Anita Eboigbe

Popular rapper Olamide Adedeji aka Baddo, has proposed to his long standing girlfriend and mother of his son, Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman.

The love birds have been together since 2011 and have a son Maximilaino Adedeji, born in 2015.

He announced the proposal on Snapchat @baddosneh, some hours after wishing her a happy birthday on the same platform.

The YBNL boss is said to have bent on his knee before Aisha as he proposed to her birthday on Thursday which coincidentally was marked International Womens Day with the theme: Press for Progress.

Olamide wrote: My senior wife Oya we have a wedding to plan.

Olamide, who raps mostly in Yoruba, has been described as the voice of the ghetto.

The Bariga born artist recently released a seven minutes visual to his hit song Science Student amidst controversies surrounding the message of the song.

He recently bagged the Listeners choice award at the just concluded Sound city MVP awards.

Olamide came into limelight in 2011 with his debut album Rapsodi before starting his label YBNL in 2012.

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Disney will in the 2019 summer launch its Cruise Line, the first-ever round trip cruise route starting from the port of Civitavecchia, a town near Rome, Italy.

Disney fans will be able to see Italy and Southern Europe in a more magical way than ever before.

The first voyage begins on June 14 with stops in Italy, France and Spain.

Guests will be able to visit Salerno, on Italys Amalfi Coast; La Spezia, a common launch point for visiting the picturesque towns of Cinque Terre; Villefranche-sur-Mer and Marseilles, on the French Riviera; and Spains vibrant beach city of Barcelona.

The Rome-based cruise is just one of seven new cruise routes that Disney has to offer in Europe.

The others are Cartagena, Spain; Toulon (Provence) and Brest, France; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Gothenburg and Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden; and Fredericia, Denmark, according to the Disney Parks Blog.

We dare you not to sing Its A Small World After All.

And closer to home for Americans, Disney Cruise Line is also returning to their popular ports in Alaska, the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

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Former US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle are in negotiations with Netflix about producing a series of shows for the online streaming giant, according to US media reports.

Obama and former first lady Michelle would provide Netflix with exclusive content, with the format and number of shows yet to be determined, The New York Times reported citing people familiar with the matter.

Netflix declined to comment.

As the worlds leading on-demand internet television service, Netflix would offer Obama a global platform to delve into topics that marked his presidency, such as health care, immigration, foreign policy, and fighting climate change.

His wife, Michelle, would also have a stage to explore subjects she was passionate about while first lady, such as nutrition.

The format could include talk-show-style or documentary productions. Obama does not plan to use shows to respond directly to President Donald Trump or other critics, but instead to showcase inspirational stories, according to the Times.

Netflix said it ended last year with about 117 million users, including slightly more than 110 million paid subscribers.

Having shifted its focus to original content, Netflix has scooped awards and helped shake up both the television and film industries with its deep pockets.

Netflix is available in some 200 markets worldwide and produces programs in several languages.

It said it expects to spend between $7.5 billion and $8 billion on content for 2018.
*AFP

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Manny Pacquiao is to fight Argentinas World Boxing Association welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia on June 24, the Philippine ring legend has announced.

The 39-year-old will be co-promoting the bout after rejecting an offer to fight in Las Vegas on an undercard to his recent conqueror Jeff Horn, who will be facing Terence Crawford on April 14.

Pacquiao said he considers himself the underdog against the brawling Matthysse, 35, who has 39 wins all but three of them via the short route against four losses.

This is going to be a tough fight. Matthysse is also a knockout artist. But Im excited to fight and be a world champion again, he said in a statement announcing the bout late Thursday.

Im the underdog in this fight but Im used to it. It serves as a big motivation for me to train and fight hard to win the crown, said Pacquiao, who has won world titles in an unprecedented eight weight divisions.

I like his aggressive fighting style. Thats what I want, to entertain the boxing fans, said the elected Philippine senator, adding that the Argentine was not a dirty fighter.

The Filipinos trainer Restituto Fernandez said he expects the Kuala Lumpur bout, co-staged by Oscar De La Hoyas Golden Boy Promotions, to be a real brawl because Matthysse is an aggressive fighter.

Pacquiao, winner of 59 bouts against seven losses and two draws, lost his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title to Australias Horn last year.

The Filipino southpaw, who has enjoyed a glittering, 23-year pro career, retired briefly in 2016 but made a comeback to retake his WBO title from Jessie Vargas just months later.

The last of his 38 knockout wins came more than eight years ago.
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By Iyiola Pedro

Teenage qualifier Felix Auger-Aliassime scored a superb 6-2 7-6(4) first-round victory over fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California early today.

The 17-year-old displayed lightning-quick footwork in his bright pink shoes, and delighted the packed crowd with his formidable serve and powerful forehand.

He pounded down 11 aces and saved all three break points he faced en route to his first career victory.

To come here, beat one of my growing idols, Vasek, it felt kind of surreal at first, Montreal-born Auger-Aliassime told Tennis Channel.

All the emotions kicked in. I was trying to stay calm the whole second set, the whole tiebreak. After I let everything go. It felt great.

Auger-Aliassime, the youngest player in the mens draw and who shares a birthday with Roger Federer (Aug. 8), will face another Canadian in the second round, 32nd seed Milos Raonic.

Its quite funny to see these guys in my draw, he said.

I used to watch these guys on TV growing up, and now to stand in front of them, its crazy, but I guess thats where my level is at right now and Im just enjoying it.

Another teenager enjoying the winning feeling on Friday was 19-year-old Australian wild card Alex de Minaur, who beat 56th-ranked German Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5).

De Minaur, ranked 141st, started the year by making the final of the Sydney International, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev.

He also took Alexander Zverev to five sets before losing a deciding tiebreak in a Davis Cup tie against Germany in early February.

His Davis Cup team mate Nick Kyrgios withdrew on Friday ahead of his first match, citing an on-going right elbow injury.

Kyrgios, who had not played since the Davis Cup tie, was scheduled to play Medvedev on Saturday but had been replaced by lucky loser Matteo Berrettini.

In other matches, wild card Ernesto Escobedo beat fellow American Frances Tiafoe 7-5 6-3, while lucky loser Dudi Sela of Israel edged German Peter Gojowczyk 6-4 6-4.

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Lionel Messi announced today that he and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo have become parents for a third time.

Welcome Ciro!!! Thank God, everything went perfectly. He and his mummy are doing very well. We are super happy!!! wrote Messi on his Instagram account, accompanying the post with a photo of the babys hand.

Ciro is a brother to five-year-old Thiago and Mateo, who is two.

Messi had pulled out of Barcelonas squad for Saturdays La Liga match at Malaga to be present for the birth.

The club tweeted: Change to the squad. Messi is out for personal reasons and Yerry Mina takes his place.

The Argentinian couple, both 30, first met in their home town, Rosario, in 1996 and started going out a decade later. They were married last year in Rosario.

Barcelona, who face Chelsea in the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie at the Camp Nou on Wednesday, have an eight-point lead over Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga.

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Marcus Rashford was Jose Mourinhos joker that made Manchester United beat rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford, with 74,855 fans on the stands

And then after he was substituted by Marouane Felliani, his colleagues held off a Liverpool fightback to move five points clear of their visitors in second place in the Premier League with a 2-1 win.

United are now within 13 points of Manchester City, but barring a late season collapse by the runaway league leaders that gap looks unbridgeable. More significantly Jose Mourinhos men moved another huge step closer to guaranteeing a top-four finish by opening up a 12-point lead on fifth-placed Chelsea.

Liverpool were left to rue a slow start as Rashford twice finished impressively after Romelu Lukaku had outmuscled Dejan Lovren.

The visitors dominated after the break, but could only find a response via a United player when Eric Bailly turned into his own net 24 minutes from time.

Just a second defeat in 21 Premier League games leaves Liverpool still in third, but they could drop to fourth if Tottenham win at Bournemouth on Sunday.

Rashford may not have even have started but for an injury Paul Pogba suffered in training on Friday.

Without the 89 million ($123 million) French international, Mourinho moved Alexis Sanchez inside behind Lukaku and handed Rashford his first league start of the year on the left.

The Portuguese coachs plans worked to perfection when Rashford brought the game to life with a superb finish after 14 minutes.

Lukaku beat Lovren to a long ball and the England international skipped inside Trent Alexander-Arnold before smashing a shot past the helpless Loris Karius.

Liverpool had chances for an immediate response as Sadio Mane just failed to get on the end of Roberto Firminos dangerous cross before Virgil Van Dijk skewed a header wide from close range when unmarked from a corner.

But soon Liverpools task became doubly difficult as Uniteds power and pace again proved too much.

Lukaku shrugged off Lovren once more and when his ball through to Juan Mata was cut out by Van Dijk, Rashford swept home the rebound.

An eventful afternoon for Rashford continued moments later when he escaped with just a yellow card for a late lunge on James Milner.

And he should also have had an assist to his name before half-time when a dinked cross picked out Mata perfectly only for the unmarked Spaniard to send an acrobatic effort wide.

Liverpool enjoyed almost complete control of the ball in the second-half but failed to find a way through the mass ranks of United defence.

The visitors did have two strong appeals for penalties waived away as Ashley Young pulled at Mohamed Salahs shirt before an Andy Robertson cross rebounded off Antonio Valencias arm.

When Liverpool were handed a lifeline, it came via a United boot as Bailly who had excelled on his first start since November flicked Manes cross into his own net.

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Cristiano Ronaldo came to the rescue again as Real Madrid followed up their thumping win over Paris Saint-Germain with a narrow victory against Eibar.

Ronaldo scored twice, his second six minutes from the end, as Real won 2-1 and avoided another slip-up in La Liga. Ivan Ramis had equalised for Eibar shortly after half-time.

His double means Ronaldo has now scored in seven consecutive games and has a remarkable 13 goals overall in that period.

Real move four points behind second-placed Atletico Madrid, who will restore that gap to seven with a win over Celta Vigo on Sunday. Eibar stay eighth.

After securing a 5-2 aggregate victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, Real swapped the Parc des Princes for the Ipurua Municipal Stadium, the smallest in La Liga with a capacity of just over 7,000.

They were below their best and rode their luck late on when Eibar should have converted a pair of excellent chances.

But Ronaldo proved the difference again, the 33-year-old taking his tally for the season to 35 goals in 37 appearances.

Zinedine Zidane had insisted the success in Paris was now forgotten and his starting line-up suggested as much, with Karim Benzema the only key player rested.

Gareth Bale started up front alongside Ronaldo, while Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, fit enough only to come off the bench in midweek, returned.

Isco and Casemiro formed the top and tail of a midfield diamond.

Real were ragged early on as Takashi Inui, Kike Garcia and Joan Jordan all went close to giving Eibar the lead.

Raphael Varane had to be replaced by Nacho after taking a bang to the head and, against the run of play, Real edged ahead in the 33rd minute.

A sloppy pass out from the back by Anaitz Arbilla conceded possession to Luka Modric who quickly picked out Ronaldo with a sublime bending pass. Ronaldo chested the ball down and slammed it in at the near post.

In front, Real improved but five minutes into the second half and Eibar were level. Sergio Ramos lost his man at a corner and Ramis nodded in from six yards.

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Former President Robert Mugabes photograph with Brig.-Gen. Ambrose Mutinhiri, the leader of opposition party the National Patriotic Front (NPF), has elicited a shock-waves in the political landscape of Zimbabwe.

The shockwaves ripped through the party he dominated for decades, the ruling Zanu-PF.

Mutinhiri is taking on the ruling party in this years election.

Mugabe grinned broadly in the posed photo, standing beside Mutinhiri, the leader of opposition party the National Patriotic Front (NPF), which hopes to unseat the government in polls by August.

Mutinhiris abrupt resignation from Zanu-PF last week followed by his surprise announcement that he would be the presidential candidate of the new party exposed deep divisions in the governing party.

The symbolism of the photo opportunity, which was featured at the top of a press release issued by the new pro-Mugabe splinter party, was unmistakable.

Two days later Zanu-PF Youth League supporters chanted down with Mugabe at a rally, a rare outburst from the normally disciplined members of the party that Mugabe led for nearly four decades.

A leader of the league, Pupurai Tigarepi, later said that if Mugabe is not responsible, we are going to look at him as a new enemy.

In response to the hostility, the new president did little to defend the man who was once presented by Zanu-PF to the world as a liberation hero and father of the nation.

There is an issue regarding the former president, said President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Currently we see in the media various speculations about his activities we are not happy with what the media is saying. We dont know whether its correct or not but it is an issue we are examining.

(The photo) sort of solidifies the whole idea that the Mugabe family is behind the project, said Gideon Chitanga, an analyst with the Johannesburg-based regional think-tank Political Economy Southern Africa, describing Mugabes meeting with Mutinhiri as very cordial.

Other analysts said that Mnangagwa had every reason to be concerned by Mugabes sudden re-emergence on the political scene.

There is an understated panic especially within Zanu-PF, said Zimbabwean political analyst Brian Kagoro who added that the ruling party had already struggled to formulate a response to the opposition following the death of its figurehead Morgan Tsvangirai in February.

It would have been a much easier task to concentrate on infiltrating the (opposition) but now they have to deal with uncertainty as to who is with them, said Brian Kagoro, a director of the UHAI Africa think-tank.

Mugabe was forced to quit when the military briefly took power in November and Zanu-PF lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against their once beloved leader. Since his dramatic reversal of fortune, he has largely appeared to stay out of public life.

The military moved against Mugabe, 94, after he sacked his then-deputy and heir-apparent Mnangagwa apparently fearing the nonagenarian was grooming his wife Grace to succeed him as president.

The former first lady had cultivated her own factional support base within Zanu-PF known as G-40 that was seen as hostile to the security establishment.

There is a fight for legitimacy among the retired military supremos, said Kagoro, who suggested that Mugabe was behaving with grand malice over his treatment.

The NPF claims to have many members who are outraged by the unconstitutional and humiliating manner in which president Mugabe was criminally ousted from the leadership of both Zanu-PF and the country.

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