Arsene Wenger has laughed off reports that Arsenal have offered Alexis Sanchez a new contract worth £300,000-per-week, and reiterated that negotiations with the forward and Mesut Ozil will wait until the summer. Wenger also insisted he had “nothing” to say about his own future following Monday’s 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace, which left Arsenal with a “massive” challenge to finish in the top four of the Premier League. Sanchez has been the focus of increased speculation in recent weeks as Arsenal’s poor form has led to rumours that he will leave the club this season. The Evening Standard reported on…
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Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has put his players on alert to combat in-form Jamie Vardy. The La Liga side host Leicester in Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg at the Vicente Calderon, with Vardy having scored seven goals in his last 10 games after previously struggling to net this season. But Simeone praised the England striker and believes the hosts must keep it tight to avoid Vardy scoring an important away goal. He said: “I like him, I really rate him as a striker. He is the kind of powerful striker Atletico have had. He also gives the team…
Nigerian femcee, Eva Alordiah is a box of inspiration in the visuals of her song, ‘To self’. The track is off her soon to be released rap compilation, “11:11 The First Tape.” Lacampagne Tropicana in Ibeju, Lekki was the location where the motivational video was shot.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday evening, April 12, reportedly escaped mob attack on his convoy at Idah. He was said to be on his way from Ibaji, the hometown of his deputy when the incident occurred. He went to Ibaji to flag off a road construction, an eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Daily Post. It was reported that upon sighting the Governor, the youths of Idah town immediately mobilised and blocked the route Bello’s motorcade would pass on his way from the event. The report said as the Governor was returning, his security personnel opened…
It looks as though Manchester United’s curse of dominating games but failing to win has followed them to the Europa League. Jose Mourinho’s men were well on top throughout their 1-1 draw with Anderlecht but conceded an equaliser four minutes from time. Henrikh Mkhitaryan had another fairly quiet game, as he did against Sunderland at the weekend, but like in that game, he scored an important goal. United went on to dominate the game but threw their lead away when leaving Leander Dendoncker to get on the end of a cross. Mourinho’s team still have the advantage, thanks to an…
Disaster, catastrophe, shock. The stock phrases of football reporting feel awfully inappropriate in the wake of an attack that saw three explosions hit the Borussia Dortmund team bus on Tuesday. What transpired at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night was mercifully only a run-of-the-mill defeat for Bayern in a big, important football game, nothing more than an uncomfortable experience for the home fans and their team that paled into insignificance by comparison with the events 24 hours earlier. But it still hurt, regardless. Football’s great appeal lies in the way it allows those who play and follow to lose themselves…
There is unfinished business between Jose Mourinho and Eden Hazard. The pair meet for the third time this season on Sunday when Manchester United host Chelsea at Old Trafford. The Portuguese needs to come up with a plan to deal with the winger or United’s top four hopes will be in tatters. Mourinho has tried tactics. In October at Stamford Bridge he set up his team to kill the game and flood the areas where Chelsea’s creative players operated. He was rewarded with a 4-0 humiliation. Hazard ran wild and scored a goal. The United manager has tried brute force.…
Big Brother Naija winner, Efe, is not only popular for winning 25 million Naira and a brand new KIA Sorento car, he also popular for the now widely used slang, “based on logistics.’ In an interview, the former housemate explained the origin of the slang. According to him, “Based on Logistics” is an everyday word to him, just like ‘good morning.’ “It was back in 2013, I actually contested in ‘Just Bring it On,’ organized by Kevin Pam, where I won in the rap category,” Efe started. So, when in the house, they were having different logistics problem. So, anytime…
International DJ duo 2Kingz from Nigeria rock with Timaya and Patoranking for the dancehall song ‘Bend down’. As you’d expect, Timaya, Patoranking as well as the 2kingz bring their ‘ginger’ to the game. Enjoy.
On January 30, 2017, TBoss nominated her cuddle buddy Miyonse, who was evicted that weekend on February 5, 2017. During an interesting chat with Pulse Nigeria, the Big Brother Naija second runner-up, TBoss, spoke about nominating Miyonse, who had seemed like her only friend in the house. According to her, Miyonse became a distraction to her. “Miyonse is really cool. He was from Abuja, and I just kind of leaned into him easily. But, at a point, I did feel like he was messing up my chi, and I was there to win the money,” TBoss said. “He was distracting…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has accused Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose of being behind the crisis in the party. Sheriff also said that Fayose is free to leave the PDP if he wants to adding that the governor’s exit would bring peace to the party. The PDP Chairman made the comments while speaking with journalists after a visit to the party secretariat in Calabar, Cross River state. “He (Fayose) cannot speak for the southwest PDP. The southwest PDP that I know cannot allow the likes of Fayose to be speaking for them,” Sheriff said according to…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Thursday in Port Harcourt assented to five bills. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bills were: Rivers State Education (Return of Schools) Amendment Law of 2017 and Rivers State Honours Law of 2017. Others were: Rivers State Reserve Fund (Repeal) law of 2017, Rivers State University Law of 2017 and Rivers State University Teaching Hospital Law of 2017. Wike commended the legislature for its commitment toward the rapid development of the state after assenting to the bills. The governor noted that the Return of School law was important because it allowed…
Comrade Timi Frank says if given the opportunity, he can manage the All Progressives Congress (APC) better than the party’s current national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun. In a statement made available to us on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, Frank described as shameful postponement of APC’s mini national convention under Oyegun’s watch. “I have said it in the past that if I am given opportunity I can run APC better than Oyegun,” Frank announced. “Oyegun’s leadership has failed. How can the National Working Committee (NWC) under him fixed a date for national convention when they knew they didn’t have money? Who did…
During an interview, TBoss spoke about her controversial National Anthem moment in the Big Brother Naija house. She also spoke about her outburst after she felt Debie-Rise had put her on the spot by asking her to recite the anthem. “Like she [Debie-Rise] has said, that house isn’t a normal house. At a point, you could go [crazy]. And this was the one person I could confide in, I drew energy from her own energy.” “I was upset, I’m not going to lie. Because, I had history with being told off like, ‘what makes you think you’re good enough for…
Recently, there were reports that Efe unfollowed over 2000 people on Instagram after he won the Big Brother Naija reality show. In a recent chat, Efe stated that he wasn’t following anyone before he left for the show. He also said that the screenshots of an account following 2000 accounts is fake. “The thing is just funny to me. Na so people dey lie? It’s crazy o for me,” Efe said. “The thing is that, before going for Big Brother Naija, I had barely 600 to 800 followers on Instagram, and I wasn’t really following anybody. It was zero. “So,…
In an interview, Big Brother Naija winner and first runner-up, Efe and Bisola, spoke about reports that the housemates victimized TBoss. According to Bisola, TBoss played the victim in everything. Efe added that the housemate got Nigerians to believe that she was being victimized by the other housemates, and it worked for her. “Victimizing TBoss? I don’t think so. TBoss always played the victim in everything,” Bisola said. “Efe is my guy. There are times we’ve had tackles and I’m like ‘Baba, which kind nonsense you dey do?” We could just say ‘oya, no vex,’ and it’s gone.” “But, with…
Big Brother Naija ex housemates, Bisola and Efe have shared some moral values which they learnt on the just concluded reality television show. The pair during an interview with Pulse TV responded to a question regarding the negativity that has surrounded the programme. Former Presidential Adviser, Reuben Abati in an article titled “Television As Madness” criticized #BBNaija, referring to it as a platform that promotes obscenity. Second runner-up, Bisola who had a large amount of fans rooting for her to win the show apparently disagrees. In her response, she talked about how being a housemate in the programme helped her…
Dancehall artiste, Blackface who is a member of pop group, Plantashun Boiz has bashed R&B star, 2Face Idibia whom he accused of causing the inactivity of the band. According to the ‘Hardlife’ songster in a long Instagram reaction he posted today, Idibia owes his success to him as he is responsible for writing most of his hit songs. An allegation that has constantly surrounded the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards winner. Blackface described his former close music associate as untrustworthy, a reason why he named him 2face. He also alleged that the planned protest which the singer abandoned earlier in…
A Nigerian Disc Jockey, DJ Cypha in a hilarious video has just unlocked Tonto Dikeh and her husband’s love padlock. The disc jockey is currently in Paris where he took to the Paris Love Lock Bridge to break the padlock Tonto Dikeh and her husband used to seal their love. Cypha stormed the bridge in an all-black ensemble for the daunting task. According to him, he’s unchaining them from love so fans can be free from their drama. Tonto Dikeh and Oladunni Churchill took to Paris sometime in 2016 to seal their love. DJ Cypha’s viral video comes after Tonto…
Ex-Governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed Adamu Mu’azu has reportedly spoken on the Ikoyi property where the EFCC recovered $50million in one of the apartments. According to a tweet by SaharaReporters, Mu’azu reportedly admitted ownership of the Osborne Towers many hours after he allegedly denied the ownership. It was further reported that Mu’azu, an ex-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, said some apartments have been sold while others are rented out. On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, operatives of the EFCC in Lagos found an outrageous sum of $50million in an apartment in the Osborne Towers in Ikoyi during a sting operation.…