Following Sunday’s 0-1 loss to Arsenal in the Community Shield preseason friendly, Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has stated that his team was better than Arsenal.
According to BBC Sports, the former Real Madrid of Spain coach threw a jibe at his Arsenal counterpart, Arsene Wenger, stating that the Frenchman ignored his philosophy of free flowing football for a defensive approach to the encounter.
“The best team lost. And the defensive team won. If you want to be pragmatic, like I normally am, I say in a simple way, they score, they didn’t concede. Well done. Congratulations,” he said.

 
“Other clubs, other managers you say are boring, that they park the bus, I don’t agree with that. I say they were very well organised and because of that I give total credit,” the Chelsea boss noted further.
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, snubbed Arsene Wenger, during last weekend’s Community Shield loss to Arsenal
On the purported handshake snub of Wenger in the former Monaco gaffer’s first ever win against the self-styled “Special One”, the Chelsea coach denied ever coming up with such tantrum, claiming however, that his counterpart may have done that purposely.
Since February last year when Mourinho called Wenger “a specialist in failure”, and the Arsenal boss replying that his Chelsea counterpart was being “disrespectful”, the pair have had tensions mounting.
And after Arsenal’s win on Sunday, Mourinho shook hands with the Arsenal players after they had collected the shield but missed Wenger when the Frenchman walked behind him.
Wenger said: “I shook a few hands today after the game, but there’s nothing special there. I believe in a job where you have to respect people and respect everybody.”
 
And Mourinho explained what happened, or did not happen, to BBC Radio 5 live reporter Juliette Ferrington thus:
JF: “You shook the hands of all the Arsenal players after they were presented with the shield but you didn’t shake the hand of Arsene Wenger?”
JM: “It is not true, It is not true. You have to look at it and it’s not true.”
JF: “We saw you.”
JM: “No you didn’t. You saw me wait for them and shake the hands of everyone who left the stairs just in my direction, so you are not right.”
Mourinho had blasted the Frenchman players.

These photos of Stephanie Linus will make you wish you have the same rare opportunity and experience she enjoyed on Monday.
Nollywood actress and film director, Stephanie Linus got what many wish for in their lifetime, a meeting with the Queen of England, an opportunity many will give anything to have.
Photo posted by Stephanie okereke[utf8mb4=”8J+Siw==”] (@stephanielinus) on
Stephanie and her husband got the lifetime opportunity to wine and dine with the Queen of England when the Queen invited them to be her guests at an exclusive dinner organised to commemorate this year’s edition of Queen’s Young Leaders Award where four young Nigerians are recipients.
The couple also met with England football striker, David Beckham whom they had a selfie with.
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The couple, dressed in matching outfit was received by the Queen.


The 32 year old visibly pregnant actress and her husband were specially invited by the Queen of England to be honoured at the 2015 edition of Queen’s Young Leaders Award which is held at the Buckingham Palace recently.
The Queen’s Young Leaders Award recognizes and celebrates exceptional people between the ages of 18-29 from across the Commonwealth member countries. The award winners are people who are taking the lead in their communities and are transforming lives with their skills. They must have made a lasting difference in their communities.

Nollywood actresses are not taking it lightly when it comes to pampering themselves with the fancy things of life, especially luxurious cars.
Apparently, celebrities like to compete with each other, buying expensive things and showing them off on social media.
What began in 2012 with Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji being endorsed as the brand ambassador of Range Rover cars in Nigeria, has gradually led to top female entertainers and celebrities joining the race to acquire the luxurious automobile.
Below are Nollywood actresses who have joined the growing list of those who have acquired the Range Rover.
Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve was appointed Range Rover ambassador
In June 2012, the actress was unveiled as the brand ambassador of Range Rover cars in Nigeria and was said to have gotten a brand new Evoque from the deal.
Ruth Kadiri
Ruth Kadiri owns a Range Rover worth N14 million
The fast rising actress acquired a brand new Range Rover worth N14 million in 2014. There were rumours that her boyfriend bought her the car but she has denied the report, saying she bought it herself.
Ini Edo
Ini Edo added the brand new 2015 Range Rover Envoque to her fleet of luxury cars.
She’s one actress who is fond of expensive cars. After acquiring a very expensive Benz G Wagon, Ini Edo shows no sign of slowing down on enjoying the good things of life. Ini some months back added the brand new 2015 Range Rover Envoque to her fleet of luxury cars.
Mercy Aigbe
Mercy Aigbe owns a black Range Rover
The pretty Edo state-born actress, is one of the most loved female celebrities in the country. She is the owner of a black coloured Range Rover.
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Liz Anjorin:
Liz acquired a brand new white Range Rover Evoque valued at over 15million
Shortly after relocating from her Ogba-Lagos residence to a penthouse on Admiralty Way in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, the actress acquired a brand new white Range Rover Evoque valued at over 15million.
Stephenie Okereke-Linus
Stephanie owns a white Range Rover
She is one of Nigeria’s A-list actresses. She owns a white Range Rover amongst other luxurious automobiles.
Rukky Sanda
Rukky drives a Range Rover Evoque
She is one of the popular faces in Nigeria’s entertainment industry, though she has appeared in few movies. She’s one of the actresses who drive a Range Rover Evoque.
Mbong Amata
Mbong strikes pose with her Range Rover
The ex-wife of popular filmmaker, Jeta Amata, launched her career in Nigerian entertainment at the age of 16. Mbong has enjoyed a measure of success in Nollywood. She’s among the actresses who own the Range Rover Envoque.
Empress Njamah
Empress is one of the few actresses who have acquired the Range Rover
Though she no longer appears in Nollywood movies, she is still enjoying the popularity she achieved from her days as a fiery actress. She is one of the few actresses who have acquired the Range Rover and hers has a customized plate with her name.
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Laide Bakare
Laide customized hers with a number plate tagged LBO
The popular Yoruba actress is among the league of celebs who drive the multi million naira worth Range Rover car. She customized hers with a number plate tagged LBO, which is the initials of her name, Laide Bakare Okunfulire.

These photos of pregnant Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke will leave a smile on your face. 
The heavily pregnant actress covers the latest edition of Genevieve magazine .
 
She is is a brand ambassador for Vlisco and as you can see is really glowing.
Few weeks ago, the film director got what many wish for in their lifetime, a meeting with the Queen of England, an opportunity many will give anything to have.
Stephanie Linus is a Nigerian actress, film director and model. She has received several awards and nominations for her work as an actress, including the 2003 Reel Award for Best Actress.
Last weekend was a busy one for Nigerian celebrities as they all dazzled up for the royal engagement ceremony of late Ooni of Ife’s son Adegbite Sijuade and popular television presenter Dolapo Oni.
This wedding had almost all the celebrities  in attendance. Below are celebrity styles that stole our hearts. The aso ebi was a red lace and celebrities added their individual sense of style to look great.
1. Beverly Naya
2. Bolanle Olukanmi
3. Osas Ajibade
4. Toju Foyeh
5. Toke Makinwa
6. Tope FnR
7. Toolz
Our fashion gig for the week is Waje. Checkout her collections.
Here is her breathtaking collections.

  Aituaje Iruobe known as Waje (an acronym for “Words aren’t just enough”), is a Nigerian singer whose vocal range covers three octaves. She participated in the remake of P-Square’s “Omoge Mi” and featured as the female voice in the duo’s 2008 hit track “Do Me”. She was also featured on Banky W’s “Thief My Kele” and M.I’s “One Naira”.
 
Waje is currently working with the youths of her community through an organisation she calls Waje’s Safe House, where she teams up with other NGOs quarterly to help fight for their cause. The first project supported under Waje’s Safe House was the Mental and Environmental Development Initiative for Children, assisting the Project HELP (Help Educate the Less Privileged) which the goal of raising funds for allowing children to continue their studies in the school in Makoko, through Ring Back Tones with her hit singles Oko Miand I wish.
City People Magazine in conjunction with Wise-Plus Concepts and the student union of Faculty of Education, is set to storm Lagos with the second edition of its concert tagged:  “Students On The Runway 2”.
The event which is scheduled for August 21st at the Education Auditorium, UNILAG is theme for Student Empowerment by way of scholarship/empowerment for students to fashion schools; beauty/make-up training; as well as bead making skills. And again, there will be a fashion show/seminar which will feature celebrity fashion designers as well as budding fashion designers on campuses. There will also be music segment that will feature top artistes and comedians in the music industry.

Other activities lined up for the event include road walk which will take ‘Students On The Runway’ on campaign tours to 4 different higher institutions.
World-renowned motivational speaker, Gbenga Ademujimi will be the keynote speaker at the 2015 ‘Students On The Runway’. Also expected to speak on the importance of hard work are brand managers from different organizations.
The maiden edition, which held on 14th March 2015 at the University of Lagos,  was based on skills acquisition for students in different areas of human endeavours. There was also a Fashion show aimed at promoting decent dressing culture on the campus amongst students. ‘Students On The Runway’ is a twice in a session programme which has in its kitty a special publication.

A new statistics has shown the alarming rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria at 11 million and the northern part of the country account for a whopping 90% of that figure. 
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari
This disturbing figure was drawn to the attention of Nigerians by the the Bayero University Kano (BUK) Alumni Association on Thursday July 30. The association  expressed shock over the figure while calling the federal government to as matter of urgency to declare a state of emergency in the sector.
The Punch reported that the ex-students of BUK said that such declaration become necessary to draw government’s attention to the sad state of country education sector pointing out this will make it possible for the government to implement free and compulsory  primary and secondary education.
This, they stated, is in line with best practices worldwide.
 
The president and vice-president of BUK Alumni Association, Dattijo Usman and  Dr. Nazifi Darma made this call in an interview with newsmen ahead of its fund-raising dinner scheduled for Saturday in Abuja.
Usman pleaded with the 19 governors of the northern states to take urgent steps to address the menace of Almajiri and hawkers to reduce social vices as well as insurgency.
He said: “Recent statistics have shown that 11 million children are not in school. The trend is increasing because out of this figure, 90 per cent (about 9.9 million) of them come from the North. It is our duty to draw the attention of policy makers and the National Assembly to ensure the implementation of UNESCO policy.
“Out of school cases are responsible for insurgency and Boko Haram. All these cosmetic Almajiri schools will not help matters. A state of emergency should be declared in education and all children of school age should be compelled to go to school.
“The government must ensure that children go to primary and secondary schools. It happened in other countries and Nigeria should not be an exception. We must do it here in Nigeria and every child must go to school, beginning from the primary and secondary levels.
“We are worried by this Almajiri menace. In fact, the 19 northern states governors should do something to reduce the trend. We hope to reach the governors. It is the responsibility of everyone of us to ensure that the future is better than our past.”
The immediate past administration of  President Goodluck Jonathan was reported to have build Almajiri schools across the northern states with the aim of providing integrated education that would comprise basic western education alongside Islamic education as a means of reducing the level of illiteracy in the Nor

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the unemployment rate in the country in on the rise.
The NBS in a report released yesterday in Abuja, said the unemployment rate in the second quarter of the year rose to 8.2 per cent from the 7.5 per cent rate it was in the preceding quarter.

The recent rise was the consecutive jump in unemployment rate since the third quarter of last year.
Analysis of unemployment rate revealed that the working age, comprising persons within the age of 15 to 64, increased to 103.5 million in the  Q2 up from 102.8 million in the first quarter.
The Bureau disclosed that the labour force population, which includes those within the working age, who are willing, and actively looking for work, increased to 74.0 million in Q2 from 73.4 million in Q1, indicating an increase in the labour force by 0.81 per cent.
Which means, 574,498 economically active persons aged between 15 and 64 joined the labour market during the quarter under review.
The agency blamed the decline in the number of full employment to job losses or previously fully-employed persons, choosing or being forced to work part-time.
 
The report revealed that the economically active population or working age population, which are persons within ages 15 to 64, increased from 102.8 million in the first quarter to 103.5 million in the second quarter of this year.
Meanwhile, the high rate of unemployment in the country has gotten the attention of the House of Representatives as the lawmakers unanimously called on President Muhammadu Buhari on unemployment.

Nigerian military during a recent raid at Benishiekh and Mainok towns of Kaga local government area of the troubled northeast state of Borno, arrested 30 shop owners over their close ties and with the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Daily Post reports.
According to Daily Post, a security source who pleaded anonymous because he was not authorized to speak, said on Sunday, July 2, that the suspects were helping the security with vital information including names of prominent personalities.
He said: “There are going to be surprises if President Buhai is going to act on information at the disposal of security agencies. The rumour making the rounds about names of personalities involved in Boko Haram activities and sponsorship is going to shock many Nigerians.”
 
Adding that: “The arrests at Benishiekh last week when we raided the town is already giving signal to the fact that, prominent people are involved with Boko Haram. These shop owners are the suppliers of food items, money, fuel and other needs of the Boko Haram fighters. They also revealed how they attack Benishiekh town to deceive people.”
When asked to give some of the names of the arrested persons he said: “I do not have their names, I am not in position to give their names. We are soldiers and our duty is to make sure we do what we are asked to do. We raided the area in a mop up operation and made some arrest, which fortunately led to the shocking arrests of those personalities we are talking about.”
In reaction to reports that the names of about 25 Borno indigenes  have been given to President Buhari for action, he said, the information has been going round for sometime now.
 
“Let’s not talk about rumours. I am just telling you about those people we arrested in the mop up operations and that is what I know,” the source said.
Some travellers who plied the Maiduguri/Damaturu road have also confirmed the mop up operation, they told Daily Post that they were held on that road for eight hours until the mop up operation ended.
In a related development,
Osun Defender reports that, Fanaye was arrested on the afternoon of Friday, July 31. He was said to have in his possession assault weapons, and phone SIM cards for various countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Meanwhile, Bukola Saraki, Senate president, has promised to do everything possible to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to stop deadly Boko Haram insurgency.
The Senate president made this pledge during his visit to Kashim Shettima, governor of Borno state, on August 3, 2015.
He said

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki  and the Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated the newly elected President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Alh. Waheed Odusile and urged him to take seriously  the task of eliminating quacks and fake journalists who give the profession a bad name.
Waheed Odusile, new president of Nigerian Union of Journalists
Saraki described the election of Odusile as well deserved going by his track record of professionalism as a journalist but noted that the union under the new leadership must devise means of ensuring that some individuals who harass people at public functions while claiming to be journalists are dealt with according to the law so as to stop them from creating a bad image for the profession.
 
“The new executives under Odusile should take the issue of enforcement of compliance with professional ethics as a priority. Journalists of today should be ready to abide by the code of ethics of the profession and they should be more professional because their role in sustaining democracy and on-going development in the country cannot be emphasised.
“No doubt that you have what it takes to lead a critical body like the NUJ at this juncture in our democratic journey. I am particularly pleased that your election was based on your popularity and wide acceptance by your colleagues from all over the country,” he said in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu.
He enjoined the new NUJ boss to use his new position to better the lots of both journalists in the country and journalism profession because the contribution of the media will go a long way to boost the efforts of the present administration to revamp the nation’s economy.
He said he is looking forward to a robust partnership with the media and their elected representatives in the task of making legislation that will lead to improved standard of living in the country.
On his part, Obasa described the peaceful election conducted by the NUJ as a clear indication that Nigerian journalists have real democratic instincts in them which is worthy of emulation.
“The peaceful conduct of the NUJ election is also a clear indication that Nigerian journalists are determined to walk the talk, practising the ideal they preach daily through their writings, and presentation on air. The global wish has always been the conduct of peaceful democratic elections without rancour and devoid of chaos. This is what Nigerian journalists have just done and I want to especially commend them for this lofty achievement. Indeed, your conduct is worthy of emulation,” Speaker Obasa said.
 
The Lagos Assembly Speaker also called on those who lost out in the election to cooperate and work together with the new executives to move journalism profession forward in the country.
“In every contest, there is always a winner and a loser which is the case in this particular contest. The election is over, what is left is for all hands to be on deck to ensure that the Waheed Odusile led administration succeed in its resolve to move the journalism profession forward in the country. The goal should be continuous improvement of the profession and advancement in the welfare of its practitioners,” he said.
While wishing the Waheed Odusile led executive council of the NUJ a successful tenure in office, the Speaker, called on journalists in Nigeria to support government at all levels in ensuring the success of the country’s democratic process
“The sterling roles you have been playing in promoting positive democratic ideals in the country are well noted and documented but you should not rest on your oars in promoting these ideals.Once again, I congratulate the new NUJ President, Waheed Odusile, and I congratulate all journalists in Nigeria on this successful and peaceful democratic process,” Obasa said.
The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole has said the ongoing crisis rocking the National Assembly would soon be a thing of the past.
Speaking on Monday, July 27, with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state, Oshiomhole said the meeting they had with the warring Senators on Sunday evening was useful, Punch reports.
The goverenor said they met with Buhari to brief him on how their meeting with the Senators went.
The National Assembly has been embroiled in crisis following the emergence of Bukola Saraki as Senate president against the choice of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Lawan.
In a bid to resolve the crisis, the party had chosen Oshiomhole and Bagudu to mediate between the warring Senators.
 
According to Governor Oshiomhole, their intervention was just to ensure that there would be an all-inclusive leadership in the National Assembly.
He said: “I feel the position now is ‘look how do you ensure that having elected this two (Senate President and his Deputy), that the remaining position that are within the discretion of the APC caucus in the Senate are distributed in a way as to give the other group that were shut out of the process a sense of belonging?’”
“We are convinced that a winner-takes-all in this case won’t work and building peace is making concession and power works better when it acknowledges that even the person who is powerless has a right to exist.
“My brother (Bagudu) and I spent some time with the senators last night (Sunday) and we had what I think was a useful conversation. We have come today to report to the President what transpired at the meeting and make few suggestions to him and I think for me there is light, as they say, at the end of the tunnel.”
 
The governor stated that the APC has what it takes to resolve the issues it was having in the National Assembly so they can have a united APC Senate caucus that is ready to support the change agenda as the President is committed to and work along with PDP.
Lending his voice, Governor Bagudu said the APC caucus members in the Senate were craving a solution to end the crisis, which is the most important thing.
Just like some APC members are against Saraki’s emergence as Senate president, they are also against the emergence of Yakubu Dogara as speaker of the House of Representatives.
Despite reports that some key members of the APC group known as the Loyalist Group have reached a truce, others have said , adding that no agreement has been reached.

An exparte application by five senators seeking to stop the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from constituting the Senate Standing Com­mittees has been refused by an Abuja Federal High Court.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki
Senators including Abu Ibrahi, Kabiru Garba Marafa, Robert Ajayi Borof­fice, Olugbenga Ashafa and Senator Sulei­man Othman Hunkuyi had approached the court stating that the Senate Standing Rule for Mr Saraki’s June 9 election was forged.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who is the trial judge said the matter falls within internal af­fairs of the Senate which the court must be wary to go into it. He added that there is no evi­dence that the five senators had the mandate of the other 104 senators.
Be­ing an exparte application, Mr Saraki had no opportuni­ty of defending the suit, thus, the judge reject the prayers of the senators and held that it would be as if he is determining the entire case on its merit.
 
The judge said that the senate standing order 2015 as amended, upon which the plaintiffs predicated their ex-parte motion, had been in existence since June 9 when the senate president and his deputy were elected and as such the issue of urgency raised by the five senators was self-inflicted.
Meanwhile, former Akwa Ibom state governor and senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West, .
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