Nigerian dancer and Influencer, Jane Mena has taken to social media to join a trend about claiming things that don’t belong to them.
She shared a video of herself and a man believed to be her husband, then she mocked people who have been expecting her marriage to crash because of the scandal involving Tonto Dikeh’s ex-lover, Prince Kpokpogri.
Recall that weeks ago, Kpokpogri allegedly claimed in a leaked audio that he’s been having an affair with her, though he later denied making such statement.
In a recent post, Jane Mena affirmed interest in posting men that are not hers just to get attacked on social media.
“Na man wey no be my own, wey dem go take drag me for social media I wan dey post now,” she wrote.
Sharing a video, she added; “My face when people really think they can destroy what they didn’t create.”
Nigerian comedienne and skit-maker, Taaooma has tendered an aploogy after being called out for paying a visit to Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
Recall that Taaooma alongside some skit-makers under the aegis of Nigeria Skits Industry Awards (NSIA), led by its promoter, Bimbo Daramola visited Aso Villa on Wednesday, November 3.
Some of the comic actors that were present at the meeting in the Presidential villa, are Josh2Funny, Taaooma, Mr Hyenana and Woli Agba.
Their visit was greeted with backlash from fans who felt they went for selfish reasons. Taaooma and Josh2Funny received a huge portion of the condemnation owing to their popularity.
Activist and social media influencer, Rinu Oduala also condemned the deception surrounding their visit as she noted that they visited the Presidential Villa to promote the skits awards but they made young Nigerians believe that they went to talk about Twitter ban and persistent Police harassment.
Taking to Twitter, Taooma apologized and said that she initially declined the invitation to visit the VP, but later changed her mind.
According to her, she thought it would be a great idea to use the opportunity to talk to Osinbajo about salient issues regarding the youths.
In her words; ”.. I was going to wallow in my “shame” and keep mute. But with the way it’s going, it seems the wound will keep getting deep. The organizer of the “skit awards” needed more publicity for the event, secured a meeting with the VP and invited so many “skit makers”
I also declined at first as many others. But then, at the die minute, I gave it a rethink: what if I pull a Trojan? Gain access to the state house with this “skit awards” thingy and say mymind on hot issues. Unfortunately for us, after passing through many security checks all our
Electronic devices were collected. I couldn’t even go live or record videos. All I did was do what others didn’t want to. And trust me, the VP himself was shocked when I started speaking about those issues as that wasn’t his expectations.
I’m really sorry if I have offended anyone by going that way, but I achieved my aim. I said all I could straight to the VP. The VP’s media team were in charge of photos and videos, I might have fully declined if I knew that I won’t be able to go in with my camera or phone.
The pictures taken after were sent to the “skit awards” pr team. That’s why the photos went out before we got our own hands on it. I started getting tags and some even said I was being “called out”. My plan was to get the video as soon as it’s ready and post it. But I had no choice than to immediately post the available photo and state what happened at the meeting. I hope when the video is ready, everyone will know I’m saying nothing but the truth and my conscience is clear. Once again, I apologize deeply to everyone who felt disappointed.”
Nigerian Grammy-award winner, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun better known as Wizkid is set to headline the 2021 Afrochella in Ghana, Billboard reports.
Wizkid will lead the lineup for the one-day festival set to return to El Wak Stadium in Accra for the fifth annual event.
This year’s Afrochella which is the 5th edition is themed “Made in Africa” and it is scheduled to hold December 28.
Afrochella, which is presented by Culture Management Group, aims to amplify the voices of its people and bring Africa’s most talented creatives, artists and entrepreneurs to the world stage.
This year’s event sponsors include Twitter, YouTube, Klooma and First National Bank.
“In the last five years, we’ve made a significant impact on Ghana and its surrounding communities through our Afrochella events. This year, we’re thrilled to return back to El Wak Stadium to celebrate our fifth-year anniversary and to support the revitalization of Ghana’s travel & hospitality industry.
We look forward to welcoming travelers back to the country to once again safely enjoy live events,” CEO and co-founder of Afrochella, Abdul Karim Abdullah said in a release.
The music star also took to his Twitter account to announce share a promotional image for the event.
This year’s Afrochella will also feature 16 cuisines from 16 regions in Ghana and a rising star challenge. Highlights from this year’s art include an exhibition by Rita Benissan SiHene, Afrochella Music Museum: Exhibition History of Ghana and Scarecrow Art Installation.
Fashion will also be prominently featured with African Fashion Night Out in Collaboration with Debonair Afrikk, Afrochella Runway – Exhibition Space for Ghanaian Fashion Designers and Afrochella x Daily Paper Fashion events Bandana Collab.
A Kenyan landlord shocked the occupants of his building with the action he took to try and secure rent payment from them.
The landlord from Kunda Kindu area in Kitui town of Kenya locked the gate to his tenants’ apartment with a live snake because they failed to pay up their accumulated rent arrears comprising September and October.
The man identified as Samuel Kioko discreetly wrapped the snake on building gate while the tenants were away for work.
Tenants returned home to see the moving snake which is said to be a diabolical one as it failed to crawl away from the gate despite not being bound.
Uduak Frank Akpan, the first accused person in the murder of Iniubong Umoren, a job seeker in Akwa Ibom State has made a U-turn, pleading not guilty to the case.
Akpan is standing trial over the murder of Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo whom he allegedly lured, raped and murdered under the guise of offering her a job.
It could be recalled that Akpan, the prime suspect had at the beginning of the trial by Justice Bennett Illaumoh pleaded guilty to killing late Ms Umoren.
The court now presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang has begun the de novo trial and Akpan who appeared before the court alongside the 2nd accused(his father) and 3rd accused(Sister) made a u-turn and pleaded not guilty to the two-count charges of murder and rape preferred against him.
His father, Frank Akpan and his sister, Anwan Bassey Akpan respectively pleaded not guilty to the charge of accessory before the fact and obstructing arrest.
The plea came even as the chairman of Uruan local government area, Surveyor Iniobong Ekpeyong and one Kufre Effiong who were given witness summon appeared and gave evidence in court.
Giving his evidence before the court, the local government chairman who is the first prosecution witness told the court how he facilitated the arrest of the first accused who incidentally is his cousin.
He told the court that he learnt about the murder of Iniubong Umoren when his attention was drawn to a social media post that the second accused, and father of the first accused, Mr Frank Akpan had been arrested by the police.
Ekpenyong said he received calls from various corners asking him to intervene because the second accused person, Frank Akpan, a retired deputy director in the Federal Ministry of Health was sick and needed urgent medical treatment.
According to the chairman, he called one of his cousins, one Kufre Effiong and the DPO of Uruan LGA who converged at his Ewet Housing residence where the first accused person admitted killing the jobseeker by hitting her with an object.
Trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang who adjourned the case to Monday, November 15, 2021 promised to give an accelerated hearing with a view to passing judgement before Easter, 2022.
American singer and actress, Diana Danelys De Los Santos also known as Amara La Negra, has announced that she’s pregnant with a set of twins.
She shared the news during an interview with PEOPLE, saying that she noticed something different in August while filming Love & Hip Hop Miami.
“I felt so nauseous that I thought the food was making me sick. My woman’s intuition told me: ‘Do a pregnancy test’. I did the test, and it came back positive,” she said.
La Negra also said that felt scared finding out about her pregnancy; “I was nervous. The first thing I thought about was in my work and my projects, having to tell my mom: ‘My life is going to change!
I’m not going to lie, it took me like two days to process everything that had just happened. I started to cheer myself up because at the beginning [I felt] a lot of fear,” the songwriter told PEOPLE.
According to the actress, she traveled to the Dominican Republic to oversee real estate investments and to visit a gynecologist.
“I had only done a urine [home pregnancy] test. When the [nurse] does the sonogram, she says: ‘Wow, there are two gestational sacs.’ I was happy, surprised, but I couldn’t process what she was telling me.”
La Negra, just like her mother Ana María Oleaga, is planning to be a single mom.
“In my case, I woke up pregnant like the Virgin Mary. I woke up pregnant and that’s all I remember. I will be a single mother. I know my babies will depend on me.
Father is not the one who makes the child but the one who raises it. In time, if God grants me the blessing of finding the right man, one who supports me, who accepts me with my children, then Amen, he will be well received. But I feel blessed, and I am so happy that I sometimes forget that [I’ll be a single mom]. I am more focused on my babies,” she added.
The pregnancy news comes as months after she suffered a miscarriage in July.
Popular Nigerian rapper, Erhiga Agarivbie better known as Erigga, on Thursday, revealed that he has quit smoking.
The Warri-based artiste took to his Twitter account to make the announcement.
Erigga joins a list of other celebrities like Don Jazzy and Tekno who had previously announced their decision to quit smoking.
He wrote on Twitter: ”I have officially stopped smoking”
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In other news, Nigerian actor and Instagram Influencer, Uche Maduagwu has penned some thought-provoking words for celebrities.
He condemned his colleagues showing off flashy cars, money and luxurious items online and choosing to ignore fans who beg for financial assistance.
Uche wrote; ”Giving to the poor makes Jesus happy. It makes no sense for we celebs to show off expensive cars, jewelry and Dollars on social media but ignore our fans when they beg us for assistance”
Ace Nigerian singer and music executive, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has shown that he knows how to take care of his stomach as a bachelor.
The superstar recently hopped in the kitchen to became a chef for a few hours as he showed off his cooking skills.
Davido prepared an English breakfast for himself and took to social media to share a video of the outcome.
In the post on his Instagram stories, he quoted a trending Nigerian phrase saying; “nah food wey I cook nah him I wan dey post now”.
Nigerian comedian and stand-up act, Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth, has revealed why he is ‘beefing’ Grammy-winning singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid.
A fan of Wizkid had reacted to a tweet of his from 2009 where he made a joke about eating at a fast food.
”Imagine make you dey chop fast food slowly?” BigWiz tweeted.
People found it funny, so the fan identified as @SugeOfTheWest stated that it was because of such tweet that Basketmouth is beefing him.
In response, Basketmouth jokingly lamented about how Wizkid is always winning at everything.
He said that what is between him and Starboy is not just BEEF anymore, but now a cattle ranch.
The actor wrote; ”It’s not even BEEF anymore, it’s a full cattle ranch right now. The boy is always winning and breaking new crazy records. Na only him dey? Abeg abeg.”
Popular Nigerian musician, Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael better known as Zlatan, has lamented over the Nigerian government’s neglect towards the people it swore to serve.
He made the statement during a chat with Spotify UK and Who We Be Talks podcast in the United Kingdom, where he is currently on tour.
Zlatan was asked about how life in Lagos state is and he responded by saying that it is a city of hustlers, and the drive to succeed is very glaring.
The rapper noted that Lagos is a fun place filled with creative young people who try to make a living via social media.
He also said that this drive to succeed is why people do not rest in Lagos state.
Nigerian rapper and singer, Zlatan Ibile has spoken on the peculiarities of living in the commercial city of Lagos, Nigeria.
According to the ”Lagos Anthem” crooner, the state is a fun place to live in but there are challenges its residents contend with on a daily basis.
Speaking during a Spotify UK sponsored chat on Who We Be Talks podcast, Zlatan said that Lagosians are hustling hard to survive but many of them are hungry.
He also decried neglect of the Nigerian government, saying that they do not care about the people.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigerian comedians are the funniest in the world.
A statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande on Wednesday, said Osinbajo spoke during a courtesy visit by a team of young skit-makers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I don’t think that anybody anywhere is as funny as Nigerian comedians,” the VP said.
The delegation, which came under the aegis of the Nigeria Skits Industry Awards was led by its promoter, Bimbo Daramola.
Others on the delegation were Maryam Apaokagi aka Taaooma, Josh Alfred (Josh2funny), Ayo Ajewole (Woli Agba), Adebamiro Adeyanju (Mr Hyenana) and Adeoye Adeyemi Elesho (Yemi Elesho).
Speaking during the courtesy visit, Osinbajo said; “I strongly believe that what our young people are doing and what they are capable of is what will lead our country to where we are meant to be.
“The future is not tomorrow; it is already here and we can see it from just everything you are doing, the global acclaim that you are getting; young people like yourselves, doing something good.
“I think that we have incredible talent and we must do something about it, to enable these talents and we must ask ourselves questions on setting realistic goals that can enable these talents flourish. I must say that just based on the sheer creativity around this, I don’t think that anybody anywhere is as funny as Nigerian comedians.”
The Vice President also urged the young skit makers to use their large online followership for the good of the nation while pledging that the Federal Government would continue to create an enabling environment for the growth and development of youths in the country.
Osinbajo further intimated the group on the government’s efforts to boost the Nigerian entertainment sector via the Technology and Creative Advisory group which aims to shape policies to encourage the growth of the sector.
He said; “Why I think this engagement (with skit comedians) is important is because this is the way to go. Let us sit down and look at all the issues and come out with realistic positions that can then become policies, and what sort of support will be required.”
American recording artiste, Moneybagg has revealed that he is a big fan of Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems and wants to work with her.
Taking to his verified microblogging site, Twitter on Wednesday, November 3, the American singer real name DeMario DeWayne White applauded Tems’ ‘raw’ vocals before unveiling his intentions.
His tweet reads, “I need to do a song with Tems ASAP. She’s too raw.”
This comes after Tems featured on Wizkid’s banger, ‘Essence’ and on Drake’s ‘Fountain.’
Also, Ripples Nigeria also confirmed that the 26-year-old Afrobeats singer recently received five nominations at the 2021 Soul Train Awards.
Earlier in the year, Moneybagg Yo’s album, ‘A Gangster’s Pain’ was the top selling album in the US, before Drake’s Certified Lover Boy.
Popular Nigerian Disc Jockey and billionaire daughter, Florence Otedola aka DJ Cuppy has said advised people to forgive but never forget.
Her advise comes just days after she made a surprise appearance at singer, Zlatan Ibile’s show in London where they settled their long-standing differences.
Although they hugged on stage and said that there is no beef, Cuppy has taken to social media to make a case for people to never forget what others have done to them.
She further said that they can choose to learn from their mistakes while not regretting actions taken in the past.
DJ Cuppy concluded by saying that no matter what happens, or the decision taken, they should always remember that ”life goes on”.
Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has taken to her social media page to distance herself from allegations that she patronized relationship therapist Jaruma’s ‘love enhancer’ product to solidify her affair with her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko.
According to Daniels, she has nothing to do with Jaruma.
Jaruma is renowned for selling the love enhancement product, ‘kanyamatta’ to primarily female social media users and celebrities alike to aid them in holding firm their relationship with their love interest. In a lengthy post shared via her Instagram page on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the movie star issued a disclaimer insisting that she has no business with the popular trader, Jaruma.
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