West Bromwich Albion have rejected a written transfer request from Saido Berahino. The striker has been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur, with the north London outfit reported to have tabled a £15m bid. The Midlands club said in a statement: “The request has been rejected and the club’s position remains unchanged from that outlined in the statement from Chairman Jeremy Peace of August 18. “There will be no further comment.” Berahino, 22, who scored 14 goals in 38 appearances for West Brom last season, is under contract at the Hawthorns until June 2017.Saido Berahino to Be Questioned After…
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Famous TV and radio host, Deloris Frimpong Manso aka Delay, has revealed that she would love to have s*x 10 times a week. The TV presenter who claims she’s still a virgin went on her Instagram page to to say she wishes to travel the world and fall in love again. The 30 year old presenter said: – “I wanna travel the world, get paid for doing what I love, fall in love and make love at least…10 times a week… At my favourite place on the planet. Where there’s no pressure, no self-questioning, no depression, no insomnia…. Only good…
Well, it seems like their marriage is heading for the rocks for the second time in one year. Yoruba actress, Toyin Aimakhu, has got her fans talking again after she made some drastic changes on her instagram page. She removed all traces of her hubby Adeniyi Johnson and referred to herself as Miss. The couple celebrated their second anniversary in July… Meanwhile, her hubby has not made any changes to his. This won’t be the first time this is happening as sometime last, Toyin announced they had split on her instagram page. They only worked it out after pleas from…
Team Nigeria’s medal hopeful at the 2015 IAAF World Championships, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor is through to the final of the Women’s 100m. Okagbare-Igho – out of her block in decent time – maintained her stride down the lane to place second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 10.89secs, seven hundredth seconds behind the Jamaican favourite. The Commonwealth champion, 26, is the only African in this year’s final as Moscow 2013 silver medalist and Ivory Coast’s Murielle Ahoure failed to claim a slot in Monday’s showdown, following a fourth-placed finish in Heat 2. Nine women ran sub-11 times in the semi-finals – including Ahoure,…
Daughter to billionaire Nigerian Otedola, DJ Cuppy has again shown she has a kind heart by giving back to African schools and communities during her ongoing ‘Cuppy Takes Africa’ tour. She has been to Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The ambitious month-long tour started on August 1 2015 in Lagos Nigeria followed by Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda is hence the sixth country in her tour and will be preceded by Uganda and South Africa. “Exploring Africa and its vast culture has always been a dream of mine,” she explained at a press conference in Lagos on…
Popular Nigerian comedienne, Princess has showed off her best friend, on Instagram. The married actress and stand-up comic shared photos of herself and a white guy on Instagram. According to Princess, this white guy in the photo is her best friend. Their pose together seems to be a little more than casual oooh. The comedienne wrote “Chilling with my baby, isn’t he cute”.
Sprint sensation Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stormed to gold as Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor was left ruing a very, very bad start in the final of the women’s 100m at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing on Monday. Fraser-Pryce successfully defended her 100m title with a mark of 10.76secs in a straightforward victory at the Bird Best Stadium. Dutchwomam, Dafne Schippers, claimed silver in a national record 10.81secs, while American, Tori Bowie, won bronze in 10.86secs. Having been outright favourite for the world title throughout the years, the Jamaican left nothing to chance, storming out of her block to an explosive start; she opened…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has opened up on her failed marriage in a TV interview on August 23, 2015. Ini Edo who was the guest star on the TV interview show ‘Rubbin Minds‘ with Ebuka talked about her failed marriage to Phillip Ehiagwina. “First of all, I got married early because I wanted to have a family so anybody wouldn’t think that I would want to chose career over family in as much as my career is also very important. Basically there would never be a particular reason. You know how these things work. Its like I said, differences. I…
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday pledged her support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war, saying she was ready to subject herself to an unfettered government probe of her two terms in office. The former coordinating minister for the economy, who was reacting to media reports that she was planning to build a multi-million dollar Okonjo-Iweala family hospital in Gwarinpa, Abuja, denied the speculation. Speaking through her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, described the report as “totally baseless”, as “the alleged hospital is non-existent”. “Dr Okonjo-Iweala has a clean record of two terms in office”,…
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that his administration remains open to constructive criticism. He made this remark on Sunday at the Royal House of Grace International Church during the 23rd Anniversary Thanksgiving Service of the church, in Port-Harcourt, the state capital. Describing his administration as a listening and responsible government, Wike said he was ready to make amends if criticized constructively. He said, “We are a listening and responsible government, though we are not perfect, but we are open to constructive criticisms and we will make amends when criticised constructively. Good governance is what we assure you…
The immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has denied reports that he refused to enter the witness box when he appeared before the Benue State Election Petition Tribunal where he is currently defending his victory in the March 28 national assembly elections. The election of Mr. Mark, who represents Benue South Senatorial District, is being challenged by Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress. At its recent proceedings in Markurdi, the Benue State capital, the tribunal admitted documents showing that the election of the former senate president followed due process. A statement on Sunday by his media aide, Kola Ologbondiyan,…
Two trailers suspected to be carrying logistics support to members of the Boko Haram Terrorist sect have been intercepted and destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force. An Augusta helicopter of the Nigerian Air Force, which was on an armed reconnaissance mission around the Nigeria-Cameroon border, carried out the strike. According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, the trailers were covered and parked at different locations in the bush around the border town of Belel. The statement read: “The recent air operation against the BHTs was commanded by the Chief of…
More startling revelations are being made as to how the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), allegedly mismanaged the resources of the state in eight years with the latest being an expenditure of N139m for the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The project was completed by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government The report, which was part of the awarded contracts by the Lagos State Tenders Board in 2013, was seen on the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency. In the same year, the…
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has said opposition parties are using the financial crisis confronting the state to sponsor attacks against him because of the role he and the state played in defeating former President Goodluck Jonathan. He was reported to have made the remark in Ipetumodu at a reception in honour of the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina. According to the governor, Osun State was not the only state owing workers but the opposition used the opportunities presented by the crisis to unleash hate campaigns against him in the media. Aregbesola…
The former Commander, Army Corps of Engineers, Major General Sarduarna Davies, has said that the Nigerian Army has reduced Boko Haram to a group of wanderers and bandits. He made the assertion at the corps headquarters in Bonny Camp, Lagos, while handing over to his successor, Major General Edmund Obi at the weekend. The outgone corps Commander reminded the members of the corps that the ongoing counter-insurgency war was an engineering and logistics war, urging them to ensure that only trained personnel were deployed to the theatre of operation. He said: “I am very certain that we are winning the…
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has backed calls for the deregulation of the petroleum industry. The governorship candidate, in a statement by his media aide, Sylvester Asoya, on Sunday, added that subsidising fuel consumption was not sustainable. However, he expressed joy that Nigeria is gradually coming to terms with some realities in its oil and gas sector. “We cannot afford to be impractical with issues in our oil sector because they are too important. Before now, we had spoken on the need to face head-on, all the recurring problems in this…
Power generation in the country attained another height with the electricity national grid put at 4,700 megawatts as at Saturday night, with power supply rising to 18 hours in major cities. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali, who made this known in an interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, said “Never in Nigerian history have we reached a new peak level as the one for yesterday (Saturday) which is 4,700mw. This is something that happened; power has improved all over Nigeria and people are getting 18 hours to 19hours daily supply”. “We have never crossed more…
There is no greater violation of human rights than acts of corruption, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday. Justifying the reason behind his administration’s large scale war against graft, Buhari said the effects of corruption were manifest in suffering, deprivation and death that innocent people were being exposed to. He, therefore, urged Nigerian lawyers to support his administration to win the war against the menace. According to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari made these views known at the opening of the 55th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian…
Speaking to Punch’s Saturday Beats over the weekend, Lawal revealed how “she [hasn’t] had s*x in a while” especially as she’s been busy working on movies. There’s more to Nollywood than being fashionable, frolicking and hanging with the opposite s*x; at least that’s what actress Moyo Lawal makes us understand in this exclusive. She also explained how she isn’t in any romantic affair at the moment owing to being at events in addition to her packed acting schedule. “I am not dating anybody but I would start dating soon. “I work too hard to think of s*x. I am always on…
The award-winning Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, during an edition of a weekly TV programme “Rubbin Minds Show”, hosted by media personality Ebuka Uchendu addressed the issue of her failed marriage. During the show, Ini disclosed why she got married early and how her husband’s family contributed to the reasons her marriage fell apart. Ini said: “I got married early because I wanted a family. I think my marriage was an experience which I don’t regret. He was the last child, so his family members kind of interfered in the marriage, which is naturally normal. He was okay with the kind…