Pep Guardiola was lucky to remain Manchester City manager during his poor first season in charge at the Etihad, according to Maurizio Sarri. In his first season as City manager Guardiola saw his team concede four goals in away losses to Leicester and Everton, and Sarri was questioned in his press conference on Friday why he could get the sack and Pep Guardiola didn’t. His words, “Because he (Guardiola) was lucky,” “I don’t know. You have to ask the club. You have to ask both, Manchester City and Chelsea. “But I don’t know if I am under pressure from my…
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Lionel Messi netted his 50th hat-trick in his amazing career as Barcelona rallied after falling behind to beat Sevilla and go 10 points clear at the top of La Liga. In a dazzling performance from the Catalans’ captain, he first equalised with a dope volley from 16 yards. He brought his team back into the game for a second time with a cool, curling shot from the edge of the box. Messi then made light work of his finish with the third after chipping Tomas Vaclik to complete his hat-trick. At age 33, this man is not slowing down.
The Jussie Smollett saga keeps getting messier by the day and Trevor Noah is really shocked as to how it has panned out. He recently came out to say Jussie’s side of the story did not make any sense, but after Chicago police dished out a firm condemnation of the actor ad singer as they explained why they believe Smollett staged his own attack, Trevo is even more perplexed. His words, “Are you kidding me?” “This dude may have faked a hate crime just to get a raise? I don’t understand—like what’s the logic there? You get your ass beat,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has won against his main opposition, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the polling unit of ex President, Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, today. Reports reaching us is that APC amassed 87 votes in the presidential election while PDP secured only 18 votes. More to come.
One huge question that has been left unattended to do as per the entire Jussie Smollett saga. Why? Why could be the reason for a famous actor on a network TV show, someone with money, success and fame, pay people to assault him and risk going to jail in the process? Well, at a press conference in Chicago today, the Police Superintendent was baffled about the whole thing too. His words, “I’m left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone, especially an African-American man use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations? How could someone look…
Falz The bahd Guy has decided to play INEC’s role by revealing who won at his polling unit in Ikoyi. Going by what the “La fete.” crooner shared, PDP won. See what he shared, However, Nigerians must know this result remains unverified until INEC says otherwise.
Mauricio Pochettino has said Tottenham’s dreams of lifting the Premier League title this season are over after their loss to Burnley today. Burnley went ahead in the second half, then Harry Kane equalized on his return from injury but striker, Ashley Barnes scored winner for the Clarets with seven minutes to go. Poch said, “Yes. We are very disappointed because there are 11 games, the gap can be bigger. Of course, there are a lot of games to play but today, in my mind, we had to win the three points to put pressure on them. We didn’t for different…
A fresh, new reality TV show, “Our Perfect Wedding” is about to start in Nigeria in 2019 and ex-BBNaija Housemate, Vandora has been chosen to be host. “Our Perfect Wedding Nigeria” is the fresh reality TV show that Multichoice Nigeria recently launched for its viewers. Nigeria is finally having a taste of the awesome TV show after it began in Kenya three years ago. The show will feature listed Nigerian couples through their romantic story and wedding planning moments. It’ll disclose the excitement and beauty of the planning process, and also showcase the effort that goes into getting that perfect…
Reba McEntire has admitted to feeling bad after turning down an iconic role in hit movie, Titanic. It was recently revealed on TV show, “Watch What Happens Live” that the country-music star was actually forced to reject the role of Molly Brown in the beautiful film. Her words, “We were on tour and I had a lot of people on the pay roll,” “And we had these three months already scheduled to do the movie and then they got behind on scheduling and said, ‘No we’re going to have to move it in this time.” The role was eventually lost…
All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari has beaten Atiku Abubakar at another polling unit, this time, at Daura. According to Vanguard, At Kofar Baru, polling unit 003, Sarkin Yara ward, Daura, President Buhari won 523 votes while Atiku got just 3 votes. Remember that we shared earlier that Buhari had won the opposition party at Atiku’s polling unit in Yola. Over there, President Buhari polled 186 votes, Atiku polled 167 votes
Maurizio Sarri has come out to say that plans are underway to ensure his players have more mental freedom ahead of Chelsea’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, after the 6 nil thrashing they received weeks ago. The Chelsea coach is popular for his 37 set-piece routines, detailed throw-ins rules and massive use of video analysis, but he will leave all that before his team go head to head with the Premier League champions on Sunday. His words, “I think we were lucky in the first match [against City] because we were in trouble in the first half,” “We scored…
Roberto Firmino has promised to continue scoring no-look goals for Liverpool – even after admitting it is a “dangerous” approach. The Brazilian is now famous for loads of strikes in which he looks away when hitting the ball home, the most recent example of which came in the 5-1 win over Arsenal in December, during which he scored his first hat-trick as a professional. His words, “I remember the first no-look goal I scored for Hoffenheim,” “Against Werder Bremen, I think. Something like that. I rounded the goalkeeper and turned away from it. “It came from nowhere; the idea just…
Peoples Democratic Party just defeated the ruling All Progressives Congress at the Femi Okunnu polling unit, Lateef Jakande, Ikoyi where the APC governorship candidate in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, voted hours ago. According to the Punch, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, polled 52 votes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, who got 48 votes. Details to come.
Blac Chyna has blasted Soulja Boy for trying to sex–shame her after their breakup. The model and stripper called the rapperimmature, and also labelled him a clout chaser. After the split, Soulja Boy revealed his real intentions towards his former girl, and that was – he only wanted to sleep with her to know what that felt like. Blac Chyna was expectedly angry with the statement. She said to TMZ that he is an immature and thirsty clout chaser who begged to have a chance to date her. She further disclosed she is relieved the relationship is over.
Marcus Rashford has supported Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to keep the Manchester United manager at the end of the season, saying he has been “a massive help” in his development. Rashford has netted six times in eight Premier League games under Solskjaer, double the tally he recorded in 14 matches under Mourinho this season. His words, “For me, it’s been a massive help having that type of guidance around me,” “But he’s been working with all of the players with everything he’s got, you can see even the defenders are improving, the midfield is improving, the team’s improved overall but we…
Ayodele Fayose has come out to say that he is extremely confident of his party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar victory in today’s election. He said no matter what APC tries to do, te former ruling party was going to emerge victorious. Fayose voted at his Afao Ekiti country home by 1.10 pm where he said if the APC should rig today’s election, his party will go to court. Results are beginning to roll in to determine the winner.
Sick Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina a.k.a Baba Suwe, has been admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). This is a present situation after he recently asked for help to battle his Chronic Diabetes. See him here with co-actor, Mr Latin, We wish the Nollywood legend speedy recovery.
R Kelly’s mugshot as he being imprisoned after he was charged with 10 counts of sexual assault, has been disclosed by Chicago Police. Reports say the RnB legend turned himself in hours after police revealed the charges of aggravated sexual abuse involving four alleged victims, including at least three between the ages of 13 and 17. The singer was transported to the station in a dark-coloured van with heavily-tinted rear windows. R Kelly answered no questions from reporters as he stepped into the building.
Bola Tinubu has come out to say that he is willing to agree with the result of the presidential election even if it goes against APC. He said that the will of the people must be respected, adding that as a true democrat, free and fair elections must prevail. His words, “If my party is voted out in this election, I will accept it because it is the people’s verdict, that is their decision. Any democrat that cannot accept a result from a free and fair election is not worthy of that name. “As a true democrat, you must be…
PSG CEO, Nasser Al-Khelaifi has said, without doubt, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will be remaining with the French club for the foreseeable future. Speaking recently, Al-Khelaifi dismissed the idea that the Ligue 1 giants had to let one of them go this summer due to UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP). His words, “Kylian and Neymar are PSG players,” “They will stay PSG players and they would have — with, or without, Accor.” On more signings, he said, “For sure, [the new partnership deal] will increase our revenue to allow us to invest more — this is a big deal for…