Aston Villa defender, Ahmed Elmohamady has come out to say that Jack Grealish is the best player he has played with, despite lining up alongside Mohamed Salah for Egypt. Mohammed Salah finished 5th in the 2019 Ballon d’Or rankings, after an excellent form for his club where he assisted his team to win the UCL. However, Ahmed still thinks Grealish is his best teammate ever even after playing alongside Salah for the last 9 years. His words, “I’ve played with some great players, I play with Mo Salah in the national team, but for me, Jack is the best player…
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Everton recently fired manager Marco Silva because of his terrible start to the 2019-20 Premier League season that has seen the club drop into the relegation zone after Wednesday’s evening’s 5-2 thrashing vs Liverpool. Ex Everton striker and present first-team coach, Duncan Ferguson has been named caretaker manager for Saturday’s match vs Chelsea at Goodison Park. Reports have it that David Moyes is in the running for a brief return to Goodison Park, six-and-a-half years after he left the club for Manchester United. The club has said they plan to appoint a new manager soon. The club’s statement read, “Everton…
After failing at the Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, the Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 election in Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis, has gone to the Supreme Court to request for the cancellation of the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to him, Sanwo-Olu was not elected by valid votes and he is rejecting his victory for being a corruption of justice. He added that the voter’s card the governor used was cloned and he discovered that when he asked for Sanwo-Olu’s forms at INEC. His words,…
Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele wants celebrities to stop making up incredible and untrue stories just to stay relevant. According to her, if a colleague signs an endorsement deal, be happy for him or her. She added that they should stop feeling pressured because their time is coming too. See what she wrote, Wise woman.
Marcus Rashford is a super finisher according to Manchester United goalkeeper, David de Gea. David De Gea believes Rashford’s current form will give the Red Devils the needed boost ahead of their match vs Manchester City on Saturday. He feels the English talent could’ve even scored more vs Spurs and more performances like that should help the club against good opponents. His words, “Marcus is in very good form and showing his talent. “He is a great finisher. He scored two and could have scored even more goals. We are happy that he is scoring goals for us and playing…
Convener of RevolutionNow and publisher of Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been freed from detention after spending over 100 days in DSS custody. His release is coming few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja gave the agency one day to release him and Bakare from detention. Omoyele Sowore got arrested on August 3, few days to a planned protest against bad governance in Nigeria. Congrats to him.
Former BBNaija housemate, TBoss has been blasted for saying she spoke her daughter into existence. The new mum sparked lots of reactions after jumping on social media to praise God for her baby, adding that she did not know she would come and simply trusted God to make it happen. Her words, “I spoke my daughter into existence. I didn’t know when she would come but I trusted God’s timing and today, I hold my own beautiful girl in my arms whilst she kisses my face. Ain’t God the greatest? There’s truly power in the tongue.” “I have known Love.…
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should be fired because an 8th-place finish is looking like the height of the club’s ambition this season, according to Paul Parker. Mufc are now 6th in the EPL after their 2-1 victory vs Tottenham and former boss Jose Mourinho, but they still lack consistency. Parker still believes all the stats prove that Ole should be jobless right now since he has failed to meet expectations. His words, “Can they finish eighth? “You have to look where they are at this moment in time, the games where they’ve dropped points and people may say…
Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has come out to say that the controversial hate speech bill is a crazy piece of legislation. Having his say at the opening ceremony of Shiloh, Bishop David disclosed that the bill is already dead. According to him, he could not understand why Senator Sabi Abdullahi did not propose a death penalty for bandits and terrorists. He then added that he loves Nigeria with passion and will always speak about things that are not going well in the country. His words, “Hate speech is one of the craziest ideas. So if…
Former BBNaija star, Khloe has jumped on social media to blast how some Nigerians love to cling to celebrities. According to the fashion designer, the zeal to be around celebrities these days is actually a sign of desperation and it annoys her. She then advised anyone doing this to be calm and wait to be invited, instead of choking these stars. Her words, “The hunger to be around so called celebrities, want them to be their rider (obviously you ain’t theirs), want to dine, wine and party with them. That shiii annoys me and it is called being DESPERATE. Let…
Chelsea defender, Cesar Azpilicueta has said Tammy Abraham can be the EPL’s top scorer at the end of this season. After his goal vs Aston Villa last night, Tammy now has 11 goals in 14 games in the league, sitting behind only Jamie Vardy in the race for the Golden Boot. Speaking on his scoring form recently, Azpi said the youngster is more than a poacher and he thinks he’ll push Vardy for the award this term. His words, “He has the potential to go even higher,” “We know we are still in December with a lot of games but…
The Programme Director of the European Centre for Electoral Support, Maria Mauro, has come out to say that the level of poverty in several 3rd world countries, including Nigeria, makes it impossible to eradicate electoral crimes. Maria revealed this in Abuja on Wednesday during the public presentation of a report by a non-governmental organisation, NESSACTION, on the recently concluded governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. According to her, since the socio-economic situation of the people is poor, they can easily be led astray. Her words, “It is very difficult to limit some of the electoral crimes (observed in the…
Well, the Dakolo family has definitely put the rape saga behind them. The proof lies in a recent photo Timi Dakolo flaunted on Instagram. The picture shows he and his family in a very happy mood and we are also happy for them. See the picture, Lovely.
Barcelona star, Lionel Messi has come out to say that he voted for Liverpool player, Sadio Mane to win the Ballon d’Or and it is sad that the Senegalese finished 4th behind Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo and himself. Mane claimed a share of the Premier League Golden Boot in 2018-19, narrowly lost out on the EPL title to Man City before working extra hard to lift the UCL title with his club after a miraculous comeback vs Barcelona in the semifinal. Speaking recently on the African missing out on the Top 3 slot, Messi said he voted for…
The Kogi State Government has reacted to the memo in circulation requesting political office holders to state the election results of their Polling Units. Answering questions from journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Director-General of Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo the noise surrounding the memo was not necessary. According to him, it is simply a normal data collation for the purposes of research and planning and it is far from being a political vendetta. His words, “Our attention has been drawn to an internal memo illegally circulated on the social media and the mischievous meanings read into…
Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has said he was forced back into acting when he received the script for a new movie titled “Seven and A Half Dates.” He disclosed this as he reacted to the news that the movie made its debut on the global streaming platform, Netflix. His words, “I must say, the script compelled me back into acting.” “Creativity, uniqueness and a lot more. I just couldn’t afford to not be part of this movie. The cast members are incredibly talented. I always choose my script very carefully and when I got the script for Seven and a…
Belgium forward, Eden Hazard is a major doubt for Real Madrid’s Clasico clash with Barcelona on December 18. This is coming after the Spanish club revealed the complete extent of the ex Chelsea player’s ankle injury. Hazard suffered a knock during a UCL clash vs Paris Saint-Germain and Real has now said the little magician suffered more than a small bruise. Their statement read, “After the tests carried out today on our player Eden Hazard by the Real Madrid medical services, he has been diagnosed with an external bruise on his right leg. “His recovery will continue to be assessed.”…
Ex-Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, over N7.65billion fraud, by a Federal High court sitting in Lagos, was heard saying “2023, here we come” as he was led out of the court by the Correctional Service officers. The politician was also heard asking prison warders, “where are you taking us to?” as he begged the prison warders not to handcuff him in public. He wiped tears from his eyes with a white handkerchief as the judge read an abridged version of the 228-page judgment. Orji Kalu’s associate, Udeogu, was sentenced…
Former BBNaija housemate, Ifu Ennada is tired of being a beauty businesswoman and has decided to quit. In a recent video, the actress was seen crying heavily as she announced the closure of her business, Beautifuennada. She had this to say, “I can’t do this anymore…I’ve tried. I don’t know what God wants from me, I don’t know why this happened now… @beautifuennada is now in God’s hand. I’m done for now.” However, some fans believe this is a media stunt for a new product she might be releasing soon.
Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane would’ve won the Ballon d’Or if he was from Brazil or Europe, according to Senegal player, Cheikhou Kouyate. Mane was 4th in the final standings with 347 votes from the panel of world football journalists, behind winner Lionel Messi (686 votes) of Barcelona, Liverpool team-mate Virgil van Dijk (679) and Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo (476). However, Kouyate has said even if Messi is probably the greatest footballer ever, no player was better than Sadio Mane during the year under review. His words, “For me this Ballon d’Or is for Sadio Mane, there is no doubt about…