Jose Mourinho has refused to expand on his reasons for stripping Paul Pogba of the vice-captaincy or the trigger for a tense exchange between the pair at training but did warn “no player is bigger than the club.” “He’s a player like the others, no player is bigger than the club and if I’m happy with his work he plays, if I’m not happy he doesn’t play,” Mourinho said. “I’m happy with his work this week, really happy. “Manchester United is bigger than anyone and I have to defend that.” Mourinho and Pogba’s training ground confrontation has come amid a…
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Everton forward Richarlison could be switched from his regular position on the wing to striker in Saturday’s Premier League game against promoted Fulham, manager Marco Silva said on Friday. He struck twice on his first international start for Brazil to seal a 5-0 friendly win over El Salvador this month to leave Silva mulling the new role for the 21-year-old. “He could be one of the strikers. It is possible, everything is possible. This week I can tell you he worked some moments as a striker. It is up to me to decide tomorrow,” Silva told a news conference. “We…
Jose Mourinho has said the training ground spat with Paul Pogba is nothing compared to some of the things that go on at the club’s Carrington training ground. At a news conference on Friday, the United manager played down the incident by insisting it was lucky camera crews are not allowed in every day. “When you say disruptive or you got on camera me speaking with Paul I am happy that you don’t come here more times because you would get much more than that,” said Mourinho. “I can promise you, much more than that. Much louder, much more aggressive.…
Veteran actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, is presently under heat for her comment, which was aimed at judging what female celebrities wore to the just concluded Africa Movies Viewers Choice Awards held in Lagos on Saturday. The actress allegedly wrote: “The men were well suited looking so modest and handsome while the women were almost nude, though they look so beautiful but you can see that there dresses are either showing their upper thighs or boobs. Except Omotola…her dress is so lovely and divine, with her awesome curves. Other women celebrities should goan learn dress sense from her(sic),” . And many people…
Nicki Minaj has a message to anybody out there who’s rooting for her fall from pop culture grace: you’re giving into one of humanity’s most unattractive qualities. In a preview of her cover story for Wonderland’s Autumn 2018 issue, Minaj, 35, opens up about the fickle nature of celebrity — and how some people are actively hoping the Queen rapper gets dethroned. “I’ve been at the top of this totem pole for a very long time,” she tells the glossy. “Sometimes people just want to see someone who’s been at the top fall, just to see if it can happen.”…
Richard Russell has shared his confidence over Adele‘s next record – as well as revealing what he looks for in an artist before signing them to XL Recordings. Russell is the owner of XL Recordings – home to the likes of Adele, The xx, FKA Twigs, Arca, Sigur Ros, Arca, Thom Yorke and Jungle. Speaking to NME on the red carpet of the Mercury Music Prize, where he was nominated for the collaborative album ‘Everything Is Recorded’, Russell remained tight-lipped about what to expect from Adele’s upcoming fourth album, he did praise her recent ‘Titanic’ themed birthday party. “I went…
Nothing to see here, just Cardi B hanging out with her rival’s ex… The 25-year-old partied with Nicki Minaj’s former boyfriend Meek Mill on Thursday night at the Billboard 2018 R&B Hip-Hop Power Players event at Legacy Records in New York City, where the latter was honored with the Impact Award. Cardi, wearing a lime green fur-lined coat and a light blue wig, and Meek were photographed hanging out together along with rapper Marlo and Pierre “Pee” Thomas, co-founder of the Atlanta-based record label Quality Control Music. The event took place three weeks after Cardi and Nicki got into a…
Davido has announced that he is working with Kiss Daniel on his next single. The DMW boss who cancelled his tour of the United States and has returned home to support the governorship ambition of his Uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke is back making music and this time he is working once again with Kiss Daniel. He made this known through a post shared on his Twitter page on Tuesday afternoon, September 18 with the caption, ”Kissdaniel x OBO… soon come.” The duo had earlier worked together on the remix of Kiss Daniel’s hit single, ‘Woju’ which also featured Tiwa Savage.…
Big Brother Naija star, Ifu Ennada has joined Belinda Effah and IK Ogbonna for her first role in a movie, ‘The Quest.’ Directed and produced by Dabby Chimere, the movie also stars Ray Emordi and Mercy Mac Joe. Ifu Ennada has been getting movie scripts since she became famous with her activities in the reality TV show. The reality TV star has been on the set of couple of movies in recent times.
Wale is a bit of everything and bit of every other artist and with ”Free Lunch”, he serves a well contrived piece of work that covers Wale the rapper, singer, poet and the one who is bothered about a lot of things. 2018 has been a busy year for the American-Nigerian rapper with ‘Free Lunch’ being his third EP of the year so far, following previous releases in ”It’s Complicated” and ”Self Promotion” with hints that he may be set to retire anytime soon. The past releases have been kept really short allowing room for him to be honest, experimental…
Lil Wayne has finally released his long-awaited album ‘Tha Carter V.’ The 23 track record features artists like the late XXXTentacion, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, his daughter Regina Carter, Sampha, Snoop Dogg, and more was released in the early hours of Friday, September 28, 2018. Producers who worked with him on the album include Swizz Beatz, Metro Boomin, Mannie Fresh, Zaytoven, DJ Mustard, Dr. Dre, among others. Wayne’s mother, Jacida Carter, appears throughout the album, while the track “Dedicate” ends with a sample of Barack Obama talking about Wayne. ‘Tha Carter V’, which is rumoured to be Lil…
Burna Boy is out the visuals to his latest single, ‘Gbona.’ Released in the early hours of Thursday, September 27, ‘Gbona’ by Burna Boy now has a music video to go along with it. The dancehall artist had promised his fans new music ahead of his October concert in London, and he duly delivered with another banging record that is set to grow into an anthem as the festive season beckons. The effect in the Clarence Peters directed video is quite impressive elevating the visuals to a super level.
Desmond Elliot has shared a first look of what to expect from his upcoming movie, ”That Which Binds Us.” What happens when ‘culture’ and ‘tradition’ continue to stand as a justification for oppression in the society? That is one question that veteran actor and lawmaker Desmond Elliot puts to the front burner in his new directed film, ‘That Which Binds Us.” The movie produced by Dayo Amusa tells the story of a widowed woman, Toke Nwachukwu played by Uche Jombo, who has to deal with her husband’s family who invade her home immediately after the loss of her husband, and…
The warning strike called by Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress (TUC), over disagreements on the adoption of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers was effective in some parts of the country. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that business activities were paralysed in Sango-Ota, Ogun, due to the action as the premises of public institutions remained close. On Sept. 12, NLC issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to either agree with its demand for the tripartite committee deliberating on a new minimum wage to reconvene and complete its assignment. Some of the places NAN…
Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) has defeated Senator Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the race to become the next Osun State governor. The Osun State governorship rerun election took place on Thursday, September 27, 2018, just days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the original September 22 election to have been inconclusive. This was because the victory margin of 353 votes of first-placed candidate, Adeleke, over second-placed Gboyega was less than the 3498 votes cancelled in seven polling units. The rerun election took place in the affected polling units on Thursday…
Atiku Abubakar has cast doubts over the conduct of the Osun governorship rerun election taking place on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The governorship election that originally took place on Saturday, September 22, 2018, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 23. This was because the victory margin of 353 votes of first-placed candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke (254,698 votes) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over second-placed Gboyega Oyetola (254,345 votes) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) was less than the 3498 votes cancelled in seven polling units. With Osun residents casting their votes in…
Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election has dismissed Thursday’s rerun election as a coup that has no place in a democracy. While the rerun election in the affected polling units were taking place on Thursday, September 27, 2018, Adeleke cried out that the system has been rigged to favour the APC. He complained that PDP supporters were being denied access to ballot papers in the governorship rerun election. “What is happening in Osun State now is not an election. What we have is a coup. That is what we are…
Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday called on the relevant stakeholders across the globe to make strategic partnership towards finding lasting solutions to the spread of Tuberculosis in Africa. The wife of the president has been appointed as the UN Special Ambassador to end TB in recognition of her selfless services to health Advocacy in Nigeria. “When I accepted to serve as a TB Champion, I believe there is something I can contribute and I believe there is something every one of us can do to end this epidemic. “As a global TB Champion and Ambassador, I am committed to work…
Atiku Abubakar has cast doubts over the conduct of the Osun governorship rerun election taking place on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The governorship election that originally took place on Saturday, September 22, 2018, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 23. This was because the victory margin of 353 votes of first-placed candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke (254,698 votes) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over second-placed Gboyega Oyetola (254,345 votes) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) was less than the 3498 votes cancelled in seven polling units. With Osun residents casting their votes in…
Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the rerun election which he lost on Thursday. The election that originally took place on Saturday, September 22, 2018, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 23. This was because the victory margin of 353 votes of first-placed Adeleke (254,698 votes) over second-placed Gboyega Oyetola (254,345 votes) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) was less than the 3498 votes cancelled in seven polling units in Orolu local government…