Kunle Afolayan enrolled his eight year old son for an automobile training immediately the summer break commenced and he explains his reasons. Afolayan shared a video of his son, Darimisire, learning the mechanism of repairing automobile at a local automobile repair shop few days after the commencement of the summer break. He said, “Keep them busy so they can be useful to themselves and the society at large. Darimisire doing holiday internship as an automobile mechanic.” The video attracted a total of 61, 721 views on Instagram with many of the filmmaker’s followers praising his decision to enrol his son…
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Uche Ogbodo has described her divorced status as being sad while stating that being a single-mother makes her cry. She said, “It hasn’t been easy raising my daughter alone, I never ever wished I’d be a single mother because I am a family person and I am someone that has always loved marriage and raising a family. It’s sad for me; sometimes I cry over it because it is not easy raising my child alone. There were times when my daughter asked me about her father and I don’t know what to tell her.” Ogbodo further said as hard as…
Kenneth Okonkwo has described Reno Omokri, one of the former aides to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as a shameless sycophant. Okonkwo said “One wonders what this busybody wants to achieve by writing this. It is this shameless, psychophantic attitude of such people like Reno Omokri, of writing falsehood, that is promoting the culture of fake news on the internet. Shame!!” Earlier on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at about 11AM, Omokri had taken to his Twitter to call out Okonkwo for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. Okonkwo has made public his intention to run for the position of Enugu state governor under the…
Reekado seems to enjoy kinky sex and this he proved when he shared a picture of a lady in handcuffs with his followers and fans. On Saturday, August 4, 2018, the Mavins singer took to his Instgaram story to share a picture of a lady in handcuffs wearing only a bra and pant. The unknown lady, who also had cuffs on one of her legs, was lying on a bed in an undisclosed location. He has revealed he is a boobs or bum kind of man. On July 23, 2017, Reekado Banks tweeted his preference in a woman. “One thing…
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…
Ernesto Valverde has appealed for Jasper Cillessen to stay at the club after the Dutch goalkeeper admitted he does not know what his future holds. Cillessen said earlier this summer that he wants to play more than 10 games a season and he looks set to remain the second choice to Marc-Andre ter Stegen at Camp Nou this year. Each goalkeeper played a half each as Barca were beaten 1-0 by AC Milan on Saturday and Cillessen told reporters after the game “I don’t know” when asked if he will move on this summer. “My idea is to have two…
Ahmed Musa has sealed a big-money transfer from Premier League side Leicester City to Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia. He has penned a four-year deal reportedly worth an initial £14.8million, which could rise to £25million. Musa had completed a then-club record £16million transfer to Leicester from CSKA Moscow in July 2016, but he struggled to justify the huge fee, scoring just twice in 21 Premier League appearances before seeking a loan return to the Russian side 18 months later. Speculation surrounding the deal had heightened in recent weeks, but has now been confirmed after the Saudi club announced a deal for…
Pep Guardiola has said he is motivated by the fear of failure and is determined bring more success to Manchester City after their record-breaking title-winning season. “I’m ready. From my point of view, the players don’t have to be worried. I’m ready,” the coach told a news conference ahead of the Wembley curtain-raiser. “The fear of losing games makes me starving and hungry again. To lose matches is not good for any manager, and all the managers will try to avoid that feeling. “You feel guilty, you feel bad, your personal life is not good, the relationship with the players…
Steven Gerrard was denied a win in his first Scottish league game as Rangers manager by an injury-time goal on Sunday. Aberdeen struck in the third minute of stoppage time to earn a 1-1 draw against Rangers on the opening weekend of the Scottish Premiership. Liverpool midfield great Gerrard is in his first senior managerial role and has already led the Glasgow club through two qualifying rounds of the Europa League. He looked set for a successful start in the league when his team recovered from having Alfredo Morelos sent off early on to take the lead through James Tavernier’s…
It was after a September 2016 Europa League game vs. Feyenoord that I first heard it suggested. “Do you think Mourinho is finished? I can’t see him being here too long if this is what it’s like,” a journalist said after Manchester United had been beaten 1-0 in Rotterdam. Jose Mourinho had been manager for three months and United, who had been beaten at home days earlier by Manchester City and would lose at Watford the following weekend, were mired in a run of three straight defeats. That they began the 2016-17 season with three straight Premier League wins had…
Maurizio Sarri has lamented his depleted squad after his side fell 2-0 to Manchester City in the Community Shield on Sunday, saying he’s yet to even see six players. Asked after Sunday’s game how much time he would need to implement his tactics at Chelsea, Sarri could only say, “I don’t know how long it will take. “I arrived three weeks ago, and I haven’t seen six players yet. It depends on me, it depends on the players. But I don’t know.” The Italian did add, however, that his team’s cohesiveness was not yet up to where he wants it…
Toni Kroos has been named Footballer of the Year by sports writers in Germany for the first time. “It is and always will be an honour to be Footballer of the Year,” Kroos told kicker. “This is a prize that is not easy to get, and not everyone gets.” Former Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes beat Schalke’s Domenico Tedesco to win the Coach of the Year award. “I am very pleased that I have been voted Coach of the Year by journalists,” he said. “My big compliment goes to those who did not vote for me because there are many…
Pep Guardiola has said Phil Foden was ready to play a role in the Premier League after the 18-year-old’s impressive display in Sunday’s 2-0 Community Shield win over Chelsea. He said: “Yep. He was last season. “He’s one year more mature, he trained all the season with us, so he fought with all our players. That’s why it’s so good to have another player with his talent and he’s a Manchester City fan, he’s Mancunian, so that’s why, for us, he’s so good.” “We congratulate all the players. Playing in those conditions, with a short time for training. More than…
Thibaut Courtois has told Chelsea that he wants to join Real Madrid this summer for family reasons, his agent Christophe Henrotay has said.# Numerous reports have suggested that Madrid have offered £35m for Courtois, and Henrotay urged Chelsea to take their goalkeeper’s wishes into consideration. “I have been reading everywhere that Chelsea are saying it is up to Thibaut, but he has made it clear to the club that the best option for him is to move to Madrid,” he told The Sun. “For him this is a big decision because he wants to be near his family, and there…
Ivan Perisic has admitted his desire to play in England or Spain, while also indicating that he would consider a move to Bayern Munich. “I would like to test myself in all of the biggest leagues, but the question is will I have the time? I am 29 and working to extend my career as long as I can,” he told Sportske Novosti. “Yes, I’d like to play in England and Spain, but I don’t know if there is enough time left. “I heard some clubs want me but they have to talk to my club and only after that…
Senator Shehu Sani has restated his commitment to stay with the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and not get baited with ‘juicy carrots’ like a rabbit, unlike many of his colleagues that have defected to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The senator disclosed that the PDP enticed lawmakers with promises of automatic tickets for their re-election bids, but he said he’s ready for any competition within the APC. He said, “I heard that senators were promised juicy carrots and I am not a rabbit. But what I know very well is the PDP that promised the automatic tickets. “The APC…
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto) who staged a grand homecoming to Sokoto today said defectors to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties from All Progressives Congress (APC) will surely regret their actions. He said the Sokoto APC still has two Senators, seven members of the Federal House of Representatives and 12 state assembly members, beside the high percentage of political elders, youths, women and others in the state. He conveyed President Buhari’s goodwill message to Sokoto residents. He thanked Sokoto people for the warm reception as well as huge support for President Buhari’s administration. He urged the people…
Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi has ruled out the possibility of leaving the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for any other political party if he does not win the party’s ticket for the country’s top job in 2019. “If I leave PDP, I would leave politics. If I was to leave PDP, I could have defected a long time ago.So that possibility is not there,” he said The one time governor of Kaduna said he predicted the recent mass defections to PDP, adding that the biggest challenge is managing it. “I welcome all the defectors and as a matter of fact I predicted…
The immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has finally dumped the party. “I was one of the early joiners from the PDP, having been dissatisfied by the unsustainable trajectory of the last administration which I felt no longer possessed the political will to make Nigeria and her democracy reflect the lofty dreams of its founding fathers which among others was to unleash the untapped potentials of the Nigerian citizenry, especially her vibrant youth population ever eager to take their place in the economic and socio-political advancement of the country. “My decision to join…
A Group of ‘Concerned Citizens of Sokoto State has urged Gov. Aminu Tambuwal to resign his position as governor following his defection to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from All Progressive Congress (APC). Addressing newsmen on Sunday, the group Coordinator, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, described Tambuwal’s exit from APC as a betrayal of the people’s mandate given him in the 2015 general elections. Abdullahi said Tambuwal’s election was not because of his popularity among the by people but because of the circumstances that PDP led Nigeria into then and the contributions of Sen. Aliyu Wamakko and President Muhammad Buhari. “We are speaking…