“I love this look and hope to see more women, especially African-American women, be more free with their hair and less afraid to have natural curls,” he said. Ever the style innovator, you’ll be hard-pressed to discover a fashion trend Rihanna hasn’t rocked — think her diamond-encrusted Gucci bodysuit at Coachella and her instant-classic Met Gala floral confection last spring — and has entirely made the style moments her own. “She’s very open to trying things with fashion. She knows exactly what works for her style and her body type so she’s not scared to try new things and she’s…
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Seun Kuti is working on a new album titled “Black Times.” It is partly inspired by the politics and corruption of Nigeria, from the past, down to the present. “For me, I think this is a message for humanity, not only for young people to rise-up for humanity, to stand on the side of humanity. Like this whole trump brouhaha, Trump said this, Trump said that is just salty liberals. This is the way elites behave. They hate to lose anything,” Seun told Intercept in an interview.” “Black Times” will be released in March 2018, and muc of its message…
Uriel has threatened to blast the hell out of those who are busy, body shaming her again on Instagram. She revealed this on Tuesday via her Instagram page after she posted a really sexy leg revealing photo. “Big fat, Black, cow leg, tree trunk… I saw the comments I love it ..if I use this leg to kick o they go end up in Oguta lake with fishing net,” she wrote. This is not the first time Uriel will be facing body shaming from people on social media. As we can all recall back in 2017 when she posted a…
Odunlade Adekola recently planned a surprise birthday for the actress, Eniola Ajao. Eniola Ajao turned a year older on Sunday, and got a number of cakes from friends. She then took out time to thank her “friends and daddies” in the industry including Yinka Quadri, Odunlade Adekola for supporting her all through her career. Eniola didn’t see what Odunlade had coming as he persuaded her to attend a birthday on Sunday, in collaboration with Taiwo Bankole. On getting to the party, she got the shocker as it was her own surprise birthday party. A very excited Eniola then took to…
Olamide is mourning the death of his mum just as he is celebrating his son, Batifèori Maximiliano Adedeji’s third birthday. Just six hours after Olamide had posted a picture of himself and his son on Instagram wishing him a happy birthday, he posted another picture which hinted the death of his mum. With the caption, Orisa bi iya o si and candle lights and a broken heart emojis, Olamide announced the passing away of his beloved mum. The same post was seen on the page of Olamide’s younger brother and YBNL official disc jockey, djJenimoney at about the same time.
It looks like we can expect some new visuals from J. Cole and Royce 5’9″ sometime in the future. The two rappers were seen shooting a new music video together in a carnival setting, but there’s no word on what it’s for. Back in July, Royce confirmed that the elite lyricists were working together in the studio after posting photos of their session, but never delivered any details on what fans would receive. While the music video looks like it could be interesting, as well as colorful, fans are still unsure as to whose project it could possibly be featured…
Funke Akindele had a swell time in the company of the current most popular Yoruba movie actor, Odunlade Adekola. She’s a talented actress, an enduring style icon, and her heartthrob, Abdul Rasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz. But perhaps the thing we love the most about Funke akindele(Jenifa) is the fact she always looks like she’s enjoying herself! She hang out with Odunlade Adekola, but her love and affection isn’t reserved for her male costars.
Lai Mohammed has described the letter by former president Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election as a distraction. He said “We believe that Chief Obasanjo, because of his very busy schedule, may not have been fully availed of developments in the government’s efforts to revamp the economy, which was battered by the consequences of over-dependence on a commodity as well as unprecedented pillaging of the treasury,” the minister said. “Today, most of the indices by which an economy is measured are looking up. Permit me to say, however, that Nigeria would not have exited recession through…
Abdulrahman Dambazau, has blamed the increase of violence in the country on the influx of firearms as well as drug trafficking and abuse. He said, “One of the issues that came up in the communiqué was the issue of the proliferation of small arms and drug trafficking and abuse. “We also found out that these two issues are triggers to the violence taking place in this country. “Without the fire arms and drugs, those who partake in violence would not have the courage to carry out the kind of violence taking place in this country. “As a follow-up I called…
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the late Alex Ekwueme would have made Nigeria great if PDP had allowed him. Tinubu had said: “Those of us who cherish democracy and those of us who celebrate the end of military rule in Nigeria must never forget that it was this soft-spoken man who mobilised the group of 34 eminent Nigerians that would put at risk their very lives and livelihoods to confront the oppressive Abacha dictatorship. “The G.34 would later form the basis of the Peoples Democratic Party and Dr. Ekwueme was the founding Chairman of that party. I do not…
Mr Setonji David has said that APC-led Federal Government was still doing far better than the PDP did in the country. “I want to assure that in 2019, APC will still be in power at the national level. We don’t rule out the fact that there are issues just like past governments. “APC is still far better than PDP in spite of all the challenges. PDP cannot come back. It is not in the interest of this country for such party to come back. “Allowing PDP to come back to power is like inviting the mechanic who spoilt a car…
Nasir El-Rufai has shared his confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari to beat any candidate in the 2019 presidential election. He said, “I do not have any doubt in my mind that we are going to win the next elections; not only in the centre but we are going to present our 24 states, and even more, “We are not saying this foolishly, this is scientific. We are monitoring the pulse of Nigerians, not the pulse of a section of Nigerians and I am confident that we are going to win the 2019 elections.” Elrufai said, “We know the pulse of…
Bukola Saraki has said that full adherence to the principle of Separation of Powers was crucial to the survival of the democracy, good governance and enhanced national security. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said that full adherence to the principle of Separation of Powers was crucial to the survival of the democracy, good governance and enhanced national security. Saraki noted that each arm of government is intended and designed to be free of coercive influence from another. “But, regrettably, that is not always the case, in practice, in the Nigerian experiment,” Saraki’s Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu,…
The Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria, which claims to be a coalition of 200 groups, has blasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo for asking President Muhammadu Buhari not to contest in 2019. A rep, Mr. Wole Badmus, asked the President to ignore Obasanjo, whom he described as an attention seeker. He said, “Obasanjo, with due respect, whether he has good intentions for the country or not, we cannot really say but we know if you want to identify the problems of Nigeria, 50 per cent can be attributed to Obasanjo. “Letter writing is not new to the man either. In…
Strong oppositions of the notion by Governor Nasir El-Rufai that Nigeria has no better option to President Muhammadu Buhari swept across the country yesterday, with leading Nigerians in civil society and opposition political parties strongly disagreeing with the Kaduna governor. Governor El-Rufai had in a Sunday television programme aired on Channels Television, affirmed that Buhari remained invincible and was best positioned to advance the interest of Nigeria. Governor Ezeife said: “Is Governor El-Rufai being honest? Is he not eyeing the Presidency? What does the continuation of Buhari’s Presidency translates to for the average Nigerian?” he asked among other related question.…
Ayodele Fayose, has told former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, to use his own advise and stop meddling in Nigeria’s politics after his public criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He said, “President Buhari should heed ex-President Obasanjo’s advice and go home and rest. President Buhari has overstayed his welcome. “Obasanjo himself should heed his own advice to Buhari by also going home to rest. Both Obasanjo and Buhari are analogue in this digital age and have expired. “Damning as the Obasanjo letter was and although it makes some sense, the writer is not deserving of the letter. “He was the leader…
Bashir El-Rufai appeared to sub former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, in a social media post over his public criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Bashir took to his Twitter account (@BashirElRufai) to direct a sarcastic remark at the former president. He posted, “Once again, Obasanjo’s Messiah Complex manifests itself. The only Saint in Nigeria.” The post led into a war of words between him and Reno Omokri, aide to former president, Goodluck Jonathan. Omokri responded to Bashir’s tweet by noting that Obasanjo aided his father’s political career to which Bashir said was none of his business. Omokri later called Bashir out…
Arsene Wenger refused to hide his frustrations at Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat to Swansea as Olivier Giroud bade a likely farewell to the Gunners’ fans. “We were absolutely guilty to concede the goal,” Wenger said of Sam Clucas’ equaliser just moments after Nacho Monreal had given Arsenal the lead. “We have no rational explanation for the way we gave the goal away straight away.” “I was angry because there was no need to let the ball go out in the throw in. “When you have a throw in for you and you are nine vs. 10 on the pitch, why should…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has said the chance to “play offensive football” was one of the main reasons he agreed to join Arsenal from Manchester United. “Of course it was not very difficult to make this decision to come to Arsenal, because I think the way that Arsenal play [make] it a dream for every player to come here and play offensive football,” Mkhitaryan told Arsenal’s official website. Wenger has said he met personally with Mkhitaryan in an attempt to sign him before he joined United in 2016, and the Armenia international said he has known the Arsenal boss “for a long…
Mauricio Pochettino has said that Tottenham Hotspur are ready to act in the final days of the January transfer window. “Of course we have some options,” he said. “We are going in the last few days to see if we can add players that add good quality. “If not, then it won’t happen. But it’s about in the next few days to see if we have some possibilities with some players.” Talks are ongoing over a move for Paris Saint-Germain winger Lucas Moura. Asked about Moura, Pochettino said: “There’s a lot of rumours about different players and I never talk…