Author: David Folami

Manchester City’s comeback 4-2 win in Tuesday’s Champions League match against Borussia Monchengladbach will be a great motivation ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against Swansea City, winger Raheem Sterling has said. Having won just one of their last four league games, third-placed City will immediately turn their attention to climbing up the table and Sterling is certain they can pick up the three points if they implement their brand of football. m “The results have not been going our way in the last few games and we were really trying to make it right,” Sterling told the club’s website…

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Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo has undergone surgery on the shoulder he dislocated in training last week, the Argentina international confirmed via his Instagram account. “My operation was a success. Thank you to my beautiful wife, always with me. Thank you everyone for your messages of love and support,” Rojo wrote on Instagram. Rojo dislocated his left shoulder after a fall in training – the same injury he suffered in a 1-0 defeat at Manchester City last season. It is not known how long the 25-year-old will be on the sidelines, but British media said the defender was expected to…

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Unlike Manchester United Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea got himelf some relief from their domestic woes on Wednesday, beating his former club Porto 2-0 to top Champions League Group G. An 12th minute own goal which rebounded off Ivan Marcano under pressure from Diego Costa and a well-worked second half strike from Brazilian winger Willian ensured victory for the struggling English champions and sent Porto into the Europa League. Chelsea, cheered by a smiling owner Roman Abramovich, looked a different side from the one that have slumped to eight domestic defeats in 15 league games, including four at home. The result takes…

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Kim K, hubby, Kanye and baby Saint have left the hospital and are all at home now, doing well. The couple left the Los Angeles hospital after welcoming their second child, Saint West, on Saturday. “They are home now. She is recovering and doing well,” they updated on Kim K’s website. They said they don’t intend to give Saint a middle name just like North didn’t get a middle name. Looking forward to his photos.

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The former Paralympian who has officially been charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Appeal but granted bail is said to be studying for a law degree through a London university course. This was known after Oscar submitted an affidavit to court during his bail hearing on Tuesday morning that he required daily internet access to continue his studies. In his affidavit, he said; “I have enrolled at the London School of Economics for a B.Sc business with law degree. I study by way of correspondence and need daily access to the internet for this purpose.” He also told…

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Seriously? Rapper Tyga wants to be given money before he talks about his teenage girlfriend, Kylie Jenner. He sat down over the weekend with Yahoo for an interview and refused to answer any questions about her. During the interview, he kept saying ‘Next question.’ when asked about Kylie. When the interviewer pressed on, Tyga finally responded, ‘Not unless you’re willing to pay for it.’ and the Kylie questions stopped.

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50 Cent got on Instagram on yesterday December 8, 2015, to say that he would give the Grammy Award for ‘Best New Artist’ to Fetty Wap. ‘My Best New Artist Award go’s to, Fetty Wap’, the G-Unit rapper writes. ‘He put some real hits out this year. There over looking (sic) him, they did the same thing to me. Get Rich Or Die trying, 13 million copy’s Sold’. Fetty Wap made history with his first four singles, ‘Trap Queen’, ‘Again’, ‘My Way’ and ‘679’ charted in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 list. The Paterson, New Jersey singer was…

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About 30 days ago, it seemed as though Rick Ross and Lira Galore/Mercer’s relationship has ended, as rumours went around that Rozay had called off their engagement. Whatever went down there, it seems they’re now ready to get married. The Maybach Music Group boss is all loved up with fiancé Lira Mercer popularly known as Lira Galore. To further seal their relationship, the couple appear in the new cover of Paper magazine. The two take part in a luxurious spread, photographed at Ricky Rozay’s Atlanta estate. Looking at the photos from ‘The Duke and The Duchess’ inspired shoot, one can…

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In the spirit of the season, MTV Base has announced that it will host fans to a free Christmas party tagged, ‘The White Christmas Party’. The event will hold at Ikeja City Mall, Lagos on Friday, December 18, 2015 and it’ll feature performances from Nigerian top acts including Olamide, Lil Kesh, Niniola, May D, CDQ, Reminisce, Phyno, Kiss Daniel, Orezi and Ycee. Speaking on the concert, Head of Marketing and Events for MTV, Colette Otusheso says, ‘This year has been a memorable one for all of us at MTVan reward our fans with the biggest Christmas party ever – and…

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Following Drake and Meek Mill’s highly entertaining beef, Drake got a Grammy nomination for his diss track to Meek in the Best Rap Performance category. It appears Meek is not feeling the idea of his rival being up for an award on Grammy night at his expense. The Dreamchaser rapper posted an ‘eye opening’ message on his Instagram page that seems to be addressing Drake’s nomination, saying ‘ They tipping the scale for them suckas 2 win… #push’ A lot fans have since been directing the words to Drake – by saying Meek meant those words to the ‘Back To…

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Every single year after the Grammy Award nominations are revealed, the debate about which acts got ignored always begins. This year’s list of nominees in the rap categories had some observers questioning why artistes like Future, Lupe Fiasco, and Vince Staples were ignored. Maybach Music Group’s Wale went to Twitter to express his own issues about his own name being left out of the Grammy conversation. That led to a fan suggesting he and Kendrick Lamar should go on tour together. Wale responded by claiming Kendrick stopped taking his calls after the TDE emcee received his previous Grammy nominations. Kendrick’s…

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Nigerian music Legend, Don Jazzy has quickly reacted to a message that has gone viral online, which says that Mavin records is about to unveil new acts in 2016 and interested artistes should pay a sum of 45,000 naira into a bank account. The message was sent using a parody account of popular blogger, Linda Ikeji. Reacting to the viral message, Don Jazzy took to Instagram saying, ‘SCAM ALERT. That’s a fake Linda and Mavin is not aware of this too. Guys pls be careful. Thanks and GOD watch over us’.

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ollywood actor, Femi Branch has taken to Instagram to share the photos of his adorable family. The crossover actor posted several pictures of his wife, Ibitola Owosanoye, and two kids Nuella and Nathan Branch. The proud father and husband captions one of the images with, ‘These are the ones that make my life meaningful. The ones for whom it’s all worth it.’.

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A short historical adaptation, ‘The Encounter’ was screened over the weekend with a many top celebrities showed up at the Genesis Deluxe Cinema venue. Mavin chairman, Don Jazzy was one of the guests who turned up as well as OC Ukeje, Lamide Akintobi, Bolanle Austen-Peters, First Bank Chairman, Ibukun Awosika, Betty Irabor and Jimi Agbaje amongst others. ‘The Encounter’ which chronicles an imaginary meeting between Biafran warlord, Emeka Ojukwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna is a short film which stars Amara Onoh and Gregory Ojefua.

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English and Yoruba actress, Doris Simeon has addressed the controversy over the title of her upcoming movie ‘The Victims’ and Mercy Aigbe‘s recently released ‘Victims’. Many Nollywood watchers were pretty surprised when they heard that Doris’ new movie has essentially the same title as Mercy Aigbe’s new movie that premiered on Sunday, November 1, 2015. Speaking at an interview , Doris disclosed that although the movies shared similar titles, they are actually different from one another and meant to pass totally different messages. They are similar but the story line is quite different,’ she said. She opened up further, ‘Mercy…

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Lights, camera and action master, Obi Emeloye is set to drop his latest effort, ‘Oxford Gardens’. Oxford Gardens stars the ‘Last Flight to Abuja’ director’s last child, D’Richy Emelonye who is appearing in her first movie. The movie also features international boxer and model, Ngoli Okafor, Ngozi Thompson Igwebike and Savanah Roy. The movie, which tells the story of love and boxing as well as the battle against cancer, was shot in London where the movie is set. Oxford Gardens is a united work between the renowned filmmaker and Africa Magic.

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Huge movie director, Obi Emelonye is set to make a return with a new thriller, ‘Oxford Gardens’. Obi Emelonye, who has previously made movies like ‘Last Flight to Abuja’, ‘Mirror Boy’ amongst others, teams up with African Magic to produce the boxing thriller which was shot in London. The movie focuses on the life of an out-of-favour boxer who tries to make a return to ring. Two-time heavyweight champion, Ngoli Okafor plays the role of Julius the troubled boxer who falls in love with a mysterious girl, Munachi after they met at the Oxford Gardens. Oxford Gardens also stars Ngozi…

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Popular Nigerian music sharing and download platform, tooXclusive.com have revealed the nominees for the 2015 edition of its yearly awards in over 18 categories. This year, the award which is already in its 4th season, sees Olamide replacing Davido, who dominated two years in a row by leading with 10 nominations. Olamide leads with 7 nominations in different categories, including Artiste of the year, Album of the year and others, in the year under review (September 2014 – October 2015). New entrants like Ycee, Toby Grey and Choc Boi recruits Koker and Dice Ailes will also be competing for the…

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Over the weekend, Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman went on with his series of fashion parties promoting his fast growing clothing line, Twentieth September Wears. The last fashion party was held at the Big Ballers Lounge 311 Road Festac Town Lagos on Friday, December 4, 2015 with superstars like Solidstar, Mr 2kay, Richie Smile, Sojay, Kymo and Shawn Pee as headliners.

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