Author: David Folami

It was an special moment as Davido ensured that members of Nigeria’s legendary but defunct record label, Mo’Hits, reunited for one more performance. Led by Don Jazzy, the group comprising of D’banj, Wande Coal, D’Prince, Dr Sid, and Kay Switch made a comeback. They performed some of their classic hits such as ‘Pere’, ‘Booty call’, ‘Give it to me’, ‘Pop something’ and ‘Suddenly’. Davido’s newfound romance with Wizkid continued at his final ’30 Billion’ concert. The singer brought Wizkid onstage at his concert. The singer called Wizkid “My new best friend,” before they went on to perform Starboy’s latest hit…

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Davido has spoken about rift between Psquare. This was in response to questions on why they did not perform at his N30 billion concert. He preached unity on his snapchat page and said the Psquare brothers could not perform at the show because Paul had a show in Calabar. According to him, there is no beef between the brothers as reported. He said “Let us preach unity, Psquare were ready to perform but one of them Paul was not present but Peter Okoye was at the show. “He already had a show which made it impossible for them to perform…

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James Harden has long been a fan of Meek Mill. The Houston Rockets star danced to the embattled rapper’s music on social media, invited him to perform at his birthday party and played in a charity basketball game with him over the summer. So, when the NBA schedule afforded him a chance to visit Mill in Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution after Christmas, Harden seized the opportunity. Harden visited the rapper on Tuesday, between Houston’s Christmas Day game against the Thunder in Oklahoma City and a national TV matchup with the Celtics in Boston on Thursday, according to reports. Harden plans…

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Eminem’s performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards won the notice of plenty of rap fans and TV pundits, but it failed in its main goal: trolling Donald Trump. “I feel like he’s not paying attention to me,” Eminem said in an interview after he called Trump “a kamikaze that’ll probably cause a nuclear holocaust,” among other things, in the viral clip. “I was kind of waiting for him to say something, and for some reason, he didn’t say anything.” Eminem hinted that he had comeback lines prewritten in case the president had called him out in Twitter—which, in turn, led…

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That law enforcement agents occasionally take advantage of their status as uniformed men to oppress unsuspecting citizens is not news. Little wonder Nigerian musicians have passionately condemned the unethical practice, calling on the government to scrap the Special Anti Robbery Squad arm of the Nigeria Police Force. In a series of tweets on social media, top musicians including Don Jazzy, Olamide, Simi, Falz, Reekado Banks, Dremo, Jon Ogah, DJ Spinall, Sam Klef, Tjan, Lil Kesh among others, called on the federal government to scrap the SARS unit of the Police Force as a result of their excesses. “Over 100,000 tweets…

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Former acting governor of Taraba State, Sani Danladi, has announced his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives’ Congress (APC). He said, “We are on our way to my local government where I will this Tuesday defect to APC, from ward level to local before state.” He also denied that he has any problems with the state’s governor, Darius Ishaku, saying, “I’m not at loggerhead with anyone, but politics is all about interest, and this is where my people want me to go and bring change in the political landscape of our dear state.” A PDP…

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Rochas Okorocha has declared that he is bigger than Imo State and the entire country. He further explained “No, when I say “bigger”, I mean that this is not the only place I belong to. I mean I have gone beyond being an Imo man, beyond being a Nigerian. I am now an African.” He proceeded to say: “So, don’t put me like a small rat in a small hole. I have a bigger image than what people see. If you say I run a family government, that means I run a very big government. I have thirty commissioners.” He…

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Yahaya Bello of Kogi has once again reassured his commitment to pay salaries and pension arrears of all genuine workers in the state. He said “I am assuring you by the grace of God we shall pay everybody. “Though there are few pockets of issues why some workers are yet to receive their salaries, but I want to assure you that everybody will be paid by God’s grace. “I am promising you that as the leader of the youths across the length and breadth of this country, I will not disappoint you. “When our workers were hungry and not paid…

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The Edo government has revealed that more than 55,000 youths in the state are expected to benefit from its agripreneur programme, which will be fully implemented in 2018. Mr Joseph Eboigbe, the Special Adviser to the Edo Governor on Budget, said this recently. “In 2017, the state government launched the pilot phase of the agripreneur scheme and by the first quarter of 2018, we will roll out the programme fully. “The agripreneur programme will target more than 55,000 youths who have indicated interest in agriculture through the Edo Jobs Scheme,” he said. “Each person will be allocated five-hectares of land…

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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kaduna State tackled Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, over the sacking of over twenty-one thousand (21,000) teachers who failed a Primary Four competency test conducted by the Kaduna State government. The government duly advertised for vacant positions of the sacked teachers, and in a bid to prevent this, the NUT sought for the intervention of the National Industrial Court (NIC). Judgement was given in favor of the teachers. El-Rufai had said, ”My son, Abubakar Sadiq, is four years old now. In the next two years when he is six, whether…

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A rights activist and social commentator, Kayode Ogundamisi, has blasted the timing of the release of a documentary on Buhari by the presidency amidst fuel crisis. He said the “Buhari documentary commissioned by Femi Adesina during fuel scarcity is an insult on Nigerians.” Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Babatunde Fashola, Nasir El-Rufai, John Odigie-Oyegun, some governors, ministers and a few other politicians were also shown. In an interview, Femi Adesina (the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity), rhetorically inquired “Should we then be perpetually like King Lear at his worst, and consign ourselves to the doldrums occasioned by fuel scarcity…

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Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho has linked the constant scarcity of petrol to monopoly of the product by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Iheanacho said that this was not realistic for marketers to import and sell at that rate. “The selling of the product at N145 per litre is no longer feasible with the current exchange rate. “Shortage of foreign exchange and increase in crude prices have made it unprofitable to import petrol and sell same at N145 per litre. “The problem is that importation of petrol is being handled, almost 100 per cent, by NNPC, while private importers backed out…

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Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, the suspended member of the House of Representatives recently met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. He rejected the suggestion that he was in the villa to seek presidential intervention over his political crisis in the House of Representatives. He said: “well, I cannot comment in that regard. The most important is that I saw him and he is a very high spirit. I greeted like a son and he spoke to me like a father.’’ “Of course Nigerians like justice, my constituency has been suspended for 16 months. “So, is only normal that…

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Aminu Masari of Katsina State has described the recent defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as an exercise in futility. He said the defection of the vice president would not in anyway affect the electoral success of the ruling APC, stressing Atiku had just answered his popular name. He said the APC was aimed at repositioning the nation by creating leaders that would lead the positive cause of the nation; “about 65 per cent of our political appointments were allocated to the youth”. Masari said the era of “do or die politics was over as individual character and his…

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Prince Uche Secondus has declared that Nigeria would return to the safe hands of his party by the next presidential election, in 2019. Secondus confidently stated that the PDP is ready and divinely positioned to bear the responsibilities of leading the country. He said: “We are going according to the plans and purpose of God. This country will be returned to the PDP, whether you like it or not”, and added that there cannot be an otherwise outcome in the next general election because “it is (has been) approved in heaven.” He also appreciated the Governor, Nyesom Wike and his…

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Blaise Matuidi has come out to say the Serie A club’s experience will be key when they face Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16 of the Champions League next year. “Tottenham are a strong team, both from a technical and physical point of view,” he told Juventus TV. “They play fast and box-to-box as we see in the Premier League, but Juventus have great experience in the Champions League and we’ll be looking to impose our own game and do well.” Matuidi featured in all six of Juve’s Champions League group games and has been a regular since arriving…

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Dani Carvajal has insisted that Real Madrid can still win the Spanish league, despite the 3-0 El Clasico defeat by Barcelona that left them 14 points adrift in the La Liga title race. “La Liga is not won or lost in December,” he said in an interview published Wednesday in Spanish sports daily AS. “It was a hard loss, but we are Real Madrid. We have had a fantastic year and there are still six months left in the season,” the 25-year-old added when asked about Real’s loss at home to Barcelona. “The qualifying round against PSG is going to…

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Antonio Conte has begged Chelsea to take a crucial step towards a top four finish in the Premier League by beating Stoke on Saturday. “In this league there is great motivation for all to try to stay there and fight until the end,” Conte said. “I don’t know if we can do this for the title because it depends on Manchester City, who are doing something extraordinary. “To win every game and draw one means you are having a fantastic run. “But there is great motivation to find a place in the Champions League next year, there are four places…

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Arsene Wenger has accepted he is no nearer to establishing where Arsenal’s Chilean star Alexis Sanchez’s future lies. “First of all nobody knows what will happen really,” said Wenger. “It’s difficult to speculate. At the moment we are focused on short-term, that means the next game (against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday) with the players committed and ready to fight. “It’s not a guarantee of how long you stay somewhere. As long as you are somewhere, you give your best. “I felt he was very good tonight from the first minute on, focused on the game. This kind of Sanchez…

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Raheem Sterling has said Manchester City are motivated by the chase for silverware rather than the promise of breaking more records as the Premier League leaders chase another landmark at Crystal Palace this weekend. “I don’t think everyone is really too focused on records. The most important thing is the three points,” said Sterling, who scored City’s winner at Newcastle on Wednesday. “Once you win the game and the stats come up, that’s all well and great, but you can’t be thinking about that. “We’ve just got to have a single focus. At the end of the day, if it…

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