Earlier today we reported that a certain lady based in Texas, US, Shawn Rene accused Runtown of allegedly defrauding her and her fiance of some money.
In a swift statement the record label Soundgod Music Group have come out to clear their artist name from the scandal. The management insinuates that what happened to the woman is perpetuated by fraudsters not Runtown nor his brother.
Read the official press release below.
“Our attention has been drawn to reports circulating on social media by a US based woman named, Shawn Rene accusing our artist, Runtown of fraud.
‘Its all lies and and an attempt to blackmail and tarnish our image. We have contacted the Nigerian security agencies including the DSS and EFCC who are all on the matter at the moment and preliminary investigations already reveals that its a group of impostors who may have duped ‘Sawhn Rene’ using Runtown’s name“.
Little Taju who went viral months ago has totally changed.
Actress, Funke Akindele has given an update on Taju by sharing some details and new photos of Taju.
Taju, who could barely communicate in English at the time, now looks so posh in new photos.
It was also revealed that his name has been changed from Taju to Opeyemi.
Updating her fans and wellwishers of 5-year-old Taju, Mrs Akindele wrote:
A couple of months ago the video of TAJU a little boy from Ibadan, Oyo state went viral on instagram courtesy @aycomedian I reached out and told him that I would like to meet TAJU. @funmiawelewa brought him to me and I fell in love with his intelligence and vibrance.
I thought about how TAJU would have better care alongside a secure future and the best thing to do was hand him over to his state government, so I reached out to Her excellency Mrs Florence Ajimobi the First Lady of Oyo state and founder , Access Basic Care Medical Foundation @accessbasiccare through my darling @abi_kd
I’m delighted to let you all know that this little boy is doing well under this foundation @accessbasiccare and I present to you the new Taju now called OPEYEMI. Thank you ma. May God bless you more @florenceajimobi
Thank you @funmiawelewa for reaching out to the boy firsthand. @aycomedian n for taking interest in him, starting up a fundraiser and putting in effort to make his life better God bless you.
PS: In whatever way you can touch a life, please do and do it selflessly. You never can tell whose light you can help shine.
Actor/Politician, Yul Edochie, says getting married to his wife and mum of his four children, May, at 22 is one of the best decisions he has made in his life. Yul said this when he spoke on Rubbin Minds with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu yesterday November 4th.
When Ebuka asked him why he got married that early, Yul said ;
”My mum wanted me to because my dad also got married about the same age. He had his first child at 23 and I am very close to my mum and she wanted me to do that. She felt like if I did that, it would help me concentrate more because right now I have a lot of female fans and they send me messages about my voice and others and right now, I can look back and say I have to go back home”.
Asked if at anytime he felt he was too early to have gotten married, he responded ;
”Then. I felt that wait at that time. I don’t that way right now. It is one of the best things I ever did for myself. God bless my mum. I appreciate it”.
Ex Big brother Naija housemate, Uriel Oputa, took out time to reply an Instagram user who criticized her for ‘begging’ designers to style her whenever she has an event to attend.
This comes after Uriel on Sunday, wrote on IG story that she was looking for Ankara designers to style her for her visit to Dubai.
The Instagram user who felt she was being ‘classless’ asking for such favours online, replied her story saying ”You beg too much!Give yourself some class yo! Even if you have to beg don’t make it public. Get a stylist to do that for you… Kai!!”
Guinness Nigeria recently unveiled an exciting new partnership with legendary premier league footballer, Rio Ferdinand. The Manchester United defender will be visiting Nigeria from 30th November to 1st December to join Guinness’ efforts to find and celebrate Nigerian football fans that are Made of More.
In anticipation of Rio’s visit, Guinness Nigeria will be running a promo to select winners to join Rio at a live international match in Cameroon. The promotion will be launched on 9th November 2018. You are welcome to participate by sending an SMS of the code under the crown of your Guinness Promotional Bottle to 1759.
Commenting on Rio Ferdinand’s visit to Nigeria, Managing Director Guinness Nigeria, Baker Magunda, remarked:
“Guinness is a bold beer for extraordinary people. So, we are delighted to be working with Rio Ferdinand, a player who has constantly demonstrated bold creativity, imagination and confidence on the field”.
To find out more about the promotion, like the Guinness Facebook page, www/facebook.com/Guinness and follow our handle on IG @guinnessngr
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has become the first Nigerian female artist to win the MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMAs) in the Best African Act category.
Until Tiwa’s win, three Nigerians had taken the award home including 2Baba in 2005, D’banj in 2007 and 2012; and Davido in 2017.
In 2018, Tiwa was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian act, David Adeleke, aka Davido; South Africa’s Distruction Boyz and Shekinah; Kenya’s Nyashinski and Fally Ipupa from the DRC.
Celebrating the award, Tiwa took to her Instagram page to dedicate the win to African women and aspiring young girls.
She said, “Almighty God, you are so faithful. My savage soldiers did it for me.
“You have stuck with me through the roller coasters. Thank you. To my amazing team, this is just the beginning. African women, this is for us.
“I have been through a lot but I have kept my head up and weathered the storm because I know some little girl somewhere is dreaming like I did,” Tiwa said.
Her record label boss, Don Jazzy shared a photo and caption to congratulate her on her big win.
He wrote, “@Tiwasavage You did it by GOD’s grace. You work the hardest. Your fans are as beautiful as you are. You deserve every accolade you get and more. Congratulations on your MTVEMA WIN. ?????????????? #Mavin#SavageSoldiers”
“Awwww the thing fit you o. Congrats again @tiwasavage. Hurry back home let’s celebrate. Shayo is here, rice is here, we re waiting for the stew. ??”
Wizkid also took out time to congratulate his best friend on her record-breaking award.
He wrote, “Yes!! ???#no1Africanbadgyal!! God bless ya! Congratulations”
The Apostle in the viral sex tape, Apostle Chris Omatsola, according to reports, has been forced to relocate his church after he began receiving threats following the release of the video.
After the video went viral, the lady featured in the video, Princess Tamaratokoni Okpe, claimed it was Omatsola himself who leaked the video to get back at her for breaking off their engagement. (Check it out here)
But Omatsola has denied being responsible. On the day the video went viral, Omatsola took to Facebook to ask his members to pray for him.
He wrote:
Let he or she that is without a sin among you be the first to cast a stone. Friends, pray for the church of God; pray for Zionwealth Church; pray for #ChrisOmatsola.God bless you. #ApostleChrisOmatsola#IstandwithACO #ZionwealthChurch #SatanWillNotWin #John8v7.
In a recent interview with Punch, Omatsola revealed that he has relocated his church and only core members know the new location.
The Lekki and Ajah locations of the Zionwealth of Life Assembly has been empty and the new location of the church is still being kept a secret.
Omatsola, who is depressed as a result of the incident, said he relocated his ministry because he feared for his life and those of his members. He also added that people had threatened to burn down his church, so they had to move to a secret location.
He also denied claims that he was the one who leaked the video. He added that his only regret was having premarital sex.
Omatsola said he had apologised to his members and that they know the truth about the incident.
He told Punch:
A lot of waters have gone under the bridge. We are trying to protect ourselves from the public, because they have not really been fair to us. We still have a lot of our people, although this has affected our ministry grossly. Our church is a ministry. It is an assembly of young people.
We have a location where we meet for now because of what happened; we have been receiving a lot of threats; some people are saying they want to burn our church. We had to change the location to a designated place where we meet and we will not share that with the public, because we don’t want the public; we know our people.
Legendary singer, Tuface Idibia broke down in tears, at an event yesterday, when his baby mama, Pero Adeniyi and his wife, Annie Idibia made peace after years of hostility.
Tubaba dated Annie Macauley Idibia, Pero Adeniyi, and Sunmbo Ajaba Adeoye and had kids with all three of them within the same period. Years later, he married Annie.
Annie and Sunmbo enjoy a cordial relationship and their kids are really close, but it wasn’t the case with Pero. Well, Pero and Annie put their differences aside at an event held yesterday at Crescendo Lounge in Ikeja. Both women hugged as Tuface’s “One Love” sang in the background.
The gesture moved Tuface to tears. He could not control his emotions and broke down sobbing as both women included him in a group hug.
“Stop,” Pero can be seen mouthing to Tuface as he cried.
Watch the beautiful video below: (Press Play Below)
A bizarre statue of Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been unveiled in his home country, Egypt.
The bizarre sculpture went on display at the World Youth Forum in Sharm El Sheikh on Sunday.
The artwork, created by Mai Abdel Allah, represent Salah who is the current African best footballer as a great example of dedication and determination, and it is said to have taken a month to create the tribute piece.
The sculptor told the Egypt Independent that the statue is ‘opening his arms to the fans’ after scoring goals but one Twitter user questioned why the ‘body what that of an eight-year-old’ was used.
The Twitter user said: ‘Did they run out of material for the body for the Mo Salah statue? Why does he have the body of an 8 year old?’
Did they run out of material for the body for the Mo Salah statue? Why does he have the body of an 8 year old ?
An Assistant Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Abayomi Shogunle has declared a Yoruba Woman wanted after she appeared in a viral video stealing at a party.
Just some days back, the video of the woman surfaced on the internet and she could be seen pilfering some party items and stuffing them into her bag while at a party
Shogunle tweeted ;
WANTED PERSON
Please help me find this Yoruba woman.
If your tip leads to her apprehension, I have a cash reward for you
WANTED PERSON
Please help me find this Yoruba woman.
If your tip leads to her apprehension, I have a cash reward for you. pic.twitter.com/EGXL2u7q0c
Hailee Steinfeld hosted the MTV EMAs from the Bilbao Exhibition Center in Spain, where the biggest names in music from all over the globe came together for the annual ceremony.
The show’s leading nominee, Camila Cabello, was nominated in six categories, Ariana Grande and Post Malone trail closely behind with five nods each.
Additionally, performer Janet Jackson received the Global Icon Award. Fellow performers include Alessia Cara, Bebe Rexha, Halsey, Little Mix, Nicki Minaj and Panic! at the Disco.
Nigeria’s queen of music, Tiwa Savage also won at the Awards in the Best African Act category.
Check out the complete list of winners
Best Artist Camila Cabello – WINNER
Ariana Grande
Drake
Dua Lipa
Post Malone
Best Video Camila Cabello, “Havana ft. Young Thug” – WINNER
Ariana Grande, “No tears left to cry”
Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
Lil Dicky, “Freaky Friday ft. Chris Brown”
The Carters, “APES**T”
Best Song Camila Cabello, “Havana ft. Young Thug” – WINNER
Ariana Grande, “no tears left to cry”
Bebe Rexha, “Meant To Be ft. Florida Georgia Line”
Drake, “God’s Plan”
Post Malone, “rockstar ft. 21 Savage”
Best Pop Artist Dua Lipa – WINNER
Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello
Hailee Steinfeld
Shawn Mendes
Best New Artist
Anne-Marie
Bazzi Cardi B – Winner
Hayley Kiyoko
Jessie Reyez
Best Look Nicki Minaj – WINNER
Cardi B
Dua Lipa
Migos
Post Malone
Best Hip-Hop Artist Nicki Minaj – WINNER
Drake
Eminem
Migos
Travis Scott
Best Live Artist
Ed Sheeran
Muse
P!nk Shawn Mendes – Winner
The Carters
Best Rock Artist 5 Seconds Of Summer – Winner
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Muse
U2
Best Alternative Artist Panic! At The Disco – WINNER
Fall Out Boy
The 1975
Thirty Seconds To Mars
twenty one pilots
Best Electronic Artist Marshmello – WINNER
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers
Biggest Fans BTS – WINNER
Camila Cabello
Selena Gomez
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift
Best World Stage Alessia Cara: MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018 – WINNER
Clean Bandit: MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017
Charli XCX: MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017
David Guetta: Trafalgar Square, UK 2017
Jason Derulo: Isle of MTV Malta 2018
Post Malone: Wireless Festival, UK 2018
Migos: Wireless Festival, UK 2018
J Cole: Wireless Festival, UK 2018
Nick Jonas: MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018
Best Push
PRETTYMUCH (October 2017)
Why Don’t We (November 2017 ) Grace VanderWaal (December 2017)
Bishop Briggs (January 2018)
Superorganism (February 2018)
Jessie Reyez (March 2018)
Hayley Kiyoko (April 2018)
Lil Xan (May 2018)
Sigrid (June 2018)
Chloe x Halle (July 2018)
Bazzi (August 2018)
Jorja Smith (September 2018)
Best U.S. Act
Ariana Grande Camila Cabello – Winner
Cardi B
Imagine Dragons
Post Malone
It has been reported that some Nigerians were seen waiting patiently for their turns to buy and taste the Garri packed in attractive blue and white sachets.
Some Nigerians were seen on queue scrambling for “garri” that was made in Ghana at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the product, which was neatly packaged in 125 grammes sachet and labeled “Crispy Gari Mix’’, was on display at the Ghana stand at the fair.
The product was mixed with groundnut and sugar and was sold for N170 per 125g at the Ghana stand.
The commodity manager, Ernest Boateng, said he was highly impressed with the sale within two days of showcasing the product in Nigeria.
“I am surprised at the high patronage between yesterday and today, amongst other product we brought for sale, this one sells more,’’ he said.
Oshodi Tunde, one of the buyers who was seen eating the product directly from the pack, advised Nigerians to copy the innovative idea.
“Nigerians should make use of this idea by packaging garri with sugar and groundnut for sale too.
“We should stop looking for white collar jobs and try to do something meaningful with our country’s resources,’’ he said.
EFCC officials and police officers have stormed a church in Lagos, arresting the pastor who scams his own members.
A report by Vanguard has shown that there was serious pandemonium in Shoba community, Abule-Ado, Lagos, weekend, as security agents stormed a Pentecostal church, Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry a.k.a Tuesday Tuesday Church, to arrest the pastor of the church.
The pastor, Prophet Cletus Chukwunweuba Ilongwo, was arrested over allegations of scam made against him by some members of his church and the community.
The security agents, numbering about 100, made up of officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and policemen from the area, burst into the church in the early hours of the day after all efforts to invite the pastor of the church, who is standing trial in court, to report to EFCC failed.
It was gathered that Prophet Ilongwo was initially arrested early this year by the Police and EFCC after a former member of the church reported that he defrauded him of N85 million, which led to the loss of his job in one of the first generation banks in the country.
Vanguard reports that after he was invited for interrogation, he jumped bail and efforts made to re-arrest him failed until his surety was arrested last week. He reportedly abandoned his surety to languish in EFCC detention, prompting a joint operation by EFCC and the Police to arrest him.
During the operation, which lasted for hours, it was learned that members of his church confronted security agents with dangerous weapons, leading to the use of force to arrest him inside one of the rooms in the church.
Eyewitnesses said members of the community, who had been complaining over the activities of the prophet and members of his church, went wild in jubilation, extolling the security agents for making them heave a sigh of relief.
The community members alleged that hoodlums and bodyguards attached to the prophet had subjected them to intimidation, harassment and public assault and all efforts they made to call the attention of the Police to their activities failed.
Meanwhile, it was learned that the suspect, Prophet Ilongwo, was taken to EFCC office at Ikoyi, where he was detained and taken to Ikeja High Court today to answer charges against him by the former banker.
The spokesman of Defence Headquarters, DHQ, Brigadier General John Agim, has revealed that no one takes on the military without suffering casualties.
Agim said this while speaking in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show. Members of the movement, better known as Shi’ites, clashed with soldiers in some parts of Abuja last week, leading to the death of many.
“The clash that you see, in fact three times now, is that the Shi’ites obstruct the military from doing their job. They are a law unto themselves. They do anything,” he said.
Asked why the Shi’ites are asked to obey the law while the FG has refused to obey the court order to release El-Zakzaky, Agim said: “So they are attacking the military to show their dissatisfaction with the government, then they should be ready for the consequence.
We don’t have rubber bullets when we are sent on assignments. So, if any organisation that is not happy with the government wants to take on the military, then they should be ready for the consequence.
Whatever the problem of the Shi’ites with the FG, let them take it constitutionally. You take on any military anywhere in the world and you will be taken down.”
He said if the Shi’ites were left to protest freely, people ask where the military is, but if the military intervenes, “you people are still blaming the military; why don’t you let these people be? .
“The solution is that Shi’ites must be a religious organisation. Obey the laws of the land. Nobody can take on the military and they will not have casualties.”
Election season is upon us and it is the time again when politicians will use different antics to slyly win the hearts of the populace so as to gain their votes in coming elections.
These photos show Hon Patrick Obahiangbon eating bread with a soft drink, ahead of a strategic political meeting at Ehor in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo State
Obahiagbon who is s known for his ambiguous use of words established a cult-following among many Nigerians for his grammatical caricature when engaged in social and political commentary.
A Nigerian footballer has reportedly died in far away Turkey after suffering a heart attack while playing a football match.
The young man reportedly died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match, yesterday, in Turkey.
Ekundayo who plays as a striker for the Sarayköyspor football club, collapsed in the 35th minute of his side’s match against YeÅŸilköyspor at the Servergazi Stadium and was rushed to the Servergazi State Hospital where he was confirmed dead.
While reacting to the news, the Denizli Amateur Sports Clubs Federation President, Feyyaz Cesen, who wore Ekundayo’s jersey, expressed deep sadness.
A Nigerian lady identified on Twitter as Weird Bella, took to her page to advertise her line of business while also listing the terms and conditions her propective clients must abide by.
Weird Bella wrote ;
‘I am a real runs girl, I can travel anywhere as long as you can pay book my flight and pay well for your satisfaction.’
I am a real runs girl, I can travel anywhere as long as you can pay book my flight and pay well for your satisfaction!!! Please kindly Retweet my customer might be on your TL…! pic.twitter.com/LsYHVJ7hqh
A United State woman has called out Nigerian popstar, Runtown and his brother, and accused them of fraud.
According to her, ‘I wrote him two checks in two companies name, $32,000 and $107,000, after he got the checks and cashed he started saying stories, later on he started saying they would pay after runtown’s show in Canada, I and my fiancée couldn’t have it because, we never invested on anyone’s music, I even had to come down to Kenya just to be certain my fiancée wasn’t involved, and even arrested the Alex, and after investigations and all we found out it was jack, his brother and wife trying to play a fast one on us, his wife claimed they had the money returned to me, which I also have the record of’.
She went on to say, ‘I and my fiancée has used over $18,000 for both legal fees tickets and hotel bills already, he had to even travel to Nigeria to make a report also. This past months I have been dealing with cancer and chemo and catching flights from Texas to New York regularly just as result of my fiancée trusting his fellow country man so much. I gave this people $107,000 and they only paid $150000 to my fiancée. Above was when jack got the check, and also a 3 way call with him Alex and my fiancée’.
See the videos and screenshots shared by the woman below;
Today, November 5th, the trial of movie producer, Seun Egbegbe resumes, after he’s spent about 20 months in prison.
Recall Seun was arrested in February 2017 for allegedly trying to rip off an unsuspecting Bureau de change operator of the sum of 10 million naira while pretending to be a medical doctor at Gbagada General hospital.
The Lagos state police comand had arraigned him before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo on February 2nd for alleged serial frauds involving N39, 098,100, $90,000 and £12,550.
He was alleged to have fraudulently obtained the money from no fewer than 40 Bureau De Change operators in Lagos over a period of two years – 2015 to 2017. He was arraigned alongside Lawal Kareem, Olalekan Yusuf Muyideen, Shoyombo and Oyekan Ayomide.
Egbegbe and his accomplices were each granted N5m bail with two sureties in like sum. Justice Oguntoyinbo while granting them bail, said one of the sureties must be a civil servant on at least Level 16 and must own a landed property in Lagos State and that the the Certificate of Occupancy of the landed property must be deposited in the custody of the court. Justice Oguntoyinbo ordered that the defendants to be remanded in the prison custody until they meet the bail conditions.
About 20 months after the bail was granted, Egbegbe, who was known for lavish spending, has, however, remained in the Ikoyi Prison custody, as he has not been able to meet the bail conditions.
The case against him continues today November 5th.
An American journalist, author, and investigative reporter, Robert Neuwirth, who gave a TED talk on age-old sharing economies of Africa, talked about the Igbo apprenticeship system.
According to Robert Neuwirth, the Igbo apprenticeship system is the largest business incubator platform in the world because when an apprentice serves, his master is expected to set him up in business.
The journalist further added that apprenticeships that work like locally generated venture capital and systems for allocating scarce water, can propagate and scale these models that could help communities thrive from the bottom up.
Popular Instagram model and socialite has attested to the fact that beautiful and famous women can also be intelligent.
It elaborates the obvious to state that Kenyan socialite, Corazon Kwamboka, is one of the most popular Instagram personalities in this part of the world. Touted to have one of the widest and curviest hips in Africa, Kwamboka does not hesitate to flaunt her ‘assets’.
Her Instagram page is loaded with pictures that would make any warm-blooded man drool.
However, many don’t know that Corazon is also a qualified lawyer. In a chat with Sunday Scoop, the model and entrepreneur bemoaned the fallacy that a lot of people think she’s just a beauty without brain.
She said ;
“I have had situations where colleagues didn’t take me seriously not because of my shape but due to the stigma that comes with being a socialite.
People assume that if you are beautiful and popular, then you cannot be intelligent too. But I like being underestimated because I like to see their faces when they finally get to hear me speak.
I do practise law – both commercial and criminal. My firm is in Nairobi; so, if you ever need legal representation, you know who to talk to.
Imagine a beautiful, powerful woman like me who actually knows what she’s doing representing a client; you can never go wrong.”
Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye of the defunct Psquare group, has stated that Ghanaian music has fallen behind Nigerian music because Nigerian artistes are smarter than Ghanaian musicians.
Speaking during an interview on WGHC Radio in Chicago, USA, the singer revealed that most of the trends come from Ghana but Nigerian singers pick these trends and make them big.
“Nigerians, we’re too sharp…most of the sounds you’re talking about they come from you guys [Ghanaians]… if you’re not sharp enough, Naija we’re sharper,” he said.
The father of eight, was on his way to work, driving the company’s brown Toyota Corolla when he stopped on the third mainland bridge, pretending to be pressed and that he needed to urinate. Suddenly, he jumped, headfirst, from the bridge into the Lagoon.
Reacting to the sad news of her husband’s demise and the way he died, Mrs Oladejo, said she could not give an explanation as to why her husband decided to take his own life, adding that he was a peace-loving husband and father.
She told PUNCH
“God is the only one who sees the intention of his heart for choosing to take his own life; I don’t know what could have been his reason. We have been married for over 40 years and nobody ever tried settling a dispute between us. When he was leaving for Lagos on Sunday, he prayed for us and one of the children followed him to the park. He was a peace-loving man; he was not in the habit of fighting with anyone and anytime he had money, he would buy things for all the children around.”
Atheists in Kenya have shown their support behind calls for the amendment of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, that will expunge any reference to God.
The atheists insisted that the Constitutional referendum should be held before the 2022 General Elections.
“We would like to make it clear to the public that we shall be pushing for the following amendments to the Constitution of Kenya 2010: First. That the preamble which states: We, the people of Kenya acknowledging the supremacy of the Almighty God of all creation: be expunged,” read part of atheists statement.
According to them, the Constitution must not assume that all Kenyans believe in a Supreme Being and that Article 170 on Kadhi Courts be expunged. “We would like a Constitution that is truly secular. We would want equal treatment of all religions by the state. That the words so help me God be expunged from all the oaths of affirmation under the third schedule.”
The photo is trending on social media for obvious reasons.
See photo below ;
What do y’all think about the dress?
In related news, a slay queen took time to explain why she dates only married men. The Lady identified as simply_tacha said ;
Married men are less stress, they give us money without us asking, they don’t f**k the hell out of us and they can’t cheat on us because they already have a wife.
But you see the regular boyfriends, they are always broke and when they manage to give you the least 5k, they would want to hang your legs and f**K the hell out of you”
Nigeria’s queen of music, Tiwa Savage has won the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMAs) in the Best African Act category.
The annual MTV EMA held last night at the expansive Bilbao Exhibition Center, Bilbao, Spain, amidst glitz and glamour, awarding music artistes around the globe in different categories.
The African act category was infused into the MTV EMA to enhance musical alliances across borders, and promote cultural integrations.
Tiwa was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian act, David Adeleke, aka Davido; South Africa’s Distruction Boyz and Shekinah; Kenya’s Nyashinski and Fally Ipupa from the DRC.
The songstress, in June of this year, lost to Davido, in the Best International Act category of the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.
Speaking with The Nation on the red carpet, prior to the award show, Tiwa was full of accolades for Davido whom she proudly called by his alias; O.B.O.
She said it was humbling being nominated in the same category of the award with Davido. She also gave a shout out to fellow contestant from DRC, Fally Ipupa.
It may be the second time that Tiwa was rocking the MTV red carpet, having won the Best Female Act at the African version of the reward scheme called MTV Africa Music Award (MAMA) in 2014.
Delighted by her first-time experience in Bilbao, Tiwa simple said she loves the Spanish food, while also describing the award organisation as ‘incredible’.
Also, a 26-year-old Nigerian lady, Hauwa Ojeifo won in the first edition of MTV EMA Generation Change Award category.
Miss Ojeifo who was selected among four others was missed on the red carpet, as she could not secure a Schengen Visa from the Spanish embassy in Nigeria to embark on the trip.
Her award category was presented during the MTV EMA red carpet pre-show.
The award aims to elevate and empower the fearless, original young people who are changing the world.
Ojeifo was selected alongside a 21-year old Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh; 17 year old Lebanese, Mohamad Aljounde; 20 year old Briton, Ellen Jones and an 18 year old Xiuhtezcatl “X” Martinez.
The MTV EMA was broadcast live in 81 countries around the world.
Nigerian actor, Richard Mofe Damijo has penned a captivating and sweet letter to his daughter, Efemena who turned 16 today.
Sharing her photo on his Instagram page, RMD wrote ;
“My Efemena, My Princess, I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since I wrote you “that letter” and low-key made some promises -sigh- had I known 2 years were going to creep up on me so quickly, I wouldn’t have been so quick to! -sob-
I look at you and still thank God for gifting you to me, I still worry about the difference between your generation and mine and still worry that I would never be a good enough parent to you and your brother.
I just wish I raised you to speak Urhobo beyond Migwo, that is one regret I have in raising you but trust me I’m about to change that.
I also wish I could connect more to you by letting you wear whatever you wish to wear, go wherever you wish to go and let you stay out as late as you wish but sorry honey that’s never going to happen, not even at 21 or 25 because I’m that African Dad that will come to your house and set my rules, sorry but I’m not sorry.
I still want to be the really cool dad so go ahead make that IG account you’ve been hiding for several months public (Yea, I guess you thought I didn’t know, haha, you be Americana, I be Warri boy). Anyway, Efemena, do not let go of first, your Christian then your African values as they are important.
Let’s just be clear that, I will still Censor your friends, Create a curfew, Censor your outfits and be a “monitoring spirit” unto your social media accounts and if you create a covert one, I will find it so don’t bother.
I still choose what is right and appropriate over what is cool.
I understand if you think 16 isn’t getting you the full free pass, don’t sweat it baby, even 25 probably won’t.
Thank you baby for loving me unconditionally, I do love you much more.
Happy 16th birthday Efemena Mofe-Damijo, God bless and keep you always.
Nollywood actress Ihuoma Linda Ejiofor is getting married. Earlier today, she shared photos via Instagram of herself with a man whose face was covered by a hoody and wrote; ‘Approved’. This set off speculation that she was engaged and set to marry.
Her colleague and good friend, Adesua Etomi-Wellington has now confirmed that a wedding is in the works by sharing a photo of Ihuoma at her bridal shower.
Adesua Wrote ;
My sister…My heart is full…So FULL????
No words.
Love you tons.
#ISQUARED18 ,
