Manchester City must thread careful with the fitness of Vincent Kompany, despite his return coming at the perfect time, insists Pep Guardiola. “Of course, we have to take care of him, we are trying to do that,” Guardiola told a news conference. “He missed more than two-and-a-half months because he play against Gibraltar with a 9-0 scoreline. “We have to be careful in terms of how many minutes, how he feels because he was out for two-months-and-a-half, and we miss him. “It’s a risk to play him more and more, but now John Stones is out, we have a real,…
Author: David Folami
Paul Pogba is in a “different class” declared Jose Mourinho after the France midfielder’s man of the match performance in Manchester United’s 4-1 victory over Newcastle United on Saturday. “Paul Pogba is different class,” Mourinho said. “Paul and Nemanja Matic grew up together at the start of the season and are the engine of the team.” Mourinho said he had left it to Pogba to decide how long he could stay on the field after his layoff and he came off in the second half. “It was in Paul’s hands, how many minutes to play until he began to feel…
Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic drew the attention but Jose Mourinho was equally pleased to see Romelu Lukaku back on the scoresheet on Saturday. Pogba, returning after two months on the sidelines, was the driving force as Manchester United returned to form with a 4-1 Premier League thrashing of Newcastle at Old Trafford. The Frenchman set up a goal and scored another before Ibrahimovic made his long-awaited comeback from a knee injury as a late substitute. The Belgian ended a drought which saw him go seven games without a goal But the gloss was provided by Lukaku, who lashed a…
Kevin De Bruyne says Manchester City appreciate Raheem Sterling even if other supporters may not. “I know that we appreciate him very well,” De Bruyne told reporters about his teammate. “Obviously a lot of times in England where English players go to another surrounding and they are like more booing him. But I think he is an unbelievable player and he sets up so many goals and scores so many goals for us. “Since the day I came here, we arrived at almost the same time, we hit it off perfectly. He’s a very good friend.” On his own applause…
Arsene Wenger has praised Shkodran Mustafi’s leadership qualities and likened the defender to Per Mertesacker. “First of all, he’s similar to Per on a mental front, but of course he’s 10 years younger, and he’s a leader, he’s a motivator,” Wenger said. “He has a strong focus, and he’s strong in the challenge. He had an outstanding performance against Tottenham. In the air he was good. He started a bit nervy and slowly became stronger and stronger.” After joining Arsenal from Valencia last year, Mustafi endured an inconsistent first season in England and he was linked with a move to…
Mauricio Pochettino has once again insisted he has no qualms with Danny Rose despite him leaving the defender out of Tottenham’s squad for the North London derby. “I think you are trying to find some issue that is not an issue,” Pochettino said. “We analysed the player and we said to the player that we believed it was better to play another player, and [Rose] needs to wait. Like different players that are out, like [Georges-Kevin] NKoudou who was out of the squad today. “It’s not the same if you are training and trying to get fit. One thing is…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed he hid the real extent of his injury, and added that if it was known there would be “shock” that he has managed to return to professional football. He said: “In my recovery, I have not rushed anything. I have been following protocol and my schedule day by day. The only secret has been working hard. “Those close to me know what I have been doing — I was working five, six hours a day. When it happened I said giving up was not an option. “I am very proud of the moment, and for everyone…
Antonio Conte said that Chelsea have found a “new balance and solidity” by switching to a 3-5-2 formation after seeing his team crush West Brom 4-0 at The Hawthorns. Eden Hazard capped an amazing individual performance with two goals, while Alvaro Morata and Marcos Alonso also found the net as Chelsea earned their fourth consecutive win in the Premier League to keep themselves on the fringes of the title race. “This season I think we’re changing something to find a new balance, a new solidity, to have a good balance when we are attacking and when we are defending,” Conte…
A new indigeneous movie, “Ireola.” has just been released. The 2017 movie stars Fathia Balogun, Damola Olatunji, Goodness Usman, Brutus Richard, Rotimi Salami among others. Plot Ireola just arrived from the overseas and the only person she wants to see is Oladipo who is serving a jail term for murder. What’s between these two? Who is Oladapo to Ireola? “Ireola” is written and produced by Goodness Usman, and directed by Okiki Afolayan.
The breakup between the Psquare brothers is now manifesting. Paul Okoye a.k.a Rudeboy begins his solo career with the release of this new single entitled ‘Nkenji Keke.’
Here is a hybrid mash-up from Nigeria to everyone who cares to listen. This is what it sounds like when you have three confident masters of their art in one place. Ladies and gentleman, we present Vector, Samklef and DJ Magnum in this new song, ‘Alhaji’ produced by the hit-making Samklef.
Between sold-out display and viral reviews, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty hardly needs more accolades. Ever since the singer launched her makeup line, fans have been shouting out the inclusive shade range and cool products nonstop. From red lipsticks to soft-focus foundations, the brand has delivered on every single release. And now, it’s been recognized in a major way by Time magazine, thanks to its spot on the 25 Best Inventions of 2017 list. The award will make complete sense to anyone who’s picked up one of Fenty’s Match Stix or Gloss Bombs, but if you haven’t gotten around to checking out…
Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s “Potato Potahto” has premiered in Lagos, Nigeria. The premiere happened on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Filmhouse Imax cinema, Lekki, Lagos. Potato Potato’s Afropolitan themed premiere was attended by cast members such as Joselyn Dumas, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Lala Akindoju, Nikki Samonas and Joke Silva. The premiere which was hosted by Ade Laoye, was also attended by Mo Abudu, Betty Irabor, Hilda Dokubo, Kate Henshaw, Uzor Osimkpa, Kunle Remi and Ufuoma McDermott. The movie was first screened at the prestigious Cannes International Film festival in May, and has since screened at several other festivals. Potato Potahto” tells the story…
Les Roses Rogues boss, Reminisce, has followd up the lovely ‘Ponmile’ single with this street jam. This is titled ‘Do you feel it?’ and features explicit lyrics of Remi saying to a certain female, ‘O n Ke, O n ka, O n Touch E, Do you feel it?”
Not more than twenty-four hours after its release, Mr Eazi shares the official dance video to his new single “Pour Me Water”. As usual, the reception has been great.
Following the breaking of news of Yvonne Nelson’s pregnancy and delivery, we have expected news of her baby daddy. Latest reports seems to have answered that. On Monday, November 13, the cute young man who was identified as Jamie is indeed a photographer based in London. As earlier reported, Yvonne Nelson welcomed a baby girl a few days ago but the Ghanaian actress is yet to confirm the news.
Maleek Berry might still be enjoying life as he took a nice picture with football living legend, Ronaldinho recently. Maleek Berry rise to stardom over a short period of time has been as a result of his hard work and zeal to break into an already established music industry in Nigeria. This can be seen a recent TEDx Talk in Peckham, London where the artist was privileged to participate and speak .Maleek Berry posted the video from the conference where he was able to speak to little kids about his life, journey to music and stardom. The British-born recording producer…
Shatta Wale wants the world to know that he is done with Nigeria. He took to Snapchat to talk about President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian music industry. In the video clip he shared on social media, Wale promises never to return to Nigeria. Shatta Wale went on to rant about being considered cheap in Nigeria, calling out Wizkid and refusing to acknowledge him as a superstar. Of course, the news has now led to the usual Nigeria versus Ghana argument on social media, as Nigerians and Ghanaians trade words.
Mrs Rita Maduagwu, The Speaker, Anambra House of Assembly has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies for peaceful conduct of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election . The speaker, who said that the turn out of electorate was impressive, commended voters for complying with all electoral laws during the electoral process in the area. Maduagwu said that the voters had done their beat and advised INEC to ensure that the electorate’s votes count. She also begged relevant agencies to work towards ensuring satisfactory democracy in the state to maintain the peace which exists in the state.
Alhaji Garba Umar, former Acting Governor of Taraba said he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) because there was no justice in his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “I under studied APC over the few years and I have come to the conclusion that it is a place where Justice is done to all manner of people” he said. Garba also said he decided to join APC to help in restructuring it to enable the party capture power in Taraba, come 2019. He urged to the people of the state to stand with APC in the build up…