Author: David Folami

Today, April 4, 2016 entrepreneur, Dencia shared a video of her niece Jojo, nephew Ethan and their father on her Instagram page serving cheeky faces. With the caption, “My kids and their father, they are growing up so fast” , the singer had fans confused and wondering when she had the children they didn’t know of. But the Whitenicious entrepreneur clarified in her comment section when a fan asked, and went ahead to state categorically that she intends to have children, but will never let the world known about her personal life. She wrote, ” I didn’t birth them, my…

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Its official, Rob Kardashian has been approved by Blac Chyna’s mother! And that’s not all, Shalana Jones Hunter aka Tokyo Toni even believes the former reality TV star is better than her daughter’s ex fiance, Tyga! Kardashian reportedly met with Chyna’s mom and gained her seal of approval after she flew into Los Angeles from Washington D.C to introduce her husband to her grandchild, King Cairo – whom Chyna shares with Tyga. According to TMZ, the 29-year-old former ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star has reportedly been dubbed “a way better match” for Blac, real name Angela White, than her…

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Nigerian singer Davido is currently under fire for donning a Yeezus jacket featuring the Confederate flag Davido today April 4, 2016 in a show of comrade showed his support for singer Wizkid following his social media feud with Linda Ikeji. Unfortunately for the crooner, the video shows him in a Yeezus jacket with the confederate flag stitched on either side of his arms. Fans have however dragged the singer on Instagram following his ‘insensitive’ outfit with one saying, “some white man made his ignorant ass wear that confederate flag.” The Confederate flag which was a hate symbol of the Civil…

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Just hours after winning their home Premier League clash against Everton, Manchester United players, attended the birthday party of Wayne Rooney’s wife, Coleen. Manchester United through an Anthony Martial goal beat Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday, April 3 in the Premier League. Rooney led his teammates after the game to Victor’s Restaurant in Hale Village, Cheshire where his wife, Coleen was celebrating her 30th birthday. Michael Carrick, Chris Smalling and former United players Darron Gibson, Darren Fletcher, Jonny Evans, John O’Shea and Wes Brown were all in attendance. Wives and girlfriends of United players, including Jesse Lingard’s girlfriend Emma…

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Super Eagles great, Kanu Nwnakwo has blamed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles were beaten by Egypt 1-0 on Tuesday, March 29 in a 2017 AFCON qualifiers. With the loss and Chad withdrawal from the qualifiers, the Super Eagles have been eliminated from the race to reach 2017. Kanu criticised the NFF of for contributing for the 2017 AFCON miss which Nigeria’s second consecutively. “What is happening with Nigerian football is that the top management is not what it is supposed to be so what is…

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Gerard Pique does not believe Neymar and Marc-Andre ter Stegen will leave Barcelona any time soon amid reports the duo could be on the move at the end of the season. Neymar has been heavily linked with Paris Saint-Germain in recent weeks, with his agent suggesting a move to Paris could be tempting and that the Ligue 1 giants could be prepared to meet his buy-out clause, while Liverpool and Manchester City are believed to be keen on Ter Stegen. Nevertheless, Pique has stressed it would take something special for a player to voluntarily leave the Camp Nou side. “Neymar…

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Former Flying Eagles coach Ladan Bosso has said Super Eagles caretaker coach Samson Siasia performed creditably well to be named substantive manager of the three-time African champions. Siasia was named interim Eagles manager to oversee the now unsuccessful 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) double header campaign against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Bosso said despite the unfavourable results from the double clash the team gave good account of themselves within the shortest time the games were played. “In Samson Siasia I believe and trust for the Super Eagles job, Nigerians should thank him for taking up the daunting task when…

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Police are looking into sexual threats made on Twitter against the one-year-old daughter of Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy. The abuse came after the fiancee of the Foxes forward posted pictures of the couple’s child wearing a Leicester shirt ahead of the Premier League leaders’ 1-0 win over Southampton on Sunday. Leicestershire Police launched an investigation into the threats after a formal complaint was made on Monday. Rebekah Nicholson tweeted shots of her daughter wearing a T-shirt with ‘Daddy’ emblazoned on the back, and this prompted rape threats on the social networking site. Nicholson responded by saying: “There…

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Manchester United defender Luke Shaw returned to training on Monday for the first time since suffering a horrendous double fracture in his leg last September. England international Shaw, 20, was training with a United physio as he enters the final stages of a long rehabilitation period from the injury he sustained in a Champions League tie against PSV Eindhoven. Shaw’s appearance at training was confirmed by United teammate Juan Mata, who uploaded a picture of the pair on Instagram with the caption: “My friend @lukeshaw23 just came in from running out on the pitch! Getting closer” United manager Louis van…

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Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker believes the Gunners can still catch Premier League leaders Leicester City – despite their 11-point deficit in the table. The Gunners are third in England’s top flight after Saturday’s 4-0 victory over Watford. They have 58 points and lag behind second-placed Tottenham (62) and Leicester (69) with seven league games, but Mertesacker is adamant they have not given up hope. “No, absolutely not,” he told German website Sport1.de as Arsenal face West Ham, Crystal Palace, WBA, Sunderland, Norwich City, Manchester City and Aston Villa in the coming weeks. “If we win all of our matches, then…

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West Ham will not keep Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses on permanent deals at the end of the season. According to Sky Sports, the Hammers do have the option of making the loan deals with the Nigerian pair permanent but “have decided not to do so.” It appears that the lack of first-team places by the two players is one of the major reasons that the London club do not want to keep Emenike and Moses beyond the summer. Emenike is yet to score in the Barclays Premier League for West Ham in seven appearances but has scored twice in…

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The family of Lionel Messi denied on Monday that he was involved in tax evasion after the Barcelona star emerged as one of many personalities accused of shady offshore dealings in the Panama Papers scandal. “The Messi family wants to make clear that Lionel Messi has not carried out any of the acts attributed to him, and accusations he created a… tax evasion plot, including a network of money-laundering, are false and insulting,” it said in a statement. The scandal erupted on Sunday when media groups made public a year-long worldwide investigation into a trove of 11.5 million documents leaked…

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Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez have scored 107 goals between them this season but after Barcelona’s celebrated trio failed to find the net in the defeat by Real Madrid, coach Luis Enrique defended them by declaring “they aren’t machines”. Luis Enrique said he was not concerned about the physical state of his all-star attacking line despite their below-par performance in Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat. Although Real halted their 39-game unbeaten run, the 45-year-old coach said he retained full confidence in his side as they prepared to host Atletico Madrid in the first leg of an all-Spanish Champions League quarterfinal…

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Manchester City’s midfield powerhouse Yaya Toure will leave the club at the end of the season having not been offered a new contract, his agent said on Monday. The 32-year-old Ivory Coast international, who was the African Footballer of the Year four times in a row from 2011, joined Premier League City from Barcelona for 24 million pounds ($34.23 million) in July 2010. Six years ago Toure was sold by Barca boss Pep Guardiola, who will replace Manuel Pellegrini as City’s coach when the Spaniard leaves Bayern Munich at the end of this season. “We have waited too long. Manchester…

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Real Madrid will carry their momentum from Saturday’s ‘Clasico’ victory over rivals Barcelona into their Champions League quarterfinal first leg at struggling VfL Wolfsburg on Wednesday, coach Zinedine Zidane said. Real scored their first league win at the Nou Camp since 2012, inflicting the first home defeat for Barcelona since February 2015. “It is very important to have got the win here for our confidence and for the remainder of the season and with it coming right before our Champions League game in Germany,” said Zidane. “We know just how important the Champions League is and we want to advance,…

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An All Progressives Congress chief in Sokoto State, Alhaji Muktari Mapia, has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in its efforts to reposition the country. Mapia told the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Monday that such support was necessary as the nation’s problems cannot be solved in one year. He stressed that what the administration require at this critical stage, was the collective support and understanding of all Nigerians. He said that the administration inherited myriads of problems, urging Nigerians to be patient and align with the change mantra of the Federal Government to reposition the…

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The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, on Monday declared that as soon as the Federal Government starts implementing the budget, he will only ride in cars manufactured in Nigeria. He also stated that all 17 agencies under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology will be directed to patronise Nigerian made cars, adding that the move was to promote the use of locally produced goods. Onu, who disclosed this while hosting a delegation from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited at the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja, further noted that vehicles manufactured in Nigeria had 60 per…

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The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that the president sold one of his houses in order to send one of his children to school abroad. Adesina made the disclosure during a recent interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show. “Don’t forget that it was in the public domain even before he became president that when one of his children needed to go abroad he had to sell his property; maybe it was his house in Lagos or somewhere,” Adesina said. “Anybody that wants to train a child abroad must be…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the urgent need to rebuild Nigeria by re-establishing the country’s integrity and harnessing its potentials. The President stated this in Abuja on Monday, April 4, 2016, when he received the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr Bernard O. Aliyu at the State House, Abuja. “Nigeria needs to work on her potentials, so that we don’t remain permanently at the level of potentials,” Buhari said. “If Ethiopia is sustained largely by her airline industry, we have greater potentials here. But we must move out, engage with the rest of the world, as we…

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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has constituted four special committees to organise the national convention and rebuild the party. This is contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh and issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The statement said that the committees were constituted in line with the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in preparation for the convention. It named the committees as national convention, reconciliation, zoning and finance. The statement said that the national convention committee had Rivers governor…

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