Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the three shortlisted players for the UEFA Player of the Year award. The award, which was created in 2011, will be presented at the Champions League group stage draw on Aug. 24, with Real Madrid star Ronaldo expected to win it for the third time in four years after his outstanding performances helped Los Blancos to become the first club to retain the trophy. Buffon would be a popular choice, but the 39-year-old would have had a better chance had Juventus beaten Madrid in the Champions League final. Juventus did complete the…
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Everton have agreed a deal worth up to £45 million for Swansea player Gylfi Sigurdsson, according to multiple reports. The Iceland international will undergo a medical on Wednesday to finally complete his protracted transfer to Goodison Park, reports said. The saga has dragged on for most of the summer with Swansea initially valuing the 27-year-old at £50m. But Everton are finally set to secure their No. 1 summer target at a price slightly lower than the selling club had wanted. “The objective and the aim is that at some point the two clubs will meet,” Paul Clement said ahead of…
Andres Iniesta will not feature in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid through injury as Barcelona attempt to stage another miraculous omeback a 3-1 deficit from the first leg. Iniesta didn’t train on Tuesday due to a thigh problem and will not travel to Madrid with the rest of his teammates for Wednesday’s game. Barca have not confirmed how long their club captain will be sidelined, but the injury is not thought to be big. Thomas Vermaelen and Rafinha will also miss the trip to the Santiago Bernabeu due to ongoing injury problems. Portuguese midfielder…
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba believes he has returned from Juventus as a man and is prepared to achieve the one goal that matters: winning the Premier League. Pogba, 24, left Old Trafford for Turin on a free transfer in 2012 and spent four trophy filled years at Juventus before making his return for a world-record fee of £89m and with something to prove. “I came here to win the Premier League and to challenge myself as well. Winning the Premier League is what matters,” Pogba told the Manchester Evening News. “My dream was to play for this club and…
Kenyan songstress, Victoria Kimani was recently at the United Nations office in New York, USA. She talked on a number of issues which were on being heard, social inclusion and creative freedom as a female, and turning the tide as it were. “At the UN headquarters…..I touched on having creative freedom in Africa, being a diverse woman in an otherwise judgemental space…..shifting the culture one day at a time! Rome was not built in one day” she wrote on Instagram. “An African female voice. So important! Girls…..support your fellow woman….it takes nothing away from you,” she added. Victoria Kimani released…
Fuse ODG is all about uniting Africa to the UK in positive light with this music video for song ‘No daylight’. The song has got all the positive happy vibes.
The video features TV personality Tyra Banks as Drake’s girlfriend who found caught him cheating. Not seeming to be care much, Drizzy blows it off and goes on to have a party at the strip club. Drake has 99 problems but a crying chic ain’t one.
Hip-Hop god Jay-Z has released the video for ‘Moonlight’ off his “4:44” album. The song which talks about diversity in Hollywood does a remake of the “Friends” sitcom where an all black cast is depicted. Moonlight” features some of the fastest-rising stars such as HBO’s Issa Rae in comedy reenacting, line for line, scenes from a classic “Friends” episode. It also makes reference to the “La La Land” “Moonlight” Oscars gaffe, and what it represents on a wider scale.
From Olamide to Lil Kesh, Young John dropped another beat for Mr YAGI’s new tune ‘Baby favour’. This follows up Lil Kesh’s ‘Love story’.
Timaya has released his longawaited collaboration with Phyno and Olamide in song ‘Telli person’. The lovely African beat was produced by Kenny Wonder. The message in the song was on point as well. Enjoy.
Bisola and Jeff Akoh have collaborated on a song titled ‘Water and fire’. Both TV reality show stars were recently revealed as signed artists under the newly floated Temple Music Ltd record label. Other talents signed were DJ Jimmy Jatt, Tee-Y mix who produced this record ‘Water and fire’, ‘Juice’ producer Adey and singer 9ice among others.
Charly Boy and his ‘Resume or Resign’ protesters have experienced attacked in Abuja. The group was attacked by thugs with stones after they protested at the famous Wuse market in Abuja on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. A twitter user tweeted “We just went to Wuse market for mobilization against 100 days event tomorrow & a regular face at Unity Fountain brought thugs to attack us.” Another tweet confirmed that Charly Boy’s car was damaged by the thugs that attacked the group. Charly Boy is not the only prominent celebrity who has been at the protest. On Wednesday, August 9, 2017,…
Davido is showing off his many cash. The singer flaunted bundles of 100 dollar bills via Snapchat. Early this year he got himself two cars, a brand new 2017 Range Rover and a Mercedes 2017 GLA250, worth millions of Naira.
Uche Jombo is making her small screen debut with “Boys Are Not Smiling.” Jombo has said her debut TV series which is created by her and produced by her brother Nelson Jombo, for Uche Jombo Studios. She is also giving upcoming actors the opportunity to feature in the production, which is casting five lead actors and 10 sub-leads. Jombo took to Instagram to announce auditions for actors between 19 to 25 years old. She also shared monologues that should be used to partake in the online auditions. No further details have been revealed about the plot of the upcoming “Boys…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said recently that the nation’s current crude oil production had gone up to 2.35 million barrels per day. The Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Baru said this at the inauguration of the members of the corporation’s re-constituted anti corruption committee in Abuja. He said : “In the upstream, we have also been making strides in the stability and security in the Niger-Delta and production is coming back steadily. “At one point, we have reached the level of almost 2.35 million barrels per day, including condensates, which accounts for about 400,000 barrels per day.”…
Mr Haruna Mshelia, the Borno State Commissioner for Health, on Thursday said that one suspected case of Lassa fever was recently reported in the state. Mshelia told newsmen in Maiduguri, that the case was reported in Zabarmari community of Jere local government area of the state. “The patient was discharged after medical examination certified him free of Lassa fever infection. “It is medically proven that the case was not Lassa fever as earlier suspected,” he said. “Assorted drugs are distributed to endemic areas. “State preparedness for endemic disease such as cholera is in place”.
The Kwara state government has rejected all reports of an alleged outbreak of a mystery sickness that consumed 70 lives in Oro-Ago community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Suleiman Alege, on Friday told newsmen in Ilorin, that the report is nothing but a rumor as the ministry has no confirmed outbreak of disease or fatalities in any part of the state. The Commissioner recalled that when there were reported cases of cholera in some communities in the state, the government immediately deployed emergency kits to the affected areas and also commenced…
A 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, who has allegedly contacted Lassa Fever, is under medical observation at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta. The patient, whose name was not mentioned, was said to have returned from a trip to Lagos when he succumbed to the symptoms. He said the patient had been placed under watch. “He (patient) is resident here in Abeokuta; he travelled to Lagos and returned with the fever. “He is currently at the state General Hospital Ijaye where he is under medical observation. “We have carried out the first test.The first sample was positive. It shows some reactions,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has promised to take back states in the South-West region of Nigeria. The South-West Zonal Publicity Secretary, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo said, “The South-West Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, under the able leadership of the National Vice-Chairman (South-West), Dr. Eddy Olafeso, hereby expresses profound gratitude to all our leaders and loyal members in the zone, especially for standing by the zonal executives throughout our struggles till this day. “The appreciation becomes imperative as your unalloyed support, resilience and doggedness for over 14 months ahead of this well-deserved triumph of truth and justice really showed your…
The Conscience of the Niger (TCN) has sent out a note of warning to those trying toput down the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, by mentioning that he was interested in an elective office in 2019, to stop before they incur the wrath of God. Its leader, Mr. Mitai Okeroghene said, “Dr. Kachikwu is not stupid. He is a technocrat and not a politician and has not in any form or shape shown indications of wanting to contest election, and so, it stands to reason that those behind his posters flooding Abuja have a sinister plot…