Nigerian singer and mother of three, Di’ja has taken to her social media page to speak against child marriage.
Child Marriage is defined as a marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions and it is very prevalent in the northern region of Nigeria, where the singer comes from.
Di’ja while talking about Obstetric Fistula, condemned the practise and said young girls should be allowed to grow before getting them involved in things such as Marriage and sexual reproduction.
In her words ;
“Our young girls need to be allowed to grow up before doing grown man and women things like marriage and anything to do with sexual reproduction. If you really mean well you will at least give her until 18 years old, while honestly guiding her spirit. Not every one means well.”
Media personality, Toke Makinwa, has revealed the struggle she had dealing with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Toke Makinwa.
Taking to her Instagram handle, she disclosed that she was once down with PTSD adding that she was healing through therapy.
She wrote ;
We are all broken different.
Therapy saved me, i’m not a hundred percent but i can say that going to therapy has really helped. One day i hope i am brave enough to share my journey ot healing from PTSD through therapy, forgive someone today, i know it’s difficult but life is short. I pray you all get the courage to go to those dark places and come out in light. Love you all
Popular Nigerian Big man and bureau de changer, Ismaila Mustapha otherwise known as Mompha, has raised eyebrows after he recently deleted( or archived) all his posts on Instagram.
Mompha is renowned for his for his conspicuous display of wealth on his social media account and this continued after his infamous arrest by the EFCC. However, a recent check on his intagram page shows that all posts-bar-one are nowhere to be found.
See screenshot below ;
Some social media users are insinuating that Mompha’s unexpected action was motivated by the fear of the FBI.
This however isn’t the first time Mompha will delete all his posts, he did the same when he was released by the EFCC on bail of 100m Naira.
Popular Singer, Sinach and her husband, Joe Egbu celebrated their 6th wedding anniversary yesterday, June 28th and the singer penned some lovely words to her husband.
The ‘waymaker’ crooner took to her social media page to reflect on the journey so far with her life partner and she expressed gratitude to God for keeping his promises in their lives.
Sharing the photo which was captured by celebrity photographer, TY Bello, she wrote ;
Happy anniversary to us!! Happy anniversary my warrior , my cover, my no 1 cheer leader. My lover, my best friend , my teacher oh, best daddy in d world, my king, my honey, fight buddy and first baby.. these past 6 yrs !! Yes oh Six years . We’ve prayed , rejoiced , cried , built and won many battles together in Jesus name. And the Lord has kept His promises and open gates and nations. I love you even more … Chime . Looking forward to many more. It’s a new level.
A Nigerian lady on twitter has shared her opinion on the current state of affairs in the Nigerian film industry.
The lady identified as Ruqqayah accused Nollywood of ignoring young talents because they are still giving veterans like Fathia Balogun roles that 23-year-olds should easily act.
Her tweet reads ;
Nollywood is still casting Fathia Balogun for roles 23 years olds should easily play
If you see a 20-24 years old playing an important role, then he/she is the producer.
An industry with no space for youngins
This happened in Hollywood; to Amanda Bynes. She was so good, but producers just couldn’t stop offering her ‘teenager’ roles. She didn’t get a career growth at all, her contemporaries surpassed her. She slipped into depression, heavy drug use and attempted suicide several times.
Fathia Balogun is a 51-year-old top actress. She has been in the the movie industry for almost two decades.
Nigerian reality star and mother of two, Venita Akpofure is currently in a celebratory mood as second daughter clocks three-year-old today, June 29.
Venita
Sharing photos of her bundle of joy, the proud mother wrote: ‘Happy Birthday Queen,
When God brought you to me, I was delighted. You came healthy and happy and strong. Such a confident and self-assured little madam you are now. I thank God for your adorable and strong personality. Queen daughter, I pray that God will bestow favor upon your life so that you may enjoy victory in whatever you do. Have a beautiful birthday celebration, my dear. May you flourish and prosper abundantly in every aspect of your beautiful life. And may God continue to provide and bless me with all the resources to ensure you and your sister excel and exceed always.’
Popular fashion designer, Vera Wang has just turned 71 and it is almost unbelievable thanks to her age-defying photos.
Celebrating her big day, she took to her social media page to share a series of photos that have left fans completely awed. First she shared a throwback photo from her 69th birthday in 2018, including birthday cakes shaped like croissants, hotdogs and takeout containers.
“2018. Bday. Some of my fav things….Cakes galore….“ she captioned the post.
The fashion designer also shared photos of herself hugging a huge teddy bear, with the caption that read: “Huggy Bear … ?❤️ when it rains on your birthday, a raincoat comes in handy!”
Fisayo Michael better known as MC Fish, a professional hype man, who plunged into limelight after his relationship with controversial actress, Anita Joseph has opened up on some aspects of her private life especially his marriage life in an interview with Saturday Beats.
MC Fish is a renowned Master of Ceremony, who married Anita Joseph few months ago, shared his views on celebrity marriage.
Anita Joseph who’s known by movie lovers for her sensual and provocative dressing amid romantic roles she plays, is not snubbing that disposition of hers in movies even after marriage, as her MC Fish is in full support of it.
According to her hussy, he is not got to put restrictions on his wife in playing romantic scenes and he gets her to re-enact the romantic and explicit scenes when she gets home.
“Before we got married, I knew her as an actor and I am okay with her job. Sometimes, when I watch those (romantic) scenes in her movies, I tease her and make her re-enact those scenes for me. My wife and I have very good understanding and she is mindful of the extent to which a romantic scene can go.”
Asked if ‘hype men’ were beginning to get the recognition they deserved, he said,
“Yes, I think ‘hype men’ are gradually getting their accolades because at any event you go, you would see hype men. What stand me out from my peers are my style, charisma and personality. I believe I’m one of the most stylish ‘hype men’ in the country.”
He relished how fulfilling his marriage has been.
“Marriage is sweet, peaceful and also loving. All these are based on the fact that I married the woman I love and my best friend. She is my back bone and my entire support system. I thank God that I met her,” he said.
On how he has been coping being married to a fellow entertainer, the MC said,
“I am coping very well. When other people find it hard to cope, I advise them to join forces. Throughout this COVID-19 period, me and my wife combined our resources to give out good content on social media. I always advise that when two people in the same industry get married, it’s advisable to combine forces for greater results.”
Michael also noted that he handled negative social media comments by growing a thick skin. He said,
“There’s no other way to handle negative comments from social media than to have very thick skin. It is certain that some people would like one and some would dislike one. Either way, if they don’t talk about one, then one is a nobody. Sometimes when we see those comments, we laugh about them. Me and my wife know that people will always talk.”
Late Olamide Alli, who was murdered by her fiancé, Chris Ndukwe, appears to have had concerns about marrying him and she made her plight known to her friends in a voice note that has now been shared online.
In the VN, which is from 2 years ago, Olamide told her friend that her wedding to Chris has been scheduled for October of that year, however, she wasn’t sure she wanted to get married to him.
She shared how they’ve known each other for years and they have two kids together, but she doesn’t want kids to be the only reason she’s getting married.
Given her reason why she was having second thoughts about marrying Chris, Olamide said she wasn’t sure they know each other well enough.
The wedding didn’t hold again in October 2018 as it was postponed to August of 2020. Unfortunately, he murdered her in June 2020, leaving behind their sons, aged 7 and 3.
According to details of their tragic incident, it’s said that before killing her, Chris locked her up in his room, put on loud music, then tied her up, covered her mouth with a duct tape, before proceeding to pull out her braids from the roots, one after the other. He then stabbed her multiple times.
While hers was a slow painful death, Chris committed suicide afterwards. The voice note was shared by activist, Esther Ijiwere. She advised women to leave if they aren’t certain about a relationship.
Listen to the voice note below and screenshots of a chat between Olamide and a friend,
Nigerian celebrity stylist and entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani has explained herself on women taking over and men doing the dishes.
The fashionpreneur made this controversial statement after her colleague celebrity, Ehi Ogbebor unveiled her multi-million mansion to celebrate her 35th birthday.
Taking to her Instagram page, Toyin Lawani rubbished claims by many that women like Ehi who have made such great achievements sold their bodies or did all manner of black magic.
Sharing the video, she said:
“Heard men are angry cause I said they will wash plate. Lemme stress my beautiful teeth this sunday , boya oroyen Mawo brain yin , I’m in my house come and beat me.
Someone needs to educate you silly mockers , thinking women cant work and make it , everyone looking for the easy way out , Go and work , hardwork pays , put in work and get the results , stop looking at other people’s time and hustle ,if you put in work you will get the results, no one has time to use words to motivate you, the works I display here daily is enough to motivate you, if you are bitter about another mans hard work success , it can never come to you even if you work morning and night, God doesn’t bless hateful people , ist bloggers have a way of cutting out parts they love to sell their dead ass blogs , and I will repeat it again , men who don’t work hard will wash plate , cause to ba shise wako bata fe gbe , nothing like imprisoning men ,they are our Kings, always understand what anyone’s says before typing shit and women who work very hard can be regarded as men metaphorically ,cause some men are fucking lazy and they expect women to do everything for them , I see a lot of this daily from some females , yo ladies don’t encourage this shit any man who doesn’t add value to you , kick them to the curb , relationship is meant to be vice Versa , women are not your slaves , we are humans too.
God created both sex to serve one another , it’s not meant to be one way, we carry your kids for 9months, care for them and you , yet most women get beaten up and maltreated , when the woman now boss up yall start hating struggles you know nothing of ?
Listen and digest if you have sense and I don’t see anything wrong in your men helping you in the kitchen if you have no choice or help , I regard those men as weak men ,you should be proud of your woman , Empower not enslave , hate all you want you know I always speak the truth and a speaker of truth has no friends. #kingofAllQueens”
Founder and president of Love World Incorporated, better known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is currently trending on social media over a video of him giving a controversial statement on the Black Lives Matter protests.
The pastor, in a video that’s currently circulating social media, talks about the incessant protests and riots that has been happening in the United States over the lives of black people, the pastor says it’s not about the “Black lives matter” movement but an agenda to implement an alternate means of security.
He questions the reason why there’s been the call disband the police who are one of the major stakeholders of brutality against black people and says it’s because an experiment is being done on an alternative means to enforce security by the use of microchips implants.
His statement has been deemed insensitive and embarrassing for a man his stature and as such, has made him a subject of discussion on Nigerian social media, which is why he’s trending.
A recent video showing the adorable moment veteran singer, 2face Idibia and his wife, Annie Idibia shared a romantic kiss has melted hearts on social media.
The beautiful couple were spotted in the video exchanging kisses and sharing warm hugs with themselves.
See video below ;
Annie later shared a beautiful photo on her IG Page where she talked about being favored by God.
Sharing the photo, she wrote ;
When The Universe Favors You No Man Can Stop You …?
Recall, some months ago, the award-winning singer revealed how he felt seeing Alex Ekubo kiss his wife, Annie Idibia in a movie they featured in.
In response to the question, 2Face said he has no issue with that as it is their job. He however added that it will be “uncool” when they bring it down home.
A facebook user identified as Michael Effiom has taken to the social networking platform to complain about the ‘over dependency’ of Nigerian families on young people who are struggling to make it in life.
Michael said this leads to an inability to meet a certain financial target because every family member depend solely on them.
File photo for illustrative purpose.
According to Michael, this societal influence leaves the young man/lady miserably burdened and drained.
His post reads ;
Effect of OVER DEPENDENCY in Nigerian societies.
Most upcoming young people cannot set a target & achieve it in 2years because every family member at home & Churches depend solely on them, their monthly salaries disppear at every 15th of the next month. What a miserable burdened and drained societal influences. Sad isn’t it??
Nollywood actress and nudist, Amara Maduka , has proffered a compelling solution to rape.
In a recent interview with NewTelegraph, the actress cum nudist, shared her opinion on the notion that pornography contributed to the increase in rape cases.
She said ;
“In my opinion adult contents has nothing to do with rape. As a matter of fact, rape would reduce if the society embraced adult contents instead of frown at it. It’s basic knowledge that mankind will always long for the forbidden fruit.
Because it’s a big deal, people are going to always crave it. But if it’s embraced and the men know that a woman’s body is just a body.
Everyone has one and it’s not a big deal to see a woman’s body because their sisters have one and their mothers have one, then they would see every woman as human and not an object.
And whatever happened to masturbating? They have plastic vagina now and they won’t burn in hell for wanking when they’re horny, instead of raping they should probably watch some “adult contents” and masturbate. And all that aside, people really need to practice self control”.
Popular Nollywood actress, Gloria Young took to her Instagram page to solicit for help for her colleague, Ify Onwuemene who she says is down with endometrial cancer.
According to Young, Ify needs urgent financial help so she can beat the deadly disease.
Gloria wrote,
“Folks please we need help for our sister @ifyonwuemene an actress from the days of Sam loco and Enebeli Elebuwa. I worked with her last on the set of Tajudeen Adepetu’s “Everyday People” in the late 90’s. She is down with endometrial cancer. She has tried sourcing for funds on her own, but nothing is too small. Please send whatever you can to Ifey Onwuemene, Fidelity Bank 6010999993.
Thank you”
It should be recalled that Ify had sometime in October of 2019, taken to her page to solicit for help.
She begged the Lagos state Government and her colleagues to come to her aide.
“On behalf of my family and I, I hereby appeal to the members of the public,@lagosstategovt @womenindeltastate @nollywood_fanpage @dsgovernment to please come to my aid. Thanks and God Bless Nigeria.” She wrote.
Billionaire business man and husband to popular Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, Ned Nwoko, seems to be a dotting family man as he’s always occasionally showing off his large family unit.
The businessman, who’s expecting a child with the actress spouse, took to his IG page recently to show off his wives and children.
The photo which he shared features himself, his Moroccan wife, Laila Charani, his youngest wife Regina Daniels, and his young kids.
Sharing the photo, he captioned it – “Family”.
The new lovely photo comes days after he’d shared another photo of his family posing in a private jet.
Ned Nwoko is expecting another child with his youngest and latest wife, Regina Daniels. Just recently, her friends and family surprised her with a baby shower.
See the other photo of the family on onboard their private jet,
The annual BET Awards, which honor Black excellence in entertainment and sports, held its first-ever virtual ceremony last Sunday night due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
The event, which was hosted by former Real co-host, Amanda Seales was also the 20th-anniversary of BET. It was aired simultaneously via ViacomCBS networks and, for the first time ever, on CBS in its national broadcast.
During the three-hour show broadcast, Lil Wayne performed a powerful tribute in honor of NBA legend, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, who both died in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
Megan Thee Stallion was crowned the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and DaBaby won the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist.
Beyoncé accepted the BET Humanitarian Award from former First Lady Michelle Obama and also won the BET HER AWARD for her song “Brown Skin Girl.”
Here’s the full list of winners below,
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
H.E.R. — I Used to Know Her
DaBaby — Kirk
Roddy Ricch — Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial (WINNER!)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance”
DaBaby – “Bop”
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher” (WINNER!)
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance”
DaBaby – “Bop”
Future featuring Drake – “Life is Good”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer” (WINNER!)
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
The Weeknd – “Heartless”
BEST COLLABORATION
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance” (WINNER!)
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
Future featuring Drake – “Life is Good”
H.E.R. featuring YG – “Slide”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer”
Wale featuring Jeremih – “On Chill”
BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Beyoncé
H.E.R.
Jhene Aiko
Kehlani
Lizzo (WINNER!)
Summer Walker
BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Anderson Paak
Chris Brown (WINNER!)
Jacquees
Khalid
The Weeknd
Usher
BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER!)
Nicki Minaj
Saweetie
BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
DaBaby (WINNER!)
Drake
Future
Lil Baby
Roddy Ricch
Travis Scott
BEST GROUP
Chloe x Halle
City Girls
EarthGang
Griselda
Jackboys
Migos (WINNER!)
BEST NEW ARTIST
DaniLeigh
Lil Nas X
Pop Smoke
Roddy Ricch (WINNER!)
Summer Walker
YBN Cordae
DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
Fred Hammond – “Alright”
John P. Kee featuring Zacardi Cortez – “I Made It Out”
Kanye West – “Follow God”
Kirk Franklin – “Just for Me” (WINNER!)
PJ Morton featuring Le’Andria Johnson & Mary Mary – “All In His Plan”
The Clark Sisters – “Victory”
BET HER AWARD
Alicia Keys – “Underdog”
Beyoncé featuring Blue Ivy, WizKid & Saint Jhn – “Brown Skin Girl” (WINNER!)
Ciara featuring Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, City Girls & La La – “Melanin”
Layton Greene – “I Choose”
Lizzo featuring Missy Elliott – “Tempo”
Rapsody featuring PJ Morgan – “Afeni”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Benny Boom
Cole Bennett
Dave Meyers
Director X
Eif Rivera
Teyana “Spike Lee” Taylor (WINNER!)
BEST MOVIE
Bad Boys for Life
Dolemite Is My Name
Harriet
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Just Mercy
Queen & Slim (WINNER!)
The Lion King
BEST ACTRESS
Angela Bassett
Cynthia Erivo
Issa Rae (WINNER!)
Regina King
Tracee Ellis Ross
Zendaya
Jennifer Lopez
BEST ACTOR
Billy Porter
Eddie Murphy
Forest Whitaker
Jamie Foxx
Michael B. Jordan (WINNER!)
Omari Hardwick
Will Smith
YOUNGSTARS AWARD
Alex Hibbert
Asante Blackk
Jahi Di’Allo Winston
Marsai Martin (WINNER!)
Miles Brown
Storm Reid
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Ajeé Wilson
Claressa Shields
Coco Gauff
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
Simone Biles (WINNER!)
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kawhi Leonard
LeBron James (WINNER!)
Odell Beckham Jr.
Patrick Mahomes II
Stephen Curry
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
Burna Boy (Nigeria) (WINNER!)
Innoss’B (DRC)
Sho Madjozi (South Africa)
Dave (UK)
Stormzy (UK)
Ninho (France)
S.Pri Noir (France)
BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ACT
Rema (Nigeria)
Sha Sha (Zimbabwe) (WINNER!)
Celeste (UK)
Young T & Bugsey (UK)
Hatik (France)
Stacy (France)
Burna Boy has just won the BET Award for Best International Act. The Nigerian superstar edged out other nominees including Innoss’B (DR Congo), Sho Madjozi (South Africa), Stormzy (United Kingdom), Dave (United Kingdom), Ninho (France) and S.Pri Noir (France) to claim the highly coveted award.
Accepting his award, the African Giant thanked BET and used the opportunity to shine some light on Africa. “Thank you very much, BET,” he said. “Second time and I appreciate it. I will like to use this opportunity to say that sometime around 1835, there was admission to turn the nation of Africa into a dominated nation. Now is the time to return and go back to the royalty that we were because in order for black lives to matter, Africa must matter.”
His acceptance speech has been getting lots of positive reviews on social media.” I hope people think retrospectively and see the TRUTH in that statement and live by it,” one user wrote. “Burna Boy’s speech resonates with me. Naija STAND UP! From the Motherland to the Diaspora,” yet another Twitter user wrote.
This win is the Port Harcourt-born singer’s second consecutive BET: Best International Act win. Last year he was nominated alongside Mr Eazi, AKA, Dave, Giggs, Dosseh and Aya Nakaruma.
A Nigerian lady has taken to her social media page to lampoon Yoruba men as she shared what might have been a personal experience she’s had with them.
According to the lady who was identified as Ekundayo, Yoruba Men always want to score cheap points by showing concern over ‘hunger level’ of a lady.
She wrote on twitter ;
Yoruba men o mo ju ”have you eaten?” lo. When they want to score cheap points, they’ll be forming anger over your own stomach. ”If i call back and you’ve not eaten..” What will you do? Will you credit my account? Ologbeni, cut the act. Aburo Ogogo oni drama.
”You know you are hurting me” ”Don’t let me fight you o” ”Oya stand up now and get something to eat”
You people really try it. For people that don’t spend money, you try it.
Popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido has purchased a brand new Toyota Camry for a member of his crew.
The 27-year-old who recently took some time away from social media to focus on himself has still maintained his philanthropic work to his buddies who have been with him throughout his journey.
Celebrity car dealer @ivd001 took to Instagram to share photos showing the DMW Boss standing beside a brand new Toyota Camry believed to be the new car he acquired for Santusgee, a member of the DMW crew.
Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye otherwise known as Bobrisky, is undoubtedly the most popular queer personality in Nigeria and it is often said that he might also have clout beyond the shores of the country.
Bobrisky rose from being relatively unknown and ridiculed to the love and admiration of a lot of his many followers on social media.
Unknown to many, there is a 23-year-old US-based cross-dresser identified as Cliff Vmir who shares an uncanny resemblance with the popular Nigerian cross-dresser.
Cliff Vmir is a singer and hairstylist. The cross-dresser reportedly became famous from selling hair extensions and products.
Mompha is renowned for his for his conspicuous display of wealth on his social media account and this continued after his infamous arrest by the EFCC. However, a recent check on his intagram page shows that all posts-bar-one are nowhere to be found.
