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Elikem regrets marrying Pokello

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Elikem regrets marrying Pokello

Ghanaian fashion designer Elikem has finally broken the silence about his marital woes with Zimbabwean beauty Pokello.

In a series of posts on Instagram stories, Elikem who looked happier than ever before posted a video of a huge diamond ring, perhaps giving a hint that he is marrying again.

A screenshot of Elikem’s Instagram story

He captioned the video “I’m definitely not making a mistake on the next one. The right one.

This comes after speculation that the two poster couple had finally called time on their short-lived marriage after meeting in the Big Brother House in 2013.

The two have a son together.

Cracks in the marriage became first visible after Pokello’s silence on her husband’s birthday.

Eliken was celebrating his birthday on November 7 but of the many birthday wishes sent across social media Pokello’s did not feature.

This saw Ghana go gaga upon the realisation that Polikem as they are known to the Big Brother family, could actually have come to an end.

Elikem Kumordzie and Pokello in happier times
Pic- Elikem Instagram

Of all the times they have been together they have both celebrated each other’s birthday using the medium of social media.

However, then, Elikem poured cold water on the social media rumours.

“Why are people dwelling on what is on social media… I don’t understand why because there hasn’t been a post where people will not want to jump to conclusion to say A, B or C.

“Secondly, I am not ready to spit out what’s private at home out on air to say yes I am divorced or no I am not divorced so whether there is a divorce or not, I’m sure it is not anyone’s business so to speak,” he told JoyNews’ MzGee.

“People like to keep their lives private at a certain point in time, maybe we are used to people who like to post stuff… It’s not important for people to want to find out.

“We haven’t been posting on social media anymore but we haven’t also posted whether we are or we are not so why do people just want to jump into conclusion and say we are not because there is no social media post,” he added.

This brings to an end one of Big Brother Africa sweet love stories

Cavs kick off their new era with a statement win in Boston

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Cavs kick off their new era with a statement win in Boston

Cedi Osman, making just the second start of his career, anticipated the pass, snatched hold of the ball and darted down the Boston Celtics’ parquet court for an uncontested, two-handed slam.

Pic by WINSLOW TOWNSON-USA TODAY SPORTS

Only he missed the dunk, and badly. The ball caromed off the back rim and flew across the court, landing out of bounds.

That was about the only thing that went wrong for the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers as they marched into Boston and controlled the Celtics on both sides of the ball, winning 121-99 on Sunday.

While Boston welcomed former Celtics into the building for Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement ceremony — Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, Doc Rivers and Antoine Walker were notable attendees — it was the Cavs’ fresh four of Rodney Hood, George Hill, Larry Nance Jr. and Jordan Clarkson breathing new life into Cleveland.

Jordan Clarkson pulls up from deep on the fast break and LeBron James shows love from the bench.

Hill started at point guard, scoring 12 points and looking capable while defending Boston’s pick-and-rolls.

Clarkson (17 points) and Hood (15 points) provided a punch off the bench, combining to hit six 3-pointers. Nance’s numbers might not have showed it, but his energy played a role in the Cavs’ defense holding the Celtics to just 40.4 percent from the floor.

Just like last season, when the Celtics sailed through the 82-game slate atop the Eastern Conference standings while the Cavs seemingly stumbled along only to come into TD Garden late in the season and dominate Boston, Sunday was a clinic run by the Cavs.

LeBron James barely missed his third straight triple-double, finishing with 24 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds in 28 minutes, playing through an injury scare in the first quarter when he banged knees with Boston big man Aron Baynes.

 

LeBron comes up hobbling after offensive foul

LeBron James collides with Aron Baynes as he’s driving to the rim and James comes up hobbling.

JR Smith continued his strong play of late and rewarded Tyronn Lue’s faith in him, keeping him in the starting lineup, by going 6-for-7 from the field — including a turn-back-the-clock drive and dunk on Baynes in the first quarter.

And all of this after being together for only one practice, in Atlanta on Saturday.

“We don’t have a lot of time,” Lue said before the game. “We had a half a practice yesterday because a couple of the guys weren’t cleared to go. So just basically, just the biggest thing is playing together and moving the basketball.

Very generic NBA sets, but we just got to play hard and compete. And that’s the biggest thing we want to see out of our guys.”

The Cavs have now won two straight games on national television after dropping their previous eight national TV contests in a row. They’ll have another national TV game Tuesday against the Oklahoma City Thunder before heading into the All-Star break.

There might not be much time to get things right before the playoffs, but the first steps have been overwhelmingly positive.

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Find out which Stadium is going to have a Hotel experience View

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Find out which Stadium is going to have a Hotel experience View

Marriott International has announced a multi-year partnership with a leading European football club, with Courtyard by Marriott becoming the official hotel partner for Germany’s most popular and successful football club.

Pic by Marriott International

Courtyard by Marriott’s brand is now the exclusive hotel partner of the record champions FC Bayern München the partnership will initially run until the end of the 2019/20 season. 

The partnership helps bring an unprecedented match-day experience to life through a Courtyard by Marriott lens with a custom-built executive box offering fantastic views of the pitch in the world-renowned Allianz Arena.

With modern furnishings inspired by Courtyard’s latest design and a Courtyard bar serving crafted cocktails and elevated menu options, the box gives guests a taste of the look and feel of a stay at a Courtyard hotel.

‘NAMA i Made it’

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‘NAMA i Made it’

Reacting to his National Arts Council of Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) nomination, comedian Tinaye Wayne couldn’t have been more comical.

Tinaye Wayne Pic Tinaye Wayne Facebook

Tinaye Wayne a 23-year-old budding Stand Up comedian paraphrased his excitement by saying ‘MaMa I Made It’. “Mama I have been nominated for NAMA 2018 as the Outstanding Comedian in Zimbabwe. Alhumdulila” he tweeted reacting to his maiden NAMA nomination.

It’s a tough contest for the youngster as he is in the same category with Bus Stop Tv’s Samantha Kureya aka Gonyeti and Mandlenkosi Mathe aka D Comedian.

Tinaye began his career in 2016 as a curtain-raiser to renowned and established comedians such as Carl Joshua Ncube, Doc Vikela and Q-Boss. That was a good test for the lad as a way of gaining confidence.

After having performed in a couple of shows Tinaye could take any opportunity availed even being a sole comedian at any show such as the German Society and Sopranos.

As he is pursuing his degree in Marketing at the University of Zimbabwe, he always hosts on-campus comedy shows during the semester. 

Tinaye Wayne Pic Tinaye Wayne Facebook

“2017 was a remarkable year in my career as I performed at the much-hyped Shoko festival, HIFA and the Alfred Kainga show,” he said.

Tinaye is also the co-founder of  Chipiri Night Comedy Show together with his counterpart Kadem.

The comedian automatical qualifies for the  People’s Choice Award and voting is currently underway, check out the voting instruction here

USD 6.37 billion spent in 2017 FIFA Global Transfer Market: Report

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USD 6.37 billion spent in 2017 FIFA Global Transfer Market: Report

The new edition of FIFA’s Global Transfer Market Report offers an overview of global international transfer activity at professional football clubs around the world throughout 2017. 

Neymar – Pic by YouTube

Last year saw more record-breaking football transfer statistics:

Spending reached a new high of USD 6.37 billion, 32.7 per cent more than in 2016

A new record was set with 15,624 international transfers, 6.8 per cent more than in 2016, involving 13,415 players of 181 different nationalities

15.8 per cent of transfers involved fees, with the remaining 84.2 per cent free of fees

Most of the increase in global spending is accounted for by the few at the top: about two thirds (67.4 per cent) of the USD 6.37 billion spent came from only 50 clubs from 13 member associations.

 

The new FIFA Global Transfer Market Report also offers insights into:

Geographical club involvement in international transfers

A case study on three fast-growing markets: Japan, Czech Republic and Hungary

An analysis of the transfers of South American players around the world

Movement of minor players

The data published in the FIFA Global Transfer Market Report is extracted from the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS) used by all 211 FIFA member associations around the globe and over 7,000 professional football clubs for the international transfer of professional football players.

The FIFA Global Transfer Market Report is now available for free download HERE

Watch Matthew Rusike do the Anelka Butterfly Celebration

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Watch Matthew Rusike do the Anelka Butterfly Celebration

Warriors international forward Matthew Rusike scored on his Cape Town City FC debut against Nedbank Cup opponents Bidvest Wits and he did it with flair.

Matthew Rusike Pic by Soccer Laduma

Rusike is donning the number 39 jersey that Frenchman Nicolas Anelka donned during his days at Chelsea

To borrow from the great fomer Arsenal and Real Madrid striker, Rusike celebrated his first goal with the iconic butterfly celebration across his chest.

 

Check out his goal here

 

Big Show hints at WWE Return

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Big Show hints at WWE Return

Big Show hasn’t been seen in a WWE ring since Sept. 4, when he battled Braun Strowman in a barbaric Steel Cage Match on Monday Night Raw and was actually thrown through the structure by The Monster Among Men.

Big Show – Picture by WWE

The giant would require surgery to his right hip following that perilous encounter, but as has been the case throughout the behemoth’s legendary career, he won’t stay down for long.

Just two days before his birthday, The World’s Largest Athlete tweeted a video during a therapeutic bike ride, hinting that his return to the ring could happen sooner than you think.

“If there’s such a thing as bicycle torture, I’m committing it right now,” Big Show quipped to his 2.5 million Twitter followers.

“I’m slamming about 390 pounds down on this bike, and it’s going to be a crumpled pile of metal and rubber when I’m done with it. Giant return coming soon.”

While we can’t help but feel sorry for Big Show’s bike, the idea of The World’s Largest Athlete coming back to WWE is pretty exciting.

Check out Big Show’s video on Twitter

How Toxic Friends Ruin Your Romantic Relationship

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How Toxic Friends Ruin Your Romantic Relationship

“At least I have my friends!”, that’s the phrase that you often say to yourself after a breakup. And that’s absolutely common, as your friends are always there to help you to survive when your romantic relationship came crashing down.

Picture – Supplied

But have you ever thought that your friends may be the actual reason causing your breakups? Yep, you may have toxic friends and they may be ruining your relationship right now.

“Are my friends toxic?”, you may wonder, and we can help you with figuring it out. We offer you to check out our list of toxic friends signs.

 

Signs of Toxic Friends

 

1.  Your friends are not accepting your choice of a partner. Sometimes they might be right but if they don’t approve any of your partners, it might be one of the signs of toxic friends. If you have doubts, think whether you always pick online dating partners of a certain type or all of them are different. In the second case – you’re having toxic friends.

 

2.  Your friends are trying to compete with your partner over your attention. While you can understand it, as you’ve devoted more time to your friends when you were free, but aren’t your friends supposed to be happy for you? Your friends should allow you dedicate as much time to your partner as you want… if they aren’t toxic friends.

 

3.  When you are talking about your relationship, your friends focus on the negative aspects of your partner. You can see it in their faces. They are simply ignoring you when you are talking about how good your partner is, but whenever you say that your partner offended you in some way, they are all ears.

 

How Toxic Friends Ruin Your Relationship

 

Those three points are quite enough for you to get the picture, but do they actually manage to ruin your relationship? There certain ways that you are about to evaluate now.

 

1.  Not knowing your date quite well, they start telling you that he or she is no good. You know, something like “You are the best partner for him/her, but you could find someone better”. It sounds quite innocent, but that phrase gives your toxic friends a possibility to slowly poison you against your partner.

 

2.  Whenever your partner is around, your friends start talking about your exes. Of course, they are focusing on the positive aspects of your exes. Your past relationships is a sensitive topic.

Hearing positive things about your exes your partner would start feeling somehow inferior comparing to them. That might lead to thoughts that he or she is not good enough for you, which in turns may lead to your breakup.

 

3.  Are your friends trying to flirt with your partner? Sooner or later they are going to tell you that your partner was showing his or her affection.

While you should talk to your partner about that, the very first thing you should do is to ask your friend why he or she was flirting with your partner in the first place. Of course, your friend would tell you that he or she was trying to check your partner, but you know that you didn’t ask him or her to do that.

 

How to Deal with Toxic Friends

 

When you are sure that your friends are toxic, the best thing you can do is getting rid of them. It’s not as hard as you may think. All you need to do is to ignore their advice.

Give it some time, and your toxic friends will disappear from your life. If you want to get rid of them faster, you can tell them to stop nosing into your relationship.

It will lead to scandal, but who cares if the final result is the absence of the toxic friends in your life.

 

Here is How You can Vote for the NAMA People’s Choice Award

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Here is How You can Vote for the NAMA People’s Choice Award

National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has launched the People’s Choice for the 17th National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) voting platform on Monday 5th February 2018.

Voting will run until the awards night on 17th February 2018 at 2000hrs. The People’s Choice Award is a special award given to an artist or arts organisation selected by the public.

The public is afforded the opportunity to vote for an artist of their own choice at every NAMA.

To vote for one’s favourite artist for this year’s People’s Choice Award, one has to send the artist’s name to this Whatsapp number +263 772 168 045 with the syntax #ARTIST NAME.

The Artist with the most votes will be declared a winner and awarded at the awards ceremony.

As the name suggests, the People’s Choice Award is given to an individual/institution that would have received the most votes from members of the public through voting on the platform given above.

The public is at liberty to select an artist of their choice in any of the NAMA categories of Music, Literary Arts, Dance, Visual Arts, Film and Television, Theatre and Spoken Word.

The 17th NAMA shall be televised on ZTV and many arts lovers and followers can make a date for the live coverage on 17th February 2018.

The ceremony shall also be streamed live on more than 30 Facebook pages already linked to the official NAMA NACZ Facebook page.

See the full list of nominees here

GOMBWE Too Big For HICC

Bryan Zhawi
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GOMBWE Too Big For HICC

History has been set, a high level of greatness has been reached as Gombwe finally arrived in a gothic black outfit which matched with a traditional rod in hand.

Picture – Bustop TV

The much-hyped album launch made the Zimdancehall king Winky D join the duo – Oliver Mtukudzi and Jah Prayzah in proving that HICC is shrinking as our local music industry is growing.

Indeed the Gafa never disappoints but always surprises as no one anticipated that a Zimdancehall artist can have the finest and natural voices of Vabati vaJehovha in one song. 

Well! That led to a dramatic shift from an all black Gombwe outfit to an Apostolic white garment as ‘Dzika Ngirozi’ was introduced – from a Guardian Spirit to a Divine Angel and the two also mean Gombwe in Shona.

Picture – Bustop TV

This is the majority’s favourite at the moment, Highway Code is another track which is being liked more.The album’s title track Gombwe is still infiltrating in people’s minds – the literature (lyrical content) can make up a set-piece for literature students and even fail to paraphrase. 

Such originality made HICC roar in the name of Gombwe as Winky D proved that the long wait for a new album was worth it.

Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure had to give a monetary value to such creativity by a bid of $20 000 which made another business tycoon Albert Ndabambi get his copy for $30 000.

‘My guy’ it only took Ginimbi a few minutes to realize that Gombwe is worth more and he made his final bid of $40 000 for a 12 tracks album. Gombwe is worthy $70 000.

Phathisani Sibanda, Abisher Palmer and Merciless set a good pace by moderating the arrival of Gombwe with so much vigour.

Picture – Bustop TV

Supporting artists complimented the quality of Winky D’s stage art. Live show performances have improved, the energy levels are just impressive let alone creative.

Jah Signal, Takura, Kinnah, Killer T and not forgetting Willom Tight’s son Gary who also kept the stage alive and tight.

South African based Buffalo Souljah also had his time on stage not as good as expected prior Kinnah came to the rescue to perform Gwenya.

Is it high time Winky D tried -FillUpNeshaz (#FUN)?

After the historic Harare gig, the next day Gombwe invaded NUST campus in Bulawayo. The institute’s SRC tagged the bash as the best ever on campus. 

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