Freely flowing alcohol and the acoustics of U2 are part of Tottenham Hotspur’s plans to learn from rivals Arsenal and West Ham by ensuring the atmosphere at their new stadium is the best in the Premier League. On Friday, the club unveiled a number of new “premium experiences” planned for the stadium, and they have stressed the importance of atmosphere to the stadium’s architects, London firm Populous. Arsenal fans have complained that Emirates Stadium, opened in 2006, is too quiet and sanitised, while a struggle to generate atmosphere has been among West Ham’s many teething problems at the London Stadium.…
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has said he could leave Borussia Dortmund this summer but suggested he may not join his dream club Real Madrid. Aubameyang, who has also been linked with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, told new German daily Fussball Bild it is “100 percent” certain he will remain at Dortmund until the summer but could not promise he would still be at the Westfalenstadion next season. “Nobody can foresee the future,” the 27-year-old said. “I love it at Dortmund, but I can’t say that I’ll stay for two more years, or five or 10. It’s possible that a club could…
Asier Illarramendi was furious Lionel Messi was not sent off as Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0 in the Copa del Rey on Thursday to end a 10-year wait for a win at Anoeta. Messi was booked in the first half for time wasting and Illarramendi felt he should then have seen a second yellow card for obstruction when he stopped him taking a quick free kick after the break. Messi has only been sent off once in his career for club and country on his debut for Argentina against Hungary in 2005. The Real Sociedad midfielder was also angry that…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is lying to Nigerians about the war against Boko Haram. Fayose also said that he wouldn’t join the government in being dishonest with Nigerians. He made the comments on Monday, January 16, while speaking to journalists in Ado Ekiti. “I do not want to be seen as an opposition figure, but a man who tells Nigerians the truth. You can place my predictions, comments and warnings side by side with happenings in the country and you would know I tell the truth and I do not mince words,”…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic was sensationally knocked out in the second round of the Australian Open by unheralded Uzbek Denis Istomin in a major shock on Thursday. The 117th-ranked Istomin ousted the six-time winner 7-6 (10/8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in 4hr 48min on Rod Laver Arena. It was the world number two’s earliest Grand Slam exit since Wimbledon 2008, when he was beaten by Marat Safin in the second round. It was also only Djokovic’s second loss to a player outside the top 100 in seven years, after his defeat to 145th-ranked Juan Martin del Potro at last…
Wizkid’s son with Binta Diamond Diallo, turned one today, January 16, 2017, and the Guinean model shared the cutest photos via her Instagram page to celebrate. The toddler looked adorable, perched on his mum’s leg with a crown on his head, at what seemed to be a Micky Mouse themed birthday party. Another cute shot shows him on a couch with a balloon showing his new age, beside him. The birth of the singer’s second son, Ayo Balogun Jr rocked social media in 2016 after Diallo made her pregnancy and delivery public knowledge. Although Wizkid is yet to publicly acknowledge…
She’s all grown up and off to College! Iyabo Ojo took to social media to celebrate her 15-year-old daughter, Priscilla, as she heads for University. The proud mother-of-two shared the good news alongside a lovely photo of herself and her daughter via her Instagram page on Monday, January 16, 2017, writing, “My angel is off to d university, am going to miss u like crazy, my jewel of inestimable value. woo, my babies are growing fast oo God Almighty! all Mercyful!! all powerful!! thank u! thank u!! thank u!!! am just too grateful!!!!” Although very excited, it is obvious that…
Tonto Dikeh’s husband, Oladunni Churchill has just revealed the face of her baby boy, Andre. The parents are currently celebrating his turning 11 months and the philanthropist took to Instagram to share this photo of himself and his little boy. He shared the photo above with the caption, “What ever plan the devil has for you won’t work, you shall excel and rule like the king that you are. I love you so much. #replica #thekingishere #kingandreaproperties.” This comes after reports that the marriage of the popular actress has crashed. According to popular blogger Linda Ikeji, Tonto Dikeh’s marriage is…
An Indian court on Wednesday, acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan in a case of keeping firearms illegally. The court in the western Indian state of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city held that the 51-year-old actor “not guilty’’ by giving him the “benefit of doubt.’’ It said that the prosecution had not been able to prove that he used firearms to kill endangered black bucks nearly two decades ago. During the course of the trial, Khan’s lawyer had argued that the actor only possessed air guns and there was no evidence that he had used guns to kill two black bucks, a protected…
The Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) on Wednesday said it was not just an opposition party but a government-in-waiting. Chairman of National Caretaker Committee of the party, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, stated this when he received syndicate reports of the Strategy Review Committee led by Prof. Jerry Gana in Abuja. He said that PDP would become the ruling party in 2019 if its members did the right thing. “It is in the interest of Nigerians that opposition exists and is strong. “Nigerians will not expect opposition that behaves in unruly manner; one that will be there to talk down on government all…
A Peoples Democratic Party Senator, Effiong Akpan Nelson has dumped the opposition party and his statesman, Senator Godswill Akpabio. According to a report by Leadership Newspaper, Nelson, who was elected on the platform of PDP from Akwa Ibom state, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Nelson announced his change of political party on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, January 19, 2017. This is coming days after the Ahmed Lawan emerged Senate Leader and minority leader, Akpabio stressed he doesn’t run the senate. There are covert pressures on Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to defect from…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has emerged the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. His emergence is coming as the outgoing chairman of the forum, Olusegun Mimiko ends his tenure as the governor of Ondo State. Fayose’s emergence as the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum was announced by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Serake Dickson in Abuja, on Thursday night, January 19, 2017. Already, the new job given to Gov Fayose has been endorsed by the National Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman Board of…
Arjen Robben is demanding a show of strength when Bayern Munich resume their hunt for a fifth straight title at Freiburg on Friday as the Bundesliga resumes after its winter break. The German league is back after a four-week rest with Bayern three points clear of nearest rivals RB Leipzig, who briefly kept the Bavarians off top spot for three weeks until early December. Bayern defeated 10-man Leipzig 3-0 in Munich when the sides met just before Christmas, but now Robben wants another display of strength at Freiburg’s Schwarzwald Stadion, a notoriously hard place to get a win. Mid-table Freiburg…
Temperatures are forecast to plummet, but Carlo Ancelotti wants his Bayern Munich to turn up the heat at icy Freiburg on Friday when the Bundesliga resumes after the winter break. Temperatures are set to dip as low as minus nine degrees Celsius (15.8 Fahrenheit) for kick-off at Freiburg’s Schwarzwald Stadium when the German league resumes after the four-week break. Bayern lost on their last appearance at Freiburg, who stunned the visitors’ then-coach Pep Guardiola with a 2-1 win in May 2015 and Ancelotti wants no repeat. Back then, Bayern had already won the league and Freiburg were fighting to avoid…
Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho says he cannot describe the feeling of scoring in the Manchester derby. With Manchester City first choice striker Sergio Aguero, Iheanacho started the derby against Manchester United and scored. The 20-year-old described that day as a dream come true for him to start and score in the derby. “It took me some time to prove myself to get into the first-team squad, but everything I have been through, all the difficult times, have been worth it,” Iheanacho wrote in the Players’ Tribune. “In September, I achieved something that every boy dreams about. I walked out onto…
Movie star Matt Damon said Wednesday he was grudgingly rooting for Donald Trump to make a success of his presidency, despite Hollywood’s opposition to the Republican billionaire. “I would like to see him be successful, I really would,” Damon told CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Swiss ski resort where movers and shakers from the political and business worlds are holed up this week. “Obviously it’s no secret that I didn’t vote for him,” said the 46-year-old star of the “Jason Bourne” spy series. But he added: “I wish him well, and we all must. A successful…
Chrissy Teigen may have grown in popularity since she shared a candid photo of her post-baby stretch marks. The model is being hailed for being real, even though we all know that as one of her strongest points. Besides flashing body parts, of course. The mother-of-one shared the candid snap via Twitter, and had fans and others, complementing, even thanking her for tearing down the unrealistic expectations of the society, for women. One fan tweeted at her saying: “You’re real as f**k. thanks for reminding everyone that not everyone is 100% flawless (even tho you are and stuff).” Another fan…
No Chill! Twitter users have not taken too lightly to Funmi Iyanda’s latest tweet on marriage. The TV personality bared her opinion on marriage as it pertains to her person but her stand seems like a bitter pill to swallow for Nigerians who are pro marriage, happiness or not. Iyanda noted that she has never wanted to be married but for those who wish it for themselves, she is very much in support. The 45-year-old tweeted, “I have never wanted to be married. I like it for others who like it for themselves, but as for me, Ms Funmi Iyanda,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has blamed Governor Ayo Fayose for the death of Tope Afolayan, a civil servant who committed suicide due to non-payment of his salary. The Ekiti APC also accused Fayose of greed and insincerity in a statement released by spokesman, Taiwo Olatunbosun. The statement reads in part: “Fayose was owing one month salary when he collected the first bailout of N9.6b, which he diverted to other purposes known only to himself and refused to use it for salaries, pensions, gratuity and severance allowances as approved by the Federal Government.” “The last bailout of…
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Segun Oni, has said that no political party can be bigger than the APC. Oni said the speculated ‘mega party’ being planned by some politicians to sack the APC in 2019 is dead on arrival. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, January 18, the former Ekiti State governor stressed that the ruling party is committed and determined to transform the country. Oni, however, admitted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could bounce back, but insisted the APC is the only party that can turn Nigeria around. He said: “We have…