Not for the first time, Adele and Beyonce will be going head to head to compete for the three biggest categories: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Beyonce may be the queen of the universe, but Adele is a rightful contender for that title. In 2009, Adele was a newcomer who won the Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Performance. She won the latter at the expense of Queen Bey. Three years later, Adele took the Grammys by storm with her album 21. 21 topped the charts owing to Adele’s soulful voice…
Author: David Folami
Queen Bee is the ruler of the Grammys and this year doesn’t seem to be any different. Her track Formation has been judged as the Best Music Video at the ongoing Grammy Awards. While the live show is set to start in two and a half hours, some categories have had their winners announced at the pre-show. The song has courted controversy for its political tone and has been the theme of Beyonce’s 2016 tour. She’s also nominated in eight other categories including Record of The Year, Song of The Year and Album of The Year.
Wizkid could finally earn his first ever Grammy award tonight, February 12, 2017. The Nigerian singer is nominated in the Album of the Year as a featured artiste and producer on Drake’s fourth studio album, Views. Views was named Spotify’s most streamed album of 2016, and his hit ‘One Dance’, which features the Nigerian superstar and Filipino R&B singer, Kyla, was named the most streamed track of 2016. The album is nominated with Adele‘s 25, Justin Bieber‘s Purpose, Sturgill Simpson‘s A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, and Beyonce‘s Lemonade. British comedy star, James Corden will be hosting the 59th annual Grammy…
Guess what we came across in our archives today? This adorable photo of Korede Bello at Nigeria’s Next Super Model 2011 edition. If our numbers are right the ‘Do like that’ singer’s age should be around 14 at that time! A closer look at this shot shows Korede Bello with beards! I mean who sprouts beards at the age of 14? Not saying it’s not possible but it just means Korede must have had a super fast growth spurt. We’re not insinuating anything… We also understand that when you have teenagers as your audience you tend to do something to…
“Osinachi’ star Humblesmith shared this photo of himself and we are in love all over again. Sitted atop a leather throne, Humblesmith looks undeniably like a prince or even King in the magnificent shot taken by TY Bello. Way to go Humblesmith! Way to go!
The Big Brother Naija third Live Nomination show is on and CoCoIce has become the third housemate to leave the reality series. She was up for eviction alongside Debie-Rise and Gifty who were granted one more week in the house. Cocoice was nominated by Gifty. Only last night, CoCoIce pulled an epic stunt, breastfeeding Bassey during a game of truth or dare. Check out a recap of how they voted below; 1. Bally: Miyonse and Soma 2. Bisola: Miyonse and Gifty. 3. Kemen: Miyonse and Soma 4. TBoss: Miyonse and Gifty. 5. TTT:Gifty and Miyonse. 6. Uriel: Bisola and TBoss.…
After each round of Premier League fixtures, We bring you its Team of the Weekend. Our panel of experts carefully selects 11 star performers along with a manager. Defender: Alfie Mawson played his part as Swansea bagged a clean sheet in a vital win over champions — and fellow strugglers — Leicester, but it’s his work at the other end that secured his place in our team. You’ll struggle to see a more sweetly-struck goal all weekend than the one Mawson volleyed in to fire his side in front at the Liberty Stadium. A thing of beauty that our third…
Claudio Ranieri believes he may have been too loyal to his misfiring Premier League champions and suggested he is ready to ditch some of his struggling stars after watching Leicester fall deeper into relegation trouble with a 2-0 defeat at Swansea. The Foxes suffered a fifth consecutive loss as goals from Alfie Mawson and Martin Olsson saw the Swans boost their own survival hopes at the Liberty Stadium. The result sees Leicester slip one place above the bottom three and increased the chances of them becoming the first defending champions to be relegated since 1938, while they are the first…
After six weeks of being lost in the wilderness, Liverpool have turned up safe and sound. But what a strange time to emerge. You would think that home games against Swansea, Southampton or Wolves would be perfect for manager Jurgen Klopp’s weary troops to rediscover their touch, but no. Instead, the victims were title-chasing, defensively formidable Tottenham. It’s probably too late for Liverpool to reignite a title challenge, but it certainly makes the top-four battle interesting. The Reds are going whoosh again; can they keep it up?
Burnley boss Sean Dyche was delighted with his side’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea and said he had no problem with Antonio Conte’s comments on his side. Chelsea took an early lead at Turf Moor through Pedro, but Burnley hit back through a Robbie Brady free kick and the Premier League leaders did not register any further attempts on target. After the match, Conte was asked about Burnley’s impressive home record and said: “The pitch is small and this is better for the team that has to defend and play this long ball. “You have less pitch to cover and then…
Antonio Conte insists he is too experienced to be drawn into a war of words with Jose Mourinho after the Manchester United manager accused Chelsea of winning matches with defensive football. Mourinho delivered a back-handed compliment to his former club after United’s 2-0 win over Watford on Saturday, claiming that Chelsea will go on to win the Premier League title because they are “a very good defensive team” who have succeeded with “counter-attack goals and set-piece goals.” But after watching his Chelsea team held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday, Conte was in no mood…
Champions Leicester City fell deeper into the Premier League relegation mire as fellow strugglers Swansea took another stride towards survival with a 2-0 win at the Liberty Stadium. First-half goals from defenders Alfie Mawson and Martin Olsson made it four wins in six league games for the Welsh club and five defeats in a row for Leicester. At the end of a week when the Leicester hierarchy had publicly backed manager Claudio Ranieri, this was not what the Italian needed as the threat of his side becoming the first English champions to be relegated in the following season since 1938.…
Atletico Madrid scored two goals in the last four minutes to snatch a thrilling 3-2 victory against Celta Vigo. Gustavo Cabral gave the visitors the lead after five minutes before Fernando Torres got his side back into the game with a stunning overhead kick. John Guidetti then put Celta Vigo ahead, but Yannick Carrasco’s fantastic volley hauled the hosts level in the 86th minute before Antoine Griezmann netted the winner from close range two minutes later to take Atletico back into the top four.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, says that President Muhammadu Buhari is the ‘strongest brand’ the country currently has to improve on its credibility. Onyeama made this known when he addressed newsmen in Eke, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Thursday, February 9, 2017. According to him, the credibility of the nation has relatively improved since the inception of Buhari’s administration. He, however, said that the improvement was basically because of the reputation of the president. The minister said that the international community had high regards for the president whose anti-corruption posture had made impressions on…
Say what? Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa might be looking to get back together following the PDA they shared at prfe-Grammy gala they attended together on Saturday, February 11, 2017. This comes shortly after the model called it quits with her dancer boyfriend of five months, Val Chmerkovskiy. Rose and Wiz who share 4-year-old Sebastian, were pictured with lips locked at the gala they attended together last night. It would come as no surprise for the pair to be reunited less than a year after their divorce was finalized. Rose has always referred to Khalifa as the love of her…
The women will hold a national prayer summit for quick recovery of the President Muhammadu Buhari. APC Deputy National Women leader Tina Ekwueme-Adike, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri on Friday, said they were worried by speculation over the heath of President Buhari, She said that the Prayer Summit would be organised by the office of the APC deputy national women leader at Enugu and to be attended by mainly APC women from the entire Southern zone. She said that the prayer which would be non-denominational cuts across all political parties. “The prayer is specifically meant to implore God…
Jerry Gana, a Nigerian scholar and politician has said Peoples Democratic Party is stronger than before with the current unity and reconciliatory moves by leaders of the PDP. The ex-Minister for Information made this known in a recent visit to Accord party’s leader, Senator Rasheed Ladoja. He said: “All democrats have united. By saying we have crisis, you are kind of overstating the reality. 95 per cent of PDP leaders and members are together. All our governors, senators, House of Representatives members are together. Even in the non-PDP controlled states, 95 per cent of us are together. It is only…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, Dr Amadu Attai, has said that the state Executive Council was intact and there was no crisis in the party. Attai gave the assurance on Friday in Uyo at a press conference on state of affairs of the state executive council of the party. He said that the party had on Jan. 23, 2017, expelled Sen. John Akpanudoedeghe, a former governorship aspirant of the party in the 2015 general election. According to him, the expulsion is contained in a letter addressed to the APC National Vice Zonal Chairman South…
They are a good team, Tottenham, but just don’t mention those away games against their rivals. On a night when Sadio Mane showed everyone just what Liverpool missed during his five-week absence while on African Nations Cup duty with Senegal — scoring two goals in two minutes to secure a 2-0 victory over Spurs — Mauricio Pochettino’s team failed to turn up for the party once again. Tottenham are formidable at White Hart Lane and can be pretty unyielding on their travels against the lesser teams, but with Chelsea preparing to move 12 points clear at the top of the…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants to lift more trophies before his first season at Manchester United is out. Ibrahimovic, 35, arrived to much fanfare in the summer and has lived up to the hype, having already become the first United player to score 20 goals in a season since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. There will be plenty of opportunities to add to that tally as United are fighting on four fronts, with the EFL Cup final against Southampton awaiting after matches in the FA Cup and Europa League. Chelsea’s form means the Premier League title is likely beyond reach, but Ibrahimovic is…