Man Utd have made an official approach to Bayern Munich over the possible transfer of the Germany defender Jérôme Boateng. The 29-year-old is top of José Mourinho’s wishlist as he desperately tries to bolster his squad before the transfer window closes on Thursday. The United executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, has spoken to the Bayern CEO, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and inquired how much it would cost to sign the experienced defender, who has a contract at the Bundesliga club until 2021. United were told that Boateng would cost between €50m (£44.6m) and €60m and that Bayern were not interested in a swap…
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Toby Alderweireld is hoping to join Manchester United before the transfer window closes, according to reports in Belgium. Jose Mourinho is looking to sign a new central defender before the window shuts on Thursday and United have been in discussions with several targets, including Barcelona’s Yerry Mina and Leicester City’s Harry Maguire. But with Leicester demanding £75 million for Harry Maguire and a £35m deal for Mina collapsing over the weekend due to a disagreement over agent’s fees, United have been forced to look elsewhere. According to HLN, Alderweireld ‘absolutely’ wants to leave Tottenham this summer and is hopeful that…
Reports have suggested that the World Cup-winning midfielder could be on the move this summer, but the Red Devils have never contemplated selling Manchester United are unwilling to allow Paul Pogba to leave the club amid claims that his agent has been lining up a move to Barcelona or Juventus. Reports emerged in recent days that super-agent Mino Raiola has been attempting to secure Pogba a move away from Old Trafford two years on from his return to the club for a then-world record transfer fee of £89.5 million ($116m) from Juve. A meeting between Pogba and his former France…
Signing a central defender is top priority for Manchester United, and so is finding a new home for Anthony Martial. The forward, who can play as a conventional number 9, or from the left wing, has a fractious relationship with United boss José Mourinho and it will only have got worse over the course of pre-season. After Martial flew home from the pre-season tour for the birth of his second child and stayed with the mother in Paris, opting not to return to America, Mourinho was not happy and the club reportedly fined him £180,000. The situation between Martial and…
Kelly Hansome has let out that Don Jazzy twice arranged for his arrest. The artist/producer who has had his fare share of industry troubles following his beef with MI Abaga and D’banj in the past, made this known in a post on his Instagram page on Sunday August 5. In the post, he says, ”HBD to the most rugged Capo… The two times our brother Don Jazzy and his people orchestrated my arrest, one for making a cover to the song ‘Feeling Good’ and the other when they set me up with a stolen laptop in a quest to make…
Today is Iceberg Slim’s birthday and Juliet Ibrahim sent him a birthday message which we think is too simple and casual. Don’t get it, twisted guys, we all know how this couple went all lovey-dovey when their relationship started. So if Juliet Ibrahim is sending Iceberg Slim a birthday message like a member of her church choir, then it’s a big deal. Juliet took to her Instagram page on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, where she posted a photo of Iceberg Slim on her Instagram stories. She captioned it simply with the quote; “Happy Birthday @icebergslim.” Lovers and fans of Iceberg…
Before there was #WhoBitBeyonce, there was the mystery behind “Becky with the good hair.” In her 2016 song “Sorry” off her “Lemonade” album, Beyoncé had name-checked husband Jay-Z’s alleged mistress with the lyric, “He only want me when I’m not there/He better call Becky with the good hair.” It set off much speculation about who the other woman might be. At the time designer Rachel Roy had to deny it was her after the Beyhive swarmed her social media accounts. Jay-Z even rapped on his song “Family Feud” last year, “Let me alone Becky.” Now Gwyneth Paltrow’s name is being…
D’banj has a new song and it is dedicated to wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow. The music star shared a snippet of the song on his Instagram page on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. D’banj went on to caption the short version of the song with a word of encouragement to his wife. “Together We Will Pass Every Test That We Pass Through. This Is For You My ❤️#WhatYouWant #LetterToMyWife #Everything #MamaDaniel 8/8/18,” he wrote. This is coming a few days after the singer shared on his Instagram how his family have experienced hard and trying times since the demise of his…
Social media went into a frenzy a day ago when a non-fan threatened to pour acid on Cee-C, now former housemates are coming out to call for a truce between Cee-C and Alex. According to a former housemate, Princess who took to her Instagram page on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, she called on Alex and Cee-C to call their fans to order as these threats are actually real. She also said that the law enforcement agencies should be informed about the acid bath threat. “Get over this bad blood already !!!! First of all, if this is an actual threat…
Linda Ikeji is set to add another feather to her cap as she will soon be honoured with a doctorate degree from the Trinity International University of Georgia. The media executive made this known on her personal Instagram page on Monday, August 6, 2018. According to her, she would be honoured for her for my contribution to media in Africa and as Africa’s Most Successful Blogger. “I told you guys a few months ago to call me Princess Linda after the Arewa Youths title, but after August 8th, you will have to upgrade that to Dr. Linda Ikeji… . I’m…
Peter Okoye has got a lot of exotic cars but when the singer decided to share photos of all them in one day, then trust us we are in for a magical moment. The singer was probably having a good day when he decided to show off his expensive cars in his garage. He did this on his Instagram page on Monday, August 6, 2018. Well, Peter in his caption said he hopes these photos motivate all of us on a Monday like this. “#MondayMotivation I pray that this pictures Motivates and inspires you, rather than making you mad or…
Sunday night, August 5 saw Davido perform at the Blanco Beach in Portugal and he shut down the event with his performance. Davido was at Portimao in Portugal over the weekend, where he performed a number of his hit singles including ‘If,’ Fia, with ‘Fall’ sending the crowd into a wild reaction. The song which he described as the ”National anthem for his Portugese fans”, had everyone singing along with him as he brought down the event with his energetic performance. The Popstar also announced that his much anticipated single ‘Nwa Baby’ will be released this Friday, August 10.
Tiwa Savage could not hide her excitement as she showered accolades on Duncan Mighty who was cooking and singing in a public video. The Mavin First Lady, who featured Duncan Mighty in her latest single, Lova Lova took to her Twitter handle on Friday, August 3, 2018 to praise the Port Harcourt based singer. As caption to the video, Tiwa wrote, “Mr lova lova lovalova BABA you finish food for studio, you come finish for kitchen as well. You too much ooo.” Duncan Mighty took to his Instagram story to show his fans and followers his cooking abilities when Tiwa…
Juliet Ibrahim might be speaking not just for herself but for a lot of people who are under pressure to get married as she wants you all to stop giving them sleepless nights. “Stop this habit of asking people to get married because their age-mates are married. Even you, some of your age mates have died but nobody has asked you to die. ♀️ , ” she wrote. Hmmm…maybe Juliet Ibrahim might be getting pressure from friends and family to get married or she was just speaking on behalf of ‘Pressured Singles.’ If you’ve taken a close look at Juliet’s…
On June 30, Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy for his role in Damijo Efe Young’s “Excess Luggage,” marking his second AMVCA nomination. On not being surprised by his AMVCA nomination “I won’t say I was surprised, because from the movie set, all the actors involved – Mike Ezuruonye to Queen Nwokoye, to even Mercy Aigbe and Nino who came to visit us on set – kept saying, ‘you’re going to get a nomination for this performance. And I was on the thread. I wasn’t sure if it would happen. I went on to…
Simi has become the first artist to hit the 1M streams mark on online music platform, Boomplay. Her sophomore album, ”Simisola”, which was released in September 2017, led to her picking up a number of awards including the award for the Album of the Year at the 2018 Headies. The 16 track album was both a critical and commercial success upon its release, birthing a number of hit singles that includes ‘Joromi’, ‘Aimasiko’, ‘O Wa N’be’ and ‘Smile For Me’, which have become mainstream records. This was made known according to the platform on its social media page, with the…
Drake has officially dropped the new video for his hit song, ‘In My Feelings’. The song off his recently released double album, Scorpion, has been trending since its release especially with the “In My Feelings” challenge, which has gone viral across social media with celebrities like Will Smith, Ciara, DJ Khaled, Charlamagne Tha God and even Drake himself getting involved in the action. Fueled by the hype around the track, the visuals shot in New Orleans stars a number of public figures, including La La Anthony, who plays Drake’s love interest Keke, and Phylicia Rashad as her mother. Prominent Internet…
“Lost Cafe,” “Isoken,” “Ojukokoro,” Seun Ajayi, Joke Silva, Toyin Aimakhu among others have been revealed as the nominees for the 2018 edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The nominees were revealed on Friday, August 4, 2018, at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. The award ceremony will hold on September 22, 2018 at Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Film Isoken – Nigeria Five Fingers For Marseilles – South Africa In My Country – Nigeria The Blessed Vost- Algeria Cross Roads – Nigeria Road to Sunshine – Malawi Siembamba – South Africa…
Before his death 21 years ago, music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti had an idea of what Africa music should be – an instrument of struggle and revolution. The Afrobeat creator and human rights activist in an interview, several years during his struggle, said the whole idea about Africa must be represented in the music and in the art. He further said music in Africa can not be for enjoyment but has to be for revolution because the people are used to struggle for people’s existence. “So I think as Africa is concerned, music can not be for enjoyment, music has to…
Lanre Gentry has said that the Nollywood actress and her son, Juwon are his property. Speaking on Aigbe’s Instagram post on Father’s Day, Gentry simply replied, “Mercy and Juwon are my property.” When queried about reuniting with Aigbe after the actress moved out of their matrimonial home, Gentry said he’s waiting to hear from the actress as regards dissolving their marriage legally because they are still married according to the Nigerian marital laws. “I have no plans to do that for now because I am still legally married to Mercy but time will tell. I am waiting to hear from…