Manchester City progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League after twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Olympique Lyonnais in Group F on Tuesday. Goals from Maxwel Cornet were cancelled out by Aymeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero to leave City top of the group on 10 points. Lyon are second on seven points, two ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk who snatched a late 3-2 win at Hoffenheim to keep alive their hopes of reaching the last 16. City often found themselves on the back foot in France and struggled to contain Ivorian forward Cornet who went close to…
Author: David Folami
Jose Mourinho has told Manchester United to prove they are a big club and push the boat out to keep David De Gea. The Spain international made an incredible save to prevent Young Boys substitute Ulisses Garcia from putting the Swiss champions in front at Old Trafford before Marouane Fellaini scored a stoppage-time winner to send United into the last-16 of the Champions League. De Gea, who will be out of contract in 2020, is in talks over a new deal amid interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus and Mourinho has told Ed Woodward and the board to get the…
That Jose Mourinho felt the need to lift up a basket of drinks bottles and smash it to the floor when Marouane Fellaini scored his stoppage-time winner says everything about how the game went. Manchester United are into the knockout rounds of the Champions League with a game to spare but it was far from comfortable. This should have been a stroll against a Young Boys side who have not won a European game away from home since 2014. But just as a host of unwanted records beckoned — longest winless run at Old Trafford in Europe and longest spell…
Juventus clinched a place in the Champions League knockout stages when a brilliant Cristiano Ronaldo assist set up Mario Mandzukic to give them a 1-0 win over Valencia on Tuesday. The Serie A champions had struggled to break down Valencia’s defence until Joao Cancelo slipped the ball to Ronaldo in the Valencia area in the 59th minute of the Group H clash. Ronaldo wrong-footed Gabriel Paulista with some fancy footwork, giving him space to roll a low cross across the face of goal for Mandzukic to turn in from two metres. Juventus top the section with 12 points from five…
Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben and Robert Lewandowski scored two goals each as the German champions demolished Benfica 5-1 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League round of 16 and lift some of the pressure off boss Niko Kovac. Kovac is likely to cling on to his job for at least a few more days after Bayern secured victory with their best performance so far this season. The embattled coach’s future has been in doubt for some time with Bayern sitting in fifth place in the Bundesliga, but Robben’s double strike in the first half quickly lifted the gloom at the…
Olamide has announced an official date for the release of the debut YBNL Mafia family album. Ahead of the fifth edition of his Olamide Live In Concert [#OLIC5] holding before the close of the year, the YBNL label will be releasing their debut collaborative project under the YBNL Mafia Family imprint on Wednesday, December 7th. The album is set to feature Olamide’s recent signings, Picazo Rhap and Yomi Blaze alongside the likes of Limerick, Davolee, Temmie Ovwasa, Lyta and producers Pheelz, Young Jonn and BBanks. This was shared by the YBNL boss on his social media pages in the early…
Mike Ezuruonye’s comedy, ‘Lagos Real Fake Life’ has been making an impression at the box office 10 days after it was released. The wholly comedy film with appearances from Odunlade Adekola, Emmanuella, Josh 2 funny, Nedu Wazobia, Mercy Aigbe, Nonso Diobi, Annie Idibia, IK Ogbonna, MC Lively and Efe Irele, has been enjoying notable viewing from audience. Sources disclosed that the movie, which features several comic acts, is doing commendably well at the cinema since its release on Friday, November 16, 2018. “We also have to celebrate another Nigerian film making an impression at the box office called Lagos Real…
K1 De Ultimate’s lead vocalist, Dipo Odebode Aderibigbe has reportedly passed away. It has been reported that the long time band member of the Fuji legend died on Sunday night, November 25, 2018. According to The Lagos Times, sources revealed that some members of the band had called Aderibigbe to inform him of a show slated for Sunday evening at Oduduwa Street at GRA, Ikeja. He was reported to have complained that he had been unable to sleep for some days. “We called to tell him about the show at Oduduwa GRA but he said he was sick and had…
Timi Dakolo is out with his new single, ‘I Never Know Say.’ The top Nigerian vocalist is gearing up for his second studio effort with the release of his latest effort titled “I Never Know Say” produced by his frequent collaborator, Cobhams Asuquo. The song is a highlife tune and a love rendition dedicated to his wife, Busola Dakolo, like a number of his past records and this one is set to become another addition to wedding playlists around the country.
Ice Prince has shared the visuals to his latest single, ‘Yawa’ with Peruzzi. Following the release of his EP, COLD, released earlier in the year, Ice Prince followed it up with a collaboration with DMW artist, Peruzzi, which is enjoying fair airplay success and has now released the video to the hit single. The crispy video was directed by Paul Gambit.
Flavour has reportedly welcomed a second child with rumoured wife, Sandra Okagbue. According to report, the couple welcomed their son a few months ago in Texas, United States of America. Photos released by the blog shows that the son is already grown. The press reached out to Flavour’s manager, Benjamin Omesiete to confirm the authenticity of the gist but he refused to confirm or debunk the news. According to him, it is not in his place to reveal such information. Flavour already has a daughter with former beauty queen, Anna Banner. It would be recalled that back in 2016, there…
Nina has recovered her Instagram page a day after it was hacked by some guy who was up to no good. The reality TV star announced that she had recovered the account on her Instagram page on Monday, November 26, 2018 while maintaining that she won’t be bullied. “This account has been recovered by #TeamNina. Nina will be back with you shortly. Nobody can bully or beautiful Nina. We’ve got her back,” she wrote. It would be recalled that Nina’s Instagram account was hacked over the weekend by a man who simply identified himself as Yusuf. The alleged hacker went…
Olubankole Wellington, the Nigerian Musician, Actor, Writer, and Director known for his advocacy and passion for voter education, has announced his intention to run for office. He made the declaration today, Saturday November 10, 2018, during the debut convention of the Modern Democratic Party, a political party founded in 2017 by a consortium of youth associations which pushed for the Not Too Young To Vote bill. Wellington, 37, will run for a seat in the Federal House of representatives, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos where he says ‘there’s need for renewed hope and results, just like the rest of Nigeria’. ‘‘Our generation…
Monday, November 26, 2018, is Don Jazzy’s birthday and his former label partner, D’banj sent him one of the coolest birthday messages ever! The music star took to his Instagram page where he posted a compilation of some of their best music videos together. He went on to caption the video with the quote; “Happy Birthday To The First And Last Don, my Brother @donjazzy we Indeed saw the future and Believed in ourselves and our people too. You’re A Legend Happy Birthday To You Don Baba J ,” he wrote. Happy birthday to Don Jazzy from all of us…
Rita Dominic has revealed that she is now a member of over a thousand groups on Whatsapp since her phone number got leaked. The movie star made this known via her Twitter page on Monday, November 26, 2018. Rita in her tweets made fun of the situation as fans wanted to find out how she was handling it. “I told my Mum these morning that I have Rita Dominic number, she hissed and said she as it also, that a friend of hers added Rita Dominic to one of there Group Chat @ritaUdominic,” a fan had tweeted. Rita went on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied receiving N10m from the Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje. Daily Trust reported that the Governor announced the donation of N10m to the organisers of the National Anti-Corruption Marathon. According to the report, the marathon was put together to celebrate President Buhari’s anti-corruption fight. In a swift reaction, the EFCC issued a statement on Facebook denying the report. The anti-graft agency also described the story as a deliberate attempt to malign the efforts of the Commission in the fight against corruption. The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of a Nigerian poet, writer and journalist, Ikeogu Oke. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja on Monday. President Buhari also extended heartfelt condolences to Oke’s family, the literary and creative community on the painful demise of the award-winning poet. He affirmed that as an author, journalist and poet, Oke exuded vibrancy, intelligence and innovation in his works. According to him, Oke as a social commentator, was constantly in search of plausible answers and solutions to…
Dr Ibe Kachikwu has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come on stream by end of 2019. Kachikwu disclosed this at the three-day Biennial International Conference for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) organised by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Lagos on Monday. “Out of the 40 licenses issued, only 10 have shown progress by submitting their programmes and putting something on the ground. “ By end of 2019, we are assured that three private modular refineries would come on stream,’’ he said. The minister said that the conference was a…
Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to President Mohammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, said that the presidency had directed All Progressives Congress (APC), candidates should base their campaigns on issues in the 2019 elections. Enang said this during a church service at Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Ibiaku Parish in Ibiono, Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Sunday. He said that the APC-led government would do real campaign without rancour or politics of bitterness during its campaign in the country. “Let us go and do real campaign, speaking clean words, marketing what we have done, saying what we…
Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that the presidency was closely working with the National Assembly for the quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Osinbajo said this during his keynote address at the 18th international HSE Biennial conference, organised by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Lagos. According to him, “ we are working closely with the National Assembly to ensure its timely passage.’’ He said that the reforms proposed in the PIGB “reflects our collective desire to entrench transparency and sustainability of oil and gas operations in Nigeria to enable the country finally to realise the…