Canadian rapper, Drake, has lost $565,000 after betting on Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk.

It is yet another big-money gambling loss for Drake.

Before the fight, Drake revealed on Instagram that he had gambled $565,000 on Fury to win.

If Fury had won, he would have collected just over $1million.

But Usyk beat Fury by split decision in Saudi Arabia to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years.

Usyk has now added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and WBO belts.

Drake previously lost a six-figure sum after Anthony Joshua’s knockout win over Francis Ngannou, and another $700,000 after Dricus Du Plessis beat Sean Strickland at UFC 297.

Big Brother Naija reality show star, Segun Olusemo, aka Sheggz, has said that it is disrespectful for a man to share financial responsibility with his partner.

Featuring on the ‘Bahd And Boujee’ podcast, Sheggz argued that a woman can contribute to paying bills in her home but it would be disrespectful for her to make equal contributions as the man.

Sheggz, who is currently dating his colleague, Bella, noted that in his own case, his woman contributes about 20 percent, while he handles the remaining 80 percent.

He said, “I don’t want my babe paying my bills or paying her own bills because it’s going to be disrespectful.

“By the way, I go for women that work really hard. In my situation, my woman works really hard and she is actually successful but I understand that my money is our money and her money is her money.

“And honestly, if she gives me peace in my home, I’m okay with that.

“No 50/50 in my home. My house is 80/20. I wouldn’t say 100 percent because that is very unfair.

“When my woman spends her money, she won’t feel bad because she doesn’t do it all the time. I feel like as men we are wired to provide.”

Controversial Nigerian rapper, Speed Darlington has declared himself the number-one musician in West Africa.

According to him, he is currently the most trending musician in the subregion.

The ‘Akpi’ crooner appeared in the latest episode of the ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask’ podcast hosted by content creator, Bae U Barbie.

“I am the number one musician/celebrity in West Africa. No one is hotter than me,” he boasted.

Meanwhile, Speed Darlington recently warned fans to stop comparing him with controversial singer, Portable.

He warned that nobody should compare him with the ‘Zazo’ hitmaker as he is the bigger artist among them, noting that he is a star.

The rapper added that he goes around doing his business free and doesn’t have any reason for police to chase him around unlike Portable who was recently arrested by the police for allegedly owing 14 million naira for his G-Wagon.

Singer Peter Okoye of P-Square has undergone a successful hair transplant surgery in Istanbul, Turkey.

Mr P announced this in a video message shared via his Instagram account recently.

He stated that the hair transplant was successful.

The singer said, “Hey guys, Mr P is here. I’m here in Istanbul with Dr Bernard who is about to look after my hair for me. You guys know that I’ve been uncomfortable about it. But guess what, see the before and after of the magic these guys are about to do.”

After the surgery, he said: “I feel better 100 per cent. So there’s nothing to worry about. I just want to look good for you guys. Thank you very much.”

Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy has said 2Baba, Timaya, D’banj, Larry Gaaga, and Wande Coal are the only veterans he respects in the Nigerian music industry.

According to the self-acclaimed ‘African Giant,’ they are the only legends who have impacted his life and career.

Burna Boy stated this while reacting to veteran producer ID Cabasa’s recent call on Nigerian singers, urging them to respect legends.

During a recent Instagram live session with fans, he said: “The only OGs who have impacted my life; number one, Timaya, because he is the one who showed me that achieving stardom was possible. I’m going to respect him for the rest of my life.

“D’banj also supported me back then. He paid for ‘Wan Da Mo’ video. These are two people I don’t joke with. It’s not like nggas don’t have respect, no, nggas have just been through a lot and we only remember the people we saw in the dark times. People like Larry Gaaga. He stood by me back then. So these are people I will respect for the rest of my life.

“When you’re talking about OGs, as far as I’m concerned, those names are the only ones in addition to 2Face based on musicality and the fact that he did a feature with me when he didn’t have to back in the days. These are OGs to me. Any other person isn’t an OG to me. ID Cabasa, you can meet Olamide and you can be an OG to him [laughs]. We’ve all been through stuff differently and we all see life differently.

“I can’t forget Wande Coal, too. At a point in time, we were so close.”

Nigerian musician Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, has regained his freedom from the custody of the Lagos State Police Command.

Portable was forcefully arrested on Tuesday over his alleged refusal to complete payment for his luxury car, the G-Wagon.

The ‘Zazzu’ crooner had purchased a Mercedes Benz GLE 350 from Ogunsanwo Temitope (Temmy Autos), a car dealer in Lagos but failed to complete the payment.

It was gathered that Portable had paid only N13 million after purchasing the vehicle, which was worth N27 million. He was said to have refused to pay the N14 million balance.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benajmin Hundeyin, confirmed the release of the singer to Vanguard Wednesday evening.

When asked if Portable had sorted out the issues, the spokesman added, “I have no idea about it but what I can say is that he has been granted bail.”

Popular Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele, may not have taken home an award at this year’s Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, but she has received a wave of support from fellow celebrities and fans who offered her words of encouragement.

Funke Akindele’s A Tribe of Judah lost all of its nominations at the 2024 AMVCA.

This was particularly surprising for some as Akindele’s record-breaking film, “A Tribe Called Judah,” secured nominations in several categories, including Best Movie, Best Lead Actress (Akindele herself), Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing in a Movie, and Best Makeup.

Despite the nominations, “A Tribe Called Judah” ultimately went home empty-handed. This sparked a flurry of reactions online; however, Akindele’s industry peers chose to uplift her spirits.

Commenting on Akindele’s picture posts following the AMVCA, actress Tayo Odueke wrote, “Tribe of Judah was a master piece, no doubt 💯 butguess whatt?Youu stillwon and& will continue winning 💪 Alubarika always 🙏 no shaking 🕺.”

Reposting her picture on his Instagram story, comedian Cute Abiola wrote, “See the way she dey look, look her face well, very focused human being! Always showing workings! True definition of greatness. I love you, ma, we keep getting bigger and bigger bags, Insha Allah.”

Similarly, actress Bukunmi Oluwasina, wrote on Instagram, “My best actress.”

It was reported that Akindele’s powerful performance was eclipsed by Kehinde Bankole’s captivating role in Adire, which earned her the Best Lead Actress award.

Similarly, ‘A Tribe of Judah’, which made history by becoming the first Nollywood film to gross N1 billion within 21 days of its release, lost to Breath of Life in the Best Movie category.

Big Brother Naija reality star, Josephina Otabor, aka Phyna, has slammed the Lead Pastor of the Sphere of Light Church, Apostle Femi Lazarus, for his comment about women who lack fatherly affection during a recent sermon.

Apostle Lazarus, while addressing his congregation in a viral video, claimed that “when a girl has not seen a father’s affection, she becomes sexually loose”.

Reacting to the viral video via her X handle on Monday, Phyna berated the clergyman for “generalising”.

She argued that she grew up without a father figure in her life and was never sexually loose.

She wrote, “Well bcuz I can make the mistake of generalising things now I know better.

“Some of us that didn’t have a fatherly figure in all our existence, I will talk about me, I grew up well and was never loose sexually.

Now I say sorry for the time i generalised my opinion.”

Responding to an X user who disagreed with her via the comment section, on the grounds of her previous admittance of abortion, Phyna said, “At least I was almost done serving Nigeria as kopa then around 19 to 20….”

Big Brother Naija reality star, Victoria Iye, aka Vee, has reacted to her colleague, Isilomo Braimoh’s criticism of her outfit at the 2024 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCA.

At the 2024 AMVCA, Vee wore an all-pink gown, laced with a flowing cape and matching dress gloves.

Sharing a picture of Vee in the outfit via her Instagram story, Isilomo mocked her colleague, saying her dress was “poorly made” with “cheap fabric.”

She wrote, “Oh girl…. a hot m*ss. 2/10. So ill-fitting and so poorly made. Wanna fight the stylist and designer for doing this to this girl.”

Reacting via her X handle, Vee said she didn’t know about the existence of Isilomo until now.

Vee wrote, “I didn’t even know someone called Isilomo existed until today.”

Nigerians across social media have begun to slam popular Nigerian-American singer and dancer, Korra Obidi, as she flew immediately to Hawaii in the United States after completing her GoFundMe $50,000 target.

Obidi created GoFundMe on Friday to seek a good lawyer, adding that she wants to overturn the right of her ex-husband, Justin Dean, over their kids.

According to her, she would need money to get a good lawyer, which is why she created the GoFundMe account to meet the target of $100,000.

The account generated over $50,000 raised from over 950 donors worldwide.

“As a mother, it’s time to fight for myself and my kids,” Obidi said. She also shared her GoFundMe account details, seeking the assistance of fans and friends.

However, on Sunday, the dancer, after raising the money, said during a live session on Facebook that she had plans for a vacation in Hawaii.

Her decision has been greeted by outrage from her fans, with many alleging that the main intent of the GoFundMe was never to file a suit against the husband but to lavish on her extravagant lifestyle.

Wanda Johnson, a Facebook user, said, “She got y’all’s money, now she’s at the airport. Some of you are so weak to believe her foolishness. She is always begging, scamming, and manipulating.”

“You are gradually becoming a professional beggar on social media,” one Chigoziri Ohochukwu on Facebook opined.

Nigerian comedienne, Anita Asuoha, popularly known as Real Warri Pikin, has challenged single men in Abuja for refusing to get married.

Real Warri Pikin lamented that despite the ladies being ready for marriage, many men are not willing to get married but prefer to have baby mamas.

She added that many of them claimed they were not emotionally available to settle down.

The comedienne stated this in a recent video she made and shared on her social media accounts.

She stressed that she is overwhelmed with so many reports from people in the state about the messy dating pool.

Speaking in pidgin English, the comedienne asked, “Abuja men, what is happening to the dating pool in Abuja? I hear say na una dey scatter am. Abuja men, wetin dey happen. You people are not ready to get married and committed. You’ll just see a responsible girl wey dey live her life, wey dey do her 5 to 9, dey do her thing and wan turn am to baby mama.”

0Lamenting that many men are contended with merely having children out of wedlock rather than committing to marriage, she stated, “They will say, “I just wanna have a baby with you and you’re so intelligent, I like you a lot. Have a baby for me. Na laboratory? Na chemical solution? Abuja men, the information reaching me is that you people don’t want to settle down and the girls are ready.”

Speaking further, she said despite the desire of women in Abuja to settle down, the men remained steadfastly opposed to the idea of marriage.

“The girls are ready to get married but the only thing you tell them is it’s not you, it’s me. I can not love you the way that you deserve right now. I’m emotionally available right now. But you’re available to use the girl for ground. Wetin dey sup. You never tire to dey outside? Waist no dey belefu person oo.

“You’ve been outside for too long and these girls are complaining. They are ready but you said no, you’re outside, saying marriage is a trap. Una don redefine marriage. God’s own institution, una don redefine am. That is the narrative and the agenda wey dem dey push.”

She noted that there are many people including her that are enjoying the marriages, adding that she met her husband in Abuja.

“We many wey dey enjoy marriage. Wetin dey happen Abuja men. No be to wear native dey waka dey look up. You dey frustrate these girls. You go see serious girlfriend dey follow you dey do, dey understand with you, dey respect you.

“Wetin dey ur mind now is how you go take give her belle, you no wan marry am. Wetin dey happen. the girls are ready. Good girls dey now, forget the saying that there are no good girls anymore. Abuja men wetin dey happen. Na here is husband. I marry, I don do 11 years.”

In 2023, Real Warri Pikin achieved her dream wedding as she remarried her husband, Ikechukwu in June.

This caused a buzz on social media with a cute video from her second wedding to her husband.

Before the special day, Warri Pikin had been sharing loved-up pictures with her fans and followers.

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage is known as the “Queen of Afrobeats” but now she’s momentarily hanging up her microphone to make her acting debut in the new film, Water & Garri.

The film now showing on Amazon Prime follows a young woman called Aisha, played by Tiwa Savage, an ambitious fashion designer who returns home to Nigeria after 10 years in the United States.

Although the Grammy-nominated singer has enchanted people with her buttery smooth voice, she told the BBC Focus on Africa podcast that acting was always a path she wanted to pursue.

“I have so much respect for actors now. It’s long hours and you’re becoming someone else for a long period of time,” she said.

She told the BBC it was not “easy”.

But Tiwa Savage brought the character to life by channelling parts of herself and her mother.

“She bottles up things a lot and she might just explode one day,” she said.

Aside from acting, she was also an executive producer on the film.

The songstress said she watched at least 200 edits before they decided on the final cut.

It “was a lot of work”, she added.While the film may be new, inspiration comes from her 2021 EP of the same name.

The movie was initially meant to be the accompanying video on the project, but she said when they started filming “it was so good” they decided to make it into a feature-length film.

But the music from the EP doesn’t feature in the movie as Tiwa Savage said she was no longer in the same “headspace”.

So she began recording new songs for the movie while they were shooting and managed to finish the score for the film within a week.

Songs for the film’s soundtrack feature other Nigerian stars like Olamide and Grammy-nominated singer Ayra Starr.

While the stunning cinematography, the dynamic soundtrack and Tiwa Savage’s performance breathe life into the movie, the heart of the film is the theme of nostalgia.

“There is a nostalgic feeling when you think of water and garri. We used to eat that a lot growing up,” she said.

She added that garri, which is processed cassava, and water are unusual combinations, but when they are mixed together it makes something beautiful.

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, recently introduced his first son, Clinton Mbaise, to the film industry.

In a video posted on his Instagram page on Monday, Kanayo revealed that Clinton will be joining his production company, Simpliciter Associates Productions, as an assistant production manager and personal assistant to him.

In the video, Kanayo emphasised that his son is there to work and should be treated as any other crew member.

He requested that Clinton should not be given special treatment due to his family connection.

He said, “This is Clinton Onyeze Mbaise, my first son. And he is joining us today as assistant production manager and as my personal assistant.

“Do not treat him like my son. It is a warning I am giving to everybody. He is here to work. He is going to earn a fee like every other person. Do not begin to say na K.O.K son. I no dey for that kind thing. Treat him as a member of the production crew.”

The actor also revealed that Clinton is a recent graduate of Babcock University with a degree in Information and Communication Technology.

“So please, he is joining us today. He has just finished from Babcock University. He studied ICT. He is going to understudy the production manager and learn this work.

“Treat him with respect to the extent that you are treating others with respect. That is what I want him to grow into. I do not want you to spoil my son for me when you are not telling him not to do some things,” he added.

In his caption, Kanayo stated that Clinton will study filmmaking and management before proceeding with further studies.

He also expressed his belief in the value of children gaining work experience within their family’s businesses or other establishments.

“We should let our children work in our organisations or other establishments to appreciate industry. Kudos Onyeze. Welcome on board Simpliciter Associates Productions,” he wrote in his caption.

Popular singer, Gabriel Oche Amanyi, aka Terry G, has reiterated his statement that Burna Boy is currently the biggest Nigerian artist.

He, however, said Wizkid is the greatest Nigerian artiste of all-time.

The ‘Akpako Master’ insisted that Wizkid has built a legendary status for himself.

Seemingly picking sides in the ongoing beef between Wizkid and Davido, Terry G wrote via his X handle, “Muthaf**k the Big 3, n*gga it’s just Big Wiz… n*gga bum!!!

Wiz is him.”

In another post, he explained, “[I am] Not posting Wiz to chase clout, just reminiscing all he’s done for the culture!!!

“I’m contented with what I have worked for lol… but he’s him, I repeat!!!”

He added, “Concerning what I said on Honest Bunch Podcast that was posted few weeks ago, my take still stands.

“Yeah currently, Burna is the biggest, but when it comes to all timer, I’ll give it to Wiz… y’all can’t deny the works and the legendary status he built for himself… WIZ is him!”

Rapper Drake has reacted to his colleague, Kendrick Lamar’s claims that he has a secret child.

In Kendrick Lamar’s latest diss track, ‘Meet The Grahams,’ he alleged that Drake has an 11-year-old secret daughter.

He called the Canadian “deadbeat” for not being present in the life of his “hidden daughter.”

Reacting via his Instagram account, Drake sarcastically wrote: “[laugh emoji] Nahhhh hold on, can someone find my hidden daughter pls and send her to me [?]… These guys are in shambles. [laugh emoji].”

Nollywood actor Segun Arinze has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to ensure that it follows due process in prosecuting the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.

The anti-graft agency is prosecuting Bello alongside his nephew, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on a 19-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80 billion.

Reacting in a video message shared via his Instagram account, Arinze said the ongoing social media trial of Bello was unnecessary.

He urged the EFCC to follow due process by allowing the law take its course.

He said, “I have been observing the things that have been going on with the EFCC and Yahaya Bello saga and it has been quite dramatic.

“First, the EFCC came out with a lot of statements on social media and in the news about the bulged arrest of Yahaya Bello and of course, the amount of dollars he paid into his children’s school account. It’s not enough to say the money came from the government but if it’s substantiated, it’s damming.

“I’m not saying Yahaya Bello is innocent or guilty. I don’t even have much details about that. What I’m bother about is social media. If social media haven’t dragged you before, you won’t understand. Too many opinions on social media with all the feeds coming out from the EFCC and generally, it just bring a lot of negativity on both sides.

“What I’m saying is, social media parliament is not the Nigerian judiciary. It can’t make any decision. As I am made to understand, the case is already in court. So my advice is that EFCC should follow due process. Let the law take its course. That’s my personal opinion.”

Nigerian actor and singer, Adams Kehinde, popularly known as Lege Miami, has said the president’s son, Seyi Tinubu, has offered warring Afrobeats stars, Wizkid and Davido.

Wizkid and Davido were recently engaged in a fierce social media war on X.

Reacting, Lege Miami cautioned the duo to put themselves in order, saying he has reported the issue to Seyi Tinubu.

Speaking in a video message shared via his Instagram account, the actor said Tinubu has offered to reconcile Wizkid and Davido in the United Kingdom.

He said, “Wizkid and Davido both of you need to take time. I have reported you guys to Seyi Tinubu, he said he’ll fly to UK in three days to settle the fight.”

Efforts to reconcile Wizkid and Davido over the years have proved abortive, as the duo always rekindles their beef after every reconciliation.