Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hailed Sead Kolasinac for proving that bargains still exist in the transfer market after the wing-back inspired a 2-1 comeback win over Swansea on Saturday. “I believe that since he arrived he has convinced everybody that he was a good signing,” Wenger said. “Overall, I think when you see the quality of his performance again today, you see there are still some good deals to make out there. “Kolasinac was decisive today because he scored and made an assist.” Wenger said he made a tactical adjustment at half-time to focus more on attacking down the left…
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Jose Mourinho warned his critics to “calm down” after seeing Manchester United beat Tottenham at Old Trafford. At the final whistle, Mourinho put his finger over his lips to make a “shush” gesture at a television camera. Ashley Young later tweeted: “Great team spirit. Very good result. Talk is cheap.” When asked who the gesture was directed at, Mourinho said: “Some people speak too much, calm down, relax a little bit. “Don’t speak too much, speak, speak, speak, relax. Relax a little bit, don’t be so nervous. Don’t be so excited.” His motive to replace Marcus Rashford with Martial in…
Jim Iyke has shared his most shocking experience as an actor in Nollywood. The actor remembered a shocking experience he had during his stay in a hotel. The actor did not disclose the name of the hotel and the country saying: “I don’t want the drama that comes with it.” “I was in a hotel and someone knocked on my door. I opened the door and the person was in a bathrobe, dropped the bathrobe and was completely naked in the hallway,” he narrated. “I think I was scared that day. I shut my door and ran back into my…
We’ve been severly teased with behind the scenes images on social media since the audio release of this single few weeks ago which had us expecting the release of the video Here you have it, Shaydee has unveiled the official music video to his collaborative effort with mega superstar Wizkid. It is good to see Shaydee putting out materials back to back again. Enjoy!
Earlier this year, the singer flew back to the New York Film Academy where he took an eight-week course on Screenwriting. Banky W has since discussed his passion for storytelling. “In the evolution of my career, I knew I was eventually going to get into moviemaking. I knew that I wanted to progress from being a musician to being a director of videos and TV commercials,” he said. “I took the 8-week filmmaking class and I gained so much from it that I already immediately knew that I would come back for the screen writing class. “We have a whole…
Super-talented Five Star Music artiste, Kcee, has released the cultural video to ‘Wine for me’ featuring Kenyan Afro-pop band Sauti Sol. Whine For Me, is off his recently released album titled “Attention To Detail”.
Rahama Sadau, who was banned from Kannywood in 2016 for featuring in a romantic music video by ClassiQ, has apologized to the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN). The actress apologised and asked that she be allowed to return back to the film industry. “I am human and liable to make mistakes and as a daughter who stand to be corrected. I wish to plead and ask my colleagues, the executive member of all guilds, the entire people of the north and audience at large to forgive me,” she wrote in the letter. Salisu Mohammed, the secretary of MOPPAN,…
Grey Nation damsel Toby Grey has released the visuals of her single ‘Konibaje’. It features 9ice and Skales. The video which was produced by Wole Ogundare of Blaze Productionz and Directed by Oludare of OMG Films was shot at the Large House Studios in Lagos, Nigeria. ‘Konibaje’ stresses the importance of the blessings of God in our everyday hustle. It was produced by Young D.
After the release of the audio hours ago, Mc Galaxy is already here with the official music video to his new single “Plantain” The video was shot on location in Miami by Smitty and it features international model and video vixen – Monifa Jansen.
Freeze’s ex-wife has commented on the disagreement between her former husband and singer Timi Dakolo. Opeyemi Olarinde sent a comment to Timi Dakolo, asking the singer to ignore her ex-husband. “Kindly ignore the myopic man….I was married to him for few years. I will reveal all that transpired soon.” Freeze and Timi Dakolo have been involved in an Instagram back and forth for some days now. The singer had disagreed with the OAP’s idea about the union between a husband and wife which the former feels should be a lifetime commitment but the OAP felt insulted by his comment. Daddy…
Peter Okoye has finally stepped forward to speak about the dispute between himself and his brothers. Peter recently gave an explanation on the rift between him and his brother, confirming that they have been having issues for over four years. He also said he has no qualms with his brothers and their families and that he doesn’t know what the problem is. Peter says he has asked what exactly the problem is but no one is saying anything. “Last year, nobody knew what was happening. ‘When are you guys releasing a song?’ They did not know we were fighting but…
Toke Makinwa recently made a truthful submission insisting that people who have gone through a divorce should stop being considered as outcasts. She gave this statement while responding to a discussion between two Instagram users who were weighing in on the social media dispute between Cool FM presenter, Daddy Freeze and singer Timi Dakolo. Both have been engaging themselves in an argument concerning the ideology of marriage. “The annoying thing is that@tokstarr used to talk about relationship on radio until she got served,” an Instagram user King Kennedy wrote. The “Unbecoming” author retorted saying, “Got served by who???? Who gon…
Ahead of the forthcoming Local Government elections in Kwara, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lawan Ado, has warned politicians not to go overboard with the polity with their actions and utterances. He said that no politician would be exempted from sanction if found wanting during the exercise. The police chief said that the command has set up mechanism to ensure peaceful conduct of the polls. CP also urged members of the general public to obey the law and conduct themselves orderly during the election.
The Campaign Organisation of Mr Tony Nwoye, the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, says the huge turnout at the Onitsha rally is an acceptance of the party. The Flag-off Committee Chairman, Mr Azuka Okwuosa, said this while speaking with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. Okwuosa lamented about the destruction of the party’s campaign billboards and posters by other political parties and urged opponents to play by the rules. “It was not surprising that from the inception of the campaign, APC posters and billboards were being destroyed and defaced to provoke our reaction. “It is an…
The family of former pension reforms boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, has claimed he was reinstated by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as part of its ‘change agenda’. The family made this claim in a public defence of the fugitive former chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms (PTTPR) and blamed his troubles on the manipulations of a cabal bent on tarnishing his image. The family talked to the media in Kaduna two days ago, through spokesman Malam Aliyu Maina who also protested against the shutting down of houses linked to Maina. Aliyu blasted the actions of the…
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, has warned trouble makers to avoid the state during the forthcoming council elections. ‘‘Be warned that the command, under my watch, will not tolerate ballot box snatching, political thuggery and any form of violence that will lead to the breakdown of law and order in the state. ‘‘Rest assured that we are going to arrest, and anybody found wanting would be taken to court as soon as possible to answer for his or her misdeeds. ‘‘So, be warned that police and other sister security agencies will not tolerate any act…
Ayodele Fayose narrowly escaped death three days ago, after his vehicle caught fire on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos State. The Governor was said to be on his way to the airport when his Mercedes-Benz G-Class mysterious caught fire but the Governor was reportedly not in the vehicle at the time. Fayose’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka revealed this on Wednesday, October 25. He said, “There was an accident involving Ekiti state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose’s vehicle on his way to the airport yesterday. “Though he was meant to be in the vehicle, by providence, he was not there. “What caused the sudden…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, said that it had been involved in 419 court cases over election matters from 2016 to date. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in an interactive session with a group of civil society organizations, under the umbrella of the Situation Room, on Tuesday, in Abuja. “Between 2016 and 2017, till this week, we have appeared for 419 cases in four different courts; so, I will say that in the last two years INEC has been dragged to court 419 times. “Conversely, 187 of them are at Federal and state…
Aisha Buhari has shut down the claim by Senator Isa Misau that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris gave her two Sports Utility Vehicles for private engagements. n a response on her Twitter account (@aishambuhari), on Thursday, October 26, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari posted, “I am still using my personal cars” . Senator Misau has been at the forefront of a very public spat with the IGP who he has accused of collecting bribes on several occasions. While speaking to the committee on Wednesday, he had said, “I still have some contract papers that the IG himself submitted…
The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday said they would close down all public schools if any of its members is sacked by Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i. Audu Amba, NUT Chairman in the state said at a press conference in Kaduna, that the union would go on total strike if the government should dismiss any teacher. According to him, the teachers were not tried based on professionalism, adding that the NUT will only recognise test conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria. “The so-called competency test was not a true test, because you can…