Dr. Muhammad Ya’u, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwanga/Wamba/Nasarawa-Eggon Federal Constituency has denied allegation of sexual gratification levelled against him, as he prepares for the 2019 elections. Ya’u in a statement issued on Sunday by Innocent Pada, Director-General of his campaign organisation described the allegation as untrue and handwork of his political detractors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the politician was reacting to an allegation on how he pestered a married female admission applicant (name withheld) for sex, as a former university staff. NAN further reports that Yau until recently served at…
Author: David Folami
Mauricio Pochettino has said Tottenham Hotspur need to sign players and are aiming to do so in January despite making their best ever start to a Premier League season without new faces. Spurs failed to add a single player during the summer window — a first for a Premier League club — but have collected 21 points from their opening nine fixtures. But speaking after Saturday’s 1-0 victory at West Ham, Pochettino said: “In football you always need to think you can improve, and you need to try to improve your squad. “I’ve tried to explain before what happened in…
Ola Aina has backed his former Chelsea teammate John Terry to be a big success at Aston Villa after being appointed assistant coach at the Championship side. The former England captain officially announced his retirement from playing on October 7 and was unveiled at Villa three days later, where he’ll assist new head coach Dean Smith following the dismissal of Steve Bruce. Terry, who made 32 appearances for Villa last season, spent 19 years at Chelsea, briefly overlapping with Aina before the former’s departure in 2017. “My time has been spent playing with him at Chelsea and against him at…
It’s been hard to find anything positive to say about Jose Mourinho or Manchester United in recent weeks, so let’s break the habit of the season. First, it would take someone particularly obtuse to blame him excessively for the melee at the end of United’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea. A victory had just been whipped from under his nose at his old club, after which Chelsea coach Marco Ianni had two tries at rubbing Mourinho’s nose in it. He can probably still expect a letter from the FA, but any draconian action would be harsh, particularly as he and Chelsea…
Pep Guardiola insists he had no concerns about starting Riyad Mahrez in Manchester City’s 5-0 victory over Burnley, despite his penalty miss in the goalless draw with Liverpool. Despite missing from the spot before the international break, and pushing Gabriel Jesus out of the way to take the kick himself, Mahrez retained his place in the starting XI and scored a delightful 20-yard goal as City maintained their lead at the top of the Premier League. “He [Mahrez] played so good at Anfield, that’s why I decided to play him again,” Guardiola told a news conference. “It was not easy…
For the first time this season, Juventus dropped points and were only capable of a 1-1 draw against Genoa, a side with a new coach and an improved sense of tactical balance. Considering the talent within the Old Lady’s squad, Genoa should have been comprehensively defeated but instead, Juventus underestimated the opponent. While the home side opened the scoring and showed of their superiority on the first half, their levels of concentration dropped in the second and Ivan Juric’s side exploited the errors effectively, grabbing the equaliser. Juve frantically tried to get the winner but their lack of composure and…
Central Coast Mariners have offered Usain Bolt a full-time playing contract after he impressed during a trial, his agent Ricky Simms said. Bolt, 32, netted a double in a practice game last weekend but did not play in the Mariners’ 1-1 draw with the Brisbane Roar on Sunday, with News Corp Australia reporting that the eight-time Olympic gold-medal winner was in Melbourne considering his options. However, he has now officially been offered terms by the Mariners, with Simms said: “I can confirm Usain has been offered a contract by Central Coast Mariners.” Mariners chief executive Shaun Mielekamp reportedly tabled the…
Mauro Icardi scored with a stoppage-time header to give his side a 1-0 win over neighbours AC Milan in their derby at San Siro on Sunday. The match was heading for a tame goalless draw until Matias Vecino floated over a long cross from the right, Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was caught in no man’s land and Icardi scored at the far post in the 92nd minute. The Argentina forward, who missed two goals when the sides drew 0-0 in April in their previous meeting, had barely been involved in the game until that point, apart from having an early…
Wayne Rooney was on target again, scoring twice as D.C. United beat New York City FC 3-1 to seal a spot in the MLS Cup playoffs. Rooney, who has 12 goals for D.C. since joining from Everton in July, had his team in front after eight minutes, side-footing home from close range after Luciano Acosta’s mazy run through the visiting defense. Acosta would then get on the score sheet himself, powering an unstoppable shot from outside the penalty area past NYCFC goalkeeper Sean Johnson to double D.C.’s lead before the break. NYCFC pushed hard to get back in the match…
The LA Galaxy kept their MLS Cup playoff hopes alive on Sunday, taking a 3-1 victory over Minnesota United in front of an announced crowd of 52,242. Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring on the half-hour mark. The Swede headed home a Rolf Feltscher cross to give the visitors the advantage. The Loons faithful thought their side had leveled the score nine minutes later, when captain Francisco Calvo made a streaking run forward from his left-back spot and fired past goalkeeper David Bingham, but his goal was flagged up for offside with the Costa Rica international making his run a half…
Anthony Martial has played down talk of a rift with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after scoring twice against Chelsea. The Frenchman’s second half double put United on the brink of a first win at Stamford Bridge since 2012 before Ross Barkley’s 96th-minutes equaliser. Martial, who is yet to sign a contract extension at Old Trafford, was criticised by Mourinho during the summer for going AWOL after leaving the preseason tour of the U.S. to attend the birth of his son. It resulted in the forward being hit with a two-week fine but after finding the net twice against Chelsea,…
Apparently, Margot Robbie wants to learn another sport. A year after she starred in the Tonya Harding biopic, I, Tonya, the Academy Award-nominated actress is interested in playing Jan Stephenson. At least, according to Stephenson. She did an interview with Golf Australia’s Inside The Ropes podcast earlier this week and had this to say about her life being turned into a film. “We’ve talked about doing a movie; Margot Robbie wants to play me,” said Stephenson. OK, so that’s not a lot of detail, but it would make sense for several reasons. For one, Stephenson is deserving of the biopic…
A whole new installment of “Red Table Talk” arrives Monday, October 22nd. This Monday, October 22nd, will bring us a new season of Jada Pinkett Smith’s beloved Facebook series Red Table Talk that will see Jada and her family reveal even more truths, and have even more guests talk about their trials and tribulations. To keep fans on their toes, Jada has released a sneak preview of what fans can expect from the first episode that will have none other than Jada’s husband as the first guest. The clip starts off with Will declaring that he will not let his…
Marvel fans everywhere are anxiously awaiting next week’s release of the first trailer for Captain Marvel, and Brie Larson has revealed that she went hard in the gym for nine months to prepare for her eponymous role in the upcoming film. Larson is making history as the first woman solo lead in a Marvel action movie, and she has completely transformed her physique for the part. Wonder how she did it? We’ve got the scoop. Larson’s didn’t get her superhero strength without a trusty sidekick; she has been working out with celebrity trainer Jason Walsh at his Los Angeles facility,…
Tiwa Savage daringly wore her mere bra in one of her latest photo of singer Dbanj who lost his only child earlier this year. There has been rumors of Mavin number one queen of Afro pop music,Tiwa working on a collabo with former abel Mate of the defunt group MOhits Record, Dbanj. The above photo was shared on social media and has a lot of people talking. Tiwa Savage is probably the the savage female artist on the Nigerian music scene and her outfit here is something that raises questions.
Nicki Minaj and Cardi B’s feud went nuclear last month after a run-in at New York Fashion Week resulted in a shoe allegedly being thrown at Nicki’s head. So understandably, fans have been combing ever song and social media post from the rappers for catty digs aimed at each other. And on Nicki’s latest verse, people reckon they’ve found some. Fans are convinced that the 35-year-old has made some thinly-veiled jabs about Cardi on her verse for Future’s new track Transformer. On her guest verse, Nicki raps: ‘Some call me Nicki but some call me Megatron, I’m stopping bags and…
Decisions making are an integral part of the human existence as this can make or mar any form of endeavour. In light of this, super-talented actress, Uche Jombo revealed the best decision she has had to make and it is her partnership with Nollywood diva, Ini Edo on a new movie tittled ‘Heaven on my Mind’. According to Uche, the blockbuster which is set to rock the cinemas is her most stressful production yet due to challenges which included an on set accident that led to the postponement of the film shoot. “Heaven on my Mind” is executively produced by…
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde who was accepted as a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2018 earlier on in the year attended the private reception for new members which took place in Los Angles on Saturday 22nd September. Her date for the night was her daughter Meraiah who wore a mustard yellow pantsuit while the actress, on the other hand, wore a @tolubally Top and @amychilaka skirt. Membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is by invitation only, and up until recently only a limited number of individuals are invited per year to keep the…
An Atlanta improv theater is calling out Ludacris, and they’re not going to stop until they get an answer. Dad’s Garage wants Ludacris for one night only. They have one condition. Ludacris is not allowed to rap. They want the Atlanta rapper and actor to do improv comedy with them. But can Ludacris do improv comedy? Dad’s Garage says yes! And they think he’d be great at it. Mark Kendall says the performer is a perfect fit. Rappers naturally have good improvisational skills. The team at Dad’s Garage is stopping at nothing until Ludacris gives them an answer! They’ve made…
Lil Wayne continues his strong case for Hip Hop’s Comeback of the Year with his The Carter V album and its latest single “Uproar.” The visual for the track is directed by Mills Miller, which features cameos from the song’s producer Swizz Beatz, Shiggy, Kid Pat and Fatboy SSE. Weezy and Swizz reprise Diddy’s 2001 hit single “Special Delivery” (Remix) for the song’s instrumental. They also attempt to restart a viral hit with their #UproarChallenge by having all the video’s participants bring back the Harlem Shake dance.