George Zimmerman is being accused of sending threatening texts aimed at Beyoncé and Jay-Z over the rap mogul’s new Trayvon Martin documentary, according to a report. The neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of fatally shooting the unarmed teen in 2012 called Jay-Z “a b—-” and Beyoncé “a broke w—-” in text messages to a private investigator, reports said on Friday. “If I see either of them in my life, they’ll find themselves inside a 13-foot gator,” Zimmerman wrote when contacted by private investigator Dennis Warren for “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” the news outlet reported. Zimmerman, 34, also sent…
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Binta Diallo who is Wizkid’s second baby mama has revealed that she was begged by the singer’s family from suing him to court so as to avoid immigration issues. The music star’s baby mama recently shared documents pertaining to the custody and support of their son, Ayodeji jnr. In the documents, it was agreed that Wizkid would pay child support of $2000 monthly. However, Binta revealed that since the agreement took effect in February 2018, she hasn’t been able to get anything from Wizkid. Every move made to reach Wizkid through his lawyers have proved abortive as his legal team…
Barely 24 hours after posting a controversial statement on his Instagram page, Teebillz has deleted the post. Apparently, he didn’t envisage the response he got after posting the now controversial comment. If you check Teebillz’ Instagram page, he still has the photo of Wizkid and himself but the post now has a different caption. However, in his usual controversial manner, Teebillz took to his Instagram page on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, where he posted what looks like a subliminal message. “I rather die keeping it real than living infamy!M Abaga,” the post read. On Monday, September 10, 2018, after posting…
Today on your favourite celebrities making controversial comments, we have DJ Cuppy sending a message that her relationship with Asa Asika might be over. Now the gist is that a certain hunk with the Instagram handle @farouk_ar posted a photo of himself on Instagram looking all dapper while vacationing at Ibiza, Spain and your favourite celeb, DJ Cuppy gave an unusual comment about the photo. “MY TYPE” which was followed with a couple of smileys indicating she liked what she saw. Now fans and followers on social media are wondering why she would be fantasizing over a guy when it…
Nicki Minaj has shared the visuals to her song, ‘Barbie Dreams.’ The rapper who has been in the news following her recent open feud with fellow female rapper, Cardi B is out with the video for one of the singles off her latest album, Queen. Nicki deploys a large number of puppets with look alike versions of Lil Wayne, DJ Khalid and 6ix9ine. The video was directed by Hype Williams.
Rita Dominic has expressed her love for scary roles and why she puts in her all to ensure near perfection whenever given such roles. In a mini-chat, the actress said, “I like it when a character scares me. When the character scares me, it encourages me to go inside of me and invoke everything I have, you know every acting demon i have inside of me, digging out and just putting it into the character or role.” The AMVCAs winner made this known when speaking about her role in a movie, The Guest, which also starred, Femi Jacobs and Somkele…
Akinwunmi Ambode, has bought the nomination form of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) to seek re-election for a second term. The governor took to his Twitter account (@AkinwunmiAmbode) on Monday, September 10, 2018, to make the announcement after picking up the form at the APC National Headquarters in Abuja. He posted, “I was at the National Headquarters of our party, the All Progressives’ Congress, to collect the Nomination Forms to re-contest for the office of Governor of Lagos State. Once again, I count on your support.” The governor’s announcement puts to bed rumours that he was set to dump the…
Zamfara State governor, Abdul’aziz Yari, has announced his intention to run for the Senate in the 2019 general elections as his second term as governor comes to an end. According to the governor, who’ll contest to become the representative of Zamfara West Senatorial district, his previous stint as a member of the House of Representatives means he’s merely returning home. He said, “You know, I was from the National Assembly before I become a governor, in fact my colleagues from the National Assembly use to say I am here on sabbatical. “So, my going to senate is like I am…
Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed that it would have been impossible for Ekiti governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to have engaged in vote-buying to win the Ekiti gubernatorial election. He said, “I was not in Ekiti so I can’t claim to be a witness to vote-buying and I did not participate in any decision to buy votes in Ekiti, and I have my doubts as to if votes were to be bought and sold. “No one can claim that Fayemi is a rich man. I know that he was struggling to find money to mobilise and sustain his campaign that he could…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Sunday called for support for the party’s candidate in the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola. Tinubu said in Lagos that Oyetola was the best man for the job and the one to beat in the race. He said he was backing the renowned insurance guru and corporate player to help replicate the economic and infrastructure development witnessed in Lagos State in Osun. “With the impeccable credentials, competence and the sterling performance of the outgoing Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, the APC flag bearer is the best man for the job and the one to…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday collect Presidential Nomination form and the Expression of Interest. The National Coordinator of the group, Sanusi Musa, had earlier told newsmen in Abuja that the group could not handover the documents to the president immediately after purchase as the president was in China on official engagements. He said: “The president is just back, so we have not yet presented the form to the president. We are in the process of sending it. We will send it to him.’’ Musa dismissed the insinuation that the group was being financed by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says that consensus will apply only when no other aspirant signifies interest through purchase of its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the position in question ahead of its primaries. Mr Yekini Nabena, APC’s National Publicity Secretary, made the clarification in Abuja on Tuesday. “The attention of the APC has been drawn to announcements of consensus candidates for elective positions in some states, it is therefore, pertinent to make some clarifications to enlighten party faithful on the procedure for nominating candidates. “While consensus is provided for by the party’s constitution, the option is conditional.…
Senator Jonah Jang has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of rubbishing everything that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) achieved in 16 years. Jang, who is also a PDP presidential aspirant, made this known while submitting his nomination form at the PDP secretariat in Abuja. The former Governor of Plateau state also promised to end the Boko Haram menace if elected President in 2019. According to Daily Post, he said “The APC has rubbished all that the PDP did in its 16 years in power, and if the APC is allowed to continue, this democracy will collapse again; and because…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. The forum made the condemnation in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, after the forum’s meeting in in Abuja on Monday. The governors said that the president’s decline of assent to the Bill was indicative that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was afraid of electronic voting or the introduction of technology into the electoral system. The forum also condemned what it said was “politicization of security agencies in the country’’.…
Nyesom Wike has alleged that there is a sinister plot by the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) to deliberately disrupt the 2019 general elections in the state with the aide of security operatives. In a recent interview with Premium Times, published on Monday, September 10, 2018, the governor said the current government has hatched a plot to postpone the election by using security agencies to cause crisis. He said, “As far as 2019 is concerned, there will be no election. The security agencies will help them to shoot guns and cause crisis in the entire state and then they will postpone…
Former Governor of Benue state, George Akume has alleged that Governor Samuel Ortom is using a fake university degree. According to Tribune, Akume said that the PhD being paraded by Ortom is from a non-existent university – Commonwealth University, Berlin. The former Governor said this at expanded caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which held at Castle Event Center in Makurdi on Sunday, September 9, 2018. “Ortom said he has PhD from Commonwealth University, Berlin, but there is nothing like Commonwealth University, at least am a graduate of University of Ibadan where I bagged my first and second…
Luis Suarez has said that Lionel Messi’s exclusion from the shortlist for FIFA’s The Best means nothing because his Barcelona teammate continually shows why he’s the best on the pitch. Five-time World Player of the Year Messi was the surprise omission when the three finalists were named last week, with Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamad Salah the players up for the award later this month. “I don’t think that any award [Messi] does or doesn’t win takes anything away from what he has won and what he keeps on achieving,” Suarez said. “It’s just like when I was scoring…
Manchester United fans are behind manager Jose Mourinho and rightly so, but in the recent flurry of speculation about his future, one thing has stood out: If he was to go, there is no obvious replacement. The best coaches have jobs, bar Zinedine Zidane, who has been widely touted as a successor. Although highly speculative, the story will persist and more so when — as he did on Spanish television at the weekend — Zidane says that he would like to return to coaching soon. United’s greatest managers have been about longevity and legacy. Mourinho could fully find his feet…
International friendly matches are often perfect avenues to blood untested players, hand fringe players more minutes and give under-fire stars a shot at redemption. Kelechi Iheanacho was totally unplayable at the start of his international career, and at one stage looked well course to threaten the Nigeria goalscoring record. He buttressed his push for national honours with a return of eight goals in 14 games, averaging 0.57 goals per game. However, the goals have dried up for Iheanacho since netting in an international friendly victory against Argentina in Krasnodar. He’s yet to score in 2018, and his barren run stretches…
Miralem Pjanic hopes Cristiano Ronaldo will help Juventus win the Champions League this season, because accomplishing that goal was one of the reasons he decided not to leave the club this summer. “He’s our key player — he’s won lots and is one of the best players ever,” Pjanic told Mediaset. “Having him in the squad gives everybody that little bit extra. Hopefully, he will help us go that bit further than in previous years. “I’m happy I stayed. I stayed also for this objective and I’m happy at Juve and want to grow here and continue to help my…