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…
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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…
Former Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Akogun Oyedepo, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 general elections in the state. He said “If you add our 85 per cent with the people in APC before we came in, the party is richer now and ready to chase away PDP in Kwara,” he said. According to him, only four members of the PDP executives out of 31 members remained with the party, adding that the rest followed him to APC. Oyedepo also said that 27 of the PDP…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…