Substitutes Aleksandar Mitrovic and Ayoze Perez scored late goals as Newcastle United ended Tottenham Hotspur’s 14-game unbeaten Premier League run with a dramatic 2-1 away victory on Sunday. Eric Dier’s 39th-minute header got Tottenham on course for a win that would have seen them supplant Manchester United in fourth place in the table, only for Mitrovic to poke home a 74th-minute equaliser just two minutes after coming on. Worse was to follow for the hosts as Perez struck a stoppage-time winner that saw Newcastle register a third successive league win at White Hart Lane – something they last achieved in…
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Arsene Wenger said that Arsenal had a “perfect week” after they won 2-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday to overpower Manchester City to the Premier League summit. Arsenal reached the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday by winning 3-0 at Olympiakos, Olivier Giroud scoring all three goals, and the Frenchman set his team on their way at Villa Park with an early penalty. Aaron Ramsey doubled Arsenal’s lead before halftime, starting and finishing a swift counter-attack, as Wenger’s men leapfrogged both City and former leaders Leicester City, who host champions Chelsea on Monday. “It was a perfect week for us,”…
The retired boxing champ reportedly bought this mink coat for $400k while in Russia on business!
Mariah Carey and James Packer were back at it over the weekend as they met up in New York. Posing before a Christmas tree dressed in evening wear, the pair were snapped gazing lovingly into one another’s eyes in a photo shared by Mariah on Twitter.
Kim K is auctioning off her clothes online through the popular ebay. She said:’I’ve been saving up so many pieces from my closet for my eBay auctions!’ It’s all live now! ‘A percentage’ of the proceeds go to the alternative Florida VOUS Church – described as ‘gatherings of 10-15 people who meet at different cafes around Miami to hang, eat, and talk about life.’
Falz, in a funny Instagram post, diss Wande Coal with@mixchaveewhile doing the #FalzImpression and Mr Ibu adding fire to the yab.
Rapid rising Nigerian rapper, Falz has grabbed his first movie award nomination. The talented entertainer, who recently joined Funke Akindele on the season 2 of ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, has been nominated for ‘Best Actor in a Comedy Movie/Tv Series’. The ‘Karishika‘ rapper is nominated alongside comedian, Akpororo, Bishop Imeh, IK Ogbonna and Kelechi Udegbe. Can Falz win this category?
Clearly, all is not well between Nigerian singer, Davido and his producer, Jfem who produced his ‘Owo Ni Koko’ song. The producer didn’t make the List of Top 10 producers in Nigeria complied by NotjustOK, and Davido saw it as an opportunity to take shots at him. Davido ‘Shout out to Shizzi and Kiddominant for making the list. Eya zero Jfem. Karma’. Not long after, the producer, Jfem responded saying, ‘Fuck the list because that is not the way to success. Whereas better things coming, far better than that.’
The year is ending with its usual season of awards, recognition and LISTS. However, Tiwa Savage’s hubby, Tunji Balogun feels one of Nigeria’s dope musicians, Timaya doesn’t get enough recognition, awards or accolades for his efforts. Teebillz, took to Instagram to share his opinion saying, ‘This guy (Timaya) is the most consistent artist that has given us minimum of 2 to 3 hit songs that we’ve danced to every year in the last 5years and it’s funny how he never gets the recognition he deserves. Hmm to top ten this top ten that and award shows!!! #keepitrealorkeepitmoving please LIKE and…
50 Cent just might never leave his beef with Rick Ross alone. The hip-hop mogul, who released The Kanan Tape yesterday, took a moment from promoting the project to address the sales of Rozay’s new album Black Market, which 50 claims is selling 34,388 units in the video. ‘Is that a rock or a brick?’ asked Fif, looking at his phone. ‘Thirty-four thousand, three-hundred, and eighty-eight copies, and you know they went and bought some. He had to buy some. Anybody would have panicked.’ Fiddy claims that Ross must have purchased 15,000 copies of the album after he saw that…
Earlier today, reports were all over the internet that Mavin singer, Di’ja had gotten married secretly. According to the reports, the Nigerian-Sierra Leonean singer got married to her beau, Rotimi on Thursday, December 10, 2015 in Kaduna. The singer and her label, Mavin has however kept mum over the reports with no refuting or confirmation of the story. Many are wondering why label boss, Don Jazzy have also been silent about the matter. Theinfostride has however come across short videos on Instagram which suggests that a traditional wedding did take place.
Yesterday, December 12, 2015, the Nigerian premiere of the movie ‘Beast of No Nation’ was held at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos. The movie, an adaptation of the book ‘Beast of No Nation’ written by Nigerian author, Uzodinma Iweala, sees Hollywood actor Idris Elba play the lead role alongside child actor, Abraham Attah. Both actors were in Lagos for the premiere. In attendance at the premiere were celebrities like D’banj, Genevieve Nnaji, Gbenro and Osas Ajibade, Juliet Ibrahim as well as former Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, her husband, Ikemba Iweala, governor aspirant, Ben Murray-Bruce and others.
Pretty Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon has revealed why she acts more in Yoruba movies despite being from the South-South region of Nigeria. In an interview, the Edo born actress disclosed that her appearance in Yoruba movies is not deliberate but depends on offers she receive. ‘I started up with ‘Papa Ajasco and Company’ and it was on that set that I got my first Yoruba script. Doing that, other roles started coming in even before I finish one, others would come again, so it is as the scripts come,’ she said. The actress however still appears in English production and…
The hosts of Best of Nollywood awards, Bimbo Akintola and Gidoen Okeke arrived in Akure, Ondo state last night ahead of the awards ceremony, which will hold later today. The duo departed Lagos by road alongside some other Nollywood stars yesterday afternoon. Best of Nollywood Awards is billed to hold at Ultra-Mordern Dome, in the state capital, Akure, and will kick off in few hours.
In spite of being unable to walk after an accident that claimed the use of his two legs 18 years ago, Gospel-tungba music originator, Yinka Ayefele still believes he has every reason to be thankful to God for sparing his life. The Ekiti-born talented musician took to Facebook yesterday to share the photos of the scene of the accident that got him to the wheel-cheer, while offering thanks to God with some heartfelt words. ‘Each day I remember my turning point day and date December 12 1997, I will continue to give more praise and adoration to my creator. It’s…
Javier Hernandez was more than happy to see Bayer Leverkusen return to winning ways in the German league by demolishing Borussia Moenchengladbach than with the first club hat-trick of his career. “Chicharito” needed just 13 second-half minutes to score his three goals in Leverkusen’s 5-0 victory over Gladbach on Saturday as ex-Germany striker Stefan Kiessling also scored either side of halftime at Leverkusen’s BayArena. Having previously scored a hat-trick for Mexico in 2011, ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid star Hernandez hit the second treble of his career to leave him with 10 league goals this season. He is in a…
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has dismissed initial claims that his heel injury is “incurable,” telling The Sunday Times he has “no fears” about making a recovery to play an important role for Jurgen Klopp. Henderson, 25, was promoted to Anfield skipper in July by Brendan Rodgers following Steven Gerrard’s departure to LA Galaxy but only returned to action in late November after aggravating a heel injury in August and then breaking his foot during training the following month. The England international has consulted a number of medical experts including the Boston Red Sox, Royal Ballet and the Australian cricket team…
Andres Iniesta branded Barcelona’s throwing away a two-goal lead against Deportivo La Coruna to drop two vital points at the Nou Camp “inexplicable.” Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic brilliantly struck either side of half-time to put the Catalans in control, but goals in quick succession from Lucas Perez and Alex Bergantinos saw the game end 2-2. “It’s inexplicable, especially how we ended the game,” midfielder Iniesta told Canal Plus. “We lost control of the game at the moment when we should have had the most control and we made it easy for our rivals, who were two goals down. We…
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho described Jamie Vardy’s record-breaking run of Premier League goals as a “beautiful story” and says it is “normal” that big clubs would be interested in signing the Leicester City striker. Vardy has scored 14 goals in 15 matches to help fire Leicester City to the top of the table and also broke Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of netting in 10 consecutive matches in the Premier League. The form of the 28-year-old — who was playing non-league football for Fleetwood Town just four years ago — has prompted speculation of a lucrative move to…
Mesut Ozil’s mesmerizing form for Arsenal this season has led to reports that the Germany midfielder will be rewarded with a bumper new contract, with the club-record £42.5 million paid to Real Madrid in 2013 now looking a terrible deal for Real Madrid. The trouble is that Madrid seem to think so too, with Don Balon reporting that Los Blancos would consider re-signing the World Cup winner should James Rodriguez seek an exit from the Bernabeu amid claims of a bust-up with manager Rafa Benitez. The Spanish outlet suggests that Madrid would be keen to bring back Ozil if they…