World’s fastest man, Usain Bolt is pretty much unconcerned about making scandalous headlines as he continues to party and spend a good time with several women in London. The sprinter, according to Daily Mail, headed to Libertine nightclub, London on Wednesday night and after partying till dawn, he was pictured hiring a taxi to convey five girls to his hotel. This comes on the back of the triple Olympic gold medalist making the headlines for hooking up with 20-year-old Brazilian, Jady Duarte. Already, Bolt’s girlfriend of two years, Kasi Bennett has started showing her displeasure at his escapades. And all…
Author: David Folami
Davido is set to make up for his lack of an album in four years with the release of a double Extended Play in September. A deal with Sony Music earlier in the year came with high expectations for the singer, and his teeming fans will finally have an opportunity to see the impact of the deal on his music. Yet to release a major solo song in 2016, he has announced that his double EP, titled Son of Mercy, will be released in a few weeks. Davido, who promised in July that he was working on the ‘best music…
Nigerian singer GT Da Guitarman is now the proud father of a baby girl. The former Storm Records act revealed on his Instagram page yesterday, August 25, 2016, that his wife put to bed . “Feels so good to say… Meet my DAUGHTER #Aramide #HappyBirthdayMySunshine #DaddyG” he announced on Instagram. Aramide was born on August 25, 2016, at 9a.m. GT Da Guitarman got married to his wife Annie on April 24, 2016, in Anambra state. They got engaged on January 12, 2016. In March 2016, they later had their marriage introduction in Nwenyi, Ebonyi state. On Saturday, April 23, 2016,…
Perhaps Sir Alex Ferguson could be forgiven for his enthusiasm brimming over. After all, Manchester United’s manager was in the midst of celebrating his 13th and final Premier League title, but he ended up placing a millstone around Phil Jones’ neck. “You saw Jones tonight,” Ferguson said after the youngster starred at centre-half during a 3-0 defeat of Aston Villa to secure United’s title in April 2013. “Arguably, the way he is looking, he could be our best-ever player.” Jones had an impossible accolade to live up to, yet Ferguson was not alone in making such bold predictions. In December…
Gabriel “Gabigol” Barbosa has landed in Milan ahead of a proposed move to Inter Milan from Santos, with Joao Mario’s loan move from Sporting Lisbon also close to completion. Gabigol, 19, starred for Brazil at the Olympic Games this summer and arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport on Friday afternoon on a flight from Sao Paulo. Upon arrival he was met by representatives of Inter and taken for a medical, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The Nerazzurri are reported to have agreed a fee of around €25 million with Santos for the services of the forward, who goes by the…
Cristiano Ronaldo says he wants to play for Real Madrid for another decade and retire when he is 41 years old. Ronaldo, 31, won UEFA’s Best Player in Europe award on Thursday after a year in which he had won the Champions League with Madrid and Euro 2016 with Portugal. Marca recently reported that Madrid will look to extend the forward’s contract, which is due to expire in June 2018, for at least two further seasons and Ronaldo said: “That’s what I want. “I’m in the best club in the world and I want to finish in this club at…
Arsene Wenger has confirmed Arsenal are closing in on signing striker Lucas Perez and centre-back Shkodran Mustafi but says the deals are yet to be completed. “We are working on the deals,” Wenger said on Friday at a news conference. “We are not close enough to announce to you today that they will sign for us. Will we sign anybody before the end of the transfer window? I’m 99 percent confident [we will].” Arsenal moved on Thursday to trigger a £17 million release clause for Perez, the Deportivo La Coruna striker who had also been a target for Everton. British…
Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has left former captain and all-time record appearance maker Iker Casillas out of his first squad since taking charge of the national team. Former Spain Under-21 and Under-19 coach Lopetegui also omitted Pedro and Cesc Fabregas from the squad for Spain’s friendly against Belgium on September 1 and their first World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein four days later. Striker Diego Costa, midfielder Juan Mata and forward Paco Alcacer, all left out of the Euro 2016 squad, were recalled. “I have spoken to Iker, he is a huge player for the national team, he is a current…
That a Manchester United side boasting world-record signing Paul Pogba have won their opening two games of the Premier League season is no surprise — but that newly-promoted Hull City have done so certainly is. United, managed by Jose Mourinho, who guided Chelsea to several English titles, splashed out £89 million (105 million euros, $116 million) to bring midfielder Pogba back from Juventus and have since beaten both Bournemouth and Southampton. Hull, by contrast, have no permanent manager, a squad of just 13 fit players and no new signings, while the owners of the northern club are contemplating a sale.…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has opened the door to out-of-favour midfielder James Rodriguez leaving the club by admitting the player’s lack of appearances could become a problem. The Colombia international joined Real in 2014 for a reported 80 million euros ($90 million) after earning the Golden Boot at the World Cup with six goals in five games. After a successful first season in Spain, he has failed to hold down a regular place since Zidane took charge in January. Rodriguez was excluded from the starting line-up in the European Super Cup win over Sevilla and last week’s 3-0 La…
Manchester United will come up against their former striker Robin van Persie after being drawn in a tough Europa League group on Friday alongside Fenerbahce, Feyenoord and Zorya Luhansk. Three-time European champions United must negotiate a competitive group if they are to win one of the few titles that has eluded them. The Premier League side will face 19-times Turkish champions Fenerbahce, who missed out on the Champions League group stage after a 4-3 aggregate defeat by AS Monaco in the third qualifying round. They are managed by former Netherlands coach Dick Advocaat and include ex-United forward Van Persie who…
Former France star Thierry Henry has been named as the new assistant coach of Belgium, the national coach announced Roberto Martinez announced on Friday. “Thierry is an important figure. He will bring something different. He agreed right away to join us,” said ex-Everton Martinez, who was appointed at the start of the month to succeed the sacked Marc Wilmots. “Honoured to be assistant coach @BelRedDevils. Thanks to Roberto Martinez & the Royal Belgian Football Association. Very excited.Can’t wait,” Henry tweeted. Henry, 39, finished his glittering playing career in 2014 with New York Red Bulls after previously starring for Monaco, Juventus,…
Uefa announced significant changes to the Champions League on Friday with the top four European leagues each guaranteed four places in the group stage from the 2018/19 season. Under the present system, the top three leagues — currently Spain, Germany and England — have three places each while their fourth-placed teams must play off over two legs for a place in the group stage. The fourth ranked league, currently Italy, have only two guaranteed places plus one in the playoff round. Uefa uses a complicated coefficient to determine the rankings of the national leagues. The changes came after Europe’s top…
The Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II, has cautioned the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that if it does not retrace its steps, it would fail like the immediate past government. He said the present government should stop blaming the Goodluck Jonathan administration for the current economic challenges in the country, adding that Buhari has also made some mistakes. Sanusi stated this on Wednesday, August 24, at a Special Session at the 15th Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning. He warned those “clamouring to break up the country because of oil” to stop the agitation, stressing that oil…
A civil society group, International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law, has said the reported request by President Buhari for emergency powers to handle the economy, is unnecessary. On Monday, August 22, 2016, according to Reuters, a government source revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning to ask the parliament for extra powers allowing him to take “emergency” decisions to revive the economy. The group also said there are enough laws in the constitution for Buhari to revamp the economy. A statement by its Chairman, Emeka Umeagbalasi, reads: “Buhari’s administration has since September 2015 castrated the 1999…
Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the kidnapping of a kaduna lawmaker, Ibrahim Samaila. Sani also called on Nigerians to rise and speak up against the crime, saying kidnappers threaten the livelihood of the people. According to Sani, kidnapping “is evidently the next threat to national security after a dying insurgency. “As a people we can only save ourselves by standing up and speaking out collectively against kidnapping and kidnappers in our society. “Kidnappers are embolden and encouraged by our silence, our resignation and our submissive resort to payment of ransom to secure our freedom.” The Senator also said “There exist…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said his administration has ensured that the people of the state enjoyed good governance and development. This is contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Electronic Media to the governor, Simeon Nwakaudu, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Wike said this while addressing the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 9 at the Institute of Security Service (ISS), Abuja, on Wednesday. He also said that his administration had revived the state judiciary and made it more functional and independent. The governor stated that the State House of…
Prominent lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana has accused the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of hampering the Federal Government’s fight against corruption by invoking human rights in its defence of high profile suspects accused of stealing public funds. Falana made the comment while delivering a paper titled, ‘Law, media and economic development of Nigeria’, at the ongoing NBA Annual Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. “The theme of the 2015 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) was ‘Law and Economic Development’. At the end of a robust discourse, far-reaching resolutions were adopted by the participants,” Falana said…
The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a failure due to the government’s inability to rescue the abducted Chibok girls. The comment was made by a BBOG leader, Aisha Yesufu on Thursday, August 25, 2016, after the group was prevented from entering the Presidential Villa. “Mr President you are a failure, I dare President Muhammadu Buhari, you should stand up and behave like a man,” she said according to The Cable. “We are tired of hearing no credible intelligence, I can say that the president is not doing anything,” she added. President Buhari had…
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Thursday announced his administration’s plans to legalise street hawking. Ayade told a news conference in Calabar that he had sent a ‘Hawkers’ Rights Protection Bill’ to the state assembly. The governor said that the development was part of his government’s commitment to make life more meaningful for the residents. “The Hawkers’ Rights Protection Bill is to provide a legal framework for hawking to thrive in the state. “It is my belief that people have the right to live and earn a living. If a man refuses to be a beggar and decides to…