Author: loladeville

Femi Otedola promises to foot actor, Victor Olaotan’s medical bills.

Posted by loladeville | Dec 5, 2018 | Entertainment |

Business mogul and philanthropist, Femi Otedola has promised to offset the medical bills of ailing Nollywood actor, Victor Olaotan known for his role as Fred Ade-Williams in the television series, Tinsel who is seeking financial assistance after a ghastly accident left him bed ridden for several months. Few days ago, actress Ireti Doyle posted an update about his situation, and called for donations for her colleague. A Gofundme account was also opened on his behalf. Well, the cheering news from his quarters is that the billionnaire has sprung to his help and is already in touch with his family...

Ballon d’Or: Football fans react as Messi is named 5th best player in the world.

Posted by loladeville | Dec 4, 2018 | Sports |

Lionel Messi finished outside the Ballon d’Or top three for the first time since 2006 and football fans are having none of it. Check out some of the reactions. How can you name a whole LIONEL MESSI the 5th best player in the worldSuch DISRESPECT 🤦🏾🤦🏾Ballon D'or just bi some shit awards#Ballondor — 🇬🇭 Kwabena Shaggy 🇬🇭 (@KobbyShaggy) December 3, 2018 Lionel Messi was voted the 5th (yes, 5th) best player in the world for the Ballon d’Or award. And some people still think that FIFA isn’t corrupted. What a joke. — Ryan. 🔴 (@Vintage_Utd) December 3, 2018 I’m...

Luka Modric ends Messi-Ronaldo Ballon d’Or duopoly.

Posted by loladeville | Dec 4, 2018 | Sports |

Real Madrid And Croatia midfielder, Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, ending the decade-long duopoly over the award held by soccer greats, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He becomes the first football player in history to win: World Cup Golden Ball, FIFA Best Men’s Player, UEFA Men’s Player and the Ballon d’Or awards this year. He spoke of his intentions to remain with the Los Blancos shortly after winning the highly coveted prize on Monday evening: “I have two years left and hopefully one more [on my Madrid contract]. The club show me a lot of affection and I’d...

Super Falcons win AWCON title for the 9th time.

Posted by loladeville | Dec 1, 2018 | Sports |

Super Falcons of Nigeria are the African female Champions for the 9th time. The victorious African Queens defeated South Africa’s Bayana Bayana 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out after the game ended 0-0 for full 120 minutes. They won the title in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 . With this latest feat, they consolidate their place as the most successful team in the...

Gernot Rohr, Oshoala, Musa, others, nominated for CAF Awards 2018

Posted by loladeville | Nov 30, 2018 | Sports |

The Confederation of African Football has released the list of nominees for various categories of the CAF Awards 2018. 3 Super Eagles players have been nominated for 2018 Africa Player of the Year; they include Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi, and Odion Ighalo. Leicester City’s Winfred Ndidi has been nominated for 2018 Africa Youth Player of the Year. Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr also picked a nomination. For the women’s category, Asisat Oshoala, Desire Oparanozia, Francisca Ordega, Onome Ebi were shortlisted in the Womenr African player of the year. The winners for the African Player of the Year and...

How about 3 Sitting Presidents for Nigeria? |By: Tony Ogunlowo

Posted by loladeville | Nov 26, 2018 | Opinion |

The 2019 Nigerian Presidential elections are just around the corner and the electorate are going to be faced with the age-old problem of electing one from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly( – and I’m not providing any clues to who is who!) Whoever gets elected will face the age-old problem of tribalism, Corruption and Religious differences that has dogged Nigeria as a nation since 1960. Faced with all these problems any new President will spend his entire 4-year tenure battling them instead of doing anything positive for the nation: as a result progress will become stagnant, nothing...

Didier Drogba confirms retirement from football

Posted by loladeville | Nov 22, 2018 | Sports |

Former Chelsea forward, Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from football calling time on an illustrious 20-year career. The ivorian who had been lacing his boots for US-based began his career at French side Le Mans in 1998, but did not play top-tier football until he was 23 when he was signed by Guingamp in 2002. He moved to Olympique de Marseille and Chelsea in 2003 and 2004 respectively. He made more than 100 appearances for the Ivory Coast and was voted African footballer of the year twice. Speaking on his retirement, the 40 year-old told BBC. “It’s the best way to...

Super Eagles qualify for 2019 AFCON after holding Bafana Bafana

Posted by loladeville | Nov 17, 2018 | Sports |

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have booked a ticket to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-1 draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. The team qualifies for #AFCON2019 with a game to spare after failing to qualify on two occasions. The Africa Champions took an early lead via an own goal from South Africa’s Buhle Mkhwanazi in the ninth minute of the game, South Africa’s Lebo Mothiba however levelled the score in the 26th minutes of the match. Nigeria still tops group E with 10 points while South Africa come behind...

Premier League clubs agree to introduce VAR from next season.

Posted by loladeville | Nov 17, 2018 | Sports |

Premier League clubs have agreed to introduce Video Assistant Referee (VAR) from the 2019/2020 season. The decision was reached at a shareholders’ meeting on November 15, 2018, where clubs were provided with an update on the non-live VAR trials being undertaken by the League and Professional Game Match Officials (PGMOL) this season. It is not unlikely that the successful implementation of the technology at the World Cupin Russia, contributed to its approval in Premier League club next season. The VAR was already in use in the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, EPL will now join other top leagues across...

REPORT: Pneumonia accounts for 16% of all deaths of children under the age of 5 years.

Posted by loladeville | Nov 16, 2018 | Health |

To mark the World Pneumonia Day, civil society organizations from Africa and Haiti are asking their governments to step-up to eradicate Pneumonia which is responsible for more child mortalities than any other diseases like AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined. Speaking at a conference on how to end Pneumonia in Africa, Mr. Aboubakar SYLLA, the President of ONG AGIS, said that “Despite the efforts that have been made so far, much more work still needs to be done, particularly in poor communities. Every child, regardless of where they were born, need to access life-saving vaccines and medicines.” The most affected...

Why Most Online Businesses Fail ~ By: Tony Ogunlowo

Posted by loladeville | Oct 26, 2018 | Opinion |

Even though e-entrepreneurship is the new gold rush of the 21st century 90% of start-ups fail within their first year. Why? Lots of people try to make money online because in comparison to traditional businesses it’s relatively easy to set-up and it’s not capital intensive. The belief is you can make a lot of money in a short period of time. This is where people get it wrong – they want to make a lot of money in the shortest time possible. Think this way and you’ll crash within months! All the top internet giants of today – Facebook, Google –...

4 Years after release, Stephanie Linus takes ‘Dry’ to New Orleans

Posted by loladeville | Oct 23, 2018 | Entertainment |

Award-winning Nollywood actress and producer Stephanie Linus will be a special guest at the Ray Charles Week taking place at Dillard University in New Orleans, Lousiana, USA from October 25-26, 2018. During her visit, she will give a lecture on “The Emergence of African Storytellers and Their New Narrative” and will also screen her latest film “Dry”. This event organized by the Dillard University Ray Charles Program, Dillard Film and Dillard University African World Student Organization is a yearly one that brings together interested parties to research, document, disseminate, preserve, and celebrate African American culture and foodways in the...

The Rise and Fall of Akinwunmi Ambode. “Baba Sope” Political Ideology and the Myth of Yoruba Omoluabi Ethos | By: Kayode Ogundamisi

Posted by loladeville | Oct 3, 2018 | Opinion |

It is faulty to equate the deep loyalty Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu attracts in Lagos as exemplary of ‘Omoluabi loyalty’ or being reflective of the entire Yoruba or South-West populace. Ondo State electorate will argue for example that they “liberated” themselves without compromising the ‘Omoluabi’ ethos. In the 2012 Ondo State Governorship election the current Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu as a candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) was perceived as a “Tinubu imposed” candidate, he ran against the then incumbent Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labor Party, the people of Ondo rejected Akeredolu. I...

Stella Damasus returns to the big screen with “Between”

Posted by loladeville | Sep 17, 2018 | Entertainment |

Award-winning superstar, Stella Damasus has returned to the silver screen with the movie BETWEEN. Set in Atlanta, Georgia, Damasus plays the character of Chelsea Hollis, a very successful 36-year-old woman that has been married and divorced four times! She lives a double life as a white-collar worker by day and a party girl at night. She helps people fix their relationships but she has totally given up on love. A strong feminist who believes women should take control over their destinies and be 100% in control of their emotions and the choice of who to sleep with and when...

UEFA to introduce a third European club competition.

Posted by loladeville | Sep 11, 2018 | Sports |

UEFA is set to introduce a third European club competition alongside the Champions League and Europa League from 2021. This was confirmed by President Andrea Agnelli in an opening address at the ECA’s biannual general meeting in Split on Tuesday. “Pending approval of the Uefa executive committee, the green light has been given to introduce a third competition, bringing the overall number of clubs to 96, as of the 2021/22 season.” This means the Europa League’s group stage would be reduced from 48 teams to 32, with the new competition and Champions League all having the same number. In...

Netflix acquires rights to Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut “Lionheart.”

Posted by loladeville | Sep 8, 2018 | Entertainment |

She’s low-key making Big things happen! Netflix acquires rights to Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut “Lionheart.” Netflix has announced that they’ve acquired worldwide rights to Lionheart, the directorial debut of legendary actress – Genevieve Nnaji. The film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday is the first Netflix Original Film from Nigeria. It stars Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu, Jemima Osunde and a host of others Genny plays a level-headed executive at her father’s bus company, but along with her rival (Kalu Egbui Ikeagwu) is passed over when her father hands the company over to her...

NFF bans and fines Salisu Yusuf for taking bribe

Posted by loladeville | Sep 5, 2018 | Sports |

The Nigeria Football Federation have handed Salisu Yusuf a year ban from all football activities and fined him $5000 after he was found guilty of receiving a bribe to select players. The Super Eagles assistant coach was filmed collecting $1000 by undercover journalists posing as agents. Following thorough investigation into the incident, the country’s football governing body directed the 56 year-old to pay a fine of $5,000 to the Federation within three months, and asked him to stay away from football-related activities. “The NFF Committee on Ethics and Fair Play have placed a one–year ban from all football-related activities on Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Mr. Salisu Yusuf.” “Following its consideration of a complaint by the NFF as well as the Coach’s defence of a video documentary in which he was seen to accept the sum of $1,000 from an undercover reporter posing as a player’s agent. The coach must also pay a fine in the sum of $5,000 to the Federation within three months.” A statement from the NFF Ethics Committee read....

Lionel Messi omitted from 2018 Fifa’s men’s player of the year award

Posted by loladeville | Sep 3, 2018 | Sports |

For the first time in 11 years, Argentina/Barcelona talisman, Lionel Messi was omitted from The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award. The 2018 shortlist which was revealed by FIFA today features Juventus new signing, Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid’s Luka Modrić and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian was last season’s Premier League top scorer, netting 44 goals in 52 games for the Reds last season, Ronaldo who moved to Italian side, Juventus in the summer was last campaign’s Champions League top scorer and also clinched the CL trophy with his former team, ball, Modric helped Luka Modric helped Real Madrid to clinch their third consecutive European Cup and also inspired his national side, Croatia to the final of the 2018 World Cup in...

Photos: Amokachi, Siasia, Eguavoen, others feature in novelty match

Posted by loladeville | Aug 28, 2018 | Sports |

The doors of the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba in September were thrown open on Sunday August 26, 2018 with a novelty match between Ex-Enyimba players & 1998 Super Eagles squad. The match which was captained by Uche Okechukwu, had in attendance, the likes of Ike Shorunmu, Austin Eguavoen, Taribo West, Dan Amokachi, Samson Siasia, Tijani Babangida, Mutiu Adepoju, Garba Lawal to mention a few Gov Okezie Ikpeazu (he plays football every weekend) took the ceremonial kick-off after which both sides traded tackles. It was highly entertaining & the ex Eagles still had moves. The game ended 1-0 in favour of ex Enyimba Stars. The fully refurbished, 20,000 seating capacity stadium is now awaiting re-certification by NFF and CAF to resume hosting NPLF and CAF matches. It was reconstructed by an indigenous Sports Company Monimichelle Sports Nig Ltd with Ebi Egbe from Bayelsa State as CEO. He renovated Sampson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa. Credit:...

Simi to feature in Kunle Afolayan’s new movie, Mokalik

Posted by loladeville | Aug 27, 2018 | Entertainment |

Afropop/Soul singer is set to feature in Kunle Afolayan’s new movie titled Mokalik. The announcement was made by the award-winning actor, alongside a picture of himself and Simi, captioned: “It is Official: Simi @symplysimi is featuring in “Mokalik” a Kunle Afolayan film. ‘Jamb Questiom’ crooner, Simisola Ogunleye, aka Simi, has accepted a role in Kunle Afolayan’s coming film, ‘Mokalik’ (Mechanic). The agreement was formalised on Sunday, at the filmmaker’s office, in Lagos.” The film also stars the likes of Femi Adebayo, Ayo Adesanya, Faithia Williams, Lateef Oladimeji to mention a few. ‘Mokalik’ (Mechanic) follows the career of an 11-year-old boy, Jaiye,...