A couple of months ago, Uti’s girlfriend — Saeon featured Star-Boy Wizkid on a track titled ‘Boogie down’; and the singer has shared photos from the video for the track. Newly signed Uti Saeon has shot the video for her smash joint ‘Boogie Down’ which features Wizkid and below are some of the behind the scene pictures from the video shoot: –
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D’banj got the attention of the world when he recently signed Tonto Dikeh to his DB records label. To promote his team and their music, the Lee family headed by D’banj have started their own radio tour. They are currently in Abuja and had a stopover at Rhythm 94.7fm where they promised their numerous fans to keep their fingers crossed as they have a lot in stock to offer.
Choc city rapper — Ice Prince has bagged another endorsement on a very low-key. The Nigerian rapper has put pen on paper to be the first brand ambassador for one of Africa’s largest online hotel booking platforms – Jovago.com The “Oleku” chart topper was recently named the company’s first brand ambassador at its office in Lagos. The partnership would have the rapper use and recommend Jovago’s services to his fans. Big Congrats To Him!
Reports emerging say that a Kenyan condom brand 69 is reportedly seeking gospel artistes to promote its product. The company is taking this step so as to reach out to their audience, the company is now targeting gospel artistes as the best medium to promote their sales. Reports now have it that the brand has contacted gospel artiste Hey-Z and gospel event organizer Brian Noah for endorsements, but neither of them have declined nor accepted the offer yet. If he accepts, Hey-Z could become the first condom ambassador in the Kenyan gospel industry.
The Federal Government has disclosed that accelerated rural electrification will henceforth be driven by renewable energy because of its sustainability and environmental friendliness. The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Mohammed Wakil, made this disclosure at the opening of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, in Abuja. He said the new approach to powering the rural area will involve a mix of wind, solar, biomass, hydro energy alongside the conventional source of power supply. Wakil said the renewed focus on rural electrification is a fallout of the completion of the power sector privatisation,…
Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, Monday said the Federal Government will not rest until the abducted Chibok girls are rescued. Omeri said the girls taken by dreaded Islamist sect Boko Haram are of utmost importance to the government and the people of Nigeria. He also disclosed that a notorious terrorist who had led series of attacks against security personnel, Mallam Husaini, died in an encounter between his group and a military convoy on the Jos-Bauchi expressway. Husaini was said to have led an attack on the police special anti-robbery squad in Abuja in November 2012 and…
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has given a breakdown of how his administration spent the $90 million (N13.5 billion) education grant by World Bank to state in 2009, saying the state government had nothing to hide. Fashola stated this at the launch of a book, “Eko Project: A Legacy of Excellence.” The book was a documentation of all the activities of project during the period and the different projects executed. According to him, contrary to concerns raised in some quarters that the money had not been spent in an open manner, “the funds had been deployed judiciously.” Fashola said the loan,…
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Monday, promised to stand by Prof. Mary Lar, the widow of late Chief Solomon Lar, pioneer National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It would be recalled that Lar died at the age of 80 in a US hospital last October. Speaking when she visited the Lar family in Abuja, Mrs. Jonathan extolled the virtues of the late elder statesman, describing him as, “a father highly respected by all”. “We will stand by you always because what concerns one woman concerns the others”. The first lady recalled that the late Lar was…
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State on Monday in Kaduna condemned the activities of members of the Boko Haram terrorist group, saying that it was un-Islamic. Mr. Aliyu, who is the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, said this at the international conference on Security and Development Challenges of Pastoralists in West and Central Africa According to Aliyu, Boko Haram is un-Islamic and must be condemned, adding that the right Jihad in this 21st century is the one that improves the standard of living rather than seek to destroy lives. “Boko Haram is un-islamic. Islam is about moderation and not…
Indications emerged yesterday that Boko Haram is willing to release the over 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls in exchange for 70 of its members in detention. The sect is also asking the federal government to give amnesty to its members. A lawyer close to the terrorist group, Hajiya Aisha Wakil, told AlJazeera English that the sect said only when these conditions are met would it release the abducted girls. The school girls were lured by the insurgents, who disguised as soldiers, pretending to protect them from an impending attack only to force them into waiting trucks and disappear with them since…
The leader of the police team deployed in Ekiti State for last Saturday’s governorship election, Mogaji Nasarawa, has disclosed that his men and officers are not in a hurry to leave the state. Speaking at a press conference in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, co-addressed by other five commissioners of police, particularly the one in charge of Ekiti election, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, Nasarawa said his men would still be on ground for post-election duty. Commending the indigenes of the state for their peaceful conduct and civility during and after the election, the police chief, however, warned that whoever was planning to…
I must confess that i was wowed when i came across this report online. The Nollywood actress shared a photo of a newly built mansion which she intends to rent out. Is this just Nollywood money or there is business money and other strong investments involved??? The excited actress captioned it as ‘Landlady to bad’.
Superstar singer — 2face Idibia is allegedly suing a local Nigerian tabloid, Icon Magazine for N100m for publishing a story accusing the singer of getting another woman pregnant. The Pop singer’s reps confirmed the lawsuit, stating that the case was never intended to go public. ‘I can confirm this is true although I’m not in the know if court proceedings have begun‘, the singer’s publicist told our reporter in a telephone conversation. In February 2014, the little known tabloid reported that an Access Bank member of staff was expecting a baby for the singer. 2face however debunked those reports. ‘Everybody…
The Former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winner — Stephanie Kalu-Uche is not the happiest as she just lost her father recently. The dark skinned beauty shared the sad news via her Instagram page, posting a picture of her dad with the caption: ‘RIP daddy, I love you so much. As much as I am still in shock and my heart is broken and all I have are your memories .Wish I had one last chance to see you or speak to you. I pray God keeps you till we meet to part no more. Rest Daddy’ Stephanie’s father, N.C Oforka…
I going to say something right now even though I know a lot of you would argued: – I believe KCee is among the top 5 richest entertainers in the country!!!!!!!!! The Five Star Music artist, KCee is obviously living the good life and doesn’t play around with his shoes. The limpopo crooner, showed us his Giuseppe Zanotti sneakers a few weeks ago and now he’s showing off his Medusa Hi-Top Leather Versace Sneakers. Although, some fans criticized the artist for showing off his sneakers saying he was worth a whole lot more than showing such things, but the artist…
Not less than eight people are fear dead, after a bomb explosion struck a public health college facility in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano. About 20 others were wounded- 12 of whom sustained grave injuries- in the blast at the Kano School of Hygiene in the late hours of Monday. The blast occurred as students were struggling to meet registration deadline for the new academic session. Early Witnesses at the Scene of a Recent Bomb Blast in Kano. Image: AFP. It most likely originate from a car park next to the post secondary training facility, a teacher at the…
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, weekend, asked former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) to prevail on past leaders of the country to help curb insurgency rocking the Northern region. Aliyu, who is the chairman, Northern States Governor’s Forum, NSGF, spoke at the maiden convocation of the state-owned Ibrahim Babangida Badamosi University, Lapai, Niger State. He expressed the hope that security challenges in the Northern states could be surmounted in the next three months. Aliyu insisted that with concerted efforts from prominent Nigerians, the unbearable situation in the North would soon be a thing of the past. He…
One Salim Wahab of Okelele area, Ilorin, yesterday, asked an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his marriage due to his wife’s obsession with parties. Salim, 33, said his wife, Mariam, had turned into a party freak, spending every weekend attending parties and other social events, thereby neglecting her matrimonial duties. “My wife always has ceremonies to attend and will never spend her weekends with me and our only child, instead she will go to parties with her wayward friends”, he told the court. According to him, the marriage, contracted in 2009, is blessed with a child, named Quadri. “My lord,…
Tragedy struck in Plateau State weekend as two students of a secondary school in Shendam, were struck dead by lightening while another was seriously injured. The principal of the school, Mr. Raymond Gofut, was quoted as saying the incident occurred when the students were returning to their dormitory in the evening shortly after a downpour. The third student was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital while the bodies of the deceased students were later deposited at a local mortuary. Confirming the incident, the state Commissioner for Education, Mr. Nanle Dashe, said it was not a government-owned secondary school though he was yet to receive…
FRANK KOKORI A former Secretary General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Chief Frank Kokori, yesterday, said he doubted if Nigerians would ever stage a revolution capable of bringing about positive change in the country. He also expressed regrets that pro-democracy activists did not come to power despite championing the June 12 struggle that saw to the end of military rule. The former labour leader, who said he was traumatised by the death of Chief M.K.O. Abiola, the presumed winner of the aborted June 12, 1993, presidential election, noted it was sad for him and…