14 political parties to participate in Imo state LG polls

About 14 political parties will be participating in the local government election in Imo state scheduled for Saturday, August 25

-The parties include the All Progressives Congress (APC ), Accord Party, Green Party of Nigeria (GNP), Young People’s Party (YPP), KOWA, Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC)

- The parties will be contesting for 27 chairmanship positions and 645 councillorship positions

Ahead of the Imo state local government election, 14 political parties including the All Progressives Congress (APC ), Accord Party, Green Party of Nigeria (GNP), Young People’s Party (YPP), KOWA, Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN), Social Democratic Party (SDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), among others will be participating, The Nations reports.

eagleee.com gathered that Hon Ethelbert Ibebuchi, the chairman of the Imo state Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), made the disclosure while briefing journalists on the preparedness of the commission.

Ibebuchi said the political parties will be contesting for 27 chairmanship positions and 645 Councillorship positions.

He further stated that the commission has concluded all necessary arrangements to ensure a hitch free and credible polls.

“The Commission is ready for the election and we are urging the people to come out perform their civic responsibilities. Let me assure all and sundry that ISIEC has made available to all participating political parties and their candidates, a level playing ground to actively take part in order to actualize their political goals,”

“May I in unequivocal terms assures our numerous publics that ISIEC is sufficiently ready to go. Be rest assured that as part of our altruistic design to ensure a hitch free exercise, there shall be restriction of movement of persons between 8am and 4pm when polls are expected to come to an end,” he said

emiratco previously reported that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has distanced itself from the proposed local government elections planned by the government of Owelle Rochas Okorocha as it described the polls fixed for July 14, as unconstitutional.

In a statement by Damian Opara, its spokesperson, the party argued that the proposed election did not follow constitutional stipulations.
According to the statement, the Supreme Court had advised the Imo state Independent Electoral Commission (ISEC) against holding the election.

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2019: Shehu Sani speaks on APC automatic ticket

Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central has spoken on receiving automatic ticket to seek re-election in 2019 under the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Speaking with newsmen after meeting with President Buhari in Daura, Sani said though he was not so keen about automatic ticket, the party had pledged to reward loyalty.

He, however, stressed that while rewarding members for their loyalty to the party, due process must be followed.

“I think the party had made it very clear and known to each and every person that there will be reward for loyalty but in every sense of the word due process of the party needs to be followed.

“And as far as we are concerned, what matters most to us is not simply about automatic ticket but about the peaceful and transparent conduct of the 2019 election and also the very need for us as a people and as a nation to know that the fate of the country is on our hands.

“There is the need for us to keep aside all sectional, ethnic and religious differences for the progress of this country and going by the very fact that the President has intervened and chairman of the party has intervened – all family squabbles would certainly come to an end,’’ he said. 

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2019: You are daydreaming, can’t allow takeover from Buhari – Adebanjo tells Tinubu

A chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bolaji Tinubu must be naive to think that the North will allow him to succeed Buhari in 2023.

Adebanjo further called on the people of the South-West not to allow themselves to be fooled by Tinubu a second time.

“Tinubu is daydreaming if he thinks the North will ever support his presidential ambition. We have our principles,” Adebanjo was quoted by Punch as saying.

“We are not supporting Buhari under any circumstance and Tinubu cannot lead Yoruba land because all he has done is to lead us astray. All he has done for us is to give some of our people who are close to him appointments.

“Nothing tangible has been done for Yoruba land. He gave his stooges appointments, nothing more, nothing less. If he has done more than that, let him say it.”

The 90-year-old said the only demand the Yoruba had made was restructuring, which the APC had been dishonest about.

He added, “How can they be telling us about restructuring committee, when from the outset, they were supposed to have started restructuring. Who do they think they are fooling?

“If Tinubu is daydreaming, he shouldn’t think others are daydreaming like him.

“Buhari is a stranger to us in Yoruba land. The only Yoruba supporting him are those benefiting from this corrupt regime.”

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No crisis in APC caucus in House of Reps - Abdulmumin Jibrin

Abdulmumin Jibrin says the APC caucus in the House has internal ways of resolving crisis

- Senator Shehu Sani states that he chose to remain in the APC because of the intervention of President Buhari and the national leadership of the party

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dismissed media reports that there is crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus of the House.

Reports had emerged that the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and some lawmakers on the platform of the APC are planning to remove the House majority leader, Femi Gbajabiamila.

But Jibrin, who is a member of the APC, in a tweet on Friday, August 24, said the caucus of the party in the House may have internal issues but resolves them internally.

He said the Femi Gbajabiamila remains the House majority leader.

Meanwhile, Senator Shehu Sani (APC- Kaduna Central) has stated that his decision to remain in the ruling party was not because his grievances against the party leadership in Kaduna state had been addressed, but due to the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the party.

Sani made the disclosure during a Sallah visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state on Thursday, August 23, NAN reports.

Emiratco gathers that the senator called on all aggrieved members of the APC in the National Assembly to put aside parochial interests and join hands with the party in promoting national interest for the general good of all citizens.

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PDP Reps reveal what will happen if Dogara is impeached

The Parliamentary Democrats Group (PDG), a group in the House of Representatives has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber, against an alleged move to remove Yakubu Dogara as Speaker.

In a statement on Thursday, Timothy Golu, a lawmaker from Plateau and spokesman of the group, said any attempt to oust Dogara would be met “with fire”.

Golu said Dogara had been performing well and was leading the House with the fear of God.

“We believe that it is the aftermath of the gale of defections that had hit the APC in recent times, of which more are being expected that is affecting the members.

“However, any issue that concerns the larger house will not cease to get our attention, especially the accusation by one group that another group is contemplating the impeachment of the speaker.

“We want to warn that such discussions should start and end at the APC secretariat or the secretariats of the various APC house groups. We are keeping our eyes and ears wide open for any such eventuality and to restate our readiness to return fire for fire on anyone thinking of it.

“If they claim that someone is thinking of becoming speaker in 2019 when the current tenure has not ended, it will not be out of place to suspect such motives. This is especially so when the same people have been talking strongly on the urgent need to address critical legislative issues,” the statement read.

Golu also asked his APC colleagues not to distract the House from important issues.

“Our colleagues leading various splinter groups in the APC should allow the House to go on smoothly until June 9, 2019 or thereabout,” he said.

“We do not want the externally-influenced distraction taking place in the red chamber where some anti-democratic forces want to truncate democracy, to happen in the house. As true democrats, we are at alert, keeping vigilance and monitoring happenings with eagle eye wherever they are,” he added. 

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How we felt when Ortom, Tambuwal, Ahmed dumped APC for PDP – Okorocha

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha on Thursday described the defection of some governors of the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party as painful.

He said this in Daura, Katsina State when he led other APC governors to visit President Muhammadu Buhari to felicitate with him in the spirit of the season.

Okorocha said: “We had wished that none of them, especially the governors, had left the part. We had wished, and it pains us so much.

“The pain is because they had associated and related together as brothers.

“All of a sudden, you don’t see one of your own; we feel it.”

Recall that three governors: Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State; and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State recently defected to the PDP.

Okorocha,however, noted that despite their painful exit, he believes it had no further effect on the APC.

“The governors defection had no negative effect whatsoever on the APC. Within one week, people had forgotten and we have forged ahead,” he added.

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Two Nigerians jailed for life in South Africa for human trafficking

A high court in Gauteng, South Africa has handed life sentences and an additional 106 years imprisonment to two Nigerians for human trafficking.

The duo, Frank Amaku and Ilo Promise Somadina (25), were arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime investigating unit in April 2016 at a hideous dwelling in Fourways where they reportedly ran a brothel and held victims captive.

Five victims were rescued during the operation and taken to a place of safety.

Godfrey Lebeya, national head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, applauded the investigation team for working around the clock to ensure that the accused were ultimately convicted and sentenced.

“The sentence couldn’t have come at a better time, taking into consideration that August is celebrated as Women’s Month in South Africa,” he said.

“This is a time to once again warn those who abuse women, that they will be brought to book and justice will be served.”

One of their victims from Upington was kept at the Fourways home, where she and three other women spent months servicing the pair’s clients until they were rescued.

The Nigerians denied their level of involvement in human trafficking and have stated on multiple occasions they will appeal the conviction.

Their lawyer, Moleko Ratau, asked that the court be lenient with the pair as they were “relatively young” when the said crimes took place in 2016.

The court was told that the duo kidnapped the women specifically for financial gain, transforming them into sexual objects and dehumanising them, which was evident by Boswell’s testimony that she had been starved and forced to live in terrible conditions. 

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We are back from Egypt’ – Over 1,000 members dump APC for PDP in Ebonyi

Over 1,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi State have decamped to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

The decampees were on Thursday led into the PDP by Hon. Bede Nwali, former member representing Ebonyi North-East constituency in the state House of Assembly.

Nwali, who led his loyalists into the PDP, said “we have been in Egypt for years and have decided to go back to the PDP.”

He thanked PDP Executives and members in the Ebonyi local government area for welcoming them.

He declared support for Governor David Umahi’s administration, while appealing to other people of Izzi clan still in opposition to join hands with the Governor in developing the state.

Receiving the decampees, the state PDP chairman, Onyekachi Nwebonyi thanked them for taking the bold steps in joining the party and urged them to feel free and associate with the party members

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Violence in Rivers elections was introduced by my generation - Advocacy group leader

Violence in Rivers state politics, especially during election period, has continued to be an issue of concern to many in the country

- The leader of an advocacy group known as the Rivers Unity House (RUH), Kingsley Wali, has said that his generation introduced violence in the state's elections

- In regret, Wali said that those within his age bracket owe Nigerians apologies for the awful trend in the state

Kingsley Wali, the leader of an advocacy group known as the Rivers Unity House (RUH) on Thursday, August 23, blamed his generation for introducing the culture of violence and destruction in elections in the state, Vanguard reports.

Decrying the negative influence of violence in the development of the state, Wali said: “My generation destroyed our politics and I think my generation owes this current generation a duty to say we are sorry we created this wrong and we need to move on.

"Moving forward, you need to do it differently. Let’s face it, what has violence done for the people politically? People have gotten into power. You use people and discard them. Even those who used and discard people, what has it done to them? Nothing.

"They have not really made any progress. What you see are people having temporary comfort and at the end of the day because of the way they got the wealth, it is not sustainable.

“Why not try sustainable growth where people are seen as part of a system and they put all hands together to ensure it works because if it works, it will work for everybody. We are looking for a situation where we create a system that works.

“What we speak for and against is the ailment in the society. It affects the political class, affects my own party, APC. So, it is not a case of demoralizing the other side of the coin. It is something that is destroying every facet of the economy.

“You will find out that whatever transpired in last Saturday’s by-election will equally play out in the parties. I wouldn’t bother myself with details of who did what, but at times like this, the whole system is flared up and the confusion out there will blind most of us to the truth.”

Former Deputy Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Leyii Kwanee, on the occasion said that his generation was ready to make amends, having failed the people.Kwanee said: “The very day you realise you have erred, you apologise and take it up from there, that is your good morning. Our generation, those within our age bracket, we have failed the people. There is no shame about it.”

Meanwhile,emiratco reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had disagreed with Governor Nyesom Wike's allegation that the police should be blamed for the violence that marred the Saturday, August 18, by-election in Rivers state.

While the INEC chief praised the police for wading in and preventing total break down of law and order during the election, Governor Wike blamed the police for causing the violence that marred the election.

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UPDATED: Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan dies

Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his foundation said on Saturday.

Annan, a Ghanaian national, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday, two of his close associates said.

In Geneva, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced his peaceful death with “immense sadness” after a short illness, saying he was surrounded in his last days by his second wife Nane and children Ama, Kojo and Nina.

Annan served two terms as UN Secretary-General in New York from 1997 to 2006 and retired in Geneva and later lived in a Swiss village in the nearby countryside.

“In many ways, Kofi Annan was the UN. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization into the new millennium with matchless dignity and determination,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, whom Annan had chosen to head the UN refugee agency, said in a statement.

As head of UN peacekeeping operations, Annan was criticized for the world body’s failure to halt the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s.

“The UN can be improved, it is not perfect but if it didn’t exist you would have to create it,” he told the BBC’s Hard Talk during an interview for his 80th birthday last April, recorded at the Geneva Graduate Institute where he had studied

The Nobel Laureate died after a brief illness.

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Recover Deleted Files in Windows (The Easiest Way)

Are you worried about losing important data that you deleted mistakenly on your PC or USB devices? Don’t worry! We have a solution for you. You can restore or get your deleted data easily just by following a few simple steps.

Before proceeding, we have a very useful tip for you in case you mistakenly delete some data on your PC. You should always stop using the device immediately you mistakenly delete something as it will keep your deleted data safe.

If you continue to use the device, it might create new data files and your previous data might get lost. So always remember this.

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Abia to procure materials from Kano for making Aba products

Ikpeazu made this known when his counterpart from Kano, Dr Ibrahim Ganduje, paid visited him at the Government House, Umuahia, after the latter had been conferred with an honorary traditional chieftaincy title by the Chairman of Abia State/ South East traditional Rulers Council, Eze Dr Eberechi Dick.

The conferment, which took place at Dick’s Ewuga Palace in Obingwa LGA, was in appreciation of Ganduje for protecting south easterners resident in Kano State. Governor Ikpeazu, who said Abia would leverage cotton and the ternary in Kano to improve the leather, shoes, and bags industry, pointed out that the two states needed one another to survive.

“Abia will explore ways of making bulk purchase of leather from Kano, to drive the shoe factories in Aba. Our Commissioner for Trade and Investments will soon visit Kano State with Aba leather manufacturers in that regard.”

He further stressed the need for every ethnic nationality in the country to respect each other’s difference, and learn how to leverage the things they share in common for the sake of posterity.

“For me, every part of Nigeria needs each other and this is the kind of synergy we need,” adding that he has opened talks with the Bank of Industry (BoI), to see how best to source the materials.

Ganduje on his part said the honour done him would further consolidate national integration that Nigeria yearns for, and urged Nigerians to understand their differences and accept each other as the only way to build a united nation.

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and now Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi Lamido, who was in Ganduje’s entourage, described Kano as a cosmopolitan society that welcomes and accommodates the residents and visitors.He said any country that wants to make progress must be accommodating, and expressed delight that governors Ikpeazu (PDP), and Ganduje (APC), are working in such a manner that promotes national unity and development.

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NDC Chairman advises General Mosquito to retire as General Secretary

NDC's Central Regional Chairman, Allotey Jacobs, has advised the party's General Secretary, General Mosquito, to resign

- According to Allotey Jacobs, General Mosquito needs to leave to pave way for others to contribute to the party

- He said that NDC needs youthful ideas to pull it out of opposition

The Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has called on the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, to retire.

Speaking on Okay FM, Allotey Jacobs argued that there is the need for Asiedu Nketiah, better known as General Mosquito, to give way for fresh ideas for the party.

He added that other equally capable people who are endowed with new ideas have to move the party forward.

Asiedu Nketiah, NDC's General Secretary Source: Supplied

In his opinion, there is a new breed of political youths who appeal more to the new generation of electorates and can therefore bring in more votes.

Such people, he went on, should be allowed to contest the available positions in the party.

“Asiedu Nketia’s time is over. His time has elapsed. His presence is preventing younger people in the party from contesting various positions, a situation which is very worrying,” he lamented bitterly.

He went on to say that “There are younger people in the party who are capable of working so they should stop the musical chairs and shifting cultivation and allow new people in the party [to contest],” he added.

Allotey Jacob’s comments follow those of General Mosquito, who has revealed his intention to contest for his position as General Secretary.

According to General Mosquito, he is the best person to pull the party out of position.

He explained that he stands tall and unmatched when it comes to the party’s history and operational strategies.

But Allotey Jacobs, who accused General Mosquito of being the cause of the defeat of the NDC in the Central Region, says he prefers Koku Anyidoho who is the Deputy General Secretary to General Mosquito.

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Genevieve Nnaji's 'Lionheart' starring Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie & Onyeka Onwenu to Premiere at #TIFF18

Nollywood actress Genevieve Nnaji’s latest production ‘Lionheart’ which was shot last year, is set to have its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

The movie follows Genevieve who plays Adaeze, a level-headed executive in her father’s bus company, Lionheart Transport. Time and again, Adaeze has proven her keen ability to make a profit and to manage the most heated situations. But when her father falls ill, both her and her rival are passed over in favour of Adaeze’s less-than-suave uncle, Godswill.

Determined to fight her way to the top, but not wanting to go against her father’s wishes, Adaeze feels like the proverbial bus has left the station without her. She must quickly shift gears, however, when her and Godswill discover that Lionheart is running on fumes, financially. Together, the unlikely duo must come together to save the company and their family name.

Sharply and comically observed, the film deals with the everyday sexism that saturates workplaces everywhere, and captures the delicate balance between honouring one’s family while finding the courage to strike out on one’s own.

Lionheart stars Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu and more, and this would be Genevieve’s directorial debut.

The festival is scheduled to take place from the 6th to the 16th of September 2018.

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Nigerian Government confirms planned increment of NYSC allowance

The Nigerian Government has confirmed that there are plans to increase the allowance of serving members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC.

Ngige spoke to reporters in Awka, the capital of Anambra State yesterday.

The Minister disclosed that the much awaited new minimum wage will also be enjoyed by members of the NYSC.

He explained that the committee had not concluded on it because no recommendation had come to the Federal Executive Council.

Ngige said further, “as a matter of fact, some ministries, such as Youth and Sports, my ministry, Women Affairs and Budget and Planning, have been asked to make our input.

“However, the important thing to note is that whatever increase that would be made on the allowances of NYSC members would be hinged on the envisaged new minimum wage.

“The allowances of the NYSC persons will be on the same sliding scale with the national minimum wage, except that it is a top up. That is why today, the national minimum wage is N18, 000, and the top up for NYSC members is about N1, 500, making it N19, 500.

“This is the allowance the Federal government will give to them. Areas or persons and bodies or agencies where they do their primary assignments can also give them what they call special allowances and that is irrespective of this monthly stipend from federal government.

“Their employers in their places of primary assignment can give them another top-up so that in some establishments you see them paying extra N10, 000 to the NYSC persons; some are as generous as even giving N20, 000, which is about the same thing that they earn.”

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Labour Party promises to secure 16m votes for Buhari in 2019

Labour Party says it will support the reelection bid of President Buhari and will mobilise vote for him

The national chairman of the party, Mike Omotosho, says his party will also work with the APC to liberate Kwara from misrule by a clique led by one man

- Muhammadu Buhari says the APC has the full understanding of Nigeria’s challenges

The Labour Party (LP) has pledged to deliver 16 million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential elections

The national chairman of the party, Mike Omotosho gave the assurance on Thursday, August 23, in Ilorin at a public lecture and inauguration of wards and local governments canvassers for re-election bid of Buhari and his vice, Yemi Osinbajo, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The event organised by the Buhari/Osinbajo 2019 project was attended by Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture and the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara.

Omotosho, in a goodwill message at the event, said the labour party will support the reelection bid of Buhari and will mobilise vote for him.

He said his party will also work with the APC to liberate Kwara from misrule by a clique led by one man.

Omotosho charged the people of Kwara, to take the opportunity of the political development in the country to free themselves from slavery and oppression.

Speaking in the same vein, the chairman of APC caretaker committee in Kwara, Bashir Bolarinwa, said President Buhari should be given a chance to continue with his agenda of liberating the country from poverty and treasury looting.

He said Nigerians should not allow a repeat of 1985 history when Buhari regime of discipline and prudence was ousted to pave way for corruption and retrogression.

Otunba Gani Zubair, the coordinator of Buhari/Osinbajo 2019 project, said the group was formed because of the dysfunction within APC orchestrated by the defection in the National Assembly.

He said the objective of the movement, among others, is to counter all forces against the president and mobilise the people for his re-election.

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EPL: Manchester United admit ‘Mourinho problem

Senior figures at Manchester United have accepted there is a problem with manager Jose Mourinho, but they believe executive vice chairman Ed Woodward can fix it, SportsMail reports.

A miserable summer tour of the USA, coupled with a telling outburst from Paul Pogba and a 3-2 defeat at Brighton on Sunday, have seen tension rise in Old Trafford with just two games into the new season.

Members of the club’s top brass are aware there is an issue which needs to be resolved, but there is no panic.

They have confidence Woodward can deal with it, amid concerns that things could spiral out of control very quickly.

Mourinho is reportedly battling to keep the dressing room together, as most members of his squad are fed up with his methods.

The former Chelsea manager’s criticism of United’s dealings in the transfer market this summer, have touched a nerve with some of the club’s powerbrokers, who believe the manager has not delivered the short-term fix they had hoped for.

United, who host Tottenham on Monday, will report back to Carrington on Wednesday, where it is thought Mourinho will address the situation with his players.

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EPL: Mourinho would have resigned if he was not Manchester United manager

Jose Mourinho would have quit any club other than Manchester United by now, the UK Mirror reports.

The United manager is so frustrated by a lack of backing from executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, that he is said to have told friends he would have walked out in protest.

Mourinho is still angry over Woodward’s failure to land the summer transfer targets he identified months ago.

As he enters the third year of his reign at Old Trafford, he feels Woodward has undermined his chances of challenging Manchester City for the title this season, by refusing to fork out the money for a new centre-back.

Mourinho has reportedly told his pals that “any other job at any other club and I would have quit”.

However, the former Chelsea boss is determined to succeed at United and was handed a vote of confidence by Woodward last January when he signed a new two-year contract extension.

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Real Madrid want to sign Frenchman Kylian Mbappe from PSG

European League champions Real Madrid are reportedly ready to tempt French club Paris-Saint-Germain for the possibility to sign youngster Kylian Mbappe this summer.

Since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus, Real Madrid have been linked with move for players like Eden Hazard and Neymar.

But according to the report by Marca, Real Madrid see the signing of Hazard and Neymar impossible and they have turned their attention to Kylian Mbappe.

Real Madrid believe the 2018 World Cup winner could lead their attack for the next decade if they should sign him.

Last season, Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 24 games for Paris-Saint-Germain and in this term, he has already netted two goals for PSG.

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Earlier, eagleee.com had reported how France international Kylian Mbappe urged Paris Saint Germain to go after Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante before the close of the ongoing summer transfer window.

Mbappe and Kante won the 2018 World Cup title together for France and the 19-year-old believes it will be nice to have the former Leicester City star in France with him.

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EPL: Zidane ‘accepts’ to takeover from Mourinho at Manchester United

Former Real Madrid boss, Zinedine Zidane has informed close associates that he is interested in taking over at Manchester United.

Current United boss, Jose Mourinho is under intense pressure after public outburst with Paul Pogba and other players.

He is also not happy with Executive Vice-Chairman, Ed Woodward.

The Portuguese gaffer only brought in Fred, Diogo Dalot and Lee Grant in the summer transfer window.

This was despite his desperation to sign a top-class central defender.

The 3-2 defeat to Brighton raised tensions inside the club further still.

Although the former Chelsea boss has no plans to resignn, United’s board have already drawn up a list of possible replacements which includes former Real Madrid boss Zidane.

Now Daily Mail, UK, reports that Zidane has told friends that he expects to receive an offer from United if Mourinho loses his job in the coming months.

The former French midfielder also made it clear that he was interested in the role should it be made available this season.

The World winner has been out of a job since leading Madrid to a third successive Champions League title at the end of May.

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