After losing their first two Chinese Super League (CSL) games of the season, John Mikel Obi is confident that Tianjin TEDA will find their form soon. Since the start of the 2017 CSL, Tianjin TEDA lost 2-0 defeat to Shandong Luneng in the opening day fixtures and were held at home by Jiangsu Suning to a goalless draw in matchday two. The Mikel Obi captained side has failed to score in their two opening fixtures but the 29-year-old is confident the goals would come soon. “It’s clear that it is complicated not to have scored after two games but I…
Author: David Folami
First he made the beats, then he murdered raps. First he had our ears, then he had our hearts. Now, it’s just a simple matter of ‘where the fuck is Kanye when you need him?’ as Eminem once rapped. While Kanye West had nothing to do with the line that inspires the headline, the first paragraph and the quote reek of him. In recent years, Kanye’s divided opinion with whatever he says or does and, to be frank, that’s normal for Kanye. As normal as the time he interrupted Taylor Swift. He’s been doing so for a long time but…
Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori has been granted bail, following his arrest on Friday, March 10, 2017. The Nigerian entertainment expert was escorted to Kaduna Magistrate’s Court, located along Ibrahim Taiwo road this morning by the state’s police officers and Dari Bayero – Director of Public Prosecution in Kaduna State. Audu, who was charged under Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act, was granted bail on health grounds. The court has adjourned his trial till April 20, 2017 where he would appear before the state’s Chief Magistrate. The businessman reportedly collapsed on March 7 while taking pictures with attendees at a…
Following the controversies that her comment about trans women raised, Chimamanda Adichie has written to clarify what she actually meant when she said that trans women’s issues and experiences are different from those of women born female. Taking to her Facebook page, the award-winning author wrote: ‘CLARIFYING ‘Because I have been the subject of much hostility for standing up for LGBTQ rights in Nigeria, I found myself being very defensive at being labeled ‘trans phobic.’ My first thought was – how could anyone think that? ‘I didn’t like that version of myself. It felt like a white person saying ‘I’m…
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has advised the Prof. Jerry Gana-led Strategy Review and Inter-Party Affairs Committee to stop speaking for the party. Represented by his National Deputy Chairman, Dr Cairo Ojougbo, at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, Sheriff described the Gana-led committee as “illegal”. The committee was constituted on Nov. 10, 2016, by the National Caretaker Committee of the party headed by Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, which was disbanded by the recent judgment of Appeal Court, Port Harcourt. The committee had been visiting founding and prominent members of PDP, including former…
Now a different set of statistics matter: without Kane, Spurs were winless for six games in October and November, scoring once from open play. They were toothless then, and as Kane limped down the tunnel six minutes into the 6-0 win over Millwall it was easy to wonder if Spurs’ hopes of winning the FA Cup and catching Chelsea in the Premier League were going with him. Mauricio Pochettino did not sound optimistic, ruling him out of next weekend’s match against Southampton and saying the damage was similar to his previous ankle injury, which sidelined him for seven weeks and…
Victory for Zinedine Zidane’s side put them back in the driver’s seat in La Liga, two points clear of Barca and five ahead of Sevilla with a game still in hand. Inevitably, after the dust had settled on another weekend of action contributing to a fascinating season, the question on everyone’s lips was: where exactly would Real Madrid be in 2016-17 without Ramos? One of the pro-Madrid dailies provided the math: in third place, was the answer. While the science behind such hypotheses is never fully satisfactory, there is an element of truth to the notion that Real would be…
The match started with the visitors trying to press high and disrupt Chelsea’s rhythm. Part of their tactic involved the systematic rotational fouling of Eden Hazard, who had clearly been targeted by United. The fouling became so regular and intentional that referee Michael Oliver warned them that the next one committed on the Belgian would earn a booking. Seconds later, Ander Herrera brought Hazard down again and saw red for receiving his second yellow card. Chelsea dominated possession with their numerical advantage, and the breakthrough was imminent. The goal arrived on 51 minutes from an unlikely source, as N’Golo Kante…
The first Big Brother Nigeria eviction party was held on Friday, March 10, 2017, in Lekki, Lagos! Whoop! Whoop! From Somadina to Miyonse, Uriel, Ese, Jon and CocoIce all evicted Big Brother housemates were in attendance except Kemen. This was because the fitness trainer was disqualified and unceremoniously sent out of the competition for fondling Tboss while she was asleep and without her consent. Although he was seen with the other evicted housemates at Payporte Lagos office on Thursday, March 9, 2017, the former housemate was absent from the crowd. Meanwhile, other celebrities on ground to celebrate with them includes:…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, March 13, 2017, received communication from President Muhammadu Buhari on his resumption to duty. Speaking shortly after the letter was handed over to him by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters (House of Reps) Hon. Suleiman Abdurhaman Kawu Sumaila, Dogara said he will read the letter to his colleagues in plenary on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, since the communication was meant for them. “Tomorrow (Tuesday) I will read this to my colleagues on the floor of the House and thereafter make comments from there,”…
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on some of his activities as acting president while the president was away in London. Osinbajo, who made this known after a closed door meeting with the president in Abuja, said “I’m back to my regular position as Vice-President .’’ He said that the president, who was updated on national and international issues as they concerned the country, gave specific directives on the next steps to be taken. “We just had a very long meeting. As you can see we were basically trying to bring the President up to speed on…
FA Cup holders Manchester United bowed out vs. Chelsea at the quarterfinal stage after a start that promised so much. Marcus Rashford spearheaded considerable intensity in attack but, once Ander Herrera was dismissed for a second yellow card, Jose Mourinho’s side were mostly concerned with holding the fort and their best performances came from defenders. Marcos Rojo was immense at centre-back, even pressing into the final third as late as the 85th minute, while Antonio Valencia was equally terrific on the right flank. Rashford showed intelligence and poise playing as a lone front man. Herrera has a feisty game in…
Kemi Afolabi and Ijaduade Ololade Azeez were harassed by area boys over the weekend while they were on set of a new movie. According to the Azeez, the area boys injured him, the producer, Kemi Afolabi and some members of the crew while they were shooting “Esan” in Ikorodu. “This crazy area boys won’t kill us the actors one day…this is happening right now on our movie set @ikorodu.please this has to stop help us oooo.#saynotoactorsabuse. They injured me the director @kemiafolabi ,the producer,camera man and some of the crew…please we need Nigerians to stand up for us,” Azeez wrote…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to head the special presidential delegation charged with the task of resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta region. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. Boroh said the choice of Osinbajo as leader of the government’s fact-finding delegation to the crisis-ridden region was informed by President Buhari’s strategic plan to engender peace in the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before now, the Niger-Delta elders were leading the delegation on the resolution…
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said the house would initiate programmes and policies aimed at improving the living standard of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja. Dogara stated this in Abuja on Monday when the leadership of the House of Representatives met with pupils of “School without Walls’’ from Abuja IDPs camps to commemorate 2017 Commonwealth Day. The theme of the celebration is “A Peace Building Commonwealth’’. The speaker urged the children to dedicate themselves to the promotion of peace in the country. He told the children that there was no one more qualified to fight for…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged the National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), to stabilise the industry. The NNPC said this in a statement in Abuja by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, on Monday. Part of the bill seeks to promote Nigerian content by making use of locally produced goods and services; foster community development by encouraging and ensuring peace in oil-producing areas and honour international environmental obligations by promoting energy efficiency. According to the statement, passage of the bill will dispel the air of uncertainty around the…
Bassey is the new head of house, a position that automatically means he isn’t leaving the Big Brother Naija house this weekend. His new position also gives him the power to save a housemate and replace with another during tonight’s nomination show. The HOH task involved the housemates choosing a stone. A blue stone granted victory and the title of Head of House. A white stone meant immediate disqualification and a clear stone gave the Housemates another shot to continue in the game. TTT picked a white stone and lost his title as Head of House after a two week…
Masterkraft is out with new music titled ‘Olohungbo’ and features new school wavy artists Ycee, Dice Ailes and Ceeza Milli. The acts go in on their love for the ladies. Enjoy.
Nominations are here again and as the Big Brother Naija housemates gear up to battle for the N25 million award money, anyone is liable to be thrown under the bus. As the race toughens, TBoss gets even antsier, even as TTT begins to feel the heat from other male housemates who consider him a threat. Bassey who is the Head of House for this week is immune to nomination and eviction, therefore had to be replaced after being initially nominated by three housemates. He also got a chance to save one housemate, and chose Bally, replacing him with Efe. In…
Antonio Conte’s Blues secured their place in the last four when they knocked out holders Manchester United 1-0 on Monday night, shortly before the draw was made. Despite the thrills and shocks served up by the likes of Lincoln, Sutton and Millwall, four of the Premier League’s current top five are left in the competition. The clubs boast 32 FA Cup wins between them, with Arsenal leading the way with 12. Chelsea and Spurs met at the same stage in 2012 when the Blues ran out 5-1 winners through goals from Didier Drogba, Juan Mata, Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent…