Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar in a recent interview dishes on what she sees marriage as and why she is not interested in getting married. In an interview with Encomium, the actress says “marriage is overrated and too much of a headache”. According to her, her marital status or lack thereof is nobody’s business. She said, “Yes, because marriage has been overrated. It’s unnecessarily over rated. It’s just too much of headache with how things are now. Even ordinary relationship is a huge burden, huge headache and heartbreaking, let alone marriage. When you can’t stand each other as boyfriend and girlfriend,…
Author: David Folami
Following his big win as the 2016 BET Viewer’s Choice Best International Act, singer, Falz couldn’t wait to boogie down. The crooner can be seen on the streets of Los Angeles, USA dancing with fans and Emma Nyra. Showing off his skills as a dancer, Falz was visibly elated by his big win. He was named the winner at the awards which held in Los Angeles, June 25, 2016. Falz has continued to stand out in terms of his creativity and ingenuity, and has carved a niche for himself in the Nigerian industry. He is known for his funny skits…
Following the death of veteran music producer and singer, OJB Jezreel, singer, Tito Da Fire has penned a loving tribute to OJB. According to him, “I cried most of Tuesday when the news of #OjbJezreel broke, cos we shared a bond dating back to 2003, when he produced #Majekaja for #Gent2Men[myself & Mickey my brother]. That song became an instant hit. He produced several other songs like YES O, Pepper, Celebrate, Oyin Momo and some unreleased material. ImaGINation was one of the last songs OJB produced and co-wrote, but never got to hear the completed song. After he produced the…
Nollywood couple Gbenro Ajibade and Osas Ighodaro are now proud parents. It was recently revealed that Osas Ighodaro gave birth to a baby girl, although further details concerning the birth of the Nollywood couple’s first child haven’t been released to the public. Gbenro Ajibade and Osas Ighodaro were on the May cover of Genevieve Magazine when they revealed they were expecting their first child. “I don’t want to jinx this pregnancy,” Osas told the magazine on why she’s keeping the news of her pregnancy low key. In the Genevieve magazine interview, Osas Ighodaro talked about her pregnancy superstitions. “This is…
UK rapper, Tinie Tempah was recently in Lagos, Nigeria where he met with Wizkid for a collaboration. Tempah shared a video of Wizkid and himself while he was in Nigeria having a great time at the clubs and driving around the streets of Lagos. From the look of things, the duo are very good friends. Recently, Tinie Tempah shared photos of himself and Wizzy in Venezuela during a video shoot. The pop star is just coming off a OneHellofANightTour with American R&B/pop sensation Chris Brown where the pair performed ‘African bad girl’, a song yet to be released officially. Wizzy…
Borussia Dortmund will “solve” Henrikh Mkhirtaryan’s future at the club this week, according to CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, as Manchester United pursue a deal. The 27-year-old midfielder is reportedly top of Jose Mourinho’s wishlist at Old Trafford, with a £26.3million fee thought to have been agreed between United and Dortmund. Mino Raiola, Mkhitaryan’s agent, has made no secret of the move’s potential – labelling United his client’s dream club and saying it would be “a sin” if he did not chase the deal. Mkhitaryan scored 18 goals for Dortmund in 2015-16, and picked up the Bundesliga Players’ Player of the Season…
Following his signing for Manchester City, German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has started house hunting as he look to settle into his new club. Gundogan joined Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract earlier in the month. The 25-year-old was spotted house hunting with his parents in Manchester on the morning of Saturday, June 18. Gundogan who is currently nursing a knee injury which ruled him out of Germany squad for Euro 2016 was walking in crutches as he was pictured out and about with his parents, Irfan and Ayten. The injury will likely see him miss…
Ahead of his debut season at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola and his family have been at popular holiday spot, Ibiza vacationing. Guardiola will next season manage City having signed for the Premier League club after three years at Bayern Munich. His duties at City were however out of his mind as he let his hair down at Ibiza alongside his wife Cristina Serra and their three children Marius, Maria and Valentina. The coach and his family are pictured enjoying themselves on a yacht off the Mediterranean Island. Guardiola is due to be officially unveiled in Manchester on July 3 but…
England captain Wayne Rooney has no plans to retire from international football after his side’s shock Euro 2016 exit. The Manchester United forward put Roy Hodgson’s team ahead from the penalty spot in Nice, but goals from Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson gave Iceland a 2-1 win. Hodgson announced his resignation immediately after Monday’s loss, but 30-year-old Rooney is unwilling to follow just yet. His appearance against Iceland was his 115th, equalling David Beckham’s record for most by an outfield player for England. “I’ve said before the tournament, been asked many times, but I’m proud to play for England and…
Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager on Monday in the immediate aftermath of his side’s humiliating Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland. Hodgson’s contract was due to expire at the conclusion of the finals and the shock 2-1 defeat in the last 16 in Nice prompted the 68-year-old to announce his departure. “I’m going to read a statement, so I will not be misquoted,” he said in the post-match media conference, before a fuller version was published by the Football Association (FA). “I’m extremely disappointed. We haven’t progressed as far as I thought we were capable of and…
Gianluigi Buffon says Spain – and the rest of Europe – will rue the day they “vastly underrated” Italy. The Italians gained some retribution for their 4-0 Euro 2012 final loss to Spain with a 2-0 round-of-16 win over the two-time defending champions on Monday. Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle scored for Italy as their supreme defensive organisation kept Spain at bay. Antonio Conte’s men had been rated – by both national and global media – as perhaps the worst Italian team at a major international tournament in recent memory, something Buffon says the coach and the rest of the…
Manchester United will persist with their attempts to bring France international Paul Pogba back to the club, sources have said. United sold a young Pogba to Juventus in 2012 before the midfielder had forced his way into Sir Alex Ferguson’s first team plans. But Pogba has gone on to develop into one of the most sought-after players in the world, winning four straight Serie A titles and impressing for both club and country in the past four seasons. Manchester United are keen to bring Pogba back to Old Trafford, but have been told by Juventus that he could cost up…
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque has cautioned against anyone burying this generation of Spanish players after the defending champions’ Euro 2016 exit to Italy on Monday. Del Bosque’s men won the competition in 2008 and 2012, while adding a World Cup triumph in 2010. But they crashed out in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, an elimination highlighted by a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Netherlands in their opener. The former Real Madrid boss, however, doesn’t believe the book has been closed on his group just yet, despite Monday’s 2-0 defeat to the underdog Italians…
Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi took great pride in steering his country to victory in Sunday’s Copa America final against a team he believes to be the best side in the world with the best player in history. The 4-2 penalty shootout victory was the second in a row for Chile, who also triumphed over world number one Argentina and their lynchpin Lionel Messi after a 0-0 stalemate in last year’s final at home in Santiago. “It’s always very hard to predict when a match is going to be decided by penalty kicks,” Pizzi, who took over the fifth-ranked Chileans…
Southampton’s Senegalese striker Sadio Mane will undergo a medical at Liverpool on Monday after the clubs agreed a 30 million pounds ($40.2 million) transfer, British media reported. The 24-year-old is expected to sign in the next couple of days if personal terms are agreed. Mane joined Southampton for $15.8 million from Red Bull Saltzburg two years ago and has scored 11 goals in 37 Premier League appearances, including two against Liverpool in a dramatic 3-2 win at St Mary’s on March 20. Mane is set to become Liverpool’s fourth signing of the summer after Joel Matip joined on a free…
Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history when they stunned abject England 2-1 in Nice on Monday, leading Roy Hodgson to quit and sending the tiny nation into a quarterfinal against hosts France. Although the soccer pedigrees of the two countries could not be more different, Iceland looked the better team in just about every aspect of the game and fully deserved to extend their dream run on their first tournament appearance. After falling behind to a fourth-minute Wayne Rooney penalty they levelled almost immediately through Ragnar Sigurdsson and struck again in the 18th with…
Manuel Neuer could set a German safe hands record in Saturday’s Euro 2016 quarterfinal against Italy as the world champions’ bid to add the European crown. Neuer kept a fifth straight cleansheet for Germany in Sunday’s 3-0 last 16 win over Slovakia, which leaves Germany as the only team yet to concede in the tournament. In the proud 108-year history of the German FA (DFB), no other goalkeeper has managed five consecutive cleansheets for die Mannschaft. The run includes the 2-0 warm-up win at home to Hungary and four matches at the European Championships finals. Neuer can break another German…
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona on Monday urged Lionel Messi not to follow through on his vow to quit the national team after its defeat in the Copa America Centenario. “Messi has to stay in the national team. He has to stay because he still has playing days ahead of him,” Maradona was quoted as saying by La Nacion newspaper online. “He will go to Russia in form to be world champion” at the 2018 World Cup, he added. Messi, 29, told reporters in the United States he had decided to quit after Argentina’s defeat on penalties to Chile there…
Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle scored as Italy exacted revenge for their Euro 2012 final hammering by dumping Spain out of Euro 2016 with a deserved 2-0 last 16 win in Paris on Monday. The landmark victory set up an epic Italy-Germany quarterfinal. Chiellini forced home the first goal from close range after goalkeeper David de Gea could only parry Eder’s fiercely struck free-kick. Pelle volleyed in a deflected cross in injury time to complete Spain’s heartbreak. Outgoing Italian manager Antonio Conte danced along the Stade de France touchline to celebrate while his players credited his tactics for the win.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to the claim that the Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose cannot be investigated due to the immunity he currently enjoys. The commission said that the immunity being enjoyed by any governor does not prevent the commission from investigating suspicious movements of money into his accounts. Speaking with Vanguard, Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren stated that the anti-graft agency has the right to investigate any governor whose account is being used to move funds. He said: “Immunity does not prevent EFCC from investigating suspicious accounts of those enjoying immunity and Fayose…