Author: David Folami

When South African rapper, AKA, woke up on Valentine’s day to announce his breakup with Bonang Matheba, the world thought he was crazy. Apparently, it was just a ruse for his new song ‘Caiphus song’. The rapper in an interview with South African magazine, The Plug, revealed that he never broke up with Bonang, saying that it was just a way to get people to talk about him before he dropped his new music. According to him, “Originally I had wanted to drop the song on Valentine’s Day. I thought that this would be way too obvious. So I was…

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Tonto Dikeh is not done with the nasty revelations. The Nollywood actress has more dirt on her husband and this time she says she used her platform to lie to make him the man he is today. Tonto who is replying fans messages says her union to Oladunni Churchill was all a sham. According to her, all the cars and jewellery she flashes on social media weren’t bought for her by Mr X. She wrote, “I posted stuffs my ex-husband bought for me doesn’t make it true. I used my platform to lie, to make him the man he is…

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Rihanna has been named Harvard University’s Humanitarian of the Year. The singer is set to collect the prize on Harvard’s campus next week in honour of her philanthropic endeavours in her native country of Barbados and beyond. According to Harvard Foundation director S Allen Counter, “Rihanna has charitably built a state-of-the-art centre for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados.” The singer has been busy with charity work behind the scenes and fans didn’t even notice. Her charity work has seen her travel widely as an ambassador for her…

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Manchester United have been drawn against Russian Premier League side Rostov in the Europa League round of 16, presenting Jose Mourinho with precisely the draw he said he did not want. The manager expressed concern earlier in the week before the Europa League draw took place over the scheduling of the FA Cup quarterfinal match against Chelsea on March 13, which will be played just four days after United play the first leg against Rostov away from home. “Imagine we play Chelsea on Monday and then we have to go to the second match in Europe in Russia, Turkey or…

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Beginning of the end for Rooney? There has been much talk this week about Wayne Rooney’s future, with speculation that he could depart for the Chinese Super League as soon as Tuesday. But it seems as if United’s record goal scorer will delay his decision until the end of the season, despite not receiving the most stirring of testimonials from Jose Mourinho. “You’ll have to ask him,” said the United manager this week. “I can’t guarantee that I’m here next week. How can I guarantee that a player is here next season? What I can guarantee is that if Wayne…

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Adding Manchester City’s enthralling 5-3 victory over Monaco to the emphatic demolition of Barcelona last November makes it tempting to ask whether City are beginning, at long last, to hit their stride in the Champions League. The gradual, year-on-year improvement sought by the club’s owners in Abu Dhabi is clearly occurring. Not initially apparent, owing to three campaigns of false starts, the line ever since has been on the gradual climb. From the initial stuttering start to life with the big boys, when City failed to make headway from groups that contained the likes of Bayern Munich (three times), Real…

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63-year-old media mogul who has been with her partner, tedman Graham, since 1986, has revealed she never wanted to be a mum. Oprah in an interview with Good Housekeeping magazine says she never wanted to be a mum because she doesn’t have the patience to parent. “When people were pressuring me to get married and have children, I knew I was not going to be a person that ever regretted not having them, because I feel like I am a mother to the world’s children,” she said. “Love knows no boundaries. It doesn’t matter if a child came from your…

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Today is Nigerian actress, Ebube Nwagbo’s birthday. Born the eldest in a family of six, Nwagbo grew up in Warri, Delta State. She attended Federal Polytechnic, Oko and later Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka both in Anambra state where she got a degree in Mass Communication. The star actress began her acting career at 20 and has since then risen to fame. For her role in the 2013 movie “Widows Cult”, Ebube Nwagbo was paid N7million to shave her hair. Ebube who won the award for most fashionable actress in 2014 was once in a romantic relationship with popular artiste Kingsley (Kcee…

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Tonto Dikeh is still spilling the tea on her failed marriage to Oladunni Churchill. The Nollywood actress claims she suffered domestic and verbal abuse from her estranged husband. She said, “It’s very simple having a husband who cheats on a roll and uses you for a punching bag and suffering gross verbal abuse. Sun up to sun down in my home. I look pretty because I’m serving a living God who never sleeps.” This comes after Tonto disclosed her union to Oladunni Churchill was all a sham full of lies, deceit and above all cheating. According to her, she contacted…

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The kidnappers of German archaeologist, Professor Peter Breunig, and his associate, Johannes Buringer have demanded N60 million as ransom. The two men were kidnapped in Jenjela village in the Kagarko Local Government of Kaduna State on Wednesday, February 22. A spokesman for the abductors is said to have made the demand and warned against the involvement of security agents, according to Punch. Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood earlier revealed that the professor didn’t go along with his security detail to the site where he was kidnapped. “Though the German archaeologists have police officers attached to them for their protection…

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Sources in London have confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is alive but very ill and may not come back to Nigeria anytime soon. A source told Guardian that President Buhari attended prayers at a mosque in London last Friday. “The man is alive, but not okay. He is very ill. He is probably not going home soon,” the source said. “He went for prayers on Friday. I saw about four cars leaving Abuja House. Maybe that was him. “For Buhari to have attended the mosque indicates that he is not dead and that though he may be sick, he is…

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has revealed that the German Archaeologist, Prof. Peter Breunij, who was kidnapped in Kaduna was given police escorts to protect him and his team. Reports say Breunij and his colleague, Johannes Buringer were kidnapped on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at an excavation site in Jenjela village, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Idris, in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said the foreigners did not go to the site with their police escorts, Vanguard reports. The IGP also said that six special police units have been…

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The Federal Government has reportedly sacked all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The removal of the officials is said to be with immediate effect. According to The Nation, the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Friday, February 24. Sirika was said to have directed the affected officials to immediately hand over to those next in command in their various directorates. The report said General Manager, Public Affairs, of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye confirmed the development. “It is true that all the directors have been disengaged, but I don’t have details of their…

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The Lagos Council Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Deji Elumoye, on Friday said that the lives of additional 50 journalists would be insured in April. Elumoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that due to financial constraints the council could only insure 50 this year as against the 250 insured in 2016. “From April we will be insuring the lives of additional 50 to what we did last year.” “If we have more money, we would have done 500. It is an annual thing.” “It is every other year we pay premium on…

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Embattled former national security adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki has said he is not ready for the commencement of his trial. In a fresh application filed before an Abuja High Court by Dasuki’s lawyer, Ahmed Raji, on Thursday, February 23, he said his client has a pending application for consolidation before the court. “It will amount to a waste of time if the issue of the application is not resolved because it has a connection with the sister case,” he said But the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), described the move as a delay tactic, lamenting the unnecessary stalling of the…

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Jurgen Klopp says it was a “strange decision” for Leicester City to sack Claudio Ranieri — comparing it to other major world events in recent months — though he is not expecting anything different when his Liverpool side face them on Monday. Ranieri was dismissed by Leicester on Thursday night, just nine months after guiding the club to their first Premier League title win. Liverpool travel to the King Power Stadium on Monday, with assistant manager Craig Shakespeare and first-team coach Mike Stowell taking charge of Leicester until a new manager is appointed. “I heard about it yesterday night,” Klopp…

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The Blues have also enjoyed a nice break, though they beat Wolves 2-0 in the FA Cup and will face United in a huge draw. The focus now is on the Swans, and extending their lead at the top. The firepower on offer should be far too much for a team battling relegation and Antonio Conte’s men could have an easy afternoon. It would be typical if rumoured Chelsea transfer target Fernando Llorente was to score on Saturday, and given Chelsea’s vulnerability in the air it might even be likely. Overloading the wings could be Swansea’s best chance of defeating…

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One year ago, Marcus Rashford was an unknown teenager, focusing as much on his end-of-year exams at Ashton-on-Mersey School as the day-to-day grind of earning a place in Manchester United’s Under-21 team. Then 18, the Manchester-born forward was so far down the pecking order at Old Trafford that he had reporters and supporters alike searching the internet for information when, after Anthony Martial suffered an injury during the prematch warm-up, Rashford was named in the starting XI for the Europa League tie against FC Midtjylland at Old Trafford on Feb. 25. Ninety minutes later, he walked off the pitch having…

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Jose Mourinho has delivered a staunch show of support for Claudio Ranieri by claiming that the “selfishness of others” led to his sacking as Leicester City manager. Ranieri, who guided Leicester to the Premier League title last season, was dismissed on Thursday, less than 24 hours after a 2-1 Champions League defeat against Sevilla in Spain. Reports of player unrest have since emerged, with claims that Ranieri was sacked after the club owners met senior squad members in the wake of the defeat against the reigning Europa League champions. Mourinho wore a specially-printed shirt at his weekly news conference at…

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Claudio Ranieri has spoken out following Leicester City’s decision to sack him on Thursday, saying: “Yesterday my dream died.” Leicester made the move to dismiss Ranieri just nine months after he guided the club to their first Premier League title win. The English champions are battling against relegation this term, sitting one place and one point above the drop zone, and decided a change was needed to give the team the best possible chance of survival. “Yesterday my dream died,” Ranieri said in a statement. “After the euphoria of last season and being crowned Premier League champions all I dreamt…

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