New Brazilian recruit Dani Alves powered Paris Saint-Germain to their first title of the season beating Monaco 2-1 in the Champions Trophy final on Saturday. It was a fifth straight trophy for the Parisians in the traditional curtain-raiser to the French season to put them level with Lyon’s record of seven titles. The match was touted as a revenge mission for both sides with PSG losing their Ligue 1 title to Monaco, with the Principality side crushed 4-1 by the Parisians in the League Cup final. Against a backdrop of intense transfer speculation linking Brazilian superstar Neymar from Barcelona to…
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Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says French teen striker Kylian Mbappe will become a welcome addition for the reigning Champions League and La Liga champions should he decide to leave Monaco. The 18 year-old forward is wanted by Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, with the Spanish giants poised to make him one of the most expensive players of all time in a move that could cost around $211 million (180 million euros). Ramos was adamant Mbappe has the qualities to become of the best in the world. “It’s not a decision for me but Mbappe is a great prospect. There…
Neymar’s teammates said Friday they have appealed Neymar to resist the temptation of moving to Paris St Germain after a training ground quarell with new signing Nelson Semedo. PSG are supposedly ready to bid a record-breaking $256 million (218 million euros) move for Neymar, sparking exit fears as the Spanish club prepared for a Saturday “El Clasico” friendly matchup with Real Madrid at Miami. The unsettled 25 year-old Brazilian left the practice pitch in disgust and has yet to commit his future to Barcelona ahead of the transfer deadline, still more than a month away. “It’s true, something did happen,…
Alex Iwobi was exceptional for Arsenal at the beginning of the 2016/2017 season, starring on the left of an Arsenal front three that were scoring goals for fun. His nimble feet and incisive passing kept Arsenal fluid and dangerous, he even got praise from Alex Ferguson. “I’m impressed with the young boy Alex Iwobi,” Ferguson said in an interview with German magazine, Kicker. He, however, lost his place following a series of bad results and found himself coming off the bench as the season waned. Iwobi’s loss of form came along with a dramatic decline of Arsenal which saw their…
Gerard Pique scored Barcelona’s match winner over Real Madrid on Saturday as El Clasico Miami lived up to the massive hype. The Spanish international converted in a Neymar free-kick in the 50th minute to seal a 3-2 win for the Catalan giants in front of 66,014 at the Hard Rock Stadium. Lionel Messi, who put in a superb 64-minute performance, opened the scoring after just three minutes and when Ivan Rakitic doubled the lead soon after, the writing appeared to be on the wall for a sluggish Real Madrid side. Yet Zinedine Zidane’s side quickly woke from their slumber and…
The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has apologized to the National Assembly over comments on budgetary allocation to his ministry. Fashola had slammed the National Assembly for removing key projects of his ministry from the 2017 budget leaving projects like boreholes. “In any event, allegations of half-truths are only a flawed response to the constitutional and developmental issues that have plagued Nigeria from 1999 about how to budget for the critical infrastructure in Nigeria,” he said. “It shows the conflict between the executive that wants to build big federal highways, bridges, power plants, rail and dams on…
Wayne Rooney waxed lyrical about a successful and emotional homecoming with Everton on Thursday but admitted that he is glad the occasion is now behind him. The Manchester United legend made his second debut for his boyhood club in their laboured 1-0 Europa League qualifying first leg tie against the Slovakian side MFK Ruzomberok. It was a frustrating and tough night for an Everton side that has spent a lot of money following the near £90 million sale of Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United and it took a deflected goal from defender Leighton Baines to earn his team a lead…
Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday, July 28, 2017, signed an agreement with Buhler Group to build a rice processing mill in the state. According to the governor, the rice mill will be built on 32,000 hectares of land in Imota, Ikorodu area of the state. While praising the agreement as a great achievement for the state, Ambode said it will help in fulfilling part of his regime’s economic agenda of diversifying the economy. He said, “The state of the art rice mill will be sited in Imota, Ikorodu and it requires 32,000 hectares of land for cultivation of rice…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it recovered two stolen vehicles with the aid of its National Vehicle Identification Scheme (NVIS) in Calabar, Cross River. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, revealed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN reports that NVIS is a database of all number plates generated and produced in the country. Kazeem said the vehicles, both Toyota Highlanders were allegedly stolen in Ibadan, Oyo and Aba in Abia on different dates respectively. According to him, the suspected buyers were apprehended when they…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has been endorsed by 25 countries around the world for his never-ending fight against corruption. The Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Friday. Uwujaren said the endorsement was the result of an opinion poll conducted by UK-based Global Peace Movement International. The poll came a week after Transparency International (TI) released its latest transparency index, he said. According to him, Nigeria for the first time in over a decade, moved up in the global anti-corruption and transparency ranking. He…
D’banj has signed a new global distribution deal with Priority Records. The deal according to a press release made available, frees artistes in Africa that are subscribers to his Creative Reality Entertainment Arts and Music (C.R.E.A.M.) digital platform access to global distribution through Capitol Records, parent company of Priority Records. “I am so humbled! A dream that started on paper has finally come to fruition. Africa is the future of the world,” said D’banj. “A year ago, I launched a platform to help creative talents find their dreams across Nigeria. The platform was developed by Africans, for Africa, to showcase…
Wizkid is arguably the most promising singer in African music scene to the world movement and while early his recently released Sounds From The Other Side, seems to have enhanced his standing in the global scene. While Star Boy has dazzled countries like Kenya on his own, he has also accompanied Future on some shows on The Future Hndrxx Tour. Earlier this week, it also became clear that Wizkid and Future have worked together severally and it’s only a matter of time before the hit bangers were dropped. The story of how Drake jumped on Ojuelegba is commonplace today and…
Mavin Records singer, Tiwa Savage, has had an impressive and fast rise to stardom but it did not come easy. The Afrobeat diva has had to combine the role of being a mother, an obedient daughter and one who is quite dedicated to her career which must have been quite exhausting. But a determined and fearless Savage is not the one to be fazed by this. She shared some short stories regarding her journey to fame in an interview with Hunger TV. Growing up, some members of her family particularly her parents weren’t totally supportive of her chosen music career…
Paulo Dybala says that he is comfortable and happyat Juventus and it is up to the club to decide where his future lies, amid growing speculation that Barcelona want him to replace Neymar if he moves to PSG. Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta said earlier this week that the 23-year-old would only be allowed to leave if he comes forward and request a transfer. Argentina international Dybala sees things differently, though, and says he will not decide his future. “It’s pleasing to know that big clubs are interested in you because it means you are doing well,” Dybala told reporters…
Gareth Bale’s agent has come out to label speculations suggesting his client could leave Real Madrid this summer as “ridiculous”. Bale, 28, is preparing for his another season at the Santiago Bernabeu, having won the Champions League three times during that spell, but reports have once again linked him with a move out of the club. Multiple reports recently claim Manchester United are set to make a move for the Wales international, with the Daily Mail claiming that he could be sold as part of Madrid’s plans to fund a £160 million world-record bid for Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe. However,…
Barcelona star Neymar finally came out to talk on Friday but avoided addressing reports he’s set to move to Paris Saint-Germain or his clash with teammate Nelson Semedo during training on Thursday. The Brazil international, speaking at a Nike event, said he was “feeling good” before flaunting a new pair of football boots, in which he said he’s hoping to “score a lot of goals,” although he didn’t mention which team’s shirt he will be doing that for. There has been growing speculation that the Brazil international is set to join Paris Saint-Germain, with a source telling ESPN FC last…
Big Brother Africa star and King Kong Records front line act ‘Tayo Faniran has come through on song titled ‘Biggy back’. He goes to the Caribbeans on this one.
Mark Zuckerberg is known for his ‘humb;e style’; a grey plain looking t-shirt over denim and kicks but those plain tees are super expensive at N126, 270 ($400)! With a style raved as ‘modest’ because of its simplicity, Mark Zuckerberg’s everyday look isn’t in your average t-shirt as he wears custom made Brunello Cucinelli tee-shirts in Marl Grey. He orders them in bulk at a minimum purchase unit of $400 (and that’s because he orders in bulk otherwise a piece will set him back at a whooping $700 per one). Brunello Cucinelli is an eponymous Italian fashion brand retailing menswear,…
Father and Singer, Kokomaster has released the video for song ‘Be with you’. The song has been released first on Apple Music, with other video sharing platforms sure to follow soon. He wrote on Instagram saying ” So grateful to have made this Summer Jam #BeWithYou with beatsbydre You can watch it first on applemusic.” The song would be part of his fourth solo studio album ” Kingdoncome” yet to be released. D’banj is also setting out for an event in Kenya tagged “Koroga festival”.
It seems superstar Wizkid has been dropping more scandals as he has been dropping fire tunes lately. A video has been floating around today, Friday, July 28, 2017, of Wizkid supposedly in a night club. The clip shows the star singer engaing in kind of scuffle. Wizkid reportedly got pissed when a fan came to a take a picture of him where he was seating without his approval. This developed into a scuffle and bouncers had to intervene. The reported incident went down at Club 1089 in Victoria Island, Lagos. Club 1089 is a new spot which opened up on…