Dwayne Johnson For Muscle Beach

 

Hollywood’s omnipresent actor-producer Dwayne Johnson has announced plans to team with USA Network for Muscle Beach, a scripted series rooted in the world of ’80s bodybuilding. Set against the sun-kissed streets of Venice Beach, Johnson shared some preliminary details about the new show via Instagram, confirming that Muscle Beach hails from co-writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer also starring The Rock. Both will executive produce, alongside Johnson himself, with Dany Garcia and Beau Flynn also involved.

Court grants bail to Fayose's aide

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted bail to Abiodun Agbele, an aide to the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose.

Hands Of Stone Trailer

 

Edgar Ramirez will step into the ring for Hands of Stone, The Weinstein Company’s starry biopic that finds Robert De Niro in the role of accomplished trainer, Ray Arcel.

Nigeria is 'technically' in recession – Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun

Nigeria is in technical recession, the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, said Thursday. Appearing before the senate, Mrs. Adeosun made efforts to allay public fears about the implication of the country’s troubled economy, saying “things are tough”, but there should be no panic.

Update On Ben Affleck’s Batman Film

 

Said to feature a who’s who of iconic villains, Ben Affleck’s solo Batman movie is quietly trucking along in development – and it’s a project that the actor-director will seemingly have full creative control over.

#BREAKING: Saraki reshuffles Senate Committees

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reshuffled the leaderships of the Senate’s committees. Mr. Saraki’s most outspoken critic, Kabiru Marafa, was appointed chairman of the Petroleum (downstream) Committee. He was chairman of the Committee on National Population.

Netflix Scoops Up International Rights To Star Trek TV Series

 

Continuing to bolster its lineup of enticing properities, it’s been confirmed that Netflix has scooped up international rights for the new Star Trek TV series after penning a deal with CBS. That means within 24 hours of its US premiere on the network, Netflix users across the globe will be able to revel in CBS’ rebooted series.

Saraki denies defecting to PDP

Senate President Bukola Saraki has released a statement denying claims in some quarters that he has joined the PDP. Saraki briefly attended a PDP caucus meeting in the senate yesterday July 20th. Many believed his attendance was a move to join the opposition party. In a statement released by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, Saraki denied the claim. Read the statement below

Rumours About Batwoman, Constantine And Oracle

 

According to Bleeding Cool, they’ve heard some rumblings concerning not only ill-fated fan favorite Constantine, but also characters such as Batwoman and Oracle, which should excite many a fan.
Let’s start off with what I find to be the most intriguing: Batwoman/Kate Kane may have a recurring role this season when Supergirl makes its way to The CW. With Maggie Sawyer joining the show, it makes sense that her ex-girlfriend pop in to National City from time to time. I fully admit that even I would have previously thought the inclusion of a Batman Family character of this magnitude to be impossible, but with Superman putting in a few appearances at the start of Season 2, the door has seemingly been opened for more heroes.

xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE - Official Trailer

Paramount has premiered the bat-shit insane new trailer for xXx 3 that heralds The Return of Xander Cage, Vin Diesel’s musclebound adrenaline junkie that clearly hasn’t lost his edges in the intervening years since the cult actioner of 2002.

Nigerian Senator pictured sleeping during senate plenary

Gabriel Barnabas Gemade is the senator representing Benue North-East Senatorial Zone, he was recently caught by a photo journalist with Idoma Voice sleeping during senate plenary in the national assembly.  Photo credit: Idoma Voice

Epic throwback photo of Falz TheBahdGuy

As shared on Instagram by the award winning rapper

Bishop David Oyedepo and wife pictured holding hands and laughing so hard

As shared by their daughter, Joy Oyedepo.

Making A Murderer Gets Season 2

 

Six months ago, the contentious case of convicted murderer Steven Avery was given the global spotlight thanks to Netflix’s hit documentary series, Making a Murderer. It took the Internet by storm, too, fanning interest in a potential sequel to piggyback off the show’s runaway success. Fast forward to today and Netflix has finally commissioned a second season of Making a Murderer, one that will offer intimate access to the post-conviction process.

Characters Who Could Claim The Iron Throne

 

If we know one thing about Game of Thrones, it’s that it’s a fool’s errand to try and predict it, since season one we’ve been rooting for heroes that ultimately didn’t make it; whole plotlines, and characters who seem destined for greatness are often discarded without a second thought.

Stoke City Offer For Joe Allen Accepted

 

Stoke City have agreed a £13m fee for Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen. Allen has been at Liverpool since 2012 but was in and out of Jurgen Klopp's first team after the German took over from Brendan Rodgers in October, 2015.

Beautiful photos of Beyonce's and Jay z's daughter, Blue Ivy

 Another photos below

David Moyes To Replace Sam Allardyce in Sunderland

 

Sunderland will look to David Moyes to fill the vacancy left by Sam Allardyce once he is confirmed as England manager. Allardyce has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Roy Hodgson and his appointment could be ratified after a meeting of the Football Association Board on Thursday.

Celtic Progresses In Champions League

 

Mikael Lustig, Leigh Griffiths and Patrick Roberts scored the goals as Celtic exacted a 3-0 revenge on Lincoln Red Imps to progress to the Champions League third-qualifying round. The trio scored within six first-half minutes of each other to settle the tie 3-1 on aggregate and book a clash with Kazakhstan side Astana.

NFF appoints Salisu Yusuf as Super Eagles' Coach after Le Guen’s rejection

The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has named Salisu Yusuf as the new Super Eagles Head Coach following Frenchman Paul Le Guen’s rejection of the job.

Conte Want Transfer Business A Secret

Antonio Conte refused to confirm reports of a Chelsea bid for Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, saying he prefers to keep transfer business a secret. The Chelsea head coach recorded his first win in charge of the Blues when his side beat RZ Pellets WAC 3-0 in Austria on Wednesday.

Pep Confirms City Interest Leroy Sane

 

Pep Guardiola has revealed Manchester City are in talks with Schalke winger Leroy Sane, but that the two clubs are still some way apart in their valuation of the player. Speaking after losing his first game in charge of City, a 1-0 loss to former club Bayern Munich on Wednesday night, Guardiola admitted he was interested in signing the Germany international.

President Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, sues Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has sued Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for claiming that she was involved in the Halliburton corruption scandal.

50 Cents' 'Power' series breaks record

Things seem to be going back to normal for American rapper, 50 Cent as his TV series, 'Power' Breaks record

Rafael Nadal Confident Of Rio Olympics Chances

Rafael Nadal is confident of being fit enough to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 14-time grand slam winner has not played since pulling out of the French Open in May because of a wrist injury.

Johanna Konta In Easy Win In California

 

Johanna Konta cruised past Julia Boserup 6-3 6-1 in her first game at the Bank Of The West Classic in Stanford. The British No 1, seeded three for the tournament in California, was playing for the first time since her second-round exit against Eugenie Bouchard at Wimbledon late last month.

Nigerian Students' Association (NAN) gets new president

Ebonyi State University’s Chinonso Obasi on Tuesday emerged the new president of the National Association of Nigerian Students.

Buhari orders immediate release of funds to Team Nigeria at Rio Olympics

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate release of funds budgeted for Nigeria’s successful participation in the Rio Olympics in Brazil.

New Still For Marvel Spinoff Series 'Luke Cage'

 

Acting as the third spinoff series under Marvel and Netflix’s partnership, there’s an air of confidence going into Luke Cage‘s September premiere. Coming off the back of two seasons of Daredevil and, in particular, the excellent debut of Jessica Jones, Marvel’s small-screen masterplan is quickly falling into place, and the studio’s Hero for Hire will soon muscle his way onto Netflix on September 30.

First Look At Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja

 

Perhaps one of the most intriguing features in development right now is Okja, Bong Joon-Ho’s monster movie that blends elements of science fiction with full-blown horror. Being aligned for release at some point next year, Joon-ho’s latest creative venture is in active production across the world as the South Korean filmmaker goes about capturing his bold, global adventure. He’s assembled an all-star cast to do so, too, and today’s first look image sheds light on Tilda Swinton and Giancarlo Esposito.