Come December 2nd, headliners for the 2017 edition of Hennessy artistry concert, will be king of afro-dancehall, Timaya, versatile rapper cum songwriter, Falz, voice of the street and legendary rapper, Olamide and new school king, Ycee, will light up Lagos with music jamboree. According to the organisers, the concert which is scheduled to hold at Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, Lagos is a unique integrated global platform that brings the art of blending to life by creating exceptional consumer moments through a fusion of music, art culture and creative talent. The invite-only concert will exceed all expectations with a spectacular…
Author: David Folami
Over 4,000 children and their parents were excited last weekend at the 2017 NickFest, a programme organised by family entertainment TV channel, Nickelodeon. The event, which held at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos, attracted popular entertainment stars such as Yemi Alade, Falz, Mr. Eazi, Dare Art Alade, Simi, Julius Agwu and Chioma Akpotha. According to a statement, the hosts for the day, IK Osakioduwa, and comedienne, Emmanuella, kept the children’s mood alive with their effervescent presence. “The highlight of the festival, especially for the children, came with the arrival of the incredible Nickelodeon character shows, Shimmer and…
This is what we the fans want from this two African biggest artiste, Davido and Wizkid. Recently, Davido and Wizkid crew fought at backstage after the One Africa Music Festival at Dubai which has been the topic on social media. Not quite long, a video of Wizkid and Davido hit the Internet which shows the two artistes hugging each other friendly. This is actually what we want from this guys and we hope nothing will happen this time around. Hopefully, they might drop a song anytime soon.
On Wednesday, Denzel Washington shared his thoughts on the tattoo Drake got of the actor’s face in September. “Drake recently got a tattoo of you, did you know this?” Jimmy Fallon asked the Academy Award-winning actor, referring to the still of Washington as Bleek Gilliam from the 1990 jazz film, Mo’ Better Blues, that Drake recently got from Toronto-based tattoo artist Inal Bersekov. “I heard about this,” Washington, 62, casually said before Fallon showed him what the tattoo looked like. “Yeah, that’s me,” the actor replied. But then Fallon started questioning something that gave Washington pause: where on his body…
Since its launch, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty range has had the whole beauty industry shook. She initially released a 40-shade foundation range, then she gave us the ‘Galaxy’ Holiday Collection. And because Rihanna is the gift that keeps on giving, she released the Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint in Uncensored. The lipstick promises to be long wearing and it apparently looks different on different skin tones, according to the natural colour of your lips.To see if this is true we decided to try it out. My immediate impression was just how liquid the initial texture of the lipstick is – it…
Kendrick Lamar has appeared on the cover of Variety in a rare interview where he spoke about his latest record DAMN., Compton, and political complacency in the US. Speaking on “Alright”, which became the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement and is often played before and after shows by artists such as Anderson .Paak, Lamar suggested that the song was bigger than what chart data would suggest. “What makes a hit record?” he said. “Because it has some kind of numbers behind it? Is it the amount of streams or the amount of sales or the amount of…
On Thursday, Beyoncé didn’t wish her fans a happy Thanksgiving — she wished them a happy Thiccsgiving. In honor of the day of plenty, the mother of three shared a trio of photos of her stylish outfit of the day: a white turtleneck, a belted cream-colored jacket and blue jeans, which she accessorized with white sunglasses and a grey snakeskin-print purse. While the Queen Bey did not choose to caption these photos on social media, on her website she shared them alongside the message: “Happy Thiccsgiving.” And Beyoncé clearly took her own advice, because on her website she also shared…
Fans with good ears are calling out Chris Brown for using a post shared by Rihanna on his new album entitled Heartbreak on a Full Moon. While others are claiming that Rihanna is the one who took Brown’s lyrics and pasted them on her social media page. Can the world just agree that Brown will never stop singing about his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, and vice versa? The R&B crooner dropped a new song called “Other N*ggas” where he sang the following lines: “Oh, girl, why you gotta be like that? Why gotta hang up on me then you call right back?”…
Nasir El-Rufai, has reacted to the resignation of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) by declaring that he is not a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection chances. In a resignation letter signed by Atiku on Friday, November 24, 2017, he accused President Buhari of neglecting him and condemned the APC for “instituting a regime of a draconian clampdown on all forms of democracy”. While speaking to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, Governor El-Rufai said. Atiku’s exit will not cause him any sleepless nights, as other prominent party members will…
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/All-Progressive-Congress-APC-640×400.jpg" alt="All Progressive Congress APC" width="640" height="400" class="size-large wp-image-174364" /Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice-President of Nigeria, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a dying party. The ex-VP also said that the ruling party has failed the youths of Nigeria. He said “How can we have a federal cabinet without even one single youth? “A party that does not take the youth into account is a dying party. The future belongs to young people.” Atiku also said that the APC has failed Nigerians, adding that the party is making the same mistake PDP made. He said “While other…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opened its doors wide open for the return of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar after his resignation from the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC). In a statement signed by the PDP’s spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, the party accused the APC of taking advantage of its leadership crisis to lure Atiku away. He further said that Atiku’s exit from the ruling party means that he’s realised that it is not the progressive party it’s always claimed to be. His statement read, “I believe they were deceived, people like Atiku because we had challenges in our party…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it is yet to receive a letter of resignation from the party from former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, being reported in the media. Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made this known recently. According to Atiku, the situation in my former party left me and several other loyal party members in limbo, not knowing which of the parallel executives the legitimate leadership was. He said, “It was under this cloud that members of the APC made the appeal to me to join their party. “It was on the basis of this invitation and assurances…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has wished former vice president Atiku Abubakar ‘good luck’ after he announced his resignation from the ruling party. The APC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this recently. He said, “Politics is about interest, we have not seen any formal notification to that effect but base on what we have seen in the social media we can say all together is surprising but for us politics is all about interest. “So, if the former vice-president feels that his interest is better served elsewhere, we can always wish him good luck. For us, the task of building a…
Otunba Gbenga Daniel has gotten more support from political dignitaries in the Peoples’ Democratic Party. Sam Ohuotu has assured one of the leading aspirant for the position of PDP National Chairman not to entertain any fear that money will determine the direction of the votes of delegates at the upcoming National Convention of the party. Referring to Otunba Daniel he said: “Your Excellency, I have known you for a long time and I know you as a man of quality. Our people have come from all over the State just to hear you speak and I am sure that the…
Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, on Saturday in Lagos finally dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). There were earlier reports that he had ended his differences with the national leader of APC, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu , as a step to joining the ruling party. Though Obanikoro acknowledged reconciliation with Tinubu, he had neither denied nor confirmed plans to join his political mentor in APC. He, however, finally gave the hint of his defection during a television interview on Thursday. Past and serving members of the National Assembly including Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa…
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, says his leadership will provide level-playing ground for all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, if elected national chairman of the party. “I am very conscious of the fact that our illustrious sons from Kano are looking forward to contesting for the presidency in the 2019 elections. “First of all, we must have a party and the first step is to create a National Working Committee that I can work along with to ensure that there is justice, fairness and equity. “I want to pledge firmly that there shall be a level-playing ground for all the presidential…
Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s resignation would not have any serious effect on the party’s fortunes in the 2019 Presidential Election. He said that Atiku should have exhibited more fortitude and greater mellowness in his dealings with the ruling party rather than abandoning it after all his efforts and contributions to the 2015 elections. “Going through the resignation letter, I found out that the Turaki did not exercise enough fortitude. He allowed politics and ambition to take control of him. “He should have stayed with his avowed position in 2013 that the All Progressives…
Raymond Dokpesi, on Saturday, vowed to build people-oriented party if elected chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he would adopt practical measures to encourage growth of democratic culture to stimulate internal democracy in the party. He added that “we need a new face to pilot the affairs of the party. PDP is a party for all; we respect peoples’ wishes and aspirations. “I am going to develop a new manifesto for the party to enable it to reclaim the presidency in 2019. “Northeast region will play prominent role in the new PDP, and I will accord special attention…
Zinedine Zidane says Real Madrid have missed “important player” Gareth Bale while he has been injured these last two months, but would not confirm whether the Wales international would return in Saturday’s La Liga game against Malaga at the Bernabeu. “We know what Gareth can bring us,” Zidane said. “Many things. He is very strong, fast, technically very good, works very hard. It’s true there has been a lot of talk about his injuries, and that he plays just three games before another [absence]. “But he is a very important player for us. He knows that, we know that, everyone…
Manchester United fears momentarily feared the worst when Paul Pogba went down injured at Old Trafford . The Premier League’s most expensive ever signing sparked alarm moments before the break as he winced in agony on the floor. Team-mate Romelu Lukaku urged medics to rush to the France midfielder’s aid. The 24-year-old, who scored on his return to action last weekend in United’s 4-1 win over Newcastle, spent two months out earlier this season due to a hamstring problem. And with Pogba looking fairly uncomfortable, some United fans on Twitter feared the worst. One wrote: “Knew as soon as @paulpogba…