Maryam Sanda, the woman said to have allegedly murdered her own husband, Bilyaminu Bello is photoed on her way back to the prison after court hearing in Abuja on Thursday December 14, 2017.
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal High Court, Abuja had denied Maryam bail on Thursday – delivering judgment on her bail application, Justice Halilu said Maryam’s counsel, Joseph Daudu, did not provide cogent reasons for him to grant her bail.
A 45-year-old Nigerian man and three Vietnamese women were on Thursday, December 14, sentenced to jail by a court in Can Tho City in southern Vietnam for duping people including 40 women around the country out of more than VND20 billion ($900,000).
Micheal Ikechukwu Leonard and his gang duped nearly 40 women into paying customs fees for non-existent expensive gifts from overseas.
Leonard received 18 years in prison, while Huynh Ha Binh, Huynh Ha Uyen and Nguyen Tran Quynh Nhi, all from Ho Chi Minh City, got between 12 to 15 years each.
According to the indictment, Leonard and Binh, 27, started living together in August 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City before moving to Cambodia and opening a fashion shop.
While in Cambodia, the duo hatched a plan to con rich Vietnamese women via the social media. Facebook’s Messenger and Zalo are the two most popular chat apps in Vietnam.
The Nigerian man used fake accounts and described himself as a rich man or even a U.S. Army officer who had just gone through a divorce and was “lonely.”
He approached wealthy women and tried to build a relationship with them, and as many as 37 fell for the trick.
To gain their trust, Leonard told the women he would send them valuable gifts such as laptops, cellphones, jewelry and cosmetics from the U.S.
When the women were sucked in, Binh, Uyen and Nhi pretended to be Vietnamese customs officers and contacted the women, telling them that packages sent to them contained expensive goods or large amounts of foreign currency, so the women would have to pay a customs fee or even a fine.
In late March 2016, after the group had conned a woman in Can Tho City out of VND650 million ($28,500), Leonard and the other three were arrested. See previous report here
They all confessed to their crimes in court.
Binh and Leonard have a child together, and the baby is now with Binh’s parents.
It was a glamourous evening on the 9th of December, 2017 at the Merrybet Celebrity Fans Challenge (The Island Revenge) Event held at the Barbeach, Victoria Island, Lagos.
This remarkable gathering that held 10,000+ crowd was overwhelming having the likes of Davido, Runtown, 9ice, Oritsefemi, Mr. P, Niniola, Skales, Falz, Charles Okocha (Amoshine), Denrele Edun, Josh2funny, Olu Maintain, Mr. 2kay, Mayorkun, Terry Apala, Orezi, Woli Arole, Obesere, Air Boy, Ric Hassani, Jaywon, Qdot, Toby Grey, & many more on one prestigious stage.
Hence, this event hosted by Kiibati Bankole, Akpororo & Funnybone was a delightful one, full of Music, Comedy, Football, Sport Games, & also Ram Sports.
History was made with reloaded Music blast from DJ Michael Andre, DJ City & DJ ECOOL and the vibes remain burning at same frequency from beginning till dawn as the Super Hype Man Dotun was energetically scintillating, alongside Lagabaja MC & Givenchy.
The Event powered by Merrybet Gold was Endorsed by the Lagos State Government and proudly supported by Super Sport, DAMI ADENUGA WORLD, Planet TV, Brila FM, LASAA, DMT Toilet, Ariiya Tickets, Onsele, Genesis Cinemas, Naijaloaded, Yabaleft, KraksTV, Tastee Fried Chicken, tooXclusive, NotJustOK, & You!
It’s no doubt that one of Big Brother Naija’s TBoss‘s remarkable asset is her beauty which has been making ways for her since she left the Big Brother Naija show which she failed to win the prize money.
The 33-year old controversial fair complexioned beauty has recently been touring some African countries as well as Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
She who has been rumoured to be in a sizzling romance with budding Nigerian singer, Ellyman, has her latest photos in Dubai which have thrilled her fans with her glittering light skin in the spotlight.
So it looks like Davido has put himself into the black books of his two baby mamas, Sophia and Mandy.
Amanda and Davido.
Recall that few weeks ago, Sophia, who was residing in his Atlanta home, had to move out with their daughter, Imade as he spent time in Atlanta with his 2nd baby mama, Mandy and their daughter, Hailey.
During his stay then, he did not see his first daughter, Imade, which caused the speculations that all was not well between him and Sophia.
Davido and Imade.
As the singer left ATL, he ran into the loving arms of his new girlfriend whom he took to Dubai and raked millions on – Mandy and Sophia who are quite active on Snapchat, went under the radar.
Sophie Momodu
While Sophia posted “Thank God, man no be God“, Mandy went mum and has not returned till this moment as she took to Instagram to unfollow Davido and posted a message about cutting negative vibes in 2018.
“Hijab” became the number 1 trending topic on Twitter this morning and the reason for that was when the story of a Muslim lady who was denied being called to bar on Wednesday December 13th because she was wearing a hijab at the ceremony, was shared on social media.
According to the IG user who shared the story online, Muslims are treated poorly in the legal profession and the case she highlighted was just one out of many.
The IG user wrote:
‘Good morning everyone, I want to use this medium to express my dissatisfaction with the way muslims are treated in this my profession called ‘LAW’. A sister wasn’t called to the bar because she was dressed like that (Picture above) please for God sake what is wrong with that picture? Because she was putting on a small hijab tucked into her collarette, WHY?
What has Hijab done to them? Where is our freedom of Religion as stated in the constitution?
We need justice…For those that don’t know, Hijab is a MANDATORY part of my religion not just a piece of clothing, so if my freedom of religion is said to have been guaranteed in section 38 of the constitution of my country that is said to be supreme and have have binding force over all as seen in section 1 of this same constitution and Section 42 of this same constitution guarantees my right to freedom from discrimination, please for God sake what is this then and before you come here attack me, please read section 38 (1) and section 1 (1) first and also go ahead to read S1 (3) of this same constitution with an unbiased mind where it is said that if any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this constitution this constitution shall prevail…B’iko what are we now talking about? Please we want justice. We want our hijab we want #JusticeForFirdaus We want to wear our hijabs for call to bar we want to wear it in the court room. Stop the discrimination We are muslims not terrorists Hijab is Mandatory We want Justice for Firdaus”
Nigerians have since been arguing over the topic on Twitter as some say she should have known better and obeyed the dress code of the profession while others are not one with the action of the Nigerian Law School as they say it’s discriminatory.
Nigeria had the second largest HIV epidemic in 2016, with over 196,000 adolescents representing 10 per cent of the global burden said to be living with HIV/AIDS, according to a World Health Report.
The report was given by Mrs Esther Samuel, The Chief Matron, Lagos State Ministry of Health, at a programme by a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) Lisa Demi Project, in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lisa Demi Project, initiated in the U.K., seeks address the sexual health issues through Talks, Counselling and Entertainment among others.
The programme, held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere, Lagos on Thursday, and title “ Let’s Talk about Our Sexual Health’’, is targeted at teenagers between the ages 14 to 24.
Speaking on the dangers of unrestrained sexual activities among the youths, Samuel said the statistics from the health sector remained a concern.
“Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic. About 3.2 million people Nigerians were living with HIV in 2016.
“In Nigeria, over 196,000 adolescents, representing 10 per cent of the global burden, are said to be living with HIV/AIDS.
“Also, 230,000 babies were born by girls aged 15 to 19 in 2015. This is a frightening report. However, 1 million STIs are acquired every day,’’ she said.
Relaying the statistics further, Samuel said that the world was groaning under the heavy burden of sexually transmitted diseases.
“Each year, there are estimated 357 million new infections, while globally more than 2 million 10 to 19-year-olds are living with HIV.
“About one in seven of all new HIV infections occur during adolescence. In the U.S., 21 per cent of the adolescents had drunk alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse.
“About 85 per cent of these youths live in developing countries, while we also have 32 per cent of Nigerian population as youths which half (48.6 per cent) of adolescents aged 15 to 19 are sexually active.
“About 1 in 5 of sexually active females and 1 in 12 sexually active males had already engaged in sexual intercourse by the age of 15,’’ she said.
Samuel said that the alarming statistics should call for urgent action so as not to lose the bulk of the productive population to untreatable diseases such as STDs and STIs.
“These are real figures which should bring something to our mind and it is no other thing than fear, and a call to action, especially among our youths.
“Our youths must be cautioned to refrain and advise. They all need to be guided not to waste their lives on what is worth waiting for.
“The youths should start to avoid something they call a little thing that does not matter but are sexual behaviours such as kissing, keeping secret friendships and others.
“We should focus on health education and STI prevention through school seminars, clubs, social media, parents, peer groups and proper counselling when STDs are detected early,’’ she said.
NAN reports that the event has in attendance over 1,000 students drawn from schools in Lagos.
The President of Rotary club in Osogbo, Osun State, who also is the deputy director of safety organisation, O-Ambulance, Olori Opeyemi Omobolawa Fola, was allegedly killed by a gas explosion in the state capital, Osogbo on Wednesday, December 13th.
According to reports, the deceased who is a trained senior nurse, had gone to a gas station, Grace Gas, in Osogbo to refill her gas cylinder, when her mobile phone suddenly rang and triggered a bang as she tried to answer the call.
The phone exploded instantly, setting the woman and her car ablaze, as it flung the gas cylinder to a far distance. The explosion allegedly killed the director and injured many people near the scene.
You know how graduating students tend to go wild when they’re having their sign out session after they’re done with their last paper in school yeah? Well, these students took wild to another level and as can be obviously seen, they’re quite happy to be done with school.
The photos were shared on Facebook and particularly the ones where a lady’s bosom were fitted into guys’ palms were the ones that made us realize how happy these students are to be out of school.
Singer, Burna Boy has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly sending armed men to attack his colleague, Mr. 2kay at Eko Hotels and Suites.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Chike Oti, in a statement said the ‘Soke’ crooner was “subsequently arrested, interrogated and detained and is expected to be charged to court on Monday alongside four of members of the gang earlier arrested”.
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, after the interrogation, said the State Police Command has zero tolerance for all forms of crime and would not hesitate to prosecute anyone found culpable in any criminal offence perpetrated in the State.
“There would be no sacred cows. This Command is poised to ensure that every resident can feel safe wherever they are and carry out their businesses without fear or favour. Anyone, therefore, found to be involved in this case would be made to face the law to clear his or her name or face prosecution,” the statement quoted Imohimi as saying.
The pop musician, who was declared wanted by the Lagos Police Command in connection with the robbery attack on another popular musician, Mr. 2kay at Eko Hotel and Suites early last month, reported to the Command headquarters in Ikeja at about 5pm.
Tunmise Omotore, gang leader of the suspected robbers, had confessed on how they disguised as room service to rob Mr. 2kay at Eko Hotel and Suites on the instruction of Burba Boy’s Road Manager, Joel Kantiock.
The Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has challenged women and youths in Bauchi State to strive hard to acquire knowledge so that they can benefit from opportunities that may come their way.
She stated this at the closing ceremony of the Skills Acquisition and Empowerment Training Programme initiated and sponsored by her pet project, Future Assured, which took place on Thursday at the Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall, in Bauchi.
According to her, since most things are becoming digitalised, there is the need for the women and youths to be literate if they must benefit from various opportunities.
The President’s wife cited herself as an example to encourage women and children, pointing out to them that it was after her marriage that she went back to school.
She said:
“You know, when I got married, I just finished my secondary school education. I didn’t think my husband will be President again, but I still continued with my education and this is where God has brought me to today.
“I want to call on our people with a strong voice, education has become a compulsory thing that we must acquire.
“We must understand English and know how to speak it so that when any intervention comes, we will benefit from it. So, please, for God’s sake, people should continue to go to school even if you will not work in an office and earn money, but, so that, when opportunities come up tomorrow, you will not be left out.
“So, nobody should relent or give up in going to school to acquire knowledge. We should keep reading and schooling for the benefit of the society.”
As Christmas is fast approaching and Nigerians prepare to make merry in the spirit of the season, Nigerian singer Runtown has given not just a timely advice, but a wise one to anyone who cares to pay heed.
The “For Life” crooner took to his Twitter page to advise Nigerians not to allow themselves get carried away in the moment that they forget to stay woke to the many dangers lurking around the corner.
He wrote:
“My people please be very careful this December, watch who you hang with, where you go and what you eat. STAY LIT BUT STAY WOKE !!!!”
My people please be very careful this December, watch who you hang with, where you go and what you eat. STAY LIT BUT STAY WOKE !!!!
UK-based Nollywood actress, Princess Elizabeth Onanuga and the CEO of Princess Royal Foundation yesterday, December 14th of December, 2017 celebrated her birthday amidst Joy and charity as she dash into the streets of Lagos to give food to the beggars and also visit to the Orphanage at Modupe cole.
The actress come from the United Kingdom to Nigeria every year to celebrate her birthday with the needy and the orphanages through her foundation, Princess Royal Foundation.
While visiting the home of the needy at Modupe Cole, Yaba, she was greatly celebrated by the less privileged who chanted her a happy birthday song, while she was also appreciated by the management of the orphanage centre.
Looks like Nigerian actress Caroline Danjuma and her billionaire ex-husband, Musa Danjuma seems to be friendly exes.
The beautiful actress took to her Instagram page this morning to pour encomium on her Ex-husband even though it’s not his birthday.
She shared a photo of herself alongside Musa and appreciated him for being the best father to their children.
She wrote:
“Today I will take out time to celebrate this man right here .. I choose to see the beautiful in everything , the positive in negative . To the best father in the world , my closest friend and our backbone for 11 years .. thank you for giving the kids the best of life , for always being there , I will always appreciate you and respect you . May God keep you safe from harm and give you long life . …. no one is perfect but I choose to see the beautiful , …. on behalf of the kids we appreciate you unconditionally.. you are the best dad in the world ..#family #neverburnbridges. All hail the man who goes an extra mile for his children ??????.. #nothisbirthday #appreciationday”
A young man and a lady believed to be newlyweds, caused quite a stir recently in Lagos when they were spotted doing something unusual yet unique on their special day.
The couple were pictured skating to where is believed to be their reception venue.
Well, I wanna take a quick guess on this – Are they trying to avoid an heated traffic? or probably trying to start off their honeymoon ASAP?….
Another day on social media…Another weird fan requesting for the unthinkable!…Nonetheless, it remains a clap-back season for our Nigerian celebs.
Nollywood actress, Onyi Alex yesterday shared a throwback photo of herself on her Instagram page without makeup and her fans responded in the comment with compliments of her beauty.
However, a male fan, who by the way is definitely someone’s son and possibly somebody’s boyfriend, husband or dad, made a ‘naughty comment’ and it was: “I don’t mind drinking your pee”
But the actress who’s got no chills asked the follower to see a doctor and as well change his Instagram username.
These cleavage-baring photos of Media Personality Toke Makinwa has since caused a stir among her followers on social media.
The beautiful author took to her Instagram page to share the pictures from the Ciroc photoshoot but her followers and fans have reacted negatively to the photos as they believe its not right for her to wear such outfit.
A follower even mocked her saying; “see wetin baba fadeyi dey enjoy.”
Recall, Toke Makinwa was reportedly accused of dating 70 year old billionaire, Mr Festus Fadeyi.
At first, their fears were deemed unfounded by family friends, close and distant relatives, but ever since their father completed his sprawling mansion in Ikoyi, the children have become very worried about the possibility of seeing Toke hop in the master bedroom with their father.
Fadeyi’s children are very angry with the way he splurges on his love interest, Toke. They believe he is squandering too much money on her at a time he is heavily indebted to Skye Bank.
Recall that the well-heeled founder and CEO of Pan Ocean Corporation, an indigenous independent oil firm, acquired a multi-billion naira loan from Skye Bank. His indebtedness to the bank is estimated at N196 billion few months ago.
Notwithstanding, Fadeyi spends extravagantly on Toke. For instance, he allegedly bought her a brand new Range Rover 2016 model worth over N50 million. He is also responsible for her acquisition of top of the line and very expensive designer bags, shoes and apparels. From Louboutin, Bottega, Chanel, Louis Vuitton to Hermes among others, Fadeyi spoils Toke silly with the most pricey ware.
Thus the world’s most expensive designer brands are mere names on Toke’s list. The popular social media big girl considers Selfridges and Harrods as ordinary shopping points at the moment,. Whenever she visits London, United Kingdom (UK) via business class or first class flights paid for by Fadeyi, she spares no expenses at the city’s posh shopping points.
It is very interesting to note that Fadeyi foots such outrageous bills for Toke while he wallows in loan debt to his bank. What Fadeyi’s children find alarming however, is Toke’s continual neglect of her lover’s precarious financial situation.
Consequently, they have declared war against her, warning her to leave their father alone. Frightened by the undisguised animosity, Toke has resorted to extreme measures to avoid their wrath or unpalatable encounters with them. For instance, she now tries to steal around town incognito by covering her vehicle’s number plate with leather.
Although the “On becoming” author has not come out to debunk these rumors.
A Light welterweight British boxer, Connor Benn, has shown the horrific injuries he suffered after beating his French opponent Cedrick Paynaud on Wednesday night.
The 21-year-old boxer, who is the son of former middleweight and super middleweight world champion boxer Nigel Benn, suffered a difficult fight last night. He got knocked down twice to the canvas in the opening round of the fight, but recovered to emerge victorious at the York Hall
Benn, whose left eye was cut and his right eye badly swollen by the end, won the fight by 57-54.
On Wednesday afternoon, he showed off the horrific facial injuries suffered in a post on Twitter and Wrote: ‘
This sport is tougher than I thought. Bloody hell. Love to my supporters! See you next year!’
The contract saga between award-winning singer, Kiss Daniel and his former record label, G-worldwide is not nearly over.
Recall, it was reported how Kiss Daniel earned 30k monthly salary for a long time and how he legally terminated his contract a few months back.
In case you missed it, the label stated that the singer is in breach of contract and is evading court papers, his legal team, L&A Associates then released an exhaustive statement detailing Daniel’s dealings with the label, the unfair treatment of their client and more.
G-Worldwide Entertainment Ltd had dragged Kiss Daniel to court for “taking steps to appoint a new manager, solicit for bookings, and has continued to negotiate and enter performance agreements in respect of the songs from the album “New Era,” and “Evolution” which is set to be released soon.”
In the statement released by Kiss Daniel’s lawyers, they said he only terminated the contract as he was permitted to do under the contract.
The contract was drafted by G-Worldwide, the lawyers wrote, and they inserted a termination clause in the contract, which Kiss Daniel activated.
Now, LIB has revealed in new investigation into the on-going saga between Nigerian pop star, Kiss Daniel and his former label, G-Worldwide as the label finally opened to react to recent reports from the singer’s camp.
Below is a detailed reaction from the Emperor Geezy led G-Worldwide records on the Kiss Daniel issue as reported by LIB;
There has been a lot of misinformation in the media as to the background of Kiss Daniel’s wrongful exit from G-Worldwide Entertainment; firstly the management of G-Worldwide Entertainment wishes to state it had never been its intention to seek legal redress, nor join issues with an artist who we fear is being given bad legal advice. However, we feel it is important that we set the records straight for the benefit of the general public and others who are interested in knowing the truth.
We would like to reiterate that our organization’s sole mission is to scout, develop and promote artists till the point where both partners become profitable and the artiste can then decide to continue their creative journey as they deem fit. Contrary to widespread insinuations (and though we love a good joke) we are not a slave camp and we have no time whatsoever held any of the talents on our roster against their will.
The issue of restrictions on collaboration by our artists is one which has been well flogged and one we will address immediately – our management policy is unique in that we look for innovative ways to position our artists to build and own their sound and brands before seeking to collaborate with artists from other labels.
To make this work, we train and develop our artists in a way that ensures that their first albums are well composed and delivered in a way that gives them the platform to sell their art as strong individual brands. This strategy is not without its results as is evident from Kiss Daniel’s debut album “New Era” receiving many positive reviews and landing the 8th place on the Billboard’s World Album Chart within a week of release.
The Nigerian music industry is very competitive, and as such, it is pertinent that players in the market develop unique strategies to break in and remain relevant.
The New Era album of Kiss Daniel therefore only contained collaborative efforts with his label mate Sugarboy. However, on the soon to be released album ‘Evolution’ by Kiss Daniel, we have worked with other talents such as Phyno and Olamide. Sugarboy has also collaborated with Y-Cee on a song due to be released in January 2018.
There have also been issues raised that the company has not made available its books of accounts to Kiss Daniel, leading to him filing an action at the Lagos State High Court seeking an order granting him access to the books of the company.
Whilst our lawyers have filed the necessary papers to strike out the suit, it is pertinent that we briefly note that at no time have we denied the artiste or his lawyers access to our books. With the facts we have, it is our belief that the suit is a ploy to misdirect the public away from his untimely and unlawful exit from the company.
The label has records of email correspondence with Kiss Daniel where he and his representatives at different times requested for books of the company and same were supplied to them.
All these have been placed before the court in response to the suit filed by the artist at the Lagos State High Court. Until now neither he nor his representatives have responded to papers filed challenging the competence of that suit. Sadly too, even though Kiss complained about access, in another breath he has admitted the audits held by his accountants and the label’s accountant.
Apart from the above, there have been rumours that Kiss Daniel has been on a monthly stipend of NGN 50,000 (Another great joke if we ever heard one). It is a known fact that such amounts will be insufficient to find and retain a decent apartment in Lagos nor cater for the lifestyle of any Nigerian celebrity.
Kiss Daniel, contrary to that rumour, has received substantial allowances over the last two and half years. In 2013, he was offered a 360 deal, and the terms of the initial contract have been reviewed twice in his favour, whilst the company has had to bankroll obligations relating to advertising, promotions, music production, videos, trips, wardrobe etc. at different times.
Indeed, the company has been quite flexible with our remuneration policies with the belief that he will be able to build a solid financial base for himself. For the avoidance of doubt the following are some details of how the label catered for his financial needs as well as his personal welfare:
1. Contrary to rumours making the rounds that Kiss Daniel was only on NGN 30,000 salary since he joined the label up until after the release of the Woju and Laye singles, this is nothing but falsehood. Before the release of those singles in 2014, Kiss Daniel was being paid a monthly allowance of NGN 30,000 to cover basic personal costs whilst he was still in his father’s house in Kuto, Abeokuta, he was also given a medical allowance of NGN 150,000 and other unrecorded stipends whilst no revenue was being generated by him. This remained the norm while the label invested heavily in recording sessions, productions, transportation, and other costs associated with developing him as an artist.
2. Loans of up to NGN 550,000 were given to him within 2 weeks of his signing onto the label for him to get a car for his mom to start a Taxi business. There are documents to back this. In addition following his request for financial support for his dad’s burial, G-Worldwide released the sum of NGN 200,000 to him which was exactly what Kiss Daniel requested for. As recent as October 2017, he again requested for a loan to run his account in order to acquire a house for himself under a mortgage, to this end the company released NGN 13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira) to him though the company was not obligated under the contract to do so.
3. As per the contract between Kiss Daniel and G-Worldwide, the label was meant to recoup its investment before any royalty-sharing was to commence; the only provision available for the artiste was allowances and loans which would be at the discretion of the label. In June 2015 following his return from his UK tour, the company amended the contract and immediately began the payment of royalties as agreed and from that time till the wrongful termination of his contract. G-Worldwide has paid Kiss Daniel the sum of NGN 117,233,318 (One Hundred and Seventeen Million, Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand and Three Hundred and Eighteen Naira) as royalties from performances alone, he has also received money from other incomes to the sum of NGN 3,296,826.40 (Three Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Six Naira and forty kobo) for the financial record of 2016 as opposed to the false allegations made by him and his lawyers (The company’s books of account support this) As it stands, Kiss Daniel owes G-Worldwide Entertainment quite a large sum of money for the financial year due to end in 2018.
4. Following the signing of the contract in 2013, Kiss Daniel moved into an apartment furnished by the label in April 2014 in Lekki Lagos and only moved out in October 2015. Despite the terrible picture painted by Kiss Daniel to the media, the label actually during that period undertook the payment of all the bills in the said apartment, including waste, power, service charges, feeding, etc.
5. We have also noted the falsehood that at the time of his father’s demise, the label barred him from attending the burial. Let it be on record that immediately the news of his father’s demise filtered in, Emperor Geezy, CEO of the label authorized that his own personal car is used to convey Kiss Daniel to Abeokuta to attend and be a part of his father’s burial. The label CEO’s brother even accompanied him on this trip, as well as one of the label’s staff. Interestingly on arriving at a hotel in Abeokuta which had been fully paid for by the label, he refused to attend his own father’s burial on the grounds that he believed that his family are fetish and were responsible for his father’s death.
6. In response to the claim that Kiss Daniel was barred from supporting other artists, especially those who supported him and the label at the New Era album launch, we would like to put it on record that at no time has the label barred him from performing at events where friends in the industry have asked for his support. We understand the importance of collaborative efforts in a fledgling industry such as ours. Kiss Daniel, however, has made it a habit to turn up at events late or not at all, always blaming the label for his truancy. Clear examples include his failure to appear at the Reekado Banks album listening party at Hard Rock Café and the recent 2Baba Buckwyld ‘n’ Breathless Concert on 22nd of October, 2017 at Eko Hotel. He did this even when 2Baba had provided two separate accommodations for him and his manager Louiza Williams at Eko Hotels, and the label had covered other logistics costs. He stood up 2Baba and manager after claiming he was on his way from 6pm till 1am the next day. He repeated the same show of shame at the Chronicles of Ushebebe and Soundcity’s 2016 MVP Awards. His excuse always being that the label has restricted him from supporting other talents in the industry. His favourite saying: “You know I’m signed to a label na, I’m not my own boss yet”. One should wonder why his manager would be at these venues to liaise with the event organizers before his arrival if he wasn’t approved by the label to be at those events. His usual play was to ask the manager if money is involved and once she says “no we are going to support” he will either not take his calls once she’s around his house for takeoff, or switch off his phones and later complain that he was not feeling too well or had an urgent meeting at Abeokuta.
Emperor Geezy
Last year, many people wondered how we managed to pull off such a massive concert for his New Era album launch with no support from any organization. That event which included the lease of the prestigious Eko Hotels with over 20 superstars was one of the most expensive projects the company ever embarked upon.
Nevertheless, we understand that artists grow with their songs and popularity, and may eventually seek an early exit. That being said, a contract between two parties is a legally binding arrangement and both parties having deployed resources to perform obligations thereunder must ensure that the contract is executed or terminated in line with its terms and conditions.
G-Worldwide’s contract with Kiss Daniel simply put, allows for the artiste to exit, but in so doing, he is duty bound to repay to the company all monies expended by the company in furtherance of the contract and all losses; including losses suffered from the cancellation of fixed events and shows by reason of the termination. The contract is also expressly clear on the fact that intellectual property rights to all the songs produced under the contract including the stage name of the artiste are properties of the company. We know that so far, Kiss Daniel has kept these facts away from the public; choosing to resort to cheap blackmail and whipping up emotions. We will not take this route as a responsible company and this is why we are in court.
We have done our best not to harp on the history of his recalcitrance. Nevertheless, we are harassed by different lawyers (his present lawyer is the fourth) with outrageous demands, but we have retained the opinion that some terms cannot be imposed on us. Most recently in October, he demanded going forward, 100% of revenues from his performances and endorsements even while he understands his level of indebtedness to us and the terms of the contracts. When he was referred to the contract terms, his response was to serve us a termination notice without even following the stipulations for termination under the contract. He thereafter announced his personal record label in less than nine (9) days after the undue notice and has since been soliciting bookings and infringing on G-Worldwide intellectual property rights by performing songs from the ‘New Era’ album and the yet to be released ‘Evolution’ album. This is the reason for the Federal High Court order of the 30th November 2017 stating that “both parties are ordered to maintain status quo ante bellum under the recording contract pending the hearing of the motion on notice.”
Law abiding organizations and business concerns have either contacted us for clarity, which we have provided through our solicitors, Calmhill Partners. Other well advised entities have in support of the rule of law and sanctity of contracts, terminated their engagements with him or removed him from performance schedules. The Nigerian musical industry we believe will learn and grow from this incidence.
We have put everyone who wishes to contract Kiss Daniel on notice and advise that you should not allow yourselves be misinformed about the subject matter or be swayed by his misrepresentations or lack of capacity to perform some of the songs that he has been contracted to perform. Whilst we look forward to a speedy dispensation of justice in the matter before the Court, we reiterate our advice that event organizers should consult their lawyers to avoid being complicit in the offence of acting in contempt of court.
It remains illegal to deal with Kiss Daniel directly instead of G-Worldwide Management pending the hearing of the suit in Court.
It’s clap back season for Nigerian celebrities and they are serving it hot – MMMG Boss isn’t ready to be left out of the clap backs…
Ubi Franklin has lashed out at one of his followers after the latter dropped what the Made Men Music Group (MMMG) boss considered to be a nasty comment on one of his Instagram photos.
Ubi had shared a photo on his IG page showing him backing his son – Jayden – with Lilian Esoro, but the follower thought it was inappropriate and expressed her opinion.
“Every pic is not for the gram”, she commented and he went berserk on her.
Nigerian-British actor, John Boyega from “Star Wars” and Nollywood blockbuster, “Half of a Yellow Sun” looks like he’s found love with a quite pretty lady.
The 25-year-old actor and his mystery lady were pictured arm in arm earlier this week as they arrived the UK Ahead of the UK premiere of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”
The actor whose real name is John Adedayo B. Adegboyega once suffered a heartbreak. He revealed on The Graham Norton Show in April, that he was dumped after his date found out he was in Star Wars.
“She didn’t know what I did until we were driving through Times Square. She goes ‘What do you do for a living?’ [I] looked up and I said, ‘That.’ It was me over a lightsaber,” Boyega said.
After finding out Boyega was starring in the new Star Wars film, it “affected her stance,” and things ended badly for them.
According to reports, the last woman who dated John was Nigerian.
Bobrisky who has before now lambasted Comedian cum Singer – MC Galaxy on multiple occasions on social media over his alleged involvement in the breakdown of his close relationship with his former and trusted gateman Jacob, has finally made an announcement on the status of his beef with the singer.
According to the slay Queeng, he just realized that MC Galaxy has no hand in what he accused him of. He further revealed the issue has been resolved and they are back to being buddies again.
He wrote ;
Hi everyone! I just found out that it was a misrepresentation. Mc galaxy was not in involve in jacob leaving my premises. Issues have been resolved and we are back together.
20-year-old Thabiso Chabalala on Wednesday, revealed to the court that she spent seven months coughing and with swollen eyes after Prophet Lethebo Rabalago sprayed her with insecticide.
Prophet Rabalago from the Mountzion General Assembly in Limpopo, South Africa, who has styled himself as a prophet, was charged with five counts of assault and contravening environmental laws after images of him spraying congregants with Doom went viral in November last year.
Chabalala (pictured) testified in the ongoing trial against Lethebo Rabalago at the Mookgophong Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
This is Rabalago’s second legal battle after the provincial health department obtained an interdict in the Limpopo High Court against him in May.
Chabalala told the court that she regretted allowing Rabalago to spray the pesticide on her. She said she responded to calls for the sick to come forward during a church service at Phomolong township last year.
Presiding magistrate Frans Mahodi asked Chabalala how she felt when she saw Rabalago holding the insecticide can.
“I was taken by surprise. I thought that was how God instructed him to conduct the healing,” she responded.
Chabalala said she was sprayed with Doom twice on the same day and became dizzy. She said at first she thought the dizziness was part of the healing process, but she started experiencing health problems later on.
“I regret it,” she said.
The state had also called a Grade 11 pupil who claimed he had to get help from a clinic after Rabalago sprayed him.
The 17-year-old said he had gone to the church to seek prayers because his neck was painful. Rabalago’s defence lawyer, Edmond Lubisi, said his client had never met the teenager.
“It is my client’s version that he does not know you or remember seeing you at his church,” Lubisi said.
Earlier, Catherine Mabitsela, a legislation chief inspector at the provincial department of agriculture, testified that Rabalago’s practices were misleading.
Mabitsela said Rabalago had not used the product according to regulations.
In an interview with eNCA.com last November, Rabalago claims that the insect killer is to heal people with cancer, HIV or any other illness.
On whether he considers the danger of the chemical spray to the eyes and other body parts, he said:
“With us, we believe in God is for all things. People are getting their deliverance.”
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has denied Maryam Sanda, the woman who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, bail. Maryam, her mum Maimuna Sanda, her brother and one other person, were arraigned before the court today.
Delivering judgment on her bail application, Justice Halilu said Maryam’s counsel, Joseph Daudu, did not provide cogent reasons for him to grant her bail.
The presiding judge said that Daudu had attached a medical report and requested for bail based on the health status of Mrs Sanda but that he did not prove to the court that the sickness cannot be treated in a detention facility.
Justice Halilu held that the fact that she is a nursing mother is not a general principle for granting bail, hence her denial of it.
He, however, granted bail to her mother, brother and the third defendant on the condition that they must provide two sureties each, who must reside within the city center of Abuja.
He also ordered them to submit their travel documents to the court, while the sureties must deposit proof of their landed properties in Abuja.
He adjourned the case to February 5th, 6th and 7th 2018. Maryamand her baby were later driven off to Suleja prison.
Female rapper, Belcalis Almanzar better known as Cardi B has wowed her rapper boyfriend, Offset with a Rolls Royce for his 26th birthday today.
Photo: TMZ
According to Cardi, her beau believed in her before she hit it big and was the only known star who agreed to collaborate with her when others turned her down.
Okay, okay chill! Before you open our big mouth and say we don’t have anything else to talk about than our reader’s hair… calm your nerves!
This lovely lady had us pondering on the short hairstyle trend that has been going on for a while and we’re decided to use her as medium to know whether or not, ladies, if you’d rock the short hair trend.
Mary Osigbeame showed us lovely before and after photos of her hair looks – long and short – and asks if she’s looking better after she cut her hair.
Take a look at her photos and tell us whether or not, using Mary as a reference, you’d opt out for short hair.
You know how people go on to various social media platforms and just say (write) stuffs without thinking about the rationality of what they’re saying?
Well, a young lady, Victoria Wilson Iheanyi falls into this category of people as she took to a page on Facebook dedicated to the admission process of Nigerian university, Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, to say that it’s because she’s too beautiful, that was why she didn’t get admission.
She says she just might be the cause of chaos in the school among the students and lecturers because of her beauty. In her own words:
“Am no more angry with OOU..since I realized why they didnt pick me…the truth is that they are scared of picking a beautiful gurl Like me bicus of their students future…i mean that they are scared that their first class students may leave their studies nd start studying me…and their competent lectures will only want to lecture me and ignore others…. So I forgive them.. Lobatan… #forest /bush OOU”
People have now in reaction, wondered where the so-called beauty in her is located after viewing her photo and don’t think she’s worth the attention.
Award-winning singer, songwriter, and dancer, Jason Durelo was featured on the 9th episode of Coke Studio Africa 5 as the international guest for this year, and to say the least, the episode was a smash!
In the global fusion episode of the show, the singer may have won himself more African fans. He talks about how huge African music has become across the world.
Aside from his energetic and captivating performance, here are five things we discovered about Jason Durelo during the show.
1. The first time he made a song in Africa was on Coke Studio Africa season 5. Jason revealed this when he was asked how he feels about making music with Africans.
2. His hit song ‘In my head’ started out as ‘In my bed’ before he eventually changed to the former. While preparing for the Afro-beat cover of the song, Jason told the Coke Studio artistes how he wrote the song at the age of 19.
3. He has several melodies. Before coming up with the melody for the first original track ‘One on One’, the American singer who has achieved eleven 11 platinum singles told Falz and Shekhinah about his style, saying “I don’t just do one melody, I do like eight melodies and then pick the one that I feel is the best”.
4. He is a Perfectionist, in a good way, though. Despite his accomplishments, Jason is a stickler for excellence. He would stop at nothing just so he and the people around him get things done right. He proved that while working with Falz on their collabo.
5. Jason Durelo is a dancer. Yes, he is that versatile, well technically! *wink* He does not just have talent as a music artiste and songwriter, he is also good with entertaining the audience.
Ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, Bisola Aiyeola has is a new interview, shared her preference between a man who’s good in bed and a man who’s rich and not necessarily good in bed.
Bisola, speaking with Broadway TV was particular about her answers as she says she rather be with a man with money over a man who is good in bed.
Asked what she looks out for in a man, his height or his face… she says:
Personally, I’m not about physical qualities… No.. if he can make me laugh, I’m good, I’m good with someone who has a fantastic sense of humour… so I’m not really particular about how he looks, how tall he is, how short he is, his skin complexion, nah.
When she was asked to be good in bed or to be rich, Bisola said:
If you’re rich, you can buy the goodness of the bed.. (laughs) oh my goodness, I think people overrate this good in bed something, good in bed, after the goodness of the bed, you’re now hungry who that one help? You’ll not even have strength to be good you know… I’d rather you have the quid, yeah…
