Man United become first team valued over $3bn

Manchester United have become the first sports team in the world to be valued at more than $3bn. A surge in the club’s shares after a poor start when they were offered on the New York Stock Exchange in August has seen the overall value of United rise to $3.3bn (£2.1bn).

According to Forbes, United are comfortably ahead of the world’s second-most valuable sports team, the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, worth $2.1bn (£1.4bn).

Omawumi Is Now An Actress...Spotted On The Set Of Yvonne Nelson's Movie

Balotelli set to join AC Milan as Man. City agree on Price

Manchester City have agreed the sale of Mario Balotelli to AC Milan, Talkofnaija understands.
The two clubs reached an agreement over a €20 million (£17.1m) deal that will be spread over five years to see the Italy international move to San Siro.

Talkofnaija understands that the 22-year-old said his goodbyes to team-mates and club staff after completing training at Carrington on Monday morning, and could travel to Milan over the next 24 hours. 
 Balotelli’s agent Mino Raiola arrived in Manchester to present the Serie A side’s latest bid for the striker to City officials on Monday morning, as was exclusively revealed.

Galatasaray Sign Drogba

Ivory Coast captain and former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has left Shanghai Shenhua to sign a 1-1/2 year contract with Galatasaray, Turkish broadcaster CNN, Turk said on Sunday.

The channel did not give any more information and Galatasaray could not be reached for immediate comment.

The 34-year-old, who is on Africa Nations Cup duty with his country, moved to China after helping Chelsea win the Champions League last May.

Messi-Ful: Barcelona Ace Creates Double Record In One Night

Setting and breaking records just happen to be Lionel Messi’s hobby beside scoring goals and mesmerizing his football opponents. Messi made history again by becoming the first player to score in 11 consecutive Spanish La Liga matches when he netted four goals in Barcelona’s 5-1 demolition of 10-man Osasuna Sunday.

Messi, who is the first soccer player to haul in four consecutive Ballon d’Or trophies, proved once more why he’s undoubtedly the greatest soccer player of all-time following another record-smashing feat.

Gbemi Olateru Kicks Off TV Show

The TV show called Gbemi will create conversations on different issues and people, from the serious and scary, to the mundane and trivial while engaging the audience.

The show will start showing on local networks, cable channels, as well as on mobile and the web in few months time. Gbemi is currently an OAP with the Beat 99.9 fm.

David Beckham trains with Arsenal

Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger, has announced that David Beckham is training with Arsenal at their Hertfordshire training base but he won't be signing with the club. 

The 37 year old former England captain is currently without a club after leaving LA Galaxy last year. 

"He called me," Wenger said. "He has asked to come here and to work on his fitness. He has not done anything for a long, long time. It's purely for fitness. There's no speculation about signing or anything."

Let me look for trouble. Dear Arsenal fans, you don't need Beckham...you need Jesus! Say Amen! Hehe! 

Tweets of the day: Ivory Coast player Eboue to Super Eagles

For those who don't watch football, we are meeting Ivory Coast next in the quarter final stage at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations - on Sunday 3rd of February. Emmanuel Eboue is an Ivory Coast player and former Arsenal player. We shall see Emmanuel, we shall see! Even though I believe you small... *runs away*

Yvonne Nelson to feature Nigerian rapper Ice Prince in her new movie

According to reports from Peacefmonline.com,Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson is featuringNigerian rapper, Ice Prince in her new movie. According to what we gathered, the 'Oleku' hitmaker has already shot some scenes for the movie.

The movie, which according to unconfirmed reports is title "House of Gold" is produced by Yvonne and it also has Majid Michael as another actor to star in it.

Ice Prince has once been reported to have a crush on Yvonne, who was reportedly dumped by Iyanya, after a rumoured affair between each other.

Champions League – Drogba to join Sneijder at Galatasaray

Didier Drogba has agreed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Galatasaray, according to reports on Turkish television.

LigTV, the official broadcaster of the Turkish league, announced the deal just before the Galatasaray-Besiktas derby.

Reports say that Drogba will pocket a salary of 6 million euros for the 18 months of his deal as well as a signing on bonus of 4 million.

The former Chelsea striker will also get a bonus of 25,000 euros for each game he plays, up to a maximum of 500,000 euros a year, meaning he could earn 11m (£9.63m) euros over the 18 months.

Benitez's Temporary Chelsea Reign Drags On Towards its Doomed End

The Blues were fortunate to be in the hat for the fifth round draw, bailed out by an increasingly rare example of Fernando Torres coming up trumps when it mattered against Brentford, who had twice taken the lead against the more illustrious west London club at Griffin Park.

Whatever Roman Abramovich's opinion of Benitez, it is inconceivable that the Spaniard may continue beyond the current campaign and the Chelsea players know it. When Sir Alex Ferguson declared his intention to retire at the end of the 2001-02 season, Manchester United ended up finishing in third place in the Premier League - they have never finished lower in the new top flight. 

CAF dismisses Egyptian ref who officiated Nigeria vs Zambia match

The 36 year old Egyptian referee who officiated the match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Chipolopo of Zambia on Friday January 25th, has been dismissed from the on-going 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as a result of poor officiating.  Ghead Grisha awarded a controversial penalty to Zambia in the 85th minute which enabled them draw level in the group C match.

A Wish Hilarious Comedy released on DVD

Barely seven weeks from the date of the premiere and Cinema release, A wish, a hilarious comedy featuring Award winning actress Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jennifer, Bishop Imeh Umoh, Patience Ozokwo, Afeez Oyetoro also known as Dauda, Hellen Paul (Tatafo) and other artistes, has been released on DVD today 21^st of January 2013. 

The comedy flick from the stable of Diamond Groove Pictures was released early on DVD so as to sustain viewers’ attention on the movie from the big screen to the small screen. 

Actress Anita Joseph Poses Without Clothes: Exposes 'Assets' (SEE)

 The sultry actress seems very crafty in the art of attention seeking. See the photos below Your Thoughts?

INTERVIEW WITH MR IBU -- I was once a butcher, photographer, hair stylist

John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu

They say John Ikechukwu Okafor, aka Mr Ibu is an incurable comedian. That is not too difficult to believe knowing how hilarious he is in his movies. What most people do not know, however, is how intense he is; and how comedy largely controls the life of John Okafor. When Jungle Journalist met him, little did they know that the man seen everyday on thescreen is the everyday John Okafor.

Trust Mr Ibu, while telling the pathetic story on his journey from suffering to stardom to Jungle Journalist, he punctuated the tale with comics to otherwise serious questions. The interview was a  rib-cracker:

Photo: Iyanya Drags Gov. Uduaghan, Sen. Ngige To The Dance Floor With Kukere

Perhaps after Olu Maintain’s ‘Yahoozee’, 9ice’s ‘Gongo Aso’ and Dbanj’s ‘Oliver Twist’, the other song in recent times that has taken the Nigerian music industry by strom is Iyanya‘s ‘Kukere’. Ever since its release in 2012, the song has gone on to become a mosnter hit and a favourite in almost everyone’s playlist including top government functionaries.

Adewale Ayuba Brings In Banky W, Sound Sultan, Vector For ‘Camel Lion’

It is no longer a thing of surprise to see fuji singers infusing some bit of hip-hop into their songs as they strive to appeal to the new generation of music lovers especially in the ever evolving Nigerian music industry. One person who is leading this revolution is ‘Bonsue Fuji’ crooner, Adewale Ayuba, who is set to mark his comeback to the secene with the remix of his popular track, Happy People – a popular tune from the early 90′s.To achieve the feat, Mr. Johnson, as he is fondly called, enlisted the lyrical prowess of The Headies ‘Lyricist on the Roll’ winner, Vector and TM9ja, an outstanding vocalist that was recently signed to Ayuba’s BA records.

Murray Defeats Federer In Five Sets To Set Up Epic Final With Djokovic

Andy Murray has beaten Roger Federer 6-4 6-7 (5/7) 6-3 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 to set up an explosive final against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. Before today’s epic semi-final clash, the Scot had never defeated the 17-time grand slam winner in a major’s event and will now look forward to contest his sixth grand slam final on Sunday.

Eagles coach targets Ethiopia victory

Super Eagles coach  Stephen Keshi has set his sights on victory in Tuesday’s Africa Cup of Nations  Group C  encounter with   Ethiopia at Rustenburg,   after  Nigeria drew 1-1  with Zambia on Friday, Mtnfootball.comreports.  The  Eagles could  not defend their lead as they allowed the defending champions to fight back and cancel out Emmanuel Emenike’s 57th minute opener. Keshi said, “We wanted the three points,  with due respect to Zambia, they are a great team and have been together for the past four years and also they are the defending champs.

Enyeama, Keshi condemn penalty award

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Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi  and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama  condemned  Egyptian referee Grisha Ghead’s decision to award the   penalty that helped Zambia equalise in their South Africa 2013  Africa Cup of Nations Group C game against  Nigeria on Friday.

The match stood at 1-0 until the 83rd minute when the referee adjudged Ogenyi Onazi to have fouled Emmanuel Mayuka in the box.

Zambia goalkeeper Mweene Kennedy, who was voted the Man of the Match,  beat Enyeama from the spot equaliser but the Nigeria captain for the match said the call was the worst he had witnessed in the game.