Popular BEAT FM on-air-personality Toolz has revealed how she dealt with confidence issues when she was wearing a brace to help close the gaps between her teeth. The newly married Toolz said she was self-conscious about her braces and she avoided smiling wild so that people won’t notice them. The braces have worked and Toolz’s dentition has been corrected. She shared her story on her Instagram today (February 16, 2016). Toolz shared the photo of a cast of her tooth from June 2015 and wrote “For those that have been asking!! (The top pic is a cast of my teeth…
Author: David Folami
Eden Hazard should not consider a move to Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea interim boss Guus Hiddink says, because he would not face as strong a challenge as in the Premier League. The midfielder this week would not rule out a move to PSG or Real Madrid when asked by French news outlet Le Parisien whether he could leave Stamford Bridge. But on the eve of Chelsea’s Champions League in Paris, Hiddink recommended Hazard and other elite players not consider moving to Ligue 1, where PSG are currently cruising toward a fourth straight championship. “They have big targets to win the Champions…
Brazilian authorities have moved to block assets of Barcelona star Neymar, including a yacht, a jet and several properties in his home nation. The Sao Paulo federal court has started issuing warrants to freeze the assets worth 192 million reals (almost $50m, €45m). Last year, Neymar, his family and related businesses were found guilty of evading 63m reals in Brazil taxes ($16m, €14m) between 2011 and 2013, while Neymar played for Brazilian club Santos. He has denied any wrongdoing. The courts previously froze his assets in September, and Brazilian newspapers reported that the player’s appeal against the decision was rejected…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s second-half goal sealed Borussia Dortmund’s workmanlike 1-0 win over Hanover 96 on Saturday to trim Bayern Munich’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga to five points. Dortmund were without injured star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who missed his first league match of the season after netting 20 goals in as many Bundesliga games. In his absence, Mkhitaryan displayed superb individual skill to score the winner at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park. With Marcel Schmelzer screaming up in support on his left, Mkhitaryan cut back inside and curled his right-footed shot around Hanover’s Germany goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler on 57 minutes.…
Two goals from Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski allowed champions Bayern Munich to forget about their mounting injury woes as they cruised past Augsburg 3-1 to stay eight points clear at the top. The win not only helped them to move closer to a fourth successive league title but also showed the depth of their talent as Bayern rebounded from losing their fourth central defender to injury. Following injuries to Javi Martinez, Medhi Benatia and Jerome Boateng, Holger Badstuber joined the casualty list on Saturday after he broke his ankle in training. “What happened to Holger is a nightmare,” Bayern…
Barcelona star Neymar claimed he was meant to be the recipient of Lionel Messi’s sensational pass from a penalty that was converted by Luis Suarez as the European champions routed Celta Vigo 6-1 on Sunday. Messi and Suarez combined to score one of the classiest penalties in football history as Messi squared his spot-kick for the onrushing Suarez to complete his hat-trick ahead of Neymar. “It was designed for me, we had practised it, but Luis was closer,” Neymar told Barca TV. “It doesn’t matter, he scored so it worked well.” Barca were already leading 3-1 when Messi — who…
Nigeria winger Victor Moses is a happy man after helping his team come back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 at Norwich on Saturday. With the Hammers losing 2-0, Moses was thrown into the fray in the 74th minute and his introduction sparked West Ham’s revival as Dimitri Payet and Mark Noble scored to level matters. The former Wigan winger was happy with his contribution in the game and heaped praise on his teammates. “It was a great game. First half wasn’t the best for us, but in the second half we turned it around [after going 2-0 down],”…
Danny Welbeck’s return from a long injury layoff will give Arsenal a much-needed boost as they enter the business end of the season, defender Per Mertesacker has said. Welbeck, sidelined since last April with knee injuries, made his comeback against Leicester City on Sunday, grabbing an injury-time winner against the league leaders to keep Arsenal firmly in the title race. Arsenal are third in the Premier League behind Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference and face potentially decisive fixtures over the next few weeks. They take on Championship (second-tier) side Hull City in the FA Cup on Saturday followed by the…
When Mauricio Pochettino first set foot in White Hart Lane, the future Tottenham manager was struck by the simple message emblazoned all around the middle tier of the stadium. ‘To Dare is to Do’, translated from the latin ‘Audere Est Facere’, has been Tottenham’s motto since long before Pochettino arrived in north London, but it serves as the perfect summary of the team’s mission statement under the highly driven Argentine. Although Pochettino left the Lane that afternoon in March 2014 frustrated after his Southampton side slumped to a 3-2 defeat, the young manager’s first encounter with the slogan which resonated…
Manchester United need to end their trophy drought by winning either the Europa League or the FA Cup and finish in the Premier League’s top four this season to get the fans back on board, captain Wayne Rooney said. Knocked out of the Champions League and six points behind Manchester City at fourth in the Premier League, United face Danish side FC Midtjylland in the Europa League on Thursday before a trip to third-tier Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup. The club last won a trophy in 2012-13, when they romped to the Premier League title in Alex Ferguson’s last…
Daniel Sturridge’s return from injury to the starting line-up is a massive bonus and will bring the “fear factor” back to Liverpool, captain Jordan Henderson has said. Sturridge scored the first goal in Liverpool’s 6-0 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday in what was his first Premier League start under manager Jurgen Klopp and just sixth league appearance of the campaign. “He definitely gives us that fear factor back,” Henderson told British media. “Everyone knows how good he is but because he has been out for a while, you do forget the quality he has got and how good he…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has recalled the commissioner for Finance and Accountant- General of the state suspended last week. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media. It said the Commissioner, Dr Fred Kpakol and the Accountant-General, Sir Abere Dagogo`s suspension was lifted following interventions by different political leaders. The statement quoted Wike as urging political appointees to differentiate between friendship and governance in the discharge of their functions. “Governance is a serious business. It is not friendship. When it comes to governance…
Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. Mrs Dabiri-Erewa, a former member of the House of Representatives, is said to have been formally appointed today, February 15, 2016. She was the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency of Lagos State from 2003 to 2015. She also served as the Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs during her tenure.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced that it would conduct re-run election in two state constituencies in Bayelsa on March 5, 2016. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Austen Okojie, disclosed this during a meeting with management staff of INEC’s office in the state, in Yenagoa. He said that the meeting was to arrange on how to make the exercise hitch free. Okojie said the two constituencies were Ekeremor III and Southern Ijaw IV. He, however, said that the election would not take place in Olodiama, Ward IV and polling units 20-30 in Foropa,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is planning to rig the rerun elections for the Imo North Senatorial District seat. The accusation was made by the spokesperson for the APC Leadership Caucus in the South-East, Osita Okechukwu via a statement released on Sunday, February 14, 2016. It reads: “For us in the South East Zone of the APC, this is a golden opportunity, as no Igbo Senator, even our revered Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is currently a member of the elite APC Senate Caucus.” “This is the ruling party’s Caucus which…
Former senate president, David Mark, has accused his main opponent in the senatorial election in Benue state, Daniel Onjeh, of plotting to assassinate him. Njeh is contesting under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The two-time senate president said the party has hired cultists to incite violence in south senatorial district ahead of Saturday’s rerun election. Mark is vying to return to the senate after the the appeal court annulment of his victory in the last senatorial election in the state. In a statement released by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, he said Onjeh connived with the state’s…
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa was sworn-in for his second term in office, on Sunday, February, 14, 2016, in Yenagoa, the state capital. Dickson, who dedicated his victory in the polls to the people, said “We must stand for good governance and light must always triumph over darkness in Bayelsa.” The Governor also promised to complete all outstanding projects, adding that he will never play politics with the security of the state. He also said “In the past four years, the state has witnessed transformation and we are ready to do more. “We will consolidate and expand security in the…
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila said President Buhari is not to blame for the mix-up in the 2016 budget. The errors in the 2016 budget, as attested by members of the National Assembly, has made law makers push its passage to the end of March, 2016. He said “First of all all, I’m gonna absolve the President, but am not gonna to absolve the people that did it. Why I must absolve the President I will tell you. The job was done by civil servants, it has always been done by civil servants. The…
Former aide to ex-president,Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has said that Nigeria is on its way up. Okupe shared the optimistic message on Sunday, February 14, 2016, while wishing Nigerians a Happy Valentine’s Day. “My friends, Roses are Red and Violet is Blue. Our Naira may be down but Nigeria is on its way Up. Happy Valentine,” he wrote on Twitter. “Frm my experience over d yrs Nigeria has leadership&followership prblms. Bad leaders u can vote out but bad followers,ar a permanent menace,” he added. Okupe had earlier offered to help President Muhammadu Buhari revive the economy.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The mass sack comes about a month after it was reported that members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were unhappy with Buhari for failing to sack officials who had been appointed by his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. The affected officials are the Directors-General of NTA, Sola Omole; FRCN, Ladan Salihu; VON, Sam Worlu; NOA, Mike Omeri; NBC, Emeka Mba and the Managing Director of NAN, Ima Niboro “The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the disengagement during a…