Arsene Wenger has said Alexis Sanchez’s failed transfer deadline-day move to Manchester City was “not very close,” while also confirming that Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar was the one who turned down a move to Arsenal. On Thursday, reports said the London club had accepted an offer of £55 million plus a further £5m in add-ons for Sanchez, but the deal was placed on Arsenal finding a replacement. And after failing in their pursuit of Lemar, Arsenal held on to the Chile international — much to the annoyance of City, who had targeted him all summer. However, Wenger has ome out…
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Barcelona could not omplete a sensational deadline-day move for Angel Di Maria after making a last-ditch effort to sign the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder as they finally give up on Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, reports have said. Coutinho has been Barca’s main target throughout the summer but Liverpool’s complete refusal to sell forced them to check out alternative options, and at the 11th hour they attempted to push through a deal for Di Maria before the transfer window closed in Spain on Friday. Barca had ignored a deal for the former Real Madrid and Manchester United man due to PSG’s elevated demands,…
UEFA has opened an investigation into Paris Saint-Germain for any financial fair play violations, European football’s governing body announced on Friday. This decisive move comes one day after the close of the transfer window in which PSG secured the two highest-priced transfers of all time in Neymar and Kylian Mbappe for more than €400 million. UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body is watchful of all clubs as a matter of course but still ensured they announced the investigation into PSG and said the summer splash were behind their move. “The investigation will focus on the compliance of the club with the…
Nigeria disgraced Africa’s champions Cameroon 4-0 in Uyo to take a huge step towards next year’s World Cup after goals from Odion Ighalo, John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses and Kelechi Iheanacho. Cameroon were the continent’s shock champions in Gabon earlier this year, but their deficiencies were exposed during the Confederations Cup in Russia and completely in the open in Uyo as Nigeria ran riot. Odion Ighalo began the scoring in the 29th minute, and Mikel added a second before half time, while Moses made sure of victory with a strike ten minutes after the break. Substitute Iheanacho concluded the victory…
Diego Costa was named in Chelsea’s official Premier League squad list despite the Spain international’s attempts to secure a move to Atletico Madrid this summer. Chelsea reportedly fined Costa two weeks’ wages for not returning to training, and had remained in his country as the disagreement over his future went on. Costa said in an interview last month that Chelsea are treating him “like a criminal” and that he has lost all personal respect for head coach Antonio Conte over the Italian’s handling of the situation. Four conditions were also said to have been set out for Costa to resolve…
Gareth Southgate understood why England fans showed their frustrations during his side’s unconvincing win in Malta, but pointed out that “free-flowing champagne football” is scarcely associated with qualifiers. World Cup qualification is firmly in the Three Lions’ hands after a 4-0 win at the Ta’ Qali National Stadium, which kept their two-point gap at the top of Group F intact ahead of Monday’s crunch clash with second-placed Slovakia. Harry Kane’s second-half goal was followed by a late flurry of goals as Ryan Bertrand and Danny Welbeck scored before the Tottenham striker completed a flattering 4-0 win against Malta, who made…
Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira whas left on loan to Valencia for the 2017-18 campaign, the Spanish club announced on Friday minutes before the transfer window closed in Spain. They will reportedly pay a £2.7 million loan fee and cover the player’s wages. A club statement said: “Valencia CF has reached an agreement with Manchester United for Andreas Pereira to join the club until June 30, 2018.” Under contract with United until June 2018, the 21-year-old Pereira did extremely well while on loan at Granada last season where he scored five goals and set up three more in 34 La…
Ayo Fayose, on Friday dressed in Muslim regalia and joined other Muslims at the Ado Ekiti central praying ground for the Eid-el-Kabir prayers. Fayose addressing muslime, said that this was not his first time of identifying with Muslims in the open, promising to maintain the relationship. He said such actions were needed from leaders as a way of preaching peace, unity to the followers. Fayose also promised to look into the request of the Muslim faithful as best as he could do. He advised the Islamic clerics to always tell the leaders the truth and preach the values of justice…
Davido is showing his little girl so much love as he just gifted her, Imade, a very beautiful 30 billion gang chain. He used Snapchat on Wednesday to flaunt Imade’s customized necklace. Imade is alreeady having a collection of necklaces. Remember that when the little girl was born her flashy dad had a customised OBO necklace made for her. Early this year David got himself two cars, a brand new 2017 Range Rover and a Mercedes 2017 GLA250, worth millions of Naira. He recently welcomed his second child, Hailey Veronica Adeleke with his American-based girlfriend, Amanda.
Simi has released the cover art and tracklist for her sophomore album “Simisola.” The album art features a photo of the singer on a bed, smiling, with her barefoot up in the air. The photo for the cover was shot by veteran photographer, Obi Somto. Her album tracklist is als out, and it reveals that “Simisola” has 12 tracks, with three bonus records inclusive of her hits ‘Love don’t care’, ‘Jamb Question’, and ‘Tiff’. Only Adekunle Gold is a featured artiste on the project. He was on the a record titled ‘Take me back’. The album is packed with production…
Chimamanda Adichie has been honoured with a Doctor of Letters degree at the University of Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom. The honorary doctorate degree was given to the writer by the university’s Principal and Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sir Timothy O’Shea, at a special ceremony at the school’s St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall. The award was given to recgnise dichie’s exploits as an author and public intellectual. Recently, Adichie was elected as a Foreign Honorary Member into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and bagged another honorary degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania in the United States of America in…
Small Doctor will not be taking anyone to court over his allegedly hacked Instagram account. Debunking reports that the ‘Penalty’ singer is dragging his hackers to court, his management has just confirmed to that the music star is not taking any legal action. “For now, we are not taking any legal action,” they said. This comes after an explicit video of the singer stroking his manhood with one hand, while apparently recording the act with his other hand was shared via his Snapchat account on Thursday, August 24, 2017. As earlier reported, it had seemed like the singer made a…
African China is bereaved. The music star lost his dad in the early hours of Thursday. He took to Instagram to share the news with fans and followers. “The man That God used to bring me into this world, My Hero, My mentor, Papa u tutored me on how to be a good father to my kids. Papa passed on today 30th August 2017….early hours of this morning R.I.P papa.” Meanwhile, African China recently blasted the new school age artists for being disrespectful. He talked about meeting and exchanging numbers with a certain new generation artist only for him to…
Toke Makinwa celebrated her late mother, Modupe Makinwa‘s birthday with an emotional message. The OAP took to Instagram today, Thursday, August 31, 2017. She had previously said in her book “On Becoming”, that she and her siblings, lost their parents to a fire when they were only kids. Now, she’s talked about how much she misses her mother and wondered just how close they would be if she were alive. “I called you in prayer today mama, if you were here you’ll be a year older but you not so I pray for your soul. My beautiful Rose Happy Birthday…
Damilola Adegbite is celebrating her baby boy, Brian Attoh, as he turns three. The movie star via Instagram today August 31, 2017, reveals her son stopped breathing during birth and had to be in the ICU for days. “My joy and pride I remember a moment when I was about to have you. We couldn’t hear your heartbeat for quite a number of seconds. One of the nurses tried her best to look calm but I could tell she was afraid. That must have been the longest I ever held my breath…and then suddenly, we heard your little heart beating…
Yul Edochie has won the DPC primary election held on Thursday, August 31, 2017. The Nollywood actor will be contesting under the platform of the Democratic People’s Congress (DPC). He immediately took to his Instagram page to share his good news with followers. He wrote: “And I won the party primaries today to become the flag bearer of the DPC. DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S CONGRESS. I give God almighty all the glory. I thank everyone who made it possible. And to all who have placed their hopes and trust in me, I will not let you down. It’s time for the youths,…
Big Brother Naija star Uriel schooled Ruggedman on Twitter. The famous rapper took to Twitter on Friday, September 1, 2017, to Uriel to an event. “Babes my PlayStation competition kicks off on Saturday. Come through if u in town n free a bit. It starts 11 am,” he tweeted. To which Uriel responded saying, “That’s not proper invite… hmmm.” It felt like the pair were just having a friendly banter as Ruggedybaba replied her post. The rapper has dropped four albums since he began in 2004 and also owns a clothing line called TSW, ’20th Sept Wear’. He also has…
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Waje Iruobeis a year older today, September 1, 2017. The single mother stormed the music scene when her vocals were featured on Psquare’s smash hit ‘Do Me’ in 2008. She has won several awards for her amazing voice. A native of Edo state, she has since gone on to become one of the leading female songwriters and singers in the country. The University of Nigeria graduate has since gone stronger and has won several awards over the past couple of years including Best Female Vocalist NEA 2011, Headies 2011, Best Reggae/ Dance hall, Headies 2013 amongst…
At least, 19 people including five kids died in an accident at Ogoneki in Edo, off Asaba-Benin Expressway on Thursday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Samuel Odukoya said that the accident which involved a trailer and a passenger bus occurred at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday. He said 24 persons were trapped in the accident involving a trailer with registration no. DRZ 374 XA and a Toyota bus marked ABD 206 XA. According to him, five others sustained various degrees of injury. “The trip was from Benin to Auchi and the cause of the accident was attributed…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said there is no resurrection of Boko Haram contrary to insinuation in some circles. Mohammed refuted the insinuation of resurgence of Boko Haram in a remark to the media during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in his country home, Oro, near Ilorin. He said that some recent tragic events, including suicide bombings and the abduction of some staff of the University of Maiduguri, were scares by the insurgents. “The truth is that there is no resurgence of Boko Haram. Cowardly bombings and kidnappings are some of the hallmarks of an asymmetric warfare that insurgencies are. “And like I…