Governor Fayose of Ekiti state has alleges that former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave lawmakers N50m each, to support his failed third term bid. Fayose also said Obasanjo is the cause of corruption in Nigeria, and described him as a laughing stock. The Governor said the former President is trying to cover up something, because of his frequent visits to the Presidential Villa. Fayose added that Obasanjo is supporting the Buhari administration because he want to protect himself. According to Daily Post, he said “I’m not ready to take issues with Obasanjo because if you are talking about corruption today, Obasanjo…
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South Korean Son has stepped up in the absence of injured striker Harry Kane, scoring three league goals in September to help lift his team to second in the table behind Manchester City. “This is my dream, to get the award. I want to get it a second time, a third time. When I take the award home my family will be crazy like you can’t believe. They will be really happy,” Son said.
Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has responded to Franck Ribery’s claims that he is not yet “world class”, quipping that his father thinks he is the best player on the planet. Griezmann has developed into one of the game’s brightest talents since joining Atletico in 2014 and is among the favourites to win the Ballon d’Or following an impressive Euro 2016 campaign with France. However, compatriot Ribery told Sport Bild that “Griezmann did a great job last season… but you have to consistently show performances like that if you want to be world class”. He continued: “People are so quick…
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has hailed Antoine Griezmann’s growing maturity after the France international laughed off questions over his ability from Franck Ribery. Griezmann was top scorer and named best player at Euro 2016 after his six goals propelled France to the final, where they lost to Portugal. His international exploits came on the back of another wonderful season for Atletico in which he scored 22 league goals as the Rojiblancos narrowly lost out to Barcelona in the race for the title. There has been no let-up this season either with the former Real Sociedad man top of the…
Leicester City captain Wes Morgan concedes the Premier League champions are feeling the loss of former midfielder N’Golo Kante. Morgan and Co. will come up against their ex-team-mate for the first time since Kante’s switch to Chelsea when Leicester travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Kante was crowned Leicester’s Player of the Season as the Foxes defied the odds to hoist the Premier League trophy aloft last term. And while Morgan said the France international is missed, he insists it is time to move on. “He was fantastic for us last season, he was our Player of the Year, what…
Manchester United duo Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Luke Shaw are fit to return in Monday’s Premier League clash against Liverpool. England full-back Shaw has not featured since the 3-1 defeat to Watford on September 18 as a result of a muscle complaint. Mkhitaryan, meanwhile, was last involved in the 2-1 derby loss at home to Manchester City on September 10, having battled to recover full fitness following a thigh injury. But United boss Jose Mourinho has indicated both players will be available for the meeting at Anfield, according to MUTV, while there are no further injury concerns following the international break.…
Liverpool’s squad believe anything is possible under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp, according to full-back Nathaniel Clyne. After taking time to implement his style of play at Anfield, Klopp’s methods appear to be bearing fruit this season and Liverpool sit fourth as they look ahead to Monday’s Premier League showdown with Manchester United. A run of four successive top-flight wins prior to the international break underlined their threat and Clyne is delighted with how things are going under the German coach. “He is building confidence in the team and helping us believe we can do anything,” said Clyne. “It’s his…
Ross Barkley must work on delivering on a consistent basis if he is to become a key player for Everton and England, says former team-mate Leon Osman. The 22-year-old has not featured in the last two international squads despite being a regular at Goodison Park this season. Barkley has started all seven Premier League games under Ronald Koeman, but he has only managed one goal and one assist, a tally not deemed enough by Sam Allardyce and latterly Gareth Southgate. Osman believes Barkley’s troubles stem from the change of manager at Everton during the close-season, but he is confident the…
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been sidelined for up to three weeks with a fresh injury and will miss Wednesday’s Champions League game at home to PSV Eindhoven. The 33-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season, picked up a leg injury on Friday in training and Bayern’s assistant coach Hermann Gerland confirmed he is unlikely to play again this month. “He needs at least two to three weeks to be ready to play again,” Gerland told Sky. Bayern need a victory at home to PSV at the Allianz Arena to get back to winning…
Super Eagles stars, John Mikel Obi, Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho have been shortlisted for the 2016 African Footballer of the Year Award. The Nigeria internationals make a long list of players that have been nominated for awards which will be announced on Thursday, January 5, 2017, at the Glo-CAF Awards night in Abuja. In the year under review, Mikel lead Nigeria’s Dream Team VI to bronze in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, while Musa won the Russian Premier League title with CSKA Moscow. Iheanacho missed out on the Premier League title with Manchester City but won the League Cup…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will not allow Manchester United’s greater financial muscle to become a plotline behind Monday’s heavyweight Premier League clash. Jose Mourinho was afforded over £150million to bring United’s squad into shape ahead of the campaign, funding a world-record move for Paul Pogba and a costly ‘free’ transfer for top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Liverpool’s spending was modest in comparison, with big-money moves for Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum being financed in part by the departures of Christian Benteke, Jordon Ibe and Joe Allen. Klopp attracted Mourinho’s trademark invective when he questioned the prospective signing of Pogba in pre-season,…
Comedian Basketmouth is set to become a co-host on the set of an all new MTV Base comedy video clip series “Ridiculousness Africa.” Characterised by insane antics, crazy stunts and life-threatening feats of senselessness, the show airs weekly on MTV Base, DStv channel 322. Hosted by the comedian alongside two South African co-hosts Thomas Gumede and Boity Thulo, “Ridiculousness Africa” hunts the Internet, seeking out the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest stunts ever committed to video. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Ridiculousness, and I always dreamed of being a guest on the show, so it’s totally amazing to become…
A new episode of popular Friday night comedy program “The Bigger Friday Show” featured Basket Mouth as a shrink with Kiss Daniel as his patient. On the episode, Kiss Daniel jokingly said that everyone wants to kiss him because his name is ‘Kiss Daniel.’ He further said that his female fans want him to change his current hairstyle which they claim is too feminine. The Bigger Friday Show is one of the revamped entertainment shows on MTV Base as the channel seeks to make young African audiences the center of its content and deepen audience participation and interaction. Basketmouth has…
For some weird reasons I’ve been seeing tweets and anywhere I turn I hear ‘Baba you don hear Kiss Daniel album‘, and I’m like what’s the fuss about the album? So I finally got the album and to say I was pleasantly blown away is an understatement. Truth be told the album is a masterpiece. For a perceived rookie, Kiss Daniel dropped a debut album with zero feature (apart from his label mate Sugarboy on two songs). No one in his category would attempt that. As we approach yet another award season, the industry is on the edge, pundits are…
It is without doubt that FalzTheBahdGuy is a man of many talents. The thriving Nigerian rapper who doubles as a comedian with his faux accent, has shown his versatility as an all-round entertainer by featuring in Funke Akindele‘s successful TV series, Jenifa – winning an award as a comic actor in the process. Falz has now been enlisted as a cast of successful television drama, Tinsel, which has been airing since August 2008. He’ll feature as Kayode Beko-Williams, a character who has been described as a love interest for Telema Duke (Damilola Adegbite). Earlier in the year, the Law graduate…
Daughter of Nigerian billionaire Michael Otedola, DJ Cuppy is one of the most eligible single ladies in the Nigerian entertainment industry. And though her latest ‘romance’ with footballer, Victor Anichebe may sadden some of her admirers, singer Danagog remains hopeful. DJ Cuppy by now is used to being a celebrity crush, and in her career, she’s been romantically linked with a number of celebs including Ice Prince, Olamide, Sean Tizzle, Falz and more. A few days ago, Danagog confessed his admiration for her to Thenetng, saying, ‘DJ Cuppy is not bad, I know she’s in a relationship, but baby if…
Nollywood actor, Blossom Chukwujekwu married his heartthrob, Maureen on Saturday October 15 in Lagos and celebrities turned up in grad style.
Agunbiade Daniel Damilola a.k.a Danagog is a long-serving member of Davido‘s team. With the friendship between him and Davido over 10 years old, he got signed to HKN in 2012 and he’s the only act that transitioned from the HKN label to Davido’s new DMW label. In this exclusive chat with Thenetng, Danagog explains how his path crossed with Davido. In his words, ‘I met David Adeleke before I met Davido (laughs). I remember I was independent for a while, at that time I stayed in Ogba and at a point I decided to relocate to the United States and…
A new era of buzz has began for Davido as he finally drops the visuals of his ‘How long’ track featuring Tinashe. The singer who has been getting criticism for his low activity in the year 2016 has finally shut the mouths of critics with this one. Davido will now have his eye set for October 14, 2016, a day he is expected to release his “Son of mercy” EP.
Rahama Sadau has finally broken her silence with regards to her expulsion from Kannywood, the Hausa film industry. The actress took to her Instagram page today, October 4, 2016 to share a statement about her recent ban from the industry by the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria for her role in Classiq’s ‘I love you’ music video. In the letter, Sadau apologized to those she offended, thanked her fans and admitted MOPPAN’s decision came as a surprise to her. Read the full content below: “Following the events of the last few days and MOPPAN’s unilateral decision to exclude me…