Manchester United are the latest club to express interest in Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci, with club sources said that the 29-year-old’s name was brought up in negotiations over Paul Pogba. Once the signing of the French midfielder is secure — with various sources at Old Trafford now confident that will be the case — manager Jose Mourinho will fully turn his attention to buying a second centre-back, completing what would be a hugely productive and efficiently worked summer for the club. United expect a fee of just over €100 million to finally sway Juventus, with all personal details having been…
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Paul Pogba has told Juventus he wants to leave the club to join Manchester United, according to multiple reports in Italy. The speculation comes amid claims Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has missed the club’s trip to China to open negotiations. La Gazzetta dello Sport dedicated the first three pages of Wednesday’s edition to the claims that the 23-year-old is set to move on, with the front-page headline reading: “Pogba has decided: dear Juve, let me go.” The Italian daily said Pogba has already agreed terms with United and has told the Serie A club that he wants to…
Lil Kesh is the classic bad boy in the visuals for his single, ‘Problem Child’. Featuring Olamide who pulls off the boss role perfectly in the video set in a club, Kesh throws wads of dollars showing just how much he loves to party. Switching from English to Yoruba and back, fluently, neatly blending in with a foreign beat and tempo, the video is a mixture of both worlds. The video also features comedian, Ushbebe, acting as the problem child with too much to spend on women and alcohol in the club. Enjoy!
Aprhodi’ja took Nigerians by surprise with the news of her secret wedding, successfully shocking the rest of us with news of her delivery. As hard as it may seem to believe, it is true and the new photo she has shared proves it beyond doubt. The singer took to her Instagram page to share a selfie of herself, showing off her wedding band as well as a hint of her son in his car seat in the background. Di’ja who welcomed a baby boy on July 1, 2016 confirmed the news with a cute video story on Instagram. She got…
Yesterday, July 18, 2016 celebrity couple Ubi Franklin and Lilian Esoro welcomed a baby boy! According to popular blogger Stella Dimokokorkus, the Nollywood actress put to bed at a hospital in America. Proud new dad, Ubi Franklin yesterday, July 18, 2016 shared another adorable photo with his son penning an inspiring letter to him. “Welcome son to this world. Take God as your Alpha and Omega, The beginning and the End,” adding, “Few hours before you were born I prayed and prayed cried and cried seeing your mum go through so much pain to push you out, I must say…
On Sunday, July 17, 2016 Davido’s dad, Elder Deji Adeleke held a graduation for over 200 students at Adeleke University. The DMW chairman took to Instagram yesterday, July 18, 2016 showering his dad with praises. According to him, over half of the graduating students were on scholarship by his dad. “Too proud of my father!! Had graduation for over 200 students yesterday at Adeleke University and over half of them were on scholarship!!! God bless you for all of us sir!!! Love you too much!!!” This is not the first time Davido will openly declare his love for his dad.…
Seems like controversial OAP, Freeze has turned over a new leaf. The Cool FM OAP took to Instagram yesterday, July 18, 2016 apologizing to the top comedian following their ongoing feud. “My Dear brother Bright, @basketmouth, I miss how things used to be. If I have ever offended you, I use this as a medium to seek your forgiveness. Trust me, I have forgiven you a long time ago, and I am letting go of all the bitterness,” he wrote. Recall that Freeze and Basketmouth used to be very good friends until things turned sour between them last year and…
Yemi Alade is tired of people trying to make she and her manager an item. The singer in a recent interview finally clears the air on her relationship with her manager and co owner of Effyzzie Entertainment, Taiye Aliyu. She told Naij, “Male Managers no be human being? The managers are there to take care of the careers. But seriously, if I had a female manager would you be asking me all these?” Talking about her recent deal with Nairabox, “I’m happy. Being a Nairabox Ambassador doesn’t hurt anybody, so why would I say no. It’s a cool trend. I…
Born July 19, 1971, Kate Henshaw-Nuttall is a Nigerian actress born in Cross River State. She came into public consciousness in 1993 after auditioning for an acting job in the movie “When The Sun Sets” which was her first appearance in a major Nollywood movie. Since then, Henshaw has featured in over 60 movies. In 2008, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the movie “Stronger than Pain”. Mr Eazi first discovered his passion to make music when he started recording music for free at PeeWee and Klumonsta studios, where he released…
Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson and John Dumelo have finally settled their rift! The duo who ‘fell out of love’ early last year following the #Dumsormuststop campaign brouhaha have reconciled if this latest Instagram post is anything to go by. Yvonne Nelson shared a cheeky video on Instagram today, July 19, 2016 showing the two goofing around with SnapChat filters. She also shared another shot of the two in an embrace writing, “Even Politics couldn’t break us #bestfriend.” And it didn’t break them….. Recall that the two actors clashed when Yvonne Nelson started the #DumsorMustStop online, criticizing the government for the…
Nigerian singer, Banky W is elated! The singer met the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon on “So guess who was sitting in front of me on the plane from SA? Ban Ki-moon x Ban ky-W (He’s the nicest guy),” he captioned it. Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean statesman and politician who is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Banky W recently wrote an open letter to single men and women in the society. According to him ‘he can’t even post good morning on social media, without someone saying “yes but it will be a better…
Son of late afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti remembers his late mum, Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti. The afrobeat singer took to Instagram today, July 19, 2016 sharing a photo of his late mum’s tattoo on his back. “Nine years a man!!! I miss you mama. 14-1-1958 to 19-7-2007. Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti,” he captioned it. Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti is one of the numerous children Fela had from his rumoured 27wives. Seun who took over his dad’s band Egypt 80 is a younger brother to Femi Kuti. They are both walking in the path of their…
It must have been fate that Pep Guardiola’s first game in charge of Manchester City would be against his previous club Bayern Munich. In three years at Bayern, Guardiola brought three consecutive titles and a host of lesser trophies, while taking them to another level. But, ultimately, he left the club wondering what he had to do to win the Champions League again. Three semifinal defeats might look and feel like small change to fans in Bavaria, but for City that would represent a clear upward curve in terms of achievement. City’s top brass, are of course, looking to European…
Winning was the easy part. For Leicester City and manager Claudio Ranieri, maintaining the momentum of last season will be a far more difficult proposition. N’Golo Kante, the engine of their Premier League-winning team, has already gone to Chelsea. Riyad Mahrez also will almost certainly depart, if not to Stamford Bridge then elsewhere. When Jamie Vardy rejected Arsenal’s advances, there were hopes that Ranieri’s overachieving squad would stay together for a quixotic tilt at the Champions League. But that romance is dead. Money talks and Leicester listened. Vardy’s goal-scoring feats earned the 29-year-old inflated wages, and few would begrudge him…
Manchester United defender Guillermo Varela has agreed a loan move to Eintracht Frankfurt, sources close to the Premier League club have said. New United boss Jose Mourinho is willing to let Varela leave Old Trafford as he does not figure in the Portuguese’s plans. Varela has not featured for United in preseason so far and has not been training with the first team as Mourinho made him available for offers. Matteo Darmian, Antonio Valencia and Timothy Fosu-Mensah are all ahead of Varela in the right-back pecking order at United. Eintracht Frankfurt have moved quickly to agree a deal for Varela…
Arsenal are in advanced talks to sign Bolton Wanderers defender Rob Holding, sources close to the club have said. Holding, 20, has been tracked by the Gunners all summer after he burst onto the first-team scene, making 30 appearances in all competitions. The centre-back came through the ranks at Bolton and was one of their shining lights last season despite their relegation from the Championship. He was rewarded for his fine performances by scooping the Bolton Player of the Year award and he was also a member of England under-21 squad that won the Toulon tournament earlier this summer. Arsene…
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte has insisted that Diego Costa is of “fundamental importance” to Chelsea and rejected reports that he could rejoin Atletico Madrid. Atletico have publicly and persistently pursued a deal to bring Costa back to the Spanish capital for several months, but Chelsea have never wavered in their stance that their star striker is not for sale. And Conte says that Costa is “very happy” as he works hard to get himself ready for the new Premier League season. Reports in Spain this week suggested that Costa handed in a formal transfer request in a bid to…
Former Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo admits he’s been frustrated by Mario Balotelli, and revealed he expected the 25-year-old Liverpool forward to be among the best players in the world by now. Balotelli looks set to leave Liverpool after moving to Anfield from AC Milan in the summer of 2014. The Mercurial forward has already made stops at four different clubs since breaking into the Inter Milan squad during the 2007-08 season, and spent last term on loan back at the San Siro where he again failed to impress. The former Manchester City man has been told by Liverpool boss Jurgen…
Kelechi Iheanacho has been left out of Manchester City’s provisional pre-season tour squad. City manager, Pep Guardiola, has named a 32-man traveling party for the tour to Germany and China and Iheanacho is conspicuously missing. But the squad list is subject to change due to visa applications. It is not yet clear of this latest development will open up an opportunity for Iheanacho to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. City blocked Nigeria’s attempts to include Iheanacho in their Olympic squad, with Guardiola insisting on the striker joining him for pre-season, rather than taking part in the Rio…
Cristiano Ronaldo said on Monday that he intends to come back stronger for the upcoming season despite the injury he sustained while playing for Portugal in their victorious Euro 2016 final. The Real Madrid striker, who played a key part in leading his country to a maiden major title, limped off in tears with a knee injury in the first half of the final against hosts France earlier this month. The 31-year-old has a sprained ligament in his left knee, and Spanish sports daily Marca reported that he is unlikely to return to action before Real’s third game of the…