Ghanaian music star, Stonebwoy, reportedly canceled his London concert scheduled to take place on 28th November at O2 Academy Islington due to poor ticket sales.
Stonebwoy whose concert was initially scheduled to be held at 1,789 capacity Electric Brixton but later changed O2 Academy Islington for reasons never disclosed, was gearing up to thrill fans at the 800 capacity O2 Academy Islington, but had to cancel due to poor ticket sales.
Shoops, the official website responsible for selling of Stonebwoy’s Live Concert tickets who confirmed the cancellation, wrote;
“The show has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances”. The website further apologized for any inconvenience.
The singer who couldn’t sell enough ticket to fill the 800 capacity venue and had to cancel, was interestingly selling the ticket for just £20.50 but still couldn’t get loyal fans to fill O2 Academy Islington.
Yesterday, Nigerian Afro pop star, Davido ran into French footballer, Paul Pogba at a beach in Dubai and the two decided to pose for the cameras together.
The singer’s personal photographer posted the photos on his page… with the caption,
Two icons, David and Paul Lalibe Pogba @paulpogba partied together today in Dubai ??
A man suspected to have raped two fresh students of the University Of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, around 9am, last Saturday, has been arrested.
The man and 5 others, who are said to be labourers cutting grass, allegedly raped the 100 level Microbiology students at Vet mountain inside the school campus.
However, yesterday, Friday 15th of November 2018, one of them was caught by the Odim vigilante group, after many students identified him.
The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed the arrest of two suspected cult members who were said to have killed Miss Seiyefa Fred during a robbery incident in Yenagoa on November 8, 2018.
The Special Adviser to the Governor of Bayelsa State on Security, Boss Spero-Jack, said the two suspects linked to the murder of Seiyefa, 100 level student of Mathematics at the Niger Delta University, were apprehended by the Bayelsa State Vigilance Service on Friday.
According to him, the two suspects, Junior Danumunabo, aged 20, from Nembe Local Government Area of the state and one Ezeago, were picked up at Amarata area at about 5am on Friday following investigation into the crime.
He said that the preliminary findings indicated that Ezeago was the leader of the gang, who gave the gun with which Seiyefa was killed, to Danumunabo. He said that the suspects had been handed over to the Nigerian Police for further interrogation. The governor’s aide on security added that efforts were being intensified to ensure the arrest of all those involved in the murder of the NDU student.
Spero-Jack said the state government would ensure that those who killed her and their counterparts, who constitute threat to the lives of innocent Bayelsans, are made to face the wrath of the law. Also, the spokesperson of the state police command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the arrest of the suspects and the recovery of a locally made pistol.
A Nigerian man identified as ‘Solo Pounds’, has been arrested for armed robbery in Ghana alongside other suspects.
The man ‘Solo Pounds’ who was accused of belonging to an internet scamming syndicate and an armed robbery gang, is currently in police custody and will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded, according to Ghanaian police.
This comes days after Tema Regional Police Command in Ghana arrested 13 Nigerians, in its bid to clamp down on criminal activities in the metropolis.
Two of the arrested suspects, Frank Inyang Thomas, 40, and Segun Mustapha, 36, were described by police as members of a syndicate that trail and rob people who withdraw money from banks.
The suspects were arrested in a silver coloured private Toyota Corolla car at the Meridian Cluster of Banks.
Hailey Baldwin, 21, has made her marriage to Justin Beiber, 24, official hours after the Canadian singer called her his “awesome wife.”
The American model has changed her handle to her married name. Her username is now @haileybieber on Instagram, and she also edited her name to Hailey Rhode Bieber.
The beautiful model was also spotted wearing Justin Bieber’s name proudly on a denim jacket, on Thursday night at an NYC Levi’s event. It is speculated that Hailey Baldwin might have filed to trademark her new name — in case she wants to slap it on some merchandise, and also to block anyone else from doing it.
’16 year old’ Nollywood Actress, Regina Daniels took to her Instastory to thank billionaire businessman, E-money for gifting her with the sum of N500,000 (Five hundred thousand naira).
She wrote;
My afternoon blessing is on fleek thank you such @iam_emoney1
This comes after fashion blogger, Laura Ikeji decided to join the trend of asking the billionaire for help as she took to his page ask him, jokingly tho.
Surprisingly, the billionaire businessman, then took to her DM to ask that she send him her account number and this did Laura Ikeji who moments later shared a video, explaining how the billionaire sent her a whooping #500k.
Tennis legend, Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian are celebrating their 1st wedding anniversary today, November 16, 2018.
Taking to her IG page Serena, the mother of one, shared the above photo with the caption;
‘One year down a lifetime to go @alexisohanian’
Her husband who is the Co-founder of Reddit also shared the lovely photo of them on the dance floor on their wedding day and wrote: ‘365 days later. And still dancing. Only now Jr joins in. Happy anniversary, my queen. Here’s to many, many more.’
Nollywood actress, Dayo Amusa, has in a recent interview advised young women to stop dating married men, as one day they will be wives and mothers and would not want the same thing to happen to them.
The actress said dating multiple men may not give one an option of a perfect man, as it sometimes leads to confusion.
“Frankly, as a public figure and based on what I stand for, I would not encourage a young lady to chase after married men. Some might say that married men would take good care of them, but it is wrong. It is not something I would encourage the youth to do.
“Also, I do not think that having numerous boyfriends gives you the privilege of having a perfect guy as it could even cause confusion at some point,” she said.
The actress further stated in the interview with Saturday Beats, that there really is nothing wrong with actors choosing to live fake lives, as she described their business as make-believe.
She said,
“Although social media is a platform that is meant to provide opportunities for people, sadly, most people are misusing it. I do not see the big deal in any artiste going on social media to live a particular life because it is called showbiz. You have to ‘show’ for the business to grow.
“You have to brand yourself and make people see that you can promote their products well through the lifestyle you depict. If that is what people mean by fake life then it is fine. As an artiste, we live in a make-believe world which means that 80 per cent of the things you see us do on screen and even on social media are make-believe.
“It is totally different from my personality. I might be at home and choose to tie a piece of cloth round my waist and drink garri. But if I would go on social media, I would not want to do that because some of my fans would be disappointed.
“I am not advising young women to pretend to be who they are not. What I am saying is that as an artiste, we need to ‘show’ for the business to grow. I am a very realistic person and I do not see myself as one of those fake ones”
A certified slay queen has taken to her Twitter page to publicly show that she is not so much of a wife material.
Toseen shared a tweet where she said if she is given two thousand naira to cook, she will rather use it to buy shawarma and throw away the values of wife material.
She wrote,
If you give me #2000 to cook soup, I’ll use it buy Shawarma �.
Wife material kill you there
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Alex Asogwa not long ago, took to her Instastory to share a video of herself dancing with popular Instagram celebrities, ‘Kupe Boys’ and she certainly had fun from the looks of it.
See screenshots from the video below,
The Kupe boys who went viral and became a sensation after they danced to the popular song, Kupe, arrived Abuja today on the 15th on the invitation of the Play Network Africa. But only three out of them, came to Nigeria.
In some photos circulating Twitter, the boys were seen sitting on the floor at a Nigerian airport.
It’s unclear why they were made to sit on the bare floor, but Nigerians have been sharing the photos across social media with hilarious reactions.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, has arraigned one Olugbeje Nelson Adeoye before Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 12-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false information, impersonation and phishing.
The offence is contrary to Section 32(1) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act 2005.
One of the counts reads:
“That you, Olugbeje Nelson Adeoye, on or about the 25th of May, 2018 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court with intent to defraud had in your possession document showing several e-mail addresses linked to your mobile phone number +234 08168480479 and which e-mail addresses evidenced your having phished and compromised unsuspecting members of the public e-mail addresses and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 32(1) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act, 2015.”
Adeoye, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
In view of his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Vera Agboje, asked the court for a trial date and urged the court to remand the accused in prison custody.
However, the defence counsel, Eze Njoku, moved an application for bail on behalf of his client.
Justice Hassan adjourned till November 26, 2018 and remanded the accused in prison custody pending the hearing of his bail application.
An American lady identified as Mimi Stevenson, who is a burn survivor, has warmed the hearts of so many on social media after photos of her beautiful family emerged online.
The 34-year-old Mimi who survived a horrible fire incident at the tender age of two, revealed that she has learned to wear her scars proudly despite negative comments.
Mimi who disclosed that she lost her her brother in the blaze which left with scars after her family’s boiler exploded, has grown into a powerful woman, wife and a mother to two adorable children; a boy and a girl.
While some might find it hard to carry on after such a traumatic experience, she grew up embracing her scars and it seemed to work in her favour. She not only found love but started a family as well.
Going through her Instagram page, it can be safely said that she is all about enjoying her life and does not tolerate any negativity, judging from her bio on the picture sharing app.
Kim Porter, who dated HipHop mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs for many years before they split in 2007 and was also mother to three of his children, was found dead in her home on Thursday. She was 47.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that officers responded to a death investigation at 11:38 a.m. in Toluca Lake, California, where they found a female unresponsive at the residence.
According to an emergency dispatch call posted by TMZ, the call came in as a cardiac arrest. While it’s not yet clear what caused Porter’s death, a source told the outlet she had been suffering from pneumonia for weeks.
The couple, who began dating in the ’90s, had three children together throughout their off-and-on-again relationship: son Christian, 20, and 11-year-old twin daughters D’Lila Star and Jessie James Combs.
A Nigerian lady on Twitter, Adeola, took to the platform to share how the deacon of her church, upon seeing her haircut asked her to cover it either with a wig or a hat.
Adeola shared a photo of herself rocking the haircut which apparently was disdained by the deacon who had also seen the picture and so she asked that it’s all covered when she’s coming to church.
Adeola became somewhat insulted by this and so she decided that maybe she’ll find another church that can accommodate her haircut because she can’t change herself just because of a Church.
She shared the photo on her page below and wrote,
Deacon in church saw my picture with the haircut and told me to wear wig or hat when coming to church.
Me: I’ll find another church that can accommodate my haircut!
Linda Ikeji and Stella DimokoKorkus’ fight looks like it’s not ending anytime soon, as both parties exchanged words on Instagram tonight.
It all started when Stella earlier today accused Linda of theft, and now Linda Ikeji Blog’s Instagram page has reacted to Stella calling Linda out for allegedly stealing her exclusive content.
They claimed Stella also took some of Linda’s interviews without giving credit.
See what they posted below;
Hanty Stella, remember when you took aunty Linda’s interview and didn’t give her credit? Now you’re crying foul? .. ???. Run along! ??
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqP8uGPgGxa/
Dear hanty Stella, you dont know shit about our madam, if you did, you would have written by now.
We tripple dare you to reveal what you know about Linda and stop making empty threats.
Our CEO has lived a good life and has been open about her struggles and rags to riches story but you always insinuate you know something others dont. We dare you to write it. What other lie do you want to tell that is not already in the public? ???.
Who the hell do you think you are to be constantly threatening her? You think if she wanted to fight you, you would win? ???.
Linda is blessed and enjoying maternity leave but the rest of us have your time. Try it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqQUjTjglxQ/
Stella DimokoKorkus then replied with the text below;
Linda the snake,Why are you using other people to reply me? Talk to me directly and stop hiding.i see they are urging you to fight on.
I may not be as rich as you claim to be but I don’t steal people’s sperm and I don’t go to peoples hotel room to steal stuff not given to them. I don’t lie on people and I don’t bad mouth people and put them on speaker the way you do your celeb friends and laugh at them. The people fighting for you did u tell them the reason you and I don’t talk? Sperm thief Content thief and the other one.
Come out of your maternity leave and stop hiding. You stole my stories to build your blog. I couldn’t do anything and when it was too much I lifted your interview to show you how it feels but no u didn’t get the message becos it runs through you.
I carried my kids in my womb and I know who their father is, and I am so proud of myself. Like I said you are small fry. #please reply again and I will get back to you if I am still less busy and if not I will reply you as soon as I can. #ole.
Ex-Oyo State governor, Ladoja’s daughter, Grace Ladoja has been awarded a MBE in the United Kingdom, by HRH The Prince Of Wales.
The excited and emotional Grace took to her Instagram page to share the good news with her followers.
See what she wrote below;
Today I received an MBE from HRH The Prince Of Wales and I’m happy And emotional because the 16 year old me would now have someone to identify with. Today my mum would have been so proud, the sacrifices she made and the struggle we went through was character building and gave me me so much drive, focus & strength to keep pushing forward, cos that struggle was REAL and it made me a workaholic that wanted to push myself to greater things. UK music is amazing and I’m so happy to be a part of it. Thanks Skeppy, Shorty, Max, Sam, Radha, Paddy, Felix, T, BBK, Jonathan B and everyone that welcomed me into their world and has been on this journey with us. Special shout out to my big bro @prettyvacantcyde for the call that day to say I should accept this. Love and more Greatness to all.
Madam Kemi Olunloyo has reacted to the drama going on between Stella Dimokokorkus and Linda Ikeji, after the latter accused her of theft. (See Story Here)
Kemi Olunloyo took to her Instagram page to wade in on the apparent fight between Linda Ikeji and Stella DimokoKorkus.
The two who were once best of friends, seem to be at loggerheads, and below is what kemi has to say about it all;
#HNNGossip I’m the only NIGERIAN in the Top 10 pioneer bloggers in the world @time magazine 1999. Many of you were babies when this started in 2006. Linda is a blogger, Stella and I are Journalists. There is a big difference. Journalists who blog are called professional bloggers. Mr Aye Dee took Linda’s blog down for 29 hours because of copyright infringement. I was the first to fight for Linda behind the scenes and told you her blog will return live at midnight and it did plus I tweeted it #LIVE. My Twitter genius @tade355 go find me those tweets. I called my friend Sergei Brim co-founder of Google who linked with Google Nigeria. The beef here is long-standing. At the Nigerian Tribune in 2013, I was told to do a story on Nigeria’s top Female bloggers. When I compiled the list, Stella declined to be featured if Linda was on it. Next I was Linda’s victim. The 2013 gun story where she diminished my brand. I dropped the Tribune story and instead I wrote a story on how Nigerian bloggers have generally failed because of copying and syndicating each other. Linda also made fun of Stella’s oyinbo babies saying she slept with oil expats and didn’t know the father of her kids when she actually married one and had kids with him before they moved to Germany. I watched all this play out from 2005-2018. The solution now is Linda, keep your interns trained on photo credits and sourcing info. Someone will take down your blog permanently like what happened to Twitter. That could collapse your empire. Don’t let it happen!! We are web logging and logging the web is not all copy and paste. #WEBLOGGING without the we is what is termed blogging. You must credit and source content from the web meaning other people’s work. Cheers Kemi Olunloyo–Journalist????
Veteran Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman has written open letter to his fellow celebrities, asking them to challenge governance.
Ruggedman, one of the most respected Nigerian rappers, has written an open letter to his fellow celebrities on Instagram.
In his letter, the Hiphop star told the celebrities that they have a responsibility to their fans who made them who they are.
He said it is their duty as celebrities to use their platforms to demand better governance for the people.
Read the letter below:
“OPEN LETTER to CELEBRITIES
“With humility and respect I come before each of you who has toiled so hard with discipline & sacrifice to come this far. May all your efforts & fame not be in vain. I write to ignite your sub-conscious minds on the poor state of the nation and why as celebrities should demand from the govt to FIX ELECTRICITY & SECURITY FIRST! A vigorous campaign through our social media, peaceful rally & personal rappourt will be efficacious. In other words, the REVOLUTION the poor masses and Nigeria need with zero casualty is “CELEBRITY REVOLUTION”.
That is why you have a VOICE.
“A quick look into the SLAVE TRADE ERA and ask some honest questions. Who were those selling their fellow citizens then? Who were the intermediaries? What was their gain and where do they stand in history now? A vivid look into the approach of majority of our politicians today, you can strike resemblance. If you have no choice than to campaign for any, kindly make your voice count.
“Picture others including yourself from now till February vehemently BREAKING YOUR SILENCE and demanding that that any government in power should allow the budgets and actions of the govt in the next 2years focus on restoring 24/7 power and rebuilding police services from personell, police stations, welfare, National Emergency Number, National Database, Borders and Human Rights.
“The Police is tied to so many things and nobody can bring meaningful growth, fight corruption, insecurity and achieve PEACE if we have this kind of police system. Police salaries and welfare are horrible, the stations are always in darkness and smelling. No staff toilet and they fuel patrol vehicles and generating sets with their money etc. Police & Army Human Rights abuses are disgraceful. The govt should fix the rot in these two so we can be as half better as South Africa.
“Human Rights abuses, Domestic Violence, Insecurity are on the rise, sad part is when these crimes are going on, nobody to call, Nobody to rescue & you must not take laws into your hands.
“Please decide now to ADD VALUE to the society and not AS USUAL. Thank you.
“#ElectricityisNotimpossible
“I join Yomi Fabiyi “Convener, BREAK THE SILENCE FOU “#regrann”
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 20th November 2018 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El Maulud celebration.
This was made known by the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen (rtd) Abdulrahman Dambazau who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by the permanent secretary Dr. M.B Umar, he urged all Muslim faithful to align themselves with the prophet’s teachings which border on piety, charity, tolerance and peaceful co-existence, among others.
While calling on all Nigerians to uphold these virtues, with a view to overcoming the current national challenges facing the country, Gen. Dambazau assured that the Federal Government remains committed to the unity of the country and as such, will put adequate structures on ground towards ensuring that the forthcoming general elections are credible, free and fair.
A Nigerian mother is overwhelmed with joy after her young children gave her birthday gift which they bought with lunch money they saved up.
A Facebook user identified as Princess Amaka, has taken to the social networking platform to reveal how her three children gave her birthday gifts of shoes and bag bought with the lunch money they saved up.
The Nigerian mother who is a year older today, shared her joy on Facebook as she posted photos of her gifts from her kids and wrote:
“My people, Am pls one today and my kids brought me to tears of joy this morning. Am so excited!
I never knew the lunch money that is normally given to them for lunch , they used to go hungry at the school and keep saving that 50 or 100 naira giving to them just to present a gift to mom on her birthday.
My joy is overwhelming, take a look at the shoes and bag my 3 kids planned and get for me. Tears of joy my people. What a wonderful children. I called then the best kids in the world. Please ndi Anambra join them and wish me. God is so wonderful.”
A young Keke Napep driver has advised Nigerian women to stop turning them down, saying that they make even more money than men in the corporate world.
A Facebook user identified as Kelly Murphy who is a Keke Napep driver, has taken to the social networking platform to question why women reject the advances of tricyclists.
He revealed that some of the Keke drivers are university graduates who make more money than the men in the corporate world.
She posted a photo while posing in his Keke and wrote: “Why do you girls runaway from us because we drive KEKE, you girls normally see we KEKE drivers as Tout and illetrates, that we don’t have dreams apart from driving KEKE, don’t you girls know that some of we KEKE drivers are graduates with better grades, please my dear ladies, stop running away from us, driving KEKE is not a bad job, we gain more than 7,000 Naira a day, check it to a month, some of your boyfriends who work in some company or whatever can’t withstand us in terms of spending!!!!! STOP SEEING US AS TOUTS PLEASE ACCEPT US ,IF WE ASK FOR RELATIONSHIP NAWAOOOO!!!!!!”
Two persons are feared dead after unknown gunmen stormed the Ikota slum in Lekki and carried out demolition of the shanties in the area.
According to reports, the gunmen stormed the slum at about 9am on Friday November 16, and ordered the inhabitants to vacate their homes as they have been marked for demolition.
The residents revealed to reporters that some persons had come to the area in the first week of November to mark their homes for demolition. They woke up on Friday morning to see soldiers and policemen in their area.
At about 9am, men with bulldozers moved into their community and started demolishing every structure in sight. Two of the residents reportedly died due to shock.
The state government is yet to confirm if it authorized the demolition carried out on Friday morning.
Y’all be wondering the ‘beautiful female voice’ behind the MTN customer care voice… Well worry no more as we uncover the person behind it.
Pretty South African actress identified as Kgomotso Christopher, has been uncovered and linked to the famous MTN customer care voice.
Kgomotso Christopher who was spotted in a video recording the popular “you have insufficient funds please recharge“ among other services offered by MTN, is said to be an educated actress who graduated from Columbia University in New York, USA.
While many network subscribers had unconsciously linked the voice to a white woman, Kgomotso Christopher who took to her twitter account to confirm the revelation revealed she’s been in the business for over six years.
She wrote;
Yep. I am glad you remember what I’ve always said. Remember I said for long voicework was my main income stream because I had no fulltime acting work…in fact it was this consistent MTN work I was referring to.
I am sure some of them are. They still use the recordings made with the previous voice artist before I started doing the prompts in 2012
The recordings are called (ivr) internal voice recording. So the established style/tone of the recording voice.
i have done the voice for a while. But there were other artists who may be white who also did and those recording are still also used. Also, when I am not available, they use a similar voice, so the MTN phone voice stays consistent.
More photos below;
Watch the video from one of her recording session:
Top Nigerian Blogger, Stella Dimoko Korkus has called out her fellow top blogger, Linda Ikeji for lifting her exclusive content.
Stella who took to her Instagram account to post a subtle message asked for her due credit the next time Linda wants to lift an interview she (Stella) conducted.
She wrote ;
Linda the next time you want to lift an interview I did,there is something called GIVING CREDIT. The next time you try it again I will teach you that two can play. Enough already. Quoting an interview I did as if the interviewer does not exist is wrong. This is me talking. I fear no one and keeping quiet doesn’t mean I don’t wanna talk. Enough said!
The Bayelsa State Vigilante Service has apprehended one of the suspects involved in the killing of miss Seiyefa Fred, a first year student of the Niger Delta University NDU.
Seiyefa was murdered on November 8th in Amasomma, the university host community after she refused to surrender her newly purchased iphone. (Read more on that here)
After much investigation, the vigilante group apprehended one of Seiyefa’s killers today November 16th.
The suspect, 20-year-old Junior Danumunabo from Nembe Ogbolomabiri has confessed to the crime.
It has further been gathered that suspects have agreed to cooperate with the Nigeria police force to arrest everyone involved in the murder of the 100L NDU student, who was attacked on Thursday, November 8, by suspected cultists who asked for her new iPhone which she reportedly gave to them after hesitating.
An appeal court in Abuja has reduced former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye’s jail term from 14 years to 10 years.
The appeal court who quashed count 23 because the persecution did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the former governor diverted the funds of the state to purchase a house in London, held that the maximum sentence of 14 years for the counts was excessive especially because the appellant is a first-time offender.
The presiding judge, Justice Stephen Adah on Friday who reduced the charges in the counts to 10 years, while the terms with two years are reduced to one year each, also quashed the sentence in count 12 as he read the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel.
The panel held that the lower court which had earlier found the former Plateau State Governor not guilty for the charge, should not have sentenced him on the charge.
