Chris Brown fires back at his baby mama, Nia Guzman, who accused him of being the cause of their 19-month-old daughter’s asthma thanks to his weed-smoking habit. The singer took to his Instagram on January 31, denying the claim while insisting he’s quite smoking and doesn’t allow anyone smoke around baby Royalty. He says Guzman just wants to suck out more money for child support ($2,500 to $16,000/month). “Absolutely untrue. I quit cigarettes on New Years. NO ONE smokes around my daughter. This is obviously a play to get some sort of increased income,” he wrote in a now-deleted Instagram…
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Last week popular comedian Bovi, 36, lost his mum Dr. Margaret Ugboma. A week later, Bovi Ugboma has released a statement about the death of his mother. Today (February 1, 2016) Bovi revealed he was with his mother during her last days and spoke with her hours before she passed. “THANK YOU! I wanna use this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who reached out to me and my family on the sudden passing of my gift, my rock, my backbone, my pride, my teacher; my dear mother! I had the divine opportunity of spending her very last days…
Popular on-air-personality Freeze (Ifedayo Olarinde) who works with Cool FM on January 31, 2015 praised his girlfriend Benedicta Elechi on his Instagram. Freeze shared a photo of Benedicta Elechi on Instagram and wrote “Isn’t she gorgeous? I can stare at her all day and all night and not get bored! When I see the passion, friendship and love @kimkardashian and Kanye share, I wish for that and much more. #IsntSheGorgeous #EyeCandy #SightForSoreEyes #GoodWoman #afterthedarknesscomesthelight #Angel #EasyLikeSundayMorning #NoStress #Pretty #Sweet.” On November 6, 2015 it was reported that Freeze has proposed to Benedicta Elechi. The OAP shared a picture of him…
Barcelona star Neymar says he has been affected by the legal issues that have followed him since his arrival at the Nou Camp. Neymar, 23, is due in a Madrid court on Tuesday to give evidence in a case brought by Brazilian third-party investment fund DIS, who feel they were cut out of the controversial transfer which brought the player to Barca from Santos in summer 2013. The players’ parents are due to give evidence on Tuesday by video-conference, while Barcelona’s current president Josep Maria Bartomeu and predecessor Sandro Rosell are expected at the Audencia Nacional court on Monday. The…
Guus Hiddink is succeeding where Jose Mourinho failed at Chelsea this season because he talks to his players, according to John Obi Mikel. Chelsea extended their unbeaten run under Hiddink to eight matches on Sunday with a 5-1 rout of MK Dons in the FA Cup fourth round, with an Oscar hat trick and first goals of the season for Eden Hazard and Bertrand Traore sealing a comfortable victory. The Premier League champions remain 13th in the table but have not lost since Mourinho was relieved of his duties in December after presiding over a disastrous start to the season…
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski took his Bundesliga tally to 19 goals on Sunday and hinted that he might follow Pep Guardiola in leaving the Bavaria giants next season. Lewandowski scored both Bayern’s goals in Sunday’s 2-0 win at home to strugglers Hoffenheim which left his club eight points clear in the table. He has scored 19 goals in 18 league matches and is battling Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has scored 20, to be Germany’s top scorer this season. The Poland star has a Bayern contract until 2019, but hinted to German daily Die Welt on Sunday that he…
Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures of him dressed in a striped plastic bag jersey went viral, Kabul’s football federation said Monday. Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi idolises the Argentine soccer star but a jersey of his favourite player is beyond the means of his poor family in the volatile province of Ghazni near Kabul. His elder brother Homayoun, 15, made him the blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt with Messi’s named scrawled in marker pen and posted the photos of Murtaza wearing it on Facebook in mid-January. Jorge Messi, Lionel’s…
Anthony Martial’s Manchester United team-mates believe the young French forward is about to live up to the potential that convinced Louis van Gaal to sign him from Monaco last year. The transfer could reportedly cost United as much as £61.5 million ($87.6 million, 80.1 million euros), should Martial, 20, fulfil various bonus clauses written into his contract. After a strong start to his Old Trafford career, Martial had suffered a mid-season dip in form, but his display in Friday’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round victory at Championship side Derby County recalled his better moments from earlier in the campaign. Now, Martial…
Kelechi Iheanacho concedes that he may have to bide his time for a regular place in the Manchester City line-up, ahead of Tuesday’s Premier League visit to struggling Sunderland. The 19-year-old Nigerian scored a slick hat-trick in City’s 4-0 FA Cup fourth-round victory at Aston Villa on Saturday, taking his tally in all competitions this season to eight goals from just five starts. Iheanacho, who took the place of rested top scorer Sergio Aguero at Villa Park, has proved hugely effective coming off the bench for manager Manuel Pellegrini and concedes that he may have to settle for a substitute…
Jurgen Klopp’s most significant challenge as Liverpool manager at the moment is figuring out how to manage his squad in the face of an ever-expanding fixture list. Having played nine games in January -– more than any other Premier League team –- Klopp’s side’s trip to leaders Leicester City on Tuesday is the first of at least seven matches in February. That tally will rise to eight if they beat West Ham United in next week’s FA Cup fourth-round replay. Saturday’s 0-0 draw against the Hammers was Liverpool’s 37th fixture of the campaign, and it is mathematically possible that they…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday he had told England boss Roy Hodgson that midfielder Jack Wilshere was progressing well from his broken calf bone and recovery was looking “good” ahead of the European Championships in France later this year. He suggested Wilshere might be ready in four weeks. Wenger also said he was unlikely to sign any new players by the time the transfer window closes late on Monday. Wilshere broke his fibula in pre-season training in early August and had surgery in September. He has not played for Arsenal, the back-to-back FA Cup champions, this campaign. The…
Arsene Wenger is confident Alex Iwobi can flourish at Arsenal after the 19-year-old repaid his manager’s faith in him by impressing on his third start for the club in Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup fourth round victory over Burnley. The attacking midfielder, nephew of seven-time Nigerian footballer of the year Jay-Jay Okocha, rounded out a solid display by laying on key passes in the build up for both Arsenal goals against their Championship (second tier) opponents. Wenger said he was glad he persevered with Iwobi, who has come off the bench four times in the Premier League this season, after recognising…
Wayne Rooney can help ease the pressure on beleaguered Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal and move closer to Bobby Charlton’s club scoring record if he maintains his hot streak against Stoke City in the Premier League on Tuesday. United forgot their league woes on Friday when they won 3-1 at Championship side Derby County in the FA Cup with Rooney’s superb curling shot taking his tally to six in six games and 243 for the club, six behind Charlton. Van Gaal’s team return to league action for the first time since losing 1-0 at home to Southampton, lying fifth…
Chelsea will tackle fellow Premier League heavyweights Manchester City in the stand-out tie of the FA Cup fifth round. Chelsea booked their place in the last 16 with a 5-1 win at Milton Keynes Dons and were immediately dealt a home game against City, who won 4-0 at Aston Villa on Saturday. Third-tier Shrewsbury Town, who shocked Championship side Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in round four, were rewarded with a glamour tie at home to Manchester United. Meanwhile, Arsenal, seeking a third consecutive FA Cup success, were handed a home tie against second-tier Hull City, who they defeated in the 2014…
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney testimonial game this summer will be against his former club, Everton. Rooney have been handed a testimonial by Manchester United in recognition of 12 years at the club. Back in October, United scheduled August 3, 2016 to mark for Rooney to mark his 12 years at Old Trafford, and Everton have confirmed they will be involved with the game. The game will be played as part of one of United’s pre-season games in the summer. Rooney joined the youth team of Everton at the age of nine and made his professional debut in 2002 at…
Italy coach Antonio Conte believes Serie A is no longer among the top leagues in Europe owing to a lack of investment from club owners. Conte won five Scudettos as a player with Juventus between 1995 and 2003, claiming three more as coach of the Bianconeri before taking over from Cesare Prandelli as Italy boss in 2014. Juve’s dominance continued under Conte’s successor Massimiliano Allegri last term, while he also guided the Serie A holders to a Champions League final where they were beaten by Barcelona. That was the first time an Italian side had made the final in five…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insists he is not thinking about speculation linking Neymar with a move to the club and is adamant the rumours do not impact the dressing room. Reports in Spain have indicated Madrid see Neymar as a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been repeatedly linked with a transfer away from the Santiago Bernabeu – with Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain mooted as potential destinations. Madrid are reported to have met with Neymar before the Ballon d’Or ceremony this month, but the rumours have been firmly rejected by Barca vice-president Jordi Mestre. And, speaking ahead of…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has admonished State governors to stop the illegal practice of appointing caretakers to run the affairs of Local Government Areas (LGAs). Mr Kazeem Gbadamosi, the Chairman of Ibadan branch of the association stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ibadan. Gbadamosi said that there is no provision in the 1999 Constitution, as amended, for the appointment of a caretaker as chairman of local government. “This unconstitutional act has become a tradition in the states; can the president appoint caretaker governors. “We should collectively fight the illegality of…
The Kano State Fire Service on Saturday cautioned black marketeers against selling fuel in or around residential houses in the state. The State Director of the agency, Alhaji Balarabe Kabara, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. He said the warning became necessary following incessant fires in the state especially in Kano metropolis. ADVERTISING “Of recent we experienced fire outbreaks in the state as a result of people selling fuel near residential houses. “This illegal practice must stop or those involved will face the wrath of the law,’’ Kabara said. He said…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is intensifying surveillance to locate the abducted Chibok girls and other captives held by the Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao, the Deputy Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole in charge of Air Component made this known when he briefed newsmen in Maiduguri on Saturday. Amao said that NAF had also destroyed the terrorists’ leadership hideouts; logistics support bases and infrastructure in its numerous air strikes. ADVERTISING “In continuation of the counter-terrorism operations under Operation Lafiya Dole, the air component has intensified air strikes against the Boko Haram…