Cassper Nyovest and Davido have recorded new music. The song was recorded in Davido’s house, and it is produced by Fresh VDM, the man who is responsible for OBO’s smash hit record ‘FIA’. Nyovest is in Nigeria for the Soundcity MVP Awards festival, where he won the award for the Best Hip-Hop artist in Africa. He also gave a performance at the award ceremony. Davido was also successful at the event, picking up the trophies for the Song of the Year, Video of the Year, and African Artist of the year. Cassper had to extend his stay in the country…
Author: David Folami
As Benue State does not stop mourning those that were lost to the recent killings by Fulani herdsmen on January first and second, Yemi Alade has joined them. She shared pictures of the coffins and the tomb of an 8yr old as well alongside, mourning those that were lost. As bodies of the victims were given mass burial on Thursday, January 11, many wept for the loss of lives. Reports have it that the corpses of the victims arrived IBB Square, Makurdi for funeral rites.
The nominees for the 2018 Brit Awards have been announced, with Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran receiving several nominations each. Lipa is nominated in five categories — British breakthrough artist, British female solo artist, British album of the year, British single and British artist video of the year — while Sheeran is up for four: British male solo artist, British album of the year, British single and British artist video of the year. Nomination list includes …. British Artist Video of the Year Anne-Marie, “Ciao Adios” Calvin Harris Feat. Pharrell Williams/Katy Perry/Big Sean, “Feels” Clean Bandit Feat. Zara Larsson, “Symphony”…
Though it’s unlikely she lived there or even spent a single night on the premises, mononymic Barbadian international pop supernova Rihanna seeks a deep-pocketed tenant for a Spanish-modern mini-compound in a prime area of West Hollywood, Calif., that’s come available for lease, as noted the eagle-eyed property gossips at The Observer, at $16,500 per month. The singer, actress and fashion and beauty entrepreneur, née Robyn Fenty, purchased the property in early August 2017 for $2.75 million, quickly experienced a real estate change of heart and flipped it back up for sale less than three months later at $2.85 million. Set…
She is back to her usual self. Kim Kardashian gave her social media followers quite an eyeful on Sunday. The 37-year-old reality star flashed her impressive cleavage in a photo she captioned ‘Morning’ along with a sunshine emoji. She had strung on three necklaces, two of which were medallions and one of which had metallic lettering reading: ‘PABLO.’ Kim’s husband, Kanye West, released a record in 2016 entitled The Life Of Pablo – his seventh and most recent studio album. Kanye is Kim’s third husband – preceded by Damon Thomas and Kris Humphries – and the pair of them are…
Prince Tonye Princewill, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, said recently that Gov. Nyesom Wike would no longer fool Rivers people with mere budget speech. “Gov. Wike presenting a budget speech is nothing new; what will differ this time is, we will no longer be satisfied by hearing a budget speech. “I will not even talk about the importance of why a budget needs to be made public because it is the equivalent of saying why we need to breathe air to survive. “If Rivers people do not know, why Wike, cannot hide our budget, then…
Muhammadu Buhari has hailed top industrialist and Chairman of the Eleganza Group of companies, Chief Rasaq Akanni Okoya on his 78th birthday. Buhari felicitated with all business associates, family and friends of the astute businessman. Buhari also noted that through vision, hard work and entrepreneurship, Okoya had completely altered the business landscape of Nigeria, and West Africa, by starting a cottage industry in the early 70’s that blossomed into a multi-billion naira empire, with a strong household name. He commended the Aare of Lagos for his generosity in providing for the less privileged, especially scholarships for people to further their…
Ayo Fayose has blasted the his Kaduna state fellow governor, Nasir El-Rufai for leading six other Governorsto beg President Buhari to run in 2019. He said “No fuel, killings in Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Rivers, etc. But some people’s response to all these is to endorse President Buhari for second term. What a way to treat Nigerians with contempt.” He also said that the campaign by the Governors for Buhari to run in 2019, in the wake of killings by herdsmen, is unfair to Nigerians. We wait Nasir’s reply.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised the media to be mindful of its reportage of electoral events during the 2019 general elections. Mr Sam Olumekun, a rep, said that this would have “a great effect on facilitating credible elections and corresponding social order’’. “Some reports on the process were not properly investigated, and some basics facts were glossed over,’’ INEC chief said. “We expect the media, being a veritable tool for information disseminating, to ensure that they apply a professional acumen to their reports so as not to leave prospective voters helpless and confused due to distorted information.…
Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has issued a serious warning to all officers and soldiers in the Nigerian Army to steer clear of politics. “Leave politics to the politicians and concentrate on your chosen career” he noted. Buratai said ” it is pertinent to state that the recent gains of the Nigeria Army in the North-East and other internal security operations all over the country is expected to present the challenges of a growing rank of criminal elements and criminal activities”. “Such challenges were characterised by kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, armed robbery and other act of terrorism, he noted while urging them…
Senator Shehu Sani has blasted the killing of 10 people allegedly by herdsmen in Birnin Gwari Local Government of Kaduna state. Sani said “There’s a fresh attack by Gunmen in my constituency, Birnin Gwari LG, Kaduna state today, killing scores of people. “My condolences to the families of the deceased. I will surely raise this on the floor of the senate on our resumption, Insha Allah.” Senator Shehu Sani had earlier called on President Buhari to forget about calls for him to run in 2019, and fix the herdsmen problem.
The Presidency has warned the public on the existence of a fake Twitter handle purportedly belonging to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Femi Adesina said already a fake message was being circulated on the fake twitter handle. The statement read: “The spurious message seeks to justify attacks by herdsmen, saying they were only defending themselves. “Evil doers and enemies of our country are obviously at work, seeking ways to further advance their pernicious acts. “The message is denounced in its entirety, and President Buhari stands by his earlier condemnation of the killings in Benue and other parts of the country as…
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has urged Nigerians to ignore religious and political differences to promote harmonious and peaceful coexistence. The governor also called for peace, harmony and sustainable development at the state and national levels. “Peaceful coexistence and religious harmony will be enhanced, if clerics, leaders and ordinary citizens can live by example in their day to day activities. ”Peace is a necessary requirement for development. He asked Islamic and Christian clerics to enlighten their followers on the importance of peaceful coexistence.
Tunde Bakare has released a letter written by a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, informing him of impending attacks by Fulani herdsmen, 18 months ago. He said that the President and his team have failed in the area of security. Bakare also said “By not advancing and vigorously executing policies aimed at pre-empting or preventing these killings even with sufficient warnings: I am reminded of the open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada and Second Republic senator, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher. Permit me to quote excerpts from that letter: “Your…
Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said that they had knowledge before the plans by Fulani herdsmen to attack several villages in the statewas made known. The Governor also said “We wrote to the Vice President on the planned attack on parts of Benue by Fulani herdsmen, because the word was everywhere on the street, but he refused to reply. “When there was no response, and upon the return of Mr. President, I personally went and intimated him, and also wrote. The documents are here, I will hand them over to you. I wrote to him on the planned attack…
Jose Mourinho has said he only has “contempt” for his war of words with Antonio Conte after two weeks of trading insults with the Chelsea boss. “I think when a person insults another, you can expect a response. “Or you can expect contempt, silence. “The first time he insulted me I had a response, a response that I know that touched the point where he really feels hurt. “Then he insulted me for a second time, but now I change, and now contempt and for me, contempt means end of the story.” Mourinho added: “Zlatan is injured or is not…
Georginio Wijnaldum has refused to praise himself for luring Virgil van Dijk to Liverpool, admitting that his only advice to his Netherlands international teammate was to “follow his heart.” “We spoke a few times. I told him how the club was and everything,” Wijnaldum told the Liverpool Echo ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester City. “I told him whatever decision you make just follow your heart. “You have to deal with that. You do what you want to do. Liverpool is a great club.” Wijnaldum says Van Dijk has slotted seamlessly into Jurgen Klopp’s setup, hailing his calming effect on…
Jose Mourinho has left the door open for Henrikh Mkhitaryan to exit Manchester United this month but insists the midfielder is still part of his plans at Old Trafford. Mourinho said: “My approach to players is that every player has a price, doesn’t matter who he is, doesn’t matter the level, doesn’t matter the prestige, the status, I think every player has a price. “I’m not the kind of blind manager, blind in the sense of this player is untouchable, this player we can never sell, I think every player has a price. “So when the transfer window is open…
Mauricio Pochettino praised the way his Tottenham team has responded to last month’s one-sided defeat at Manchester City after they thrashed Everton 4-0 on Saturday. “Manchester City was a tough defeat,” Pochettino said. “They were so clinical. The game wasn’t bad [for us], only that they were and are in an amazing moment. It was so important to work hard, try to keep going and show we can win games and fight for big things. “Always the character is so important when you receive this type of defeat — you have to stand up and start to win games. I’m…
Ernesto Valverde wants Barcelona to overcome the disadvantage of having played on Thursday to win at Real Sociedad in La Liga for the first time since 2007. It makes an already difficult task even more difficult, with Barca having failed to win in each of their last seven visits to Anoeta in the league, losing five of them. “Not playing in midweek is an advantage for La Real,” Valverde said in a news conference on Saturday. “It’s the same story with our game against [Real] Betis, who we play in the league next weekend after our midweek game [against Espanyol…