Famous South American singer — Marc Anthony received a whopping sum of $700,000 for one Las Vegas gig last month – double what his ex Jennifer Lopez is set to get per show in a new deal in the same city. The 46-year-old singer/songwriter reportedly landed a $1 million pay day when he performed at Planet Hollywood in Sin City on September 13 but after operating expenses and promoter fees were removed he received $300,000 less, according to the contract which has been obtained by TMZ. But this is still twice as much as Jennifer – who he officially divorced in June, almost three years after…
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The newly signed artiste to Baseline Music — Skales has revealed that he used to have a crush on Nollywood actress, Dakore Akande who welcomed her second child in February 2014 with husband, Olumide Akande. Posting a photo with the actress, the ‘Shake Body’ singer wrote: ‘Use(d) to HAV a krush on DS lady wen I was much younger ha! She’s still so cute…DAKORE!!!!!!!!!’ In a recent interview, Dakore, who was known as Dakore Egbuson before her marriage to Olumide Akande was not the subject of interest chosen by Skales as he revealed that he has a crush on Beverly Naya because he…
The All Progressives Congress caucus of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Thursday dismissed insinuations that they were plotting to impeach the newly inaugurated Governor of the State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, describing the allegation as spurious and unfounded. The caucus also denied receiving money from a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to carry out the purported impeachment, saying “APC doesn’t believe in sharing booty or public money for sinister motive”. The 19 APC lawmakers, including the Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, made this position known in Ado-Ekiti, where they denied the allegations…
Lagos State Government has concluded a two-day training programme for traditional medicine practitioners in the state on how to manage and offer treatment for six priority diseases in West Africa using traditional herbs prescription method. Traditional medicine practitioners have been trained in Lagos State on how to treat six priority diseases including Malaria, Hypertension, Diabetes, Sickle Cell Anemia, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. One of the resource persons for the training, Dr Bunmi Omoseyindemi said that the training exercise was part of the West Africa Health Organization’s (WAHO) plan to further stem the spread of the diseases. He explained that the method…
The sister of Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, police said Friday. Osio Agama was kidnapped at gunpoint on Tuesday night, as she approached her car, according to the State police spokesman Ahmad Muhammad. According to him, police are at a loss as to why the woman was abducted and “were not aware if any ransom demand had been made”. Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region has seen waves of ransom kidnappings in recent years, with the peace expected after government offered amnesty to militants in the region far from achieved. The abduction is believed to have…
The number 1 citizen of Delta state — governor Emmanuel Uduaghan clocked 60 on October 22, 2014 and the birthday didn’t go unmarked beyond the corridors of power. The two-term serving governor was born on October 22, 1954 in the Warri North area of Delta State and while wishing him a happy birthday via social media, veteran musician Daddy Showkey shared a picture of himself and the governor with the caption, ‘i beg this man na 60 but him look like, happy birthday your excellency god bless u’. Daddy Showkey has in the last two months intensified efforts to return to the mainstream music…
Sources have revealed that four months after the death of pop-gospel sensation, Kefee, her usually crowded restaurant, Branama Kitchen located in Mende, Maryland, Lagos remains shut. The award-winning singer and vocalist died as a result of lung failure after being in coma for 15 days in a hospital in the United States of America (USA) in June 2014. According to neighbors in the restaurant’s vicinity, reporters were intimated that no one has been to the restaurant since it was shut down on Friday, June 15 a few days after the singer’s death. When the singer’s husband was contacted, he said he does not want to…
The battle line between Nigerian Governors and the National Assembly appears to have been drawn over the autonomy granted local governments by the federal lawmakers as they have concluded plans to mobilise members of their state Houses of Assembly to reject the autonomy. The action of the National Assembly members, if agreed to by two-thirds of the state Houses of Assembly in the 36 states of the federation, would grant financial and administrative autonomy to the third tier of government. It would be recalled that the two chambers of the National Assembly had during the amendment to the 1999 Constitution,…
Diamond Bank has announced the resignation of Chief Executive Alex Otti, after he left to join the race for Abia Chief executive seat. Otti had last month denied reports that he has made public his intention to contest for the Governorship of South Eastern State of Abia in 2015. But with elections drawing close in Nigeria, the revered bank chief is believed to have left in time to prepare for the coming elections. “While Otti is not unaware of pressure being brought upon him by various organisations to contest for the electoral seat based on his hard work, integrity, managerial…
Despite the widely reported truce talks between the federal government and terror group Boko Haram, 60 women and girls have been kidnapped from two towns in north-east Nigeria, reports have said. According to Agence France-Presse, residents of Wagga said that suspected Islamist gunmen went door-to-door looking for young women and girls, abducting 40 of them. Wagga town is not far from Chibok, where over 200 girls were on April 14 kidnapped by the terrorists. “They left N1,500 and some kola nuts in each home where they seized a woman, apparently as a bride price,” said Lazarus Baushe, an elder of…
Many celebrities feel like they can do no wrong, especially when it comes to experimenting with their look. Sometimes, the trends and styles that are presented by them are appropriate for us, while there are others which are weird and cannot be considered as suitable styles for ordinary people. Here are 5 weird and funny hairstyles of Nigerian celebs. 1. Adé Bantu Nigerian-German musician and MTN project fame judge, Adegoke Odukoya, better known as Adé Bantu, has recently shaved off his symbol hairstyle – the natural dreadlocks. The natural dreadlocks in Nigeria are usually closed to spiritual beliefs depending on…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the decision of the National Assembly to move wages from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List in the on-going fourth amendment exercise to the 1999 Constitution, saying it will encourage exploitation of workers. The Congress, in a statement by its General Secretary Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson has therefore convened a meeting of the National Executive Council for October 27 to mobilize workers for further action. “We at the Congress see the removal of wages from the Exclusive List as an act of treachery masterminded by conservative governors and their cohorts in the NASS…
President GOODLUCK Jonathan (2ND-R), SIGNING THE VISITORS’ REGISTER AFTER VISITING THE Jerusalem OLD CITY DURING THE LAST CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday depart Lagos on a brief pilgrimage to Israel, his office said in a statement on Thursday. The statement issued in Abuja by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said that Jonathan would visit Christian Holy sites during the pilgrimage. According to the statement, he will join other Nigerian pilgrims in a prayer session for the well-being and progress of the country at an Inter-Denominational Service in Jerusalem on…
Young Money artiste — Tyga is apparently trying to distance himself from his record label after admitting he doesn’t get along with either Drake or Nicki Minaj. The 24-year-old rapper is signed to Lil’ Wayne‘s Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records (YMCMB) but insists he feels like he has been ‘forcing relationships’ with the pair when he actually doesn’t like Drake as a person because he thinks he is ‘fake’. He said: ‘Yeah, I’m tryna’ go independent. I don’t really get along with Drake. I don’t really get along with Nicki Minaj. ‘I don’t like Drake as a person. He’s just fake…
The Senior Special Assistant on Print Media to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, Mohammed Funtua, has picked the nomination form of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest for a seat in the Katsina State House of Assembly in 2015. Mr. Funtua, who was issued both the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms after paying the prescribed fees in Katsina, informed reporters that his decision to represent Funtua local government in the state legislature was based on his desire to ensure justice and fairness for his constituency, which, he alleged, had been marginalised by the present…
A political pressure group within the All Progressives Congress, APC, Turaki Vanguard, has asked former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to drop his ambition to contest the 2015 presidential election. The group, which is drumming up support for the presidential bid of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, said in a statement on Thursday that the former military ruler’s presence in the presidential race would neither enrich it nor enhance the fortune of their party, the APC. The APC presidential ticket is believed to be a two-horse race between Atiku and Buhari with both men insisting that they are…
The Minister of Transport, Alhaji Idris Umar, said on Thursday that the Federal Government was not underfunding the Port Harcourt-Makurdi rail line project. Umar said this in Enugu while addressing newsmen at the end of the14th session of the National Council on Transport. He said the claims by the contractors handling the project, Esser West Africa, were unfounded as government had sufficiently funded the project. Umar said the government was not reneging on its part of the bargain to get the project, otherwise known as eastern rail line, completed in good time. “Go back and ask them if funds are the…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has told political office holders in the state not to expect their salaries until he had paid the state workers the over two months salaries owed them from the previous administration. Fayose, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, lampooned the immediate past administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi over its failure to pay the workers their salaries. He said the situation had caused the workers untold hardship, adding that the new administration was working round the clock to source for funds to offset the outstanding salaries of the workers…
The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja passed for second reading a bill seeking an improved welfare package for members of the National Youth Service Corps. The bill seeks to amend the NYSC Act No 51 of 1993 by making provisions to enhance the welfare of corps members, encourage acquisition of special business and commercial skills at the end of the annual service year. Moshood Mustapha (All Progressives Congress – Kwara), who sponsored the bill, expressed regrets over unemployment and poverty rate bedeviling the country. He said the proposed amendment would encourage self-employment. Section 7(3) of the proposed amendment…
Fast rising female DJ, Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy has shared a photo of her mother and grandmother, giving us a peek into her cherished family life. The daughter of oil magnate, Femi Otedola recently posted a photo of her grandmother whom she calls ‘grandmamma Cups’ and her mother, also labelled ‘mama Cups’ on her Instagram page. She captioned it: ‘Grandmama Cups And Mama Cups… #familyfirst’ The photo had one of her 19,000 followers commenting on the photo, saying: ‘Mama cups be looking 21’ See photo below: –