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Ahead of the return leg of the Champions League game between Arsenal and Bayern Munich, Robben took  time out to troll Arsenal on twitter... The Bayern Munich star, who scored a brilliant trademark goal against the London club in the first leg, took to twitter to share his feelings, playing and scoring against the London side, Arsenal...see the tweet:

Nigeria Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, was today officially sworn-in as United Nations Deputy Secretary General at the United Nations headquarter....

Arsenal star, Aaron Ramsey who has not been in good form of late, believes his team Arsenal, has what it takes to catch league leaders, Chelsea, even with a huge 13 points gap, and Liverpool to play at the weekend... Arsenal who were taken to the cleaners by Chelsea, after suffering a surprise home defeat in the hands of Watford, clearly are in no way or form to catch Chelsea, as they look more convincing than the other six or seven teams fighting for the league...

The former Liverpool and Manchester United player has taken a big jibe at Arsenal, for their consistency in failing to win a title in over ten years, after winning the Premier League title... The statement by the Liverpool and United legend, will not come as a shock to many, given that Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has one time while he was with Chelsea, labelled the Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, ‘specialist in failure’....

The former Chelsea player, who is surprisingly the second highest in the United team,just behind Zlatan... fears if other players do not step up to the play and contribute to the team as Zlatan, that could blackfire on the team as a whole.... Jose Mourinho's team are fighting hard to make it into the top four, and the point drop by Liverpool yesterday, could be a motivator for them to step-up the play, and gather points to go a step closer to their season goal...

Willian who has been one of the best players in the Chelsea line-up for two seasons now, with exception of Hazard, has seen his place at the club taken over by  Pedro, since the new formation by Conte.... The player whose performance last season, saw him wining Chelsea player of the year, fell off the order, and spoke out on his displacement from the first eleven, by in-form Pedro...

Kim Kardashian West, who is already mother of two, took to twitter to share a picture of her son Saint...  Saint West, who is now looking more like Kim, but with a Kanye West serious look, stayed for the picture, without even a smile...Kim  Captioned the picture:

The quest of Liverpool challenging and winning the English Premier League this season, seems to have ended, as they were once again, beaten 3-1 by struggling Leicester City.... Klopp who was clearly not happy with the result, insists his players did not play to instructions and all the tactics they have worked on before the game, totally went out the window, immediately the players stepped on the pitch....He said: ‘If you play well and lose matches then that’s just football,’ said Klopp after the game.

Former Manchester United player, Gary Neville, has tipped Chelsea midfielder, Kante to win the PFA award for his efforts so far... Kante looks to become one of the player in the Premier league who has won the league, with two premier league club...once with Leicester City, and now with Chelsea,

The economic downturn that hits the OPEC group, due to the sharp and consistent drop in the price of crude in the international market... ...This has led to the call by the Secretary General of the organisation, Mr. Sanusi Barkindo,  for members to make sure Investment in the sector for the new year increases, so as to avoid the mistakes of previous years...

ex-Liverpool and England International, Jamie Carragher regrets ever doubting the abilities of Manchester united 35year old striker, Zlatan playing in the Premier League. He said this after the striker netted the two goals that gave United the EFL Cup, taking his total goals this season in all competition to 26 goals, at that age, and in a tough league such as the English League, he's nothing but unbelievable... He said the striker’s goal has been what has been helping United this season...He said:

A young man who is clearly successful at what he is doing now, takes a swipe at a company wanting to interview him, after they have earlier rejected him for a job in their organisation... ...the young man took to twitter to hit hard at the company, as he’s having the last laugh...

Manchester United legend, Gary Neville fears Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaving United at the end of his contract, will definitely affect the team, saying what the player has done since coming to United is unbelievable... ...as the player has by himself, carried the team all on his own, with his goals thus far this season...

These were the pictures of some of the trafficked girls to Mali, as they make their return back to Nigeria... The girls according to the report, are mostly in their early twenties, and some in their teens, regained their freedom from their various traffickers in various locations inside Mali, a West African Country...more pictures

The battle for Celtic Moussa Dembele, has taken another turn, as Kante who is a ‘good’ friend to the Celtic striker, insists the striker is due for a first team national team call up...  Kante said, joining a bigger team like Chelsea, will give him a much better opportunity to claim a first team shirt at the national level....

A lecturer in a Nigerian University, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, was alleged to have forced himself into the ‘hostel’ of a 400level female student of the said University, after they both agreed to meet,.. ...unknowing to the lecturer, the boyfriend and friends of the said female student, all planned to expose the lecturer, who was about having sex with the student right inside her room...

Chelsea star, Febregas, shares a picture of himself and family, and from his message, it is obvious his wife will be due soon... ...the player looks forward to add to his family, as he wrote this along with the picture on his handle:

Zlatan Ibrahimovic whose goals gave Manchester United the EFL Cup in yesterday’s final with Southamption, has blast those who had initially criticized his move to United, saying clearly his goals are doing the talking for him....and he chose to come to United not for the Champions League, but for what he can do for himself, and the Club... The player who has scored 26 goals since becoming a United player, even at 35, insist he will only stop ontop, and will not make any further decision, until the current campaign is over...He said:

A Federal High Court in Akwa Ibom State, has given an order to a Nigerian Senator, representing Akwa Ibom state, Senator Albert Bassey Akpan, to vacate his seat as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Court who gave this in its judgment today, and ordered him   to refund all salaries and all other emoluments he has received since becoming a ‘Senator’, and the Senate President to swear-in Hon. Bassey Etim the rightful party candidate in the election...

The complete list of the 89th Annual Academy Award winners: Actor in a Supporting Role Mahershala Ali ,  Moonlight  (WINNER) Jeff Bridges,  Hell or High Water Lucas Hedges,  Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel,  Lion Michael Shannon,  Nocturnal Animals Makeup and Hairstyling

Chelsea Star, Fabregas who today (Saturday) played his 300 th Premier league game in the between Chelsea Vs Swansea, became the second to Ryan Giggs of all time assists in the history of the   Premier league, with 102 assists...see the top three:

Chelsea legend, Frank Lampard, was at the London Bridge today, to say his final ‘thank you’ to Chelsea fans, and the club and to announce his retirement from football, as he looks forward to playing an active role at the club...see more pictures

Manchester United today, arrived London ahead of their EFL Cup with Southampton... The likes of Pogba, Zlatan, Smallings were all part of the team that travelled to London with the team, leaving Mata who is to join early tomorrow...    

The unexpected sacking of Leicester City manager, Claudio Ranieri, after some poor run of results, has generated a lot of comments from football managers, players and football pundits alike. All have been in favour of the now ,ex-manager of Leicester City, Ranieri...But the one person all fingers have been pointing to, as the brain behind the sacking of the coach that brought so much glory to the club, has been Jamie Vardy...

English Premier League Champions, Leicester City, finally part ways with the man that won them the Premier League title last season,   for the first time in the club 133-year history... This is coming after a run of poor form in the league....The club released a statement saying:

The crisis within the PDP seems to be getting interesting as the day goes by, and after an Appeal Court as declared Ali Modu Sheriff as the recognised chairman of the PDP, to the amazement of the Makarfi faction... The Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, who has earlier ride with Sheriff and supported him, before making a U-turn, has been the more vocal of all the members, kicking against the Court ruling, while saying he will never support the Court recognised Chairman...Sheriff...

The continuous looting of properties owned by Nigerians and killing of Nigerians in South Africa, today triggered a similar response from some yet to be identified Nigerians in the Federal Capital, Abuja; vandalizing and beating up customers and workers alike to register their bitterness... Though the report as being reported by the MTN spokes person cannot be established yet, while speaking to news reporters, said:

The Federal Government decision to close the Abuja AirPort, by March, 2017, is fast approaching, as government through the Aviation sector, has released  list of emergency centres to travellers and resident alike in case the need arises...the list are: Eight health facilities which are situated in Kaduna and Niger states are: Umar Yar’Adua Specialist Hospital,

The popular reality show on pay TV, DStv, has come under huge criticism yet again, as the show which has been off the air for some year now, due to reasons best known to the organizers...made a returned with BBNaija early this year, with all Nigerian contestants, and has been condemned by some prominent Nigerians... First, it was the name ‘Naija’ being used to describe Nigeria, which the NBC frowned against, and urge Nigerians to go against it...few reacted to it though, while majority kept a deaf-ear to the call...especially when Efe and Ese are giving you the best of entertainment...

Coutinho who without doubt, is one of the best players in the English Premier league, got rewarded for his consistency for both club and Liverpool and flying the Brazilian flag high in the game of football... ...wining the award, puts him in same rank with fellow Brazilians, such as Kaka, Thiago Silva, and Neymar...He said after winning the award:

The news surrounding the form of Mesut Ozil and his inability to carry the London team, Arsenal to the Premier League glory sine making the move from Real Madrid, has been generating a lot of side talk from football pundits, and managers alike... The switch by Mesut Ozil who was one of the best players in the Real Madrid team, before joining Arsenal for a club record fee of £42.5million, has been labelled ‘hype’ by former German International, and Liverpool legend, Dietmar Hamann...

Roy Keane who is a public knowledge that he never likes Jose Mourinho, even during his time as a Chelsea manager, gave the public another reminder for his hatred on the United coach, by taking a huge swipe at the manager...calling him ‘cocky’ ...   No doubt, Jose Mourinho can be ‘irritating’ at times, especially when results are not going his way, but if there is anything that cannot be questioned, is his credentials...

Conte, this season has been the manager who has done what nobody thought was possible, after the miserable way Chelsea fell-off the way they did last season, under Jose Mourinho; just few months after been crowned English champions... so, for Chelsea fans, they owe the Italian for bringing back what they already used to...which is winning...and the chanting of Conte’s name is for them, their own way of saying 'thank you'...

The premier league leaders, Chelsea are set to extend their lead on top of the table, as they get set to host Swansea at the Bridge this weekend... Blues star Hazard insists the team careless of Mourinho’s mind games, as they are more focus to continue their incredible run of form at the Bridge, and hope become champions at the end of the season...But United coach, Mourinho, seems to talk more about Chelsea this days, than even his own team...LOL

The trial case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Biafra movement, has received a response from the European Union, as a letter was allegedly written to the Federal Government on his behalf... Kanu who is standing trial for treason, and other chargers by the Federal Government, has been denied bail on several occasion by the Government...the letter according to the report, is centred on his agitation, continued detention, and treatments in the Nigerian Prison...see the letter:

Ahead of the FA Cup tie between old club Chelsea, Jose Mourinho rather than talk about his team Europa League win and qualification to round of sixteen over Saint-Etienne, he’s worried about the FA Cup game with Chelsea....

The seven discovered planets, is said to be a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system.... ...as three out of the seven, are firmly located in habitable zone... the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. According to NASA, all of these seven planets could have liquid water key to life, as under the right atmospheric conditions, but the chances are highest with the three in the habitable zone...

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission today, recovers over 17 exotic cars from a warehouse that was alleged to belong to the former Boss of Nigerian Customs, Dikko... The discovery according to the report, was as a result of information provided by a whistle blower, in which the Commission was able to recover some amount of monies, properties and the 17 exotic cars, all in a warehouse owned by the former Customs Boss...

These two are without doubt, two of the best, when it comes to the job of goal keeping...Both for their national teams, and club..both won the FIFA world cup, and the prestigious UEFA Championship medal...

The corruption case against Justice Ademola where a witness claimed President Buhari’s lawyer gave the Justice N500,000 bribe to falsify his secondary school leaving certificate, at the time of their Presidential campaign, has been refuted by the lawyer himself, saying the money was not a bribe, but a ‘gift’ to a friend he has known for over 35years...

Nigerians numbering about 171, yesterday landed in Lagos Airport, from Libya, and all those that came in yesterday, did that voluntarily after spending years in Libya... There are thousands still in Libya, hoping to cross to Europe, even in the face of the danger of losing their lives...some are into prostitution, drugs, even militancy, all in the name of survival...

The Champions league game between Manchester City and Monaco, last night, without a doubt, was one of the best games ever seen in the history of the Champions league, if not football...and the Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola is giving himself all the credits for the win... Guardiola and his team has struggled in the Premier league with their style of play, and if there is anything we learned about both teams last night, is that they both enjoy playing attacking football, but defensively, very poor...

  Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, in his typical way, joins others to enjoy amala, just like old times... The governor who occasionally stop-by to relate with Ekiti people, eat with them, buy goods from them either in the market, or parks, to say to them that they are part of the government, did same today, but this time, it was in a local buka in the Federal Capital, Abuja....

The corruption case against former Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh, got more interesting earlier today, as prosecution witness in the on-going trial, alleged that the total sum of $1million was found inside a red box in the wardrobe of former Defence Chief.... after a search was conducted in the building located in Asokoro Areas of Abuja... The witness was quoted to have said: “When we climbed in, we were in the living area upstairs so we used the stairs and went to the living area downstairs and started our search from there,” 

Source: UEFA.com

When 15 million plus Nigerians voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 general elections, their expectation was that he would be available to serve them 24/7/365, and that those who fielded him as their candidate had done their home work to avoid what is curiously becoming the Katsina problem in Nigerian politics. Katsina!  But we have now found ourselves in a situation whereby our President is now in London, for more than one month sir, ma, and we are here, and we have an acting President, who according to everybody, including the extremists and the mischievous, and the politically partisan, is beginning to try his best, with his admirers, now praying for the worst. 

The manner in which Jose Mourinho left his former club Chelsea,seems to have created a bad blood amongst some of the players and the Manchester United coach himself... ....as the likes of Hazard, Costa, Fabregas, Matic and others seems to take a jibe at their former Boss, as opportunity presents...Jose Mourinho who himself has been taking a jibe at the Club, since moving to United, and after the 4-0 defeat, seems not to be mentioning names...

The President today, was alleged to have written to ‘Nigerians’ thanking them of his plan to prolong his stay in London, and also thanking them for all the good wishes he and his family has been receiving both home and abroad.... This according to report, was sent through his Special Adviser on media, Mr. Femi Adesina...the statement reads:

According to news report, President Buhari during his Presidential campaign was alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to have falsified his ‘secondary school certificate', during which it was alleged the President never attended a secondary school, so he is not fit to stand for the presidential election... ...an allegation Buhari denied, providing evident (his result) and the Nigerian Military was dragged into the whole saga...that same case has rear his ugly head again, in the trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola at the Federal High Court Lagos...

Bielsa without a doubt is a fantastic coach, who every body both players and footballers alike have so much respect for, for his knowledge of the football game, and his achievement in the game...But for former Barcelona coach, and now Manchester City, Pep feels Bielsa is much more than a football coach...He said: ‘My admiration for Marcelo Bielsa is huge because he makes the players much, much better,’ said the City boss.