Seyi Shay powers in another song, following her upbeat ‘Yolo yolo’, with this one titled ‘Weekend vibes’. The song which bothers on an addicted lover has Femi Leye on the guitar strings giving the song a ‘live feel’. The talented singer will be headlining this week’s Industry Nite on the mainland, which forms part of the week long ‘weekend vibes’ club tour she will be embarking on in Lagos. Download song here. Schedule for Seyi’s May 2017 Lagos club tour: Tuesday ( May 2) – Bang Bang Wednesday (May 3) – Industry Nite (Mainland Invasion) Thursday (May 4) – WOTN…
Author: David Folami
Today is Nollywood actresses, Genevieve Nnaji, Ireti Doyle and Ronke Odusanya’s birthday! Genevieve Nnaji is a Nigerian actress and singer who won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005. In 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood. Born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, Nnaji started her acting career as a child actress in the then-popular television soap opera ‘Ripples’ at the age of 8. In 1998 at the age of 19, she was introduced into the growing…
Nigerian music superstar Tiwa Savage is the newest face to join Rotary’s ‘This Close’ public awareness campaign for polio eradication. Tiwa Savage who is Nigeria’s biggest pop star according to CNN has joined the Rotary cause in achieving a polio-free world. Ms Savage will raise awareness about the vaccine-preventable disease. The Mavin singer administered a vaccine to children in Lagos in late April 2017. According to the Rotary press release “Her participation in this program comes at a critical juncture. Last year, Nigeria experienced a polio outbreak that paralysed four children after passing nearly two years without a case of…
Born Iretiola Olushola Ayinke in Ondo State, Ireti Doyle spent her early years with her family in Boston, United States. After returning to Nigeria, she attended Christ’s School Ado Ekiti and graduated from the University of Jos with a degree in Theatre Arts. She has featured in several Nollywood films and was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role at the 2013 Best of Nollywood Awards. She is married to Patrick Doyle and has six children.
“This is the only watch I have. I have worn it for 17 years. The purpose of watch is to keep time. Why would I keep a watch at home? Whose time is it keeping?” That was Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State. The quote above earned him plenty of applause and cheers. He also spoke about owning just two pairs of shoes. “I have said it to Nigerians, Peter Obi wears only black shoes, and I have two pairs of it, and I travel with it. The purpose of shoe is to protect the leg from being hurt.…
The palace of Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, is reportedly on fire. According to Daily Post, officials of Lagos state fire service have arrived at the scene working hard to put out the fire. The cause of the inferno was not ascertained as at the time of filing this report. It was gathered that the monarch is unhurt and has been taken to a safe place. This is coming a few days after the Oba publicly snubbed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Multiple reports say a certain Tunde Awoyeni had claimed that the Ooni of Ife palace would…
The Senate has begun the screening of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The legislators had threatened not to treat the list of nominees based on the way the Presidency handled the refusal of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the EFCC. It was, however, not clear why the upper chamber made a U-turn on Tuesday, May 2. The leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, presented the president’s request for approval of the nominees at plenary in Abuja. After the motion, the senate directed its Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission to screen…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has denied several reports claiming her husband’s health has gone from bad to worse. The President’s rare public appearances lately has fuelled speculations that all is not well with his health. Buhari had returned from the United Kingdom on March 10 after an extended medical vacation, but he only appeared publicly a few time since then. According to Mrs. Buhari, her husband’s health is not as bad as it is being speculated. The First Lady revealed this on Tuesday, May 2, in a series of tweets. “I wish to inform everyone that his health is…
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday signed an executive order setting up a coroner inquest into the death of Sen. Isiaka Adeleke. The governor, while signing the executive order in Osogbo, also appointed Mr Olusegun Ayodele, a Magistrate, as the head of the inquest. Aregbesola, also directed that the inquest be carried out in Osogbo within three weeks. The governor said the inquest became necessary because of the suddenness and the circumstances surrounding the death of the Senator. According to him, a coroner inquest is a long established procedure, dating back to the eighth century and is generally applied in the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed displeasure over the unsuccessful prosecution of high-profile corruption cases. He said this is not a serious concern for only Nigerians but the international community too. Obasanjo stated this on Tuesday, May 2, while delivering a lecture at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The inauguration lecture of the Olusegun Obasanjo Good Governance and Development Research Centre was titled, “Leadership, Governance and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria: The Way Forward.” The ex-president lamented that in spite efforts by successive governments in the anti-corruption fight, it still poses a threat to the development of…
An inexplicably bad display from Atletico Madrid saw their Champions League campaign all but come to an embarrassing end as they were thumped 3-0 by great city rivals Real Madrid. From the off Atleti looked sluggish and shy. In the end, they were dominated by a Merengues side who so often save their best for this competition. It is no disgrace to lose to Real in the Champions League, but to lose in this fashion is. That Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick just compounds the misery. The Calderon faithful will be praying for a miracle next week — not…
There did not seem to be anything particularly pressing to talk about when speaking with a group of British journalists at a Paris hotel in October 2014, so Monaco vice president Vadim Vasilyev shed some light on the new path his club wished to take. The short-lived boom period on the Cote d’Azur appeared to be over. Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez, both signed the previous year for huge fees, had been moved on during the summer as Monaco sought to cut their cloth according to the demands of financial fair play. Many frills that had brought attention on the…
Real Madrid dominated Atletico Madrid and put three goals past Diego Simeone’s side for a second time this season after the league derby victory last November. Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a hat trick to essentially seal Real’s place in the Champions League final for a second consecutive season. Positives Real came out firing and peppered Jan Oblak’s goal with 10 of the side’s 17 attempts coming in the opening 25 minutes. It was also the perfect stage to secure a first Champions League clean sheet of the season. Negatives It’s difficult to find any in a performance that completely nullified Antoine…
Cristiano Ronaldo said Real Madrid’s progress to the Champions League final is not yet sealed after scoring all of his side’s goals in a 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid in Tuesday night’s semifinal first leg. The Portugal forward headed Real in front on 10 minutes, then in the second half lashed the ball in from the edge of the Atletico penalty area, before Ronaldo turning in a Lucas Vazquez cut-back on 86 minutes to complete his treble. “It was a total game from the team, we played phenomenally well,” he said after the game, “We have a good advantage, but…
“I think Luke Shaw’s must be a big injury,” said Jose Mourinho after Manchester United’s latest underwhelming result, a 1-1 draw against Swansea last Sunday. “To leave the pitch after 10 minutes I am expecting a very big injury.” Depending on how you treat the context, you could view this as an expression of concern for a hurt player. But knowing what we know about the often prickly public relationship between Shaw and Mourinho, we can safely assume this was another example of the United manager’s passive-aggression towards a player he seems suspicious of. It was like an irked parent…
Cesc Fabregas appears destined to leave Chelsea this summer after being restricted to a limited, albeit important at times, role under Antonio Conte, with the Sun reporting Manchester United and Liverpool are leading the chase for the Spaniard. Both clubs are pushing to sign Fabregas for £25 million after Nemanja Matic and N’Golo Kante were preferred in a two-man midfield by Conte. The 29-year-old has struck four times and assisted nine more this term, but started only 10 times for the Blues in the Premier League. Fabregas has just two years remaining on his contract and might have his value…
Rampaging Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, who has less than a year to run on his contract, has not held talks with Paris Saint-Germain, his agent said Tuesday. The 22-year-old whose late last-16 header sent Manchester City out of the Champions League is expected to be one of several players to leave Monaco in the transfer window. But the player’s agent, his brother Abdoulaye Bakayoko, told AFP on Tuesday talks with PSG widely reported in the French media simply did not happen. “There are plenty of rumours and the ones saying Tiemoue has held talks about a contract with PSG are…
Singer and photographer TY Bello in a recent interview says she was sexually molested as a child. According to her, it had a negative effect on her during her formative years. The Greenland singer shared all this in an interview with Kemi Adetiba on King Women. “I was sexually abused as a child and because of this, I felt like there was something ugly about me that made me encounter this. This was not the abuser’s fault, this was me. I used to see other girls as flowers and I saw myself as dirty cement, hard and ugly. I never…
Yvonne Okoro is single for the most unique reason. As hard as it is to believe, the actress is convinced that men her intimidated by her. The Nollywood actress disclosed this during an interview in Accra, Ghana. The 32-year-old explained why she has remain single in the last two years, at least. Okoro revealed that although she is very ready to date, most guys find it difficult to walk up to her. She said: “The issue is men don’t have balls to come forward to ask me out because they think I am already hooked or perhaps I am very…
Mercy Aigbe’s husband, Lanre Gentry, in a recent interview, claims he went through a lot while married to the actress. According to him, most men wouldn’t tolerate what his wife has done to him in the past 7 years, they’ve been married. He told BON that he had shown her love and support in the last seven years despite some unbelievable things he had seen her do and endure for the sake of keeping the marriage and her image intact. “Would she have been in my house for 7 years if I beat her? I don’t know why she pulled…