Following relationship rumours trailing Falz and Simi, the rapper has finally cleared the air. Falz has moved to dispel reports he is in a romantic affair with Simi. The rapper during his recent sit-down session with Dorcas Shola Fapson for the new episode of ‘The Juice’, was quick to say the songstress is currently in a relationship and it isn’t with him. “Simi and I is just music. It’s musical chemistry, we get along so well,” he said, adding, “There’s no triangle. She does have a boyfriend and it is not me.” While declining to reveal the identity of Simi’s…
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Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo in an interview with Kehinde Bankole of Broadway Africa opens up on her ex-boyfriend and marriage. The ‘Wives on Strike’ actress when asked about her ex-boyfriend, Ikechukwu Uche giving her money during their relationship had this to say, “It’s always insulting to me, that line of thought, because even While I was in that relationship, I have heard members of his family thought some of my cars where…. and he has never given me money, which he knows. Never!” “I have been working since I was 14 years old. I personally saw myself through school, not…
Popular Nigerian singer 9ice has just revealed men are supposed to have more than one wife. The unapologetic polygamist in an interview with Ebony Life TV disclosed that due to the amount of women in the country, marrying one would make others useless. According to him, “We have more women currently. If one man marries just one wife, other women will be useless. I’m a product of a polygamous family, that is why I am also productive; because there are more women than men, it would be unfair if a man marries one wife.” Recall that 9ice is a father…
Kylie Jenner has some serious rebound skills as she has been reported to have bought a new Calabasas mansion worth $6m. TMZ reports that the 18-year-old reality star has put up her old home which she had purchased barely one year ago at $2.7m, in exchange for her new pad in hidden hills, Calabasas, Carlifonia. Kylie’s new home is reported to be located within the same neighbourhood as her mum, Kris Jenner, and sister, Kim Kardashian’s homes. The new crib boasts six bedrooms, seven baths, a pool, wine cellar plus a gigantic walk-in closet described to be as big as…
Luis Suarez never expected to replace Lionel Messi as Barcelona’s number nine when he moved to the Spanish giants from Liverpool in 2014. Suarez has made remarkable improvements on already good form since swapping Anfield for Camp Nou and capped off a second successive La Liga-winning campaign with the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the top goalscorer. Suarez scored 40 goals from 35 appearances in the league this season, pipping Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo to the award with a hat-trick on the final day of the league season and, more remarkably, usurped Messi as Barca’s preferred central striker in the process.…
Cristiano Ronaldo has proven himself the man for the big occasion this season and could decide the Champions League final, former striker Ivan Zamorano has said. The Portugal star has scored 16 goals – including a hat-trick in the quarter-final against Wolfsburg and goals in each leg of the last-16 tie with Roma – during Real Madrid’s run to the final this term, putting him one shy of his own scoring record in a single season, set in their victorious 2013-14 campaign. And Zamorano, who won La Liga and the Copa del Rey in a four-year spell at the Santiago…
Andre-Pierre Gignac admits that France will miss three important players in Karim Benzema, Mathieu Valbuena and Mamadou Sakho at Euro 2016. Valbuena was omitted from the provisional squad by Didier Deschamps after the coach revealed he had concerns over the midfielder’s fitness following injury problems. The 31-year-old’s place in the squad had already been called into question due to the scandal which saw Benzema removed from Deschamps’ plans. The Real Madrid striker was charged with complicity in an attempt to blackmail and participating in a criminal conspiracy as part of an investigation into a sex-tape plot involving Valbuena. Sakho, meanwhile,…
Spain are the double defending champions heading into Euro 2016, but head coach Vicente del Bosque admits his squad is not perfect. Under Luis Aragones, Spain ended their 44-year wait for a major international trophy by seeing off Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final. Del Bosque subsequently took over and guided the team to World Cup glory in 2010 before a successful defence of their European Championship title with a 4-0 demolition of Italy two years later. A dismal World Cup 2014 saw them eliminated in the group stages in Brazil, but Del Bosque is optimistic a new-look squad…
Dieter Hoeness is confident there will be no let-up from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich when they face Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal final on Saturday. Bayern clinched the league title this month and will hope to complete another domestic double by seeing off Thomas Tuchel’s men at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The game is Pep Guardiola’s last in charge of Bayern before he joins Manchester City and Hoeness believes that will give the players even more motivation. He told Omnisport: “I think winning the cup is extremely important for Pep Guardiola, because he wants to say goodbye with a title.…
Manchester United midfielder, Morgan Schneiderlin was seen out and about around the city with his fiancée Camille Sold. Schnederlin who is currently battling to be fit for United’s FA Cup final game against Crystal Palace this weekend was seen on Thursday, May 19 taking a stroll around Manchester with Camille. The midfielder who could be hurting from his exclusion from the France squad for Euro 2016 was casually dressed for the stroll. He wore a hoody and joggers while his fiancée was in a shirt and ripped jeans. Schneiderlin and Camille have been dating for a year before they recently…
English Premier League champions Leicester City will probably need to buy three or four players over the summer to compete in the European Champions League, vice chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha told Reuters on Wednesday. He declined to say how much money he and his father, club owner and duty free magnate Vichai, would spend to meet the challenge of a new competition and additional matches – but said there would be signings. “We know we are going to play a lot of games next season,” said Aiyawatt. “We have to add some players… Maybe we will add three or four.” Manager…
Claudio Ranieri will be honoured with an Italian knighthood by president Sergio Mattarella following his Premier League title heroics in charge of Leicester City. The former Inter and Juventus boss will receive the Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana for “merits acquired by the nation” in the field of sports. Ranieri’s honour is the third level of the Italian knighthood. Players who helped Italy to win the 1982 and 2006 World Cups are Cavalieri Ufficiali dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana – the rank below. Ranieri joins a diverse collection of famous names to have been awarded the…
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba wants to take the qualities from players such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in order to become a new kind of complete midfielder. The France international has developed into one of the most-coveted midfielders since joining Juventus from Manchester United in 2012, in which time he has won four Serie A titles. Pogba scored eight goals in 35 league appearances this campaign, while setting up 12 more, but he is determined to contribute even more. “I want to become the complete player,” Pogba told ESPN. “I want to do everything: defend, attack, score, give assists,…
Host of the Euro 2016 France has kicked of their preparation for the tournament. Coach Didier Deschamps took his preliminary squad for Euro 2016 to training for the first time on Wednesday, May 18. The likes of Hatem Be Arfa, Hugo Lloris, Laurent Koscielny, Eliaquim Mangala, Bacary Sagna, N’Golo Kanté, Moussa Sissoko and Dimitri Payet took part in training at Aguilera stadium in Biarritz. Deschamps men will spend spend five days on the Atlantic coast training in Stade Aguilera which is home to local rugby team Biarritz Olympique. The players took time away from training to play with children from…
The Federal Government has stated that the continued detention of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, is for his safety and that of Nigerians. The government made the submission in response to a 24-hour order given to it by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court to justify Dasuki’s detention. Dasuki, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest in December, had dragged the Federal Government to the ECOWAS court to challenge his continued detention. Counsel to the government, Dodo Kabiru, said releasing Dasuki would not be in…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Ayuba Wabba, has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), of the union’s support in the fight against economic and financial crimes. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity in the EFCC and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. The statement said Wabba gave the assurance when he visited the chairman of the EFCC. He stressed the importance of having all stakeholders joining forces and showing a united front to fight corruption. “Corruption is a monster that has brought more harm to our country…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied forcing Robert Azibaola to implicate former President Goodluck Jonathan. Azibaola is the cousin of the ex-President who has been in the custody of the EFCC since March 23, 2016. The anti-graft agency said Azibaola was released on administrative bail, but he was still in detention because he could not meet the conditions of his bail. EFCC made this submission in a counter affidavit filed by one of his operatives, Mohammed Hassan. Azibaola had filed a suit through his lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, alleging that he has been detained unlawfully by the EFCC.…
The Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) has warned against what it perceives as the government’s attempt to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan. The group accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of subtly laying a foundation for the former President’s arrest. The youth body also condemned EFCC’s arrest of Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Mr. Robert Azibaola, over an alleged $40m fraud. Punch reports that the IYC President, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, said “They have arrested almost all our people. Azibaola was arrested by the EFCC and we are calling on the EFCC to stop persecuting him further and charge him to court…
According to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, the agency has recovered more than $3.1 billion from corrupt persons. Magu made the disclosure during a visit to the London office of the BBC Hausa service over the weekend. “Because of what is going on, I can’t tell you the exact amount we have recovered so far. But we are still collecting the monies,” he said according to Daily Trust. “I can’t tell you for now, but what we have recovered within this period alone, was never recorded since the establishment of the EFCC in…
EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu[/caption]Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has warned fraudsters to stop using his name to extort money from Nigerians in their bid get detained persons released. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren in Abuja on Thursday, May 19. “It has come to the knowledge of the EFCC that some persons have been using the name of its Chairman fraudulently,” the statement read in part. It said the fraudsters also claimed that they had his…