The first week of season 2’s The Voice Nigeria kicked off with an hour plus of promising performances. Coaches Yemi Alade, Patoranking, Timi Dakolo and Waje punched the button, each picking up at least a new talent for their teams. While Yemi Alade led with three contestants, Patoranking and Timi chose two, while Waje turned for only one contestant. 1. Afolayan Adeleke performed “I will make love to you” by Boyz to Men, but he got only one chair turn – Team Patoranking. 2. Favour Idugbe performed ‘Kilon Popping’ by Ms Jaie and got all four coaches to turn, but…
Author: David Folami
Kim Kardashian is dabbling into the beauty business as she’s set to release her own line of makeup; KKW Beauty! The reality star who only recently teamed up with sister Kylie (who has a popular makeup brand) for KKW x Kylie shared a cryptic message about the new venture (KKW Beauty) via her Instagram as she’s set to go head to head with her youngest sister who is doing extremely well with her own makeup brand. The star who had earlier hinted in a Forbes interview about unveiling a fragrance line at the end of the year is reportedly already…
Sexy Steel will have your eyes feeding on the gorgeous shape of his love interest in the video for song ‘Baby boo’. Patrick Elis directed this one.
Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, a.k.a Evans has taken Police officers from the Federal Anti-kidnapping Unit to the houses he detained his victims. The buildings are located in Igando and Ejigbo areas of Lagos. While speaking to newsmen, Evans said that his arrest would mean the beginning of the end of kidnapping in Nigeria as his gang is the most sophisticated in the ‘business’. Evans was arrested on June 10, along with six suspected top members of his gang at Magodo Estate in Lagos. His arrest followed “an intense gun battle” with the Joint Special Forces led by the Intelligence…
Deadly terrorists sect, Boko Haram have reportedly struck a village in Borno as the Nigerian Army battle to end insurgency. In a report by SaharaReporters, scores of villagers were massacred as a result of the terrorists’ attack on Gumsiri community in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. It was reported that the terrorists arrived Gumsiri at about 6 pm on Saturday, June 17, 2017 as Muslims were breaking their Ramadan fast. “Many may have been killed. Hundreds of civilians fled to Damboa town from Gumsiri. The terrorists arrived at about 6 pm and as of 8.30pm, they were still…
The Edo Government says it will collaborate with the 4 Army Brigade Headquarters in the state to relocate its barracks at Ikpoba Hill to a more conducive place. Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo disclosed this after inspecting the 4 Brigade Ikpoba Hill Barrack in Benin on Sunday. The governor, accompanied by the Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Garba expressed displeasure with the dilapidated facilities at the barracks. Obaseki said that it was imperative that officers and men of the Army live in an ideal and conducive environment. He said that the Army needed better facilities for it to be able to…
Germany coach Joachim Loew described the Confederations Cup as ‘a gift’ in his side’s bid to defend the World Cup next year, ahead of Monday’s clash against Australia. Loew has left most of his World Cup-winners at home and brought an inexperienced squad, who have made just 179 international appearances between them, to Russia. With an average age of 24 years and four months, Germany have the most youthful squad of the eight Confederations Cup teams. Loew has rested all of the team which won the 2014 World Cup final, but insists the Confed Cup gives him the perfect platform…
Ivory Coast international Cheick Tiote, whose sudden death in China at just 30 years old shocked his country, was laid to rest Sunday as he was hailed a “worthy son” of the African nation. Tiote, a 52-time capped player who featured at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, was honoured with a military funeral at the Williamsville cemetery in Abidjan where hundreds of people gathered to mourn. “Ivory Coast has lost a worthy son who served so bravely, who fought to win and who gave everything on the pitch,” said sports minister Francois Amichia. Tiote died from a heart attack…
Cristiano Ronaldo will put speculation over his club future firmly to one side as he leads European champions Portugal into their Confederations Cup opener against Mexico in Kazan on Sunday. The 32-year-old Real Madrid superstar’s build-up to the tournament in Russia has been overshadowed after he was this week accused by prosecutors in Spain of defrauding the authorities of 14.7 million euros ($16.5m) in tax through offshore companies. Now the Madrid sports media is awash with headlines suggesting Ronaldo wants out of the Spanish champions, despite only signing a new contract through to 2021 in November. But for the next…
Florentino Perez will stay on as Real Madrid president until 2021, the European champions announced in a statement on Monday after no other candidates presented a bid to rival the incumbent before Sunday’s deadline. Perez, who began his second spell in 2009 and has overseen three Champions League wins in the last four years, has barely had to contend with any rivals for his post since the Liga club changed internal rules for presidential candidates in 2012. The alterations meant anyone aspiring to be president had to have been a member of Real for at least 20 years compared to…
Arsenal must spend more on wages if it hopes to keep players away from global competitors, former midfielder Emmanuel Petit told AFP on Friday, adding fans also needed to lay off embattled manager Arsene Wenger. It is 13-years since Wenger’s ‘Invincibles’ won the last of his three Premier League titles and the club has just come through their worst season in two decades. Former French national Petit was at the heart of Arsenal’s glory days under Wenger, but he said fans risked fixating on that era without understanding the present. “I think that at times it has gone much too…
DANI ALVES has quashed rumours about his future following Gonzalo Higuain’s “goodbye” message. The Juventus star was recently interviewed on Brazilian TV where he was shown a video message from his team-mate. Higuain’s clip caused controversy when the Argentine declared that it had been a pleasure to play with Alves before saying goodbye. The striker said: “Dani, brother, what can I say? “A massive hello from me, you know how much I care about you. “It was a pleasure and an immense joy to share this year with you, winning titles along the way. “You know I hold you in…
The Belgium international, 29, had another fine season in Serie A last time out. Nainggolan netted 14 goals and chipped in with seven assists in all competitions for Roma. And according to Italian outlet Calciomercato, Roma are under pressure to sell their star players to meet Financial Fair Play rules. Mohamed Salah is expected to join Liverpool this summer, which could solve Roma’s dilemma. But Calciomercato say the Serie A side are willing to listen to offers for Nainggolan, with Chelsea and Manchester United keen. They reckon the EPL giants are eying the midfield maestro with Champions League football returning…
A big part of the love many have for DJ Khaled is his effortlessly cool and positive demeanor. Hell, we obviously love the guy too. He just seems like someone who won’t get bent about much. So we’re pretty sure he’s just fine with the fact that after he released the above video for his song “Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller,” some folks on the internet lost their minds over Rihanna’s see-through gypsy top. Mainly because with hi-def video, it’s pretty easy to not just see the Barbadian singer’s perfect assets, down to the bar through her pierced nipple.…
DJ Khaled is among the rappers who are celebrating their first Father’s Day as father. In the case of Jay Z, he recently became a dad of twins so this is really a special day for him. But there are plenty of fathers in hip-hop so it’s only right that dads go on social media to celebrate their greatest achievements — their children. Several artists went on Instagram and Twitter to celebrate Father’s Day. Rappers Freddie Gibbs, Ludacris, The Game, Redman and others honored fatherhood with sentimental tweets and photos. Meanwhile, R&B singers Ciara, Monica, Rihanna, Tank and Chris Brown…
Amber Rose loves to look like a sex kitten on Instagram. And the 33-year-old Philadelphia native did just that on Saturday by sticking out her tongue and her bottom in a series of pinup images. This comes just as the ex of Kanye West and Wiz Khalfia said she has not had sex this year. Last week she caused a frenzy with a very sexy photo to promote her third annual SlutWalk in October. The photo was removed by Instagram as it violated the company’s no-nudity policy. So she seems to like to go over-the-top online. And on Thursday she…
The UNICEF on Monday disbursed N53 million to 209 School Based Management Committees (SBMCs) for the improvement of girl-child education in Zamfara. Making the presentation at the Government House in Gusau, the Chief of UNICEF Sokoto Field office, Mr Mohammed Mohiuddin, said the fund was part of an intervention on Girl Education Project Phase 3 (GEP 3) by the UKAID/DFID and managed by the UNICEF. The project, he said, was designed to be implemented over eight years, from 2012 to 2020, during which one million additional girls were expected to be enrolled and retained in schools in the five states…
The World Health Organization (NAN) has released new advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances. The advice is among the additions to the WHO Model list of essential medicines for 2017, which includes medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and leukaemia. The updated list added 30 medicines for adults and 25 for children, and specifies new uses for nine already-listed products, bringing the total to 433 drugs deemed essential for addressing the most important public health needs. The WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) is used by many countries to…
Workers of National Orthopaedic hospital, Enugu, on Monday, called off their one month old strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that all health workers in the facilities except doctors had been on strike since April 24. The Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions (JACTU) of the hospital, Mr Cyprian Orjinta, announced the suspension of the strike in a statement made available to NAN in Enugu. “Following a successful meeting between the management of National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu and JACTU held on Thursday, May 25, which was followed by the Congress of the Union on May…
Inter Milan are attempting to spark a bidding war between Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain for Ivan Perisic in a bid to reach their £52million valuation for the Croatian. United boss Jose Mourinho is keen on signing the 28-year-old but the Red Devils have had one bid – believed to be in the region of £34m – turned down for the winger. Perisic is rumoured to have already agreed personal terms with the Old Trafford club and is privately adamant that he will be at the Theatre of Dreams next season. However, United’s bid is well below Inter’s valuation of…