Swansea City top scorer Andre Ayew has cast doubt over his future at the club but says he wants to remain in the Premier League. The Ghana international, who scored 12 Premier League goals in his first season at the Welsh club, said on British television that whether he stayed was in the hands of Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins. Ayew, 26, has been linked by the media with possible moves to Sunderland or West Ham United. “I think you should ask the chairman. If I have to stay, fine. If I have to leave, I have to leave. What is…
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Chelsea striker Diego Costa was left out of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque’s provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday. The nationalised Brazilian missed Chelsea’s last two games of the season due to a persistent hamstring injury and has struggled at international level with just one goal in 10 games since declaring to play for Spain in 2013. World Cup winners Fernando Torres, Juan Mata and Javi Martinez were also high-profile names left out by Del Bosque. Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla was also excluded having just returned from a long-term knee injury. The uncapped Saul Niguez and Lucas Vazquez of…
Uncapped midfielders Joshua Kimmich and Julian Brandt were on Tuesday included in Germany’s provisional 27-man squad for next month’s European championships in France. Defensive midfielder Kimmich, 21, caps a meteoric rise having only broken into Bayern Munich’s first team earlier this season and has been now promoted from Germany’s Under-21 team, as has 20-year-old Bayer Leverkusen winger Julian Brandt. Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, who has 114 caps, has been included as he recovers from a torn medial knee ligament. Head coach Joachim Loew will cut his squad from 27 to 23 on May 30, the day after their friendly against…
Fans arriving at Old Trafford spoke of their anger and frustration over Sunday’s cancellation, which left visiting supporters facing two 500-mile (800-kilometre) round trips in three days. The atmosphere inside and outside the stadium was subdued and there were visible signs of dissent against the unpopular Van Gaal. One banner read held up by fans read: “TIME TO GO LOUIS! NOT GOOD ENOUGH!” Once again occupying a withdrawn midfield role, Rooney did his best to get United going by spraying passes around from deep, but it was not until the 32nd minute that the hosts threatened, with Michael Carrick just…
Louis van Gaal was booed by his club’s own fans after Manchester United ended their Premier League campaign by beating Bournemouth 3-1 in Tuesday’s re-arranged Old Trafford fixture. In a game carried over from Sunday following a postponement caused by the discovery of a fake bomb accidentally left behind during a terror training exercise, United needed a 19-goal victory in order to steal past Manchester City into the fourth and final Champions League qualifying berth. Goals from Wayne Rooney, 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, named in England’s provisional Euro 2016 squad a day earlier, and substitute Ashley Young secured the three points,…
Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo is 30-year-old today and in celebration of her day, she released some stunning photos of herself. Shot by AEC Studios, she can be seen striking different poses while having fun. Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo, has been receiving a lot of animosity from her fans and haters alike in recent times. This is hardly the first time Ogbodo had been taken to the cleaners for one reason or the other, and has even responded in an unsavory manner, with or no change.
Kim Kardashian nudity won’t be off our face anytime soon and probably for life, especially after receiving the first ever Break the Internet award! Kim was honoured at the Webby Award for breaking the Internet twice with racy nude photos of herself, and of course she is very proud of her cyber powers. The mother of two who has over 70 million Instagram followers, 45 million Twitter followers, and a hugely successful mobile game, made a promise to keep posting nude photos until the day she dies. Other nominees include Jessica Alba who won “Entrepreneur of the Year award” for…
Veteran actor, Richard Mofe Damijo, RMD is not slowing down! The grandfather and lawyer is currently in Edinburgh, Scotland and he shared a collage of himself on Instagram today, May 17, 2016 showing off his dabbing skills. “Hello Edinburgh!!! A #dab, a smile and we’re in… lol #Edinburgh #Scotland @donjazzy where are you at… We waiting on you so we can all #ProgressWithJoy,” he captioned it. Just when we thought RMD couldn’t get any younger he surprises us with this. In the photo, the grandfather looked younger than ever in a blue t-shirt, paired with blue ripped jeans, a jacket…
Iran is not happy with Kim Kardashian definitely not after her recent achievement which she got from Webby Award for breaking the Internet with her racy photos. Kim Kardashian is accused of being a secret agent who have nefarious influence on the youth and young woman in Iran. According to Vanity Fair, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp, an agency tasked with policing domestic culture and heading off the influence of other nations, is concerned about the social-media popularity of Kim Kardashian. You think the whole idea sound funny and absurd? Iran, has already began to crack down on locals who…
Wizkid and Sola Ogudu’s son, Boluwatife turned 5, Friday, May 13, 2016. In celebration of his day, his proud mum and dad threw a Ninja Turtle themed birthday party for him. His mum, Sola Ogudu took to Instagram sharing photos from the event captioning a photo as, “You only Look this Fly when Your Dad does your Shopping… Super Dad.. Made Sure Everything Went as Planned.” Wizkid currently riding on his international fame took to Twitter, May 12, 2016 to tell his fans how much his son changed him. “My son is 5 tomorrow, wow!” he wrote, adding, “I love…
Nigerian singer, Skales earlier today, May 17, 2016 took to Instagram to share a post of Wizkid’s upcoming concert and he got slammed by a follower. The follower with the handle @writtenonline called him out for being a hypocrite and hater. “Like u wish him well dude u are a hater. Everytime we come aaround na expensive shit we dey smoke… shebi we hear wetin make them choke! Guess what?? He’s gonna get the Grammy before you even get a feature from a foreign artiste…ugly boy. I love u though…concentrate, cause u are more talented,” he wrote. Skales clearly not…
Chris Brown was caught red-handed on tape just few days after denying the allegation for driving his ATV recklessly on a public street. TMZ reports says a neighbour shot a video of Brown with his friend, each on an ATV, driving at a high rate of speed in the neighbourhood. The video is now in the possession of LAPD, and sent over to the L.A. City Attorney for possible criminal prosecution for disturbing the peace of the neigbourhood. Meanwhile, sometime last week the neighbors got angry with the ear-shattering noise the ATVs were making – as well as the kids…
Popular Cameroonian On Air Personality, Nabil “Nabstar” Fongod has revealed that Nollywood actor Ramsey Noah is the sole reason he did his first ever film. Fongod, said that he was challenged by the Nigerian hunk in Amsterdam few years ago… and it resulted to him producing his own feature movie. “My acting dream began when I met Noah in Arm two years ago,” he tell Pulse TV in Douala, Cameroon. “He saw all the things which I’d done and called me a jack of all trades and I was like ‘that’s what i really want to do, a movie’ but…
Anyone who has carried a baby to full term, must understand and sympathise with Blac Chyna who seems to be making herself as comfortable as possible since the announcement of her pregnancy. As usual, critics do not see things that way as they have come for the model over her lack of makeup and less than classy looks in recent times. A very hormonal Blac finally slammed people criticising her looks as a pregnant woman on Instagram page, CelebriTea, reminding them that she is pregnant and trying to make herself as comfortable as possible, while demanding that the put some…
News reports have now revealed that Ciara has lost her sole custody case against rapper ex, Future as the court grants the ex couple joint custody. Following the reports that the “Like A Boy” singer had sued her baby daddy for slander and libel after calling her a bad mother, Ciara has since been seeking for sole custody of their son, Future Jr. TMZ reports that sources close to the former couple have revealed that Ciara and her lawyer, had shown up in court requesting for sole custody of their son on the grounds that Future was a bad parent…
The Game is now the proud owner of a customised painting of late music icon, Prince, reportedly worth $65,000. TMZ reports that the rapper had reportedly contracted an artist identified as Madsteez, to create the stunning portrait of the late singer after he had passed away on, April 21, 2016. The piece is meant to be his personal tribute to Prince and had reportedly taken 100 hours to complete. Photos shows Game and Madsteez pictured on both sides of the painting which towers over them at almost seven feet. The painting reportedly a combination of oil, acrylic and spray paints…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said that the agency will invite former president, Goodluck Jonathan for questioning in due time. Magu made the comment over the weekend during a visit to the office of the BBC Hausa service in London, according to Daily Trust. “Anybody that is involved in this scandal, we will invite him. It is only that we have to first establish our evidence,” the EFCC boss said after being asked when Jonathan would be summoned since the arms deal fraud occurred during his administration. “Anybody who is guilty, I…
Lawal who was supposed to address a world press conference today, Monday May 16, 2016 by 12:00 pm concerning the lingering issue, postponed it until tomorrow Tuesday, May 17, 2016. In a statement he earlier issued, Engr. Babachir David Lawal, said the monumental corruption that crept into unreasonable business of products importation stayed until the departure of the last administration. “By this time, the price of crude oil has plummeted to its lowest in a decade and our volume of sales had declined considerably due to the glut in the international oil market, and indeed the disruptions in our production…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Daily Trust reports. The Governor was said to have arrived Aso Rock at about 2.00 pm. The purpose of their meeting was however unclear as at the time of filing this report. Wike, who is a member of the main opposition party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had on several occasions criticised the Buhari administration, especially his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, who is now the Minister of Transport under the current administration.
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has announced that the state has officla become a producer of oil following the the discovery of crude oil by Tunde Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry. Ambode made the declaration on Monday, May 16, when the management of the company led by Mr its Group Managing Director, Tunde Folawiyo, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The Governor commended the company for its doggedness and achievement after 25 years of hard work. “I want to thank you very much for this and I know that based on section 162 Sub-Section 2…