Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, is being called out on Twitter by a PR expert who is accusing him of an $800 debt, owed since mid 2015. According to @Baudex, the actor and father-of-one had asked for his services, pleading for a reduction in price, but still has refused to make any payments, after settling for $800. Baudex has revealed that the actor had blocked him on Whatsapp following his request for his money that is now long over due. Baudex alleges that he had gone ahead to deliver the services without upfront payment because Jim had said he was out…
Author: David Folami
Following reports that Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, owes an $800 debt to PR expert, Baudex, which he revealed via Twitter, the actor is alleged to have threatened him following reports that Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, owes an $800 debt to PR expert, Baudex, which he revealed via Twitter, the actor is alleged to have threatened him. Baudex had earlier taken to Twitter to call out the actor and father-of-one, saying that he had refused to pay his $800 debt for a job he did for him as far back as mid 2015. Baudex went on to reveal that the actor…
Newly-appointed Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane warned Friday that star striker Cristiano Ronaldo would not be leaving the club under his tenure. “Cristiano is more than untransferable, he’s the soul of this Madrid. As long as I’m here he won’t leave, that’s for sure,” the Frenchman told a press conference ahead of his first game in charge on Saturday. “Cristiano will play along the wing and he’ll play whatever happens. I’m going to give few instructions to Cristiano, his record talks for itself. The only thing I want is that he feels happy, at ease.” Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer,…
Players from European champions Barcelona made up nearly half of Uefa’s Team of the Year which was revealed on Friday, while Cristiano Ronaldo made the line-up for a record 10th time. Eight players from La Liga were included in the final XI, voted for by 7.2 million Uefa.com users from a 40-strong shortlist. Lionel Messi, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta and Neymar were the Barcelona players included, while Real Madrid provided Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and James Rodriguez. Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich had goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and David Alaba while the only player to make the cut from Italy’s Serie…
Spanish prosecutors have requested that legal action be taken against Brazilian football superstar Neymar over alleged fraud surrounding his transfer to Barcelona. “The prosecutor… considers it appropriate for him as to appear as accused,” the court, which specialises in financial affairs and terrorism, declared on Friday. Legal action was also requested against the footballer’s father, Neymar Sr, as well as the club’s former president Sandro Rosell and his successor Josep Maria Bartomeu, and former officials Luis Alvaro de Oliveira and Odilio Rodriguez. An investigation was opened after a complaint of “fraud” and “corruption” filed by the Brazilian investment fund DIS,…
Liverpool’s Brazilian international Philippe Coutinho faces up to three weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury, coach Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Thursday. Arguably Liverpool’s player of the season so far, Coutinho limped off during the first half of his side’s 1-0 League Cup semifinal first-leg victory at Stoke on Tuesday. Dejan Lovren was also injured in the same game, adding to Liverpool’s swelling numbers in the sickbay. Martin Skrtel has already been ruled out until February with a similar injury, while Mamadou Sakho missed the match at the Britannia Stadium with a knee problem. Kolo Toure, who came in…
Scraping a victory when under pressure is often a sign of backbone in potential title winners and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was delighted his side “dug deep” to beat Newcastle United on Saturday. Laurent Koscielny grabbed the only goal following a corner after 72 nervy minutes at the Emirates Stadium as the Londoners finally found a way past a fired-up Newcastle to go two points clear at the Premier League summit. It was not vintage Arsenal and there was little of the style and incision that typically characterises Wenger’s sides. However, after claiming a fifth win in six league matches,…
Striker Alexis Sanchez will miss Arsenal’s FA Cup third round tie with Sunderland on Saturday as a precautionary measure, manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed. The Chilean has been sidelined for more than a month after picking up a hamstring injury against Norwich City on November 29. He was expected to return to the side before Christmas but suffered a setback that delayed his recovery, and Wenger is unwilling to risk him given that Arsenal have key Premier League fixtures against Liverpool and Stoke City next week. “The bad news of the week is that Alexis is not quite ready. It…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hopes to complete the signing of FC Basle midfielder Mohamed Elneny by early next week after reported work permit issues threatened to stall the transfer. With midifielders Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin out with injury, Elneny would be an welcome addition to squad, which was stretched thin during the festive period. “It’s complicated a little bit, but we are working hard on it and hope in the next two-three days we get to the end of it,” Wenger told reporters on Friday, ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup clash against Sunderland. “I don’t rule out anybody else…
Didier Drogba denied reports of his retirement on Wednesday, saying he had not yet taken a decision over his future amid speculation about a possible coaching role with former club Chelsea. The Montreal Impact striker said he was still in discussions with the Major League Soccer outfit, who he joined last year. “Lovely to receive these messages but I have not yet announced my retirement & am still in discussion with @impactmontreal about my future,” Drogba wrote on Twitter. French newspaper L’Equipe earlier reported on Wednesday that the Ivory Coast legend had already informed Montreal of his plans to quit…
Chelsea’s Oscar and Diego Costa faced up to each like bulls, never threw punches and ended up laughing together, interim manager Guus Hiddink said on Friday as he denied reports of a training ground bust-up. British media reported on Thursday that the Brazilian and Spanish internationals nearly came to blows after exchanging tackles in a practice session ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup third- round tie against Scunthorpe United. “They were like bulls who were chesting a bit after a charge from behind by Oscar,” Hiddink said. “He got Diego and they stumbled over the ground and then they chested a…
Chelsea must not fall victim to another FA Cup giant-killing as they did last year because their chances of success in the Premier League are limited after a poor start to the season, manager Guus Hiddink said on Friday. Chelsea, who have lifted the Cup four times in the last nine years, face League One (third tier) Scunthorpe United in the third round at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Chelsea suffered one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s 145-year history last year when League One Bradford City beat the Premier League leaders 4-2 in the fourth round at Stamford Bridge…
Arsenal’s sights are set on the Premier League title but Gunners defender Calum Chambers says the possibility of becoming the first club in the modern era to lift the FA Cup for a third successive season will fire their defence of the trophy. Arsene Wenger’s side face Sunderland in the third round at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday eight months after their 4-0 victory over Aston Villa in last season’s final. And having ended the club’s nine-year wait for a trophy by beating Hull City 12 months earlier, the Gunners last suffered defeat in the FA Cup way back in…
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has apologised to Jurgen Klopp for suggesting the German’s tactics were to blame for seven Liverpool players suffering hamstring injuries. “I got asked a question by a friend of mine, Alan Brazil. ‘What do you think the injuries are down to?’,” Allardyce told British media. “I gave an opinion of the question that Alan asked me, which was perhaps the high-pressing game in all the games that they have had created that little bit more fatigue and that was maybe a cause of why they have picked up so many hamstrings. “But if Jurgen is listening,…
Odion Ighalo has admitted that he would find it tempting to turn down the chance of moving to Old Trafford if Manchester United came calling for his service. The 26-year-old was referring to speculation of being linked with a move away from Watford with interests coming from clubs in Italy and Spain. The Nigerian international doused any possibility of leaving the Vicarage Road in this transfer window but could not hide his wish to join English giants, Manchester United, if they made an approach. “There has been speculation from Spain and Italy but I’ve played there and now want to…
Chelsea have usurped Manchester United and Manchester City at the top of the Premier League’s wage bill chart, according to annual figures released on Friday. The data, published by Companies House, the United Kingdom’s registrar of companies, showed that Chelsea spent more money on player salaries last season than any other team in the English top flight. They had topped the table prior to the 2011-12 season, when City, who won that year’s title, overtook them. Chelsea, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, reported a total wage bill of £215.6 million ($314.3 million, 289.7 million euros), a rise of £25…
Several Manchester United players are in the ‘red zone’ according to manager Louis van Gaal as he weighs up his options for Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie at home to Sheffield United. A hectic holiday programme, including four games in 15 days, has taken its toll on United’s squad and Van Gaal fears that many of his over-stretched players risk injury or burnout. Defender Phil Jones is ruled out through injury while winger Ashley Young might not be risked with United set to face a Premier League clash at Newcastle United three days after playing third tier Sheffield United.…
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said on Friday he would welcome Pep Guardiola to the Premier League and does not fear the Bayern Munich coach will take his job. Guardiola this week expressed his interest in managing in England when he leaves the Bundesliga champions at the end of the season. While he is widely expected to take over at Manchester City, Guardiola has also been linked with a move to Old Trafford, but Van Gaal sees no problem in the timing of his former Barcelona captain’s announcement. “You have to set always your goals, as a manager also,”…
Ivory Coast international, Yaya Toure, is displeased that he has failed to win the African Footballer of the Year for a fifth successive year. The Manchester City midfielder was beaten to the biggest individual African prize by Gabonese international, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, by just seven votes and the Ivorian is “disappointed.” The Ivorian said he would accept losing the individual honour he has won four consecutive times rather than “complain.” Despite the disappointment of finishing second in the African Footballer of the Year award, the 32-year-old congratulated Aubameyang for clinching the gong and believes the Gabonese did “brilliantly” in the year…
Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo was inevitably among the goals in the Barclays Premier League as the top-flight in England reached the halfway mark this term. The forward’s first half goal was, however, insufficient to help the Hornets escape a 1-2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Monday. The goal represented Ighalo’s sixth successive goal in six league matches. Erik Lamela gave Spurs the lead on 17 minutes in which Watford’s main man, Ighalo, enjoyed little joy with the duo of Dier and Jan Vertonghen. Ighalo’s first sight at goal came in the 27th minute when Nathan Ake curled in a cross…