Cesc Fabregas has said Chelsea will have to attack in the second leg of their Champions League clash with Barcelona because trying to play defensively at the Camp Nou is a “suicide mission.” “It was such a shame really,” he told BT Sport. “I thought we were very good and went with the game plan and we executed it really, really well. They had a few chances, they are one of the best teams in the world. “But we were compact, we were solid, we played as a team, we created many chances. Willian could have easily scored a hat…
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Antonio Conte lamented “one mistake” from his Chelsea team but supported young defender Andreas Christsensen after Barcelona got out of Stamford Bridge with a 1-1 draw in the first leg of a tense Champions League round-of-16 tie. “We were very close to playing a perfect game,” Conte said. “I think we paid dearly for one mistake. Against this opponent, this type of player like Messi, Iniesta, [Luis] Suarez…. if you make a mistake, you pay. “It’s a pity because I think, tonight, at the end of the game we are disappointed with the final result. But, at the same time,…
John Stones has said Manchester City’s players were “massively disappointed” after their quadruple hopes were ended by League One Wigan Athletic. “We felt we should have got something out of the game, or at least taken the game back to the Etihad. “That’s been cut short now, the run in all four competitions, which we wanted to be in, right until the end, fighting for everything. The overall feeling is massively disappointed. “I think we’ve had that mindset that we can win every game and that’s probably why we have gone on such a good winning streak and not lost.…
Jurgen Klopp is of the opinion that his squad is one of the strongest he has ever worked with. “It’s really hard in the moment to make the squad,” Klopp, who became the first Liverpool manager to register five five-plus goal away wins, told LFCTV. “Wow, I’ve never had a situation like that with the quality of the players not being in the squad. “They all have made really big steps. Dom Solanke was not in the squad but is in outstanding shape at the moment. Ragnar Klavan, unbelievable. Ben Woodburn makes steps and is really close to everything. It’s…
Koffi and his wife, Ayoka Okin, have just welcomed a baby, their fourth child, to their family. The comedian shared the happy news via his Instagram page on Saturday, February 17. Koffi shared what seems like a poem but noted that he would not be sharing the sex of the baby anytime soon. According to Koffi’s post, the newest addition will be their last child and was born at about 10:01 am weighing, 7pounds 7 which is 3.5kg when converted. The baby was born at Oakbend Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
Blackface is still pissed. Another thing he isn’t letting go of is the Plantashun Boyz split and the events that led up to it. The former member of the defunct music group that was prominent in the 90’s and 2000’s, is back with more accusations. “Artistes are like footballers. If there is no love in a team, they cannot play together. Once you are in a group, you must consider the interest of everyone in it. But at some point, one of us was only interested in what he wanted for himself. He was responsible for the end of Plantashun…
Wizkid performed alongside Davido during the London leg of the latter’s UK tour on Sunday night. The London concert took place at the 5000-capacity 02 Academy in Brixton. Before London, Davido had performed in Birmingham, Manchester, and Leicester. They jumped, sang and got the crowd riled up while performing monster hit ‘Manya’. Wizkid has signed a new artist named Terri to Starboy Entertainment. The singer made this announcement on Twitter, explaining that he met his new signee in December 2017, after the singer tagged him in a video on Instagram.
Orezi has announced a new music company named Gehn Gehn Music. According to a statement sent to the press, Gehn Gehn Music is an all-around entertainment company aimed at changing the business of music in Nigeria.” Orezi, plans to use his company as a platform to create better opportunities for upcoming music talents in Nigeria. “This company is for me and every upcoming artiste out there, Gehn Gehn Music will be signing artistes in the nearest future,” he said. Orezi has been in the music industry for almost a decade, with hits such as ‘Rihanna’, ‘Shoki’, and more. He believes…
Burna Boy has recorded new music with producers Timbaland and Skrillex. The Nigerian Afro-fusion artist has been notching up wins, with the release success of his masterful album, Outside, and landing the only feature on Fall Out Boy’s “Mania” album — which got to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Turns out the singer signed to Atlantic Records, is working on a new project, and to bring that to life, he’s recording with two of the most acclaimed music producers in the world: Timabaland and Skrillex. Burna Boy’s “Outside” album has debuted on Billboard’s Reggae Albums Chart at the…
Juliet Ibrahim believes Big Brother Naija contestant, Nina is acting porn on live television. “Wahala Nina go sleep with Teddy too,” she wrote in the comment section of a blog. Well, things took a different direction when a fan called her out for an unfair assumption over Nina’s behavior in the house. Juliet Ibrahim apparently had enough time in hand to spear as she gave the fan some schooling on why she thinks Nina has been acting porn on live T.V. “I’m judging because a fellow African woman decided to go on live TV in front of the world and…
After the disqualification of Khloe and K-brule from the house last weekend, fans of the show have been chastising Khloe for insulting K-brule’s parents. K-Solo, also registered his great displeasure through his Twitter account, while emphasising on her failure to sell her service which she offers outside the house, while inside. He tweeted: “Khloe Omo Abiri am Just Shocked that This Attitude that Derenle talked about has Finally Taken U off a Platform where You should sell your Market. Sad But Life must Go on #BBNaija”. The pair were evicted on Saturday night, after engaging in provocative verbal exchange of…
The court case filed against Burna Boy for alleged armed robber attack on Mr 2Kay has been adjourned. However, both parties to the suit weren’t available on the day of the sitting as it is reported that Burna boy is away in the UK promoting his new album, ‘Outside’ while Mr 2Kay is in South Africa where he performed at the live eviction show of the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija. It would be recalled that this who court drama started back in 2017 when Mr. 2Kay was robbed and beaten to a pulp in his hotel room at…
Will Smith is thanking his fans for getting him to 10 million followers on Instagram. In 43 different languages! He shared a video which was a compilation of all his Instagram posts, and boy was it fulfilling to watch. Will noted that he had been hesitant to join the photo and video sharing app but was finally pressured into it. The good news is, so far, he has loved the experience.
Still enjoying the attention caused by the music video for ‘Go Down’, Africa’s championing diva Yemi Alade releases a new video off her “Black Magic” album, just before she kicks off the European leg of “The Black Magic World Tour”. The KrizBeatz produced record was released as a buzz single last year alongside the Falz assisted single ‘Single & Searching’. The song now gets a video treatment directed by the raved Clarence Peters, and it is a spectacle.
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state has suspended Governor Nasir El-Rufai for six months. The Governor was suspended for refusing to answer the query issued to him last week. The faction, while unveiling its secretariat, asked El-Rufai to respond to the query within 48 hours. Speaking to newsmen, the factional chairman, Alhaji Danladi Wada said “This briefing is sequel to 48 hours ultimatum/query and warning issued to the state governor to explain and defend himself against the allegations leveled against him which he failed to respond. “The State Working Committee on Saturday 17, February 2018,…
Prof. Lai Olurode has said the issue of underage voting has been a problem faced by the commission during elections. He said, “If the people can be enlightened, underage voting will reduce. There are certain areas of this country where even if they know the person is a kid, they will insist that the child must vote. “I had to run for my life at one of the election centres in a part of the country because these people said children must vote or there would be no election at all. It is that bad. The APC government has a…
The Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of “recycling defectors to deceive members of the public”. “The APC keeps presenting the same set of people at its rallies; last Saturday, they presented the same people they presented in 2015 and claimed that they were fresh defectors. I find that attitude amusing,” he said. But Beji, while reacting to the claims, told newsmen on Monday in Minna that a vast majority of those presented were not new to the APC. “Among those presented were Alhaji Muazu Bawa, a…
Orji Kalu has declared that the victory of an Igbo candidate in the 2023 presidential election will mark a definite end to Nigeria’s civil war that ended 50 years ago. He said, “It is the right thing to do, Nigeria is built on a tripod. When you allow the South East to have the Presidency by 2023, that will be the end of the civil war. “The South East has had the Chief of Army Staff, the Inspector General of Police. So it is only natural for the South East to have the Presidency. “No man has the capacity to…
Abdullahi Adamu has alleged that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo bribed lawmakers with N50million each to back his third term agenda. Adamu said: “He (Obasanjo) knows, as well as I and other leading members of the PDP, that he badly wanted it and initiated the process of constitutional amendment. He bribed each member of the national assembly who signed to support the amendment, with the whopping sum of N50million. “The fresh mint money was taken in its original boxes presumably from the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria and distributed among the legislators. “The money was not his, and it was…
Wole Soyinka said he would need to be checked by a psychiatrist if he joins forces with the Coalition for Nigeria which was founded by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. “Me? Obasanjo would establish a group and I will become a member of such group? That means they should get a psychiatrist to examine me,” he said. He said, “When these soldiers begin to speak, we are supposed to get suspicious and ask what exactly do they have in mind? It is possible that what they have in mind is different from what we have in mind. “You can look at…