Author: Rashaad Harris

The 65th Grammy Awards took precedence in the early hours of today —6th February 2023, and it came with tons of mixed feelings for Nigerians, as Burna Boy loses out on both nominations, while Tems became the first female musician from the country to ever win one. Tems won her first Grammy via her contribution on “Wait For U” which also has Drake on it.Burna Boy on the other hand lost out ok the opportunity to add another Grammy award to his cabinet, as the Afro-beats superstar lost two nominations overnight.He lost the Best Global Song performance for which ‘Last…

Eden Hazard’s disappointing spell at Real Madrid has taken another turn, with him picking up his 18th injury, talkSPORT reports.Expectations had been high for Hazard when he signed for Madrid in 2019 for £103.5million rising to £140m with add-ons – but his time in Spain has been largely underwhelming. After establishing himself as one of the best players in the world in his 352 games with Chelsea, Hazard has just seven goals and 11 assists to his name since his move to the Santiago Bernabeu. A big cause of the Belgian’s dip in form since his departure from Stamford Bridge…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has issued a warning to the citizens in light of the February 25th presidential election, saying they shouldn’t allow money to be the decider of the eventual winner. Atiku made this charge today, while he also urged Nigerians to channel frustrations accrued from the scarcity of naira and fuel to vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress.He said: “A few days ago, I had cause to make a statement on the currency conversion policy of the federal government. In the said statement, I aligned my position with an upsurge…

Super Falcon striker Asisat Oshoala nets a hat-trick in Barcelona women’s 7-0 rout of Betis women in the Liga F women’s match played on Sunday.The 28-year-old has now scored 17 goals in total in the league after her hat trick today and sits at the top of the top-scorer chart.The five times African footballer of the year has now scored 3 hat tricks and Fourteen goals altogether since the turn of the new year.The Nigeria international nicknamed ‘Agba Baller’ was introduced into the match in the 59th minute and scored the first of her three goals just two minutes later…

Akwa United players celebrating after scoring After Bendel Insurance’s goalless home draw against Gombe United and Abia Warriors huge 2-4 away win on Saturday, Matchday six action continued on Sunday.Group APlateau United defeated struggling Kwara United 1-0 at the new Jos stadium in Jos courtesy of a Murtala Dagbo’s half hour mark own goal to help the plateau state based team moved up to fifth in group A.Samuel Ayanrinde on his first appearance for shooting stars this season scored a first half brace to help the Ibadan based team to a 2-0 home victory over Nasarawa United while Akwa United…

Manchester City failed to close the gap to Arsenal with a 1-0 loss to North London neighbors Tottenham Hotspur in a league fixture on Sunday night. En route to today’s game, Pep Guardiola’s City were only five points behind league leaders Arsenal who lost to Sean Dyche’s Everton 1-0 in Saturday’s early kickoff. City started strong at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium but fell behind with just 15 minutes on the clock against the run of play. Tottenham Hotspur skipper Harry Kane broke the club’s all-time goalscoring record after being set up by Emil Hojbjerg before shooting the ball into the…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives has said gone are the days when he used to follow political parties and individuals. Honourable Yakubu Dogara recently pitched his political tent with the presidential ambition of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), accusing the ruling APC of insensitivity and fielding a Muslim/Muslim ticket of Tinubu and Shettima. Dogara who is a Christian was replying one tweep, @popoolanews who called said the former Speaker is a disgrace. The tweep said, “The hypocrisy of people like @YakubDogara . What a disgrace.” In his response, Dogara said “One thing I know, that,…

A Nigerian man based in Athens, Greece, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu, has been arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport with cocaine and heroin with a gross weight of 1.30kgs and 900grams respectively concealed in his bag. A statement released by DLEA spokesperson, Femi Babademi, says Uwozor was debarked from an Ethiopian airline flight on Friday 3rd February after officers in the tarmac team of NDLEA intercepted two bags during a secondary check exercise at the foot of the aircraft. A statement released by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babademi, stated that Uwozor was debarked from an Ethiopian airline flight…

Victor Osimhen continued impressive form in front of goal for his club Napoli in the Serie A this season.The 24-year-old Nigerian International forward netted his 15th and 16th of the season as Napoli went on to record a 3-0 win over 17th place Spezia in a Matchday 21 fixture on Sunday afternoon.Spalletti’s men who sit 13 points clear of second-placed Inter Milan heading into the encounter at the Alberto Picci stadium, created all the chances and were the better team in a barren first half.The away side then got their noses in front just two minutes after the break through…

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has advised Nigerians to protect their votes during the forthcoming general elections. The clergyman gave the advice via his official Twitter handle a few hours ago, where he advised Nigerians to ensure they exercise their right to vote come February 25th.He said that the protection of the votes becomes necessary in order to avoid rigging and other manipulation of the election result. In his words, Apostle Suleman said: “This coming election will be a deciding factor for generations unborn..we have never had it so terrible especially this past few weeks.”Go…