The third edition of Big Brother Naija, a reality show better known as BBNaija, is set to return to Nigerian television in 2018. It was announced on Thursday announced that the winner of the show which will be sponsored by online store, Payporte, will walk away with N45 million in prize money. The twitter announcement […]
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US rapper Earl Simmons, popularly known as DMX faces prison time after he pleaded guilty to evading $1.7 million in tax payments on Thursday. Prosecutors said the 46-year-old rapper and actor avoided taxes by living virtually only on cash, without maintaining a bank account or filing required returns to the Internal Revenue Service. DMX admitted […]
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Ace Nigerian musicians Wizkid and Davido represented the country well as they won honours at the 2017 MOBO Awards held at the First Direct Arena, Leeds England. Ayo Balogun, popularly called Wizkid beat Jay-Z, Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar and others to clinch the best international artist award at the event on Wednesday. David Adeleke popularly […]
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AfriGrowth Foundation is running an initiative called “Feed and Dress a Child this December” specifically, in response to identified orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) needs. The Foundation will be organizing a funfair and fund raising event on December 2, 2017 at River Plate Park, Central Business Area, Abuja, from 12.00noon to 6.00pm. The central goal […]
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Atiku, ‘Atikulation’ and other stories by Reuben Abati “I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer. Going from one port to another should not be an issue or a problem for him. It is in the nature of Customs officials to go from […]
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The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, on Monday declared popular artiste, Damini Ogiulu also known as Burna Boy, wanted for allegedly masterminding the robbery against fellow artiste, Abiye David Jumbo aka Mr. 2Kay. Mr. 2kay was attacked last month at Eko Hotel and Suites after attending a show organised by Buckwyld Media […]
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage on Monday, becoming Britain’s first reigning couple to mark a platinum wedding anniversary. The decades-spanning marriage of the Queen — the nation’s longest serving sovereign — has outlasted those of all prior British monarchs. The royal couple will not hold any public events but […]
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The celebrity wedding between Nigerian singer/songwriter, Oluwabankole Wellington (Banky W), and actress Adesua Etomi saw the light of day on Sunday. The star-studded traditional wedding in Lagos on Sunday was witnessed by close friends, associates and celebrities including, Bovi, Basket Mouth, Kemi Adetiba, Tunde Demuren, Chigul, Lynxx, Juliet Ibrahim, M.I Abaga,Dotun Kayode, Toolz, Tolu Oniru, […]
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Nigeria rapper Olamide Adedeji, better known as Olamide, has released a new album titled ‘Lagos Na Wa’, bringing his album repertoire to seven since his debut in 2011. The album was released on Friday November 17th barely a year after he released ‘The Glory’ album. Lagos Na Wa is a 17-track album and features the already successful street anthem […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, on Thursday looked into a case of 10.3 kg of Cannabis Sativa and convicted an 87-year-old woman, Maria Seriki, of drug trafficking. The judge, however, ordered that the convict be remanded at the Lagos State Old People’s Home, pending the time a member […]
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