Last week, April 25, 2016 during a session with Hip Tv’s Emma Ugolee, rappers Vector and Ikechukwu got in a heated conversation after Ikechukwu asked the ‘King Kong’ rapper what he had done in the industry that was ‘extraordinary’. “Anyone could freestyle at home,” the ‘All on Me’ rapper said. “I made money from my 2 hour freestyle,” Vector fired back, adding, “Did you make anything off yours?” Vector has however addressed the perceived beef in a new interview with Hip TV. According to him, “It wasn’t beef. It wasn’t being dissing or disrespecting anybody,” explaining that he was only…
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Triple MG singer, Tekno has joined the ever growing list of celebrities donning a new hair style. The ‘Wash’ singer took to Instagram today, Friday, May 5, 2016 sharing photos of himself with his new hairdo. “Pls don’t chat shit! This is just, for my hair to grow faster #thankyou,” he wrote. Fans have however commended the hairstyle saying it fits perfectly with several likening him to Chris Brown. Just recently the ‘Holiday’ singer shared a photo of a newborn and he captioned the photo, “My baby”. He recently got embroiled in very messy sex scandal involving a Tanzanian actress,…
Jennifer Lopez who made a stunning cover girl for W magazine’s latest issue, has opened up on her failed marriage and more in the feature interview with the publication. The pop star discussed her failed marriage, men, being a woman in the entertainment business and the challenges she has had to face over the years. J-Lo who has made staying relevant in the music industry seem like a piece of cakes, hilariously describes what it is like to date other musicians. When asked about dating fellow musicians, Lopez tells W magazine: “Musicians are too self-absorbed. They are too concerned with…
Jennifer Lopez has dropped her much anticipated video for the song, ‘Ain’t Your Mama’ and has a powerful feminist message for all the women out there. The video was released on Friday, May 6. Sticking with the theme, the 46-year-old pop star plays the roles of six different oppressed women in the colorful video – from an under-appreciated 1950s housewife to a 1980s power suit-wearing secretary – all taking a stand against the men in their lives. “Look, I don’t have to tell you things are bad,” Lopez says in the clip. “Taken for granted, ignored, overlooked, under-appreciated – we…
Following months of speculation, Blac Chyna is pregnant. The makeup artist confirmed the news today, May 6, 2016, with a post via her Instagram page, sharing an image of an emoji of herself rocking a baby bump. Rob also shared the same photo via his Instagram page with simple baby emoji’s as the caption. The couple who began dating early this year, and recently got engaged on April 5, 2016, had reportedly been spotted at a gynecologist appointment in March. Blac already shares a son, King Cairo with rapper ex, Tyga, who has been dating her soon to be sister-in-law…
Omawumi has finally revealed more concerning her disastrous interview after appearing as a guest on “Da Chat” with Zinnia, a show produced by HF TV. The “If You Ask Me” crooner has revealed that she has forgiven Zinnia for basically putting her morality to question after she had alleged that Omawumi is a smoker. Omawumi had not shocked anyone when she had stormed out of the interview set after being asked about the effect of her smoking in public, knowing that she is a role model to many. The singer who had been visibly upset, had asked the interviewer for…
According to Kashim Shettima, people who say that the Goodluck Jonathan administration was better than President Muhammadu Buhari’s government should be stoned like the devil. Shettima is said to have made the statement on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, during the distribution of relief materials in Maiduguri, the state capital, ThisDay reports. “The politicians who left us to our troubles in the last five years only to come back when peace has returned to the state to tell us that Jonathan’s administration was better than the present should be stoned just like the Satan is stoned at the Kaaba,” the governor…
Senator Chris Anyanwu has refuted reports that she benefited from funds allegedly looted and shared by former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Anyanwu also said that a bullet should be put in her head if she’s found guilty of taking the money, according to Vanguard. “I had just joined the PDP and those who re-joined were not seen as the mainstream PDP and they had this thing about me being a journalist and whenever I came, they just shrunk. They just pulled away,” she said. “I was not part of them and I was not assigned to share money and I…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has confidently said that his Kogi state counterpart, Yahaya Bello will soon be removed from office. Fayose made the comment while delivering a lecture titled “Journalism and Politics : Two Sides of A Coin” in Oyo state, The Cable reports. “Whatever I say is divine… The next to happen is the removal of Kogi state governor… I have not lost a battle in my life,” he said. “People say that I abuse Buhari. I am not abusing him because he is like my grandfather, but I know the history. “Eighty per cent of people that…
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the War Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay has said that Nigeria would’ve been in trouble if former President, Goodluck Jonathan had won the 2015 presidential elections. Prof Sagay made the comment on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at an anti-corruption summit organized by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, according to Daily Post. “Given the unrestrained stealing and the enormous economic pillage under the Jonathan administration, it is not a surprise that the Nigerian economy is lying prostrate. The present administration needs time to fill in the big holes that were left…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the 2016 budget into law. Buhari signed the budget today after long and hard weeks of indecisiveness between the Presidency and the National Assembly. The budget signing was witnessed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, House Of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Budget, Udo Udoma and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje and his counterpart in the House Of Reps, Abdulmumuni Jibrin. It had been earlier reported that the president would assent to the budget today after receiving the corrected and ready-to-sign…
The US administration is seeking to approve a sale of as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for Nigeria to aid its battle against the extremist group Boko Haram, US officials said. The officials said while speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the administration’s plans in a vote of confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari’s drive to reform the country’s corruption-tainted military. Washington also is dedicating more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to the campaign against the Islamist militants in the region and plans to provide additional training to Nigerian infantry forces. The possible sale which the…
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party for saying the APC had reversed its accomplishments in its 16-year rule. Rising from their meeting in Akure, on Wednesday, South-West leaders of the PDP said the ruling APC had not demonstrated the capacity to resolve the economic challenges facing the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, however, Igbokwe said the legacies the PDP left were corruption and poverty. Igbokwe asked the South-West PDP leaders to list “the woeful legacies that led to the total rejection of the PDP by…
Kidnappers have demanded N60m from families of three persons abducted on Monday from the staff quarters of the University of Calabar in Calabar, Cross River State. Gunmen had on Monday stormed the institution’s staff quarters and abducted the wife of a lecturer, Mrs. Nancy Ndifon, alongside her daughter, Oyebah Ndifon, and in the process of escaping, picked up another medical personnel, Dr. David Iniama, before escaping through the creeks. The Monday incident was not the first time that gunmen would be invading the university’s staff quarters. Armed men had in April invaded the quarters and ransacked the residence of a…
A 50-year-old man, Kelvin Ezeigbo has been apprehended by the police for reportedly raping a 10-year-old pupil, Esther, by the roadside in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos. It was learnt that Esther and Ezeigbo were neigbours on Olatunde Close, where the victim resides with her aunt. Theinfostride gathered that the aunt on April 26 around 9pm sent Esther on an errand and she was returning home when the suspect waylaid her. Ezeigbo, a father of two, had reportedly given the minor some money and persuaded her to follow him, but she refused. It was learnt that the suspect resorted to force, dragging…
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he divulged a letter which a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor and now Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, wrote to former President Goodluck Jonathan on oil revenue theft in order to check corruption. Amaechi said the claim that he ‘clandestinely’ leaked the letter was not true. Sanusi had on Wednesday claimed that Jonathan threatened him for writing a letter to inform him (Jonathan) that $49bn was missing from the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Sanusi said that Amaechi, who was then the Rivers State governor, had confessed to leaking…
Daniel Sturridge said that his goal in Liverpool’s 3-0 Europa League semifinal triumph over Villarreal on Thursday was a reward for his perseverance during a personally complicated season. Injuries kept Sturridge on the sidelines in the early stages of manager Jurgen Klopp’s tenure and in Liverpool’s recent games in the competition, he found himself on the bench due to Klopp’s preference for Divock Origi. But with Origi currently out due to an injury of his own, Sturridge seized his opportunity against Villarreal, scoring Liverpool’s second goal — which prompted an explosive celebration — and having a hand in their two…
Paul Pogba is set to stay with Juventus, according to his agent Mino Raiola, who has cooled talk of a move to Chelsea. Pogba is likely to be one of this summer’s main transfer targets for Europe’s top clubs, but Raiola has dismissed reports of him joining former Juve coach Antonio Conte at the Blues. “Pogba’s not going to Chelsea,” he told Italy’s GQ magazine. “At least not yet, but I don’t want to rule anything out.” Raiola added that he was lucky to stumble across the France midfielder when he acted on a tip from a friend. “He told…
Louis van Gaal would lose out on more than £1 million if Manchester United fail to qualify for the Champions League, though he would earn £5m if he’s sacked, according to a report in The Times. The newspaper states that the Dutchman is on an £8m salary, based on a series of performance-related, loyalty and image rights clauses — but only £3.3m of that is guaranteed basic pay. It also reports that there will be a £5m payoff — 66 percent of his salary — if he is sacked before his contract runs out after next season, unless he should…
Following his break out season with Manchester United, Marcus Rashford is reportedly attracting the interest of American rapper, Jay Z. Jay Z has a sports management company called Roc Nation Sports and his looking to signing Rashford. According to Sun, Roc Nation Sports have got in touch with the 18-year-old about taking over his representation duties from his family. The 18-year-old is still being managed by his family as he is yet to be signed to any management outfit. Jay Z is hoping that he can get sign the striker who has the potential to be the next big thing…