Bilbao, Madrid candidates to host Euro 2020

Football | Spain

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Wednesday that the new San Mames Stadium in Bilbao and Atletico Madrid's future home La Peineta will be their candidates to host matches at Euro 2020.
Espanyol's Cornella El Prat and Valencia's new Mestalla stadium, which had previously been earmarked as potential hosts have now been discarded.
"After analysing the four stadiums initially presented as candidates for the European Championships in 2020, the board has announced that it will propose San Mames (Bilbao) and La Peineta (Madrid) as candidates to host matches during the tournament," the RFEF said in a statement.
Both the stadiums selected have yet to be completed.

Ramos wins appeal against red card

Football | Spain

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will be free to play against Valencia on Sunday after the club's appeal against his 18th career red card in the game with Osasuna last Saturday was successful.
The first of Ramos' two yellow cards in the first-half of the 2-2 draw in Pamplona was rescinded by the competition committee of the Spanish Football Federation on Wednesday.
Real boss Carlo Ancelotti had described the Spanish international's dismissal as "hard to understand" and the Italian will be relieved that Ramos is available for the trip to the Mestalla as he has a shortage of options at centre-back.

Are D’banj And Genevieve Back Together?!?

 

D’banj confessed in an interview months back that if you could pick anyone to get married to, that he would definitely pick Nollywood screen goddess — Genevieve Nnaji.

Mariah Carey Allegedly Paid ₦200million For 10-Hour Trip To Nigeria

 

Na wa for this our country ooh, with the mass poverty and unemployment rates; top officials in this country still have the mind to waste enormous sums on unnecessary wants and luxuries.
There have been mass criticisms concerning Mariah Carey’s short visit to Nigeria for the Access Bank end of the year party.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde In Iconic Invanity Interview For CNN African Voices

 

It seems there is no stopping Nollywood superstar Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, everything she does seems to be a step even higher for her brand name.

Saka: “I once rejected comic roles”

 

Actor Afeez ‘Saka‘ Oyetoro has become a brand name on his own and a marketing force that billion dollar companies are even battling to have on their team.
The actor and face of MTN says he once rejected comic roles at the beginning of his career.
‘I rejected several comical roles in a month; I didn’t want to be typecast’, Saka said in a recent interview with NewsWatch.

Seun Kuti Shares Photo With His New-Born Daughter

 

Seun Kuti is one of the happiest men on earth presently as he and his longtime girlfriend welcomed their daughter into the workd.
The Afro-beat legacy has been anticipating this moment for a longtime as he continually shared baby bump photos of his sweetheart when she was heavily preggy.
She put to bed in France weeks ago.

SEE Why Beyonce Has Been Banned

 Beyonce sold more than 618,550 copies of her new self-titled album last week — her best showing ever. But not everyone is a fan.

It has now been learned that Target has made the decision not to sell the CD.
The retail titan announced earlier this week that they would not be carrying “Beyonce” in stores since the singer had decided to release the album in digital format first.
“At Target, we focus on offering our guests a wide assortment of physical CDs, and when a new album is available digitally before it is available physically, it impacts demand and sales projections,” Target spokeswoman Erica Julkowski told Rolling Stone.

R. Kelly Responds To Village Voice Story About His Past s*xual Assault Allegations

 

Arguably one of the most gifted male vocalists of our time, R&B sensation, R. Kelly has fired back at the Village Voice’s shocking article about his history of alleged s*xual abuse of teenage girls which centered around an interview with Chicago Sun-Times music journalist, Jim DeRogatis, who broke the story 15 years ago.

Pa. Kasumu still needs N6m for treatment abroad

Pa Kasumu

Popular Yoruba actor, Olukayode Odumosu – Pa. Kasumu – still requires the sum of N6m to enable him go for the much needed treatment overseas.  This is against the N12m earlier announced.

Although the family has yet to make this figure public, a family source says the fund raiser  drive for the actor has been suspended for now.