Cesc Fabregas has taken steps to downplay the magnitude of Chelsea’s Premier League loss to Manchester City, saying Pep’s boys were simply “better rested.” Antonio Conte’s side are six points behind the Manchester clubs after seven games following last Saturday’s 1-0 defeat. Chelsea midfielder Fabregas talked about the rigour of the win at Atletico Madrid — compared to City’s home win over Shakhtar Donetsk a day earlier — before reminding their Premier League rivals that the Blues were worse at this stage this time last season when they went on to claim the title. “This was without a doubt the…
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Romelu Lukaku did not train with the rest of the Belgium squad on Monday because of an ankle injury, sources have said. Lukaku showed up at the Belgian Football Centre in Brussels as normal on Monday afternoon ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia and Cyprus, despite being involved in ongoing court proceedings in Los Angeles. However, the 24-year-old could not train with his teammates on Monday evening as was instead checked over by doctors. Lukaku picked an injury in training with United on Friday, sources said, and he was a doubt to face Palace. But after passing a late…
Ian Wright believes Burnley manager Sean Dyche has everything it takes to take over from Arsene Wenger at the Emirates. Dyche’s men moved up to sixth place in the Premier League on Sunday with 1-0 defeat of Everton at Goodison Park. Wright has firm faith in the former Watford boss and thinks he is ready to take another step in his career. “I believe he is somebody that needs to go, at some stage, to the next level,” Wright said on Monday. Asked directly if he would choose Dyche as Wenger’s successor at Arsenal, Wright said yes, but had doubts…
Hip-hop’s reply to Donald Trump’s tantrums has been several but unified. Just recently, Jay-Z wore a Colin Kaepernick jersey during his performance on Saturday Night Live and before that, his Roc Nation artist, J. Cole, decided to take a lesser dig toward the president and white supremacy. During a Friday show in Copenhagen, Denmark, Cole joined his crowd in chanting “F**K Donald Trump.” “Damn, we overseas and y’all feel like this. That’s crazy as f**k,” he responded to the audience’s mutual dislike of The Donald. J. Cole’s already made it known he’s no fan of Donald Trump. Just last week…
As JAY Z prepares to travel in support of his latest album 4:44, Mr. Carter stopped by 30 Rockefeller center Saturday night to act as the musical guest for the 43rd season premiere of Saturday Night Live. With Ryan Gosling as host, Jay called out Damien Marley to perform the evening’s first song BAM. Wearing a custom Colin Kaepernick jersey, with an Army fatigue backdrop accented by red stage lighting , the two along with Jay’s longtime DJ Young Guru brought the crowd to its feet. For his final song, JAY- Z performed the title track from his 13th studio.…
This amazing woman gave birth to fraternal twins in July. And she still has it and has decided to flaunt her incredible post-baby body in a skin-tight dress while posing in a series of pictures that she posted on her Instagram account on Sunday. The singer, 36, attracted a lot of attention in multiple photos that had a fierce feline theme to them. Beyonce slipped into a formfitting off-the-shoulder taupe dress, which displayed every inch of her curvy self. The pop star teamed her sexy ensemble with clear PVC strapped stilettos, that featured a black heel. Beyonce kept her long…
Kanye West is super excited by all of the Kardashian/Jenner pregnancies. The 40-year-old rapper and his wife Kim Kardashian West are expecting a third child via surrogate, while his sisters-in-law Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are also reportedly pregnant and Kanye, who is an only child, is overjoyed. A source told People: ‘I think Kanye is even more excited than Kim. He was an only child; he didn’t have a bunch of kids around. He’s been very honest about how lonely that could be for him.’ ‘And now there will be three siblings, along with a huge extended family. This…
Kendrick Lamar has announced new shows across the European world. The next batch of the rapper’s tour behind DAMN begins on February 7 next year, and runs until March 5. James Blake will support on all the new dates. Kendrick spent much of 2017 touring North America, including a headlining performance at Coachella, where he debuted a host of DAMN. tracks.
Banky W and soon to be beau, Adesua Etomi last night gave a lovely rendition of a Nigeria song at an event. The event which took place at the Hard Rock Cafe in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday saw the couple flaunt their love and obviously, their singing talent. Even though this wasn’t a JAY Z and Beyonce kind of collabo, the couple sure gave it their all, especially Adesua who isn’t a singer. At the end of the song, Banky was quick to hug his soon to be wife from behind, showing his support for her. Don’t we just love…
Drake’s dad just got himself a freshly inked this weekend with a portrait of his son. Dennis Graham apparently met tattoo artist Money Mike at his birthday party, telling him he wanted to get inked to match Drake’s mugshot of Dennis, which was tattooed on the rap star’s arm back in 2014. On his personal Tumblr page, Money Mike wrote about the experience: “Had the honor and privilege of tattooing @champagnepapi father’s portrait on the man himself @therealdennisg thank you again Dennis for the hospitality and for letting me do this for ya. CHUUUCH!” The portrait shows a Nothing Was…
Best Okoduwa has released the official trailer for the upcoming movie, “Guilty.” Guilty sells the story of Chuks (Daniel K Daniel); a hard working and successful family man who is very much in love with his Pretty wife Oluchi (Tamara Eteimo) and the mother of his two kids. Tragedy is close and the couple are torn in grieve and confusion further complicated with the introduction of an old Igbo myth about infidelity and death of children by Chuk’s Mother (Florence Sunday), a myth brought to life and validation by Oluchi’s secret affair with Emeka (Stan Nze), Chuk’s cousin and the…
The R&B singer and her Saudi billionaire beau, Hassan Jameel were photographed at the upscale Park Chinois Chinese restaurant in London late on Thursday, celebrating a joint public appearance for the two in weeks. Rihanna flaunted a black sweater, and a matching jacket, mini skirt and stiletto ankle boots, while he wore a black jacket over a black shirt, blue jeans and olive sneakers. The two stayed at the eatery past 2 a.m. and left thee venue separately, with her leaving first and him departing 30 minutes later. She waited in a car for him and they drove away together,…
Afro-fusion pioneer and everyone’s favourite bad boy, Burna Boy has released the visuals for his summer sleeper hit, “Rock Your Body”. The visuals were directed by seminal Nigerian director, Clarence Peters. They feature his trademark dark lighting and closeted aesthetic, with most of the footage taken with the space of what seems like a warehouse or production studio. “Rock Your Body” is one of a slew of singles and loosies released by Burna Boy this year. That list also includes “Hallelujah” and a refix of Ghanaian act, A.I’s “Grind”, titled “Chillin Chillin”. The well-produced track is a mid-tempo mood of…
Oby Ezekwesili has aired her dissatisfaction with Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day speech, calling his tone as ‘divisive and uninspiring’. Taking to her Twitter account (@obyezeks) said the president failed to use his speech on Sunday to unify the country as a great leader should do. She argued that as high as the president’s office is, he is responsible for being the leader of every group in the country, and shouldn’t be dividing his people. She tweeted, “So I read OUR President MBuhari ‘s NigeriaAt57 Speech and wondered how OUR Leader could be so DIVISIVE & UNINSPIRING on a DAY LIKE…
Peter Obi has said that President Buhari is not the cause of Nigeria’s problems. Obi said “Nigeria should queue into sustainable development goals (SDG), not in signature. The country is there in signature and it is the only country that got involved in millennium development Gogl (MDG) and did not achieve one goal because as soon as we signed the signature, we threw it away and came here and started doing things wrongly. “China put MDGs in their developmental agenda, they mainstreamed it in their developmental agenda and they are targeting to lift 16million people out of poverty but I…
Yakubu Dogara has said the youth of so many young people in Africa have been stolen by their leaders. He noted that lack of readiness for positions remains the problem of leadership in Africa. Dogara begged African youths to step up their fight to end the menace. “I believe that it is a curse to have leaders that were not prepared for their positions,” Dogara said. “While preparation does not guarantee that the person so prepared would succeed in leadership but lack a preparation is surely a guarantee for failure. This is partly the curse of leadership in Africa. “It…
Dorathy Mato has defended the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, for not swearing her in after three months. During a ruling in June by the Supreme Court, the previous representative of the constituency, Herman Hembe, was dismissed with Mato ordered to replace him as the legitimate winner of the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Despite theis clear court order, Mato is yet to be sworn in as House spokesman, Abdulrazaq Namdas, explained she needed to wrap up certain documentation at the end of July when lawmakers went on recess. She said, “I don’t think there’s a problem…
Oyo state Government has declared the instant closure of Agodi Zoo over the killing of an attendant by one of the lions in the zoo. A statement by Mr Yinka Fatoki, Executive Secretary, Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) in Ibadan on Saturday said that the decision was to help keep the patrons safe. It added that government had also taken the decision based on a report received from AM & C, the company managing the Zoo. It quoted the report as saying: “one of the lions at the Zoo had accidentally attacked one of the attendants, Mr Hamzat Oyekunle popularly…
The Federal Government will soon begin the construction of international rail lines that’ll run into other African countries very soon. This was revealed by the Director of Media of the Ministry of Transportation, Mrs. Yetunde Sonaike, who was representing the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, at a seminar in Abuja. In the statement she read on behalf of the minister, she said the government “would complete the total rehabilitation of all the narrow gauge rail lines and put them to use. The Federal Government is currently discussing with General Electric on the concession agreement. “The government will construct and complete…
Yahaya Bello has commended workers in Kogi state for their patience despite the delay in payment of their salaries and other entitlements. “Prompt payment of salaries is still a vexed issue, but we will do our best to keep our workers happy given the competing demands on the income of the state per time,” Bello said. “However, it is inevitable that from time to time we must ask workers to stand with us in sacrifice. We hope they will oblige in the overall interest of the state. “In similar vein, prompt payment of Gratuities and Pensions is only possible within…