Santiago Solari proved the perfect caretaker but his debut as permanent coach of Real Madrid on Saturday ended in a disastrous 3-0 defeat at Eibar.

Four wins while in temporary charge earned Solari a contract until 2021 over the international break, only for Real to revert to the kind of chaotic display that cost his predecessor, Julen Lopetegui, his job.

The defeat also brought into focus the mindset of Madrids players, after their captain Sergio Ramos faced allegations of an anti-doping violation on Friday night from German magazine Der Spiegel. The club denied any breach.

Eibar were stronger, more aggressive and, worryingly for Solari, appeared clearer about the plan they wanted to carry out. Marc Cucurella, brilliant down the left, teed up all three goals, scored by Gonzalo Escalante, Sergi Enrich and Kike Garcia.

Reals loss halts their revival under Solari and cost them a golden opportunity to make up ground on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, before the pair face each other at the Wanda Metropolitano later on Saturday.

Eibar shoot up to seventh, a reward for their first ever victory over Real Madrid at the 11th attempt.

Ramos was not noticeably below par at Ipurua, but perhaps allegations that he failed to list the correct medication after the Champions League final in 2017, proved enough of a distraction for his teammates.

Solari, meanwhile, must now reset his team ahead of Tuesdays Champions League game against Roma, which is likely to decide the winner of Group G.

Real started well enough and Gareth Bale looked in the mood when he swivelled and sent a stunning shot into the top corner from 25 yards, only to be ruled offside.

Karim Benzema went close, his finish cleared off the line by Jose Cote, but after surviving the early pressure, Eibar grew in confidence.

Kike made the woodwork shake with a drive from 25 yards, with replays showing the dipping shot had been diverted by an excellent finger-tip save from Thibaut Courtois.

Madrids goalkeeper came to their rescue again in the 16th minute, denying Enrich from Cucurellas cross, but this time Escalante was on hand to bundle in the rebound ahead of the stumbling Dani Ceballos.

Referee Juan Martinez consulted the video assistant referee but the delay only earned a repeat of home fans cheers.

Bales free-kick was pushed wide and then he was booked for dissent as Madrid looked to be running out of ideas. Solari gave his first half-time team talk with his team behind, but their situation deteriorated in the second half.

Toni Kroos misjudged and misdirected crossfield pass exposed the unfortunate recipient Alvaro Odriozola. Cucurella pounced, pushing Odriozola off the ball and delivering for Enrich to score.

Odriozola was forced off injured.

Five minutes later it was three, this time Raphael Varane was at fault, allowing Kike to nip in and convert another whipped Cucurella cross.

Madrid had more than half an hour to respond but it was Eibar who looked more likely. Fabian Orellana nutmegged Ceballos and drew a smart save from Courtois, before Charles Dias flicked an audacious volley, again blocked by the Belgian. By the end, Madrid were thankful it was only three.

Source: NAN

President Muhammadu Buhari has told a delegation of APC that he had no preferred ethnic or religion group and would deal with leaders and public officials who embezzle public funds and deny workers their benefits.

I assure you that my main interest is all Nigerians in all parts of the country, President Buhari told the delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC)from Benue state led by Senator George Akume.

Therefore, if anybody tries to create any impression that I prefer any group across ethnicity or religion, let him dare me by being caught red-handed stealing public funds. I will deal with him, President Buhari said.

He said that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had been monitoring the plight of workers across the country and utilisation of the bailout and Paris Club funds by some states.

According to him, the Federal Governments bailout to states and the payment of Paris Club refunds to them were basically to alleviate the sufferings of the people.

Despite the bailout, several states still owe workers and pensioners, a development the President is unhappy about.

I honestly dont know how people sleep when workers have not been paid. The workers have to pay rent, buy food, send their children to school and they have healthcare to take care of, he lamented, describing misappropriation of the funds as unjust and unfair to workers.

Apart from the issues of workers welfare and corruption, President Buhari informed the delegation that the Federal Government had made significant progress in diversifying the economy.

This, he explained, was achieved through investment in agriculture and the encouragement of more individuals and entrepreneurs to go into farming.

He is optimistic that Nigeria would soon become self-sufficient in feeding its citizenry as a result of the investment in agriculture.

We are proud of what we have achieved with resources at our disposal, he said, listing ongoing road, rail, seaport, airport, and power projects as hallmarks of his administrations commitment to improving lives.

Condemning the orchestrated attacks in Benue as ungodly, the President assured the Benue APC leaders that efforts were being made to bring the perpetrators to justice and appealed for patience while the progress is on.

We know about herders. The ones we knew carried sticks, and sometimes cutlasses to cut foliage for their cattle. We now have people who carry AK 47s and pretend they are herdsmen.

We are working hard to secure our borders. We are going to see how the old cattle routes can be opened. We will control movement. Please beg our people to be patient.

The President pointed out that security personnel were already uncovering the network of the killers and arresting them.

The leader of the APC delegation and former Benue State Governor, Akume, said the APC stakeholders had faith in the President.

Mr President, we know your commitment to Nigeria. We know how much you love the country and will be ready to die for the good cause, Senator Akume said.

He assured the President that APC members had started sensitisation and mobilisation of voters for the 2019 elections, noting that more had accepted the party and its manifesto in the state.

Senator Akume also praised President Buhari for the flag-off of the dualisation of the Abuja-Keffi-Lafia-Makurdi road.

He, however, called for more attention for the Makurdi-Otukpo road and the water projects in Gboko and Otukpo.

You have worked hard to stop herdsmen and farmers clashes in Benue. It is important to note that many people used religion and ethnicity to score cheap points. Religion was used in Benue for sinister purposes, he added.

The Senator also praised the President for the war on corruption, insisting that his administration has made a significant difference by tackling perpetrators.

Source: NAN

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking an order to allow its candidates to participate in the forthcoming general elections in Zamfara State.

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the party further applied for an order of perpetual injunction to restrain INEC from giving effect to the content of a letter with Reg. No. lNEC/SEC/654/1/330 and dated October 9, which foreclosed it from presenting candidates in Zamfara for failing to conduct its primaries within the stipulated time.

The court has fixed December 11 to commence hearing on the matter.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu okayed the case for hearing on Friday after she joined the governorship aspirant of APC in the state, Senator Garba Marafa and a senatorial aspirant, Alhaji Siraju, as well as seven other chieftains of the party, as defendants in the suit.

APC, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1279/2018, prayed the court to declare that INECs letter purporting to exclude the party from presenting and submitting the list of its candidates for the forthcoming election in Zamfara state scheduled for 2019, is null, void, ultra vires and of no effect having regards to the provisions of sections 31(1) and 86(2), (3) and (4) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).

A declaration that by virtue of section 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and section 31(1) of the Electoral Act (as amended), the defendant lacks the power to refuse to collect the name of the plaintiffs candidates for Zamfara state presented and to be submitted to it not later than 60 days before the election scheduled for February 2019.

*Reported by Vanguard

Source: NAN

*But first, she seems to like Nigerias jollof rice

American Super Model, Angela Renee White a.k.a. Blac Chyna who is set to launch a whitening cream, she does not use, has arrived Lagos with a taste of Nigerian Jollof Rice which she said was the best.

The former Stripper was ushered into Lagos at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport with maximum security.

The 30 year old mother of two (King in 2012 with rapper, Tyga and Dream in 2016 with Rob Kardashian) took to her insta-story to share the picture of the plate of Nigerian Jollof Rice with a caption:

Nigerian jollof is so bomb.

The super model reportedly does not use the cream she proposes to launch in Nigeria on Sunday. She is only a promoter, paid to do so, according to reports by celebrity website TMZ.

This has triggered many reactions from Nigerians including threats from some quarters not to step her foot into Nigeria to offer Nigerian ladies her bleaching cream.

The model cum rapper had announced earlier on that she will be in Nigeria on Sunday, Nov. 25 for the launch of “Whitenicious X Blac Chyna Diamond Illuminating & Lightening Cream”.

Equipped with a Swarovski-crystal studded jar, the cream is said to increase “moisture for a brighter beautiful comfortable feel” according Whitenicious official Instagram page @whitenicious.

The company described the cream as the key to “less discolouration and unevenness while SPF protection minimises future damage.”

The cream is supposedly said to go for a whopping $250 dollars per jar, that is about N90,750 a bottle.

According to reports she has been using Whitenicious dark spot corrector for a few years to deal with her hyperpigmentation.

However, the model who is also an entrepreneur is partnering with Whitenicious by Dencia to roll out the beauty product.

In December 2013, she launched her online boutique entitled `88fin’ filled with new clothing and products from her clothing line of the same name.

That same month, Chyna launched her own brand of adhesive eyelashes called “LASHED by Blac Chyna’’.

Also in February 2014, the model who graduated from JLS Professional Make Up Artist School purchased a beauty bar in Encino, Los Angeles, offering makeup course.

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour, southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday.

Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of the town in Nigers Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about nine kilometres from the town centre.

On Thursday suspected Boko Haram fighters killed eight people working at French drilling company Foracos water well site in Toumour.

Boko Haram has been waging an insurrection since 2009 aimed at establishing an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria. It has launched repeated attacks into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

The violence has killed thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee their homes in the large Lake Chad basin region.

Kidnapping of schoolgirls has been a Boko Haram horror mark, since its fighters in 2014 kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, in Nigeria.

It also staged this year, another major kidnap of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state.

In Mali, French forces said they put out of action some 30 Islamist militants, possibly including veteran Malian jihadist leader Amadou Koufa, during a raid in the central Mali region of Mopti.

The French army, which has about 4,500 troops in West Africa battling Islamist militants, did not specify whether the jihadists had all been killed or taken prisoner. The operation took place with air support on Thursday night, it said.

At this stage of the evaluation of the operation, it appears that about 30 terrorists were put out of action, the army said in its statement on Friday, adding that Koufa and other prominent militants were probably among them.

Koufa, a radical preacher, inspired the Massina Liberation Front (MLF), a group blamed for a wave of attacks that has shifted Malis six-year-old Islamist insurgency from the remote desert north ever closer to its populous south.

Source: NAN

A hat-trick from Asisat Oshoala helped Nigerias Super Falcons to a 6-0 whipping of Equatorial Guinea to advance to the semi-finals of the 11th African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Ghana.

The Super Falcons progressed with South Africa, which drew 1-1 with Zambia to top Group B.

On Friday, hosts Ghana were sent packing from the , finishing third in Group A as Mali made a first-ever semi-finals appearance after six attempts.

Group leaders Cameroon who finished with seven points joined Mali with six points to the next round.

Ghana who obtained four points and Algeria with no point are eliminated after three matches each.

Cameroon drew 1-1 with Ghana while Algeria succumbed to a 2-3 loss to Mali in their last group games played simultaneously at the Accra Sports Stadium and Cape Coast Stadium respectively.

Source: NAN

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock over the killing of military men in Metele village of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists.

He also gave an assurance that immediate measures are being taken to ensure that the loopholes which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all.

In a reaction to the tragic incident on 18 November, the President said that his administration remains ever committed and focused on the security of military personnel and other citizens.

No responsible Commander-in-Chief, Buhari said would rest on his oars or fold his hands to allow terrorists to endanger the lives of its military personnel and other citizens. Our loyal forces have proved their strength over the terrorists and we are ready to give them all the needed support in terms of equipment and manpower to succeed in ending the renewed threat.

In the coming days, I am engaging the Military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking.

The President noted that fighting terrorism has taken a global dimension, which necessitates international collaboration among states facing similar security challenges.

President Buhari reassured Nigerians of his continued commitment to their security and of his efforts to sustain the momentum in the previous significant successes recorded against the terrorists.

He advised Nigerians against making a political capital out of national tragedy, stressing that members of the armed forces are one family who are commonly committed to the security and safety of all Nigerians.

Source: NAN

By Emmanuel Oloniruha

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson has called on relevant authorities and the security agencies to conduct themselves in a way that would promote the nations democracy, rather than putting it in jeopardy.

Dickson made the call when he received, the Ijaw National Leader and Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, who paid him a condolence visit over the death of his mother, Mrs GoldCoast Dickson, at his Official Residence in Abuja.

Dickson, in a statement issued on Saturday, by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr Fidelis Soriwei said there was need for professional conduct among security agencies as Nigeria prepare for 2019 General Elections.

He said that professional conduct among security personnel was also critical to maintaining National and economic stability.

He said that Nigerians and lovers of democracy were concerned and watching the conduct of security agencies ahead of the 2019 general elections.

He added that an abuse of the security forces would, however, constitute a threat to the security and stability of the country.

We urge the security agencies to conduct in a way that would stabilize democracy.

The greatest challenge we have ahead of the 2019 of election is the the conduct of the security agencies.

That is the concern of Nigerians.

Politicians and people in government need to know that there is a country to govern after elections.

Let us not in the quest for election to destroy these critical agencies of state and the career and reputation of these officials,

When you politicize these agencies, you threaten the careers of these people who are professionals in their own right.

The Governor condemned the recent assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu, saying it is totally reprehensible.

I also condemn the attack on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. It was an invasion of the Democratic order.

Dickson also expressed concern about the recent positing of eight police commissioners to Bayelsa within a period of three months.

It wont take you long to know that there is a sinister game going on to destabilize and create instability in the state that we have worked so hard to stabilize.

It also quoted Clark, stressing the need for professional conduct among security agencies to promote credible elections in 2019.

The elder statesman also condemned the frequent change of police guards in Bayelsa.

He cautioned a former governor who he alleged of being behind the instigation of the politics in police postings to the state to have a rethink.

Clark said he was not surprised about recently invasion of his Abuja house at 91, by the men of Nigeria police in a purported search for arms.

Source: NAN

Some soldiers who survived the attack by Boko Haram on the military formation in Metele have sent an SOS to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to probe the quality of weapons procured by the military authorities and save them from further avoidable deaths.

In a video sent to journalists in Maiduguri, the soldiers accused the military authorities of providing them with obsolete weapons, which they said are grossly inadequate to effectively confront the insurgents in the ongoing counter insurgency campaign in the Northeast.

In the amateur video footage, the soldiers also levelled allegations against the military authorities accusing them of negligence which resulted into the death of scores of their colleagues in a series of attacks coordinated by the Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram at Metele in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno.

Foreign wire agencies reported that dozens of soldiers were killed when the insurgents attacked Metele military base on November 18.

In the video, two soldiers, who claimed to be among the survivors of the attack, narrated the precarious condition of the troops and obsolete equipment which made it difficult for them to repel the insurgents attack.

The video footage showed the level of destruction of military equipment and makeshift shelters, while soldiers were seen packing their luggages, apparently preparing to live the camp.

In the video, the soldiers appealed to President Buharithey repeatedly appealed to him to intervene to save the situation from deteriorating.

See what the Nigerian Army has been doing to us, they brought us here. See how they killed our fellow soldiers, they burn them inside the tanks, a narrator in the video said.

They are using us to make money; why? Are we not human beings? They can kill soldiers inside a tank; if Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) can penetrate M-RAG vehicle, what of a fellow human being?

This is the location called Metele, This is a place they (the insurgents) took over 40 barrel and these people want to use us, and within one week they killed over 200 soldiers and we are now 147, they want to waste us here. It is a lie, our blood is not here.

This is a Third World vehicle, a tank manufactured in 1972; and Albarnawi broke all of it.They want to use us and we are not getting anything from them.We want to tell the government of our condition.

Please; the Federal Government should intervene before the insurgents come and kill us. They mocked us and said we are Zombies; animals, we do not know our rights, any order given to us we will follow.

We are millennium soldiers, most of us are graduates.

Look at what they did to this T12 tank; it is obsolete. It was a 1983 Czechoslovakian tank procured during Shagaris regime. Is this the money the Federal Government provided to procure weapons?

All the equipment are not working. When it fired two shots it stopped. All the weapons are obsolete and bought during Shagari(1979-1983).

We know about the money the Federal Government gave to them but the Nigerian Army had turned us into a business.

All the money federal government gave them to buy weapons Nigerian Army is buying INNOSON. All these are obsolete Oyinbo came here and said they are obsolete. All these weapons were bought during the Shagari regime in 1983. They have turned us to business. Federal Government you will hear about it. All these weapons are not genuineif you fire two times you have stoppages.

This is 1983 when Shagari was head of state Federal Government give them money, they go and buy INNOSON, Nigerian made Federal Government please help us help us.

The Nigeria Army on Friday, confirmed on its Twitter handle the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion at Metele, on November 18 by Boko Haram insurgents.

However, the military authorities response, which came five days after, was short on details and the extent of casualties.

The army said that it has laid down procedures for reporting incidents that involve its personnel who become casualties in action, as a form of respect to the families of the gallant troops.

It noted that the families were first to be notified before any form of public information so as to avoid exacerbating their grief were they to discover it from unofficial sources.

It is suffice to observe that several social media, print and online publications have been brandishing false casualty figures as well as circulating various footages of old and inaccurate Boko Haram terrorists propaganda videos, and alluding it to be the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion.

While; it is understandable how such misinformation can spread in this era of social media frenzy, the spurious circulation of some of these videos only contribute to further propagate the propaganda intent of the terrorists, misinform the populace and portray themselves as what they are not?

So far, the situation in the location is under control as reinforcing units had been able to repel the terrorists and stabilize the situation.

In his reaction, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed deep shock over the killing of military personnel in Metele village by Boko Haram terrorists.

He gave an assurance that immediate measures are being taken to ensure that the loopholes which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all.

Reacting to the tragic incident, the President said that his administration remains ever committed and focused on the security of military personnel and other citizens.

According to President Buhari, No responsible Commander-in-Chief would rest on his oars or fold his hands to allow terrorists to endanger the lives of its military personnel and other citizens. Our loyal forces have proved their strength over the terrorists and we are ready to give them all the needed support in terms of equipment and manpower to succeed in ending the renewed threat. In the coming days, I am engaging the Military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking.

The President noted that fighting terrorism has taken a global dimension, which necessitates international collaboration among states facing similar security challenges.

President Buhari reassured Nigerians of his continued commitment to their security and of his efforts to sustain the momentum in the previous significant successes recorded against the terrorists.

He, however, advised Nigerians against making a political capital out of national tragedy, stressing that members of the armed forces are one family who are commonly committed to the security and safety of all Nigerians.

Source: NAN

The Nigerian Army has threatened to sue purveyors of fake videos and other images, in connection with the recent Boko Haram attack on troops at Metele in Borno State.

It was the second response by the army in 24 hours since the attack on 18 November.

The army in a Facebook post expressed concern over indiscriminate circulation of series of fake video footage on social media platforms, an action which creates fear and unrest in the society.

It dismissed the videos as false, explaining that they do not portray the situation on ground, stressing that such videos served the purpose intended by the insurgents to misinform; spread panic, hatred, religious intolerance and undermine national security.

The Nigeria Army has continued to observe with great dismay the myriads of photos and video clips being recklessly distributed on various social media platforms by different caliber of persons.

It is indeed shocking to see how these well doctored propaganda materials from enemies of the state succeeded in creating fear and unrest in the polity.

These doctored materials are obviously serving the purposes intended by the terrorists to misinform the populace; spread panic, hatred, religious intolerance and undermine national security.

The Nigeria Army wants to categorically state that the videos and images making rounds as the purported attack on Metele base are false and do not in any way portray the reality of the situation on the ground, it said.

The Nigerian Army headquarters lamented that many do not know that in discretionary posts and comments from a citizen that is supposed to be solidly behind its military in trying times could dampen troops morale.

The Army reiterated its commitments to the protection of the nations territorial integrity, maintaining that the sanctity of the Nigerian state would not be undermined by detractors or tacit supporters of the enemies.

It warned that it would not condone act of spreading fake news as it violate the provisions of the cyber crime laws.

While appreciating the concerns of well meaning Nigerians, who genuinely care for the well being of military personnel, the Nigerian Army wants to draw the attention of its detractors to the fact that spreading fake news is an offense and violation of Section 24 (1) (a