Is Elon Musk resigning as “chief Twit” or not? That’s the question remaining to be answered this Monday evening, more than 12 hours after an unscientific poll posted by the Twitter CEO resulted in 57.5% of participants voting that he should step down as head of the beleaguered social media company. The move came after…
Terry Hall, lead singer of the English 2 tone and ska revival band The Specials, has died. As reported by CNN, the news of Hall’s passing was shared on the band’s verified social media accounts, who on Facebook wrote that he died “following a brief illness.” The post called Hall “our beautiful friend, brother and…
Argentina’s World Cup-winning squad arrived home to a jubilant Buenos Aires in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with massive crowds lining the streets and cheering their champions’ return. Captain Lionel Messi stepped off the plane first, holding the gold trophy aloft, followed by his triumphant team onto a red carpet at the airport, greeted…
French striker Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from international football – on his 35th birthday – a day after Les Bleus lost against Argentina on penalties in the World Cup final. The Ballon d’Or winner, who scored 37 times in 97 appearances, was expected to lead the line for France in Qatar but missed…
Nigeria and Rwanda have signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Artemis Accords, becoming the first African nations to join the accords. As reported by Vanguard, Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Infrastructure, Professor Isa Pantami and Chief Executive Officer for Rwanda’s Space Agency CEO, Col Francis Ngabo signed the pact on behalf of…
Football fans in Argentina let loose in the captial Buenos Aires on Sunday after Lionel Messi led the country to victory in one of the most dramatic World Cup finals in history. Messi came to Qatar looking to crown a glittering career by leading Argentina to a third World Cup triumph and managed just that…
022 has been an amazing year for Kizz Daniel, and one feature that has remained constant in his fantastic career is his ability to give fitting official videos to his songs. Time and again, he partners with the most talented music video directors to drop beautiful visuals. He again does that effortlessly with the visuals…
Cristiano Ronaldo faces a backlash in Portugal if he says yes to a staggering £173million-a-year offer on the table from Saudi Arabian club, Al-Nassr. Sportsmail reports that the three-year deal would see Ronaldo commit to becoming the face of football in Saudi. And this includes fronting the country’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup….
Drake lost a $1 million bet he placed on Argentina winning the World Cup yesterday, December 18, even though his prediction was right. The Canadian rapper had placed a bet on the South American team winning the tournament in normal time. Mbappe’s two quick goals which pushed the match into extra time ruined Drake’s wager.
While people around the globe were watching a thrilling FIFA World Cup final, Twitter decided to drop a bombshell and banned links promoting other social networks. The list currently includes Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post. Plus, link-in-bio tools like Linktree and Lnk.Bio are also banned — these services are commonly used…
Former Brazilian footballer, Ronaldinho believes that his former teammate at FC Barcelona has many more years left in the sport. As reported by AS, ionel Messi has just made history in Qatar. La Pulga has finally lifted the World Cup, the only significant trophy he hadn’t won yet in an illustrious career. Argentina touched the…
Erling Haaland can’t wait for the Premier League to resume, and has got us all excited in his typically hilarious way. As reported by TalkSport, the Manchester City superstar has won fans worldwide with not only his world class talent but his down-to-Earth media presence, which has sadly been missed for the past month. With…
Twitter’s owner Elon Musk is asking users of the social media platform to vote on his future as its chief executive. In a poll to his 122 million followers, he tweeted: “Should I step down as head… I will abide by the results.” The technology tycoon, who also runs Tesla and Space X, has faced…
Iran’s Hadi Choopan dethroned Mamdouh Elssbiay to win his maiden Men’s Open trophy at the 2022 Mr. Olympia. He edged out runner-up Derek Lunsford and third-place-finisher Nick Walker. The competition was held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from December 15-17. Mr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of…
Hard Rock International joins fans around the globe in celebration of the world-renowned soccer legend, Lionel Messi, and his first global quadrennial tournament win. As part of an ongoing partnership with the Hard Rock International “LIVE GREATNESS” campaign, Messi teamed up with the brand once again to launch a new retail collection and spin on…
In a history-making event, Nigerian superstar Davido joined the duo of Aisha and Trinidad Cardona to perform ‘Hayya Hayya’ (Better Together) at the finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup 2022 Official on Sunday. The track is the first single of the multi-song FIFA 2022 World Cup 2022 official soundtrack. It is Davido’s first public…
After four weeks of soccer.in Qatar, Argentina has been crowned the World Cup champion, beating France on penalty kicks Sunday in what will be remembered as one of the great finals of all time. Lionel Messi is a world champion for the first time, finally capturing the just about the only trophy missing from his…
Mike Tyson was the proud owner of three pet tigers in the 1990s/2000s and paid $50,000 each for them. At the peak of his powers as boxing’s heavyweight champion of the world, ‘Iron’ Mike had pretty much everything money could buy. However, as a result of a chance meeting one day, he even managed to…
Emiliano Martinez took the opportunity to mock France star Kylian Mbappe as Argentina celebrated their World Cup success with a song and dance. The Argentina players danced around the dressing room after beating France in the 2022 World Cup final. They were all heard singing “a minute’s silence for” in tandem, before leaving a gap…
Gucci opened its second location at Scottsdale Fashion Square just in time for the holidays, offering a men’s boutique on the first level next to Aveda and Balenciaga. As reported by KTAR News, the luxury fashion company now has two designated men’s stores in the United States with the other located in Michigan. https://ktar.com/story/5385029/gucci-opens-mens-boutique-in-scottsdale-fashion-square/The new…
Ghostface is back for another slasher in the first trailer for Scream 6. The trailer to the sequel to 2022’s Scream dropped Wednesday, after several months of social media teasing, and gave fans their first look at the latest entry in the (mostly) excellent horror series. Scream 6 is set for release on March 10,…
New Twitter owner Elon Musk offered several of the journalists he banned from the social media website earlier this week the ability to return to the platform if they deleted the tweets he falsely claimed shared his “exact real-time” location. The move from Musk came after he posted an unscientific poll on his personal Twitter…
Rihanna has given her fans a first glimpse at her 7-month-old son in a TikTok video. As reported by WOKV, the “Lift Me Up” singer and A$AP Rocky welcomed their son in May. On Saturday, Rihanna, 34, showed a 45-second clip on TikTok, showing her riding in the back seat of a vehicle, People reported….
Kimberley Westgarth says she was so disgusted by Kanye West’s recent anti-Semitic comments that she is getting rid of her tattoo of him. Two years ago, the 24-year-old architecture student had her upper left arm inked with an image of West’s face, with tears of blood from his eyes. “I loved his music and at…
Sharon Osbourne was hospitalized on Friday evening after suffering a medical emergency in Santa Paula, Calif. Osbourne had been filming on her son’s TV special, “Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror.” Jack Osbourne shared a statement regarding the incident through his Instagram story. “She has been given the all clear from her medical team and is…
Covid rampaging through China and domestic audiences buying advance tickets for next week is reducing opening weekend numbers for James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, but the film is still dominating box office with $180 million worldwide through Friday on its way toward a $400-450 million bow. The figures, while lower…
Afrobeats singer Asake on Saturday said he was “devastated” after police announced that a woman had died after being caught in a crush outside a London venue where he was performing. The 33-year-old woman who died had been one of three people seriously injured in the incident on Thursday evening. Police named her as Rebecca…
Chelsea have completed the signing of RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku, with the player officially joining the Blues in 2023. As reported by Daily Mail, Nkunku had been heavily linked with the Stamford Bridge outfit for some time, but Chelsea have finally got their man after the deal was completed on Saturday. The French star…
The internet has been abuzz with the story of actress Empress Njamah getting engaged, but the Nollywood star has come out to debunk the news. She said the previous post on her Instagram account about getting engaged is false, as she made the post under duress after being scammed, beaten, held hostage by the supposed…
Gareth Southgate had reportedly decided to quit his job as England manager regardless of his team’s performance at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. However reports now suggest that Southgate has changed his mind, and will tell the England Football Association that he wants to remain in place. Southgate’s current contract runs until after the…
Popular OAP Do2dtun, has taken to his verified Instagram page to call out Nigerian entertainer, D’Banj. Although Do2dtun has not yet provided specific details about the issue, but his message is linked to the N-Power fund fraud that D’Banj was just accused of. Recall that D’banj was arrested and detained last week’s Tuesday after ICPC…
LeBron James scored 30 points, Russell Westbrook had 15 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers smoothly overcame Anthony Davis’ latest injury in a 126-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Davis missed the second half with a right foot injury, but the Lakers still produced some of their…
Joel Embiid had 34 points and 13 rebounds, James Harden added 27 points and nine assists and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors 118-106 on Friday night. “The main thing is that everybody has bought in,” Embiid said. “That’s the thing. Everyone knows where they have to go and everyone knows where…
Trae Young scored 31 points, Bogdan Bogdanovic made the most of his first start of the season with 28 points on 7-of-10 shooting from 3-point range and the depleted Atlanta Hawks handed the Charlotte Hornets their seventh straight loss, 125-106 on Friday night. AJ Griffin had 13 points and Frank Kaminsky added 12 off the…
Nigeria’s national men’s football team is absent from this year’s World Cup in Qatar. It is only the second time since its first appearance in the tournament in 1994 that the Super Eagles failed to qualify. Sports scientist and FIFA physical fitness instructor Isiaka Oladele Oladipo explains why the team missed out and what it…
As Bad Bunny, one of the world’s hottest pop stars, floated on a palm tree crooning to adoring fans for what was supposed to be one of Mexico City’s largest concerts ever, the stadium floor was far from jam-packed. But outside, thousands were trying to get in, some scaling the stadium fence after their tickets…
The annual Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition begins on Friday and continues into Saturday, when the 2022 Mr. Olympia will be crowned. This year’s event will be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas stripThe Sporting News is tracking results from each event on Friday and Saturday, including Mr. Olympia and…
The enormous cylindrical aquarium was a wonder, the centerpiece of a popular Berlin hotel. But in the early hours of Friday morning, it burst — and soon afterward, Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said all of the roughly 1,500 fish the aquarium had contained were believed to be dead. Reports later emerged that workers might have…
Come on, Barbie — let’s go party. The moviegoers who showed up for the first screenings of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water were delighted to see the very first trailer for Greta Gerwig’s buzzy Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie as the Mattel doll and Ryan Gosling as her boyfriend, Ken. Now that minute-and-a-half…
The families of some of Argentina’s soccer players are having a difficult time at the World Cup in Qatar, enduring power outages at their hotel and even finding glass in one of their drinks. MailOnline reported on Thursday that a number of the women were forced to flee the five-star Waterfront Hotel late on Wednesday…
Fifa is to reconsider the format of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, says president Gianni Infantino. As reported by ThisDay, the teams will increase from 32 to 48 for the competition and were set to be divided into 16 groups of three, with the top two progressing to the…
At eight years old, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi stormed to victory in the New York State Chess Championships while living in a homeless shelter. He rose to national stardom with that performance, which saw him defeat 73 of the best chess players in his age group and win his division. His success in 2019 came less…
If you thought you’d seen a stressful underwater movie before The Abyss, you’d be wrong. To date, there is no tenser time spent beneath the waves. It’s difficult to explain the plot without spoiling it, but the movie is propelled by twists and turns, nail-biting revelations, and the perpetual threat of water crushing and drowning…
Tiger Woods knows playing through pain caused by plantar fasciitis in his right foot probably isn’t the best thing for his long-term recovery, but the 15-time major champion said it’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make to compete with his son in this weekend’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida. As reported by ESPN, Woods and…
Croatia defeated Morocco 2-1 in the World Cup third place play-off on Saturday, with Mislav Orsic curling home the winner. As reported by Punch, Josko Gvardiol, one of the stars of the tournament in Qatar, headed Croatia into the lead in the seventh minute at the Khalifa International Stadium but Achraf Dari brought Morocco level…
Emma Raducanu has appointed Sebastian Sachs as her new coach, British media reported, as the German became the fifth person in 18 months to take the role. As reported by Hindustand Times, last year’s US Open champion Raducanu was watched by Sachs on Friday as she lost to world number two Ons Jabeur on her…
NBA free-agent guard Tyrell Terry announced his retirement from basketball at the age of 22 in an Instagram post. Terry, who was a second-round pick of the Dallas Mavericks in 2020, cited the anxiety that basketball caused him while explaining his decision to step away from the game he’s “fallen out of love with.” “This…
Nigerian media guru, Osi Suave has a new show and it’s titled “The Sauce With Osi.”Osi Suave discusses the business of music, love, family and acting with iLLBLISS in the engaging and insightful first episode. In the second episode, he speaks with his friend, Toke Makinwa about the entertainment industry, their friendship, how she deals…
With a couple of exceptions, nobody on the San Francisco 49ers knows better than defensive lineman Arik Armstead just how hard it is to beat the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field as reported by ESPN. For all of Armstead’s eight years in the NFL, he has been part of teams that have come to Seattle…
A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk’s private jet, the fallout continues. Twitter apparently suspended its open source competitor Mastodon from the service on Thursday afternoon. Just prior to its suspension, Mastodon (@joinmastodon) tweeted a link to the jet tracking account on…
