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  Leicester City striker Islam Slimani resumed his torment of Porto as the Premier League champions preserved their 100 percent Champions League record with a narrow 1-0 victory on Tuesday. Playing in their first ever Champions League home game, Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester prevailed thanks to Slimani’s 25th-minute header to make it two wins from two in Group G. Slimani earned the nickname ‘The Dragon Slayer’ for his scoring feats against Porto with former club Sporting Lisbon and he has now scored seven goals in seven career appearances against The Dragons.  Eight years to the day previously at the King Power Stadium, Leicester had beaten Hartlepool United 1-0 in an English third-tier game. Eight years on, they are the champions of England and having won 3-0 at Club Brugge in their opening group fixture, their fans will already be dreaming of a place in the last 16. The European campaign is proving a welcome tonic for Leicester, whose faltering league title defen

Singer Adele / AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK Adele’s “25” has topped 10 million sales in the United States, her second album to cross the threshold as the English singer cements her status as the century’s top-selling artist. The US industry body presented Adele a plaque certifying that “25,” released in November, had gone diamond platinum, or sold 10 million, at a ceremony backstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden where she just played six sold-out shows, her publicist announced Tuesday. The Recording Industry Association of America in its latest certifications said that it also recognized that Adele’s 2011 album “21” had sold 14 million copies in the United States, the world’s largest music market.  Adele, who has achieved similar historic success in her native Britain, is the only artist to sell albums at such volume since digital music went mainstream in the early 2000s. A handful of other albums since 2000 have also gone diamond platinum but all have been around a decade

                                                                                           it was a two-day fashion blast at the 6th edition of Africa Fashion Week London,  which held at Olympia West  between September 9 and September 10. AFWL is a hub for fashion lovers who grace the show to buy, window shop and watch the catwalk. With over 40 exhibitors, it was an array of exquisite designs from African designers. Trendy beaded luxury handbags, kente and ankara bags, crafted hand made jewelry, danshiki fabric, shoes designed in African prints, skin and hair care products for Africans were on display from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Togo, Tanzania and of course, the Carribean. Aside these exhibitors, Bank of Industry (BOI) and Nigeria Export Promotion Council  also had a unique stand. Maureen Ideozo representing NEPC addressed the audience on the objectives of the council. The fashion parade featured about 50 designers. Tina Ugo, creative director, Didi

                                                                                                                                      Basketmouth                                                 About two weeks ago, Nigerians woke up to a rude shock when popular comedian, Bovi, posted on his Instagram page that his colleague and friend, Basketmouth, got robbed. Many of his fans were quick to sympathise with him while others were apprehensive as nothing was heard about the humour merchant. Ever since the incident occurred, the ace comedian had not spoken about the encounter he had with the men of the underworld till  Saturday Beats  reached out to him. Responding to a mail the comedian thanked Nigerians for their concern but also begged them to put the incident in the past where it belongs. Like any doting father, he thanked God that his children were unaware of the robbery incident because they were asleep all through the encounter. Basketmouth said, “I will rather no

                                                                                 Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo                                           Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday stressed the need for Nigeria to borrow, spend less and earn more to get out of the current economic recession. Obasanjo said this in Abeokuta at the opening ceremony of the National Council On Finance and Economic Development Conference (NACOFED). The theme of the conference is “Enhancing Revenue Generation and Obtaining Best Value for Money in Expenditure”. According to Obasanjo, the major problem with Nigeria is that “we are spending more than we are earning and we have not been able to save for the rainy day”. He, however, proffered a three-fold solution of borrowing, spending less and earning more to the economic challenges of the nation. Obasanjo, who said that funds were available outside the country, advised that Nigeria needed to approach its allies wh