Kendrick Lamar has appeared on the cover of Variety in a rare interview where he spoke about his latest record DAMN., Compton, and political complacency in the US. Speaking on “Alright”, which became the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement and is often played before and after shows by artists such as Anderson .Paak, Lamar suggested that the song was bigger than what chart data would suggest. “What makes a hit record?” he said. “Because it has some kind of numbers behind it? Is it the amount of streams or the amount of sales or the amount of…
Author: David Folami
On Thursday, Beyoncé didn’t wish her fans a happy Thanksgiving — she wished them a happy Thiccsgiving. In honor of the day of plenty, the mother of three shared a trio of photos of her stylish outfit of the day: a white turtleneck, a belted cream-colored jacket and blue jeans, which she accessorized with white sunglasses and a grey snakeskin-print purse. While the Queen Bey did not choose to caption these photos on social media, on her website she shared them alongside the message: “Happy Thiccsgiving.” And Beyoncé clearly took her own advice, because on her website she also shared…
Fans with good ears are calling out Chris Brown for using a post shared by Rihanna on his new album entitled Heartbreak on a Full Moon. While others are claiming that Rihanna is the one who took Brown’s lyrics and pasted them on her social media page. Can the world just agree that Brown will never stop singing about his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, and vice versa? The R&B crooner dropped a new song called “Other N*ggas” where he sang the following lines: “Oh, girl, why you gotta be like that? Why gotta hang up on me then you call right back?”…
Nasir El-Rufai, has reacted to the resignation of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) by declaring that he is not a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection chances. In a resignation letter signed by Atiku on Friday, November 24, 2017, he accused President Buhari of neglecting him and condemned the APC for “instituting a regime of a draconian clampdown on all forms of democracy”. While speaking to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, Governor El-Rufai said. Atiku’s exit will not cause him any sleepless nights, as other prominent party members will…
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/All-Progressive-Congress-APC-640×400.jpg" alt="All Progressive Congress APC" width="640" height="400" class="size-large wp-image-174364" /Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice-President of Nigeria, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a dying party. The ex-VP also said that the ruling party has failed the youths of Nigeria. He said “How can we have a federal cabinet without even one single youth? “A party that does not take the youth into account is a dying party. The future belongs to young people.” Atiku also said that the APC has failed Nigerians, adding that the party is making the same mistake PDP made. He said “While other…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opened its doors wide open for the return of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar after his resignation from the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC). In a statement signed by the PDP’s spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, the party accused the APC of taking advantage of its leadership crisis to lure Atiku away. He further said that Atiku’s exit from the ruling party means that he’s realised that it is not the progressive party it’s always claimed to be. His statement read, “I believe they were deceived, people like Atiku because we had challenges in our party…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it is yet to receive a letter of resignation from the party from former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, being reported in the media. Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made this known recently. According to Atiku, the situation in my former party left me and several other loyal party members in limbo, not knowing which of the parallel executives the legitimate leadership was. He said, “It was under this cloud that members of the APC made the appeal to me to join their party. “It was on the basis of this invitation and assurances…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has wished former vice president Atiku Abubakar ‘good luck’ after he announced his resignation from the ruling party. The APC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this recently. He said, “Politics is about interest, we have not seen any formal notification to that effect but base on what we have seen in the social media we can say all together is surprising but for us politics is all about interest. “So, if the former vice-president feels that his interest is better served elsewhere, we can always wish him good luck. For us, the task of building a…
Otunba Gbenga Daniel has gotten more support from political dignitaries in the Peoples’ Democratic Party. Sam Ohuotu has assured one of the leading aspirant for the position of PDP National Chairman not to entertain any fear that money will determine the direction of the votes of delegates at the upcoming National Convention of the party. Referring to Otunba Daniel he said: “Your Excellency, I have known you for a long time and I know you as a man of quality. Our people have come from all over the State just to hear you speak and I am sure that the…
Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, on Saturday in Lagos finally dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). There were earlier reports that he had ended his differences with the national leader of APC, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu , as a step to joining the ruling party. Though Obanikoro acknowledged reconciliation with Tinubu, he had neither denied nor confirmed plans to join his political mentor in APC. He, however, finally gave the hint of his defection during a television interview on Thursday. Past and serving members of the National Assembly including Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa…
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, says his leadership will provide level-playing ground for all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, if elected national chairman of the party. “I am very conscious of the fact that our illustrious sons from Kano are looking forward to contesting for the presidency in the 2019 elections. “First of all, we must have a party and the first step is to create a National Working Committee that I can work along with to ensure that there is justice, fairness and equity. “I want to pledge firmly that there shall be a level-playing ground for all the presidential…
Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s resignation would not have any serious effect on the party’s fortunes in the 2019 Presidential Election. He said that Atiku should have exhibited more fortitude and greater mellowness in his dealings with the ruling party rather than abandoning it after all his efforts and contributions to the 2015 elections. “Going through the resignation letter, I found out that the Turaki did not exercise enough fortitude. He allowed politics and ambition to take control of him. “He should have stayed with his avowed position in 2013 that the All Progressives…
Raymond Dokpesi, on Saturday, vowed to build people-oriented party if elected chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he would adopt practical measures to encourage growth of democratic culture to stimulate internal democracy in the party. He added that “we need a new face to pilot the affairs of the party. PDP is a party for all; we respect peoples’ wishes and aspirations. “I am going to develop a new manifesto for the party to enable it to reclaim the presidency in 2019. “Northeast region will play prominent role in the new PDP, and I will accord special attention…
Zinedine Zidane says Real Madrid have missed “important player” Gareth Bale while he has been injured these last two months, but would not confirm whether the Wales international would return in Saturday’s La Liga game against Malaga at the Bernabeu. “We know what Gareth can bring us,” Zidane said. “Many things. He is very strong, fast, technically very good, works very hard. It’s true there has been a lot of talk about his injuries, and that he plays just three games before another [absence]. “But he is a very important player for us. He knows that, we know that, everyone…
Manchester United fears momentarily feared the worst when Paul Pogba went down injured at Old Trafford . The Premier League’s most expensive ever signing sparked alarm moments before the break as he winced in agony on the floor. Team-mate Romelu Lukaku urged medics to rush to the France midfielder’s aid. The 24-year-old, who scored on his return to action last weekend in United’s 4-1 win over Newcastle, spent two months out earlier this season due to a hamstring problem. And with Pogba looking fairly uncomfortable, some United fans on Twitter feared the worst. One wrote: “Knew as soon as @paulpogba…
The Spanish giants are serious about swooping for the Arsenal star — giving Arsene Wenger a dilemma over cashing in during the January window. Ozil, 29, can open talks with Barca on New Year’s Day as his contract finishes in the summer. And the German favours a move back to La Liga, where he played for Real Madrid before joining the Gunners. Paris Saint-Germain are one of the few clubs that can afford the £330,000-a-week wages that come with getting him on a free at the end of the season. Manchester United are also in the running for Ozil, with…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has equalled former Ghana international Tony Yeboah’s record for the most goals scored in the Bundesliga by an African player. Gabon international Aubameyang’s strike for Dortmund against Schalke on Saturday took him to 96 league goals in just over four seasons at the club. During two different spells in the Bundesliga between 1990 and 2001, Yeboah scored 96 goals in 223 matches for Frankfurt and Hamburg. The former Leeds striker had faced little competition for the record for several years, but from 2013 onwards Aubameyang had began to close in on him. Joining Dortmund from St Etienne in…
Real Madrid plan to rock Manchester United next summer with an £80 million move for Anthony Martial . Having lost out to Paris St- Germain for French whiz kid Kylian Mbappe, sources in Spain say Martial is the striker the Madrid hierarchy will turn to next. Real coach Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane believes 21-year-old fellow Frenchman Martial can be a major world star and would fit perfectly into his vision for the future at The Bernabeu. With Cristiano Ronaldo set to turn 33 in February, Karim Benzema 30 next month, Luka Modric 32 and Gareth Bale hampered by injuries, Zidane…
Diego Simeone said his team’s “spirits had been renewed” in recent days, when speaking after Saturday evening’s amazing 5-0 La Liga victory at Levante. “These last three or four games the team has been improving, in intensity and pressing and creating chances,” Simeone said. “Today the team’s potential in attack, above all with Griezmann and Gameiro, was present in full. They are more relaxed, and that is renewing their spirits, and bringing positive energy. “We played well against Roma, especially the second half, and from the start today. This will help us to keep improving.” “If Barcelona win we are…
Paris Saint-Germain have broken the record for most goals scored in the Champions League group stages with a game to spare: Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe have all shone, helping the Ligue 1 giants put up 24 goals from just five games and emerge as the favourites for the competition. But Unai Emery could have even more firepower at his disposal, as the Mirror reports that they could go head-to-head with Manchester City for Alexis Sanchez in January. Arsenal are preparing to decide whether to salvage some value in the Chilean or risk losing him for nothing in the…