President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Chief Michael Ibru, who passed on Tuesday, at age of 85. A statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said that Buhari also commiserated with the Government and people of Delta, and the Urhobos. He said that he had joined the bereaved in mourning an accomplished businessman “whose edifying role in the corporate world and private sector in Nigeria would continue to inspire generations to come’’. Buhari stated that the late Ibru would be long remembered for his hardwork and dedication…
Author: David Folami
Over the past year, Lil Wayne‘s public feud with Birdman and Cash Money Records has dramatically impacted his career and ability to put out music. The issues originally stem from Wayne’s frustrations over money reportedly owed to him and the label not releasing his long-awaited album, Carter V. Since then however, Wayne has only become more vocal about his displeasure with the label and has yelled ‘Fuck Cash Money’ at a number of concerts recently. Lil Wayne has let his frustration out on social media, telling fans that he’s now ‘defenseless’, ‘mentally defeated’ and wants to leave rap gracefully. Later…
Kim Kardashian has shown us she is part of the Beyhive by taking to her favourite app to share birthday wishes to Beyonce. Beyonce turned 35 on Sunday, September 4 and Kim who continues to show her admiration for the singer delivered a bee-inspired birthday song in honour of Queen Bey on Snapchat. Using one of her favorite filters, Kim transformed into a beautiful bumble bee with big eyes and yellow stripes as she sang. “Happy birthday Beyonce! #kim #kimkardashian #kimkardashianwest #kimksnapchat #kimksnapchats #kimkardashiansnapchat #kkw #fashion #style #swag #london #paris #milan #newyork #la #miami #atlanta #snapchat #kimye #kuwtk #yonce #kingbey…
Nigerian pop star, D’banj, who has had a pretty impressive run in 2016, is hoping to wrap up the year in style by returning to the UK for the first time in four years for a three-city tour. His last trip to the UK was in the summer of 2012, when his hit tune ‘Oliver Twist’ was a global phenomenon topping the African charts in 2011 and was a top 10 hit in the UK singles chart in 2012, reaching number two on the UK R&B charts. But later in November, D’banj will be performing in Manchester, Birmingham and London…
26-year-old singer, Taylor Swift, has reportedly broken up with her boyfriend of less than three months, Tom Hiddleston. Sources close to the couple told E! News that ‘Tom wanted the relationship to be more public than she was comfortable with. Taylor knew the backlash that comes with public displays of affection but Tom didn’t listen to her concerns when she brought them up.’ Now that they’ve split, the source says, Hiddleston is ’embarrassed that the relationship fizzled out.’ Taylor and Tom first made news when they were spotted kissing on a beach back in June, barely two weeks after she…
In November 2015, 30 years after he instituted a suit against African Songs and its subsidiary, Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade was awarded a whopping N500m as damages for infringement on his works, with an additional N3m for prosecuting the suit in a judgement delivered by Justice Dosunmu of a Lagos High Court. However, till this minute, King Sunny Ade is yet to redeem the claims. In a chat in Lagos, KSA, who is making plans to celebrate his 70th birthday in a grand style said, ‘yes the case was won by me by God’s grace and they were told…
Davido might have started feeling the effects of lack of new music as he misses out on 2016 AFRIMA’s continental nominees list. Having previously missed out on the award’s regional nominees list few weeks ago, the singer was again conspicuously missing from 22 categories which feature Nigerian representatives such as Wizkid, Kiss Daniel, Tiwa Savage, Flavour, D’banj, Yemi Alade, Patoranking, Don Jazzy, Falz, Simi, Tekno and YCEE. Wizkid got three nods, with one being the prestigious ‘Artiste of the Year’ nomination along with Tiwa. Yemi (Best Female Artiste in Inspirational and Album of the Year), Falz and Simi (Revelation of…
Soul singer, Timi Dakolo celebrates his son, Alex Dakolo, who turned a year older today and took to social to congratulate him. Meanwhile over the time, Timi has shown he will always be there for his kids no matter what. A quick glance at his Instagram page and you can tell he is a family man. The singer who got married to his lovely wife, Busola Dakolo in 2012, is blessed with three adorable kids; a son and two daughters. The soul singer once mentioned that the highest point of his marriage was the birth of his kids. ‘The highest…
Comedian Bovi recently shared a snap with Basketmouth and friends, as they ‘celebrated’ the robbery that occurred at the latter’s home on Wednesday morning. The post was basically to express gratitude for life, and optimism that items taken away by the robbers would be replaced. Basketmouth was robbed at gunpoint in his Lekki home between 2am and 4am on September 7. Fortunately, he and his family were unhurt in the incident, though some valuable items were taken away.
A movie script writer based in Canada, Jude Idada, has accused Nollywood producer, director and actor, Omoni Oboli of copying the script for her film, Okafor’s Law, from him. The new movie is supposed to make its world debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Monday, September 12, 2016. The star-studded film features an ensemble cast of Richard Mofe Damijo, Toyin Aimakhu, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Ken Erics, Ufuoma McDermott, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Yvonne Jegede, Halima Abubakar, Mary Lazarus, Uche Nnaji, Betty Irabor, Tina Mba, Gabriel Afolayan, and Funke Bucknor. The movie tells the story of a slick serial seducer…
In his prime, Juju music veteran, King Sunny Ade was a ladies man, but come September 22, 2016, KSA – as he’s fondly called – will clock 70 and he has said that he won’t be taking a new wife. In the words of the Ondo State born musician, ‘taking a new wife? are you praying for me or cursing me? (laughs)’. He went on to say, ‘If you see some of my grand children, you’ll think they are my wives that’s why I don’t like to take them out because people greet them like they are my wives. So…
The 2016 edition of the annual nationwide concert, Star Music Trek will hold in five cities around the country – Markudi, Abuja, Calabar, Owerri and Lagos. This year, some of the finest Nigerian pop stars will perform across the five cities. Leading the star-studded list of performers are Africa’s music icon, 2face Idibia, Koko Master – D’banj, the delectable Tiwa Savage, Davido, Falz, Olamide, Phyno, M.I, and Tekno. Others set to perform include Wande Coal, Chidinma, Burna Boy, Darey Art Alade, Mr. Raw, Cynthia Morgan, Runtown, Kcee, Ice Prince, Ycee, Humblesmith and Flavour. Also on board for the Star Music…
Widely rumoured to be in a romantic relationship, Wizkid and Justine Skye apparently have something to tell fans as they have recorded a song together. Skye first teased a collaboration with Wizkid at the recently held 2016 MTV VMAs, and she has further confirmed the release date of the song, titled ‘U Don’t Know’, as September 9. The official handle of Skye’s record label, Roc Nation made the announcement with the tweet, ‘JustineSkye just announced her new single, ‘U Don’t Know’ (Feat. @Wizkidayo). Available 9/9 #UDontKnow.’ Justine Skye, who has two EPs; Everyday Living (2013) and Emotionally Unavailable (2015), is…
Fans of Davido, who have been hoping for new music from him soon, will have to wait a while longer for new music from the singer, as those hopes have been dashed. In the past weeks, the 23-year-old HKN Music head had excitedly promised that his first releases under Sony Music would be in September, but that possibility appears to have suffered a blow. Davido, obviously pissed at the new development, took to his Snapchat to vent about the seemingly unending delay, while also making an attempt to absolve himself of any blame. ‘I am saying it loud and clear…
Gareth Bale said Real Madrid are determined to wrest back the Spanish league title from Barcelona this season after going four years without tasting La Liga success. Bale has won the Champions League twice and the King’s Cup since joining the Bernabeu club in 2013, but the league title has proved elusive. Real missed out on the league to Barcelona on the final day of last season by a point and have not won the title since 2012, when they collected a record 100 points under Jose Mourinho. Real have won their opening two league games this season, with Bale…
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has reaffirmed his commitment to the club by saying he wants to lead them into their new stadium in 2017. Simeone is under contract with Atletico until 2020 but he cast doubt on his future in May, immediately after the team’s defeat to Real Madrid on penalties in the Champions League final. The Argentine coach has since stated he made those comments in the heat of the moment, although talk of his future has resurfaced following the team’s disappointing start to the season. Atletico have drawn their first two games of the La Liga campaign,…
Just days after the transfer window closed, the works are already in motion for potentially a second-successive world transfer record. Enter Antoine Griezmann, with Manchester United setting their sights on nailing down Paul Pogba’s France teammate to continue a Galactico era at Old Trafford. Though the Atletico star is adamant he would only leave if Diego Simeone departed, the Telegraph now reports that Chelsea are plotting to make their move too. The Blues might grant Diego Costa his wish to return to the Spanish capital — rather than trigger Griezmann’s £84 million release clause — in order to sweeten the…
Nicky Butt has told The Times that Adnan Januzaj is good enough to return to Manchester United after his Sunderland loan spell and break into the team at Old Trafford. Januzaj, 21, will spend the campaign on a season-long loan at Sunderland, and Butt believes the winger has the quality to play for United if he concentrates on developing his game. United sold Tyler Blackett, Donald Love, Paddy McNair and Will Keane this summer, and while he does not believe they were good enough for the Red Devils, Butt wants to see Januzaj part of the United first team. “They’re…
Ilkay Gundogan, Leroy Sane and Claudio Bravo will all be available to make their Manchester City debuts in the derby against United at Old Trafford on Saturday, a source has said. None of the three has featured for Pep Guardiola’s side since joining in the summer, although Bravo only arrived from Barcelona four days before City played West Ham on Aug. 28. Gundogan has been recovering from a dislocated kneecap, suffered while at Borussia Dortmund in May, which kept him out of the European Championship. However, the £21 million signing has been back in full training for over a fortnight…
Manchester United fans have hit out at the reduced ticket allocation they are receiving for their Europa League meeting with Feyenoord. United travel to the Netherlands to face Feyenoord in their opening game of Group A, which has also drawn them against Turkish side Fenerbahce and Ukrainian team FC Zorya Luhansk. The Times reports that United supporters have been granted 1,400 tickets for Sept. 15’s game at the De Kuip stadium, which is set to host just half of the usual 52,000 capacity. The Dutch club are to reduce their capacity in a bid to avoid triggering suspended punishments they…