Barely 24 hours after calling his male co-stars unprofessional, Fast & Furious actor, Dwayne Johnson, reportedly went into a face-off with Vin Diesel. According to a news report published by TMZ on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, Diesel challenged the ‘Hercules’ actor following his recent comments where he called unidentified colleagues of his “candy asses”. The confrontation has left no doubt about who the actor was referring to in his comments. In the report, it was disclosed that the ‘Riddick’ actor visited Johnson’s trailer to ask why he made a controversial statement about his male colleagues. This led to a long…
Author: David Folami
Model Kendall Jenner, 20, is now officially dating New York rapper A$AP Rocky. The two who have been seen together lately are now an item according to a source who spoke to Us Weekly. “It’s the real deal” said the source. At the 19th birthday party of her sister Kylie Jenner, Kendall attended the party held at Nice Guy in West Hollywood with A$AP Rocky. It was said that the two were very close at the party and they later snuck out together from the backdoor. According to the source Kendall and A$AP Rocky have a lot common together because…
Following Tiwa Savage’s signing with American entertainment company owned by Jay Z, ROC Nation, the company has officially welcomed the singer. Tiwa Savage officially signed a management deal with Jay Z‘s Roc Nation in July 2016 and now her profile has been uploaded to Roc Nation’s official website, and it’s quite detailed. In her profile on the site, Tiwa reveals how her estranged hubby, Teebillz discouraged her from writing songs for people and encouraged her to return to Nigeria. According to her, “I met Tunji and he told me about the growing Afrobeats scene back home in Nigeria. He thought…
Nollywood veteran Ayo Adesanya is 47-year-old today! Ayo Adesanya made her TV debut in 1996 when she starred in the TV soap opera, the Tunji Bamishigbin produced “Palace”. She has acted in hundreds of Nigerian movies, both English and Yoruba. One classic Nollywood movie she starred in was the 1999 film “Most Wanted”.
Reality star Kylie Jenner is celebrating her 19th birthday in style! The beauty entrepreneur clocked 19 yesterday, August 10, 2016 and she is currently in Turks and Caicos holidaying with close friends and sister Kendall Jenner. She shared some pictures on her Instagram page of herself at the beach with best friends including Bella Hadid and sister, Kendall. “19 & 20,” she captioned the first photo of she and older sister, Kendall Jenner laying on the beach. The photo was followed with a second photo of the duo in red bikinis sitting side-by-side on their boat. She also shared photos…
Rapper Tyga could go to jail once he returns from his vacation with Kylie Jenner. An arrest warrant was issued by the judge after the rapper failed to show up to court Tuesday morning, August 9, 2016. Tyga who is reportedly in Turks and Caicos with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner to celebrate her 19th birthday was supposed to appear in courts over his ongoing eviction case with his landlord. Tyga’s landlord filed court documents that say he agreed to pay $16,000 per month for the plaintiff’s house. Three months after moving in, he however stopped paying rent and the landlord…
Media personality, Toke Makinwa in a recent post shared on her Instagram page today, August 11, 2016 is celebrating ‘no drama, grown edges and weight loss’. According to her, she has never been this happy in years and she is feeling great! “When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing I haven’t been this happy in years, my edges are grown, I’m losing weight, making money, feeling great. I’ve got no DRAMA!!!! All is good and I owe it all to…
Nollywood actress Kehinde Bankole has just landed a new endorsement deal with online shopping mall Pumoh. The actress took to Instagram today, August 11, 2016 sharing the news with fans and followers. “SEALED KENNY BANKS x @pumohshopping #innovativeProductsPlusOnlineShopping,” she captioned it. Bankole recently shut down rumours she slept with Kunle Afolayan. She revealed this in an interview with Broadway TV when she was questioned about how she got the movie role. Bankole said, “What I want to correct is the thinking of people, if you keep giving roles to people you are sleeping with, will a lot of them be…
West Ham United coach Slaven Bilic is backing Antonio Conte to make a big impact at Chelsea, but is confident his side can cause problems for their London rivals when they meet in the Premier League on Monday. Conte will oversee his first competitive fixture at Stamford Bridge when 2015 champions Chelsea host West Ham having guided Italy to the quarter-finals of this year’s European Championship. “Antonio Conte is a great manager and wants to change the way they approach the game and the principles. I rate him very highly,” Bilic told reporters on Thursday. “We expect a tough game…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic could “create a lot of problems” at Manchester United if he is not established as the club’s No. 1 striker, former Sweden international Pontus Kamark has told the Daily Mirror. Former IFK Goteborg and Leicester defender Kamark, whose international career was drawing to a close as Ibrahimovic was making his breakthrough, said the 34-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain striker can be a “good player for Manchester United” and that he sees him “almost like an Eric Cantona.” However, Kamark highlighted the potential issues if he is not made the main focus, as was the case when he played alongside…
Dejan Stefanovic has apologised for suggesting Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho should be sent to prison for his treatment of Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger. Stefanovic, a world players’ union member, accused the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter Milan manager of “bullying” Schweinsteiger as he tried to push the former Bayern Munich man out the door at Old Trafford. The 32-year-old Schweinsteiger has reportedly been training with the reserves this summer, while Mourinho has been forced to defend his handling of the 2014 World Champion in the wake of criticism over the past few days. Stefanovic last week said the…
Leicester City have ruled out selling Riyad Mahrez this month but the Algeria international is yet to commit to a new contract, sources close to the club have said. Mahrez’s future at Leicester has been the subject of speculation this summer with the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea linked with a move for last season’s PFA Player of the Year. Sources have said that Mahrez was open to a move away from Leicester this summer, but the club will not allow him to follow N’Golo Kante in leaving this summer. Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri told Sky Sports News on Wednesday:…
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said current captain Philipp Lahm could be offered a key upstairs role at the club once he hangs up his boots. The 32-year-old ex-Germany captain, who retired from international duty after lifting the 2014 World Cup, has a contract until 2018 and has spent virtually his entire career at Bayern. “I can imagine that in the future Philipp could play an important role off the field at the club,” Rummenigge told Munich-based newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday. “Philipp is a world-class right-back, but I really like his development off the field. “For me,…
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said it will be harder for his team to successfully defend their Premier League title this season than it was for them to win it. The Italian, who steered the Foxes to an unlikely title with a team ranked as 5 000/1 outsiders at the start of the campaign, added that the odds of Leicester repeating the feat should be even longer this term. “I’m very curious about this season,” Ranieri told reporters on Thursday. “Our target is again 40 points and then to see what happens. “The big teams are ready to fight for…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted on Thursday that he is “very disappointed” by head of recruitment Paul Mitchell’s decision to leave the club. Mitchell, 34, followed Pochettino to White Hart Lane from Southampton two years ago and helped to shape the team that threatened to pip Leicester City to the Premier League title last season. His departure is now being negotiated, amid reports he has been frustrated by Spurs’ lack of transfer activity, and Pochettino said he will be sad to see him go. “I feel very disappointed with his decision. It’s his personal choice,” Pochettino told a press…
Samson Siasia[/caption]Nigeria under-23 head coach, Samson Siasia, is keen to correct the frailties exhibited by his side in their 0-2 loss to Colombia on Wednesday in the Olympics ahead of their quarterfinal meet with Denmark. Siasia expressed worry at the way his team’s backline buckled under the attack of the Colombians leading up to the two goals conceded, he attributed their defeat to the changes he made in the startlist as opposed to their opening two matches against Japan and Sweden which they won 5-4 and 1-0 respectively. After watching his side concede six goals in the preliminary stage of…
Valencia and Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi and Premier League side Arsenal have agreed transfer terms, his agent is reported to have said on Thursday. “Skhodran and Arsenal are in agreement. Now the clubs just have to agree a transfer fee,” Mustafi’s agent Ali Bulut told German website Spox.com with the Gunners in discussions with his current club. The 24-year-old, who was part of Germany’s Euro 2016 squad and scored their first goal of the tournament, can play right-back or centre-back. Gunners defender Per Mertesacker is out for the near future with a knee injury. Mustafi, a product of Hamburg’s youth…
Watford’s Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo has signed a new five-year contract at Vicarage Road, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. “Odion Ighalo has signed a new five-year contract with #watfordfc,” Watford wrote on the club’s official Twitter account. “Congratulations @ighalojude!” Ighalo, 27, scored 17 goals in 42 appearances last season, but had been linked with a move to West Bromwich Albion. He follows strike partner and captain Troy Deeney by committing himself to Watford until 2021. Ighalo began his career in Norway and then spent six years at Udinese, during which time he went out on loan four times,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria needs change agents as the country is currently in a critical situation. This was contained in a tribute signed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, to the pioneer Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Major General Timothy Ogundeko. The statement reads: “The President affirms that with his tireless efforts and foresight, Gen. Ogundeko transformed the Nigerian Army Education Corps for the benefit of the Service and the nation; and his legendary role in the establishment of Command Secondary Schools is well appreciated. “President Buhari…
The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang has said there is nothing like padding in the legislature. “In all our years of legislative engagement, we have yet to find in the legislative lexicon the word, ‘padding.’ When the budget is presented before the legislature, the legislature is to consider the budget and pass as it deems fit. “So, what the legislature passes becomes the Appropriation Act upon assent. Therefore, any word which has yet to crystallise in legislative lexicon, you cannot hear us mention it,” he said. Enang said this after appearing…