state was arrested by the Nigerian police at the popular aroma junction.according to sources, the suspect who pretended to be handicap was notorious for harassing pedestrians for money for feeding.the police discovered cash and a substance suspected to be drug probably used to high him.

Having lost five times in thirteen competitive matches since christiano ronaldo moved to juventus for £88m in the summer,formal real Madrid player,julio Baptista said,no one can claim to be irreplaceable in the history of the club.ahead of their el classico match tomorrow,sunday.real boss lopetegui is under pressure not to lose to Barcelona,a club without it's super star,who is set to be absent from the match after picking up an injury against sevila last weekend.

Eden hazard a major doubt for Burnley clash after missing training with a back problem,he is expected to return on 28 October. he missed chelsea Europa league match against bate borisov on thuThurs,ehan ampadu is another player who is out with a knee problem ahead of Burnley clash at turf moon

student of igbinedion university,okada in Edo state and gorgeous actress regina Daniel. shares breathtaking pictures of her on her Instagram page. with over 2 million fans have come out with a mix reactions from her fans with a caption 16 forever.her real age is confidential and controversial.she doesn't want to grow old.

Empress njamah is a Nigerian actress,writter and a philanthropist,better know to people as an actress.having made her name in the movie,missing angel 1&2 in 2004 and Liberian girls in 2006. posted a subtle dig to timaya,in response to a viral interview made by her ex boyfriend,timaya, who earlier revealed why he collected back his car gift back from her.she said,"maturity comes when you stop making excuses and start making changes.fake people have an image to protect,why real people just don't care".#my life#my charity work#my pleasure#my calling#my happiness.she posted on her social network.The parted ways over undisclosed reasons.timaya dated the actress during his early stage of his musical career.

According to reports,a young and sexy copper whose name is still unknown,at the time of the report,took to social media to post a picture of herself,which has gotten some negative and positive comments from her fans. the young lady looks gorgeous and appealing but it's against the rules of NYSC authorities.