Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho made a successful start to his spell as Sergio Aguero’s stand-in by earning his team a 1-1 Champions League draw with Celtic on Tuesday. Aguero’s four-game domestic ban for getting sent off in Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Chelsea means Iheanacho can look forward to a run of games in manager Pep Guardiola’s first XI. The 20-year-old Nigeria striker took his chance at the Etihad Stadium with an eighth-minute goal that cancelled out Celtic’s opener, ironically scored by 19-year-old City loanee Patrick Roberts. “There is no pressure on Kelechi Iheanacho. He just has to do his…
Author: David Folami
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists the European champions aren’t prepared to settle for second place behind Borussia Dortmund in Champions League Group F despite the potential for an easier last 16 tie. Madrid need to beat the German giants at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday to secure top spot and the second leg of their last 16 clash at home. However, given Real can’t face Barcelona or Atletico Madrid even if they do finish second, as clubs from the same country are kept apart, winning the group could prove more dangerous with Bayern Munich or Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City…
Spanish base sports news platform Mundo Deportivo is reporting that Cristiano Ronaldo will win the 2016 Ballon d’Or. Ronaldo leads the Ballon d’Or shortlist of 30 players including players like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann. Almost a week away from the day the winner will be announced, Mundo Deportivo reports that the Real Madrid star will win the 2016 Ballon d’Or. According to the report, the announcement will be made at 7pm next Monday (8pm, CET) which will be followed by an exclusive interview of Ronaldo by France Football, organisers of the Ballon d’Or. The interview will be…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists his side are on the right track despite a disciplinary crisis that includes a ban for star striker Sergio Aguero. City have collected six red cards this season, including two on Saturday when Aguero and Fernandinho were sent off towards the end of a 3-1 Premier League defeat against Chelsea. Aguero has received a four-match ban after being dismissed for a wild late challenge on David Luiz, having already served a three-game suspension this season for elbowing West Ham’s Winston Reid. To make matters worse for City, Fernandinho has been banned for three games…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the Federal Government’s upward review on deduction on workers’ salaries. Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, NLC General Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Tuesday, that the increased deduction was unacceptable. He said “We got complaints from a number of workers about the pay that they got last month, being a fall compared to what they use to get. “We have tried to make enquires as to how this has come about, and we heard that there has being upward revisions in the number of deduction that has been taking…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal assured the international community that the end of Boko Haram terrorists was in sight. The President gave the assurance at the meeting of a Panel of Heads of States at the 3rd Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja, the President also assured the international community that the security situation in Nigeria had improved significantly. President Buhari noted with delight the increased cooperation between Nigeria and its neighbours in the…
The Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose has promised to pay N5,000 to 10,000 widows monthly as part of the state’s social security scheme. Fayose said this while presenting the 2017 budget, which he tagged: Budget of Higher Height, to the state House of Assembly. The Governor also revealed that the state could not achieve more than 89% of its budget projections because of the economic hardship in the country. He said “Our Social Security Scheme will receive additional boost with provision for widows and women empowerment.” Fayose said ”The performance of the budget is a reflection of the state of…
The European Union (EU) has pledged 20 million dollars to support the Federal Government to rebuild mainly markets and warehouses in the North-East and Niger Delta regions. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Michael Arrion, who gave the pledge during a visit to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Tuesday in Abuja, said the funds would be offered to the two regions in form of budget support. “Sometime ago, we talked about budget support but we will be able to do that only at the state level, using a special instrument meant for countries emerging from war. “We…
The African Bar Association( AFBA) has expressed its support to the ongoing fight against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the AFBA support was expressed at a News conference in Sokoto on Tuesday after the Association’s Executive Council Meeting. Its President, Mr Hannibal Uwaifo, said that corruption and impunity were the bane of development in Africa. He added that “AFBA also supports any government that governs its people well and respects their needs. ” We also support any government that is Pan-African and we concern ourselves with the rights of women, children and…
President Muhammadu Buhari says the present administration is on the right track to improve the image of the country by entrenching accountability and probity in governance. The President said this in Dakar, Senegal, while speaking at a meeting with a group of Nigerians in the Diaspora, on the sidelines of the 3rd Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu on Tuesday, Buhari, however, called on the Nigerian elite to stop insisting that things should be done the ‘old way’, which impoverished the nation.…
The 59th Annual Grammys Awards will be presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 12, 2017 Beyoncé lead with nine nominations, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West, who each got eight, and Chance The Rapper with seven.
The Instagram girls are at it again but it is Gigi Hadid who takes the crown this time around. The 21-year-old model was named the 2016 International Model of the Year at the Fashion Awards which held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She beat younger sister Bella and BFF Kendall Jenner to the prestigious award, presented to her by Donatella Versace, chief designer of the Versace group. Accordingly, Gigi graced the event in a custom made silver Versace dress and trouser combo. The other nominees for the award were the Dominican Republic model and face of Prada; Lineisy…
Nigerian pop star, Wizkid has received his first ever Grammy awards nomination. Most people expected Wizkid to get several nominations for ‘One Dance’, but his ONLY selection is for featuring on Drake’s rap album, Views. Drake’s multi-platinum album is nominated for Album of the Year. The category also include Adele‘s 25, Justin Bieber‘s Purpose, Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, and Beyonce‘s Lemonade. Wizkid is credited as a featured artiste and producer on Drake’s hit single ‘One Dance’. Views was named Spotify’s most streamed album of 2016, and his hit ‘One Dance’, which features the Nigerian superstar and Filipino…
A female fan of American R&B singer, R Kelly took her admiration of the artiste to an extreme level when she grabbed his penis during a live performance. In a video obtained via YouTube, the Pied Piper as he is also known, was seen singing some verses while the lady rubbed different parts of his body with a towel. It was during the course of this that she squeezed the singer’s manhood which left him in total shock and at the same time thrilled the concert goers who gave a loud scream of excitement. R Kelly actually had it coming…
Nigerian singer, Davido, is currently touring the city of London. But he misses that cute smile, baby language and laughter. Davido misses his little girl, Imade, and he’s not ashamed to say it. He shared a photo of himself performing with the caption, “The only person missing was IMADE.” He also took to SnapChat today, December 6, 2016, with the inscription: “I miss my daughter so much!” Just recently, the singer was captured dressing up his little girl who laid innocently on a bed. In the latter part of the video, the Sony Music Entertainment artiste was seen feeding her,…
Five Star music artiste Kcee wants you to see his super powers. The ‘Standby you’ singer hit his in-house gym over the weekend, showing off his workout regime. Popular crooner, Kcee in a recent interview with Ife Salako of Naija FM, has revealed he sponsored his brother, E-Money’s wedding. According to him, E-Money is his younger brother but he started making money before him and footed their house rent and E-Money’s wedding. Kcee recently revealed that following his breakup from KC Presh, he set up a furniture business because music wasn’t paying. According to him, his brother, E-Money gave him…
Jurgen Klopp has taken Liverpool to Barcelona for warm-weather training and to watch Luis Enrique’s side in the Champions League, a source has said. The Liverpool squad flew to Catalonia immediately after the dramatic 4-3 defeat at Bournemouth on Sunday. The source added that Klopp’s players had a recovery session in the Spanish city on Monday and trained again on Tuesday morning. They will then head to the Camp Nou to watch Barcelona’s Champions League tie with Borussia Monchengladbach. The source said defender Joel Matip was training with the team in Barcelona after missing the Bournemouth game with an ankle…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has taken the blame for his slow start at Manchester United, saying that the problem was him and not the club’s manager Jose Mourinho. The attacking midfielder, who was signed from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, started against Manchester City in the Premier League on Sept. 10 and then did not play again for nearly two months, returning on Nov. 3 against Fenerbahce in the Europa League. The Armenian admitted he had a “bad game” against City, but feels he did a “great job” to get back into the side. “There was no bad relation with him [Mourinho],…
Arda Turan scored a second-half hat-trick as Barcelona took out their domestic frustrations on Borussia Monchengladbach with a 4-0 mauling at the Nou Camp. Turan made the most of his recall to a much-changed XI by setting up Lionel Messi for Barca’s opener before then taking centre-stage himself with a 17-minute treble after the break. Only fine goalkeeping from Yann Sommer kept already-qualified Barca from recording an even more emphatic victory as the 2015 winners completed their Champions League group stage in style. For Monchengladbach, the result meant little in terms of their standing in Group C as they were…
Arsenal finished in first place in Champions League Group A after beating Basel 4-1, while Paris Saint-Germain settled for a surprise home draw to close out the group stage on Tuesday. Lucas Perez recorded a hat trick inside 47 minutes before Alex Owobi added a fourth to help the Gunners on their way to a dominant victory. Arsenal needed just eight minutes to open the scoring at St Jakob-Park, with Kieran Gibbs squaring the ball to Perez after being played in by Alexis Sanchez and the Spaniard then converting from close range at the far post. By the 16th minute…