Alexis Sanchez scored his 20th goal of the Premier League campaign as Arsenal won 2-0 at Southampton on Wednesday to keep their hopes of a top-four finish alive. Sanchez opened the scoring on the hour at St Mary’s before substitute Olivier Giroud made the game safe with a header seven minutes from time. Victory took Arsene Wenger’s side above Manchester United into fifth place in the table and left them three points below Manchester City, who occupy the fourth and final Champions League qualifying berth. “We were focused and I felt that when we suffered, we stuck together,” Arsenal manager…
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Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney wants to remain at Old Trafford next season despite his lack of playing time under manager Jose Mourinho, he said on Wednesday. Rooney, 31, has made only 22 starts across all competitions this season and has been linked with a move to either the Chinese Super League or former club Everton. When the subject of his future arose during a press conference to preview Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo, he said: “I’ve been at this club 13 years. Of course I want to play football.” Pressed as to whether his preference…
Retired Nigerian football legend, Jay Jay Austin Okocha, on Wednesday met with Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona. The former footballers are currently in Bahrain to participate in the 67th FIFA Congress scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. On Tuesday, Brazil and FC Barcelona great, Ronaldinho, expressed his admiration for Okocha. He had posted a picture of himself, Okocha and 55-year-old ex-Colombian number 10, Carlos El Pibe Valderrama, with the comment “Solo las camiseta 10 que siempre admire” meaning “Only 10 shirt that I’ve always admired”. Interestingly, Maradona played in the number ’10’ shirt…
Nigerian singer, Brymo is a year older today! Born May 9, 1986, Olawale Olofo’ro, stage name, Brymo is a Nigerian recording artist and composer. He started his professional career in 2006 with the help of a local promoter in Okokomaiko, Lagos then signed to Chocolate City from 2010 to 2013. He signed an International distribution deal with Tate Music Group in 2015. Notable for his distinguished voice, ‘the son of a carpenter’ has also been likened to Aṣa, Fela, Tunji Oyelana, Beautiful Nubia and Fatai Rolling Dollar because majority of his songs are in the Yoruba language.
Born May 9, 1968, Funsho Adeolu is a Nigerian film actor, director and producer. He began his acting career in 1976, the same year he featured in a movie titled ‘Countdown at Kusini’, also known as ‘Cool Red’ directed by Ossie Davis. He also featured in ‘Heroes and Zeroes’, a 2012 Nigerian drama film that stars Akin Lewis, Olu Jacobs and Bimbo Akintola.
Seems like music star Bow Wow will be burrowed away for a month. The rapper is currently facing the wrath of social media for lying to his followers. Bow Wow posted a photo of a private jet to Instagram on May 9, 2017. The shot which displayed a couple of luxury vehicles in front of it, saw the 30-year-old rapper writing that he was travelling for the day to New York for his “Growing Up Hip Hop” press run. A Twitter user then found out that Bow Wow was actually on a commercial flight. He proceeded to take a photo…
‘Mad over you’ singer Runtown is expecting a boy with his girlfriend, Selena Leath. The music star who has already christened his kid, Zamar, also threw a baby shower for his girlfriend. The baby shower held on Sunday, May 7, 2017, in the US, with Runtown already looking forward to seeing his baby boy. Selena is due to give birth to their baby boy soon. Leath broke the news via her Instagram page on Thursday, march 9, 2017, sharing an album of photos showing her blooming baby bump. You would recall that in November 2015, a UK model with Instagram…
For failing to meet his bail conditions, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry’s estranged husband, Lanre Gentry, has reportedly been remanded at Ikoyi prisons. The Hotelier was reportedly arraigned before a Magistrates court sitting in Ogba, on a three-count charge offence bordering on breach of public peace, assault and causing grievous bodily harm to his wife. The court heard that the Mr. Gentry constantly beat up the Nollywood actress and in the last assault, hit her on the nose, which caused her to bleed profusely. Police prosecutor, Inspector N. Peter said the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 157 (f), 168 (a)…
Nollywood actor, Adeniyi Johnson, got a shout out from his babe, actress Oluwaseyi Edun popularly known as Ashaby. Edun shared a photo of Adeniyi Johnson full of praise for her ‘everything’. She wrote, “A huge thanks to my support system, My ejika My everything. Thanks for being the major part of my success story. Thanks for supporting my movement. Aduragbemi May God reward u in million folds. If I start mentioning ur impact I won’t stop typing, all I can say is THANK U. Thanks for the surprises u really got me. Thanks for being my uber, my bartender despite…
Davido’s baby is finally here! The music star and girlfriend, Amanda, welcomed their bundle of joy on May 9, 2017, and named her Hailey Veronica Adeleke. The ‘If’ crooner also shared a shot of himself cuddling a pretty Hailey in the hospital after watching the miracle of her birth. “SHES HERE!! HAILEY VERONICA ADELEKE HAS COME TO BALL!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!! SHES TOO BEAUTIFUL!!” he wrote on Instagram. The pop star also held a baby shower for his second daughter in Atlanta on Sunday, May 7, 2017. Davido went all out for his baby mama Amanda even attending the ceremony…
Label boss Ubi Franklin has shared a testimony of how he escaped being stabbed by a Chinese man. Franklin while furniture shopping claimed he was disrespected by the boss at Lifemate Furnitures showroom at the palms Lekki. According to him, the Chinese guy proceeded to attack him after overhearing his conversation. He took to Instagram to air his grievances writing, “Earlier today I was at LIFEMATE furniture showroom at the palms Lekki to enquire about a service I paid for that wasn’t attended to. I was then asked by a junior staff (Nigerian) to speak to his “OGA” (a Chinese…
Nigerian rapper, Eva Alordiah and her fiancé, Caesar Ume-Ezeoke are still together. Following rumours that the couple have parted ways, We reached out to Caesar who works at Cool TV to confirm if the rumours are true. Caesar denied the rumours saying, “We are still together. There is nothing like that.” He told Pulse the rumours might have been instigated due to their inactivity on social media recently and the fact that they left separately at Peter Cole’s (founder and C.E.O of Achievas Entertainment) wife’s 30th birthday party. Truly their joint Instagram account @evaandcaesar has been inactive for the past…
Media Personality Toke Makinwa is back! And this time she’s talking about cutting some of her friends loose. The author and vlogger is of the opinion that people who don’t add value to your life should be cut off before they start to have a negative impact. Makinwa took to Snapchat today, May 10, 2017, saying it’s important to let them go and she will be doing just that to some of her social media contacts today. This comes after the on-air personality shared pictures of her lecture at the New York University (NYU) on Instagram. This is following mild…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday advised those passing uncomplimentary comments on President Muhammad Buhari to stop, saying that speculative information on the President’s health would not help the government. Instead, Tambuwal called on Nigerians to rally round Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, saying it is the only way to take the country to the next level. He said “Nigerians should refuse to be manipulated and influenced negatively through fake and speculative news, misinformation and disinformation, but exercise patience, cooperate with and support the government. “Nigerians must co-exist peacefully and be our brothers keepers. “This is critical because crisis prone areas…
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja launched a 10-year Agricultural Sector Food Security and Nutrition Strategy to combat malnutrition and food insecurity in the country. Launching the document, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, expressed regret over the poor level of food safety in the country. Ogbeh, represented by Prof. Abubakar Hafiz, the Deputy Gov. of Kano State, said the strategy would serve as a driver toward making food safe from production, preparation and storage. He said the event co-hosted by the ministry and the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition was…
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has called on journalists to come up with solutions to address the challenges of fake news dissemination in the country. Fashola made the call when Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) led by its Chairman, Mr Adewumi Faniran visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. Fashola said the visit was timely, considering the need to address the problems of fake news dissemination, adding that the media was an indispensable tool for securing democratic institution. “We grew up in era when news was news; we are now in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has cleared the air on the visit of its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu to the Chief Judge of Rivers on Monday. It said that contrary to speculation, the visit was not connected to any of its cases pending before the chief judge, Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said Magu’s visit to Iyayi-Lamikanra was a courtesy call as part of his working visit to the headquarters of the South South zonal office of the commission in Port Harcourt. “Apart from the Chief Judge, Magu also visited the Rivers State Commissioner of…
The British Military Advisory Train the Trainer Team, on Wednesday completed the training of 250 instructors of the Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria on combating contemporary security challenges. Speaking at the graduation ceremony in Zaria, the leader of the team, Col. Will Hilton said aim was to imbue the participants with necessary knowledge to train others. Hilton, who applauded the participants for their hard work, reminded them that a basic tool set had been given to them as instructors. He said that in the last four weeks of the training, the team had been impressed by the instructors’ aggression, enthusiasm and…
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, is currently presiding over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The meeting is said to have started at about 10am in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo is chairing the meeting due to the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, on Sunday, May 7, travelled to London for an indefinite medical vacation. Osinbajo also presided over the last three FEC meetings due to Buhari’s health challenges. The president’s health has been cause for concern since January when he went to London for a supposed 10-day medical vacation which eventually lasted 49 days.…
The U.S. said on Tuesday that the agenda being pursued by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration were in line with its expectations. The Deputy Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Mr Nathan Holt, made the remarks on Tuesday from Washington, D.C. via teleconference on: ‘Nigeria, a critical U.S. partner’. Holt said: “In 2015, Nigeria had a very important election. It elected Muhammadu Buhari as president. “This represented the first time in Nigerian history that there was a peaceful, democratic transfer of power from one party to an opposition party. “It was…