Author: David Folami

If you’ve been keeping up with Kim Kardashian, then you must’ve noticed that she has retreated from the public eye in a big way since she was bound-gagged and robbed last week. In the wake of the attack in Paris, the reality star has cancelled her upcoming appearances and suspended production of her family’s E! show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, in addition to remaining silent on the social media front. According to TMZ, Kim is taking a full month off from her commitments – a move that could cost her upwards of $1m (about N314m). Speaking to People, celebrity…

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When it comes to Jhené Aiko and Big Sean, one question comes to mind – what are they really doing? Are they or aren’t they dating? Especially after Jhene filed for divorce from Dot da Genius in August. Well, now it looks like the songstress is practically confirming those relationship rumours, because she uploaded a smoochy snap with the rapper! On Monday, the gorgeous gal took to IG to post the precious picture, and named the ‘I Don’t F*ck With You’ artiste as her #ManCrushMonday by writing in the caption: ‘#mcm’ Meanwhile, Big Sean took to Snapchat to share his…

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Newly married Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Abdul-Rasheed Bello aka JJC, have started making public appearances as a couple, after keeping their relationship away from public glare for what seemed like eons. The couple who secretly got married in London in August stepped out together for Naija FM Comedy award show yesterday Sunday, October 9 at MUSON Centre, Lagos. Funke won two awards – Best Sitcom for her series Jenifa’s Diary and Best Actor In Comedy – and JJC was right there to cheer her on. Don’t you just love the Bellos!

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Olamide‘s YBNL 2.0 concert held on Sunday, October 9 at Hammersmith Apollo in London. Over 200 fans of the YBNL crew were denied entry to the arena were 5,000 concertgoers partied as the YBNL boss along with Adekunle Gold, Temmie Ovwasa, Viktoh and Lil Kesh took turns on stage. Security reportedly closed the doors due to overcrowding, which left hundreds of their fans outside. ‘Like to Party’ singer Burna Boy also had a sold out show when he performed for the first time in UK at the same venue two weeks ago. A similar issue occurred in Nigeria recently during…

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Veteran actor, Pete Edochie has submitted that the Igbo people of Nigeria no longer show a sense of pride about their language. Edochie, who is renowned for playing Okonkwo in the adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” novel disclosed this in an interview with Ugwumba Television. The actor thinks the low patronage of the Igbo language by its natives may lead to its extinction. “Igbos are no longer proudly speaking their language, if you ask somebody a question in Igbo they will reply with English and English don’t even suit their mouth. If we keep running away from our…

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Pete Edochie has made suggestions that the cases of Fulani herdsmen attacks in Igbo communities may bring grave consequences. The actor stated this in a proverbial way during an interview with Ugwumba Television. He said, “If an innocent child is respecting you whilst you flog him, he would retaliate when you force him to a tight corner.” “I say to you, man will die once and one day and defend himself with whatever weapon available to him. That is the way I will answer your question on killer herdsmen.” Though there have been various reports of violent attacks on communities…

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Nigerian singer Phyno was a year older on Sunday, October 9, 2016 and his friends threw him a surprise bash. The private party was well attended by celebrities including, Eva, Chidinma, Skuki, Timaya, Neato C, Psquare, Nedu, Olisa Adibua and others. The ‘Fada fada’ singer recently dropped a song titled ‘Pino pino’. The new jam is a mellow love tune which still boasts true indigenous flavours in the song and production. The Highlife tune was produced by Benjamz for Penthauze.

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Over the weekend it was widely reported that former beauty queen, Dabota Lawson welcomed a baby girl in Texas, USA. Popular blogger, Stella Dimokokorkus reported that Dabota welcomed her bundle of joy on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Now, the entrepreneur has confirmed the news herself with a throwback when she was nine months pregnant. “Throwback, 37 weeks gone, 9months preggos,” she wrote alongside the photo on Snapchat. According to the reports, her mum is currently in Texas taking care of the baby. This news comes after it was rumoured that the former beauty queen was pregnant but keeping it under…

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Popular singer, Duncan Mighty, is speaking out strongly against child marriage. The ‘Obianuju’ crooner joins the growing list of celebrities such as Stephanie Linus and Omoni Oboli to speak out against atrocities done to the girl child. Duncan Mighty yesterday, October 10, 2016, took to Instagram to share a photo of a young girl married off to an older man. “Please my people, lend your voices to End child marriages. Many child brides develop fistula as a result of early pregnancy that subsequently will either kill them or render them disabled for life,” he wrote alongside it. Adding, “This little…

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If Jose Mourinho has changed tact, then this is nowhere more apparent than in his handling of Juan Mata. When the Portuguese arrived at Manchester United in the summer, many fans and critics assumed the Spanish playmaker would swiftly be on his way — that the former would simply displace the latter, as he had done in his second spell at Chelsea. Then, with Mata as the club’s two-time player of the year, Mourinho had behaved with a ruthlessness remarkable even by his own standards. Having decided that Mata was not defensively robust enough for the No.10 role, he quickly…

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is more arrogant than his Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho, according to Zenit St Petersburg coach Mircea Lucescu. Experienced boss Lucescu, 71, told Dolce Sport: “Mourinho is an amazing guy, but my way of understanding football is totally different because I have an offensive mentality. “All my teams have broken records for goals. Mourinho seems more arrogant than Guardiola but it is exactly the opposite. “Either way, both are great coaches.” City beat United 2-1 at Old Trafford in September, with Guardiola’s side currently top of the Premier League table, five points above rivals United.…

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It was, as Paul Pogba’s international captain Hugo Lloris all too happily put it, “the perfect response.” After dominating discussion in the buildup to France’s match away to the Netherlands — mostly because a poor performance against Bulgaria had led manager Didier Deschamps to state “he can and must to better” — the Manchester United man then went and dominated this match in Amsterdam. It was not just about Pogba’s 30th-minute long-range strike that eluded the fingertips of Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg and gave the French a 1-0 win. It was about how that goal merely crowned a generally commanding…

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Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro says that his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo will win this year’s Ballon d’Or, with his Brazil international colleague Neymar’s time yet to come. Ronaldo, 31, has been favourite to receive a fourth career Ballon d’Or since Madrid won the Champions League and Portugal won the Euro 2016. “I know [Neymar] since we were young,” Casemiro told radio show El Transistor. “He is a great player. What Cristiano Ronaldo has done in the last 10 years should be remembered for life. “Neymar has been there for three or four years. Ronaldo for 10 years. It is all still…

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Former England captain John Terry has called on fans to show more respect for “great player and man” Wayne Rooney when England face Slovenia on Tuesday. Interim England manager Gareth Southgate has dropped Rooney to the bench for the World Cup qualifier in Ljubljana. Southgate’s decision came after Rooney was booed by a section of the crowd during the 2-0 win over Malta at Wembley on Saturday, and the 30-year-old Manchester United captain later said he was going through a “difficult period.” But Chelsea defender Terry wrote on Instagram: “Wayne Rooney — England’s highest record goalscorer in the history of…

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Wayne Rooney still dreams of ending his international career on a high, despite the England captain being dropped to the bench in Slovenia. The country’s most capped outfield player and all-time top scorer is to be reduced to a watching brief in Ljubljana after interim boss Gareth Southgate took the decision to drop the 30-year-old. Rooney has struggled for form and a regular place in the Manchester United lineup recently, with a smattering of fans going as far as to boo the Three Lions captain during Saturday’s straightforward win against Malta at Wembley. It was a reaction Rooney claimed not…

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Manchester-born referee Anthony Taylor will oversee Manchester United’s Premier League trip to Liverpool next Monday. Taylor, who was born six miles away from Old Trafford in Wythenshawe, will take charge at Anfield for the biggest game in the upcoming round of fixtures when the Premier League resumes after the international break. In 2013, former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers questioned why Lee Mason, who is from Bolton, refereed his side’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City. “I certainly wasn’t questioning the integrity of referees,” Rodgers said at the time. “It was more than logical [to question] having a referee from that part…

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Chelsea’s Victor Moses and Watford’s Isaac Success could be banned by Nigeria after failing to honour invitations for the last World Cup qualifying squad. Both players were withdrawn from the Nigeria squad after the football federation received letters from their clubs saying they were injured. There are reports that Nigeria’s football federation will report both players to FIFA, which would mean they could be prevented from playing for their clubs this weekend, but NFF first vice president Seyi Akinwunmi says the federation is doing no such thing. “There are no plans to report any player to FIFA,” he told ESPN…

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France captain Hugo Lloris has described Paul Pogba as a “warrior in his mind,” praising how he gave the “perfect response” to recent criticism by scoring the only goal in France’s 1-0 win away to the Netherlands, and backing the Manchester United midfielder to move onto the next level as a player. The 23-year-old settled Monday night’s match in the Amsterdam Arena with a brilliant long-range 30th-minute strike that evaded the grasp of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, and generally put in a man-of-the-match response. That came after a weekend of debate over whether Pogba should be dropped, with French manager Didier…

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