You almost felt sorry for Luka Modric, receiving the Ballon d’Or (“Golden Ball”) for player of the year on stage in Paris’ Grand Palais. It looked as if the French were punishing him Monday for depriving one of their world champions of the prize. There, on a table beside the stage, taunting him, stood the World Cup trophy itself, the one that his Croatia team lost in the final in Moscow this past July. On stage, David Ginola, the former France winger turned moderator, was throwing fatuous questions at him: “Is it a dream come true?” Modric, who always looks…
Author: David Folami
It’s no secret that the Kardashian-Jenners are shamed in one way or another nearly every day (or at least so it seems). Whether it’s slut-shaming, body-shaming, or mommy-shaming, the famous sisters are no strangers to criticism from just about every angle. This week, Khloé Kardashian became the target of people’s judgment after posting a photo of her daughter True on Instagram wearing an animal-print head wrap. Naturally, it all went down in the comment section. It appears some people have an issue with the fact that Kardashian put a head wrap on her seven-month-old, accusing the star of being “ashamed”…
On Wednesday, Jenner shared a “get ready with me” video to show off the makeup routine she’s been relying on while travelling with Scott and the couple’s 10-month-old daughter, Stormi Webster — and shared an interesting fact about how she stores her beauty products and clothes while on the road. “Me and Travis have our own room, and then I always get a separate room for my wardrobe, my makeup and also Stormi so she can play around and have more space when we’re in hotel rooms, since she always travels with us,” Jenner explained. Travis Scott’s Astroworld tour began…
Fans couldn’t get enough of Beyoncé’s set at Sunday’s Global Citizen Festival in South Africa. Literally. She and Jay-Z headlined the Mandela 100 event in Johannesburg, which commemorated what would have been President Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday on July 18, 2018. Those watching the show online, which also included appearances by Oprah Winfrey, Usher, Trevor Noah and Naomi Campbell, were pumped for the promised two hour-plus set. But disbelief ensued when the live stream cut off 25 minutes in, as previously announced. “Can we see 25 minutes 1 second of the livestream??” @ashmcd325 joked on Twitter, with a GIF showing…
The 15-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter is scheduled to return to the UAE to perform for the first time since her “Set the World on Fire Tour” in 2013. She will join the Northern Irish band Snow Patrol, who will be headlining the event on Feb. 20, and Jamiroquai, who will perform on Feb. 21. Keys’ UAE gig will continue her love affair with the Middle East. The 37-year-old artist, along with her husband, producer Swizz Beatz, and two children, holidayed in Egypt in September this year. Keys posed in front of the pyramids, took a boat trip along the Nile,…
The tour grossed $266.1 million & sold over 2 million tickets domestically. Taylor Swift closed out her Reputation Stadium Tour in spectacular fashion, breaking the record for the highest-grossing U.S. tour since Billboard Boxscore began tracking touring data in 1990. Domestically, the tour grossed $266.1 million and sold 2,068,399 tickets, besting The Rolling Stones’ $245 million gross from their A Bigger Bang Tour in 2005-07. While The Stones achieved their then-record gross across 70 American shows, Swift stole the title in just 38. As previously reported, Swift broke her own record for the highest-grossing domestic tour by a woman, when…
Burnaboy has officially announced the date of his headline concert in Lagos this December. The much anticipated concert will hold on Boxing day, December 26th at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos. This was revealed through a post shared on his Instagram page on Friday, November 30, with Burna sharing an image of the event with the caption. ‘I’m not even sure Lagos is ready for what we’re about to do.” Burna has enjoyed a very successful year and Lagos fans have been eager to catch him performing live, especially after the cancellation of the 2017 edition days leading to the…
Ice Prince enlists Jesse Jagz on his latest record, ‘Control.’ The former Choc Boiz are back together as Jesse Jagz comes with the grown man bars on this new one titled, ‘Control.’ Following the release of his EP, COLD earlier in the year and the wave making single, ‘Yawa’ with Peruzzi, Ice Prince is determined to sign out the year with a bang and what other way than to reunite with his former Chocolate City ally, Jesse Jagz. The duo throw up this vibey record produced by Kel P.
Timaya shares the visuals to his joint release with Patoranking and King Perryy, ‘Kom Kom.’ DM Records owned by Timaya have enjoyed a good year with its new artist King Perryy making strong incursions on the scene and to close 2018, they team up with Patoranking on this new single, ‘Kom Kom’, produced by Orbeat. The video was directed by Unlimited L.A.
Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, D’banj and Femi Kuti joined the likes of Jay Z, Beyonce, Usher and Ed Sheeran on stage at the 2018 Global Citizen Festival in South Africa. This year’s festival which is in honour of the late South African President, Nelson Mandela, hopes to inspire social activism with the aim of ending extreme poverty by 2030 leveraging on the star power of celebrities from around the world to make a difference in the lives of youth. The festival hosted by South African duo of Trevor Noah and Bonang Matheba featured performances from a host of global and local…
DDE teams up with Teni and Phyno on this new one titled, ‘Pray.’ Dr Dolor Entertainment, the platform that has talented singer, Teni Entertainer on its stable follows up its earlier release ‘Rambo’ with this new single, ‘Pray’, which features indigenous rapper, Phyno. ‘Pray’ is an uplifting anthem where the duo give it all to God over a groovy instrumental.
The Sarkin Katsinan Gusau, Dr Ibrahim Bello, on Sunday urged politicians not to arm youths with dangerous weapons and drugs as campaigns intensified toward the 2019 general elections. Bello made the call when Sen. Said Dansadau, the governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in Gusau. According to him, all what people want is development, saying that the youths should not be encouraged to handle weapons for destructive purposes. He said that politics should not be a do-or-die affair and urged the politicians to imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship and still…
Sen. Olamilekan Adeola (Lagos West) on Saturday urged Nigerians to reject the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019, saying the party has nothing to offer the country. Speaking with journalists at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in Ikeja, Adeola said the PDP lacked the vision to govern the country. He noted that the 16 years of PDP in power was a waste as they did little or nothing to improve the lots of Nigerians. Adeola said the All Progressives Congress (APC) had put the country on the path of progress in the last few years, and would achieve…
President Muhammadu Buhari has replied those saying that he is a clone. The President spoke on the issue in far-away Poland during an interactive session with members of the Nigerian community. Buhari is in Poland to attend the climate change conference scheduled to hold from December 2 to December 4, 2018. The President, in a post on Twitter via the handle: @MBuhari said “One of the questions that came up today in my meeting with Nigerians in Poland was on the issue of whether I‘ve been cloned or not. The ignorant rumours are not surprising — when I was away…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it will continue to stand for and defend participatory democracy where elections are transparent, credible, free and fair. Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National Publicity Secretary, gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He, however, called on relevant agencies to monitor the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), saying that its recent utterances were a red flag. “We must prevent a re-currence of the PDP’s typical undemocratic practices during elections, never again will a selfish few distort the wishes of the electorate,“ the APC spokesman said. He added that the APC…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Sam Nwanti has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Nwanti made this known in a statement issued to newsmen by his media aide, Emeh ThankGod. Reports have it that the presidential candidate said he dumped his ambition to support President Buhari because of his fight against corruption. “I withdraw from contesting for the presidential race on the platform of Labour party and back to All Progressives Congress APC. “I am back to APC to support President Buhari for his second term bid because he needs our support to get things aright once again.…
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has said that the people of the state have resolved to “resist any form of intimidation and rigging during the 2019 general elections”. Ortom stated this on Sunday in Jos, while answering questions from newsmen, shortly after a special Church service. ”We hear that people are scheming to win elections at all cost; some have openly boasted that they will use force to subvert the people’s wish. ”We are on ground and ready to confront anyone with such idea. As long as government is willing to conduct free and fair elections, we are there to…
Atiku Abubakar has appointed three youths and a woman as his aides. Mr Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to the former Vice President disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The new appointees are: Dr Ahmed Adamu, Special Assistant (Youth and Strategy); Aliyu Bin Abbas, Special Assistant (Youth Support Groups); Phrank Shuaibu, Special Assistant (Public Communications); and Mrs Funmi Lamuye, Special Assistant (South-West). Adamu, 33, is an academician, petroleum economist and leadership and development expert, who hails from Katsina State, and a pioneer of Global President of Commonwealth Youth Council. He was an international expert at the…
The Good Governance Ambassadors of Nigeria (GOGAN), a Non-Governmental Organisation, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019 will further guarantee economic and infrastructure development of the country. The Anambra Coordinator of GOGAN, Mr Johnbosco Onunkwo, gave the assurance shortly after the group staged a 5,000-man rally and launched Buhari Unity Band in Awka on Sunday, to support Buhari’s re-election. Onunkwo said the president had in the past three and half years laid foundation for the growth of the economy, infrastructure as well as fight against corruption and insurgency. “The president has done well for the South East and Nigerians as…
Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili has assured Nigerians of development in the power sector if she wins the 2019 election. In a press statement on Sunday, Ezekwesili said that the electricity industry would be developed to employ more youths. She said, “From 1999 till date, all the projections made by successive governments to grow the supply of electricity to Nigerians, to either 6,000MW, 10,000MW or 20,000MW, have not been met. The Nigerian citizens’ desire and willingness to pay an appropriate price of electricity consumed is seen in the great demand for generators of all shapes and sizes, and how much they pay…