Masterkraft and Wizkid have collaborated yet again on new music titled ‘Odoo’. This follows their work together in the certified hit song ‘Medicine’ released on Wizkid’s return to Nigeria. ‘Odoo’ just like ‘Medicine’ has that eastern Nigerian flavour all over the chorus of the song.
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Flavour and former beauty queen Anna Ebiere’s daughter, Sofia Chimamanda Okoli, is two. The model shared some adorable photos of her little girl in celebration of her day. “My heartbeat Happy birthday to My Princess,” she wrote alongside a cute photo. Flavour also shared this sweet video of Sofia dancing to his song ‘Chimamanda’. Meanwhile, Anna Banner has said she is no longer with the singer. Anna in a recent interview, reveals she and Flavour are no longer a couple. Speaking about the breakup she said, “We are no longer together. I made this decision recently. I spoke to myself…
Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband, Lanre Gentry, has replied accusations he threatened to kill a man for allegedly sleeping with his wife. In an apparent response, Gentry took to Instagram, August 2, 2017, writing, “My mission is to focus on my life/family….enjoy every sec of my life so, I really don’t have time for regrets, worries or fear. Life is too big and the time is too short to get caught up in empty drama!!! So I refuse to entertain negativity despite all life has thrown at me, God has been too good, gracious &merciful to me. Who am I that…
Happy Birthday Ngozi Ezeonu. Ngozi Ezeonu is a Nigerian actress and has featured in more than 100 Nollywood films including, “Glamour Girls”, ”Shattered Mirror” and ”The Pretty Serpent”. In 2012, she was nominated as best supporting actress at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Enjoy your day living legend.
Nigerian singer Small Doctor, and his crew have been accused of beating a tricycle rider in Lasgidi. A Twitter user took to the social media app saying he saw the rising star and his crew beat up a guy around Ogba. Meanwhile, Small Doctor’s new music ‘Penalty’ is seeking to push beyond his traditional sphere of influence and into the mainstream. The song produced by 2T Boyz was dropped in December 2016 but promotion kicked off in January, and the video which dropped in May blew it up. This is one of those rare occasions where the organic street wave…
Funnyman and father, Bovi’s response to a fan who begged him for money for his child’s naming ceremony has got people commenting. The fan on Bovi’s Instagram page, told the comedian his wife gave birth and he needs some cash for his baby’s naming ceremony. Bovi then responded saying when he was ”pushing that baby forth through copulation, you didn’t have to spend. Why should you spend to give the child a name?” Obviously not happy with the blunt response, the fan shared a cryptic message about “helping those you meet on your way up because no one knows tomorrow.”…
MTN Project Fame West Africa 2011 winner Monica Ogah’s father doesn’t want her to marry any man from the East. The Benue state-born singer took to social media on August 1, 2017, to make this shocking revelation. Asking the question ”what is wrong with Igbo people” she wrote, ”so my father said, if you bring any Igbo man home for marriage, you are on your own. I said I am not ready but why that? Someone tell me, anything wrong with Igbo men?” In August 2013, two years after her appearance on Project Fame, Ogah released her debut studio album,…
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday in Ibadan commiserated with his Osun counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, on the death of his mother. Mr Yomi Layinka, the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the Governor, quoted Ajimobi as saying in his condolence message that the death was frustrating and disheartening. “There is no doubt that Mama was an epitome of motherhood and pillar of support to my brother, Gov Aregbesola, and indeed the entire Aregbesola family. “She was a devout Muslim, a shining example of philanthropy as she shared virtually all she had with the needy, irrespective of where…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that six television sets, three refrigerators were stolen from his house, and not 35 Plasma television sets and 25 refrigerators, as reported in the media. The former President, in a statement issued by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze said six policemen were involved in the theft. This is contrary to a statement issued by the Abuja police command saying that only four policemen were involved. Speaking further, Jonathan said “Following series of enquiries from journalists and other concerned Nigerians on the extent of the reported vandalisation and theft in the house of former President…
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has denied receiving pensions from the Lagos state government. This is coming after the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) accused some former Governors in the Senate and Buhari’s cabinet of getting double payments. According to reports, Fashola’s Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Hakeem Bello said “The minister spoke on Hard Copy, a programme on Channels TV on Friday. In that programme, he said you don’t ask them (Lagos State Government) to stop what you never accepted in the first place. “This your question was one of the questions they asked…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has welcomed Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki’s step to stop receiving pensions from Kwara state. The group also begged him to join in the campaign to end the unjust, unfair and discriminatory practice of providing life pensions to former governors and to cancel laws that make this possible. According to SERAP, the Senate President said, “No, I’m not collecting pension; the moment I saw that allegation, I wrote to my state to stop my pension.” A statement issued by the group’s executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni reads:“It’s good news that Dr Saraki has publicly…
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians, especially the youths, to do everything wihin their power to promote unity of the country. Osinbajo made the call at a National Security Seminar with “Unity in Diversity: Security and National Development” as theme, organised by the Department of State Service (DSS). He said that the future of the country lies with the youth and that they must be involved in making it a better place. He said that he had been able to discover some “false narratives” about the country in the course of his engagement with…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) headed by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved N20.6 billion for the reconstruction of two road projects in Plateau and Kwara. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the result of the Council’s meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that N10.4 billion of the amount would be expended on the reconstruction of Pankshin-Balank-Yalen-Salak-Gindiri road in Plateau, while the remaining N10.2billion would be spent on Sharre-Patigi road in Kwara. “The ministry presented two memoranda to the council. The first was,…
President Buhari was host to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in London on Saturday, July 29, 2017. According to reports, the former President was accompanied by the former Osun state Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Reports also said Buhari and OBJ discussed about recent happenings in Nigeria. “After the exchange of courtesies, Buhari and Obasanjo left for another room in the house where they held a 40-minute meeting.” “The leaders were said to have come out of the meeting a few minutes before 10.00 p.m., following which the former president and Oyinlola were seen off by President Buhari.” There were reports that…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has blasted Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for saying the Biafra agitation lacked constitutional rights. Kanu described the Acting President’s comments as misconceived, despite his rank as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. According to reports, the IPOB leader said this in a statement issued by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in Abuja. The statement reads: “We are presently drifting into the narrative that had hitherto kept our client in unlawful incarceration for 18 months, in clear breach of positive orders of court that directed for his unconditional release. Unhealthy interference by…
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday talked about poor implementation of development policies by African governments as a big obstacle to the prosperity of the continent. The former president spoke in Lagos at the public presentation of the book `Making Africa Work`. Obasanjo said some ambitious policies were never implemented because African countries lacked the resources to execute them. He also said leaders did not bring up the right political will to implement some policies designed to address specific development challenges. The ex-president said the general attitude of African leaders to reverse the working policies of their predecessors was…
Liverpool were beaten on penalties by Atletico Madrid in the final of the Audi Cup to end what was essentially a successful week in Germany. Liverpool had won five and drawn one in their summer warm-up fixtures before the midweek encounter at the Allianz Arena, but suffered defeat when Jordan Henderson was the only player to miss in the shootout. The match ended 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes as Atletico Madrid were ahead for a large part of the game after Keidi Bare’s 33rd-minute opener, but Liverpool equalised late on thanks to Roberto Firmino’s penalty. Jurgen Klopp’s team…
Barcelona star Neymar is to land in Paris on Thursday after undergoing a Paris Saint-Germain medical in Portugal, a source has said. Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday that Neymar had made his intention known that he wants to leave the club and that they would ask that his €222 million buyout clause be paid in full. Sources also mentioned that the Brazil forward then travelled to Porto to undergo his medical examination, alongside the former Barcelona and PSG defender Maxwell, who now works as the French club’s assistant sporting director. A deal now appears really close, with Wagner Ribeiro — who…
Manchester City’s summer has seen the club splash out over £200 million on new recruits. It’s also showing no signs of slowing down, with Pep Guardiola still interested in bringing in Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal and with the news they may also be ready to splash out for Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe. Even if neither of those transfers go ahead, City will be viewed as the brash big-spenders — alongside Paris Saint-Germain, if their move for Barcelona forward Neymar goes ahead and smashes the world transfer record. However, the sniping at transfer fees is dull. With a record television deal in…
Real Madrid ended their tour of the U.S. with a 4-2 penalty shootout win over Major League Soccer in the All-Star Game, but manager Zinedine Zidane was not happy with his team’s three weeks in North America. After clinching La Liga and Champions League titles last season, Los Blancos lost their first three preseason contests prior to Wednesday’s victory vs. the MLS’ best at Soldier Field in Chicago. “The sensation overall is not good,” he said in a news conference following the All-Star Game. “It’s good that we got the result, but the sensation is not positive overall. We only…