Trent Alexander-Arnold recently hailed the “crazy” attacking options Liverpool have in their reach and admits it is a nightmare for defenders — even in training. “It is crazy because as a defender you know if you do your job and keep clean sheets it is a solid foundation for the attackers and midfielders to go and do what they do best, and that is score goals and create chances,” said Alexander-Arnold. “When you are not involved in the goal you are almost like a fan with a different perspective. “But I don’t think it comes as a surprise to anyone…
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Pep Guardiola was pleased with Manchester City’s performance despite them almost blowing a 1-0 lead in a “complicated” finish against Newcastle United in a game they had dominated for 80 minutes. “We created chances. At half-time it could have been three or four,” Guardiola told a news conference. “It’s okay. When you’re winning 18 games in a row, you have 10-15 minutes in that way but we are so happy. “It’s not easy when Newcastle don’t want to play. They defend well and want to counter-attack and defend deep. It’s not easy. “We created chances in the first half and…
Hector Bellerin believes Arsene Wenger’s half-time team talk inspired Arsenal’s comeback in Friday’s chaotic 3-3 draw with Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium. “We didn’t start well, they got in front but [at half-time] the boss put us in our place,” Bellerin told Arsenal.com. “He told us what we had to do and the team got a great reaction. We scored three quick goals and you could see the belief in the team. “But we needed to defend better to keep the score. We couldn’t do it so it’s a bit bittersweet, with being in front but then drawing the game.…
Liverpool have agreed to a club-record deal to sign Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk. A source close to Liverpool said the fee for the deal was £75 million, which would make van Dijk the most expensive transfer in club history and also constitute a record fee for a defender. Van Dijk will wear the No. 4 shirt upon his arrival at Anfield. Southampton also confirmed the deal, announcing: “Southampton have agreed a fee that will set a new world-record for a defender. The club wishes Virgil well in his future when the deal is completed on January 1st 2018.” Van…
Adekunle Gold has held the Lagos edition of his concert, ‘One Night Stand With Adekunle Gold. The event which took place at Federal Palace Hotel, Balmoral Convention Centre, Victoria Island, on December 26, 2017 is a live music concert which featured Adekunle Gold & his band, The 79th Element. They performed carefully curated songs from Adekunle Gold’s repertoire. The live music concert showcased the Urban High life singer and his band, The79th Element, thrill and entertain the audience with classy and authentic performances. Adekunle Gold lit up the stage with his unique sound and electrifying performances in this ground breaking…
Ghana’s rap king Sarkodie jumps on Olamide‘s chart-topping hit record – ‘WO’. Sarkodie raps in his local dialect -Twi, spitting bars in Twi and English. Listen to this splendid mix of bars on the Young John produced instrumental. Enjoy
Nollywood actress and business woman, Chika Ike is looking both amazing and lovely in new photos posted on her Instagram page. The television personality posted them with the caption “Merry Christmas! Wishing you the best Christmas ever!” t’s recalled that on July 2017, the actress announced that she was accepted in the prestigious Harvard university. She posted a photo with a caption that read; “I finally got accepted into Harvard business school for my masters. After trying for 5 years and getting rejected..Yes ! The prestigious Ivy League University… Yippee. The beautiful actress still runs her reality TV show called…
Kiss Daniel is out with the visuals to another feel-good jam, ‘No Do’, to end the year after lots of successful hits. The video was directed by Clarence Peters.
Hollywood actor John Boyega has said that Wizkid’s hit single ‘Daddy Yo’ will be used as one of the soundtracks of the blockbuster Pacific Rim 2. The British-Nigerian actor made this know at the special screening of his latest effort ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at IMAX Cinemas, Lekki on Monday, December 25, 2017. During the Q&A session, Boyega revealed that Pacific Rim will have a strong Nigerian influence. “Pacific Rim is very important to me because Pacific Rim will actually be the first movie that I have done that I would heavily target Nigeria as a main marketing spot,”…
The Lagos State Police command of The Nigeria Police Force has come out to say they feel scandalized by the rudeness of Praiz. “On the 19th day of December 2017, at noon hours, policemen attached to Area ‘J’ Command Headquarters, Ajah, Lagos, who were on routine anti crime patrol along Lekki/Epe express way, noticed a car at top speed approaching their end. The police men sensed that the speed was much and so were alarmed hence they flagged down the car to check on the occupants and if necessary search the trunk of the car. “When the car stopped, the…
Karen Igho is pregnant for the second time and wants her fans to see her big baby bump. She shared the photo and also took out time to wish her teaming fans a merry Christmas. Karen already has a son with her husband, Yaroslav Rakos. It would be recalled that Karen delivered her first baby at the Mount Sinai Roosevelt hospital in New York on Saturday, July 4, 2015. Karen shot to prominence after she won the Big Brother Africa reality show in 2011. Karen, who was the first African female and Nigerian female to win the reality TV show,…
Cardi B doesn’t really care about the cheating rumours claims on her boyfriend, Offset as she has released a fake sex video. The video which was first aired no Cardi’s Instagram live shows the couple having what looks like live sex and joking about it. In the clip, Cardi says, “I don’t got no more in me left. You gotta give a whole hour” … with Offset is at the back. Also a rep for Cardi said, the “sex video” isn’t real … it was all a joke. We’re told they weren’t actually banging and were fully clothed in the…
Tiwa Savage is pissed as she just revealed how her luggage was stolen at the Lagos Airport. The story is that the private jet landed the international airport after 8 pm and was taxing to the Executive Hangar. Another aircraft was about to jet off so the plane was on hold and it was at that point that the robbers opened the cargo door and stole luggage belonging to her and Wizkid. This is not the first time this same issue has been brought up as Wizkid once revealed how he lost his luggage at the airport. It has however…
Shola Ogudu, the baby mama to Wizkid’s first child, could not hide her joy as their son joined him on stage at his recently held concert. “Sweet Love Moments&Memories Money Cannot Buy #PRICELESS,” she captioned a photo. Shola Ogudu, however, earlier in the year got engaged to yet to be identified man. Her engagement was reported, which produced an image displaying an engagement ring on the finger of Ogudu with the caption “Yes!!!”. Wizkid welcomed a baby boy with his US manager Jada Pollock in October 2017 but the news broke early in November. Jada Pollock is an entertainment veteran…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked speculation that its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, will be removed soon. In a public notice posted on the anti-graft agency’s official Twitter account (@officialEFCC) on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, it said Magu will remain the commission’s chairman. The post read, “Alert: For the avoidance of any doubt, there is no “change of guards” at the EFCC. Ibrahim Magu remains the acting EFCC Chairman. Purveyors of fakenews concerning the EFCC are hereby warned to desist from such mischief as the anti-graft agency remains committed to its mission.” The rumours can stop now.
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Calabar, has advised the Federal Government to stop establishing more universities and improve the standard of existing ones. ““During our days in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, before the outbreak of the civil war, Nigerian universities were rated among the top universities in the world but the situation today is something else.” “”Government must do something to change the university system, ‘’ he said. ““I must commend President Muhammadu Buhari for his courage in embarking on anti-corruption fight. “”Buhari embarked on War Against Indiscipline as Head of State and now…
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/House-of-Representatives-Hon.-Yakubu-Dogara-640×400.jpg" alt="House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara" width="640" height="400" class="size-large wp-image-179134" /President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, as he turns 50 years. The president hailed Dogara’s humility, simplicity and discipline in providing exceptional leadership for the lower house for over two years. According to him, the speaker has been diligently creating a harmonious atmosphere for debates and exchange of ideas for national development. He confirmed that Dogara’s personal attributes of selflessness, maturity and friendliness had substantially eased the relationship between the Executive and the Legislative arm. Buhari said that this had…
The Federal Government has described the criticisms it is receiving after the approval of one billion dollars for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. Mohammed said that the approved fund was not to fight Boko Haram in the North East alone but also to tackle kidnapping,cattle rustling , illegal oil bunkering and other crimes. “There has been an unnecessary, uninformed and highly-partisan criticism of the one billion dollars which was recently approved by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) for the military to tackle the security challenges facing the country, including Boko…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised President Buhari’s over his comment that he thought he was 74 years old. Prince Diran Odeyemi described the issue as a national disgrace. He said “How many other inconsistencies are in Mr. President’s biodata submitted to INEC? We are sure there are more. And the world is waiting on the body to give details about our President. “We advise INEC to revisit those forms President Buhari filled in all elections he had participated in, especially those he filled before 2015 elections to unearth other inconsistencies therein. In a normal clime, the electoral umpire…
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/The-Osun-State-Government-Seal-State-of-Osun-640×489.jpg" alt="The Osun State Government Seal (State of Osun)" width="640" height="489" class="size-large wp-image-185490" /Labour leaders led by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Jacob Adekomi, on Wednesday led other unions ’ leaders to the State Secretariat at Abere to shut down the place as workers commences strike. The NUT chairman, Mr. Amudah Wakeel said workers from grade level 01 to 07 who were collecting full salary joined the strike because the strike was not based on the issue of half salary alone . He expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance to the strike directive…