Nollywood actor, Odunlade Adekola has threatened to sue his female colleagues or any individual that uses his name for any form of ‘publicity stunt.’ The AAA star made this threat in a recent chat with Punch Newspapers after his name was dropped as a lover to Kemi Afolabi, a married actress. Reacting to the romance allegations, he said “I was shocked and enraged when I read in the news that two married actresses were fighting dirty over me. I don’t know why they would drag my name which I have spent years of hard work to build in the mud…
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Kylie had been with her sister, Kendall, as they both headed for the restaurant before being mobbed by several young fans eager for selfies. The famous sisters however handled the star-struck youngsters in very different ways. In a video obtained by DailyMail.com, Kylie can be heard telling the three tweens in a stern voice, ‘Don’t touch me’ as a large security man helps the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star inside Craig’s in West Hollywood. One particular young girl had been pulling on her arm. Kendall, however, was more accommodating as she stopped to take photos with the same three…
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric would be a perfect fit at Barcelona, former Camp Nou playmaker Deco has claimed. Modric, who moved to the Santiago Bernabeu from Tottenham in 2012, will line up for Madrid against Barca in Saturday’s Clasico. Deco believes Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic would be boosted by the addition of Modric, but the former Portugal international was less complimentary about Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale. “I would sign Modric for Barcelona,” Deco told Diario Ara. “His style of play would be a perfect fit for Barcelona. He is a player like Xavi…
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has played down suggestions that his captain John Terry could be set for a shock England recall. England conceded four goals during last week’s friendly outings against Germany and Netherlands and boss Roy Hodgson conceded his prospective Euro 2016 squad has a lack of quality in the left-sided centre-back position, before revealing he recently had a “long chat” with Terry. The 35-year-old is out of contract at Chelsea at the end of the season, and retired from international football in 2012 – a factor that Hiddink joined Hodgson in playing up at his Friday news conference.…
Manchester United defender, Marcos Rojo was caught smoking outside a nightclub in Argentina during the international break. The left-back was on international duty with Argentina and started both games at left back as Argentina beat Chile and Bolivia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. A video footage has emerged of him smoking a cigarette during a night out. In the video, the 26-year-old is seen laughing and joking with friends. At a point during the night out, he is seen biting the dress of a blonde woman standing beside him. He will certainly be questioned by United coach Louis van…
Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Rode says Pep Guardiola’s side can ill afford any slip-ups in the Bundesliga title race against his former club Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Bayern host relegation-threatened Frankfurt and Rode insists the Bavarians have not given a second’s thought to playing Benfica at home four days later in the Champions League quarterfinal, first leg. Bayern are five points ahead of Borussia Dortmund with seven games left, but second-from-bottom Frankfurt are desperate for points. “We have Dortmund breathing down our necks and there has not been one second to think about Benfica,” said Rode, who joined Bayern from…
Uruguayan star Luis Suarez believes his success in turning around Barcelona’s fortunes in the past two seasons has been thanks to adapting his game to strike partners Lionel Messi and Neymar. Heading into Saturday’s Clasico game against Real Madrid, Suarez is Barca’s top scorer with 43 goals in as many games this season. The Catalan giants remain on course to repeat the La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey triumph they won in Suarez’s debut campaign last season. “La Liga is very different to the Premier League,” said the former Liverpool star who moved to Spain in 2014 in…
United will be without midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger for the Everton game, as he is likely to miss the rest of the season after tearing knee ligaments while training with Germany during the recent international break. United captain Wayne Rooney is not ready to return against his former club, having been absent since mid-February with knee ligament damage. But the England striker has resumed light ball work in training and is likely to play for the club’s Under-21 side soon –- either against Chelsea on Monday or Middlesbrough seven days later. Everton are facing increasing uncertainty over the long-term future of…
Manchester United have edged their way back into contention for a Champions League place in recent weeks, with manager Louis van Gaal declaring that a top-three finish is still realistic. Van Gaal has been buoyed by the public support in recent days of Alex Ferguson, who called on United fans to be patient as the current manager awaits his first trophy with the club after almost two full seasons in charge. Having been six points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City in mid-February, United are now just one point behind going into the weekend’s fixtures. A 1-0 win at City two…
The Nigeria Football Federation are to meet with the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, to chart a way forward for Nigeria after the disappointing Afcon 2017 qualifying campaign. Top of the agenda will be the issue of hiring a foreign coach for the Super Eagles as the World Cup qualifiers loom on the horizon. NFF President Amaju Pinnick hinted to the media in Abuja that Tuesday’s meeting with the minister will determine if the federation hires a foreign coach or not. There has been news making the rounds that former midfield maestro Augustine ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha will be part of the new…
Saturday’s meeting between Barcelona and Real Madrid pits the two most expensive strike forces in history against one another. Barca hold a big 10-point advantage over Madrid in the La Liga title race, but the battle to be the league’s top scorer between Barca’s Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar and Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale is a lot tighter. Here, supersport.com looks at the numbers behind the six men hoping to land Spain’s Pichichi prize for La Liga’s top marksmen. CRISTIANO RONALDO (28 goals) Much criticised for not reaching his usual heights this season, Ronaldo is…
Manchester United defender Luke Shaw is losing his race to be fit for this year’s European Championships, according to manager Louis van Gaal. The United manager said on Friday that Shaw was unlikely to recover from a broken leg in time for the FA Cup final on May 21, if his side – who have a last-eight replay against West Ham – get there. That is one day before England play a key warm-up friendly against Turkey at the Etihad Stadium; but crucially, it is nine days after Roy Hodgson plans to name his final 23-man squad for the tournament…
Prominent lawyer, Femi Falana has said that looters of public funds don’t serve to be granted bail by the courts. Falana also said that some of the ongoing high profile corruption cases might not be concluded before President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure expires in 2019, Punch reports. The lawyer made the remarks in a paper delivered on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at a roundtable on the anti-corruption war convened by the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the University of Lagos. “Since victims of grand corruption including armed robbery and kidnap suspects are not usually admitted to bail, those who…
The Lagos State Government has said that it might soon cancel the movement restriction which usually applies during the monthly environmental sanitation in the state. This was disclosed by Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare on Thursday, March 31, 2016 during a media briefing. “Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in line with his responsive government, hopes to discontinue restriction during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise,” he said according to Punch. The government has however denied reports that the sanitation exercise has been cancelled entirely. “Dr. Adejare was quoted out of context when he indicated that the restriction of movement may be…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the 2016 budget will lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty. Mohammed also denied reports of a disagreement between the legislature and the executive with regards to the budget. The minister made the comment on Thursday, March 31, 2016, during a visit to the corporate headquarters of Leadership newspapers in Abuja. “There is absolutely no rift, no issue of budget being sent back. Things are just taking their due course. It takes a few days (after the passage) for the National Assembly to clean up the document in readiness for…
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Nasir Fagge has said that the ongoing fuel scarcity was caused by greedy Nigerians. Fagge made the comment after paying a visit to the Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU) Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun. “All the problems arising now should have been envisaged and addressed before removing the subsidy. Government is supposed to know that some people will try to frustrate its effort and should have pre-empt that,” the ASUU president told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “How will a government official utter conflicting statements that the fuel…
The Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose has called on President Buhari to address the killing of Nigerians by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. This is coming on the heels of the arrest of 76 villagers from Ugwuneshi Autonomous community, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, by men in military uniforms. Vanguard reports that the villagers were protesting over the destruction of their farmland by Fulani herdsmen, and it led to a clash. The Ekiti state Governor also called for the unconditional release of the 76 people who were reportedly arrested by the military. Fayose said “These people must be…
Former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, has said that former president, Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 elections because he was surrounded by mediocres. Mantu also said that the process by which Jonathan emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also led to his failure. He made the comments during an interview with Premium Times. “Jonathan lost because he refused to work with people who know the game. Most of the people Jonathan worked with were mediocres and amateurs. At a point in time, he even left the party machinery and employed some consultants to work for him,”…
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s earnest desire is to see Nigeria progress. Osinbajo made the comment on Thursday, March 31, 2016, while receiving a delegation of his classmates from the University of Lagos, The Nation reports. The Vice President described Buhari as “a man who is honest and whose only desire is to make Nigeria go forward and become a great nation.” “The President and I are determined to give a good account of ourselves and more importantly ensure that the country makes good progress,” Osinbajo said. Osinbajo had earlier assured Nigerians that Buhari would…
The immediate past governor of Ebonyi, Chief Martin Elechi, on Friday announced his resignation from active politics. Elechi, 75, made this known in his country home Echialike in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state when he briefed newsmen on his planned thanksgiving ceremony on Saturday. According to him, he has duly navigated the murky waters of the nation’s politics which makes it necessary to seek an `anchor-harbour’. “At my age, I should be counseling and advising the younger generation and commenting on the affairs of all political parties without wearing the tag of any of them. “I will not,…