Manchester United 1-0 Arsenal: Van Persie on target as champions close gap on title-chasers

It was no surprise that Van Persie was Arsenal's nemesis; the striker has now scored in the last five matches between the two teams and his 27th-minute header was responsible for deciding this encounter, inflicting a blow to the momentum Arsene Wenger's men have built up this term.

Neither side were at their best during the much-anticipated fixture and, although Arsenal improved after the break, they lacked cutting edge with Wayne Rooney going closest to

I’ve put myself in front of a mirror, off my clothes … – Lady Gaga

Multi-platinum selling diva Lady Gaga is fighting to keep her ‘Queen of Pop’ crown with a hotly-anticipated third album, but early reception in the US and Britain has been lukewarm.

“Artpop” signals a return to the limelight for Stefani Germanotta — known as Lady Gaga on stage and in video — after she was forced to tone down her usually ubiquitous media presence to undergo hip surgery.

“For ArtPop, in a symbolic way, I’ve put myself in front of a mirror, I’ve taken off my

Bad days ahead for kidnappers: 100 face death penalty in Edo

OVER one hundred suspected kidnappers face the death sentence in Edo State following the signing into law of the state kidnapping law by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Kidnapping in the state became worrisome after  hoodlums descended on the state to a level that even teachers were being kidnapped for ransom. Lagos lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Benin High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, a chieftain of the APC, Athanacious Ugbome, were among those who suffered from the kidnappers onslaught along the Auchi-Abuja road, in Edo State.

It was later learnt that most of the evil perpetrated along that road was executed by a gang

Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Remy on target as heroic Krul stifles Spurs

The Dutchman was on fine form to deny Tottenham at regular intervals as Newcastle recorded their first away win over Spurs in five attempts, with Krul making 14 saves in total. 

Loic Remy continued his fine form to put Newcastle ahead with just 13 minutes on the clock, latching on to Yoan Gouffran’s throughball before rounding Brad Friedel and slotting home his seventh league goal in as many appearances.

Roberto Soldado, Christian Eriksen and Paulinho were all frustrated by Krul in the first half

Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City: Bardsley strike stuns Pellegrini's men

Manchester City fell to a fourth consecutive 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light as Sunderland secured their second win of the season.

Phil Bardsley was Sunderland's match-winner with his first Premier League goal of the season in the 21st minute.

The defender perfectly placed a shot past Costel Pantilimon in the Manchester City goal, but

I beat Taiwo Awoniyi to discourage him from football – Dad

Ilorin – Mr Solomon Awoniyi, father of Golden Eaglets’ striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, said he used to beat his son to discourage him from playing football.

Awoniyi  on Sunday at his Gbagba residence, Ilorin, said that he never knew Taiwo would play football to global level.

He said the football career of his son started during his elementary school days, noting that

Mourinho hits out at Premier League over scheduling of Chelsea fixtures

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit out at the Premier League over the scheduling of his side’s game against West Brom.

The Blues were in Champions League action on Wednesday and face Steve Clarke’s men on Saturday while rivals Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester City and Manchester United all play on Sunday.

The Portuguese has already been critical of his side’s fixture list after watching them take on

Cossy hits gold mine, insures boobs for N256m

Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor who has gained a sensational sex identity is currently a happy woman as she is set to hit another gold mine with her endowment.

The actress was reported to have agreed to a deal to insure her bloated mammary glands for a whooping $1.6million amounting to N256million.

The deal according to source, was introduced to her by an American friend who also dragged

5-yr old girl burnt to death in Bayelsa

The sleepy riverside settlement of Ogbogoro in the outskirts of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was Thursday night thrown into mourning following the burning to death of a five year old girl in an inferno.

The deceased child, simply identified as Princess, eyewitnesses told Saturday Vanguard, was a daughter of a policeman attached to the Osiama Division of the State Police Command in

Tonto Dike and D’banj dating?

Tonto Dikeh’s name is synonymous with controversy. And the latest buzz that she’s gotten 

quite close to the hit maker, D’banj in recent times may not make any difference to her.  The 

internet went viral during the week, dropping the bombshell that the controversial actress-

turned-singer has been spotted hanging around the Koko master’s Lekki residence at odd 

Enugu PDP blames NASS for orchestrating allegation by Chime’s wife

Top officials of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State are now blaming some members of the National Assembly, NASS, from the state for orchestrating the alleged claims that Governor Sullivan Chime had illegally detained his wife, Mrs Clara Chime at Government House.

Some of the PDP leaders who spoke to Saturday Vanguard on the condition of anonymity

2014 budget: Why Reps are angry with Jonathan

Major reasons why majority of lawmakers in the National of Assembly rejected the request by President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before them and present the 2014 budget, emerged last night.

A ranking official of the NASS told Saturday Vanguard that the lawmakers were upset with the President for allowing ministers to get away with the poor implementation of the 2013

“Jim Iyke Will Suffer For Breaking My Daughter’s Heart” – Nadia Buari’s Mother

For leading Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari on and making her believe he would settle down with her, and finally breaking her heart, Nigerian actor, Jim Iyke will suffer untold hardship, according to the mother of the heart-broken Nadia, Hajia Buari.

The love birds were so close and appeared so much in love and everyone thought that it was just a matter of time before they tie the knot, until Jim posted on his Twitter handle that he

Tiwa Savage Ft. Don Jazzy - Eminado [Official Video]

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Will Smith’s Alleged Mistress Speaks!

Multi award winning actor Will Smith’s alleged mistress, Margot Robbie is finally saying something about her friendship with the actor and the raunchy pictures of themselves getting very close in a booth that came under scrutiny this week, causing speculations that Jada Pinkett Smith might leave Will for good.

In the pictures, published in Star magazine, the 23-year-old Australian actress lifts up her

Hulk keen on Tottenham move

Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk has confirmed his interest in joining Tottenham.

The Brazil international played under current Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas at Porto, where he scored 36 goals in 51 games en route to winning a domestic double and the Europa League.

Tottenham rejected the chance to take Hulk on a €12 million loan from Zenit this summer,

Moyes: Manchester United weren’t close to buying Ozil, we didn’t need him

David Moyes says Manchester United did not try to sign Mesut Ozil in the summer because he was a player they "didn’t need”.

The Germany international moved from Real Madrid to Arsenal in August and has proved to be an instant success at the Emirates, helping the Gunners to the top of the Premier League table.

Ozil had also been linked with a move to the Red Devils prior to the deal going through, but

“If We Don’t Invite you, Stay Away From Our Wedding” – Tiwa Savage

Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, is really ripping into folks who take pleasure in gate crashing people’s weddings and other ceremonies, by putting out a stern warning that her wedding to her manager, TeeBillz, coming up on Saturday, 23rd November, 2013, is strictly by

Actress Lola Alao Is devil Incarnate – Ex-Husband

The estranged-husband of Nollywood actress and producer, Lola Alao, Dare, has come out firing from all cylinders, calling her all sorts of names and begging her to free him from her devilish hold.

The one-time very successful car dealer who is now living from hand to mouth, has said that Lolaactually hypnotized him into marrying her and had been taking him to different

At Last, Wande Coal Becomes Glo Ambassador

God has a way of turning every situation around, even in the most difficult situations; this can be said to be the story of  ‘Bumper to Bumper’ crooner, Wande Coal, who has just signed a mouthwatering deal to become a Glo Brand Ambassador.

Wande who is still battling his former boss and label owner, Don Jazzy over an allegation of intellectual property theft, cannot help but thank God for His mercies, especially now that he

Is Kanye West Heading To Jail?

Rapper, Kanye West might be en route to prison if convicted of two misdemeanor charges in a Los Angeles court on January 23, 2014. The rapper was charged with battery and attempted grand theft in a case filed over a scuffle with a celebrity photographer earlier this year.

Kanye has however pleaded not guilty to both charges. His attorney, Blair Berk entered the plea on the rapper’s behalf on Thursday in an L.A court. The father of one [North West] was

Lawmaker advocates death penalty for rapists

 A member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Ali on Friday called for the amendment of existing laws on rape, to provide for death penalty on anyone convicted of the offence.

Ali, who represents Kawo constituency, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.

He noted that Section 283 of the Penal Code Law only provided a maximum of life imprisonment for convicted rapists, adding that the law should be amended to carry the

Kim Kardashian Joins Illuminati?

Kanye West’s fiancé, Kim Kardashian has hit back at claims she belongs to the popular cult group,illuminati. The Keeping Up With The Kardashian star took to her twitter today when a collage she posted on her Instagram wall this week attracted questions about her representation of the all-knowing eye, evil and Satanic sect.

Apparently, Kim claims she was just celebrating her friend, Brittn Gastineau’s birthday by posting the collage – using shapes [triangle with an eye at the center] to represent the

Man found sleeping with dead wife cleared of murder

A court in Kenya has acquitted a German man who was arrested while sleeping with the decomposing body of his Kenyan wife and charged with her murder, court officials said Friday.

The court in the coastal city of Mombasa ruled on Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to convict the man, identified in court documents as Michael Bibcke Robel, 43, from the city of Hamburg, of murdering Esther Elsi Igoki Munyi in December 2009.

The court heard how the accused was found sleeping next to his dead, decomposing wife at

Nollywood sexiest: Now, quest for final five begins

Having seen those that have made it for the top ten spot the quest continues for the final 

five people who will slug it out for the ultimate prize. While five more men and women are 

bound to drop it is pertinent to note that winners may be made of any of the top ten.



The ultimate crown is for the Sexiest Man and Woman in Nollywood, with their runners-up 

Kerosene scarcity hits Awka

Residents of Awka, the Anambra capital on Friday bemoaned the high prices of kerosene, following the scarcity of the product.

A market survey showed that the product was being sold at between N110 and N140 per liter as against the official pump price of N50 sold at the NNPC Mega Station in Awka.

Some attendants at independent filling stations visited said the high cost of kerosene was due to non-availability of the product to dealers.

Mr Ifeanyi Nwamuo, an attendant with Total Filling Station at Ukwuoji, Awka, said that the product had not been supplied to the station in many months.

He said that the process of getting the product was hard and that failed attempts to secure supply had compelled their station to stop the procurement of kerosene.

Mrs Tina Nwaegbo, a private dealer also attributed the high cost of the commodity in Awka to the means of procurement and the large-scale bribery before getting the product.

Nwaegbo said that dealers needed to recover their expenses after procurement and that it was the end users who would the cost.

She said that the Federal Government should make the business policy easy so as to eliminate third parties involved in kerosene procurement.

The NNPC Mega Station Manager in Awka, Mrs Ngozi Onyiliofor, said that the station had been selling the product to the public at the approved pump price of 50k per liter

He colleague, Mrs Florence Nwaokoye, said that the supply of the product to station had been steady, compared to previous months when kerosene  was out of supply in Awka and environs.

She urged the government to ensure availability of the product this season, to facilitate the celebration of Christmas. (NAN)

Ex-NNPC staff, 3 others nabbed for pipeline vandalisation

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism have arrested a former private security personnel attached to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for allegedly working as a middleman for vandals in Shagamu area of Ogun State.

The 47-year-old suspect identified as Kehinde Orimade, who admitted culpability, said he

Muslims in Kwara celebrate new Islamic calendar

Muslims in Kwara on Monday joined their counterparts all over the world to celebrate the 1435 AH new Islamic Calendar.

The Emir of IIorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, was among the dignitaries who attended an event for the celebration.

In his message, Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara, who was represented by the Secretary to

Jonathan, ASUU find ways of resolving four month old strike

A meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the academic staff Union of Universities went underway Monday in Abuja to find a way of resolving the four month old strike by University Lecturers.

The Meeting which kicked off at about 2:30pm had in attendance, the President, the Vice

Amaechi, Aliyu, 3 other PDP govs parley Obasanjo in Abeokuta

Abeokuta- Five of the seven aggrieved governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday held a private meeting with former president Olusegun Obasanjo, at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun.

The governors are: Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers;  Babangida Aliyu, Niger;  Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano;  Sule Lamido, Jigawa; and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa

Gov. Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara and Gov. Aliyu Wammako  of Sokoto State, were absent.