Jurgen Klopp has said he will do everything within his power to help Liverpool forget the result of Saturday’s 5-0 thrashing at Manchester City and that luck also played a huge part in it. Klopp endured his heaviest defeat as Liverpool manager as Sadio Mane saw a controversial red card late into the first half on Saturday afternoon. “It was, in a lot of moments, very unlucky for us but I don’t think we have to think too much about luck or something like this because we cannot change luck, but we can change performance,” Klopp told a news conference.…
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Sergio Aguero became the all-time leading non-European Premier League scorer when he netted Manchester City’s opening goal against Liverpool on Saturday. Aguero began the scoring at the Etihad Stadium after 24 minutes when Kevin De Bruyne provided him an amazing through ball to round Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and drive home. It was his 124th Premier League goal since joining City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, taking him clear of former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke’s record of 123. The goal — the sixth successive time Aguero has scored at home to Liverpool — also made him the Premier League’s…
Hip-Hop is subjective, and therefore always up for debate. DJ Akademiks recently started one good argument on Twitter about whether Lil Wayne’s 2008 album, Tha Carter III is a classic. Things started bubbling on Twitter earlier today after the Everyday Struggle host was critical of the third installment in Weezy’s Carter series. “Carter 3 aint no f*cking classic. Carter 2 is,” he posted. “The 2 mixtapes he dropped right before Carter 3 were better than Carter 3….” He added, “I cant call Carter 3 no classic when songs that got LEAKED or left Off the album were better than songs…
Sarkodie has dropped his fifth studio album “Highest”. This follows “Makye” (2009), the award winning “Rapperholic” (2012), “Sarkology” (2014) and “Mary” (2015). The Ghanaian Hip-Hop act has some very interesting featured artistes on the album. They include Nigerian acts Korede Bello, Moelogo, Yung L, Praiz, Flavour, Jesse Jagz, long-time friend Ghanaian rapper and producer Jayso, Ghanaian Hip-hop artist Joey B, English spoken word poet Suli Breaks, Kenya’s Victoria Kimani, British emcees Bobii Lewis and Big Narstie. In a cute manner, he carries his daughter Adalyn Owusu Addo up on the cover art of the album.
Vocal engine Waje shines and explodes in a new single titled ‘In The Air’. Following her power track ‘Mountains’ which had a guest appearance from South Africa’s diva Lira; The Voice Nigeria coach unleashed her latest offering produced by Sizzle Pro. Waje delivers a golden love anthem which will reign for years.
Cynthia Morgan, has shown maximum respect for M.I. Abaga over his display on a recent Podcast. After the much watched and publicized interview with Osagie Alonge and Ayomide Tayo on“Loose Talk“, M.I has been trending, with various artists talking about the episode and what it means for the music industry at large. Cynthia Morgan praised M.I Abaga for being “a real man,” and also made her feelings known about her respect for Osagie Alonge for his role in the podcast. A key talking point from the podcast was M.I Abaga praying for internet fraudsters. He said: “There’s no bank in…
Iyanya is back again with the release of another amazing video delight for his hit song, ‘Bow for you’. He works again with talented AMVCA award-winning cinematographer, Ogo Okpue after they both did previous works together. The song is off his “Signature EP” which dropped this year. The sharp video which was shot in London is worth every view with colourful scenes and sexy dance move by the Kukere Master himself.
M.I has written a public letter to Vector tha Viper after the rapper publicly responded to his comments on why there have been no song directly between both of them. Vector uploaded the part of the video that contained the comment, and wrote a comment which read in part: “You were also supposed to be on the #Kingkongremix but yeah we all must have gotten very busy… hehe. So let me make this clear… 16 bars is nothing, i’m not the type to involve in fake talks so… yeah… you said and i quote “i am the guy who wants…
Korede Bello isn’t just a talent singer but he also knows a thing or two about horses. Over the recent Eid celebrations, Korede Bello visited Kano and paid his friend, Adam Ashraf, the son of the Emir of Kano, HRH Lamido Sanusi a visit. They both had a great time as they both went horse riding in their colourful traditional attires called ‘Babban Riga’ to celebrate the multiple day festivals which wrapped up with the grand finale called Hawan Fanisau. The Mavin Records artist definitely enjoyed his time as a guest to the Kano Royal Family. The singer only recently…
Nollywood actress and Evangelist Eucharia Anunobi has paid tributes to her son, Raymond Ekwe who died on August 2017. The veteran actress poured out her heart to her late son. “You were the best gift God gave to me, I love you with all my heart, spirit and soul” she said. “Thank you for making the world call me mother, thank you for making people know about Jesus, thank you. God bless you. I know you are gone am totally broken but I rejoice because you loved Jesus with all your body and soul” further said Eucharia Anunobi. Eucharia Anunobi…
Wizkid was present on Wednesday, rehearsing at The New Afrikan Shrine in Lagos which signifies he has receovered from his illness. Wiz didn’t disclose the ailment, he actually did scare his fans with his tweet which said “If I die today, I die a legend.” He, however, urged all his fans for cancelled shows, as he promised to make it up to them with his next appearance due date which would be on September 29, 2017. Apparently, Wizkid was having a fantastic day as he briefly caused a major upset on his way out of the Shrine as he threw…
Harrysong became the proud father of twins in June. A boy and girl were delivered in the United States of America. Harrysong has come out to speak on fatherhood. “I was not with her when she gave birth, immediately after the birth of the babies, she sent me pictures and her sister also put up pictures, so as a first-time dad, I was so excited and started posting the pictures too” explains the singer. “I guess it was a big mistake allowing the public into my private life, as it is supposed to be personal, it funny how these days…
A picture of a poor malnourished child took over social media with fans claiming it was the comedian. A lot of people actually agreed it ws really him. Basketmouth was not finding it funny and has taken to his Instagram page to set things straight on the misleading fact. He put up his baby picture just to differentiate it from that of the alleged picture. Basketmouth is known for his hillarious jokes, spanning no limits so it’s a bit shocking he isn’t having any of these funny. If u can give it Basket, you should be ready to take it…
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Preye Aganaba, has said that the party has no other choice than to present President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians for re-election in 2019. Aganaba stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the Buhari-led Federal Government is doing extremely well to fix the country’s economy, and so, he should be re-elected in 2019. “I am not bothered about the economy because that will be fixed; for me, I’m looking at the politics of various zones, because that will determine our winning the election,’’ Aganaba said. ‘’I don’t…
Ibrahim Magu, the Chairman of Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday paid a working visit to the office of Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the President of Women Arise for Change Initiative (WA). The EFCC boss said that his visit was to commend Okei-Odumakin’s support on the fight against corruption. “This is a long awaited visit; we have come here to say that the commission appreciates your effort and unflinching support on the fight against corruption in Nigeria. “We pray that you don’t relent in the good work that you are doing. “We are happy to associate with you and we pray…
Renewed hope that current strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will be suspended was rudely dashed on Friday as the Federal Government went against agreement reached with the doctors on Wednesday. The real problem is the government failed to pay the accrued salary arrears to the doctors as it promised on Wednesday to effect payment within two days. Dr Arikawe Adeolu, a member of the National Executive Council of NARD, confirmed this in Abuja on Friday that the government had made a ridicule of the agreement. Following the inability of the government to effect the agreement on…
Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have made up their minds to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 presidential election. El-Rufai made this known to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa. He said the governors and the ministers made the call as members of the Buharist Group. The “Buharist Group” is an association of APC governors and ministers, whose primary purpose is to enhance and defend the perceived socio-political interests of President Buhari. El Rufai also dismissed…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said to Nigerians that they should expect the standard of living of Nigerians to improve as the country exited recession. The Minister made this statement on Friday in Abuja when he received Broadcast Media Editors in his office. He urged well-meaning Nigerians not to listen to those that don’t want the progress of the nation, who were downplaying the significance of getting out of recession and calling it as mere statistics. He said that people should not be concerned why exiting of recession had not led to an immediate reduction in food prices. The minister explained…
The Lagos State Government has said it is ready to commence the deployment of day and night guards to promote security in public schools across the state. The Deputy Gov., Dr Idiat Adebule, who also doubles as the Commissioner for Education, disclosed this at a recent meeting. ”Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the deployment of officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as day and night guards in our schools. ”And since the Federal Government has approved arms-bearing for officers of NSCDC, they will be complementing the police and other security agencies in tackling insecurity in our…
The Ebonyi Government has confirmed the payment of 30 per cent of pension arrears to state pensioners who are asking for 100 per cent payment. The reports said that the pensioners were saying that they had been paid only 20 per cent of the arrears. This was one of the pressing issues in the recent protest in Abakaliki. Dr Dennis Ekumankama, the State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, however said the issue was never a speculation. According to him, the decision to increase the payment up to 30 per cent was reached at the last executive council meeting of…