Jose Mourinho agrees with Claudio Ranieri that a top-four Barclays Premier League finish remains possible for Chelsea and challenged the champions to finaally begin their domestic fight against the division’s surprise package. Monday’s match will have the two sides in somewhat of a role reversal from previous meetings, with Leicester the high-flying form side and Chelsea in need of points to move away from the lower reaches of the top flight. Leicester are 17 points ahead of Mourinho’s men, although they could be toppled from the summit by Arsenal, Manchester City or Manchester United before the clash at the King…
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The latest attraction towards global attention for The Entertainer is getting a recent spotlight feature in November edition of the popular entertainment publication, VIBE magazine. Coming off the heels of numerous accolades including a special recognition award at forthcoming Channel O Music Video Awards, there seems to be no stopping the pop singer, who is set to drop his highly anticipated ‘Mr Endowed’ album anytime soon. D’banj, is gradually enjoying international appeal, no doubt owing largely to his collaborative effort with veteran rapper, Snoop Dogg, on the remix to his ‘Mr Endowed’ single, and a subsequent signing with the G.O.O.D…
American singer Raphael Saadiq paid tribute to late Nigerian legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti at the BET Experience Africa 2015 concert that held last night, Saturday, December 12 at the Ticket Pro Dome. The 40-year-old gave a tribute, leading his band to perform different versions of Fela’s music with videos playing in the background. The concert also featured great performances from international artistes including Maxwell, Mary J Blige, Young Thug, Diamond Platnumz, Flavour Nabania and AKA It is noteworthy that his performance last night was his first on African soil.
I watched the other night, with an immense sense of pride, the spectacularly creative piece of artwork, that has accumulated an assemblage of accolades, titled October 1 by Kunle Afolayan. I was utterly devastated that this same masterpiece suffered tremendously in the hands of pirates. The same goes for one of Nigeria’s finest comedian, Ayo Makun whose movie ‘30days in Atlanta‘ suffered a similar fate! How do we destroy the venom of piracy that has slowly and steadily eaten deep into the fiber of of our creative industry?! I would like to seize this medium, to implore each and every…
Wizkid is set to headline a special edition of ‘Industry Nite‘ on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the grand ball room of Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos. Earlier in the year, Wizkid has headlined special editions of Industry Nite in Dubai and Houston.
R Kelly has released a new song titled ‘I Just Want To Thank You’, off his 13th studio album called ‘The Buffet’. ‘I Just Want To Thank You’ also features Starboy boss, Wizkid. ‘The Buffet’ will be released today Friday, December 11, 2015.
HKN Chairman Adewale Adeleke celebrated his birthday amidst friends and well wishers at Quilox club run by Shina Peller. Davido was also around to party with the HKN chairman, who is also his brother. YBNL act Lil Kesh was also in attendance.
Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji is holding her house warming party today to officially welcome guests into her newly acquired mansion in Banana Island, Lagos. pLinda reportedly spent over N500m on the mansion when she bought it in October 2015. Some of the guests at the house warming party include; Denrele Edun, Emmanuel Ikubese, Juliet Ibrahim and others.
There has been multiple reports of violence at the just concluded maiden edition of the Kaduna Music Festival (KADAMFEST). The festival was declared open yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari who appreciated Nigerian entertainers saying, ‘this application of creative talent to the cause of political change in a dire moment for our country deserves eternal gratitude’. The event has since witnessed performances from top Nigerian acts like 9ice, 2face Idibia, Yemi Alade and others. However, all that promise is now being marred by reports of isolated violence at festival. There’s been reports of violence at the venue with unconfirmed reports saying,…
The BET Experience Africa 2015 happened at the Ticket Pro Dome yesterday, December 12 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Popular international and African entertainers including Maxwell, Mary J Blige, Young Thug, Raphael Saadiq, Diamond Platnumz, Flavour Nabania and AKA lit up the concert with great performances. Other activities during the all-day festival include comedy, Fashion runway, celebrity basketball game and more.
Nollywood stars, Saidi Balogun, Seun Akindele and Liz Da Silva have just finished work on a new Yoruba movie titled ‘Aimo’. Written, produced and directed by multi-talented actress, Allwell Ademola, the movie was shot in Magodo, Lagos. The upcoming movie also features veteran actress, Monsurat Balogun aka Madam Saje, Becky Adediwura and Iyabo Ojo‘s kids, Festus and Priscilla Ojo. Aimo centres around a family battling sickle cell anemia. Allwell Ademola, who recently shot a new movie, Eniobanke, has produced several films including Asiko, Agan, Adeda, Cassanova among others.
Newcastle have not turned the corner yet despite their 2-1 victory at Tottenham on Sunday, according to manager Steve McClaren. Ayoze Perez scored three minutes into stoppage time to give McClaren’s side a second successive win, following last weekend’s home victory over Liverpool. They are now out of the relegation zone but only two points above 18th place. “We need more performances like that,” McClaren said. “We have been inconsistent.” The 54-year-old former England and Derby manager added: “It’s answered the critics we have had over last four weeks and it was a great performance in the second half and…
Spurs and Liverpool qualified after winning Group J and B respectively, while United finished third in their Champions League Group B. They are all seeded and will play one of 16 unseeded sides – made up of 12 group runners-up and four of the teams eliminated from the Champions League. United could be drawn against Gary Neville’s Valencia of Spain.
Bournemouth continued their good run against Premier League big sides following their 2-1 against Manchester United at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday. United went behind just two minutes into the game via a Junior Stanislas goal. After persistent pressure, United restored parity through Maroune Fellaini, who found the back of the net in the 24th minute. In the 31st minute, Jesse Lingard added to United’s injury woes and was replaced in the Andreas Pereira. Ex-United striker Joshua King doubled Bournemouth lead when he struck with nine minutes into the second half. The win now sees Bournemouth leapfrog Chelsea in the…
Former Super Eagles captain Nwankwo Kanu and Hapoel Be’er Sheva midfielder John Ogu, have congratulated the U-23 Eagles after they won the CAF U-23 Cup of Nations. Two goals from Oghenekaro Etebo gave Nigeria U-23s a 2-1 win against Algeria in the final decided inside the Leopald Sedar Senghor Stadium, Dakar on Saturday. Reacting to the win Kanu saluted coach Samson Siasia and his crew for a good job. “Congratulations Siasia and your coaching staff and the team we are proud of all of you. Champions of Africa, U-23 well done, the Dream Team,” Atlanta ’96 gold winner Kanu wrote…
Former Aersenal star Paul Merson has urged Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to sell Mikel Obi and three other players in the January transfer window. Chelsea are 16th place in the English Premier League table and just one point above the relegation zone after a disastrous start to their title defence, and they face high-riding Leicester City on Monday night. Merson believes wielding the axe on Cesc Fabregas, Loic Remy, Mikel and Radamel Falcao could turn Chelsea’s season around. Merson wrote in his column for the Daily Star: ‘Chelsea need a January clear-out’ so they can break the bank for Harry…
Nigeria U-23 Eagles have been crowned champions of the CAF U-23 Cup of Nations after they beat Algeria 2-1 in the final. Oghenekaro Etebo put Nigeria ahead in the 14th minute from the penalty spot after he was brought down. The Algerians drew level in the 31st minute via an own-goal by Segun Oduduwa who headed in a Zinedine Ferhat cross. Etebo restored Nigeria’s lead when he scored his second of the game and fifth of the tournament. In the 68th minute, Algeria were awarded a penalty after Oduduwa committed a foul in the 18-yard box but Ferhat’s effort was…
Atletico Madrid turned up the heat on champions Barcelona when they fought back from a goal down to secure a 2-1 win at home to Athletic Bilbao that put them level on 35 points with the La Liga pacesetters. Bilbao took a 27th-minute lead at a typically mean Calderon stadium when defender Aymeric Laporte scored at a corner before Atletico midfielder Saul Niguez levelled with a header from a corner at the other end on the stroke of halftime. A closely-fought encounter appeared destined for a draw until the ball broke kindly for Antoine Griezmann in the 67th minute and…
Divock Origi scored his first Premier League goal in the 96th minute to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw in a interesting match against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson marked his first league start since August by finishing a superb move with a sweet half-volley to give the home side the lead mid-way through the first half. Craig Dawson equalised for Albion after half an hour, turning in the loose ball after goalkeeper Simon Mignolet had failed to deal with a corner. Liverpool looked uncertain whenever defending set-pieces and almost went behind right on halftime as Jonas…
Substitutes Aleksandar Mitrovic and Ayoze Perez scored late goals as Newcastle United ended Tottenham Hotspur’s 14-game unbeaten Premier League run with a dramatic 2-1 away victory on Sunday. Eric Dier’s 39th-minute header got Tottenham on course for a win that would have seen them supplant Manchester United in fourth place in the table, only for Mitrovic to poke home a 74th-minute equaliser just two minutes after coming on. Worse was to follow for the hosts as Perez struck a stoppage-time winner that saw Newcastle register a third successive league win at White Hart Lane – something they last achieved in…