Popular media personality, Freeze has reportedly been fired by the management of Cool FM. News of his sack was first published over the weekend on Saturday, August 27, 2016 when sites claimed the controversial personality was sacked as a result of his public feud with comedian, Basketmouth. The OAP however on Saturday, August 27, 2016 disclosed that though there are issues over presenters’ fees in the organisation, and he wasn’t going to divulge details out of the respect he has for his boss, Amin Mousalli. “Yes, there are issues stemming from a meeting over presenters fees yesterday, details of which…
Author: David Folami
The producers of the MTV VMAs 2016 gave controversial rap star Kanye West four minutes to do anything he wanted to do on stage. Kanye West who has had a very colourful history with the VMAs got on stage and for the umpteenth time spoke about pop star Taylor Swift at the award ceremony which took place in New York on August 28, 2016. Speaking about his ‘Famous’ video which had the waxwork replicas of celebrities naked on the same bed, Kanye West said “We came over in the same boat, now we’re all in the same bed. Well, maybe…
Early this morning, August 29, 2016, it was reported that ace comedian, Julius Agwu had been hospitalised in London following a relapse from his brain tumour. Goldmyne TV reported the top comedian was in a bad shape at Lewisham hospital, London following a relapse from a tumour in his brain. We have however reached out to the veteran comedian’s US manager, Bishop who confirmed Agwu is alright but just went for a checkup. According to him, Agwu was grounded on routine visit to the doctor on Friday, August 26, 2016 because he needed to rest as prescribed by the doctor.…
Former label mates Rihanna and Rita Ora are at it again but this time, Rihanna allegedly started it. The sun reports that the ‘Work’ singer has demanded Brit singer Rita Ora be kept away from her inside the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony so she can’t steal her shine. Sources say, “Rihanna is receiving the Video Vanguard Award and she wants the evening to be all about her. She isn’t going to let anything, or anyone, upstage her. She has never liked Rita and put a call into MTV last week asking for her to be sat far away from…
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has assured fans he will soon be back in action as he continues his recovery from a knee injury. The 31-year-old has not played since he was substituted in the first half of Portugal’s Euro 2016 final triumph following a challenge from France’s Dimitri Payet. Ronaldo was left out of Fernando Santos’ squad for the friendly with Gibraltar and the World Cup qualifier against Switzerland next month, while he has yet to be involved for Madrid since the Champions League final in May. But the former Manchester United forward, who won UEFA’s Best Player in…
Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba has clearly settled seamlessly well into his new club. Pogba was impressive in his debut for United in their 2-0 Premier League win over Southampton on Friday, August 19. It seems the midfielder is already getting along well with his teammates as he was spotted with one of them dining at a popular restaurant in Manchester. Pogba and forward Memphis Depay were seen entering San Carlo restaurant where they enjoyed a meal together. While the pair arrived with a private cab, only Pogba was seen exiting the restaurant around 11pm. Despite his impressive outing on…
Petr Cech insists Arsenal will not hide from the responsibility of mounting a Premier League title challenge after beating Watford 3-1 away from home on Saturday. The Gunners opened the new league campaign with a disappointing 4-3 loss at home to Liverpool, before holding last term’s surprise champions Leicester City to a 0-0 draw at King Power Stadium. Arsenal were comfortable winners at Vicarage Road, where a Santi Cazorla penalty, together with goals from Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, sealed a first victory of 2016-17 for Arsene Wenger’s men. And goalkeeper Cech knows Arsenal fans will accept nothing less than…
A Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brace proved enough to secure a 2-1 victory for Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga season opener against Mainz. The 27-year-old scored 25 league goals for Thomas Tuchel’s side last term and opened his account for the new campaign by heading home a cross from Andre Schurrle after17 minutes. Schurrle was the most impressive of the four recent signings who started for the hosts, but Dortmund’s victory was not an altogether convincing one. Mainz, who finished sixth last season, more than matched Dortmund for long periods of the game and had it not been for a glaring miss…
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has no doubt Jamie Vardy will rediscover his remarkable form of last season. England international Vardy fired his side to a stunning title with 24 Premier League goals last season. However, the 29-year-old is without a league goal this campaign, and Leicester are winless from their opening two games. Despite that, Ranieri remains confident over Vardy’s ability ahead of facing Swansea City on Saturday. “Last season he was a dangerous man – dangerous and a goalscorer,” he said. “I’m not worried because Jamie is very focused. “We played well on the counter-attack against Arsenal, they…
Samson Siasia, who helped Nigeria to men’s football bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, says he no longer want to have anything to do with the game in the country. The Dream Team VI coach said in an interview that he no longer wanted to be involved in what he described as “a disrespectful system’’. Siasia, who also won a silver medal at Beijing 2008, claimed he had gone unpaid for five months by his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). He recalled that he and his players had “a turbulent and incredible campaign in Brazil’’ during the Olympics and…
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has no doubt the “special” Marcus Rashford’s chance at the club and with England will come. Rashford has dropped down to England’s Under-21 squad, while he seems set to have to wait for his chance at United. When his opportunity came off the bench at Hull City on Saturday, the 18-year-old tapped in a dramatic late winner in a 1-0 victory. Rooney, who set up the goal with a fine individual run, is confident Rashford will eventually get the chances he deserves. “It was a big moment for him to go to the Euros and…
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique highlighted the hunger of his squad not to be ousted by Real Madrid as Spanish champions after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao maintained their perfect start to the season. The Catalans had to win their final five league games of last season to stave off Real’s late charge and claim a fifth title in seven seasons. “It is a start to the season very like how we ended last season. All the players are involved, all the players have the desire and hunger to be first,” said the Barca coach. Four wins to start…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was relaxed about the possibility of losing star forward Sergio Aguero to suspension after television footage appeared to show him elbowing West Ham United’s Winston Reid on Sunday. Aguero could face retrospective action by the Football Association, and suspension, if the incident in City’s 3-1 Premier League win is judged to have been deliberate. That would rule him out of City’s next game, the eagerly awaited derby away to Manchester United at Old Trafford on September 10. “I didn’t see it,” said Guardiola of the incident at Eastlands following a win that left City top…
Ivan Rakitic’s first-half header maintained Barcelona’s 100 percent start to the La Liga season as the champions withstood a wave of late pressure to win 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Rakitic finished off an excellent team move after 20 minutes, but with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez uncharacteristically wayward in front of goal, Athletic nearly grabbed a point when Benat Etxebarria’s free-kick flew just wide late on. Barca join Real Madrid and top-of-the-table Las Palmas as the only sides with two wins from their first two games. Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid are already four points off the pace…
Having sold Yannick Bolasie to Everton in the close season, Crystal Palace would be loathe to see another quality wide man leave the club to a Premier League rival and striker Christian Benteke has called on Wilfried Zaha to stay at the club. Zaha was dropped from the starting line-up for Palace’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth at the weekend after the club rejected a bid from Tottenham Hotspur for the 23-year-old. Benteke, who arrived from Liverpool this month for a fee that could reach more than 30 million pounds, said Zaha had made a real impact when he came on,…
Atletico’s slow start to the campaign continued as they have now managed just two points from their opening two games, both against newly promoted opposition. Euro 2016 top scorer Antoine Griezmann missed the best chance of the first-half, whilst Leganes goalkeeper Jon Serantes saved from Kevin Gameiro and Fernando Torres after the break. “If we keep playing like this we’ll be fighting against relegation,” raged a frustrated Griezmann to BeIN Sports. Valencia have endured an even more disastrous start to the campaign as they lost 1-0 at Basque minnows Eibar to follow-up a 4-2 thrashing at home by Las Palmas…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has berated the Nigerian Police for invading and sealing off the Kano residence of the state’s former governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Armed policemen had on Tuesday, August 23, laid siege at Kwankwaso’s house located on Lugard road to prevent an alleged mass wedding being planned by the former governor. Fayose said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its supporters have encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari’s dictatorship style by not joining other Nigerians to condemn his undemocratic acts. In a statement issued by his spokesman Lere Olayinkan in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, August 24, Fayose expressed concern about…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of high level corruption. The allegation was made by the factional leader of the Imo PDP, Chief Charles Ezekwem during a press conference in Owerri on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. “The gory socio-political and economic situation in our beloved Imo State today, easily gives any right thinking person, goose pimples. There is unarguably, a total collapse of virtually every government institution in the state, as nepotism, favouritism and high level of corruption, have become the trademark of the present APC administration of Governor Rochas Okorocha,” Ezekwem said…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the statement credited to the emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, where he warned President Muhammadu Buhari to be careful not to make the mistakes Jonathan made. Omokri said Buhari should make the supposed Jonathan mistakes, adding that contrary to Sanusi’s comment, Jonathan made naira stable at N150-N215 to $1 between 2011-2015. He said: “How can anyone say President Muhammadu Buhari should not make Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s mistake? “Rather than avoid GEJ’s mistake, PMB should make the same GEJ mistake that made the economy grow at over 4% every year…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has urged Nigerians to rise in condemnation of what he described as President Muhammadu Buhari’s emerging dictatorship. Fayose made the comment in reaction to the recent police invasion of the home of former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. The Ekiti governor’s comments were contained in a statement released by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. The statement reads: “The fact that Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso is of the ruling APC should worry well-meaning Nigerians because it appears no one will be spared by these anti-democracy agents that have taking over Nigeria.” “When…