Author: David Folami

Wendy Williams has shown that she can ‘dish it and take it,’ while discussing her drama with T.I. on Sept. 18. The television personality clapped back after TIP commented on her bikini body via IG, by making an expensive joke about the rapper! Wendy Williams‘ hit talk-show returned from summer break on Sept. 18, and as expected, she made sure to come back with a bang. The television personality, 53, addressed her rumored feud with T.I., 36, which started after he surprisingly commented about her bikini body via Instagram. “I can dish it out and I can also take it,”…

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Lil Wayne has covered the Friends theme song, taking shots at the San Francisco 49ers’ poor start to the NFL season in a promotion for the league’s second week on Fox. Well, as fans would know the 49ers did indeed go 0-2 with their loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, but the upshot is that we’ve got this remarkably weird Lil Wayne cover to keep in our minds forever.

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Ice Prince wowed football fans at the Star Fan Park at Jos Township Stadium, venue of the final league match between Plateau United FC and Enugu Rangers FC on Saturday September 9th, 2017. An initiative of Star Lager Beer in partnership with the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), Star Fan Park brings music, entertainment and all-round fun to NPFL match venues across the country. Commenting on Star Lager Beer’s support for the local league through the Star Fan Park activations, Portfolio Manager, National Premium, Nigerian Breweries Plc., Tokunbo Adodo said: “Star Lager Beer is proudly Nigerian and will continue to…

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It was the perfect fit that Ludacris bounded onstage, in his dark shades and “Mastermind” shirt, to the engaging tune of “Welcome to Atlanta.” The rapper and actor was playing to a crowd that likely included many visitors in town to celebrate the 2017 PGA Tour Championship event for the third consecutive year. As expected, Ludacris earned the performance spotlight, a handful of Atlanta sports celebs – Hawks players Kent Bazemore, Mike Muscala, Dewayne Dedmon and coach Mike Budenholzer; Falcons players Matt Bryant, Brooks Reed, Austin Hooper and Josh Harris – were spotted in the crowd of several hundred. Supported…

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14 days after J. Cole supported his national anthem-protesting activism, Colin Kaepernick has made a decent substantive donation to the North Carolina rapper’s Dreamville Foundation. Reports have it that Kaepernick donated $34,000 to Cole’s nonprofit organization, which aims to provide opportunities for urban youth. The money will fund multiple projects for Cole’s organization, and the controversial athlete will reveal those endeavors in the coming weeks. Bleacher Report says Kaepernick’s latest donation has brought his monetary donations to $800,000—just $200,000 away from his goal of $1 million. Kaepernick found himself at the center of a big dispute when he began protesting…

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They should be celebrating 10 years of reality television success soon when the 14th season of their show premieres on Sunday. But Kris and Kendall Jenner took a break between gigs to indulge in their favorite sport of shopping while in Milan on Wednesday night. The 61-year-old matriarch joined her model daughter at the Fendi showroom ahead of Kendall’s appearance during Milan Fashion Week. Kendall, 21, waved to nearby fans as she left the luxury store after a late night of perusing through expensive handbags and clothing. The leggy model covered up in a pair of tight blue button fly…

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Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba recently celebrated his 42-years birthday. The award-winning singer was treated to a cute orchestra performance that was planned by his wife Annie Idibia. She invited a couple of friends and colleagues together to give the legend a surprise birthday celebration. The event had in attendance comedian AY, Iyanya, Tania Omotayo and others.

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As the rumour of actress Genevieve Nnaji’s secret wedding circulate, it is yet to be either confirmed nor denied, speculation has increased as everyone has their eyes on her social media pages waiting for an official hint or announcement. She shared a new photo of herself with a white guy minutes ago and her fans have readily accepted him as their inlaw.

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Mavin Records Reekado Banks shared a message about being single which brought about several speculations that he has ended things with his 21-year-old girlfriend, Emem Inuikim. The singer has been in love with her for a very long time and even flew her from Dominican Republic (where she is studying) to Houston, Texas last week ahead of his performance at the One Africa Music festival. He shared a picture of himself, dolled up in a corner with his phone, and captioned it: “Single life is Pringle life, Too sweet”

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If we are talking Nigerian show business, there are very few people like Mercy Johnson who have a joyous family with children. The talented actress spends all her free time with her three kids and husband. They give her the power of life, lots of happiness and joy. For some, three kids are too much. However, the actress doesn’t think so and it’s quite possible that soon we’ll hear about Mercy Johnson new baby. In numerous interviews, the actress has said that family is the most important thing in her life. The love of fans can change but your family…

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Ndigbo Peace Movement and Arewa Groups have emphasized the need for peaceful co-existence of Nigerians irrespective of ethnic and religious inclinations. Mr Divine Onyekachi, the leader of the Igbo movement who read the text of the conference said peace and unity of the country Nigeria was key and more important than any unlawful agitations. Onyekachi said, “collectively as a country of diverse ethnic groups, we have worked so hard to make this country great and we will not allow some acts of lawlessness to drag us to the path of retrogression. “The strength of Nigeria is in its diversity and…

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has issued a stern warning to oil buyers that about 98% of all documents involved in the sale of crude oil were not original. This disclosure was made by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, Mele Kyari sometime this week. He said, “The entire public should know that the NNPC doesn’t do business of crude oil marketing from hotel rooms.” He said, “Already, this massive collaboration with security agencies is paying off. Some arrests have been made while, on our part, we assist the security agencies by providing evidence in the…

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Yemi Osinbajo presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa yesterday. The Vice President did this instead of President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently in the United States of America for the 72nd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Cabinet members that could not attend the meeting due to being on the president’s delegation to the UN are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin; and the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.

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The traditional rulers of Illofa and Odo-Owa in Oke-Ero local government area of Kwara State, Oba Samuel Niyi Dada and Oba Joshua Adeyemi Adimula respectively, are set to lose three months salaries to the state government. This was part of the State’s Executive Council resolutions after considering white paper on the report of Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the communal clash between the two communities. Muhammed Haruna Tambiri said the state government has also reduced the movement of both monarchs to their domains throughout the three months period. Also speaking during the press briefing, commissioner for information and communications, Alhaji…

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Prof. Isaac Adewole, has appealed to National Association of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to forget their planned strike commencing at midnight. The minister made the appeal in a statement by Mrs Olajide Oshundun, the Assistant Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry recently. Oshundun quoted the minister as saying “the Federal Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment have had series of meeting with the leadership of JOHESU of which most of their demands had been met.” He added that some of the issues raised in the meetings included payment of promotion arrears that were…

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The President of Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday, said Rivers was one of the most safest states in Nigeria. “Rivers is a hub of activities. Rivers is safe for businesses and conferences, as it is currently hosting hundreds of editors and bishops. “This is the first time a state will be hosting the Editors Conference back to back.’’ Egbemode said the editors returned to the state, after the 2016 ANEC, because they were comfortable, felt safe and felt at home. In appreciation, Gov. Wike said Rivers was happy to host the editors for two consecutive…

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Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that only 23 doctors are are taking care of patients in 24 state hospitals in Zamfara State. He said: “I was in Zamfara. At the Federal Medical Centre in Zamfara, there are about 120 doctors but the state has less than 40 in the entire state, in fact they were 23 or so as at the last count to manage 24 hospitals. “So, it is a matter of one doctor per hospital. And, yet, the federal hospital has about 120. To me, that is inequality, inequity and must not persist in our country. This is…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has praised recent move by the judiciary to focus on corruption and financial crime cases brought before it. The commendation is in a statement by Spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren. Uwujaren quoted the commission’s Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, as saying the development was the way forward. “In order for the NJC to monitor and effectively enforce the foregoing policy, anti-corruption cases trial monitoring committee will be constituted at the next council meeting. “This committee would be saddled with, among other things, the responsibility of ensuring that both trial and appellate…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly started a fresh probe of the ex-governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, over an alleged N1.4billion gift to a bank . The EFCC, it was also reported, had written to the bank to explain why the governor allegedly gave it such a present. An EFCC detective was quoted as saying, “Among several allegations that are already in the public domain, the commission has made some progress in investigating the circumstances in which Apkabio, in 2013, paid N566, 883,728.66; N441,808,081.90; and N392, 631,943.37 as gifts to a new generation bank.” In a…

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While promoting the new Kingsman movie, Manchester United players were asked to tell which of their teammates would make the best ‘Kingsman’. Manchester United had a deal to use their players to promote the movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle and they did that with a video where the likes of Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Juan Mata, David de Gea, Jesse Lingard and Luke Shaw discussed which of their teammates would act the secret agents role the best played by Colin Firth and Taron Egerton in the movie. Pogba and Lukaku both admitted that Marcus Rashford has ‘sick skills’ of a…

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