Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has revealed how concerned he was watching the team lose chances last season. Haaland netted 36 times for City as they went on to win the Premier League title for a third consecutive season. Speaking on Rio Ferdinand’s Between The Lines, Haaland said: “It’s a good thing to be good at tapping balls in. “Last season, I watched so many times when crosses would go through the whole box and no one was there. I was imagining myself being there and thinking I’d slide that in. “I was thinking of that when I came here.…
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The Swedish Sports Confederation has refuted claim that Sweden was the first nation to recognize sex as sport, Anna Setzma spokesman for the federation said. In a statement, Setzman claimed that the article was made to defame Swedish sports and Sweden. In May, a person who claimed to be a member of a sex federation submitted an application for membership, according to Setzman. He said the man, identified as Dragan Bratic, was behind the whole drama. According to him, Bratic owns several strip clubs and wanted sex to be considered a sport. He was said to have submitted an application…
Some vehicles have been seized from the residence of the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, in Gusau, the state capital. Sources told Daily Trust that Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) were impounded during a raid on Matawalle’s GRA residence in Gusau, on Friday. Speaking on a local radio station, the governor had said, “Former governor Bello Matawalle had gone away with 17 vehicles from his office and those in the deputy governor’s office claiming that the vehicles are his personal belongings. In fact, not even office equipment were spared. Daily Trust cannot confirm the number of vehicles recovered,…
Shehu Sani has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to release Nnamdi Kanua, the IPOB’s leader, in accordance with the court’s directive. Sani, who also claimed to have spent a significant amount of time in prison, urged Nigeria to uphold the law and its commitment to the rule of law. Shehu Sani urges FG to uphold the law by releasing Nnamdi Kanu. The ex-federal lawmaker said he would never support a violation of fundamental human rights, stating that the law must be respected. Sani revealed these while featuring on a Channels Television programme on Thursday evening. He said there are reasons…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has threatened to take disciplinary actions against medical workers found wanting in the discharge of their duties. He gave the warning on Thursday during an unannounced visit to the Umaru Shehu Ultra Modern Hospital in Maiduguri. He expressed disappointment with the staff’s attitude towards patients. At the hospital’s emergency unit, Zulum told the staff that such behaviour would not be tolerated under his administration. He said there were numerous complaints from the public against some staff of the hospital. He emphasized the importance of providing quality healthcare services to the people and urged the…
Online trolls have attacked Nigerian afrobeat musician David Adeleke, often known as Davido, after he claimed that Burna Boy, a colleague, is one of the newcomers who are saturating the music market. Meridian spy can reports that Davido, recently stated in an online interview that he and Wizkid were the first young Nigerian artists to achieve popularity. The ‘Unavailable’ crooner said he was excited to see ‘new cats’ such as Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun, and Asake now dominating the music industry. He said, “Everybody knows now. I was one of the first. I and Wizkid were one of the…
By Etim Etim Two key personalities, Festus Keyamo and Nasir el-Rufai, who played important roles in the just-concluded Buhari era have just proven two adages to be absolutely true. For El-Rufai, “there is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face”, and for Keyamo, “all that glitters is not gold”. These two men, who have probably been role models for many, have recently unraveled in the most embarrassing manner so much so that those who held them in high esteem would be having second thoughts by now. None of us, especially from Southern Nigeria, had ever suspected that…
The Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria chapters of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA) have positioned Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, condemning utterances of his predecessor, Nasir el-Rufai, insinuating alleged plot to Islamise the country. In a video shared on Twitter, el-Rufai, flanked by Sani, is seen addressing a group of Muslims in Hausa after Bola Tinubu, candidate of the APC was declared winner of the election. Meridianspy had reported how Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, attributed the success of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the presidential poll to the use of religion by the party. The…
The Concerned Northern Forum has advocated for the apprehension and prosecution of the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over his alleged collusion in the Nigeria Air fraud. They made the call after the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation’s description of Nigeria Air as a fraud. The committee also charged the Federal Government to suspend the airline. The Meridianspy reported that the Managing Director of Nigeria Air, Dayo Olumide, had disclosed that the purported Nigeria Air’s aircraft that landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 26, 2023, was a chartered one from Ethiopia Airlines. Olumide made…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed into law a bill on uniform retirement age for judicial officers. The bill is to ensure uniformity in the retirement age and pension rights of judicial officers of superior courts of records and also extends the retirement age from 65 years to 70 years. The bill defines a judicial officer of superior courts of record thus: “A judicial officer appointed to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Federal High Court, National Industrial Court, High Court of Federal Capital Territory Abuja, High Court of a State, Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Thursday cleared 15 Commissioner-nominees presented by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki. According to a letter to the state House of Assembly by the state government, Osarodion Ogie, the nominees were the first batch with more names expected to be presented in the coming days. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said: “I write at the instance of His Excellency, the Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, to forward herewith the under-listed names of Commissioner Nominees…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with members of G5 or the Integrity Group at the Aso Villa, Abuja. The group, led by one serving governor and four former governors caused a major division within the Peoples Democratic Party after demanding the then National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu step down for a southern replacement as a precondition to support the presidential ambition of the party’s flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar in the February 25 poll. Both Atiku and Ayu called the then governors’ bluff and did not succumb to their demands in the just-concluded elections. Makinde and Wike reportedly played supportive roles…