Just after the feud about whether or not he deserved #TheHeadies2015 Next Rated award, Reekado Banks of MAVIN records cops instagram verification.
Towards the end of last year, MAVIN records new acts – Reekado Banks, Dija and Korede Bello copped verifications from Facebook and Twitter.
Reekado Banks, who recently announced being the only Nigerian nominated in Most Promising Act (Male) category of the prestigious KORA ALL AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS joins Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Mikel Obi, Genevieve Nnaji, D’banj, Davido and Dr Sid as the 8th Nigerian to be verified on Instagram.
Orange Record Artiste KLEVER JAY kick starts 2016 with “OWO EKO” (Lagos Money) a song which tells it all about lagos hustle and flamboyant life style which many are carried away with trying to meet up with other standard of life, Check out the song “OWO EKO” (Lagos Money) feel the full message from the song, Produced by ShockerBeatz and Mixed & Mastered by T-Piano.
Chocolate City’s first Lady, Victoria Kimani took to her Instagram page this afternoon to address some people’s opinion about female entertainers.
She shared the above photo and wrote;
“People need to start respecting female entertainers, presenters, Actors, artists, Models, dancers, business women , PR, managers , PA,s, singers, stylists , DJ’s , designers…and Generally all positions in the Entertainment field in Africa…. The amount of negativity, rumors, gossip, assumptions, judgement , hypocrisy , Threats and over all evil eye that is pointed towards These particular women is out of this world!
NO!! Just because I’m a female doesn’t mean I work for free!! NO! Just because I’m a business woman with standards doesn’t make me a Bi$(h …. Yes… If I want to date someone that’s A.) My business and B.) Up to my better judgement on who I want to invite into my life. C.) It’s complicated …. AND ….NO…. Just because I am singing to you in a cute outfit on stage and on your TV… Does NOT MAKE ME A PROSTITUTE … There are too many People praying for me … For me to fall into the hands of the ENEMY so freely and easily …. I work DAMN hard … I have been working on, dreaming about, planning for, building towards, sweating , crying, praying , waiting for, lost friends , faced loneliness , looked stupid, hated on, sabotaged , made mistakes , been under-rated and still raise up and be THE BADDEST … I respect ME… I LOVE ME….I’m Extremely Proud of me … And I respect YOU and Love you too. Respect the grind and go get yours too! #OneLove #AFRICAmustWakeUP #RESPECTtheWOMANonHERgrind#STRONGgirl
Nigerian RnB singer, Darey no doubt is a man of many talents. From his unique musical delivery to stagecraft, he’s now returning to his old love for acting.
The ‘Naked’ singer was recently sighted on set of an upcoming movie alongside legendary Nollywood couples, Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs.
While the title of the movie or the director is yet to be ascertained, the movie, it was discovered recently, began shooting in Lagos and is expected to take a few days to conclude.
In an exclusive interview months ago, Darey told NET that although he wasn’t too enthusiastic about jumping on a Nigerian movie, he would give it a chance if the right script comes.
Nigeria Music star, Wizkid took to his instagram page to announce he’s kicking off his World Tour soon.
According to the 25-year-old pop star, the tour will start off in Amsterdam and the much anticipated EP will drop as soon as he gets back from the much needed holiday.
“About to catch a flight to where l wanna be – first holiday in three years. Love you my fans! EP ready when l get back. And l start my world tour, we start off in Amsterdam”.
Ace comedian, Basketmouth just shared this lovely photo of his daughter giving him a kiss on the cheek, claiming she does that before going to school every morning.
The comedian wrote;
“If she doesn’t do this before going to school every morning, the house is in trouble. #DailyRoutine”
According to the Senior Special Assistant Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, Nigerians should direct their enquiries to the appropriate quarters as it ceased to be the property of the presidency once it was submitted.
He also dismissed reports that the president withdrew the budget.
” Nobody except the President can withdraw the budget. As far as we know, he hasn’t done that.
The copies in their hundreds have been delivered to both chambers of the National Assembly.
By tradition, once the budget is submitted, it ceases to be our property.
Enquiries as to where it is should be directed to the appropriate quarters. Best regards”
Although the reason for Dammy Krane’s outburst is unknown but going by His tweets, he has accused Wizkid of stealing “Shit” that belongs to him.
The Hypertek Music Star went on to describe his late brother’s dilemma, who had according to him; been robbed and beaten to death while in the States, likening whatever has gone down between himself and Wizkid, to the incident, saying he hated “fake ass niggas“.
Meanwhile, Wizkid, was earlier reported to have jetted out on a vacation in Amsterdam, and is yet to respond to any of the veiled subs leveled against him.
A Thai woman who was planning to get married within a few months to her fiancé, but he died of a sudden heart attack before they could exchange their vows, still got married to his dead corpse at his funeral.
The unusual marriage ceremony drove her guests and the internet to tears. The bride, Nan Thippharat, shared the photos of the ceremony on Facebook, which went viral.
Nan wrote on her Facebook wall about her fiancé Fiat and about the ceremony:
“I dreamed of our wedding. I saw us holding hands. Rest in peace. I love you, Fiat. Please know that our dream has come true.
It was my way of paying tribute to him in this life because I know one day we will be together for eternity in the next one.
I loved him with all my heart and I couldn’t bear it when he was taken from me.
He looked splendid on his wedding day, I know he would have liked it”.
So as to curb unwarranted killings by trigger-happy policemen, Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase, has said that the Nigeria Police Force is considering conducting psychiatric test on recruits and serving officers.
The IGP made the revelation at the Nigeria Police Force Health Policy Revalidation meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that the initiative became necessary following incidents of indiscriminate use of firearms by personnel of the force.
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, has disclosed that Biafran passports being issued to its citizens are valid and accepted in various countries across the globe.
It insisted that many citizens of Biafra had used the passport issued by the Biafran Directorate of Passport, and traveled overseas without hitches.
In an interview with Vanguard, MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Sunny Okereafor, warned the federal government to stop seizing Biafra passport or threatening its holders.
“I assure you the Biafran passport is valid. Except Nigeria, other countries of the world accept Biafran passport and allow our citizens to travel with it. In Europe, North and South America, Biafra passport is accepted. Nigeria is the only country that seizes Biafran passport.
Go to neighbouring Ghana here, they will stamp the passport for you. Don’t be confused by the propaganda of the Nigerian government that there is nothing like Biafra passport.
“MASSOB appeals to Biafra citizens to procure their passport and use it to travel. If you doubt me, get a Nigerian passport while I have my Biafran passport; when we get to Europe, you will see who they will welcome than the other.
“Many people with Nigerian passport have been repatriated, but have you heard of anybody with Biafran passport receiving such ill-treatment?”
He disclosed that the Biafran passport cost N5, 000 and could be renewed with N2, 000 and denied reports that people who bought the passport are being turned back at various airports
Head of States, President Buhari and his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo met with members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Working Committee at the Aso Villa on the 11th of January, 2016.
Nigeria singer, GT Da Guitarman proposed to his longtime girlfriend Annie today January 12th.
The singer who is best known for his voice and unique style of handling the guitar, took his girlfriend to the place where they met six years ago and proposed to her there.
According reports from PREMIUM TIMES, The hard and soft copies of the 2016 budget documents President Muhammadu Buhari handed over to the National Assembly on December 22, 2015, have been declared missing, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
The Nigerian Senate was scheduled to commence deliberation on the proposed budget Tuesday (today).
But Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, shocked lawmakers at a closed-door session, when he told them the budget documents had been stolen, people familiar with the matter told PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Ndume, our sources said, explained that deliberation on the budget could therefore not begin until fresh copies of the documents were obtained from the presidency, the Ministry of Finance or that of national planning.
The Chairman, Senate Committee of Appropriation, Danjuma Goje, was subsequently mandated to lead a search for the documents and liaise with the presidency, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, and the national planning ministry on the matter.
The Senators also resolved that the matter be kept under wraps, saying making it public could embarrass the presidency, the National Assembly and the country.
Our sources said senators of the Peoples Democratic Party accused the presidency of being behind the theft of the documents, an accusation rejected by their All Progressives Congress’ counterparts, who reportedly said it was too early to speculate.
Some lawmakers told PREMIUM TIMES they are suspicious that the presidency might have colluded with the management of the National Assembly to quietly withdraw the documents after detecting some discrepancies in them.
“Can you imagine this kind of national embarrassment?” one senator asked. “Documents that were presented to us with fanfare have been stolen.”
The spokesperson for the senate, Aliyu Abdullahi,could not been reached for comments. So also is Mr. Goje, the chairman of the appropriation committee.
Tanzanian music star, Diamond Platnumz recently shared these photos of himself and his babymama, Zaria, with their adorable little daughter, Tiffah on the daughter’s Instagram page.
Mavin Record first lady and mother of one, Tiwa Savage kicks off radio tour for the promotion of her new album RED as she visited City 105.1 FM today.
The singer wrote;
kicked off my #RED album radio promo today. First stop was @city1051 I love them over there, they always show me love #RedNation #RED #IamRED #standingovation
The ‘Woju’ singer, was involved in a car accident last night but thankfully he is alright.
The music star took to his instagram page to share his near death experience with fans, warning them not to use their phones while driving.
Kiss Daniel wrote
“Morning guys.. don’t press ur phone while driving fam, it’s never a good idea. Crashed into a canal last night @ lekki, all thanks to dese guys and some loyal fans that help get I and my producer out and the car… I wanna say a very big thank u to @djcoublon for screaming like a Yankee baby before the crash.. Bro u nailed it . We thank God, we still alive.”
American singer, Miguel is engaged to his longtime girlfriend of 12 years, Nazanin Mandi.
The music star finally popped the question recently and model Nazanin is wasting no time in flaunting her huge rock on her Instagram page.
According to E! News, “Nazanin and Miguel are really excited to get married! They’ve been together for some time and knew that they were going to spend their lives together. All of their friends and family think they are the best couple and really complement each other.”
Davido is yet to reveal to us who is new signee is but he is getting us excited about it!
Davido wanted Lil Kesh to win the recent Next Rated Awards but he was snubbed. The HKN chief has aired his disapproval that the 20 year old did not win.
Recall Olamide famously ranted after his artiste didn’t win and Davido has promised he will do worse than Olamide did by pulling a Kanye on them (the Headies organizers) when the time is right.
CANT WAIT TO SHOW THE WORLD MY NEW ARTIST .. AND IF THEY EVER DO HEADIES AGAIN AND HE DOESN'T WIN NEXT RATED IMMA PULL WORSE THAN A KANYE ?
DoubleStar unlocks his first Official single of the year 2016. He titles this One “Igbeyawo Mi”, this is a must listen tune which is sure going to take over various media library and get massive air played by radio stations in a couple of days.
It is a must have for all wedding reception DJs as the reception is incomplete without this song
Minister of Power, Road and Works, Babatunde Fashola, has unveiled his 13-point agenda for the power sector in Nigeria.
Fashola unveiled his plans during the maiden meeting he had with power generation, distribution and transmission companies, and other stakeholders in Abuja today January 11th.
Fashola in his address said the agenda involves continuous public engagement on tariff collection, debts, power generation, maintenance, ancillary services, dispatch orders and discipline, gas requirement and constraints, transmission constraints, 33KV load off take, imbalances-locations of excess, overload safety, service quality, new captive and embedded generation, franchising and other issues relevant to the growth of the sector.
He promised to work for a great improvement in power distribution.
For a while now, the hashtag #YorubaGuys has been trending on twitter. This hashtag carries all the presumed bad habits of Yoruba boys, especially in a relationship.
In fact, they have been tagged ‘Yoruba demons’ in the dating game, with many girls narrating their ugly experience with them. However, the table turned yesterday, when a twitter user came out to assert otherwise.
According to her, Igbo guys are worse than ‘Yoruba demons’ when it comes to disappointments in a relationship.
In 34 tweets, @maryannivy narrated how her relationship with an Igbo guy, simply named Obiora, left her feeling bad. Red the tweets below:
I want to tell a story of my encounter with an igbo demon. The truth is igbo guys are the real demons.. they're just on a low key.
Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe Damijo aka RMD, is definitely one of Nollywood’s biggest actors.
RMD recently revealed during a broadcast interview with Africa Magic’s magazine TV show ‘Jara’, on how much movie producers pay him to feature in a movie.
“It’s safe to say you’re definitely one of the most sought after and respected actors in Nollywood, it must cost a producer millions of dollars to have you in his movie”, The host of the show Uti Nwachukwu asked RMD.
RMD replied saying: “I don’t know what you are talking about, I mean we are in Nigeria”.
I find ironical that I cost a lot less either because I’m blackmailed constantly by producers and directors. They’re my boys or their younger, no money. You’ll be amazed that for every three films, I’ll probably do two free, practically for next to nothing. It’s just hard to say no”.
Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the fifth time.
The 28-year-old Argentine had 41.33% of the vote, with Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (27.76%) second and Barca’s Neymar (7.86%) third.
Here are pictures from the star studded event that took place in Zurich, Switzerland.
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 11: FIFA Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona poses with his award after the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2015 at the Kongresshaus on January 11, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi of Argentina talks with guests after receiving the World Player of the Year award during the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015 ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January 11, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
