Midfield player Steven Davis says he is expecting a thrashing on Saturday when Southampton travel to Manchester City who have lost back-to-back games. Third-placed City go into the Premier League fixture having suffered a crushing 4-1 home defeat by Liverpool last weekend and going down 1-0 at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday. Southampton have lost their last three games against 2012 and 2014 Premier League champions City, conceding nine goals in the process. “The demand from their fans is to win every game and they’re coming off the back of a couple of bad results,” Davis told the…
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has told Daniel Sturridge he must learn to play through the pain barrier in order to conquer his consistent injury worries. Sturridge pulled out of the squad for the 2-1 Europa League win over Bordeaux on Thursday after reporting discomfort in his foot. The 26-year-old has missed almost as many matches as he has featured in since joining the club in January 2013 and hip surgery in May has restricted him to 252 minutes over three appearances this season. He featured in only 18 matches in the previous campaign because of thigh, calf and hip problems…
After qualifying for the last 32 of the Europa League, Liverpool return to the Premier League on Sunday with an ideal chance to continue their revival under Jurgen Klopp when struggling Swansea visit Anfield. Liverpool have lost just once since the former Borussia Dortmund manager took over nine games ago – a defeat to Crystal Palace in their last home league game. Since then, Klopp’s side have won 4-1 at Manchester City and on Thursday beat Bordeaux 2-1 at Anfield to secure their progress to the knock-out stages of Europe’s second tier competition. Next, Liverpool are at home to the…
Jose Mourinho is sure his Chelsea defence can peg back the threat of in-form Harry Kane even if John Terry fails to recover in time to face London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Mourinho’s side head to White Hart Lane after keeping two confidence-boosting clean sheets, first in last weekend’s victory over Norwich City and then in the midweek Champions League success at Maccabi Tel Aviv. Terry limped out of the game in Israel and the Blues captain remains doubtful for the Spurs clash, when Chelsea will attempt to record back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season.…
Arene Wenger is still confident Arsenal can pick up from their inconsistent form and show they are serious challengers for the Premier League title. Wenger’s side will attempt to come back strong from last weekend’s surprise loss at West Bromwich Albion when they travel to Norwich City on Sunday, five days after keeping alive their hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages with vital victory over Dinamo Zagreb. With their European campaign on the back-burner for two weeks, fourth-placed Arsenal can focus on catching unexpected top-tier leaders Leicester City. Wenger believes that, with no one team dominating the title…
-styled Olufimo of Fuji, Saheed Osupa has unveiled poster for his much anticipated 2-in-1 album. The controversial musician uploaded the poster on his official Facebook page a few days ago, causing a sensation among fans, who can’t wait to grab a copy of the album. Titled ‘Lord of Music’, the album, which is being facilitated by Mustoy Music, will be released in December. Like Pasuma, Saheed Osupa is also ready to drop a pop album after ‘Lord of Music’. He has already released three singles off the forthcoming album produced by K-Solo.
Few hours ago, Wizkid reached the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu aboard a 5pm Medview flight ahead of his performance at Glo Slide and Bounce tour at Nnsukka tonight. As he arrived, a strange thing happened at the car park. His handler (a tall, big dude) and one aide (in dreadlocks) were his only companions. He was pretty ‘lowkey’. It Took a while for them to find their ride, and eventually, a Glo pickup truck pulled up. Branded with ‘Laffta Fest’ colours. Wizzy and the guy in dreads entered, but ‘the tall dude’ wasn’t too happy with the truck’s look or…
After seeing Julius Agwu’s verbose interview with TVC, one wonders what the aim of the interview was in the first place. It did more harm than good. The respect and recognition that the entertainer craves has just been fritter away with unguided utterances and lack of restraint that comes with ‘elder statesman’s position he so desired be accorded to him. Where did Julius get it wrong? Mr Agwu is one of the very few entertainers in his ‘elderly’ category that talks too much. You can’t be a loose talker like he is and get the respect Elder-statesman’s position deserves. It…
I know that after reading this piece, your curiosity will get the better of you and you will listen to Yoruba Nollywood actress, Dayo Amusa‘s cover of Adele‘s ‘Hello.’ I have even made it easier for you to do so. I have embedded it in this post. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Dayo was looking for some form of publicity when she was recording the ear-sore (Ehn, shebi there is something called eyesore). So, I’m going to happily give her some publicity. And since she didn’t care what form it came in – whether positive or…
The 2015 edition of Carnival Calabar theme tagged ‘Climate Change’ was unveiled recently at Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island Lagos by the state governor, Ben Ayade. The carnival this year includes additional activities and restyling of the old ones, with revelation that Bikers Day and Disco Fiesta are part of the new offerings this year. The event had dignitaries from the Corporate Nigeria, the United States Embassy in Nigeria, actors, actresses and other in attendance while superstars like Iyanya, Waje, Pee Ajaba, professional dancers from Rwanda and Kenya thrilled the audience. Guests at the unveiling include comic actor John Okafor, aka…
Grammy award winning R&B singer Mary J. Blige will perform at the BET Experience Africa scheduled to hold at Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg on December 12, 2015. Blige, who last performed in South Africa in 2007, will join Maxwell, Raphael Saadiq, Tamar Braxton and Young Thug on the same stage as African superstars AKA, Flavour and Diamond Platnumz.
Nowadays, Justin Bieber can’t really have bad things to say about life. His newest album ‘Purpose’ debuted at number one on the Billboard charts (he is the sixth to do so), and his performance at the 2015 American Music Awards was straight fire. Now, he’s broken an impressive record that was once held by English rock band, The Beatles. He bests the 14 each that The Beatles managed on April 11, 1964 and that Drake earned on the March 7 and Oct. 17 tallies this year. Biebs is now the record holder for having the most songs on the Billboard…
You can now officially include American rapper, Drake to the never-ending list of passionate fans who can’t get enough Adele. ‘I’d do anything with Adele,’ the ‘Hot Bling’ singer reportedly told the media in Toronto on Wednesday night. ‘I’d literally go to Adele’s house right now and do laundry for her.’ His love for the British singer comes in response to Adele’s recent suggestion they do a remix together. ‘I really want us to do an official remix. I love Drake. I love Drake so much,’ Adele told etalk exclusive interview that aired last Friday. After Adele’s [Drake] comments made…
Legendary Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi Odetola better known as Pasuma is a year older today, November 27, 2015. The excited self-aclaimed ‘Oga Nla’ today took to Instagram to express his joy and how the last one year has been for him. Thank you, God, for giving me another year of life. Thank you for all the people who remembered me today Thank you for all the experience of this past year; for times of success which will always be happy memories, for times of failure which reminded me of my own weakness and of my need for you, for times…
South African rapper, Cassper Nyovest seems to have cleared all doubts on the ongoing rumours that there’s beef between himself and his old folk, Khuli Chana. In the last few months, word on the streets had it that Cassper and Khuli weren’t on speaking terms and this was apparently because of Khuli’s friendship with AKA. In Cassper’s interview with MTV Base some weeks ago, he opened up about his strained relationship with his homeboy Khuli Chana who is good friend with his rival. But to the surprise of hip-hop fans, Cassper has taken to social media to send a massive…
Brand new off his forthcoming 5th album, Choc City rapper, Jesse Jagz is set to release a new jam, ‘Jagga Love’. The talented music act however teams up with label mate, Iceprince on the new joint which drops tomorrow, November 27. Jesse Jagz, who returned to the label 5 months ago after a 3-year absence, will also be dropping his 5th album soon.
YBNL official DJ, DJ Enimoney and brother to YBNL boss Olamide shared his heartfelt message about his late dad through his social media age. DJ Enimoney lost his dad and in the midst of the pain in his heart he shared touching message saying: ‘Rest in perfect peace daddy’. In this trying period we wish them more strength, and RIP to ‘Baba Santo’. Everybody at Theinfostride wish him the same too.
Music legend, Salawa Abeni has expressed excitement over being opportuned to work with her son, Big Sheff. The Waka music great recently she opened up on working with the rapper. ‘Right now, we are dedicated to promoting the ‘Gentle Lady remix’ where Big Sheff featured me and after that I will be releasing some songs of my own,’ Salawa said. She also maintained that the rapper has made her proud and helped her family set a new record. ‘It’s what everyone is praying for in his or her own life. It has never happened in Nigeria as a whole that…
Rising Nigerian filmmaker, James Abinibi has opened up about his entrance into the world of film making. The digital media expert spoke on how Kunle Afolayan has taught him and readied him for the industry. ‘Working with Kunle Afolayan on different productions has opened me to the industry and has prepared me for the challenges ahead. Moreover I have also made researches on my own learnt about how things work,’ Abinibi. Abinibi worked with the top filmmaker on movies like Irapada, Figurine, and The CEO (still in production). He is set to premiere his own first movie, ‘A Great Day’.
Chris Breezy chilled with Nessa from HOT 97 on Monday, November 23, to discuss some of the matters behind his forthcoming album, Royalty. Although Breezy’s Twitter page says that the album, named in honour of his baby daughter, was set to drop on Black Friday, the ‘Zero’ singer says that his fans will have to wait a bit longer before they start dancing in the streets. ‘On Black Friday, the pre-orders will be there,’ he said to the radio personality. ‘But the real date is gonna be December 18th.’ CB also said that every time he puts new music out,…