Fans of English club Arsenal who are also reggae music lovers might just have gotten another reason to adore their coach, Arsene Wenger. This is because the Frenchman has opened up on his love for Bob Marley’s music. Despite the fact that the Jamaican music legend died 34 years ago, Wenger says he is inspired by his music which he jams in his car while going to training with his boys. In an interview with French medium, Le Parisien, Wenger disclosed, ‘Yes, I love his music and the man that he was. He was not fabricated. He was real.’ He…
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2014 Headies ‘Rookie of the Year’, Reekado Banks turns 22 today as happiness fills the air especially among self confessed ‘Reekaddicts’. Born Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon on December 6, 1993 in Lagos, Reekado is the last child in a music loving family. Although his parents are pastors, he started doing music at a very young age due to the influence of his elder sister who is a gospel singer and elder brother, a producer. Reekado Banks initially performed under the stage name, Spicy. In February 2014, Reekado was one was unveiled as one of the trio signed by Don Jazzy in…
Still enjoying the success of his first self-produced comedy movie, Jelili, Femi Adebayo is set to mesmerize his fans with another funny movie. Titled ‘Kodi Ologbo Aye,’ the movie according to the lawyer-turned-actor will be funnier than the award-winning ‘Jelili.’ ‘You think Jelili was hilarious then make sure u hold your tummy tight, use a seatbelt on ur apoti, ur cushion in order not to fall off because KODI OLOGBON AYE is hmmmmmmm watch out for the next comedy flick,’ Femi wrote on his Instagram. Shot in Ikorodu Lagos, the upcoming movie features Femi’s father, Adebayo Salami, Dele Odule, Faithia…
Mavin queen, Tiwa Savage might have gotten herself in trouble with some of her fans. The ‘Kele Kele Love’ diva yesterday shared a photo of her and her son in matching Buscemi shoes. While she captioned the image ‘May God order our steps #OneStepAtATime,’ some fans didn’t find it funny and called out the mother of one over her decision not to reveal the baby’s face. A particular Instagram user with the hangle @Fatoumatter went as far as calling Tiwa names and describing her son as a ‘ugly ass baby’. Some Nigerians are simply strange
Swansea City captain Ashley Williams and Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez clashed in the tunnel after the Foxes’ 3-0 win at the Liberty Stadium. The pair had to be separated outside the Swansea dressing room, and then Williams attempted to follow Mahrez on to Leicester’s team bus. Swansea City manager Garry Monk said he was unaware of the incident. A Leicester spokesman said Mahrez did not try to enter the Swansea dressing room, but declined to comment further. Williams and Mahrez came together during the first half of Saturday’s match when the Swansea centre-back attempted to wrestle the ball from the…
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku has the characeristics to do exactly what former Chelsea star Didier Drogba achieved, says Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew. The 22-year-old Belgian has scored 13 goals this season including six in the past five games, and can add to his tally against Palace on Monday. “He is the full number nine. We looked at the iconic one of the last 10 years, Drogba,” said Pardew. “You have to say Lukaku does look like he could emulate that.” The Belgium international scored 16 goals during his loan spell at Everton from Chelsea in the 2013-14 season. He…
Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal believes his side would have scored more goals this season if they had a striker like Sergio Aguero or Luis Suarez. The Dutchman saw his team draw 0-0 with West Ham, a fifth such scoreline in their past nine games. “The question is would Luis Suarez or Sergio Aguero score if they were here?” Van Gaal told BBC Radio Manchester. “That is a question mark. You never know. I think they would, though.” Van Gaal, 64, added: “We’ve created enough chances to score, so that was not the problem.” The result means United drop…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has transfrmed the Reds into challengers for the Premier League title, according to Newcastle boss Steve McClaren. Newcastle host Liverpool on Sunday with Klopp’s side having won seven of their last eight games in all competitions. A win at St James’ Park for Liverpool will also take them six points off top flight leaders Leicester. “They are title contenders, in terms of the form they are in and the way they are going,” said McClaren.
Manchester City’s uninspiring run of one win in their last four league games is down to having only “13 or 14” fit players, says manager Manuel Pellegrini. Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta and Samir Nasri missed Saturday’s 2-0 defeat by Stoke, while Fernando injured his hamstring. City named a Premier League squad of 21 players in September, four short of the maximum of 25. “We’re playing the same players as in the last three games,” said Pellegrini. “Maybe it’s the reason we didn’t play with the energy that we need to win.” With five of the 21-strong…
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa came off the bench to secure Borussia Dortmund’s dramatic 2-1 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday, which trimmed Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to five points. Kagawa netted on 93 minutes with virtually the last kick of the game, just moments after Wolfsburg defender Ricardo Rodriguez had converted a penalty on the stroke of 90 minutes which cancelled out Marco Reus’ first-half goal. It was Japan midfielder Kagawa’s fourth goal of the season as Dortmund lived up to their ‘Monsters of Mentality’ nickname by fighting until the whistle. Kagawa came on for Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan on 55…
Champions Bayern Munich had only themselves to blame after dominating for one half against Borussia Moenchengladbach but then allowing three goals in to lose 3-1 on Saturday in their first league defeat of the season. The Bavarians looked dazed, with Gladbach taking advantage of their few chances to score a memorable win after netting three times in 14 minutes. The runaway Bundesliga leaders, who had won 13 of their 14 previous league games, missed a string of big chances in the first half and also hit the woodwork with Kingsley Coman before imploding after the break. “We have only ourselves…
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique admitted his star attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez had finally let his side down as Barca conceded a late equaliser to draw 1-1 at Valencia on Saturday. The European champions should have been out of sight by halftime as all three of the South American trio missed clear chances to put the visitors in front. Suarez did finally find the net just before the hour mark, but, with new coach Gary Neville watching on from the stands, Santi Mina snatched a point for Valencia five minutes from time. Barca’s first league draw…
Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez believes his team can still have a successful season if Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale can fire on all cylinders. Madrid suffered the latest embarrassment of a disappointing campaign so far by being dumped out of the Copa del Rey in midweek for fielding an ineligible team by naming a suspended player in Denis Cheryshev away to Cadiz on Wednesday. However, Benitez’s men bounced back from that blow to smash four goals past Getafe in the first 38 minutes to seal a 4-1 win and move to within four points of Barcelona, who…
Louis van Gaal insists he still has the full support of Manchester United’s frustrated fans despite claiming he can’t understand their chants for more attacking football during a doull 0-0 draw against West Ham. United’s iability to score for the fifth time at Old Trafford this season means four of their last six home games have ended in goalless draws. Van Gaal’s team, without injured top scorer Wayne Rooney, were guilty of poor finishing against a West Ham side who arguably had the better chances to have won for the first time in five Premier League matches. Not for the…
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A high school student says she’s surprised but pleased about the online reaction to her tweet in response to a photograph of able-bodied TV star and model Kylie Jenner posing in a wheelchair. Ophelia Brown, 17, uses a wheelchair due to the complex regional pain syndrome that she was diagnosed with at nine years old. When she saw the Interview magazine image of Jenner, Brown was upset and wrote a message on Twitter that was directed at Kylie. “Having an able-bodied person pose in a wheelchair like it’s a fashion accessory, it trivializes the concept of a wheelchair,” Brown told…
During an appearance on “On-Air with Ryan Seacrest”, Chris Brown talked about his unseperable love for his daughter, Royalty, and how being a father has changed him and his perspective on everything. He said he has learned to be patient, humble, confident about who he is and generally a happy person. He said: “It’s very humbling, and it’s very calming, Being able to be a father and seeing my daughter from those gradual stages from crawling, to walking, to saying words, to learning different things every day is kind of teaching me patience, and it’s been great. ”I’m not insecure…
Looks like A$AP is eagerly ready to take over from where Tyga stops. This is the second time he’ll be spotted on a date with Kylie. TMZ reports below… Kylie Jenner and Tyga are sticking to their plan of giving each other some space — and Kylie used hers to hang with A$AP Rocky at Art Basel on Friday night. Kylie and A$AP did dinner together in Miami — remember, they were also seen together just a few days after Tyga and Kylie had their 48 hour break-up. We’re not saying anything’s going on, but Kylie’s eyes in the pic…
Nigeria actor turned politician, Desmond Elliot was a one of the guests at the 2015 edition of Spotlight Awards, which held in Lagos. The government servant was joined by other guest including fellow actor, Susan Peters, who turned up in a stunning red dress.
Mr 2kay continued his encouraging run of 2015 as he emerged the biggest winner at the recently concluded Niger Delta Advancement Awards. The ‘Moniegram’ singer walked away with wins in three categories including the biggest award of the night, Niger Delta Artiste of the year. The other wins were in Best Video and Best Song categories with his popular single ‘Bad girl special’. The elated singer in his acceptance speech said, ‘First I must thank God for his goodness over my life and my career this year. I can’t even deny that 2015 has been a good year for me.…