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The 33-year-old became the first Croatian to claim the award, a year after he had won the Champions League and reached the World Cup final. Luka Modric has beaten off competition from the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi to be named the winner of 2018’s Ballon d’Or. The Real Madrid midfielder played a pivotal role for his club as they stormed to a third consecutive Champions League title, as well as captaining Croatia to second place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. With France having won the World Cup, Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and even Modric’s…

The mode of electioneering campaigns among aspirants vying for elective positions ahead of the 2019 general elections in the country has not only dazzled the electorates but has also stunned them. With the use of inciting political statements, vile propaganda, blackmail and offensive advertisements and jingles, candidates of different political parties try to manoeuvre and outdo their opponents. This episode had started to gather momentum the moment the gong was sounded for commencement of political rallies and campaigns for presidential and National Assembly on November 25. Apparently, some candidates have hit the ground running by flooding the minds of the…

Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, Monday, predicted that Nsima Ekere would emerge as the next governor of Akwa Ibom State during March 2, 2019 election. Ekere, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, is squaring up with Udom Emmanuel, the incumbent governor gunning under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akpabio, who was also Akwa Ibom governor from 2007 to 2015, defected from PDP to APC on August 8 and there is no interface with his political estranged son, Emmanuel. “By next year, all these noise will stop and @NsimaUEkere will win the governorship election convincingly,” the…

Fuel scarcity is looming as oil marketers have given the federal government a seven-day ultimatum to settle outstanding debts totalling N800 billion. The marketers, comprising Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) and Independent Petroleum Products Importers (IPPIs), said failure to meet the deadline would force its members to disengage workers from depots across the country. Confirming the seven-day notice, Patrick Etim, legal adviser to IPPI, told NAN that banks have taken over investments and assets of oil marketers over unpaid debts. According to Etim, marketers have no choice that to ask their…

Tyson Fury’s shot at completing a remarkable return to the top of world boxing saw him survive two knockdowns in an enthralling draw with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in Los Angeles. In one of the most thrilling heavyweight contests for years, the Briton was floored in the ninth round and brutally dropped in the 12th, somehow regaining his feet to survive for two minutes. Fury had shown plenty of the evasive, counter-punching skill that made his name before his 30-month spell away from the sport and he enjoyed success in the middle rounds. But in the 12th he lay…

The Jewish people globally commenced the celebration of the miracles of Hanukkah from December 2 Some American leaders have felicitated them on the celebration. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is a lesser Jewish festival, lasting eight days from the 25th day of Kislev (December2-10) and commemorating the rededication of the Temple in 165 BC by the Maccabees after its desecration by the Syrians. It is marked by the successive kindling of eight lights. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) tweeted on…

After bouts of rumour on his death and transformation of Jubrin of Sudan to replace ‘dead Buhari’, President Muhammadu Buhari has cast such claims on the sandy soil, saying “The ignorant rumours are not surprising.” Buhari (@MBuhari), Sunday, tweeted “One of the questions that came up today in my meeting with Nigerians in Poland was on the issue of whether I‘ve been cloned or not. The ignorant rumours are not surprising — when I was away on medical vacation last year a lot of people hoped I was dead.” He again tweeted “Poor @ProfOsinbajo, even he had to deal with…

President Donald Trump once described African countries as “shithole” which was a veiled reference to uncivilised countries with barbaric people. Yet, fate has played a fast one on him by pinning the heart of one of his daughters, Tiffany to an African of Nigerian descent. Tiffany, the daughter of US president, Donald Trump, is allegedly dating Michael Boulos, a  Lagos-bred millionaire. The Guestofaguest.com of page six reports that Micheal is the son of a multi-billion dollar family in Nigeria. A source close to Tiffany told Page Six that the president’s daughter and Boulos spent Thanksgiving together and that he had…

As the 2019 general elections approach, journalists in the country have been challenged to shun money but be courageous to use truth in their reportage as a way of opening doors for good governance. “As you cover elections, tell the people what you see. Do not collect money from politicians to report falsehood. This could shut the door of God’s faithfulness for our country. This is an act of urighteousness,” Samuel W. Udia, an apostle, said on Sunday at The Apostolic Church, Ifa Atai, Etoi, in Uyo, during a Thanksgiving/Dedication service to herald the 2018 press week of the Nigeria…

Donald Trump, George W Bush and the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Friday led global tributes to George HW Bush, the 41st US president who died on Friday, aged 94. Bush was hailed for his long public service, global leadership at the end of the cold war, and a domestic commitment to bipartisanship. A second world war veteran, he was also celebrated as the last member of the “greatest generation” to occupy the Oval Office, and remembered also for his loving 73-year marriage to Barbara, the longest between a president and first lady. Condolences poured in from politicians and public…