Soyinka: I need a psychiatrist if I join Obasanjo’s coalition

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka said a psychiatrist should be called to examine him should he join the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) recently launched by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Soyinka spoke in an interview with BBC Yoruba Service, which began online on Monday. Obasanjo had in a letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari in January, canvassed a new movement that will give Nigeria a new leadership. But Soyinka said: “Me? Obasanjo would establish a group and I will become a member of such group? That means they should get…

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Lionel Messi is the ‘greatest ever’ – Eden Hazard

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has brushed off comparisons with Lionel Messi ahead of the Champions League clash against Barcelona. The Blues host the La Liga leaders in the first leg of the last-16 tie at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday and the game will give Hazard a chance to lock horns with the brilliant Messi, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner. However, Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo are both now into their 30s – and the 27-year-old Hazard is one of the names who has been suggested as a potential future…

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Chelsea’s Victor Moses bags inaugural Nigeria Footballer of the Year Award

Chelsea star Victor Moses has beaten Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City to the Nigeria Footballer of the Year Award at the inaugural NFF/Aiteo Awards in Lagos. NPFL hotshot Anthony Okpotu was the other nominee. Victor Moses in the year under review won the Premier League with Chelsea and was leading scorer for Nigeria to qualify for a sixth World Cup. He was also a leading nominee for the CAF African Footballer of the Year. Other award winners were FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Platinum Award), Kennedy Boboye (Coach of the Year),…

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Donald Trump ranks worst US President in poll

President Donald Trump has been ranked as the worst U.S. President in history in a Presidents’ Day poll of political scientists that ranked all 44 of the people who have served as U.S. president. Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt respectively took the top four spots in the Boise State University “Presidential Greatness Survey.” While Mr. Trump is the 45th President, one of his predecessors, Grover Cleveland, elected two separate times, making him the 22nd and 24th President, was ranked 24th on the survey. The experts…

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Nokia plans job cuts in Finland

Up to 425 jobs could face the axe in Finland as Nokia announces a new round of layoffs, with the Finnish network equipment maker beginning redundancy talks with its staff on 22 February. The talks will affect up to 350 jobs across its network business and support functions, and up to 75 jobs in its Nokia Technologies unit. “The planned change measures are essential to ensure Nokia’s long-term competitiveness,” Tommi Uitto, Nokia Finland’s country senior officer, said in a statement. “Market conditions among communications service providers were challenging last year, and…

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Sylvester Stallone: I’m not dead

Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone has dismissed reports circulating on Monday on social media claiming that he is dead. A message had appeared on Facebook claiming Stallone had been found dead at his Los Angeles home. Stallone who took to his twitter handle to debunk the reports expressed sadness over the death prank which emanated from a site notorious for sharing celebrity death hoaxes. He said: “Please ignore the stupidity,” the 71-year-old actor tweeted on Monday. “Alive and well and happy and healthy…Still punching!” Stallone also dismissed images which depicted that…

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Nnamdi Kanu’s wife cries out over hussy

Mrs Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied knowing the whereabouts of her husband. She told the Igbo service of BBC in London that she believes that Kanu who is supposed to be standing trial for treason was in the custody of the Nigerian Army. Insisting that she is not aware of Kanu’s whereabouts, Uchechi said that she is not also aware if her husband was dead or alive. She stated that the last time she spoke with Kanu was when soldiers…

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