Alicia Keys is a roller skating mama! On Tuesday, the singer celebrated her youngest son’s birthday with a family roller skating trip in Newark, NJ. Keys and husband, Swizz Beatz’s son Genesis Ali Dean turned 3 years old on Dec 27. For the fun night, the happy family strapped on roller skates and showed off their moves, spinning in circles around the floor. Keys was wearing skates that lit up, similar to the ones Prince was said to wear during his legendary skate sessions. Beatz —who has shared video of him skating before— was especially talented, doing dance moves on…
Author: David Folami
It seems that holiday beauty rules can be at once broken and reinforced, all with a bit of strategic styling. She stepped out at Jay-Z’s 4:44 concert in Los Angeles with a December-ready leg reveal furthered by classically colored detailing. A leather dress that inched ever-higher played well with barely-there strappy sandals, each note serving as a reminder that winter weather is an entirely different game on the West Coast. But along with the skin-is-in moment came a reimagined showing of the season’s storied cocktail of red and green, sparking imaginations and quietly turning the combination from camp to cool.…
It’s been a crazy year for hip hop and to top it off, the biggest rapper in the game came out of his cave to drop off his ninth studio album. Eminem finally dropped his highly anticipated album, Revival. While it’s been a polarizing release with many fans and hip hop heads alike either loving it or hating it as always, the fact that Em decided to actually release an album was headline worthy itself. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 upon its release but it looks like Em hit another accomplishment on the way. Eminem has…
Drake’s latest song ‘Pistols’ has leaked online. The Canadian rapper, who is reportedly working on his forthcoming fifth studio album, unfortunately had his latest experimental song exposed in full during a leak on Christmas Day (25th December). Despite the leak being removed at a very rapid pace, fans are already listening – and also reviewing – the long-awaited potential comeback single from Drake. The ‘One Dance’ singer hasn’t released an official song since ‘Signs’ back in June and therefore fans were eager to get a taste of new music. “I’ve been sleeping with a pistol in my bed/I rather have…
Don jazzy has reacted to his performance, alongside Mo’hits crew at Davido’s 30billion concert. Davido on Wednesday night dazzled the crowd as the Mo’Hits crew performed on stage. The Mo’Hits crew comprising of Don Jazzy; the Entertainer, D’Banj; vocal powerhouse, Wande Coal; as well as Dr Sid, K-Switch, Ikechukwu and D’Prince had gone on a very painful split in 2012 over several internal disagreements. Don jazzy in reaction wrote on his Instagram page: “Compliments of the season with love from Boys 2 old Men. “@iambangalee@iamdrsid One Love Africa, Back From Barbados.”
2Nite Music Group has presented us with the official music video for ‘Ijele’ the title track and fourteenth track off Flavour’s current LP – “Ijele The Traveler”. The video was shot on location in Enugu, Nigeria and it features Zoro. Directed by Tchidi Chikere.
Oritsefemi is getting criticisms for the comments he made about his wedding been better than any of the current musical shows held. Oritsefemi had gone to his Twitter page where he made these comments; “All them shows put together no even loud like my wedding ceremony… Na confirmed yan,” he tweeted on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He just didn’t end it there, he went on to refer to the musical concerts as “Shaku Shaku events.” Well, guess he didn’t see it coming as a number of Nigerians had a lot of replies for him which, well, didn’t sound nice. Oritsefemi…
Tiwa Savage is ending the year 2017 in a subtle way. After giving us dope singles like ‘All Over’ and ‘Ma Lo’ featuring Wizkid and Spellz, the first lady of Mavin Records drops the video for the title track of her Sugarcane EP. The video was directed by JM Films. Tiwa Savage who has had a solid December 2017 revealed on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 that her luggage went missing at the Lagos airport.
Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho has linked the constant scarcity of petrol to monopoly of the product by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Iheanacho said that this was not realistic for marketers to import and sell at that rate. “The selling of the product at N145 per litre is no longer feasible with the current exchange rate. “Shortage of foreign exchange and increase in crude prices have made it unprofitable to import petrol and sell same at N145 per litre. “The problem is that importation of petrol is being handled, almost 100 per cent, by NNPC, while private importers backed out…
Prince Uche Secondus has declared that Nigeria would return to the safe hands of his party by the next presidential election, in 2019. Secondus confidently stated that the PDP is ready and divinely positioned to bear the responsibilities of leading the country. He said: “We are going according to the plans and purpose of God. This country will be returned to the PDP, whether you like it or not”, and added that there cannot be an otherwise outcome in the next general election because “it is (has been) approved in heaven.” He also appreciated the Governor, Nyesom Wike and his…
A rights activist and social commentator, Kayode Ogundamisi, has blasted the timing of the release of a documentary on Buhari by the presidency amidst fuel crisis. He said the “Buhari documentary commissioned by Femi Adesina during fuel scarcity is an insult on Nigerians.” Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Babatunde Fashola, Nasir El-Rufai, John Odigie-Oyegun, some governors, ministers and a few other politicians were also shown. In an interview, Femi Adesina (the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity), rhetorically inquired “Should we then be perpetually like King Lear at his worst, and consign ourselves to the doldrums occasioned by fuel scarcity…
Mr Habib Omotosho, has warned against open defecation, saying its consequence on the health of the people is serious. Omotosho, who is the National Coordinator, Environmental Advancement Initiative, an NGO, gave the warning recently. He said that governments should invest in advocacy, fumigation and other basic facilities as it enforced the war against indiscriminate dumping of solid and liquid waste. “Governments should enforce discipline on those who litter the environment indiscriminately with solid and liquid waste to stop breeding of mosquitoes and combat malaria in the country. “Indiscriminate dumping of solid and liquid waste or uncollected solid waste can block…
Zahra Buhari-Indimi has opened up on the bike accident involving her brother, Yusuf. She thanked Nigerians for their kind wishes for Yusuf. She assured Nigerians that her brother, Yusuf, was in a stable condition. “#GetWellSoonYusuf “Thank you all for the kind messages. Yusuf is doing better. Alhamdulillah,” she wrote. Yusuf had sustained injuries on his head and limbs after a bike accident at the Gwarimpa area of Abuja on Tuesday, December 26, 2017.
Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa has said that his administration will give first attention to empowerment in 2018. “In line with our budget of Hope and Empowerment, this administration will do stomach infrastructure next year,” Bindow said. He said that to aid transformation, particularly at the grassroots, his administration approved N500 million to be shared by the 25 members of the house of assembly for constituency projects. “If you recall I once approved N1 billion for constituency projects for the lawmakers, this time around its N500 million. “We have legislators who are serious and this administration is ready to work…
The Edo government has revealed that more than 55,000 youths in the state are expected to benefit from its agripreneur programme, which will be fully implemented in 2018. Mr Joseph Eboigbe, the Special Adviser to the Edo Governor on Budget, said this recently. “In 2017, the state government launched the pilot phase of the agripreneur scheme and by the first quarter of 2018, we will roll out the programme fully. “The agripreneur programme will target more than 55,000 youths who have indicated interest in agriculture through the Edo Jobs Scheme,” he said. “Each person will be allocated five-hectares of land…
Aminu Masari of Katsina State has described the recent defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as an exercise in futility. He said the defection of the vice president would not in anyway affect the electoral success of the ruling APC, stressing Atiku had just answered his popular name. He said the APC was aimed at repositioning the nation by creating leaders that would lead the positive cause of the nation; “about 65 per cent of our political appointments were allocated to the youth”. Masari said the era of “do or die politics was over as individual character and his…
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream has summoned the minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu and the group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru over the continuing fuel scarcity across the country. Senate President Bukola Saraki had urged the senators to suspend their recess and tackle the fuel scarcity crisis head-on. Chairman of the committee, Kabiru Marafa disclosed this recently. Senator Marafa further added that the meeting which would be held at the Senate Hearing Room 221 and its proceedings aired live on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), “is meant to address the lingering fuel…
Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, the suspended member of the House of Representatives recently met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. He rejected the suggestion that he was in the villa to seek presidential intervention over his political crisis in the House of Representatives. He said: “well, I cannot comment in that regard. The most important is that I saw him and he is a very high spirit. I greeted like a son and he spoke to me like a father.’’ “Of course Nigerians like justice, my constituency has been suspended for 16 months. “So, is only normal that…
Antonio Conte has begged Chelsea to take a crucial step towards a top four finish in the Premier League by beating Stoke on Saturday. “In this league there is great motivation for all to try to stay there and fight until the end,” Conte said. “I don’t know if we can do this for the title because it depends on Manchester City, who are doing something extraordinary. “To win every game and draw one means you are having a fantastic run. “But there is great motivation to find a place in the Champions League next year, there are four places…
Dani Carvajal has insisted that Real Madrid can still win the Spanish league, despite the 3-0 El Clasico defeat by Barcelona that left them 14 points adrift in the La Liga title race. “La Liga is not won or lost in December,” he said in an interview published Wednesday in Spanish sports daily AS. “It was a hard loss, but we are Real Madrid. We have had a fantastic year and there are still six months left in the season,” the 25-year-old added when asked about Real’s loss at home to Barcelona. “The qualifying round against PSG is going to…