Nigerian-American rapper Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, aka Wale welcomed a baby girl with his girlfriend Chloe Alexis, back in July 22, 2016. Now, the rapper has shared her name with fans. Proud of his Nigerian roots, Wale shared an adorable photo with his daughter writing, “Love.. Unconditional (Oluwakemi few days old)”. So sweet! The US rapper who was scheduled to perform at the Barclays Center for the One Africa Music Fest in Brooklyn on Friday, July 22, canceled his performance after welcoming his first child that afternoon. TMZ reports that Alexis had gone into labour on Wednesday, delivering their daughter at…
Author: David Folami
Seems like Selena Gomez is offering an olive branch to Justin Bieber following her social media feud with the ‘Sorry’ singer. The singer took to Snapchat to apologizing for starting a drama with her ex boyfriend. “What I said was selfish and pointless,” Selena Gomez wrote on Snapchat today, August 16, 2016, on a black background. We can say Selena is referring to her comments on Justin Bieber’s Instagram photo with Sofia Richie on August 14, 2016 where she slammed him for threatening fans. Justin shared a photo of himself with Lionel Richie’s 17-year-old daughter, Sofia. Fans flooded the comment…
Judging from his performances in preseason and the opening Premier League win over Bournemouth, Antonio Valencia looks like a player deserving of a place in the starting XI. His incredible pace, which he lacked the confidence (or instruction) to use, has returned. He’s beating players, putting in good crosses, tracking back and essentially doing everything you would ask of a right-back at United. If you asked Manchester United fans about the Ecuadorian international over the past couple of seasons, many would have suggested selling him. Having lost his place on the wing, he had regularly been used as a right-back…
Not since Manchester United destroyed champions Arsenal 4-1 on a glorious opening day of the 1989-90 season has the first match of the campaign brought such a feel-good factor to supporters. After a close season of fantasy summer signings, including a world record £89.3 million move for Juventus’ Paul Pogba, Sunday’s 3-1 win at Bournemouth produced relief and a sense the reality could be just as good. New manager Jose Mourinho had three different scorers in Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. There were three league debutants, too, in Ibrahimovic, Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. And although three points…
It seems Jose Mourinho’s remaking of Manchester United isn’t over yet, with Santos star Gabriel Barbosa heading to Old Trafford, according to the Sun. Last week, Santos president Modesto Roma said an Inter Milan bid for the 19-year-old Brazil forward had been accepted, with Leicester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid also interested. But the Sun reports that United “are ready to blow the opposition out of the water” by tabling a £30 million bid in the next couple of days, leaving Mourinho “in pole position to land the superkid.” It adds that the manager wants to add another…
Javier Mascherano hopes goalkeeper Claudio Bravo stays at Barcelona amid growing rumours he is set to sign for Manchester City but says he will understand if the Chile international decides to leave. Catalan newspaper Sport has reported that Barca and City have agreed a €25 million deal for Bravo, while the Manchester Evening News has said talks are at an advanced stage. Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s Super Cup second leg against Sevilla, Mascherano said the Barcelona players were in the dark over the situation. “We don’t know anything, we don’t know if it’s true or a lie,” he said in…
Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney “needs stability” in a position that suits him, according to former Old Trafford defender Gary Neville. Rooney, 30, was used as a midfielder by former United boss Louis van Gaal last season, and he scored eight goals in 28 Premier League appearances. New Red Devils manager Jose Mourinho, however, has said he does not plan to use him in that role, and on Sunday the England international supported striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, scoring in a 3-1 victory at Bournemouth. Neville, who worked with Rooney with England at Euro 2016, said on Sky Sports: “I don’t think the…
Southampton centre-back Jose Fonte is keen to join Manchester United but he has also received an approach from Arsenal, sources have said. Jose Mourinho is seeking an experienced defensive leader and club sources have said in recent days that United had opened informal talks over 32-year-old Fonte, who could play for Southampton at Old Trafford on Friday night. However, United need to sell or loan one of their existing central defenders before signing Fonte, with Argentina international Marcos Rojo the player the club are most eager to offload. United also have Chris Smalling, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind and Phil Jones…
There was no pre-match fanfare to present Antonio Conte to the Stamford Bridge crowd before his debut as Chelsea manager, but Monday’s 2-1 Premier League win over West Ham United sent a clear message that the team are already marching to his orders. Conte’s side dominated their London rivals with the kind of drive that made his name as a player and as a coach in Italy, energy that was so lacking at Chelsea last season when the 2015 champions failed miserably to defend their title. As the former Italy and Juventus manager watched the game from the sidelines, barking…
Manchester City have signed defender Pablo Mari from Gimnastic de Tarragona, the Spanish side have confirmed. The 22-year-old joins for an undisclosed fee, with British media reports suggesting he will immediately be loaned to Spanish segunda (second division) side Girona. “We thank Pablo Mari for the commitment, discipline and hard work that he contributed during these three years in the ranks of the first team,” read a statement on Gimnastic’s website (www.gimnasticdetarragona.cat). “Gimnastic de Tarragona wishes Mari good luck on a personal and professional level at his new team, Manchester City.” Mari signed for Gimnastic from Mallorca in 2013 and…
West Ham’s record signing Ghanaian international Andre Ayew is to undergo a scan on the thigh he injured in his Premier League debut for them in the defeat by Chelsea. The 26-year-old France-born forward – who cost West Ham £20.5million (24m euros, $26.6m) when they signed him earlier this month from rivals Swansea – cut an unhappy figure as he left the pitch midway through the first-half of the 2-1 defeat. “Ayew has a thigh injury, he told me it’s not a big one but you never know,” said Bilic. “He will have a scan and we have to wait…
Tottenham Hotspur expect to be without injured captain Hugo Lloris for four weeks, the Premier League side confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. The goalkeeper injured his hamstring and was replaced by Michel Vorm 35 minutes into Spurs’ opening 1-1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday. “Following further assessment and scans of the left hamstring injury sustained by Hugo Lloris in the 1-1 draw at Everton on Saturday, we can confirm he is expected to be out of action for around four weeks,” read a brief statement on the club’s website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com). Lloris, who captained France to the…
Esther Yakubu, the mother of one of the Chibok girls who was shown in a video released by Boko Haram on Sunday, August 14, 2016, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is more clueless than that of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Esther’s daughter, Dorcas, along with 49 others, were shown standing with a member of the terrorist sect which kidnapped the girls in April 2014. “I wanted her [Dorcas] to have the best of education, I planned to sponsor her education to whatever level she wanted, but she could not sit for her final examinations because she was abducted,”…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National chairmanship aspirant, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, said if the position was zoned to a state, it would amount to indirect imposition of candidate. Adedoja told newsmen on Saturday in Abuja that the position should be made competitive for all aspirants to test their popularity and acceptability by the people. “If any leader in the South-West agreed to zone the chairmanship position to Oyo, my home state or Lagos, I will kick against it. “The position of the national chairman is so sensitive and important for its occupant to be a product of any form of…
The Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has expressed disappointment at unfair criticisms of the president’s administration. Shehu also said that the critics of Buhari’s government have forgotten how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) destroyed the country during its 16-year rule. The presidential aide made the comment via an article titled “In Defence of President Buhari: Is This The Change We Voted For? Yes, It Is!” It reads: “In Defence of President Buhari: Is This The Change We Voted For? Yes, It Is!” He said that Buhari’s critics had already forgotten the ruinous…
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has commissioned the first state-owned emergency helicopter service in Nigeria. Ambode commissioned the project, meant for use in medical emergencies, on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja. Ambode also said that the maternity ward of the hospital, popularly called Ayinke House, would be ready for use by 2017.
The Federal Ministry of Health supported by WHO, UNICEF and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have rolled out an emergency Polio immunization campaign in Borno, an official said. The UNICEF Chief of Communication, Doune Porter, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the campaign would commence in the accessible parts of the state. Porter said that the campaign followed confirmation of two fresh cases of polio virus in parts of the state which recently became accessible. He said the outbreak occurred in the conflict-ridden state where children were already facing dangerously high levels of malnutrition. Porter…
The Federal Government has confirmed a fresh outbreak of the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in Borno State. The two new cases were discovered in the in Gwoza and Jere Local Government Areas two years after Nigeria was declared polio-free. Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, in confirming the outbreak, blamed the resurgence of polio on the activities of Boko Haram terrorists. “It is unfortunate that we have the development; it has set us back, but I can assure you that we will do everything possible to address the situation. We are meeting again today; we had a meeting yesterday to…
Sahara Group has donated N120 million towards the acquisition of Mobile Cancer Centers (MCC) following the stakeholders meeting with Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Investigations revealed that Sahara Group made the donation when Gov Ambode and Patron of #GivingTuesday hosted stakeholders committed to tackling the cancer scourge across the nation through the supply of Mobile Cancer Centres. The MCC is a clinic on wheels with state-of-the-art facilities for screening, follow-up and treatment including surgeries for pre-cancer and early cancer cases. The center also offers screening for ten cancer-related killer diseases, including hepatitis, diabetes, and malaria, among others, ultimately helping to…
It’s a big deal for any artiste to be on a presidential playlist. It’s even a bigger deal when the it’s the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. Obama recently dropped his 2016 summer day and night playlist tagged ‘Summer POTUS playlist’ and it’s been a big deal on social media. Artistes like Wale, Jay-Z, Janelle Monae, Jidenna and others made the 39-track playlist. And guess what? Two of the artistes have Nigerian origin and have flirted alot with Nigerian music and musicians lately, which we think technically make them Naija acts. Guess we play too much,…