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Sergio Aguero, the world-famous Manchester City legend, has named Real Madrid’s Vinicius as the player that deserved to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or award.
Aguero said the Brazilian international had a great 2023/24 season.
According to the Argentine, Vinicius won both the La Liga and the UEFA Champions League trophies.
“I think the award should be Vinicius. He had a great season, winning the La Liga title and the Champions League, too, with a goal to go with it,” Aguero told Stake.
“Bellingham started out really well, towards the final, after his injury, his performance waned a little.”
Vinicius scored 23 goals and registered 11 assists across competitions for Los Blancos
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Wizkid has declared himself as the “flyest man on earth.”
The singer, recently seen in Paris, sparked discussions about passersby seemingly not recognizing him, with critics suggesting his songs are no longer popular.
In a recent post on his Instastories, the “Essence” hitmaker proclaimed himself the flyest man in the entire world and shared some new photos.
He wrote: “FLYEST NIG*A ON EARTH”
See reactions to the post below;
amakagurl said: “Of course he’s the Flyest ….. some 003 fans won’t agree to it 😂😂😂😂😂😂”
viviantuza said: “Wizkid is not popular anymore so sad”
oluwaclap stated: “Don’t play! He said what he said !!!!!!”
fx_de_boss said: “This man don go smoke CO again 😂”
iam_bmodel said: “He really is the best dressed in Nigeria music industry.”
cute_rikkie wrote: “For giving unlimited peace of mind to your fan, God bless u for that 😂”
domingo_loso said: “Fair enough, dude’s drip, composure and swag is impeccable”
While Nigerian Afrobeats powerhouse, Rema, was dazzling at the Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Spring-Summer Show during Fashion Week in Paris on Tuesday, his global hit ‘Calm Down’ was plucking trophies at the 2024 ASCAP London Music Awards.
‘Calm Down’ snagged the coveted Song of the Year and Top Streaming Song awards.
The song’s co-writers and co-producers, Michael Hunter aka London, and Andre Vibez were also credited as winners.
The wins bring Rema’s American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP’s awards tally to three; the most by a Nigerian/African artiste.
Rema is the most awarded African artist in 2024, with six awards won so far.
He has won 1 Trends Awards in Brazil, 1 iHeartRadio Music award, 1 ASCAP Pop Music award and 2 ASCAP London Music awards.
Recall that ‘Calm Down’ recently became “the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US,” according.
NFF Accepts Finidi’s Resignation
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has officially accepted the resignation of the head coach of the Super Eagles, Finidi George.
The decision came after an initial hesitation due to procedural issues with the resignation letter, which was reportedly unsigned at first.
The resignation process faced a hiccup when Finidi George’s initial resignation letter was found to be unsigned, leading to delays in its acceptance by the NFF.
However, the matter was promptly resolved as the letter was subsequently signed and made available to all members of the executive committee.
The official acceptance of his resignation was confirmed following the Sallah holidays, as reported by ScoreNigeria.com.
Finidi decided to step down following the NFF’s decision to appoint a foreign technical adviser to oversee his work.
In his resignation letter addressed to NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, Finidi expressed his concerns about the changes to the technical crew, which included several appointments made without his input.
He stated that under these circumstances, he preferred to resign from his position.
With Finidi’s departure, the NFF is now faced with the task of finding a suitable replacement before the commencement of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, which are set to begin in the first week of September.
Seun Kuti, the Grammy-nominated Afrobeat musician, has made a new claim about Burna Boy.
He lamented that Burna Boy is erroneously being credited for records set by him and others in the Nigerian music industry.
He recalled that Burna Boy was widely reported as the first artiste to play in Coachella in 2020 despite his (Kuti’s) performance at the festival in 2012.
He also mentioned that before Burna Boy earned his first Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album with African Giant, his elder brother, Femi Kuti had received multiple nominations in the category.
Speaking in a recent interview with The Public Republic, Kuti lamented that his album ‘Black Times’ was nominated for Best World Music Album years ago but no African award organiser considered it for a nomination.
The controversial singer stated that despite earning another Grammy nomination for his contributions to Janelle Monae’s ‘Age of Pleasure,’ which was nominated in the Album of the Year category at the 2024 Grammys, the media didn’t mention him among the Nigerian artists nominated for the 66th Grammys.
“My brother [Femi Kuti] has been nominated at the Grammys multiple times. They’ve nominated me, I was also nominated in the last edition. It was only my name that they [Nigerian media] didn’t mention among the Nigerian artists who were nominated for the 66th Grammys. That’s what they do every time as if I’m from Togo.
“That’s how they said Burna boy was the first Nigerian artiste to play in Coachella in 2020 where me I’ve played in 2012 as if I’m from Togo,” he lamented.