Author: New Daily Prime

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Spanish midfielder Rodri will be out for the rest of the season. Guardiola gave the update today following a surgery on the 28-year-old’s anterior cruciate ligament.Rodri sustained an injury to his knee during City’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal. He subsequently made a trip to his home country Spain for further tests. Guardiola provided insight into his situation at his pre-match press conference on Friday. He said, “Surgery this morning, ACL. Next season he will be here. This season is over. Unfortunately, we got the worst news but these things happen. We will…

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) introduced an exciting twist as evicted housemates returned to shake things up and bring fresh drama to the house. On the evening of Thursday, September 26, viewers were left in awe when former housemates Chinwe, Rhuthee, and Dami made a grand return to the house. In a viral video circulating online, Biggie instructed the housemates to freeze while Ninjas entered the house and sprayed them with whipped cream. To everyone’s surprise, the Ninjas removed their masks, revealing themselves to be previously evicted housemates Chinwe, Dami, and Rhuthee. Following their return, Chinwe had a heated face-off with…

Popular British actor Idris Elba will star in the television version of Chinua Achebe’s breakthrough novel, ‘Things Fall Apart’. According to Variety, Elba will also produce the project under his production label, 22Summers. Yoruba Saxon, the production company of actor David Oyelowo, will serve as an executive producer. Things Fall Apart, released in 1958 and recognized as one of the greatest novels ever written, is the first book in Achebe’s ‘The African Trilogy’. It was followed by No Longer at Ease in 1960 and Arrow of God in 1964. According to the official description, Things Fall Apart will tell the…

Embattled crossdresser Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, has made a startling return to social media just hours after expressing concerns over suicidal thoughts. The New Daily Prime earlier reported that social media influencer VeryDarkMan released an alleged phone recording in which Bobrisky claimed to have paid N15 million to EFCC officials to drop money laundering charges against him. He also alleged he served his prison sentence in a private apartment. Following the public outcry, Bobrisky deleted all his Instagram posts. In a surprising turn of events, he restored all his hidden photos and videos within 12 hours. He also posted a…

Human rights activist and lawyer Femi Falana’s daughter, Folakemi, has weighed in on the ongoing feud between her family and social media influencer, Martins ‘VeryDarkMan’ Otse. Earlier, The New Daily Prime reported that VeryDarkMan posted a leaked audio clip on his Instagram page, in which controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, made serious allegations against Mr Falana and his son, singer Falz. In the recording, Bobrisky alleged that during his six-month sentence at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for currency abuse, Falz and his father contacted him, offering to apply for a presidential pardon on his behalf. Additionally, Bobrisky…

Former Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has indicated he is open to taking up his old role at the club again. The Norwegian, who has not managed another team since he was shown the door by United in November 2021, declared his availability in a Q&A session at the Oslo Business Forum. He said, “If the family [United] asked, I would say yes every day of the week. It feels wrong to talk about jobs that other people have now, but I would say yes, of course.”The 51-year-old was hired to replace Jose Mourinho after the latter was sacked…

A Spanish court sitting at Mallorca has sentenced a Mallorca fan to a 12 months suspended prison term. The sentence is for hurling racist insults against Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior and Villareal’s Samuel Chukwueze (now at Milan). The lawsuit, jointly filed by La Liga, Real Madrid and Villarreal against the fan, sought action against him for racially insulting Vinicius in a league encounter in Son Moix on February 5, 2023 and another instance involving Chukwueze two weeks later.In addition to the suspended 12 months sentence, the fan was handed a three-year ban from football stadiums within Spain. Real Madrid put…

Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe has been ruled out of action for three weeks with a thigh injury, according to sources within the club. Consequently, the French superstar will not be available for Madrid’s upcoming derby against Atletico on Sunday.Mbappe had to come off in the 80th minute of Madrid’s tense 3-2 victory over Deportivo Alaves. The striker had complained of discomfort in his left thigh during the second half of the game in which he scored to put the Los Blancos two-nil up.Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti dismissed the injury as a “knock” in his post-game interview, adding that Mbappe…

Nigerian rapper Falz, the son of renowned lawyer Femi Falana, has been linked to the scandal surrounding crossdresser Bobrisky after allegedly assisting him in dropping money laundering charges filed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a viral recording uploaded by social media activist Verydarkman on September 24, 2024, Bobrisky claimed that some unnamed EFCC personnel took ₦15 million from him to drop money laundering accusations. He admitted to paying the EFCC ₦15 million to settle his money laundering case and claimed he was confined to a private flat rather than prison for abusing the currency. Bobrisky also…

Nigerian rapper and singer Falz has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to social media activist Verydarkman for saying that he helped Bobrisky drop money laundering charges. The ultimatum is in reaction to a viral tape posted by Verydarkman on September 24, 2024. Bobrisky claimed that some unknown EFCC personnel accepted ₦15 million from him to drop money laundering allegations against him. The article accused Falana of attempting to obtain a presidential pardon for Bobrisky in exchange for N10,000,000. According to the written petition, the defamatory claims were made on September 25, 2024, in a video post on Verydarkman’s Instagram page, which…