With his future at Real Madrid still uncertain, fueled the reports that he will be leaving this summer after putting up his mansion in the city for sale. Ronaldo stays in a plush seven room mansion located in the La Finca part of Pozuelo de Alarcon – an elite neighbourhood 10km west of the Moncloa District of Madrid. According to report by OKDiario, Ronaldo has put the home for sale along with that of his mother’s Madrid mansion also. This could be a sign that the 31-year-old is ready to leave Real Madrid after this season. Real Madrid have had…
Author: David Folami
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane does not believes his players will have revenge on their minds when they travel to Barcelona in Saturday’s Clasico. Madrid were thrashed 4-0 by their great rivals at the Santiago Bernabeu in November, a result that hastened the downfall of Zidane’s predecessor Rafael Benitez. Zidane has overseen five straight wins in all competitions since February’s 1-0 derby defeat to Atletico Madrid but accepts facing a Barcelona side 10 points better off than his own at the top of La Liga represents a significant challenge. “The players know perfectly well what happened [in the previous Clasico],”…
Pep Guardiola has stressed that he wants the best for Mario Gotze and is adamant the Germany international can still succeed at Bayern Munich. Gotze has been struggling to live up to high expectations since joining Bayern from Borussia Dortmund in 2013 and has been heavily linked with a move away from the Allianz Arena in recent months, with Dortmund and Liverpool believed to be interested in signing him. The 23-year-old impressed in Germany’s win over Italy last month and will be hopeful of starting for Bayern in Saturday’s match against Eintracht Frankfurt. “I have a lot of respect for…
Manchester United midfielder, Morgan Schneiderlin and his girlfriend Camille Sold are now engaged. Schneiderlin and Camille have been dating for a year now and the midfielder over the weekend proposed to her during a short vacation at French Riviera. The France international put the disappointment of not being invited to the national team- during the international break- aside to propose to Camille. Miss Sold announced the engagement on her Instagram account on the morning of Thursday, March 31. “An amazing evening, in an incredible place. Just us and the sound of the waves… Can’t describe my feeling… No words, it…
Dieter Hecking believes his Wolfsburg side can pull off a shock when they host Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, as long as they do not show their opponents too much respect. Wolfsburg are playing in the competition for only the second time in their history and the Bundesliga side booked their last-eight place by beating Gent. Hecking revealed he would have preferred to have drawn Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals but said he is looking forward to seeing his side take on “the ‘creme de la creme’ of Europe”. “From a…
Lionel Messi is the best player in the world “by a large margin”, Barcelona legend Ronald Koeman said ahead of Saturday’s Clasico against Real Madrid. Koeman, who played for Barca between 1989 and 1995, believes Messi’s genius marks him out above rivals such as Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. The Southampton manager explained he thinks Barcelona are favourites for the Clasico due to their ‘MSN’ strikeforce, with Messi supported by Neymar and Luis Suarez. “Barca have the best players at the moment,” Koeman told Barca TV. “They have the three players up front and their performances are really impressive, but they still…
The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has revealed that a foreign coach will be named for the Super Eagles in no short time. Since Sunday Oliseh resigned in February, Samson Siasia has been the interim coach. Pinnick has now said he has concluded plans to appoint an expatriate, whose salaries will be footed by a private company “We’re going to get a foreign manager for the team,” he is quoted. “And we are going to ensure that Nigeria qualify for the World Cup and do exceedingly well, too. “We’ll make them utilise all FIFA windows to play…
Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to consider voting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 presidential elections. Akpabio made the plea while speaking to journalists in Abia State after attending a thanksgiving service, Daily Post reports. “As a party, we are happy with the arrangement made so far. Last week, we met with the National Working Committee (NWC) of our party and we agreed that the timetable for the party congress remains sacrosanct. So, the convention will take place on May 21 to elect new leaders for the party,” he said. “I believe it will…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said the supposed Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from their school hostel in 2014 is nothing but a facade. He said no girls are missing, noting that it was a ploy by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to discredit and defeat former President Goodluck Jonathan. While speaking in Ado Ekiti at a two-day workshop organized by Women Arise for Change Initiative, Fayose said the Bring Back Our Girls movement, led by Dr. Oby Ezekwesili may be advocating for nothing after all. “The cries over missing girls were just a political strategy.…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that he warned Nigerians not to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 elections. Fayose made the disclosure after he was asked why he is critical of the Buhari administration. He made the comment during a recent interview with Vanguard. “You have been very critical of this administration and the President. Do you have any personal…? Everything I have said is backed with facts and figures. It is not about being critical of this administration. I didn’t start today. I started before the 2015 elections. I told Nigerians not to vote for…
The Adviser to President Buhari on National Assembly matters, Ita Enang on Monday, March 28, 2016, accused Godswill Akpabio of using citizens of the state as collateral for loan. Enang said Akpabio, who served as Governor of Akwa-Ibom from from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2015, did nothing with the allocation he received from the Federal Government. The President’s adviser also accused the current Governor of the state, Udom Emmanuel, of using state funds to pay off the loans accrued by his Godfather (Akpabio). Enang said “If Akwa Ibom workers complain (that their salaries have not been paid), then…
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, made the impossible happen by leading a merger of Nigeria’s opposition political parties. Fashola made the comment in a video tribute which was played at the 8th Bola Tinubu colloquium which held on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, the APC leader’s 64th birthday. “It was dangerous for Nigeria to keep that administration for another term and the evidence of that was before us,” the minister said. “The country was falling apart. You must salute the courage, the…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Senator Peter Nwaboshi has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will produce Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s successor if he is removed from office. Nwaboshi, a member of the PDP and representative of the Delta South Senatorial District, made the declaration during a recent interview, according to Daily Trust. “I was the first to address the press in Port Harcourt and I told them that Saraki was going to win the Senate Presidency and I gave them my reasons. Eventually, we went there, he won. If, but God forbids, because we…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is under the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The allegation was made by PDP Deputy National Chairman, Uche Secondus, during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, Punch reports. “Now in Rivers, because the PDP won all the elections despite the intimidation by the military, the results are being released piecemeal because the APC has failed woefully in all the constituencies,” Secondus said. “It is apparent that the commission has become a department in the APC. The commission is being…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of pushing for the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State. The PDP made the allegation today, March 31, 2016, via its official Twitter handle. “Rotimi Amaechi vows: “I will ensure president Buhari declares a State of Emergency in Rivers State”,” the tweet read. Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike had earlier accused Amaechi, his predecessor, of being desperate to control the state. “The continued removal of the commissioners of police, director of State Security Service and other security chiefs in the state is to frustrate our effort.…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretary in the state, Tope Aluko is a Judas. Aluko had earlier accused Fayose of receiving money from former President, Goodluck Jonathan to rig the June 2014 elections in the state. The governor’s comments were contained in a statement released by his media aide, Lere Olayinka on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. It reads: “Aluko and his likes can continue to run from pillar to post, all their efforts will come to nought and like the Biblical Judas, we will all live to see how those treating him…
The Senate Minority Leader and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godswill Akpabio, has said the current economic crisis should be blamed on the global fall of oil prices and not the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. While advocating for the diversification of of the economy, Akpabio said the global economic meltdown is being felt more by Nigerians because the country runs a mono-economy built around oil. He stated this while speaking to newsmen in Abia State on Thursday, March 31, 2016. He urged the Federal Government to explore other sectors of the economy like mining, agriculture, entrepreneurship ventures and…
9ice’s girlfriend and third baby mama, Olusunkanmi Ajala, has shared new stunning photos of herself and little family, as sher turned a year older yesterday, March 30, 2016. 9ice as well as Ajala, who is the mother of his fourth child and third daughter, Michelle Abolanle Akande, looked like the perfect couple in the new photos. She shared a photo of herself pictured sitting on a stair with little Michelle, as she wished herself a happy birthday. Ajala shared the photo, with the caption: “Happy Birthday to me.” The trio were also pictured in an adorable snap, as 9ice carried…
Yesterday (Wednesday, March 30 2016) reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 35, shared a nude selfie with model Emily Ratajkowski. Kim K shared the nude selfie on her Instagram and Twitter accounts and captioned it “When we’re like…we both have nothing to wear LOL @emrata.” Emily Ratajkowski’s caption took a much stronger tone as it dealt with freedom and sexuality. “However sexual our bodies may be, we need to hve the freedom as women to choose whn & how we express our sexuality” the 24-year-old model wrote on Twitter. 51-year-old journalist Piers Morgan reacted to the nude selfie. “Just a thought…
Popular Nigerian comedian Ayo Makun popularly known as AY has had enough of Iyanya and Flavour showing off their bodies. The 37-year-old comedian shared a photo that his face superimposed on a muscular body. He too wants to get some of the action. In the caption of the photo he wrote “Enough is enough…. @iyanya and @2niteflavour come out nowwwww. Una Fada!!!” Obviously the comedian was joking. AY held his annual ‘AY Live’ Easter show on Sunday, March 27, 2016. The event took place at Convention Centre ,Eko Hotel and Suites. Celebrities who attended the event were Uti Nwachukwu, IK…