Luka Modric has played under four different managers at Real Madrid but the Croatian has singled out Carlo Ancelotti as his favourite. Jose Mourinho signed Modric in 2012 in a £22.5million deal from Tottenham, however it’s Mourinho’s successor, Ancelotti, which Modric ranks as his favourite. Ancelotti spent two seasons in Madrid between 2013 and 2015 and the Italian manager guided the club to four trophies, including their record 10th Champions League crown. “I had a great relationship with them and they helped me, all of them, to improve, but if I have to pick one, I would pick Mr Ancelotti,”…
Author: David Folami
Lionel Messi has reacted to the reports that he outbid Cristiano Ronaldo to buy one an expensive car. Messi and Real Madrid forward, Ronaldo were said to be interested in a 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti which cost around €32 m ($36m). Reports have it that Messi outbid Ronaldo to get his hands on the car that was put in the market by car selling firm Proto Organisation owned by Italian billionaire Alessandro Proto. A press release from the Italian company sparked the reports that it was Messi who bought the car. Ballon d’Or winner however took to his…
Zinedine Zidane feels Cristiano Ronaldo proved his worth on the wing as the Portugal star scored twice in 10-man Real Madrid’s 4-2 La Liga win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Ronaldo’s double helped Madrid negotiate a difficult test against Athletic at the Santiago Bernabeu, which saw the visitors cancel out his early opener through Javier Eraso before Aritz Aduriz rattled the crossbar. James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos scored to make it 3-1 before Raphael Varane’s second yellow card – with Ronaldo and Gorka Elustondo then on target in the final stages of an entertaining contest. Ronaldo has often been used…
Gary Neville oversaw a La Liga victory for the first time in 10 attempts as Valencia came from behind to defeat Espanyol 2-1 at Mestalla on Saturday. The Englishman’s future has been under heavy scrutiny after his struggles in the league were followed up by a 7-0 defeat at Barcelona in the first leg of his side’s Copa del Rey semi-final this month. Neville had conceded that the contest against struggling Espanyol, who had lost their previous two league games 6-0 and 5-0, was a must-win game. It looked like Valencia were set for another miserable day when Oscar Duarte…
Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice to help Real Madrid to a 4-2 La Liga win over Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu and edge to within a point of leaders Barcelona. The Portugal international opened the scoring in the third minute after being set up by Karim Benzema, only for Javier Eraso to restore parity shortly after. Goals from James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos saw Madrid go 3-1 up before the break, but they briefly found themselves in difficulty when Raphael Varane was shown his second yellow in the 83rd minute. Ronaldo made sure Madrid wrapped up maximum points with his…
Gianluigi Buffon lauded Juventus’ defensive strength after their hard-fought 1-0 Serie A win over Napoli on Saturday. Champions Juve leapfrogged Napoli into top spot in the table with their 15th-straight league victory, which came courtesy of Simone Zaza’s late strike. Massimiliano Allegri’s team have now kept eight consecutive clean sheets in all competitions, and captain Buffon is thrilled with their record. “Even if he’s [Andrea Barzagli] 35 years of age, I’d never hesitate once about playing him in the most important match of the season so far,” Buffon told the club’s official website. “The same goes for Leonardo [Bonucci] and…
Pop artiste Orezi has said that female singer Seyi Shay is the hottest female artiste in the country. The ‘Shuperu’ singer said this recently on the Morning Rush with Olisa and Maria on BEAT FM. During the interview Orezi says he admires Seyi Shay and thinks she is very hot. He revealed that he had tried to work with her, but unfortunately it never came to pass when he was recording his debut album. Orezi says he still plans on working with the ‘Crazy’ singer, and even mentioned he would like to go out on a date with her. Meanwhile…
Seyi Shay has renewed her deal with music platform Cloud9 Music. The new deal which reached on Friday, October 9, 2015, was announced on Cloud9’s Instagram page. More details of the contract are yet to be disclosed. Cloud9 Music is an integrated mobile music/entertainment platform which offers music lovers the best of Nigerian and International music, as well as a host of other features that enhance the experience of consuming and enjoying good music. Currently, The platform has a number of artistes signed on, including Olamide and Ice Prince. Seyi Shay is set to release her debut album and a…
Chocolate City recording act Ice Prince has released a vlog based on his recent trip to the city of New York. In the vlog Ice Prince spoke about performing at the Global Citizen Festival where he met English singer Ed Sheeran. At the festival, Ice Prince performed with other African artistes. In the vlog we get to meet artistes Ice Prince worked with in New York. He also had a meeting with US producer Ryan Leslie. Early this month Ice Prince shot the video to his latest single ‘Boss’ in Kenya. The video was directed by Moe Musa.
Hmmm…what could be going on here? Recently, Spaceship Entertainment recording artiste Burna Boy shared a picture of him, Oritsefemi and Chocolate City rapper Ice Prince in the studio. The three acts were in the studio at 4:30 am working on a new track. With Burna Boy planning to drop his album soon, the song might just make it on the dancehall act’s second album. With these three artistes having distinct styles, we would love to hear what they come up with.
Freshly out of divorce mess, Nollywod actress, Toyin Aimakhu and her hubby are said to be trying hard not to meet physically at events. While, it won’t be out of place to report that the Nollywood actress and her estranged hubby, Adeniyi Johnson have moved on after parting ways, sources at the recent premiere of Mercy Aigbe Gentry’s movie squealed that Adeniyi, who got to the event earlier than his erstwhile wife, was nowhere to be found when the Alakada star surfaced at the event. Both Adeniyi and Toyin were guests at the movie premiere and the two took turns…
Nigerian pop star and new mum, Tiwa Savage, has shared photos of herself visiting with pregnant and new mums today. The star who was recently announced as a pampers ambassador as well as her son, Jamil Balogun, had been on ambassador duty, visiting pregnant and newly delivered mums at Mobonike Medical Centre in Dopemu. The mother-of-one who had reportedly had a difficult delivery, had revealed that she did not miss the days when she had been pregnant. She shared the photos, commenting on one: “We also met with mothers who were in their last trimester (lol I don’t miss those…
Veteran Nigerian celeb Charly Boy, 64, has written a new weekly article about Nigerians who leave the development of the country in the hands of God. Charly Boy criticized Nigerians who depend on God for everything instead of working to get results. You can read his article below; Very recently, I was hanging out with some of my associates in my house when one of them started reeling out all that is wrong with Naija; the kind of impunity stealing that has taken place. A never ending story”, I managed to murmur, before one of them exclaimed, “Na God hand…
As valentines day approaches, veteran celebrity, Charly Boy, has penned a touching message to ‘Single and worried’ ladies. In some soothing words he shared via his Facebook page, he encouraged them, asking that they do not feel discouraged or lonely. He wrote, saying: “Few days to valentines day and some lady out there is arrested in her thought.In her thought she has this running in her mind ” I don’t have a lover, I don’t think any man will want to buy me gifts or take me out on that day’. “My special advice for you long lady “KNOCK IT…
Nollywood actress, now co-host of The View, Raven Symoné, has claimed that she had been pushed out of the way on the red carpet to make way for reality star and model, Kendall Jenner. Symoné revealed that the incident had happened at the red carpet of the Zoolander premier over the weekend. She made the revelation on an episode of The View aired on Tuesday, with co-host, Joy Behar. Speaking during the show, she explained saying: “I’m doing an interview with someone and the producer of this show – can I touch you Joy? I don’t want to hurt you…
Nollywood actress and producer, Toyin Aimakhu has declared her love for new love flame, Seun Egbegbe. The Alakada star took to her Instagram account in the early hours of Sunday, February 14, 2016 to state her love for the Ebony Films boss. With a picture of the movie merchant posted by Aimakhu at about 1:45am, she captioned it with sweet words filled with gratitude to her new lover for been the source of her happiness. In her words, ‘Thanks to GOD for using you to bring happiness back to my life,u will never know sorrow and happiness will not be…
Immediate past deputy governor of Benue state, Steven Lawani has joined other politicians in the state to dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressive Congress. Lawani, who was the deputy to ex-Gov Gabriel Suswam, defected alongside two former ministers, Prof. Jerry Agada and Sam Ode, a former federal permanent secretary, Mike Onoja and Senator Godwin Okpe. The defectors were joined by thousands of their faithfuls in PDP in Benue-South Senatorial District to defect from the PDP to the APC. According to reports, Lawani, Agada, Ode, Onoja, Okpe and thousands of their faithfuls were received by the National Chairman…
Mr Wole Ajayi, the President, Health Information Managers’ Association of Nigeria (HIMAN), has solicited a proper health registration system to effectively handle large volume of data generated in the health sector. Ajayi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos that the health registration system should be supported by appropriate technologies and software. He noted that data on the achievements in child mortality reduction, childhood immunisation and management of HIV and AIDS, among others, were relatively fair. He, nonetheless, stressed that the vital mechanisms needed to support and sustain these gains were deficient and deteriorating. “Health service…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed that he would be foolish to have awarded any member of his family a contract in the state. Reacting to allegations that that he awarded contracts for the proposed ultra modern Oja Oba market, the Fly over in Fajuyi and the proposed Airstrip to his relatives, business associates and those who financed his election, the governor said none of the tales were true. “Even if they are contractors, I would not have been foolish to the extent of asking them to come to Ekiti to take up contracts. So, all the All Progressives…
Mr Idris Miliki, Executive Director, Centre for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), a Kogi-based NGO, on Saturday urged Gov. Yahaya Bello to probe the immediate past administration in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Maliki and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lokoja. He advised the governor to immediately set up a panel of inquiry to x-ray activities of Capt. Idris Wada’s administration. The Human Rights activist noted that from 2003, the state had contended with problems of uncompleted projects, inflated contracts, huge and fake wage bills and huge…