Romelu Lukaku sat out Manchester United’s final training session before their Champions League game against Juventus in Turin on Wednesday. Lukaku missed Saturday’s 2-1 win at Bournemouth after picking up a muscle injury in training. Despite undergoing treatment over the weekend, the 25-year-old was not deemed fit enough to take part in a training session, open to the media, at Carrington on Tuesday. The United squad are set to fly to Italy on Tuesday afternoon ahead of their meeting with Juventus. The Serie A champions’ 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Oct. 23 is the last game Lukaku started. The…
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Leonardo Jardim is under consideration by Real Madrid to be their next permanent first team coach, a source close to the former Monaco manager has said. Jardim, 44, won the 2016-17 Ligue 1 title with Monaco and also guided them to that season’s Champions League semifinals, but was relieved of his duties last month after a poor start to the 2018-19 campaign. Madrid are still looking for a permanent replacement for Julen Lopetegui, who was manager for 14 games at the Bernabeu. His 139 days in charge came to an end following the 5-1 Clasico defeat at Barcelona. Santiago Solari…
Beanie Sigel has gone down memory lane. This week, the rap veteran reflected on the now-infamous Roc-A-Fella Records breakup in 2004 and his presence during the split. In a new interview, Sigel admitted he had a tough time dealing with Roc owners JAY-Z and Dame Dash wanting to part ways with one another. “At that time, I was in jail,” Sigel said referring to the infamous Dame Dash and JAY-Z Roc-A-Fella breakup in 2004. “Dame used to come visit me while I was locked so my thought process at that time was, if you got Roc-A-Fella and the whole, you’ve…
Ed Sheeran is a household name, having shaped a career as a singer-songwriter and made millions of fans along the way. But it’s not always been an easy journey for the musician – the heartbreaking tragedy behind ‘We Are’, the song that helped him catch his big break, has been revealed in a new book. With the tome published – appropriately – under the title of Ed Sheeran, author Sean Smith described how the song was written in memory of his best friend Stuart Dines, who tragically died in a car accident while on a school trip nearly 13 years…
Lil Wayne’s legal battle with Cash Money continues. A few days before Halloween 2018, Lil Wayne and his music company, Aspire Music Group, filed documents to dismiss Birdman’s Cash Money countersuit. Weezy denys the Cash Money Records founder’s claim that he conspired a scheme to take a bigger portion of Drake’s profits. In the lawsuit, Aspire stated the allegations make no sense. In addition, Weezy accuses Birdman and his label of “completely rewriting” history, and trying to “concoct a new fantasy narrative that casts Cash Money as the long-suffering victim of a scheme orchestrated by the very parties that it…
Adele has joined the legions of Spice Girls fans celebrating today’s news that the band are back next year for a reunion tour. The Hello singer shared a hilarious snap to her instagram page hours after the announcement as she made her excitement very, very clear. The pic shows a very young Adele sat in her pink pyjamas in front of her bedroom wall – which is plastered with pictures of Scary, Posh, Ginger, Baby and Sporty in their Girl Power heyday. With her fist pumped in the air and mouth hung up in delight, Adele said the throwback pic…
Ludacris, Migos and Lil Jon will represent Atlanta and hip-hop culture when they perform at the EA SPORTS BOWL days before the Super Bowl next year. Electronic Arts Inc. and OnLocation Experiences announced Monday that Lil Yachty, Metro Boomin and Lil Baby will also hit the stage at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Jan. 31, 2019, for the concert celebrating rappers from Atlanta. Super Bowl 53 will take place Feb. 3 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Ludacris, a Grammy winner and successful actor, will perform alongside special guests. More performers who are from Atlanta will be announced…
Khloe has joined the list of celebrities who are very comfortable with showing off some extra skin like the raunchy photos she shared on Instagram. The former Big Brother Naija reality TV star took to her Instagram page on Sunday, November 4, 2018, where she posted a series of steamy hot photos. Khloe is seen dressed in a black bikini with black wings! “I used to draw an angel when I was young. Imagining that she was flying so high. A little girl with wings same as hers. Following the angel everywhere. The little girl keeps on flying. Quickly, eagerly,…
Adesua Etomi Wellington has explained how she goes about crying in movies. On Monday, November 5, 2018, Adesua made the explanation while responding to a Twitter user, Taiwo Victoria, who wanted to know how she finds it comfortable crying in many of her roles. “@AdesuaEtomiW I’m rewatching your movies and I just want to know how you cry in your scenes like it looks so so real. Sorry if it’s an odd request,” the Twitter user asked. Responding, she simply said, ‘Lol, I just put myself in my characters headspace.’ The actress and wife to singer cum actor, Banky W,…
Mayorkun is set to deliver his much anticipated debut album before the end of the year. The afro-pop titan who already has an arsenal of hit songs in his discography, including his recent viral single, ‘Posh’, would be releasing the anticipated set christened “The Mayor of Lagos” on November 16, 2018. The DMW singer has also released the album art and tracklist with the 14 track project expected to feature notable heavyweights including Sarkodie, Davido, D’banj, Patoranking and members of his label. The album will be available for pre-order on the 9th of November 2018, ahead of it’s arrival date.…
Runtown has come out to deny the allegations leveled against him by an American of fraud. In a statement released by the singer’s management team, the allegations leveled against the music star are all lies. According to them, they have contacted the necessary security agencies to arrest those involved in using the singer’s name to commit fraud. “Our attention has been drawn to reports circulating on social media by a US-based woman named, Shawn Rene accusing our artist, Runtown of fraud. It’s all lies and an attempt to blackmail and tarnish our image. We have contacted the Nigerian security agencies…
Rihanna has become the latest musician to condemn Donald Trump for using their music at “tragic” Republican rallies. Writing on Twitter after her 2007 hit Don’t Stop The Music was heard playing at a rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the 30-year-old vowed to ensure her songs would not be played at such rallies again. The US president had been at the event in support of candidate Marsha Blackburn on Sunday ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday. Responding to a tweet saying her track was being played “as aides toss free Trump T-shirts into the crowd”, the SOS singer said: “Not…
Stew is the latest slang on social media at the moment and it became a viral sensation when Nigerian music star, Wizkid, released his latest hit song titled ‘Fever’, in which he featured Tiwa Savage in the video. The song video got a lot of Nigerians talking and speculating that the two artistes were dating. Wizkid had used ‘stew’ to promote his first 2018 single ‘Fever’, tweeting that ‘stew’ was coming soon. He had also tweeted ‘Friday! New Stew’ and ‘Fever video, Monday stew’ in the days leading to the release of ‘Fever’ video. Stew slang is generally believed to…
It has been three months since Kizz Daniel shared the artwork for his much-anticipated sophomore album and two months since he shared — then deleted — the 20-song tracklist. Once a music artiste shares important details such as cover artwork and tracklist, it is usually an indication that an album is imminent but Kizz Daniel appears to be an exception to the norm. What could be behind the three-month wait for the album titled ‘No Bad Songz’. When the singer left G-Worldwide Entertainment in 2017, the record label responded by suing him, insisting that he served a termination notice without…
Vanessa Obioha has narrated her encounter with the Nigerian entertainment superstar, Sound Sultan. The maverick music star, introspective and futuristic in style, sound and sentiments marked his 18th anniversary in the music industry with a musical, ‘The Jungle Story’ He had barely sat at the table when a young man approached him. He shook hands with Sound Sultan and began chatting with him as if he was an acquaintance. Next, he brought out his phone and drew closer to Sultan for a selfie. Then he paused, took one look at Sultan’s face and decided it would be better the artiste…
Its been a lingering topic among celebrities. Many were not sure what befell the once-upon-a-time enviable union of model/actor Gbenro Ajibade and his wife, Osas Ighodaro. The entertaining celebrity couple got married in July 2015 and have a 2-year-old baby girl together. Known to do many things together, it was a surprise when Gbenro didn’t acknowledge his wife’s birthday on October 26. Also, a close check on Gbenro’s Instagram page shows he had unfollowed his wife, deleted all her photos and he now lives in the United States. Even Osas celebrated her birthday alone and shared adorable photos alone. No…
Ray J has confirmed the habit of his ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian who often worries about her looks while having sex. The singer said this in London on Thursday, November 1, 2018, to a crowd of party-goers according to The Sun UK. “Kim and I had fun times – marathon session. “But she didn’t like getting sweaty and would stop to do her makeup if she did. “She liked to look dope during sex, the right lighting, setting the mood. She was wild – there was a red Louis Vuitton trunk of sex toys.” More reports confirm that Kim Kardashian worries…
Camila Cabello and Nicki Minaj are the big winners at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards held on Sunday night, November 4th. The ceremony, which took place at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain, saw the 21 year old Cuban star, who came in with six nominations emerge as the night’s biggest winner, picking up four honours. She won the awards for ‘Best Artist’, ‘Best Video’, ‘Best US Act’ and ‘Best Song’. Her album “Camila” had reached the top of US charts in January, and the audio version of her hit single ‘Havana’, which features rapper Young Thug, has been…
Shan George has featured Ramsey Nouah, Lilian Bach in her new movie, ‘Migration,’ under her production company, Shandel Productions. The movie, according to the actress and producer, features a long list of Nollywood stars and foreign actors. The film also features Segun Arinze, Zack Orji, Lepacious Bose, Bitto Bryan, Beverly Osu, Vivian Anani, Sylvester Ubom, Monica Friday, Chizzy Alichi, Regina Daniels, Farhan Ahmed Khan and Charles Parker. The drama, which is set in Cross River state was shot on locations around Cross River state and Lagos. Directed by Ozoemena Nwakile, the movie is the third in the line of movie…
Kizz Daniel has shared the visuals to his collaboration with Davido, ‘One Ticket.’ Following the release of his latest single, which features DMW boss, Davido on Friday, November 2nd, Kizz Daniel has now followed it up by dropping the video to the record. The MajorBangz produced record is an immediate banger and the visuals will further fuel its hype and acceptance as it vividly brings to life the message of the song. ‘One Ticket’ was directed by Ovie Etseyatse.