Eden Hazard has mentioned that “it would be a dream” to feature under Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and he would happily be reunited with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, although he also said he is happy at Chelsea. “Everyone knows the respect I have for the man,” the 26-year-old said. “For the player he was and for the coach he is, he was my idol. Of course I don’t know what will happen in my career in the future, but to play under him would be a dream. “At this time, though, I’m happy at Chelsea. I still have…
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Sergio Ramos says he would “open the door” to Neymar if he wanted to switch to the Bernabeu, while also admitting Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent moodiness is “not the best.” “I like to have the best players, and Neymar is one of them,” Ramos said on the El Larguero radio show. “Maybe he thought it would be easier to go through PSG first, rather than straight from Barca to Madrid. I hope so. You never know in football. “He could bring us a lot of quality. I’d open the door if he wants to come in December.” Ronaldo recently said that…
Alvaro Morata says he is happy to be seen as so pivotal at the club that they pick him even when he is not 100 percent fit, unlike at Real Madrid. “I needed something Real Madrid could not give, which was playing every Sunday, whether I was doing well or not,” Morata said. “At the moment I’ve had three games far from my physical best, but I’ve kept playing. That is what I needed. Any player wants to be at Real Madrid. [But] I needed to play. Nothing more. I fought all my life to be at Real Madrid, to…
Paul Pogba has upped his recovery from injury by training with Manchester United’s reserves, sources have said. Pogba has missed United’s last 12 games after suffering a hamstring tear playing against Basel on Sept. 12. But there is genuine hope that the 24-year-old could return to Jose Mourinho’s squad following the international break after he took part in a session with some of the club’s young players on Wednesday. Mourinho has given the week off to the many of first-team players not involved with their national teams, including Chris Smalling, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Scott McTominay. But Pogba has…
Even though the final season of “Game Of Thrones” is still months away, spoilers are already rocking the internet. Ellie Kendrick, who plays Meera Reed on the show, has confirmed that she probably won’t be back in Season Eight. “[I’m not appearing] as far as I know. I don’t know. It’s funny because I always get asked, ‘What’s going to happen? Are you in it?’ Genuinely the truth is I don’t know,” Kendrick told Metro. “I wait for the phone to ring and then I find out, but it hasn’t rung so I don’t know. I’ll find out whether I…
Eedris Abdulkareem has blasted Nigerian male-barbie, Bobrisky over his personality. The veteran rapper could no longer hide his displeasure over the way and manner Bobrisky acts in his videos. “One thing I’ll say is Allah says that if you are a man and you get hmmm by a man, on the day of judgment expect fire coming from your mouth to that stupid place wen dem they choke you is as simple as that, bobrisky is just trying to be an American this is Nigeria we are fake people and don’t forget there are a lot of rich people into…
Recent reports have it that the group Psquare are about to sell their house popularly known as “Squareville”. The house which is located at Omole Estate, Ikeja in Lagos state has a new post in front of it with the inscription, “For Sale.” It is unclear why the brothers have decided to put up the house for sale but it might be related to present feud going on between the brothers. Peter and Paul Okoye both moved into the Squareville in 2010 and the building was constructed by a Nigerian architect and it was reported that the building cost over…
Banky W is praising God for being on his side as he recovers from a successful skin cancer surgery. The music star took to his Instagram page to share pictures of him recuperating and his soon to be wife and actress, Adesua Etomi by his side. He captioned the photos with quite a lengthy quote; “A wise man once said this: “Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had been healed.” Scroll through the pictures to see mine. I’m sharing these because they’re proof of what God has brought me through. And because somewhere out…
Eedris Abdulkarim might have started a journey month ago called the ‘subbing spree’ and tried to add P Square to the list. That might come back to haunt him from the look of things. He recently blasted the Okoye twins, Peter and Paul for embarking on solo careers, predicting that they were doomed to fail. Paul aka Rudeboy was having none of that and was quick to fire a shot back at him and it was indeed epic. He shared a photo on Instagram with the caption, “Pls I advise!! before u get high, make sure you arrange beta food…
Yung6ix is back in the entertainment mix with the visuals of his single – ‘The Man’. The video was directed by Unlimited L.A.
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DJ-Cuppy-with-Jada-Pinkett-Smith.jpg" alt="DJ Cuppy with Jada Pinkett Smith" width="600" height="601" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-174314" /DJ Cuppy has spoken up about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and in Nigeria. When asked about the new confessions of sexual harassment scandals taking over the Hollywood industry and if there are incidents like that in the Nigeria entertainment industry, DJ Cuppy gave her own view which she felt would be a very horrible experience. "This is such a sensitive thing over here, it's more like a taboo, even outside the entertainment industry there is so much domestic abuse going out there and people don't…
For her role in a soon-to-be-released movie, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi had to undertake the task of learning Igbo. “For some funny reason, the directors, the producers imposed it on me, they forced it on me. They kept telling me yes, ‘it’s you, it’s you. Step out of your comfort zone, do something different. Wow people,” the actress said during a recent interview. She eventually decided to jump the hurdle and explained how she learnt the Igbo language. “I engaged the services of a few friends who are very fluent in Igbo language, and then someone in particular who works for an…
MTN Project Fame winner, Iyanya is back with a new hot jam, ‘Iyanu (Holy Water)’. The song is produced by Black Jerzey, and mastered by Selebobo. ‘Iyanu (Holy Water)’ is a Yoruba word that means miracle. The singer who is managed by Temple Management Company (TMC) might just get music fans dancing again with the feel good Afro Pop song.
Juliet Ibrahim is letting the world know she has the backing of all her country people back in Ghana concerning her relationship. “Ghanaians are listening, the whole country is behind me. If you mess up…if you mess up Iceberg Slim…I see the comments from my Ghanaian fans like ‘if you try it, if you mess Juliet up, we will deal with you,” the actress warned. Recently, a lot of people were of the perception that Iceberg Slim was taking advantage of Juliet Ibrahim. While in an interview on September 16, 2017, Iceberg Slim was asked if he was using the…
Chief Justin Nnoli-Amaechi, the governorship candidate of National Unity Party (NUP) has advised the youth in Anambra to avoid being used as thugs during the Nov.18 governorship election. “Most frightening and regrettable is the speed in which some political leaders sacrifice moral probity and financial decency to the whims and caprices of corruption, bad governance and befuddled vision. “It is shameful and disheartening to see state such as Anambra, so abundantly blessed with human and natural resources, reeling under such humiliating level of want, deprivation, and excruciating poverty,’’ he said. Mr Ifeanyi Nweke, a national official of NUP who handed…
Mr John Oyegun has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the present administration while it works to reshape the economy. He said the Federal Government was doing its utmost best to rebuild an economy that was near collapse before the assumption of office of the present administration. He also assured Nigerians that the period of hardship would be over and everyone would be better for it. “The 2018 budget proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari was well received, we are all happy. “The side attraction is that the President has demonstrated his determination to move the country forward. “We…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said the “Nigeria media is acknowledged as one of the freest in the world’’. He said that the freedom of the media had been further enhanced through the Freedom of Information Act, adding that government would continue to make efforts to further enable the media to serve the people better. “This effort is intended not only to produce a robust and healthy media, but for the journalism profession to continue to thrive under a conducive environment. “The right to Freedom of Information, commonly understood as the right to access information held by public offices, is now…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is craving for collaboration of the three arms of government to end issues of arbitration to further improve ease of doing business in Nigeria. “We have a real problem with the adjudicatory process and we have to resolve it by gaining collaboration between the legislature, executive and the judiciary. “The good thing is that there is a recent decision on arbitration and how you can question arbitration processes, but we need to advance that. “At the end of the day, if you do not have a system that can resolve disputes efficiently why should anybody worry…
The Adamawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of hijacking the party. This accusation can been seen in a petition written by a chieftain of the party in Adamawa, Dr. Umar Ardo. He said “No election took place in Toungo, Ganye Mayo Belwa, Demsa, Numan, Shelleng, Yola North, Yola South, Mubi South, Michika and Madagali local government areas. “The Caretaker Committee members representing these LGAs simply sat in their rooms and drew up their list and submitted their names as elected executive members and they were admitted. “It’s an open secret that…
Chief Audu Ogbeh has come out to say the Federal Government is negotiating with some foreign countries to aid the exportation of Nigeria’s agricultural produce. Audu said that the agricultural policies of the Federal Government in the last two years were aimed at promoting the diversification of the economy. He mentioned that the ministry had marked the agricultural produce in which each state of the federation had a competitive advantage. He said that the ministry would do everything within their power to ensure that the commercial production of the agricultural produce so as to generate raw materials and finished goods…