Daniele Rugani’s agent has confirmed Chelsea have made a “pretty big offer” for his client, but Juventus are unwilling to let him go. Italy international Rugani — who won the Serie B Player of the Year under Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri at Empoli in 2013-14 — appeared close to making a move to Stamford Bridge. However, Davide Torchia, his agent, claims Juventus don’t want to sell him because they see him as an important player. “I can tell you the truth about Daniele,” Torchia told Radio Vecchia Signora when asked about Chelsea’s interest. “Sarri holds the player in very high…
Author: David Folami
Barcelona remain interested in Paris Saint-Germain’s Adrien Rabiot but are aware it could prove difficult to sign the midfielder this summer, sources have said. Barca’s new sporting director Eric Abidal, therefore, travelled tothe French capital earlier this month in an attempt to improve the relationship between the clubs. However, the Catalan side are not optimistic about things changing this summer and may have to wait until next year to sign Rabiot, when he would be available for free if he doesn’t sign a new deal in Paris. PSG have so far refused to open a line of negotiation for Rabiot,…
Matteo Darmian wants to leave Manchester United even if Antonio Valencia and Diogo Dalot are ruled out for the start of the season. The Italian said he has given up hope of becoming a regular under Mourinho and is determined to leave. “I don’t think the injury of Antonio is a big injury. I don’t know how long he needs to stay out, but at the moment he is the captain, he’s first choice,” Darmian said. “I want to play more regularly. Last season, I didn’t play much — that’s my objective and my ambition. That’s why I spoke with…
Lanre Dabiri popularly known as elDee believes that most wealthy Nigerians today didn’t get rich from hardwork and long-suffering but from sheer luck. The retired musician now based in the United States also holds the opinion that as a result of this, they cannot serve as mentors or offer valuable business advice to young entrepreneurs. “We don’t have enough mentors for our young entrepreneurs because many of our wealthy folks weren’t business savvy, they were simply lucky,.. lucky to have a friend/uncle/brother in govt & able to usurp opportunities./resources illegally. “They simply “hammered”. You can’t teach luck and that’s why…
An upcoming music act, Omeje Chidiebere, David, also known as Chidokeyz, who was mistaken for the brother of Chioma, the girlfriend of superstar artiste, Davido, has denied sharing any blood relations with her (Chioma). Chidokeyz, who recently released a song titled ‘With You’, featuring Davido, said that Chioma is not his sister as rumoured. He said, “I woke up one evening to see that I was tagged on a post which had gone viral in less than 10 minutes saying I’m Chioma’s brother.’ “I had to push for the news to be taken down because personally I don’t know the…
Kizz Daniel, has finally cleared the air on why Harrysong recorded another version of his latest song, ‘Selense’, with Iyanya and Dice Ailes, and stopped promoting the original version which featured himself and Reekado Banks. Recall that Harrysong claimed he recorded another version of the song because Kizz Daniel had refused to work with Reekado Banks over an unsettled beef between both artistes. Speaking through a member of his management team who wouldn’t want his name in print, Kizz Daniel said contrary to Harrysong’s claim he has no beef with Reekado Banks. He explained the reason behind his refusal to…
Notable pan-African talent and event management agency, the Temple Management Company, has signed on one of the pacesetters of modern hip hop music in Nigeria, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan. Both parties put pen to paper on July 7 at the Temple Management office in Lagos. Expressing his glee at the new partnership, Sound Sultan remarked: “I am amazed at how much this organization has achieved within a short space of time and I excitedly look forward to a fruitful, interesting and successful journey with this new management team. Before joining the Temple Management, looking from the outside,…
African Muzik Magazine Awards and Music Festival (AFRIMMA) has released the full nominees list for the 5th edition of the award that celebrates African stars in entertainment and sports. Ahead of the event scheduled to hold on October 7, at the House of Blues, Dallas, Texas, AFRIMMA has released the nominees list for the 2018 awards. Nigerian artistes, Davido and Wizkid are up against each other in three categories as the superstars were both nominated in the Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male West Africa categories respectively. Other Artistes that were also nominated for the…
If you were Blinded by the white hot intensity of a thousand supernovas that is Fenty’s new sterling-shaded highlight earlier this week, allow me to catch you up on some Riri ~content~ you might’ve missed. The ruler of all that is good and pure beauty mogul and Oceans Eleven star took to Instagram Wednesday to debut a playful, low-maintenance look for summer: an asymmetrical bob (which you might not have noticed if you were staring at that coral Savage X Fenty bra, because same). “Summertime flexin in my Candy Apple Red,” she wrote of the new style, shaking out her…
Drake’s new album Scorpion is all over YouTube and Instagram right now, in part thanks to a challenge issued by Instagrammer TheShiggyShow, which has people dancing to “In My Feelings.” The song mentions a character named Keke, and the “Keke Challenge” meme has become a viral sensation. While it can be performed anywhere, some of the biggest videos have people stepping out of moving cars to boogie in the streets. That particular version of the meme — an echo of an earlier viral fad referred to as “ghost-riding the whip” — has gotten bad enough that a government agency has…
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…
Wendy Williams is defending herself against accusations that she is especially harsh in her criticism of Black women on her daily talk show. “I’ve heard that. But it’s not true,” The Wendy Williams Show host told Cosmopolitan. “Those people are saying the wrong thing—it’s what they would like to believe, you see. Because I’m up here, so the only place that I can go is down.” Williams is known for her fun, yet shady antics during the popular “Hot Topics” segment of her show. But she says that she is an equal opportunity critic when it comes to “dumb” behavior.…
Celebrity best friends, actress Genevieve Nnaji and supermodel Oluchi Onweagba are in Venezia, Italy, on a “mini friendscation” and judging from the photos shared on their respective Instagram pages, they are having a helluva time there. The lovelies look all shades of stunning as they pose for the cameras in their lovely casual summer outfits – Genevieve shows off some thighs and we’re definitely here for it. They look like they’re having a blast.
Prof Ike Ekweremadu has revealed that the security siege in his house and that of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki was to prevent them from going to the National Assembly for plenary so that both of them could be impeached, a development that was meant to prevent the All Progressives Congress, APC, senators from defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ekweremadu said “Those of us who ask that the correct thing be done are being hounded by the government. That is the tragedy of the whole situation. The government must be open to advice and suggestions…
IGBO Leaders of Thought, ILT, an umbrella of Igbo statesmen intelligentsia lead by Professor Ben Nwabueze, has told whoever is planning Presidency for Ndigbo in 2023 that Igbo Presidency is no longer on the cards of the nationality. They rather said that what would be more beneficial to Ndigbo and indeed the entire Nigerians is a restructured country, where Presidency would become less attractive and no longer an instrument for ethnic jingoism. The group also warned that the country is close to being equated with a failed state given the level of insecurity with attendant killings across states. Addressing Newsmen…
Following the massive defection that struck All Progressives Congress, (APC) this week, intandem with the statement credited to the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi wherein Amaechi said that noting would prevent President Muhammadu Buhari from winning the forthcoming 2019 general election, Rabiu Kwankwaso the former governor of Kano state on Saturday replied Amaechi. Kwankwaso through his spokesperson, Binta Spikin said that Buhari would lose in Kano even though he uses federal might. “Even if the government puts whatever in place, there is no way President Buhari will win in Kano, there’s no way”, Binta said. Ameachi had said the following…
Seriake Dickson has reiterated his support for restructuring, noting that the country will know peace and development should Nigerians key in to his hypothesis (Restructuring) coming 2019 general election. His words, “In my state, considering all our efforts at promoting security and stability, there are politicians of the other party in Abuja whose only claim to political leadership is the control and abuse of the security forces. They undermine state security and do so with impunity without any form of challenge. My position remains that, 2019 is a call for a Referendum on Restructuring. Restructuring is purely A National Issue;…
Presidency on Saturday warned those supporting President Muhammadu Buhari to stop campaigning for him and urged them to follow the political rules and regulations as enshrined in the Independent National Electoral Commissions, (INEC) act. “It has been observed that some fervent supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari have begun what may be interpreted as political campaigns in their advocacies and advertisements in the mass media. We appreciate their enthusiasm, borne out of desire to garner support for an administration that is actuated by nothing else, other than service for motherland, but we hereby appeal for patience, so that the game can…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to stop behaving like an attack dog. Kola Ologbondiyan said: “If Oshiomhole had limited his childish abuses to President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he dismissed as indolent, ineffectual and condoning indiscipline; or to the Ministers of their government, whom he wholesomely described as dishonourable; the governors left in his faction, whom he said are undeserving of return tickets in 2019; and members of his faction, who he had rendered directionless, the PDP would have ignored his attention seeking antics. “Nigerians have now found a…
Nnamdi Paul Agbakoba, a multi-talented performing artist, author and poet in his recent conversation with the media proffered solutions, embedded in his latest efforts, books. He focused on many years of creative works and reflected on his recent adventure into the world of book writing with special interest on youths. In one of his works, “Deep Secrets” Agbakoba displayed deep sense of ingenuity with well-crafted style of writing. ‘Deep Secrets’ is an outright discouragement of social vices among youths. It specifically tackles the twin evils of student cultism and examination malpractices that have almost become a norm in Nigerian higher…