The former Governor of Ekiti state has hailed the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi’s performance at the Vice-Presidential debate. The debate organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) held on Friday, December 14, 2018, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. According to the former Governor, Obi displayed a high level of understanding of the issues the country is facing. Fayose said “Delighted that our VP candidate, Peter Obi demonstrated high level of understanding of issues relating to the economy of this country. In PDP, we have brains in…
Author: David Folami
Atiku Abubakar has said that he is eagerly looking forward to the upcoming presidential debate. The former Vice-President made this known on Twitter on Friday, December 14, 2018. According to Channels Television, the presidential debate will hold on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Atiku said “I watched with pride as @PeterObi laid out our vision to get Nigeria working again. Can’t wait for the presidential debate. “ The Vice-Presidential debate organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) held on Friday, December 14, 2018, and former Governor Ayo Fayose was impressed. The former Ekiti…
Jurgen Klopp wants his side to be “angry” when they host rivals Manchester United on Sunday. The Reds can retake the Premier League lead with victory, but Klopp is aware United will be looking for a response to their midweek Champions League loss. There are 16 points between the clubs, with United closer to the relegation zone than leaders Manchester City. “From the other side it looks like it is not the best mood – United lost their last game,” said the German. “We have our own problems and our own targets and we go for them. “We fight for…
John Arne Riise has said that he would prefer to play for Jurgen Klopp than the current version of Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho. While Liverpool are currently top of the Premier League, United visit Anfield on Sunday 16 points behind their rivals facing an uphill battle to secure a top-four spot. Riise played for Liverpool during the height of the club’s rivalry with Chelsea when Mourinho delivered back-to-back league titles, but feels the Portuguese manager has changed for the worse. “I think Mourinho is different now to some years ago,” Riise said, speaking to promote his new autobiography, ‘Running…
Christian Eriksen scored in added time as they snatched a 1-0 win over Burnley at Wembley to stay within five points of leaders Manchester City in the Premier League. Burnley looked to have secured a crucial point in their fight to move clear of the bottom three but Eriksen broke their hearts with a clinical finish for third-placed Spurs in the 91st minute. The Denmark international was relieved to have broken his goal drought after scoring for the first time since April in the Premier League as Spurs made it 10 wins in their last 12 league games. “Every time…
Virgil van Dijk believes his challenge on Dries Mertens early in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Napoli on Tuesday was a fair tackle. Mohamed Salah scored the only goal of the game in the 34th minute at Anfield to send Liverpool into the round-of-16 of the Champions League, although they could have been down to 10 men before the goal was scored. With 13 minutes on the clock in the must-win tie, Van Dijk slid in on Mertens, winning the ball before catching the forward high on the ankle in the follow through. “I don’t think it was a bad challenge…
Alisson says he felt like he had scored the winning goal when he made a game-changing late save against Napoli in the Champions League. With the Reds needing to win 1-0 to progress from the group stages and leading through Mo Salah’s goal, Alisson blocked Arkadiusz Milik’s last-minute effort to seal the victory and become an instant hero with the fans after his £65 million move from Roma last summer. “A save at the end of the game is always great and you feel you have contributed to the game,” he told The Times. “Of course, an important save in…
Luka Modric has hit out at players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for not attending award ceremonies when they are not going to win. Modric, who led Real to their third consecutive Champions League and reached the World Cup final with Croatia in the summer, ended the decade-long Ronaldo-Messi stranglehold on the Ballon d’Or when he won it earlier this month. But Modric was not happy that neither Ronaldo nor Messi made the journey to Paris for the ceremony. “I cannot speak why someone didn’t turn up at an award ceremony, it’s their choice,” he told Sportske Novosti.…
Ernesto Valverde said it’s not a problem finding room for both Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho as he finds ways to fit Barcelona’s two most expensive signings into the same side. The two were both regulars at the start of the season, but Valverde has preferred to use either one or the other since bringing midfielder Arthur Melo into the team against Tottenham in October. Dembele was initially the player to drop out of the side, but it was Coutinho who lost his place for last week’s derby win over Espanyol — although both started in a heavily rotated side…
Werder Bremen midfielder Nuri Sahin compared former teammate Marco Reus to a Ferrari after Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 2-1 on Saturday night to extend their winning streak to six games. Reus scored the winning goal in the 27th minute after Paco Alcacer had opened the scoring 19 minutes into the game. Max Kruse’s wonderful strike from distance 10 minutes before half-time wasn’t enough for the guests to come away with a point, though. Sahin, 30, singled out Reus as the main source of Bremen’s problems after the game. “The problem is Marco playing between the lines. When a Ferrari…
Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League as two goals from Gabriel Jesus and another by substitute Raheem Sterling secured a 3-1 home win over Everton. They went in front after 22 minutes when Yerry Mina gave the ball away inside his own half and Fernandinho played it to Leroy Sane, whose pass put Jesus clear inside the penalty area to finish low past Jordan Pickford. It took only five minutes of the second period for City to double their lead, Sane crossing for Jesus to power in a header — but with 65 minutes gone Everton…
Chris Smalling has put pen to paper on a new three-and-a-half year contract with Manchester United. Smalling, 29, joined United from Fulham in 2010 and has made 307 appearances for the club, scoring 18 goals. He has penned a new deal through to the summer of 2022, with the option of an additional year. “This is my ninth season with the club and I am delighted to be continuing my progression with this team,” he told the club’s official website. “It is a real honour to play for Manchester United and we are all now concentrating on the busy schedule…
Lifting Thor’s hammer is no easy feat. Plenty of heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have tried it, and thus far, only the God of Thunder and, surprisingly, Groot have been up to the mythic challenge. However, there’s a new hero rising in the MCU — perhaps you’ve seen her punching the lights out of evil old ladies on the bus in a recent trailer? Carol Danvers is stepping to the forefront to change the game. Danvers is part-Kree, gifting her with super-strength that most of our earth-bound heroes just don’t possess. That’s why actress Brie Larson reckons she’s ready…
General audiences probably best know Margot Robbie for bringing Harley Quinn to life in the DC Extended Universe, and it looks like some have taken that a little literally. Robbie and her Mary, Queen of Scots co-star Saoirse Ronan recently did Wired’s “auto-complete” interview, where they answer the questions that have been most asked about them on Google. When one question asked “Is Margot Robbie Harley Quinn?”, the actress responded pretty literally. “I’m not Harley Quinn,” Robbie confirmed, “but I play Harley Quinn.” Granted, those Google searches were probably people trying to confirm whether or not Robbie played the character,…
Kylie Jenner’s Instagram back catalogue came back to bite her on the bottom on Wednesday after she tried to tell us she’d never experienced cereal with milk at the age of 21. Rolling back the clock by five years, two boyfriends and one baby proves that Kylie did in fact enjoy a regular bowl of non-dry, non-dusty bran flakes back in 2013. The picture, time-stamped April 25, 2013, is captioned, ‘He keeps me healthy’ and clearly captures milk and cereal in combination. It’s clear that Kylie’s appreciation for dry and dusty, milk-starved, Lucky Charms goes way back but when she…
Lil Wayne stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in NYC to serve as the musical guest for Wednesday night’s (Dec. 12) episode. Weezy performed Tha Carter V standout “Don’t Cry,” which posthumously features the late XXXTentacion, backed by DJ T.Lewis and another instrumentalist handling percussion duties. The New Orleans native made sure he was prepared for the chilly December weather gracing the Big Apple, hitting the stage in an oversized fur coat and a knitted winter hat to hold his signature dreads in place. Weezy has made a habit of daring fashion choices throughout his career, choosing last…
Nicki Minaj has a real bad boy on her hands and it doesn’t bother her. On Friday (Dec. 14), Minaj caught wind of TMZ putting her boyfriend’s criminal history on front street and blasted the website. The “Good Form” rapper went on Instagram story and defended Petty’s prison violations. “TMZ, y’all can post these til ur blue in the face,” she wrote. “No one on God’s earth is perfect. Oh, I forgot – y’all have never sinned; nor have your loved ones. Heard you.” While fans are still reeling over the fact that the Queen rhymer’s new boyfriend Kenneth “Zoo”…
DJ Enimoney has shared the visuals to his single, ‘Send Her Money’ off the ”YBNL Mafia Family” album. Featuring Olamide, Kizz Daniel, Lk Kuddy and Kranium, ‘Send Her Money’ is one of the instant favourites from the group album which was released on Friday, December 14th. The visuals now follows that of Picazzo’s ‘Macaroni’ and Yomi Blaze’s ‘Ika’ which had been released earlier in the day. The video was directed by Unlimited L.A.
Omawumi enlists Falz in her latest single, ‘Hold My Baby.’ The mellow love record captures the typical Nigerian story of a lady in search of true love with the colourful and cinematic visuals giving life to the message. The video was directed by Mex.
Mike Ezuruonye has advised actresses exchanging sex for roles in Nollywood to desist because the action will only make them fade away. In an interview, the director and actor said though he has not experienced such in his over a decade career, he will only cast an actor or actress based on their acting abilities. “Nope! They haven’t done it to me. I don’t care if you say I’m trying to protect my industry (even if I am supposed to), but they haven’t done that to me. When I am working, I am a different person. I don’t care if…