Jose Mourinho is ready to restore Wayne Rooney to his Manchester United squad for Sunday’s EFL Cup final against Southampton, if the 31-year-old is able to prove his fitness before departing for London on Saturday, sources have told said. Rooney was omitted from the travelling squad for United’s Europa League clash against St Etienne in France this week after only returning to training the day before Wednesday’s 1-0 victory at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. But sources have told ESPN FC that Mourinho is keen to have Rooney in his 18-man squad at Wembley, both because of his attacking qualities and as a…
Author: David Folami
When Liverpool take on Leicester City next Monday, Jurgen Klopp might be paying closer attention than usual to some of the opposing players. Claudio Ranieri’s men are in real danger of being relegated just 12 months after their improbable title-winning season. It’s quite remarkable, really; they were fighting relegation two years ago, and they are fighting relegation now, yet they won the league in between. It’s almost impossible to comprehend how that can happen, especially as they’ve had more or less the same core of players the entire time. Whenever a team is relegated, Premier League clubs will circle like…
Manchester United may have a reputation for being awarded penalties, but their run without one is currently the longest in the Premier League. It was against Southampton on Aug. 19 when United last attempted a penalty — a span of 23 league games. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in the 52nd minute of that 2-0 win at Old Trafford, putting the ball past Fraser Forster and into the bottom left corner. That run is not only the longest in the Premier League but also the longest in England’s top four divisions after Huddersfield Town and Wigan Athletic were awarded penalties on Tuesday,…
Kel grew up in Satellite Town in Lagos. Rapping started as a hobby but it later became her passion. She started rapping in 2002. She shot into limelight in 2008 when she released her video ‘Wa Wa Alright.’ In 2009 she released her debut album The Investment.
Day 31 of the Big Brother Naija show was more about Mr Ibu’s surprise visit to the housemates (the video can be watched below). In case you missed some of the interesting moments of Wednesday, February 22, 2017, check out five things that happened on show. Mr Ibu is the latest Celebrity to pay the housemates a surprise visit. His entrance was met with screams and leaps of joy as the housemates ushered the actor into the house. Mr Ibu was given a quick tour of the house before he settled down in to lounge where he advised the housemates…
The latest set of people to call for the ban of Big Brother Naija is an NGO called CitizenGO. In a petition, the Non governmental organization appealed to the National Broadcasting Commission to ban the reality TV show. According to them, Big Brother Naija is a celebration of obscenity, eroticism and idleness. Read the content of their petition below; “Big Brother Nigeria is a corruption of TV Reality shows. The Nigerian public is complaining about the moral perversity in the House of the Big Brother Nigeria. In one episode last two weeks or so, the inmates were shown openly kissing…
Hollywood actor, George Clooney has spoken for the first time about expecting twins with his wife, Amal Clooney. This is coming two weeks after news broke that the movie veteran was expecting twins with his human rights lawyer wife. During an interview on French programme Rencontres de Cinema, on Sunday, February 19, Clooney said, ‘We are really happy and really excited. It’s going to be an adventure, We’ve embraced it with arms wide open.’ The couple are expecting their twins, believed to be a boy and a girl, in June and George Clooney said his friends have been very ‘supportive’…
Korede Bello has upped his buzz with a new collaboration with American singer, Kelly Rowland on the ‘Do Like That’ remix ahead of his March 11 album release. It’s fun to know that the chemistry both shared on this studio work was real, unlike his that with Asa. ‘You really want, you really want, can you handle handle it,’ the former Destiny’s Child’s member solicited as she made her entrance on the song produced by Altims. Korede Bello has become the first to land an international collaboration amongst his industry colleagues, including Kiss Daniel, Lil Kesh and Adekunle Gold. The…
It’s now two years and five months since Wizkid’s award-winning song, ‘Ojuelegba’, changed his life and career. ‘I knew it was a good song, but I didn’t expect it to blow up the way that it did,’ he told The FADER Magazine. ‘Ojuelegba’ is off the Nigerian pop singer’s self-titled second studio album, ‘Ayo’, released on September 17, 2014. Clarence Peters directed the visual of the song written by Wizkid and produced by Legendary Beatz. The video released on January 5, 2015 portrayed his grass to grace story from Surulere, Lagos and that was when it became a global hit.…
“Raheem Sterling will play good — I have confidence.” That was Pep Guardiola’s no-nonsense reply last July when asked about the forward shortly after seeing him in a match for the first time. Manchester City had just beaten Borussia Dortmund on penalties in a friendly in the sweltering Chinese city of Shenzhen with second-half substitute Sterling looking like a man desperately short of confidence. Almost inevitably, he had missed his spot kick after looking fragile and unsure throughout following his return to the City squad on the back of a painful European Championship in which Sterling was singled out for…
Eric Cantona returned to Manchester on Wednesday night to be greeted by over 1,000 adoring fans, the latest stop of his tour. Having forked out a small fortune to listen to their hero talk, there might have been some apprehension before the event, given the way it had been received in Bournemouth the night before. Why Bournemouth had been chosen as a location is unknown, but what was billed as “An Evening with Eric Cantona” reportedly became 45 minutes with the former striker, sandwiched between a comedy support act and an auction. Event organisers ironed out the creases and changed…
A last-minute header from Isaac Kiese Thelin squeezed Anderlecht into the Europa League last 16 on away goals on Thursday where the Belgian side were joined by Ajax and Roma. Anderlecht’s hopes of progressing against Zenit St Petersburg appeared over after the Russians overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit to lead 3-2 with seconds remaining. But Kiese Thelin’s decisive intervention earned Anderlecht an unlikely ticket to the last 16 to keep alive their dream of a first continental honour since their 1983 UEFA Cup triumph. It was the 24-year-old Swedish international’s first goal for the club he joined last month…
A perfectly-orchestrated 2-0 win over depleted Porto has put Juventus on the cusp of the Champions League quarter-finals, and underlined Massimiliano Allegri’s credentials amid rumours of an eventual move England’s Premier League. Croatia starlet Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves came off the bench to strike late and ease the beaten 2015 finalists to victory over the Portuguese, who had been reduced to 10 men following Alex Telles’ 27th minute expulsion. While brushing off the plaudits for making the changes that produced late goals, Allegri has been credited with another masterstroke — excluding key defender Leonardo Bonucci in the days before…
Winning by a single goal away to Saint Etienne in the Europa League may not seem a significant milestone for a team of Manchester United’s stature but manager Jose Mourinho knew otherwise. United are desperate to recapture the glory days of past when under Alex Ferguson they dominated the Premier League, winning 13 titles in 21 years. Since the great Scot’s departure, United have failed to even qualify for the Champions League in two of three seasons, with a best league finish of fourth place. Last season under Louis van Gaal they did at least claim a trophy — the…
A last-minute header from Isaac Kiese Thelin squeezed Anderlecht into the Europa League last 16 on away goals on Thursday where the Belgian side were joined by Ajax and Roma. Anderlecht’s hopes of progressing against Zenit St Petersburg appeared over after the Russians overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit to lead 3-2 with seconds remaining. But Kiese Thelin’s decisive intervention earned Anderlecht an unlikely ticket to the last 16 to keep alive their dream of a first continental honour since their 1983 UEFA Cup triumph. It was the 24-year-old Swedish international’s first goal for the club he joined last month…
Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode says that God is against President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode also said that it’s time for Buhari and his party, APC. The ex-minister made the comments via a post on Facebook. Read it below: Buhari was military Head of State for only 20 months (31st Dec 1983 – 27th August 1985) after which he was overthrown. 30 years later in 2015 he was “elected” civilian President. Again he ruled for another 20 months (29th May 2015 – 19th January 2017) fell gravely ill and went to the United Kingdom on indefinite medical leave. Is God not…
A pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) reportedly exploded on Wednesday, February 22. According to a statement issued by the company, the cause of the explosion has not been determined. The company said no casualty was recorded in the explosion which occurred in Rivers State. The statement said: “An explosion occurred in the afternoon of Wednesday, 22nd February 2017 on a section of the Right of Way housing two gas transmission pipelines, one of which belongs to Nigeria LNG, about 3 kilometres from Rumuji in Rivers State. “The underlying cause of the incident is still to be…
Fire outbreak destroyed 12 classrooms at the Army Day Secondary School in Bukabu barrack on Katsina Road in Kano metropolis on Wednesday night. An eye witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday that the incident happened around 8:30pm on Wednesday. According to the witness, the fire also partially affected the principal’s office and two other offices in the school. It was gathered that even though no life was lost during the inferno, but a number of textbooks and exercise books were also lost to the inferno. The Director of the State’s Fire Service, Mr Mustapha…
A Code of Conduct Bureau official, Mr Samuel Madojemu, has revealed alleged suspicious lodgment Senate President Bukola Saraki made while he was Kwara State governor. Madojemu, who is the Head, Intelligence Unit of the CCB, told the Bureau that on August 12, 2007, Saraki made cash lodgment of N77m in his account. He said as of the time the money was lodged into Saraki’s account, his monthly salary as governor was N254,412.25. Madojemu disclosed this on Thursday, February 23, while testifying as the third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The Senate…
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo is currently in Lagos State on a surprise visit. Osinbajo is inspecting facilities at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, according to his spokesman, Laolu Akande. “Ag President Osinbajo now on a surprise visit to Murtala Int’l Airport days after approving 60-day reform plan to ease biz in the country,” Akande said via Twitter. “Ag President Osinbajo at Lagos Int’l airport checking out toilets, carousels, immigration, toilets in the airport- to see things for himself,” he added. Osinbajo’s Lagos visit comes just one day after he withdrew assent to four bills passed by the National Assembly. The…