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Nigerian singer and rap artiste, Keshinro Ololade, known professionally as Lil Kesh has become a father.
The 26-year-old music star recently welcomed his first child.
Lil Kesh, took to his official Instagram page to announce the birth of his baby.
Sharing a photo of the new born, the ‘Shoki’ crooner wrote;
God is the greatest”
Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Wizkid Ayodeji Balogun has announced that he will be dropping a new album.
The Fever crooner made this known in a post on his Insta-story. He revealed that it will be dropped tonight by 11:11pm.
Wizkid however, did not mention the name of the album or any of the artistes featured.
The Starboy’s last album, Made In Lagos, was released in 2020 and it featured an array of likes like Damian Marley, Skepta, Burna Boy, Ella Mai, Tems amongst others.
Sharing the news of his new album, the music star wrote;
”New album tonight…11, 11.”
See below:
Musical rave of the moment, Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed popularly known as Bella Shmurda says he is set to drop a new track with Nigerian heavyweight artistes, Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid.
He made this known in a tweet via his official handle on Thursday 1st of April, 2021.
Fans of the music stars woke up to see a tweet by Bella stating that he would be dropping a new song with Starboy Wizzy, African Giant and OBO tomorrow, Friday 2nd of April.
His tweet reads; ”New Music featuring Wizkid, Burna Boy and Davido out tomorrow! Pre-save link on my IG bio”
See his post:
Being that he did not give too much details like the song title or a snippet of the track, some netizens believe it is an April Fool’s prank since today is April 1st.
Big Brother Naija star, KiddWaya has taken to social media to air his concerns about racism.
In a Twitter post, the reality star stated that he is yet to grasp why caucasians are yet to accept that there are wealthy Africans.
He revealed that he often receives a cold welcome and given a demeaning look whenever he visits a luxurious place or goes shopping overseas.
KiddWaya, the son of billionaire and socialite, Terry Waya stated that most white people neglect the fact that he is wealthy and could acquire the entirety of the supermarket should he choose to.
Here is what he wrote on Twitter;
10 yrs on. Still getting the same funny looks when I go to the supermarket as a black man. Like I couldn’t buy the whole store and replace every mf with a minority. But as usual I keep it moving because right now my blessings are too much. #whatsonyourmind
“However you want to see it, if I win. YOU win. I’m carrying the Nigerian flag with me wherever I go. It will always be US to the world.”
KiddWaya participated in the 2020 edition of the popular reality show, Big Brother Naija Lockdown.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday discharged and acquitted a PDP chieftain, Chief Raymond Dokpesi of corruption allegations against him and his company in a case bordering on procurement fraud and breach of public trust.
He was alleged to have received N2.1 billion from the Office of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), between October 2014 and March 2015 for services not rendered.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday, discharged and acquitted politician and media owner, Raymond Dokpesi and his company, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited, of charges of money laundering and breach of Procurement Act.
The charges was in relation to the disbursement of the N2.1 billion meant for arms purchase, when Col Sambo Dasuki was the National Security Adviser (NSA) in 2014, under President Goodluck Jonathan.
In two unanimous judgments, a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal upheld the two appeals by Dokpesi and Daar Investment, and set aside an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court, in Abuja, which rejected the no-case submissions made by the appellants.
Reading the judgments, Justice Elfreda Wiialims-Daudu held that the prosecution did not make out a prima facie case against the appellants and did not also establish the elements of the offences charge to warrant the appellants to be called upon to enter defence.
Dokpesi and Daar Investment were being tried before the Federal High Court on a seven-count charge of money laundering and breach of Procurement Act by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
At the conclusion of the prosecution’s case, after calling 14 witnesses, Dokpesi and his firm made no-case submissions, which Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a ruling on November 24, 2018 rejected and ordered them to enter their defence, a decision Dokpesi and Daar Investment appealed.
Nigerian sport enthusiasts and reality TV star, Ozoemena Joseph Chukwu simply referred to as Ozo has been appointed as an ECOWAS Youth Ambassador by the West Africa Youth Council.
The brand ambassador, made the announcement via his official social media handle on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
Excited over the development, Ozo, 27, pledged to deliver his duties and responsibilities to the best of his ability.
The former Big Brother Naija contestant also shared a photo of his official letter of appointment confirming him as an Ambassador.
Ozo wrote on Instagram:
”There are no boundaries with an ounce of hope “
We’re given opportunities in life to influence and impact not only our lives and that of our family but also or society.
It’s with great pride and honour that I will continue to be a great Ambassador for ECOWAS and my society.
With great privilege comes great responsibility and may we all not stray from this mindset.”
See his post below;
Nigerian singer-songwriter, David ‘Davido’ Adeleke has added another cap to his array of achievements.
The music star’s second studio album, ‘A Good Time’ has exceeded 200 million streams on Spotify.
The album which features guest appearances from stars like Chris Brown, Wurld, Naira Marley, Zlatan Ibile and Summer Walker has also broken the DMW boss’ record as his highest-streamed project of all time.
A Good Time has now become the second highest-streamed album by an African artiste on the music streaming platform.
The ‘Jowo’ singer had also announced in July 2020 that the album has amassed 1 billion streams on all digital streaming platforms.
Nigerian Hip Hop act, Erhiga Agarivbie, professionally known by his stage name, Erigga has decried the high cost of living in Nigeria.
The Warri-based rapper took to his official Twitter handle to sarcastically lament over the increased price of cigarettes which has further made living Nigeria murkier.
He complained about how Nigeria is so costly to live in that even to die young in the country is now expensive.
Cigarettes of 250 is now 500
Even to die young is now expensive in this country?” he wrote.
Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy has bagged a nomination in the 2021 BRIT Awards.
The Grammy award winner’s album, Twice As Tall was nominated in the International Male Solo Artiste Category.
In the nominees list which was released on the March 31st 2021, Burna boy was placed alongside international acts like Bruce Springsteen, Childish Gambino, The Weeknd, and Tame Impala in the ‘International Male Solo Artist’ category.
The event has been scheduled to hold on the 11th of May 2021.
This is Burna’s third nomination for a BRIT Award after being nominated twice in the 2020 edition of the Awards ceremony.
Nigerian reality TV star cum up-and-coming actress, Rebecca ‘Nengi’ Hampson recently met legendary musician Innocent Idibia aka Tubaba and she was visibly excited.
The ex-beauty queen who seems to be fully embracing her passion for acting shared a video showing the moment she met Tubaba on a movie set.
Nengi who is currently working alongside the singer’s wife, Annie Ibibia on a movie titled Nkoyo paid respect to the African Queen hitmaker.
In the video clip, Tubaba could be seen in the video making playful gestures with his hands as Nengi tilted the camera towards his direction.
Watch the video below:
Legendary Nigerian actor, Pete Edochie has revealed that the main reason women experience domestic violence in marriage is because of their feministic dispositions.
He stated this in an exclusive interview with BBC Igbo, adding that feminism has no place in Nigerian culture and Africans do not worship women like the whites do.
According to the 74-year-old, women of nowadays cannot cook and it is worrisome because cooking is an important quality a wife must possess.
He also said that women replying their husbands disrespectfully and challenging him triggers domestic violence.
In his words;
“Feminism isn’t something black people are known for. Once a woman leaves her parents to meet her husband and take his surname, she is to be submissive to him. If she wasn’t married, she can do whatever she wants.
“Women walk and show off their behinds, it’s so that men would find them. If you see such a woman and express your marriage interest, then she starts walking properly. Our women now plunge into feminism nowadays.
“They can’t even keep their husbands anymore. Is that a good thing? These women are schooled but a lot of wives now can’t even cook — one thing that a woman should be good in so as to be able to keep her husband.
My mother was not educated but she would cook all sorts of soups, including bitter leaf, oha, ogbono, okro, egusi, ukwa, and what have you. My father would always get back home hurriedly to eat what his wife had cooked.
“Today, our wives can’t even cook anymore. Women who can’t cook aren’t supposed to call themselves women. And feminism is what causes women to be beaten up in marriages. You complain to a woman and she retorts.
“It becomes unbearable, so you stretch your arm and deal her a slap. Domestic violence starts. I don’t like seeing women crying because it hurts me deeply. But it is the fault of the woman herself a lot of times.”
“To be honest, the understanding of women is low. I’m not a misogynist but I’ve associated with them a lot, even at work. Feminism has no place in our culture. We don’t worship women as the whites do.
In the west, women could join forces and accuse a male colleague of assault. The man resigns. This can’t happen in our culture. As a young woman, if pedestrians don’t admire you, you’d weep for fear of not being beautiful.
“I’m a strong adherent of culture. Kneeling to put a ring on a woman’s hands is not our culture. Any man who does that transfers the headship of his family to that woman. Until my dad died at 96, he never knelt to propose.
“It’s just like kneeling down on entering a church because there’s a higher being to whom you’re paying respect. Men climb trees to tap palm wine. How does it look if women do the same? Today women dictate to me.
“It wasn’t like that in our days. How women talk to men nowadays isn’t how we were raised. My mother was never beaten. My wife and I have been married for 52 years. I never beat. My five married sons don’t beat their wives.”
Controversial rapper, Naira Marley, real name Azeez Fashola has called out Nigerians for demonstrating hypocrisy in their musical choice.
According to the musician, he recently released a song titled; Coming which many people condemned because it promotes sexual activity, however, the same people are still the ones streaming and downloading it.
Recall that National Broadcasting Commission, NBC banned the song earlier this month and Naira Marley had lamented about the decision on social media.
However, days after Coming was dropped, the Marlian music boss says it has climbed to the top of the charts despite people pretending that they don’t listen to the track.
In his words;
”I released a sex song called “coming” in a country where everybody loves sex and lies about it and people think I’m stupid. Nobody’s listening to “coming” apparently but it’s on number 1.
I come in peace sha”
Read his tweet:
The religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome has been slapped with a sanction by the Office of Communications in the United Kingdom better known as Ofcom.
This was contained in a statement issued by Ofcom on Wednesday, March 31, which revealed that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6m) for breaching the country’s broadcasting code by disseminating misinformation on COVID-19.
The statement read in part, “Today we have fined Loveworld £125,000 for this breach of the broadcasting code. This was the second time in a year that the broadcaster breached our rules on accuracy in news and harm in its coverage of the coronavirus.”
Ripples Nigeria had reported in December 2020, about the broadcast of a 29-hour programme by Loveworld called the Global Day of Prayer, during which claims were made about the COVID-19.
According to the agency, these claims included the notion that the outbreak was ‘planned’, that the ‘sinister’ vaccine can be used to implant ‘nanochips’ that can control and cause harm to members of the public, and the debunked theory that the virus was somehow caused by 5G.
The statement further read, “Ofcom stresses that legitimate debate about the official response to the coronavirus pandemic is fundamental to holding public authorities to account during a global health crisis - particularly when public freedoms are curtailed and complex policy decisions are being taken.
“However, the inaccurate and potentially harmful claims made during this programme were unsupported by any factual evidence and went entirely without challenge.
Ofcom was particularly concerned that this breach followed previous, similar breaches in 2020 during the investigation of which, Loveworld Limited gave Ofcom a number of assurances as to how it would improve its compliance procedures.”
Wole Soyinka was born Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka on July 13, 1934, in Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. His father, Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, was a prominent Anglican minister and headmaster. His mother, Grace Eniola Soyinka, who was called “Wild Christian,” was a shopkeeper and local activist. His father, Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, was headmaster of the parsonage primary school, St. Peter’s. Known as “S.A.,” Wole Soyinka calls him “Essay” in his memoirs.
Although the Soyinka family had deep ties to the Anglican Church, they enjoyed close relations with Muslim neighbors, and through his extended family — particularly his father’s relations — Wole Soyinka gained an early acquaintance with the indigenous spiritual traditions of the Yorùbá people. Even among practicing Christians, belief in ghosts and spirits was common. The young Wole Soyinka enjoyed participating in Anglican services and singing in the church choir, but he also formed an early identification with Ogun, the Yorùbá deity associated with war, iron, roads and poetry.
A precocious and inquisitive child, Wole prompted the adults in his life to warn one another: “He will kill you with his questions.”
EDUCATION
Thanks to his father, young Wole Soyinka enjoyed access to books, not only the Bible and English literature but to classical Greek tragedies such as the Medea of Euripides, which had a profound effect on his imagination. A precocious reader, he soon sensed a link between the Yorùbá folklore of his neighbors and the Greek mythology underlying so much of western literature.
He had his elementary schooling at St. Peter’s School, Ake, Abeokuta, 1938-43; Abeokuta Grammar School, 1944-45 and then proceeded to Government College, Ibadan, 1946-50. His university studies was at University College, Ibadan (now University of Ibadan), 1952-54. After finishing preparatory university studies in 1954, Soyinka moved to England and continued his education at the University of Leeds, Yorkshire. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 1958. (In 1972 the university awarded him an honorary doctorate).
After graduating from the University of Leeds, Wole Soyinka continued to study for a master’s degree while writing plays drawing on his Yorùbá heritage. His first major works, The Swamp Dwellers and The Lion and the Jewel, date from this period. In 1958, The Lion and the Jewel was accepted for production by the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Beginning in the late 1950s, the Royal Court was the major venue for serious new drama in Britain. Soyinka interrupted his graduate studies to join the theater’s literary staff. From this post, he was able to watch the rehearsal and development process of new plays at a time when the British theater was entering a period of renewed vitality. His own next major work was The Trials of Brother Jero, expressing his skepticism about the self-styled elite of black Nigerians who were preparing to take power from the British colonial regime.
AWARDS
His numerous awards include: Dakar Festival award, 1966; John Whiting award, 1967; Jock Campbell award (New Statesman), for fiction, 1968; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1986; Benson Medal, 1990; Premio Letterario Internazionalle Mondello, 1990. D. Litt: University of Leeds, 1973, Yale University, University of Montpellier, France, University of Lagos, and University of Bayreuth, 1989. Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (U.K.); member, American Academy. Named Commander, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1986, Order of La Legion d’Honneur, France, 1989, and Order of the Republic of Italy, 1990; Akogun of Isara, 1989; Akinlatun of Egba
CIVIL ROLE
Soyinka also played a prominent role in Nigerian civil society. As a faculty member at the University of Ife, he led a campaign for road safety, organizing a civilian traffic authority to reduce the shocking rate of traffic fatalities on the public highways. His program became a model of traffic safety for other states in Nigeria.
POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Soyinka is also a political activist, and during the civil war in Nigeria he appealed in an article for a cease-fire. He was arrested for this in 1967, and held as a political prisoner for 22 months until 1969.
Meanwhile, Soyinka continued his criticism of the military dictatorship in Nigeria. In 1994, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named Wole Soyinka a Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of African culture, human rights and freedom of expression. Less than a month later, a new military dictator, General Sani Abacha, suspended nearly all civil liberties. Soyinka escaped through Benin and fled to the United States. Soyinka judged Abacha to be the worst of the dictators who had imposed themselves on Nigeria since independence. He was particularly outraged at Abacha’s execution of the author Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was hanged in 1995 after a trial condemned by the outside world. In 1996, Soyinka published The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Memoir of the Nigerian Crisis. Predictably, the work was banned in Nigeria, and in 1997, the Abacha government formally charged Wole Soyinka with treason. General Abacha died the following year, and the treason charges were dropped by his successors.
Now considered Nigeria’s foremost man of letters, Soyinka is still politically active and spent the 2015 election day in Africa’s biggest democracy working the phones to monitor reports of voting irregularities, technical issues and violence, according to The Guardian. After the election on March 28, 2015, he said that Nigerians must show a Nelson Mandela–like ability to forgive president-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s past as an iron-fisted military ruler.
When asked What advice or encouragement would you give to your grandchildren? What would you like to leave behind as a verbal footprint, the literary icon echoed
” That question comes up again and again, and I say that I don’t really know. I think it’s up to people to decide what they want to extract from what I’ve done, or left undone. But the advice I always give to my young children, or to young writers, or those who want to be activists in some way, who come to me and say, “What shall we do about this situation? How can we contribute?” I just say, “Follow your instincts.” Don’t feel you have to follow the paths of others, because you may not be temperamentally fitted for it. And so you’ll just harm yourself and your cause and others. But just follow your instinct, and don’t ever pretend to be what you’re not.”
A video has captured the shocking moment American musicians, Quavo & Saweetie got in an altercation in an elevator.
The incident reportedly happened before their breakup.
Although both of them claimed that the other was at fault, fans speculated that Quavo’s infidelity was the reason behind the split.
However, TMZ shared a new video showing the two of them fighting over unknown reasons.
The surveillance clip shows both of them standing outside an open elevator. When the doors open, Saweetie is swinging at Quavo.
Quavo dodges the hit before Saweetie grabs an orange Call of Duty case. There’s a struggle over the case before Quavo pulls Saweetie down to the ground.
Saweetie remains on the elevator floor as Quavo looks down at her but doesn’t help her up.
Watch a video of the below:
The Migos rapper’s action has been condemned by social media users.
@fbgwayno: saweetie shouldn’t have swung on quavo & quavo should’ve just left her alone instead of dragging her into that elevator
@spicebae_: to see that video of Saweetie and Quavo and thinking back to when she announced they broke up and Quavo having the audacity to say, “you’re not who i thought you were.” is mind blowing. the toxicity, the gaslighting, the narcissism. holy shit. i’m happy she walked away from him.
@ovocartier: one thing quavo got goin for him is that he never hit Saweetie, so they cant even say he was abusing her or some shi
@playboixcarson: I cannnnnnnnotttttt stand when niggas on here put these male celebs to some pedestal like they can’t do no wrong like who tf is Quavo. Who tf is Tory? Are they MLK? Help me understand.
Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has alleged that Chioma Rowland’s bride price has been refunded to Davido and his family, leaving him with not right to claim his son, according to Igbo traditions.
This is coming after photos of the ace musician kissing his newly found love, Mya Yafai, leaked online.
According to Kemi Olunloyo in an Instagram post, Davido has been handed back the bride price he paid on Chioma’s head.
The move automatically makes his son, Ifeanyi Jr, the last born of Chioma‘s family according to the Igbo tradition of a child born out of wedlock.
The journalist wrote;
“Chioma’s bride price has been refunded. You can now stop fasting and praying for David.”
See her post:
Popular Nigerian singer-songwriter, David Adeleke also known as Davido has broken silence following the circulation of photos showing him kissing American model, Mya Yafai.
Yesterday, the DMW boss topped trending topics after pictures of him kissing Mya in a party in America surfaced online.
It created further tension as his relationship with Chioma, was reportedly shaky after he was alleged to be dating the Instagram model with whom he spent some time in St. Maarten.
Social media users were divided on the matter as some sided with the Omo Baba Olowo while others tilted towards Chioma’s camp.
But amid the whole drama, Davido has now made his first tweet, which is suggestive of someone who is aware of all that’s happening and being said about him.
See his post below:
A Nigerian man has contributed to the trending discourse regarding top Afrobeat musician, Davido, his alleged new girlfriend Mya Yafai and fiancée, Chioma Rowland.
Recall that some photos of Davido kissing American model, Mya Yafai stirred massive reactions on social media as it came at a time that he was reportedly having issues with Chioma, the mother of his son.
The DMW boss was recently accused of sleeping with the video vixen who is an ex-girlfriend to popular American female rapper, Young M.A. while holidaying in St. Maarten.
Speaking amid the relationship drama, the concerned man who spoke via Twitter, said Chioma needs to work on herself because she is to blame for Davido choosing to cheat.
According to him, Chioma must have been lacking something, because if that wasn’t the case, the music star would not have looked at another woman.
He wrote; ”Chioma should work on herself tho; I’m damn sure if she wasn’t lacking anything Davido won’t look outside”
See his post:
Nigerian Disc Jockey, Ayorinde Kehinde Okiki popularly known as DJ Kaywise has announced he has forthcoming songs with top American act, DJ Khaled and afrobeat heavyweights, Davido, and Wizkid.
He made the revelation during an interactive session with fans on Twitter with the hashtag “#joornation.
The ‘Highway’ hitmaker also disclosed that his Joor Concert is around the corner.
In a series of tweets, DK Kaywise hinted about having to-be-released projects each with Wizkid, Davido and DJ Khaled.
Big Brother Naija 2019 contestant, Cindy Okafor has urged Nigerians to deeply consider giving birth to their children in a developed country.
According to her, the best thing any Nigerian can do for their unborn child is to give them dual citizenship.
She stated this via her official social media handles, explaining that the country is difficult for many.
Cindy further added people should put ‘getting dual citizenship’ for their kids as part of their prayer point.
In her words;
”Best thing you can do for your unborn kids, is give them dual citizenship..
”9ja & another developed country,
”e no easy but try put am for prayer point.”
