VAN DIJK BEAT STERLING TO PFA AWARD e Leagues & Cups Transfers Teams Betting       E Ba Van Dijk beat out a host of  Manchester City  players aside from Sterling, including Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva, along with Reds team-mate Sadio Mane and  Chelsea 's Eden Hazard to the award, which is voted on by the members of the PFA.  The  Netherlands  international has proven to be worth every penny of the world-record fee for a defender  Liverpool  paid for him ahead of the January 2018 transfer window to snap him up from  Southampton , as he has marshalled a back line that has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League this season. In addition to his defensive contributions, Van Dijk has chipped in with three goals and two assists this season for the Reds in the Premier League, while adding another two goals and two assists in the  Champions League ....

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the 600th goal of his impressive club career after netting for   Juventus   against   Inter , beating Lionel Messi to the major landmark.   The Portugal star has reached another career milestone with a second-half goal at San Siro Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the 600th goal of his impressive club career after netting for  Juventus  against  Inter , beating Lionel Messi to the major landmark. The Bianconeri star struck in the 62nd minute to equalise for his side after Radja Nainggolan had put the hosts in front at San Siro. The Portuguese star was set up by Miralem Pjanic as part of a neat one-two, finding the bottom-right corner with a powerful low drive from the edge of the penalty area. The 34-year-old chalked up the milestone before  Barcelona  star Messi, with the Argentine currently sat on a tally of 597 for the Catalan club. Unlike his fellow forward however...

Pogba joins Van Dijk & Sterling in PFA Premier League Team of the Year as Hazard misses out     Man City and Liverpool stars dominate the top-flight selection, with Manchester United also having one representative in the XI Paul Pogba has joined Virgil van Dijk and Raheem Sterling in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, with the Manchester United midfielder the only non-Liverpool or Manchester City player to be included in a star-studded XI.      The World Cup winner has faced questions over his consistency during the 2018-19 season, but the Frenchman has done enough to impress his peers with 13 goals and nine assists.    He is picked alongside City pair Fernandinho and Bernardo Silva in the midfield of the latest English top-flight selection. Silva and his team-mates inflicted derby pain on United and Pogba in their most recent outing on Wednesday night, with Pep Guardiola’s side taking another positive step t...

ASUU blasts FG, First Lady over proposed Muhammadu Buhari University The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday blasted the federal government over proposed plan to establish a private university to be named after President Muhammadu Buhari. The Union described the proposed university by the wife of the president, Mrs Aisha Buhari as a disaster. ADVERTISEMENT ASUU further said the plan of the wife of the President to establish a new university confirmed why her Husband continued to reduce budgetary allocation to education since he assumed office in 2015. The Chairman of the union, University of Ibadan chapter, Professor Deji Omole and a former National Treasurer of the Union, Professor Ademola Aremu Stated this in a separate interview with newsmen in Ibadan. ADVERTISEMENT It would be recalled that the Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari had over the weekend at a Town hall meeting in Yola announced her plan to establish a...

       SHANE LONG HAS SCORED THE FASTEST EPL GOAL UNDER 0.06 SECONDS   The Irishman was on the scoresheet after just seven seconds in Tuesday's game at Watford Southampton striker Shane Long has scored the fastest goal the Premier League has ever seen, the Irishman hitting the net after a mere seven seconds. Long opened the scoring in Tuesday's game at Watford in record speed, giving his side the lead just moments after the game had kicked off.  Fans were still filing into their seats at Vicarage Road when their side shockingly went behind in record-breaking circumstances.  The Irishman's block put him clear in on goal and he kept his composure by chipping in over Ben Foster in the Hornets goal.  0.07 - At just seven seconds, Shane Long's strike against Watford is the fastest ever scored in @premierleague history. Record. #WATSOU — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 23, 2019 Long's goal beat the previous record, w...

Nigeria is richer than Dubai, but corruption won’t make it develop - Arabian man (video) Nigeria, a country in the West African region, is richer than Dubai, one of the most advanced cities located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but its development is hampered by corruption, an Arabian man has said. In a video trending on social media, the Arabian man, whose name was not revealed, said Nigeria has a problem of bad leadership. According to him, Nigeria is rich in oil and that the country had the mineral resource before Dubai discovered its own. Apart from oil, the man said Nigeria is blessed with fertile land for agriculture. He said: “Nigeria is way richer than Dubai. Nigeria had crude oil before Dubai. "Nigeria also has agriculture, gold, diamond and many other valuable mineral deposits (minning), but Nigeria is currently the way it is because of bad leaders. "The only reason Dubai is better than Nigeria is because of good leadersh...

We transmitted election results to INEC server - Commission's staff back Atiku - Some members of the adhoc staff of INEC have admitted to transmitting the result of the presidential election to the commission's server - APC had challenged Atiku Abubakar's claim that he obtained results from INEC server showing his victory over President Muhammadu Buhari - Standing as witnesses, some presiding officers of the commission claimed to have truly sent the presidential election result to the server Some presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have admitted to transmitting the result of the February 23 presidential election to the commission's server. The INEC staff members numbering 13, who claimed to have served in Borno and Yobe, made the submission in their witness statement of oath before the presidential electoral tribunal,  McCozar Blogspot reports. McCozar Blogspot recalls that the candidate of Peopl...

EPL: Highest goalscorers in Premier League [See top 23         Ahead of the conclusion of match-day 35 of the English Premier League, EPL, on Monday night, where Chelsea will tackle Burnley, below are the current top-23 highest goal scorers chasing the Golden Boot in the English-flight league: Manchester City striker, Sergio Aguero currenctly tops the EPL goal chart with 19 goals. Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah failed to score in his side’s 2-0 win over Cardiff City. The Egyptian international also has 19 goals. Arsenal striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a goal in his side’s 3-2 defeat against Crystal Palace to also take his goals tally to 19. See EPL top-23 highest goal scorers: 19 goals: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 18 goals: Sadio Mane (Liverpool). 17 goals: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City). 16 goals: Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Jami...

We’ll contact you via phones when 2019 UTME results are ready, JAMB tells candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says though it is intensifying efforts to ensure that results of the 2019 UTME are released after the Easter break, it would reach out to candidates through their telephone numbers as as soon as all the results are ratified. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with  McCozar Blogspot on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, candidates should not be carried away by what he described as rumours and misleading information in some sections of the media, especially the social media. McCozar reports that the 2019 UTME was conducted nationwide from Thursday, April 11 to Wednesday, April 18. Over 1.8 million candidates registered for the examination. “The board wants to distance itself from such rumours about releasing the results of candidates of the just-concluded UTME and steps to chec...

pub-8819931934357392 The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ's victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him. The meaning of Easter also symbolizes the complete verification of all that Jesus preached and taught during His three - year ministry. If He had not risen from the dead, if He had merely died and not been resurrected, He would have been considered just another teacher or Rabbi. However, His resurrection changed all that and gave final and irrefutable proof that He was really the Son of God and that He had conquered death once and for all. However, Easter did not always symbolize Christ's resurrection from the dead and the meaning of Easter was quite different than what Christians celebrate today. The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre. When the early missionaries converted the...

pub-8819931934357392 Infinix unveils Zero 6 smartphone …Lucky consumers to Visit South Africa Africa’s leading intelligent smartphone maker, Infinix Mobility has officially unveiled the Zero 6 smartphone into the Nigerian market at an event which took place in Lagos in the present of consumers and tech savvy Nigerians recently. Also, infinix Mobility in partnership with South African Tourism has promised to take a number of X-fans to South Africa to discover SA through the lens of the Zero 6 All-time Intelligent Camera. The company stated that the latest addition to the Infinix flagship Zero line is builds on the Infinix Zero legacy of integrating best-in-class latest smartphone technology, thus delivering an assembly of features that display intelligence especially in taking professional-level photos and videos. Why we emerged with Alternative Evacuation Technology – Nestoil According to phone maker the new release emphasizes Infinix’s resolve in leading the marke...

pub-8819931934357392 Sri Lanka: Churches, hotels hit by explosions on Easter Sunday, at least 100 killed in Colombo At least three churches were hit by explosions on Sunday, April 21, during Easter celebrations, leaving more than 200 people injured and at least 100 dead in Sri Lanka, Colombo's capital. A number of Sri Lanka's five-star hotels were also struck by bomb blasts according to a report by BBC and other international news outlet McCozar Blogspot on Sunday morning learnt the churches affected were St Anthony in Colombo's Kochcikade, St Sebastian's church in Negombo, and another in Batticaloa, located some 250km east of Sri Lanka. The country's police spokesperson, Ruwan Gunasekera, said the victims were being evacuated even as the security forces commenced investigations to find who is behind the attack According to report from one of our correspondant #Colombo, Sri Lanka is under attack. News states 20 dead 160 injured. But my local source s...

pub-8819931934357392 The GOAT? Ronaldo creates history as first player to win all three major leagues CRISTIANO RONALDO Having previously won the Premier League and La Liga, the Portuguese has now added the Serie A title to his collection Cristiano Ronaldo has done it again! Different country, same result: a domestic title for the Portuguese superstar. With Juventus having clinched the Scudetto with a 2-1 win over Fiorentina on Saturday, Ronaldo has become the first man to win Europe's three major leagues: Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League Juventus 2-1 Fiorentina: Ronaldo proud of first Serie A season as Juve celebrate title triumph Juventus news: Cristiano Ronaldo backed to play until he is 40 and mould Moise Kean as suitable successor Juventus transfer news: The Champions League flops who must stay and go following Ajax humiliation Juventus news: Cristiano Ronaldo is the future of the club, says Allegri In addition, this is Juve's eighth consecutive Sc...

pub-8819931934357392 Atiku Unveils Microsoft As Witness On INEC Server Result A storm of reactions by Nigerians has greetedAtiku Abubakar‘s decision to engage experts from Microsoft, IBM and Oracle to verify his claim that the servers belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) showed that he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari by 1,615,302 votes. McCozar Blogspot recalls that figures from the 36 states and federal capital territory (FCT) released by INEC in the last Presidential election, gave Buhari 15,191,847 votes, while Abubakar who contested the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, came second with 11,262,978 votes. However, Abubakar alleged in his petition submitted at the tribunal, that he garnered a total of 18,356,732 votes to defeat Buhari, who, according to him, polled 16,741,430 votes in the presidential election held on February 23. Responding, INEC said the results being parade...