Jay Z has revealed that he cried when his mother sat him down and told him that she was a lesbian. “Imagine living your life as somebody else, right? And you think you are protecting your kids and for my mother, she had to live as someone she wasn’t and hide and protect her kids, didn’t want to embarrass her kids for all this time, for her to sit in front of me and tell me I love someone, I really cried, I cried because I was so happy for her that she was happy,” he said. He went on…
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Nicki Minaj might be pregnant and this has gotten a lot of people talking. She was spotted at on arrival at the LAX airport with an oversized black and white handbag which she used to cover her stomach. Nicki went makeup-free and covered her face with a pair of dark sunglasses as she swept through the awaiting paps to Departures. She was wearing a loose black and white polka dot blouse and black ripped jeans and a matching cardigan worn loose over her shirt. When accosted by men of the press at the airport, the rapper refused to answer questions…
John Boyega has finally reacted to the accusation leveled against his bodyguard by media personality, Toke Makinwa. The Hollywood actor was a guest at Cool FM, where he was answering questions from OAPs, Daddy Freeze, and Kaylah Oniwo. “Toke Makinwa reportedly assaulted by John Boyega’s bodyguard,” Daddy Freeze had said. Well, the whole studio went crazy when John looked all shocked and replied with the most sarcastic replies ever! “First of all, first of all, who is that,” he said. Well, he looked surprised as he claimed not to know who Toke Makinwa is and even referred to her as…
This is the season of raunchy photos for celebrities as former Big Brother Naija reality show contestant, Gifty, goes topless in a new photo shoot. She didn’t just go topless but the photo came out really good with the reality star looking like a goddess. The beautiful and sometimes controversial Gifty took to her Instagram page on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, where she shared the photo with a caption “Shhh….Welcome To My World. I Am Who I Am.” Gifty loves her over 200 thousand followers so much and loves to keep them updated on how she continues to glow. This…
Banky W has done it again as he has been named Uber’s 1st ambassador in Nigeria. “One of my favourite quotes is the one that says: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a meal. Teach a man to fish and you’ve fed him for life.” I believe very strongly in putting the people around me in a position to be more successful. My driver @lado212 is an awesome guy.. and I wanted him to be able to earn more than just his salary & tips, so I got a small car and we put it on…
The Enugu state police command has called on victims who were allegedly assaulted at Flavour’s concert to come out to testify. Ebere Amaraizu released a statement explaining that the force had not received any reports of rape and would appreciate if the victims would come forward and testify. “The newspaper report (of the mass rape), which is based on a Twitter message in the social media, is unfounded and we cannot operate on speculations as a law enforcement agency. Till now, nobody has come forward to report any case of sexual assault or molestation and rape to the Command. However,…
Kiss Daniel is searching for the fan who returned his jewelry that fell off his neck during the just concluded BBK home coming. He said he has something to give back to the awesome guy. “I really wanna appreciate the fan that gave back my chain when it fell off last night. Thanks a lot. Tag him pls, I have something for him,” he tweeted. We pray he locates the fan who saved him the stress of buying another jewelry. Well, let’s just say one good turn deserves another and that is what exactly happened to Kiss Daniel as we…
Adorable members of the Wests family are in one photo as Kim Kardashian has shared the first-ever cute photo of her entire family of five. The gorgeous mother of three and wife took to her Instagram page where she posted a photo of herself and her husband, Kanye West with their three amazing children, North, Saint and the newest addition to the family, Chicago. She went to caption the photo with a quote where she talked about how they were able to pull through with the family photo. “I don’t think you really understand how hard it is to take…
The Presidency has begged Nigerians to count the blessings that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had brought to the country’s economy rather than listening to voices of critics with selfish ambitions. According to him, the Federal Government is still working hard to ensure that every citizen can feel the change for which they massively voted in 2015. “We are only saying that we must learn to pause and count our blessings. “The loud voices of critics with selfish ambitions and ulterior motives should not be a veil that keeps Nigerians blind to the many ways God has blessed us…
Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has inaugurated Blue Camel Renewable Solar Power Assembly Plant and Renewable Energy Training Academy in Kaduna. The governor said at the launch in Kaduna that the plant was important to the Kaduna State Government “because we believe that renewable energy and solar energy were the future of the developing world. “The world today has become mobile, personal, decentralised and aggregated with the rapid drop in components required to make solar energy.” He explained that “today, we laid the foundation for the democratisation of electric energy to every home and every school in Kaduna State.” According…
Kaduna State Government has said it will require up to 65.5 billion dollars to address the state’s infrastructure challenges over the next 30 years. El Rufai stressed that the long term infrastructure master plan summarised the infrastructure target of the state aimed at providing job opportunities and making lives better for the people. “The breakdown of the future infrastructural developments between now to 2050, include, the transportation sector which would require N8 trillion while N5.1 billion would be required annually in the education sector to build about 9,006 schools including tertiary institutions. “Other sectors include, the health system which would…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of using the fight against Boko Haram to siphoning funds for the 2019 general elections. The party urged Nigerians to reject and resist the renewed attempt by the Presidency to “help itself with the huge sums of money”, adding that the $1 billion is meant to finance President Buhari’s interests in the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention and 2019 Presidential campaign. “It has since come to light that the Buhari administration is using the fight against insurgency as a conduit to siphon funds, as evidenced in the…
The Presidency has asked Nigerians to pause and count the many blessings of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to the country’s economy. “The presidency wants Nigerians to count the blessings that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought to the country’s economy, irrespective of the other areas where the government is still working hard to ensure that every citizen can feel the change for which they massively voted in 2015,” Shehu said. “We wish, however, to caution that these comments should not be misconstrued as denying that there is more that needs to be done, as the current administration is…
Nigeria would soon establish a consulate in northern part of Benin Republic to provide diplomatic services to its citizens in the area, Nigeria’s Ambassador in Cotonou, Kayode Oguntuase, has said. “We are in the process of establishing consulate office in other parts of Benin Republic, especially the northern side, because of the distance that our people have to cover when coming to Cotonou. “For the time being, our consulate officials always go to these places every week to ensure that the needs of our people are provided for them, especially in terms of documentation. “We are committed to ensuring that…
The operators of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) have been reinstated to commence waste collection on the streets of Lagos alongside Visionscape, we can report. This resolution arrives on the heels of months of dispute between the operators of PSP, the government and the managers of Visionscape. Visionscape was tasked with bringing the State’s Cleaner Lagos Initiative to fruition. At the meeting which held at the Ministry of Environment, Ikeja and chaired by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment, Mr David Hunpe, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode asked all PSP operators on the Lagos mainland and across the State, to…
Goodluck Jonathan has said he knows nothing about any operation by a foreign data company called Cambridge Analytica to influence the results of the 2015 presidential election in his favour. According to a report by AFP, the former president’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, said he had nothing to do with the firm’s operation in Nigeria. While answering questions on Thursday, April 5, 2018, Eze said, “He (Jonathan) wasn’t aware of it. The best thing to do is to wait for the conclusion of the investigation.” Despite the firm’s operation that included a video that displayed graphic violence and portrayed Buhari as…
Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his commitment towards keeping Nigerian youths busy with jobs by protecting the economy and securing the future of the country. Femi Adesina noted that the signing of the agreement will expose the industries and small businesses to external pressures and competitions, which could lead to closures and job losses. He said, “We are not enthusiastic about signing the EPA because of our largely youthful population. We are still struggling to provide jobs for them, and we want our youths to be kept busy. “Presently, our industries cannot compete with the more efficient and highly technologically driven…
Muhammadu Buhari may be paying a visit to United States president, Donald Trump, in the North American country on April 19, 2018. According to reports, the president will travel from the United Kingdom (UK) where he’s scheduled to commence his annual leave on Monday, April 9. It’s unclear when the president’s leave will be over as he’s also scheduled to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting holding at the Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace and Windsor Castle between April 16 and April 20. Buhari’s meeting with Trump will be the second between the two world leaders after they…
Wissam Ben Yedder has said that Sevilla can still reach the Champions League semifinals despite losing at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarterfinal. France forward Ben Yedder, whose two goals beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the previous round, refused to rule out another famous away win in the second leg in Munich. “It’s going to be difficult, but anything is possible,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. “We’ll go for it and try to get a good result at their place. They did that at ours, so why not do it there and…
Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco complained Barcelona received help from the referee on Wednesday as the La Liga leaders “unfairly” inflicted a 4-1 defeat on the Italians in the Champions League. The Dutch referee ruled Nelson Semedo’s challenge on Dzeko in the ninth minute was legal and determined that Samuel Umtiti’s first-half foul on Lorenzo Pellegrini was outside the box. “It’s going to be very difficult to qualify from here but it would be less difficult if the referee hadn’t helped them, especially with the big decisions,” Di Francesco said in his postgame news conference. “But we made mistakes and…