Eniola Badmus and Funke Akindele are the best of buddies. Or at least they were. Now they have one more thing in common. While Funke Akindele was wrongly reported to be 40 a few weeks ago, some also speculated that Eniola Badmus recently celebrated her 39th birthday going by the date of birth on both their Wikipedia pages. But just like Funke, Eniola has also cleared the air that she’s actually 33 via Snapchat. Save the figures, Jenifa is 39, while Gbogbo Bigz Girl is 33!
Author: David Folami
Baseline Entertainment singer, Skales has seemingly ended his affair with girlfriend, Sasay and switched up his relationship status with an Ethiopian babe known as Leyla Konjo. Skales and Sasay have been known to be an item for a long time, with her even going as far as backing him vociferously in his face-off with Wizkid a year ago. But Sasay, a Nigerian law student, appears to have been dumped by the singer who shared his new boo’s photo along with heart emojis on Instagram and wrote: ‘Just to clear the air this is the special one am with @leyla_konjo …..…
G.O.O.D Music have apparently reacted to TheNETng’s article about the confusion surrounding the status of Nigerian singer, D’banj, by releasing a new roster which officially confirms his exit. We earlier reported that D’banj’s name appeared on the Kanye West-owned label’s new roster following the new addition of Tyga and Desiigner, but all doubts have been laid to rest. The official account of the label released a new list of its new members on Twitter and it comprises of Kanye, label president Pusha T, Big Sean, John Legend, Teyana Taylor, and newly signed acts, Tyga and Desiigner. This is the first…
Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award winner, Faithia Balogun recently made an intriguing statement. During an exclusive interview, the award-winning actress spoke on her favourite script as an actress and producer. “Every script I pick up from my producers is a challenge for me. But the latest one I would say is my best is my first comedy movie ” Iya Alake,” that collected the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award. I loved that script because I didn’t see myself doing that role, but my role came out well. I loved it. It’s very funny. Sometimes I produce and act in my…
Mofe Duncan was recently interviewed, where he spoke about his career, being on TV, greatest fear as an actor and more. The “Taste of Love” actor also spoke on meeting his wife Jessica Duncan, and how he knew they would spend forever together. The actor also spoke about the movie that has had the greatest influence on him, his most difficult role yet, and which he prefers between movies and TV series. Duncan is popular for productions including “Taste of Love,” “Edge of Paradise,” “Lies Men Tell,” “Romance is Overrated,” “Casino,” among others.
Africa’s TV channel, M-Net, is about to celebrate its birthday In October 2016. The month will mark 30 years since the very first M-Net subscribers connected their newly-acquired analogue decoders. To celebrate the milestone, M-Net will be launching the ‘on-screen birthday bash’, M-Net Movies Blockparty on DStv 109. The channels will run for the entire month of October playing everyone’s favourite comedy movie hits, the latest comedy shows and handing the mic over to the world’s best stand-up comedians. The channel will feature great comedians including Seth Rogen, Eddie Murphy, Amy Schumer, Jim Carrey, Leon Schuster, Steve Martin, Austin Powers,…
Nollywood actor, Abdullateef Adedimeji, has revealed that his acting career has not always been rosy, stating that he once battled with a lot of frustration. Adedimeji, who is known for his smiling face, explained in an interview published by Punch News on Saturday, September 10, 2016, that his current jovial personality has not always been the norm. Long before his emergence as a popular acting figure, the actor used to have sad moments while on set a movie shoot. “There was a time I went to the location of ‘Omo Mushin’ by Murphy Afolabi but I left the set in…
Chinedu Omorie’s new movie, “Silvertown” recently premiered in Lagos, at the Silverbird Galleria. The premiere had in attendance celebrities Stephanie Linus and her husband Linus Idahosa, Seun Akindele, Anthony Monjaro, Tamara Eteimo, Kiki Omeili, Mr Patrick (comedian of the federal Republic ), Princess Chineke, Francis Onwuche and more. Written by Richard Odilu and produced by Vanessa Ogedy Mails, “Silvertown” is a UK-Nollywood movie which revolves around Peju, who is faced with deportation after being denied asylum by British authorities. She goes into hiding by disguising as a nanny in the house of Emeka, a persuasive womanizer. Yinka, a dare devil…
Mavin Records music star, Dr. Sid, is back with another hit, ‘Flawless’, which featured label mate, Korede Bello. The song follows a recent single, ‘The best’, which was released in June 2016. It received massive radio airplay and reviews. It looks like the singer is set to repeat the same feat in the song ‘Flawless’.
Blac Chyna is glowing as she enjoys the last few weeks before she welcomes the Kardashian heir. The pregnant makeup guru has shared new, beautiful photos of herself and her baby bump via her Snapchat account today, September 9. Chyna posed barefooted in a pink short and a white tube top, showing off her growing bump, and let’s not forget her past shoulder length natural hair. While Chyna showed off on Snapchat, fiance, Rob Kardashian, cleared out his Instagram account once again, sparking speculations that things may not be well with the reality star. He also took the opportunity to…
Juju music legend, King Sunny Ade, has denied claims that he once had a crush on ‘Iyogogo’ singer, Onyeka Onwenu, stating that their relationship is strictly professional. He mentioned this during a press parley on his 70th birthday, where the world music pioneer, said their romantic ‘Wait for me’ song collaboration was nothing more than a message for the youths. “I didn’t have any crush on Onyeka then. Even before that song, we had recorded some songs together. She was (and still is) just a colleague.” “She is a good woman. We did that song just for us to teach…
Frank Edoho has outdone himself celebrating his wife, Sandra as she turned a year older today, September 9. The pregnant mother-of-two took to her Instagram page to share the sweet message her hubby sent to her mother, thanking her for giving his wife to him. Commenting on the post, Sandra wrote, “My mom forwarded me a message from my Husband to her this early morning….” The message the TV personality sent to his mother-in-law read: “Hello Mummy. I just want to thank you for giving birth to the most beautiful loving girl any man would be so lucky to have.…
HKN singer, B-Red, who is a cousin and label mate to Davido, has revealed that he has no qualms playing second fiddle to the ‘Skelewu’ crooner. B-Red, who has been criticized for not living up to expectation made this known in an interview with Punch News’ Sunday Scoop. He said, “In every group, you have a leader and I do not care about being number one as long as I am doing good, getting money and doing shows.” “Davido is number one and we follow but you never know, probably I’ll be as big as he is. If your cousin…
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at Xavi over his claims that Lionel Messi was a better player by pointing out that the former Barcelona midfielder had never won a Ballon d’Or himself. Ronaldo, 31, netted in the 5-2 win over Osasuna on Saturday and was asked about Xavi’s comments earlier this week. “I’m the most searched player on the internet,” Ronaldo said in quotes reported by Marca. “Anyone who wants free publicity or media attention talks about me. “I couldn’t care less about what Xavi says about me, he plays in Qatar or I don’t even know where.…
Pep Guardiola hailed the performance of his Manchester City side, in particular goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, after a thrilling 2-1 victory over rivals United in the Manchester derby. City dominated the opening 40 minutes and were two goals ahead through strikes from Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho. But Bravo, making his City debut, dropped a Wayne Rooney free kick late in the first half, which Zlatan Ibrahimovic pounced on to pull a goal back. Guardiola praised Bravo for the way he recovered from the error and the defenders in front of him who stood firm against United pressure late in…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will be “damaged slightly” after losing the Manchester derby 2-1 at home to City on Saturday, according to former player Gary Neville. Pep Guardiola’s City side dominated United on their way to a 2-0 lead but Zlatan Ibrahimovic cut the gap to 2-1 before half-time. United improved after the break but City held on to keep up their 100 percent start to the season while Mourinho dropped points for the first time in the league this campaign. Speaking on Sky Sports’ Gary Neville Podcast, the former United defender said: “For Pep Guardiola and City, it’s…
Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that Marcus Rashford’s time will come, but patience is needed for the 18-year-old to meet the high level of expectations on his shoulders. Rashford’s rise to prominence has been incredible and the teenager’s performances for United last season catapulted him into England’s Euro 2016 squad. The young forward came on at half-time and had a goal ruled out for offside as United lost the Manchester derby 2-1 to City, but Ibrahimovic insisted that he is set to become a top player. “First of all, he’s 18, he’s still young. He has a lot of…
Antoine Griezmann kickstarted Atletico Madrid’s La Liga campaign with two goals and an assist as a 4-0 rout at Celta Vigo gave them a much-needed boost on Saturday. It was their first win of the current La Liga season after being held by promoted Alaves and Leganes in their opening two league games. And they were outplayed for the first-half in Vigo on Saturday too, as Josep Sense and Theo Bongonda missed great chances. But Atletico’s luck turned when Koke met Griezmann’s fine cross eight minutes into the second-half to give the visitors the lead before Euro 2016’s top scorer…
Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested Real Madrid should offer him a 10-year contract to ensure he sees out his career at the Spanish club. “If I were the president of Real Madrid, I would give myself a 10-year contract,” Real’s all time top scorer, now 31, told reporters after scoring on his return from injury in a 5-2 La Liga win over promoted Osasuna. Ronaldo’s current contract runs out in 2018. “Right now I’m not thinking about anything else in my career, all I want is to retire at Real. This is the biggest club in the world and it should…
Arsene Wenger breathed a sigh of relief after Arsenal won a stoppage-time penalty against Southampton and Santi Cazorla struck a 94th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 win on Saturday. Arsenal endured a frustrating afternoon as they drew level after Laurent Koscielny’s overhead kick cancelled out Petr Cech’s early own goal, but were unable to find the cutting edge to match their superiority. The breakthrough came at the death after Jose Fonte was penalised for tangling with Olivier Giroud in the box, with the Portugal defender becoming the latest player to be punished for holding in the penalty area in light…