Popular blogger Linda Ikeji is the cover star of the September issue of Today’s Woman magazine. Linda Ikeji in this issue talks about the challenges of running the most successful blog in Nigeria, controversies trailing her, her recently launched media empire, love life and her dreams now that she has achieved everything she set out to. Known as one of Nigeria’s top bloggers and a self-made woman who sits atop a million Naira business empire, Linda Ikeji when asked about her love life told the magazine, “I want to be a mum, that’s what I dream about these days”. Also…
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Well, it seems like Kanye West has recovered from his ‘brokeness’ following his latest acquisition for Kim Kardashian. The music star got his wife and mother of his two kids her second diamond engagement ring simply because he can! On close inspection, the ring resembles the original engagement band he gave his wife back in 2013, a massive 15 carat Lorraine Schwartz design. According to E! the 20-carat emerald cut diamond ring was also designed by the same celebrity jewellery maker, Lorraine Schwartz. The news was shared by the excited mum who took to social media to share clips of…
Yaya Toure has announced his international retirement from Ivory Coast duty after a 12-year career in which he won 102 caps. Toure, 33, was the captain of his national team and led the country to their second-ever African Nations Cup title in 2015. The Manchester City midfielder was expected to skipper the team in Gabon in January as he began the defence of their crown, but he has instead chosen to quit international football. He said on his official website: “Writing this note was probably ‘the most difficult match of my life.’ After 14 years at the highest level, I’m…
Diego Simeone has defended Neymar over recent criticism of the Barcelona forward’s “provocative” showboating, ahead of Atletico Madrid’s trip to Camp Nou in La Liga on Wednesday. Neymar, 24, angered Leganes players with moves they considered over the top during Barca’s 5-1 win on Saturday and has come in for criticism, including from ex-Blaugrana player Michael Laudrup. The Brazil international has also clashed with Atletico players for the same reason in past meetings, including Fernando Torres and Gabi who were upset by showboating on the ball during a Copa del Rey tie in January 2015. Right-back Juanfran also said this…
Christophe Dugarry believes Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s lack of mobility and Jose Mourinho’s ego are the key reasons for Manchester United’s current troubles. United’s 3-1 Premier League defeat to Watford on Sunday was their third successive loss in all competitions, and left them trailing neighbours and league leaders City by six points. Ibrahimovic, 34, has scored four goals in his five games in the Premier League since his summer move from Paris Saint-Germain. But Dugarry — who won the World Cup in 1998 and Euro 2000 with France — believes a static Ibrahimovic does more harm to United’s play than his stats…
Former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson says Jose Mourinho’s us-against-the-world approach won’t work at Old Trafford. Mourinho’s United have lost three matches in eight days, including a home derby defeat to Manchester City and a shocking 3-1 loss at Watford on Sunday. The Portuguese, who known to create outside enemies in hopes of creating a bunker mentality within his teams, was harshly critical of referee Michael Oliver after his side’s loss at Vicarage Road. However Atkinson says the former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss must find another tactic with the Red Devils. “I have never been a huge fan of…
Real can extend their lead at the top before Barca and Atletico kick off and set a La Liga record with a 17th straight win at home to Villarreal earlier on Wednesday. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale missed Sunday’s 2-0 win at Espanyol due to illness and injury respectively. However, both returned to training on Monday and are expected to start. Victory at the weekend saw Real set a new club record for consecutive league wins and match the 16 straight wins Barcelona managed under Pep Guardiola in 2010-11. Villarreal, though, are unbeaten in the league this season as back-to-back…
Fernando Torres believes that Atletico Madrid travel to Barcelona on Wednesday at just the right time after emphatically bouncing back with three wins over the past week. The showdown is the first major clash of the La Liga season, but despite their free-scoring form, both sides face the prospect of being cut adrift from league leaders Real Madrid even at this early stage. “It’s a good time to visit Barcelona,” Torres said after netting twice in Atletico’s 5-0 thrashing of Sporting Gijon on Saturday. “It seems like they are playing as we have become accustomed to. They are the most…
Ahead of Wednesday’s top-of-the-table Bundesliga clash at home to Hertha Berlin, Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti says he has found a true ‘family’ at the Bavarian giants. “There are clubs which feel like a business and clubs which feel like a family. Here, it’s a family,” the Italian, who has coached at Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, AC Milan and Real Madrid, said at the launch of his autobiography in Munich. “I want to remain here more than two years,” he added, although he has a three-year contract which expires in June 2019. Ancelotti replaced Pep Guardiola as Bayern’s head coach this…
Diego Simeone has one of the few feats to elude his hugely successful spell in charge of Atletico Madrid in his sights on Wednesday by claiming a first win in nine attempts at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Simeone’s biggest achievement as Atletico boss came in winning La Liga at Camp Nou with a 1-1 draw in 2014, but despite also dumping Barca out of the Champions League in two of the last three seasons, the Argentine has yet to taste victory in the Catalan capital. “In almost all the games that we haven’t been able to win it has been due…
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp advised Ilkay Guendogan to move to the Premier League this season, as he believed that the playing style in England’s top division suited the creative midfielder, the Manchester City player said on Tuesday. Guendogan, who had worked with Klopp at Borussia Dortmund for four seasons and won the double in 2011-12 as well as reaching the Champions League final in 2013, joined City in the close season and scored on his debut on Saturday against Bournemouth. “To be honest I asked his advice, if the Premier League was the right thing for me,” he told Sport…
Benni McCarthy has offered an explanation of Jose Mourinho’s decision to stick with Wayne Rooney and Marouane Fellaini, as the two players have been blamed for Manchester United’s poor run of form. United have lost three back to back matches and the fans are baying for Rooney and Fellaini’s blood, insisting that the pair must be dropped if the team is to turn the corner. This is the first time in a long while that Mourinho has lost three matches on the trot, with that run of defeats last taking place in 2002 when the manager was still at FC…
After a long wait, the third season of Fox’s hit series “Empire,” is set to return in four days. The drama about a family dynasty, “Empire” returns for a new season on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. In season two finale, Lucious got married to Anika, and the season ended with the possible death of a Lyon. Recently, Terrence Howard, who plays Lucious Lyon, spoke on the upcoming third season, stating that something bad is really going to happen. “In the premiere, there is a lot of heartbreak to come. A lot of betrayal will occur. They have told me that…
Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award winner, OC Ukeje, will star in a historic true life film on Conjestina Achieng. Ukeje will be topping the bill in the story of Conjestina Achieng, the first African woman to win an international boxing championship. The upcoming movie is produced by award winning South African actress and producer, Terry Pheto, who starred in the Oscar winning movie “TsoTsi,” “Mandela,” “Long Walk To Freedom”, “A United Kingdom” (starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike) and “Ayanda.” It will also be co-produced by Rocque pictures, Story Republic and The Polkadot Factory. The film will chronicle Conjestina’s meteoric…
Film director and producer Tope Oshin has honoured the late Amaka Igwe in her new documentary called “Amaka’s Kin: The Women of Nollywood”. Oshin debuted her film at a private screening at Afrinolly in Lagos on September 19, 2016. The documentary featured female filmmakers speaking about their journey, their careers, the influence Amaka Igwe had on them and their challenges of working in a male dominated industry. “Amaka’s Kin” features producers and directors like Michelle Bello, Stephanie Linus, Mildred Okwo, Adeola Osunkojo, Omoni Oboli, and Belinda Yanga Agedah. At the screening, Oshin shared the inspiration behind her production. “The idea…
Faze, a member of the defunct boy band, Plantashun Boiz, has revealed that he owes much of his career success to Blackface. The ‘Originality’ crooner revealed this in an interview published on Saturday, September 17, 2016, by Punch News. According to the singer, Blackface played an inspiring figure in his early career, always encouraging him to take up challenges. He said, “Blackface was the first person to believe in me and he was also the first person to believe in my talent.” “He gave me the required push to succeed as an artiste and made me realise that I had…
Achievas Music artiste, Solidstar, has revealed that women are part of the motivation that spurs him to write good music. While speaking to Vanguard News about his inspiration as an artiste, he said, “I get my inspiration from women; I like being around them but they are just my friends.” “I love to hear what they are saying about themselves.” “So, I get inspired by the words, and I just put one or two of their words into my lyrics and come out with whatever I see around me.” Concerning how he has been able to manage them, the singer…
Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor, has dared the police to arrest her after she named her cats Buhari and Jonathan. She made a post on her Instagram on Friday, September 16, 2016, where she described the sort of officer to arrest her. Orjiakor wrote, “Hmmm my cats Buhari and Goodluck discussing about the Nigerian Economy . dollar rate..” “All i want is a good looking sexy police officer like with Donald duke face. Uti nwachukwu eye.. Psquare flat board chest and ehhhh dbang…no long thing..” “He should come with those sexy handcuffs maybe the purple one I saw one on alibaba…
Vin Diesel has revealed another interesting information regarding his relationship with Paul Walker, stating that the late actor inspired him to become a father. He disclosed this while attending a charity event on Saturday, September 17, 2016, which also had in attendance Walker’s father and brother, Us Magazine reports. “Paul was very instrumental in my segue into fatherhood. He was the one that told me to go to the hospital. He’s the one that told me to cut the umbilical cord.” “He told me to cut the umbilical cord! [He was] the only person, in California, that knew I was…
Comedian Bovi and wife, Kris Asimonye are celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary today, September 19, 2016. His wife Kris shared a very inspiring message of how they started from the scratch. According to her, they lived in an uncompleted building and drove a Cherry QQ. She wrote, “7years together and I have never had a reason to regret accepting to be your wife. You chased me with every word, every conviction, every dream, but shi shi you did not have . Oh I remember your first car, a cherry QQ it was smaller than a picanto, and the uncompleted bunker…