Julen Lopetegui has said he will be happy if the club do not sign any other players this summer and that Gareth Bale will have a “magnificent opportunity” to replace Cristiano Ronaldo. “We are delighted with the team we have,” Lopetegui told reporters on Monday ahead of the International Champions Cup game against Manchester United in Miami. “We are convinced we will fight for everything. From there, we are working to try to be a good team. If nobody comes and nobody goes, I will be a happy coach.” Bale spoke about leaving Madrid following the Champions League final win…
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Arsenal return home from their tour to Singapore with two creditable performances and one outstanding result to their name. These are still early days in the reign of Unai Emery but a 5-1 win over his old club Paris Saint-Germain and a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid, with Arsenal going on to lose the penalty shootout, are encouraging first steps. Little can be read into preseason results, but outside the scorelines we have seen plenty of evidence that Arsenal are in good shape heading into the new season. Here is why. A new head coach, especially one who is replacing…
Lee Grant has said Jose Mourinho has been supportive and upbeat while working with players during the International Champions Cup. “From what we’re getting from the inside it, [the atmosphere] has been nothing but positive,” Grant, who joined United on a £1.5 million deal earlier this summer, told Sky Sports. “He’s come in even after the Liverpool [defeat] and spoken very highly of what we’ve have given as a team and as a unit. “The messages we are getting from the manager are positive ones and that is important for us going forward. His attitude and demeanour around the place…
Harry Maguire will not leave Leicester City in the current transfer window despite rivals’ interest in securing the England international’s services, the Premier League club’s manager Claude Puel has said. The 25-year-old put in a strong show in England’s run to the World Cup semifinals, featuring in all seven of their matches at the tournament. “I am confident about the presence of Harry for this season. He is a very good player for us,” Puel told Sky Sports News. “I was not surprised about his performance during this World Cup. We saw his progress during the second half of the…
Rihanna is the body hero we need. The singer fully embraces her curves — and shoots down anyone who tries to call her “fat” — which is one reason why she thinks women love her. “I don’t know, maybe it’s because I’m ‘thicc’ now. I don’t know,” Rihanna, 30, said in the new issue of British Vogue. But the beauty mogul — who becomes the first black woman to cover the magazine’s annual September Issue — added that she’s ready to start working out again. “I’m about to get back into the gym and stuff, and I hope I don’t…
A failed attempt at the viral craze known as the “Kiki Challenge” has landed a teen girl in the intensive care unit. Anna Worden, 18, was critically injured last week when she jumped out of her car in Bettendorf, Iowa, to record the dance challenge, news station WQAD reported. The challenge, which has taken off on social media, dares people to get out of moving vehicles and perform choreographed dance moves to the Drake song In My Feelings. Since she was a toddler Ms Worden has been a dancer, so she wanted to try the new trend, according to WQAD.…
The legendarily exacting editor Anna Wintour has handed the legendarily exacting singer Beyoncé some rule over the legendarily influential Vogue. In an unprecedented arrangement, reported by HuffPost, the cover and some inside photos of the forthcoming September issue have been orchestrated and selected by the subject rather than the editors. Beyoncé will not break her years-long avoidance of traditional interviews with journalists, but she will write her own “long-form” captions. This will be for Vogue’s largest and most scrutinized annual edition—possibly the final September issue of Wintour’s 30-year tenure before she retires. The arrangement has been hyped as novel, but…
Leo Babarinde Dasilva who is alleged to be romantically involved with Cee-c has declared Kizz Daniel, the best all round artist in Nigeria. According to him Kizz Daniel just needs a good management. He said this on Twitter while replying a tweet about Reekado Banks being better than Kizz. His tweet reads: All due respect to Reekado but Kiss Daniel’s debut album won Album of the year and he is yet to release a bad song. Personally, I feel Kiss Daniel is the best all round artist in Nigeria right now. Just needs proper management. “I Stan kiss Daniel abi…
After almost a week of internet craze, Ciara has announced the winner for her “Level Up” dance challenge. Ciara took to Twitter on Sunday (July 29) to share her astonishment over an incredible submission of the dance challenge. “WOW WOW WOW!! Throws Wig!! @BlameItOnKWay Muuurrded the #LevelUpChallenge! #LevelUp,” she wrote. The video is an almost exact replica of the music video; it begins with a man walking up with a speaker seemingly alone. The camera then cuts to wide shot revealing group of shirtless male dancers hitting every dance move perfectly. The video is bold and dynamic, featuring a group…
The Colombian born beautiful mother of one made this known via her Instagram page on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. According to her, many women have been deceived into thinking that every relationship must lead to marriage. “For some reason, people (mostly females) are brainwashed to think that every relationship that didn’t lead to marriage is a”waste of time”. Where you rushing to? Let me start with à gently reminder-marriage isn’t any form of achievement like some of you might think. You make yourself a Queen, no one will do it for you. Achievement is to be happy. Period. Let me…
Davido will be embarking on a tour of the United States later this month. The Popstar is set to go on an American tour tagged, ‘The Locked Up’ USA Tour, beginning from August 29 through September. This he announced via his Twitter page [@iam_davido] on Wednesday, August 1st as he shared excitedly, ‘THE LOCKED UP TOUR !! WE COMING!! LETS GET IT!! NEW MUSIC ALL WEEK NEXT WEEK!! What cities would you be attending ??” The tour will see him perform in 12 cities over a period of almost one month. Davido also announced that the DMW family will be…
American superstar Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, also known as Diddy has told Wizkid that he is coming to Nigeria. Wizkid on Thursday night, July 26, visited the Los Angeles home of American music mogul and Bad Boy Records boss, Diddy and during the visit, the music mogul told Wizkid he can’t wait to come home (Nigeria). In a video shared on his Instagram page, Diddy said, ”King (Wizkid) touched down, came to see the god, he hit me with some love, some positive vibrations from the motherland. Be clear, Y’all know I am coming back home (Nigeria), I ain’t gon wait…
Kenneth Okonkwo has said that if the people of the south-eastern part of the country don’t support President Buhari in 2019, they will wander in the wilderness for eight years. The actor turned politician made this known during an event where he was given the opportunity to speak. “It is because he is committed to good governance and an ambassador of good governance you cant get a better president than President Buhari We have the history of power grabbers in Nigeria, they have the history of power grabbing in Nigeria aggressive power grabbers, if you don’t give them power, they…
We don’t get to see two titans in one photo every day and so when we get the honour of seeing it happen, we appreciate every second of it. So guys, on our photo of the day, we have two of the most respected women in the entertainment industry, Sola Sobowale and Patience Ozokwo. They don’t need any introduction as we already know how influential their women are. Everything about this photo says a lot of the relationship they both have, from the laughter to the hugs, these women might just another celebrity besties that we aren’t aware of. These…
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with Gambia’s President Adama Barrow at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The 51-year-old Gambian president was received by President Buhari at the fore court of the presidential villa at about 3.10p.m. President Buhari played a major role in ensuring smooth democratic transition in The Gambia when the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh refused to step aside. Buhari, who is now the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), was appointed by the ECOWAS as mediator on the Gambian political impasse.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the resignation of the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, from the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday in Abuja also welcomed the Kwara State Governor, Ahmed Abdulfatah and the Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, to its fold. PDP also assured all returning members of all the rights and privileges accorded to every member of our party. The party noted the harassment and intimidation that the duo of Saraki and Ahmed had suffered in the APC , “which…
Aminu Tambuwal has officially dumped the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. The governor announced his defection to hundreds of supporters at the Sokoto Government House on Wednesday. He said that the APC has reached historically unprecedented heights of impunity in all manner of vices and brazenly turned itself into a sanctuary for the corrupt and a machine for rigging and for the rape of democracy. He further complained that Sokoto State is not being meaningfully carried along in political appointments and in other matters of national importance. He said his…
All Progressives Congress (APC) members in House of Representatives have advised their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) colleagues to push for reconvening from recess rather than blame President Muhammadu Buhari on issues. The APC lawmakers also said that the purported impeachment of the Speaker of Benue House of Assembly by eight members could not pass the test under the Constitution. They, however, warned the PDP not to blame the activities of an independent state assembly on the Presidency. “While we agree that the purported impeachment of the Speaker by eight members cannot pass the test under the Constitution, we find it…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to take disciplinary action against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, only hours after he dumped the party for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Allegations levelled at the senate president include refusal to screen nominees for appointments submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari; causing avoidable delays in the budgetary process and passage of the appropriation act into law; encouraging defection of other senators from the party and a few other allegations. The statement read, “That you have deliberately refused to screen nominees for appointments submitted by Mr President who are…
The impeachment process initiated against Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom, has been halted by a Makurdi High Court. The eight lawmakers led by Terkibir Ikyange, were also restrained by the court from sitting while their suspension was also upheld pending the determination of the motion on notice. Ikyange was removed as the Speaker of the Benue state House of Assembly. The former speaker and other former principal officers have been resisted from carrying out legislative function. The presiding judge, Theresa Igoche ruled on the application on orders restraining the eight members from sitting. Igoche also restrained Adam Onum, chief judge…