Borussia Dortmund have told Barcelona that Ousmane Dembele is not for sale this summer amid reports the Catalan club have held talks with the player’s agent. Barca sporting director Robert Fernandez said this week the club will make some “big-name signings” this summer and Dembele’s name has been frequently linked with a move to Camp Nou. However, Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc says Dembele is firmly part of new coach Peter Bosz’s plans for next season. “Ousmane Dembele has a long-term contract [until 2021] and we are making definite plans with him,” Zorc told German newspaper Waz. “There are no…
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Manchester United hold an interest in Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba but there is an acceptance on both sides that a deal will be difficult to complete this summer, sources have said. Alba was used sparingly by Barcelona coach Luis Enrique last season, while United boss Jose Mourinho struggled to find a regular left-back at Old Trafford, using Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian and Ashley Young in the role. But sources have said that Alba is more settled at the Camp Nou following Ernesto Valverde’s appointment as manager. The 28-year-old made 39 appearances last season but was left…
Adnan Januzaj will almost certainly leave Manchester United this summer but contrary to reports, no deal has yet been done to secure his future. Speculation linking him with Basque side Real Sociedad is well-founded: they clearly want to sign the six-time Belgian international who spent last season on loan at Sunderland. Jokin Aperribay, president of the club that finished sixth in Spain and will play European football next term, enjoys good relations with United after the two clubs met in the 2013-14 Champions League and the Basque officials took their United counterparts to one of the best restaurants in Europe.…
Arsenal’s attempts to tie Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil to lucrative new contracts could force the club into a wide-ranging sell-off of players this summer. Arsenal are wary of the Premier League’s cost control measures that restrict how much a wage bill can increase year on year. If Arsenal’s 2017-18 wage bill is more than £7m higher than it was last year, as it would be if Ozil and Sanchez signed, they would have to make up the excess through extra external revenue, most likely player sales. That would see Arsenal sell big names like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud and…
Liverpool have completed the signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma. Sources have said that the total deal is worth €39 million and could be a club-record transfer fee, depending on exchange rate of the British pound against the euro. After completing a medical on Thursday, Salah becomes Liverpool’s second signing of the summer, following Chelsea youngster Dominic Solanke. Salah signed a five-year deal, one source said, and will wear No. 11, with Roberto Firmino agreeing to move to No. 9. “I’m very excited to be here. I’m very happy,” Salah told Liverpool’s website. “I will give 100 per cent and…
Manchester United are considering a number of offers for Adnan Januzaj, including one from Real Sociedad, sources have said. Januzaj, 22, spent last season on loan at Sunderland, who were relegated from the Premier League. He still has a year left on the contract he signed after breaking into United’s first team under David Moyes during the 2013-14 season, but his time at Old Trafford appears to be over with United ready to sell this summer. It is likely the club will insist on a sell-on clause and a buy-back option in any deal, similar to the ones installed in…
Nigerian pop star Korede Bello is now a graduate! The ‘Do like that’ singer was part of the graduating class of 2017 from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. In a recent interview, the singer talked about Journalism and what he hopes to achieve. “I am a student of journalism but am slave to music. I nursed a dream to become a radio presenter in the past but music is my passion for now. I plan to star in some Nollywood films as I have been presented some scripts, which I am presently considering. But I have just dropped my debut…
Twin babies belonging to R&B singer, Beyonce are reported to have been delivered prematurely and are currently under observation at a hospital. According to TMZ, they are “under the lights” due to the possibility of jaundice which is often caused by elevated bilirubin levels. The procedure was carried out in a bid to “lower bilirubin in the blood to eliminate the jaundice”, TMZ reports. Though a saddening occurrence, the condition which is common among premature babies is considered not to be dangerous once proper treatment is given. Jaundice is a medical term that describes the yellowing of the skin and…
On-air-personality, Toke Makinwa has given a fan who needed money to purchase school handouts some cash so he can buy the items. The fan who goes by the Twitter ID, “@godsown99” appealed to the presenter by tweeting at her earlier yesterday. He wrote, “Good morning Ma’am. Please help me with N10k to buy handouts in sch. May God continue to bless you. Amin.” Makinwa, in her response to Godsown asked him to send her details of his request which must have, no doubt, included an account number. “Send me your deets RT,” she wrote. The fan in a subsequent post…
One year after Nomoreloss’ death, his wife, media personality Phoenix, is suffering from a chronic rheumatic condition. The OAP has just revealed she has been suffering from fibromyalgia for a while now. Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic condition characterised by muscular or musculoskeletal pain with stiffness and localised tenderness at specific points on the body. In a post on her social media page, she wrote, “I can almost open my own pharmacy at this rate. Sometimes, you need painkillers for the pain caused by going to the hospital for painkillers. (Sigh) when I think about a number of chocolates I could…
There’s proof that late American rapper Tupac was the ultimate lover. An erotic letter the rap legend wrote in 1995 while in prison in reply to a ‘passionate’ letter a fan sent him has surfaced. The explicit letter was handwritten by Tupac and features lines like, “Ever been tied to a bedpost and licked like a lollipop?” He also makes mention of blindfolds, bubble baths, oily massages and “12 positions of lovemaking” but you have to read to believe. Meanwhile, a biopic about the life of deceased rapper, “All Eyez on Me”, has surprisingly met more negative reaction than positive…
Nollywood stars Gbenro Ajibade, Osas Ighodaro are celebrating their daughter, Azariah today, June 21, 2017. The duo took to their Instagram pages to celebrate Azariah who is one year old today. Gbenro shared beautiful photos of her writing, “My precious!!! Can’t stop thanking God every split second for using you to bless us. Many many more blessed and successful years ahead in Jesus name, Amen..Happy birthday. Love you till eternity” Osas also shared her photos and wrote, “HAPPIEST 1st BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BLESSED PRECIOUS PRINCESS @azariahajibade. I have been crying since 12 Midnight hit I’m realising I’m one of those…
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly agreed to use the services of a surrogate agency for a third child. TMZ reports the couple took this decision because of Kim’s reported condition, placenta accreta which “occurs when the placenta attaches too deep in the uterine wall but it does not penetrate the uterine muscle.” It can be life-threatening when pregnant. TMZ stated that the couple has agreed to pay monthly instalments of $4,500 for 10 months and an extra $5,000 for an additional child in case of more than one. The surrogate is to abstain from sex for three weeks…
Veteran Nollywood actress Ireti Doyle recently opened up on getting pregnant during her teens. Doyle while speaking at Harvesters International Christian Centre, Gbagada, Lagos, revealed that her family members, including her mother, were hard on her when she got pregnant at the age of 17. She told students, “You have to surround yourself with people who love and support you. I was blessed to have people around me; unfortunately, these people are not family members. My mother didn’t take it lightly with me. I wouldn’t have handled it the way she did because I belong to a different generation. I…
Born Idileoye Oluwaseyitan Lawrence Aletile, with the stage name Seyi Law, Seyi Law hit the limelight following his success at the AY Open Comedy Mic in 2006. Since then, he’s been known as a top comedian in the country as he is always at most events for performance. He’s also got dozens of comedy skits on Youtube. He is also the founder of “I must laugh” show. A lot of people easily identify him with the AY brand.
The Fulani community in Taraba state has cried out to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo about their community being targeted in an ongoing ethnic cleansing. In reaction to the recent killings in the Sardauna Local Government Area of the state, the Fulani community has accused the Mambilla tribe of trying to wipe their tribe out over a land dispute. In a press release signed by elders of the community, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu, Malam Suleiman Musa, Alhaji Hassan Ardo and Alhaji Dauda Jae, the community complained about continuous attacks on their settlements across the local government area. They accused the Mambilla tribe…
Nigerian singer, Aramide is a year older today Aramide is an award winning Nigerian Afro-Soul/Jazz artiste. She began singing and writing music as a teenager and decided to nurture them. After secondary school, Aramide learnt to play the saxophone and guitar and is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Jos. Her career took off shortly after graduation. The music star sings about love, betrayal, friendship, trust, and the attendant joys and aches of womanhood. Her musical influences include Erykah Badu, Miriam Makeba, Sade, Angelique Kidjo and other greats.
The Kaduna State Government said on Wednesday that it would partner the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) to mobilise women against malnutrition in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, said this when Mr Silas Ideva, CS-SUNN Coordinator and other members of the organisation visited her in her office in Kaduna. Baba said that the ministry was very strategic in mobilising women and children, particularly as its affects their welfare and survival. She described the current malnutrition indices in the state as very unfortunate, considering the available agricultural resources in the state.…
The Pastoral Resolve, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Thursday called on the Federal Government to deploy more security personnel to the Mambilla Plateau area in Taraba State. The group made the appeal in Abuja at a news conference on the recent clash between the Nguroje community and herdsmen in the Mambilla Plateau neighbourhood in Sardauna Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba. Mr Saleh Momale, Acting Executive Director of the group, said that the crisis, which occurred between June 17 and June 21, was provoked by the arrest of a suspected criminal by the police in the area. “Rioters at Nguroje…
Lagos residents of Ajegunle were witnesses to the unfortunate collapse of an uncompleted building in the early hours of Thursday, June 22, 2017. The collapsed building, located at Ogbowanko street, injured two people when it fell. The injured people were workers on the building site, and they were working on a part of the building when it collapsed. The cause of the collapse remains unknown.