SHE may not make the list of top Nigerian songstresses at the
moment, but vocal power house, Omawunmi has relaunched her career. The
music sensation is back with a new song titled Play na play, which she
features legendary singer, Angelique Kidjo. Omawunmi
In a recent interview, she describes her experience working with this music legend as refreshing and memorable.
“She is so good at what she does. Mama Angelique that is what I call
her. She doesn’t have any airs. She is playful, fun and very hygienic.
She sings effortlessly. When she was recording I was just in awe. I was
just saying: “I want to be slim like this”, I want to be energetic when I
am her age,” she said.
Narrating how difficult it was to reach out to her, Omawunmi said,
“It was difficult to get her, but it wasn’t difficult the moment I
reached her. With the help of my manager, he got in touch with her
through someone else that also doubles as a booking agent for me. It was
like a dream come true for me. When I was shooting with Angelique at
some point I started crying I couldn’t believe it. It was like a real
honour for me” she reveals.
– Toyin Aimakhu has been estranged from her husband – She was alleged to be dating Seun Egbegbe – Why her fan accused her of double dating
Toyin Aimakhu and her estranged husband
It seems controversial Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu is tired of
the hide and seek game concerning the state of her relationship with her
socialite lover Seun Egbegbe.
The actress who is having trouble with her marriage was alleged to
have been dating popular socialite who also sponsors movie production
Seun Egbegbe. Despite all the tell tales, pictures and other things
pointing to her dating Egbegbe, Aimakhu never agreed to dating him. The
closest she had come with the state their relation was when she agreed
that they are just friends and that she does visit him.
– Gbenga Adeyinka’s son clocks 21-years – The star trek host sends out loving words to celebrate his son – The ace comedian shares epic throwback photo of him and his son
Gbenga Adeyinka
Veteran Nigerian comedian Gbenga Adeyinka the first no doubt is a
brand in the entertainment industry where he holds forte as the grand
comedian of the federal republic of Nigeria.
On Friday, January 29, Gbenga Adeyinka took to his Instagram page to
sends heart melting message to celebrate his first son as he turned 21.
He posted a picture of him carrying his son Gbenga Junior when he was a
baby with the caption:
In a new chat with Hip TV, Mavin Records singer
Reekado Banks, has revealed the kind of relationship he has with YBNL
rapper Lil’ Kesh.
Reekado Banks’ victory at the Headies started the clash between Olamide and Don Jazzy.
In the interview, Reekado Banks said he wasn’t close
friends with Lil Kesh but maintained that they have a cordial
relationship despite the Headies drama.
“We weren’t the closest of friends like close,
close, close. It wasn’t like we talked everyday but we talked once in a
while. He called me once in a while. I called him once in a while. And
same as now, it still happens that way. There’s nothing really that has
changed” Reekado Banks told Hip TV.
Veteran musician Charly Boy and his wife of 36 years Lady Di have a unique love that has stayed true through decades together.
For
her birthday today, Charly Boy penned a sweet open letter to the love
of his life saying “This is what marriage should be like, but our
generation has turned it into something else.”
Following last Saturday’s demolition of the Artists’ Village at the
National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,
has asked the Federal Government to hold an open enquiry into the
incident and into the various controversies surrounding the national
edifice.
Speaking on Tuesday at Freedom Park, Lagos Island during a press
conference he called in the wake of the demolition where artists lost
works worth several millions of naira, their creative spaces and one was
shot in the leg, Professor Soyinka also demanded compensation for all
those who suffered losses in the exercise.
Soyinka, who described the demolition as a pre-emptive action by
those interested in acquiring the theatre and the expansive land around
it for their own selfish interest, said it was time government conducted
an open enquiry so that the issue of the National Theatre was resolved.
Chocolate City and EbonyLife TV have announced a strategic partnership called ‘Chocolate City Unsigned’,
a genuine homegrown reality TV show created to search for the next
Africa’s biggest music star, spearheaded by Chocolate City, one of
Africa’s biggest indigenous record labels, and EbonyLife TV, Africa’s
first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network and production
powerhouse.
This project was announced at a press conference which held on
January 28, 2016, and which had in attendance the Executive Chairman and
CEO of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu; President of Chocolate City Group, Audu
Makori; CEO of Chocolate City, Jude Abaga (M.I), as well as Victoria
Kimani, and other key Chocolate City talents.
ABUJA — THE House of Representatives, yesterday, described
former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letters to the leadership of the
National Assembly, accusing the lawmakers of greed, graft and
insensitivity to the declining state of the country’s economy, as
misdirected, saying they would not be distracted from performing their
constitutional duties.
Speaking at the National Assembly weekly briefing,
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public
Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, said the National Assembly will not be
distracted by Obasanjo’s letters, which also accused the legislature of
insincerity over its planned purchase of 469 cars worth N4.7 billion.
Namdas stated that the lawmakers have tremendous respect
for Obasanjo, adding, however, that the former president’s letters might
not have been meant for the 8th Assembly but rather the 4th or 5th
Assemblies.
“We have tremendous respect for the former President. We
don’t want to be distracted by letters. Probably the letter is not meant
for the 8th Assembly because we have cued in with President Muhammadu
Buhari. I think the letter is meant for the 4th or 5th Assemblies. It
was misdirected, “he said.
Olusegun Obasanjo
Commenting on the alleged sharing of N50m and 150
motorcycles to all members by the House Leadership, Namdas said the
matter would be investigated and appropriate actions taken.
Obasanjo introduced bribery to NASS—Melaye
Speaking on the issue in an interview with The Cable,
Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West, described Obasanjo’s letters as
misplaced anger and accused him of introducing corruption into the
National Assembly while pursuing a third term ambition.
Some staff of Imo State Government are now
facing an ordeal that no citizen of Nigeria
should be allowed to see. Persons who spent the better part of their
productive years in the service of their State should not be rewarded
with evil.
About 3,000 workers are said to have woken up one day and heard that the
Imo State Government was no longer responsible for their salaries
anymore. Yet, this is a government that had promised a better deal for
the people and employment for the army of the unemployed in the State.
According to our source, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State had
directed that workers in all the parastatals and agencies of the State
Government should be notified that the State Government would no longer
be responsible for their salaries.
L-R: Prince Uche Secondus | Prof Adeale Oladipo | Barr Ahmed Gulak
The
crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated yesterday,
with three different people claiming leadership of the party.
Those in the contention are, acting national chairman of the party,
Prince Uche Secondus, one-time special adviser to former president
Goodluck Jonathan, Barr Ahmed Gulak, and the party’s national secretary,
Prof. Adewale Oladipo.
The PDP Governors’ Forum had Wednesday night asked the embattled
Secondus to handover the leadership of the party to Prof. Oladipo.
The directive came few hours after Gulak had addressed a press
conference at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, where he
proclaimed himself as the substantive national chairman.
ENUGU—MASSOB, yesterday, dismissed
insinuation of championing the course of Biafra secession to colonise
the south-south geopolitical zone given its huge oil resources.
MASSOB was reacting to a statement credited to Sagir Mohammed wherein
he described the agitation for Biafra as a desperate ploy to colonize
the south-south region and tap the crude oil reserves as its economic
mainstay. File: MASSOB protests
Frowning at the comment, Leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Madu, in a
statement said: “MASSOB can never be intimidated, disorganized or shaken
because of some disgruntled, frustrated, confused, defeated people like
Sagir Mohammed who in frustration, alleged that Ndi Igbo wants to
capture and colonize the people of south-south with Biafra.
ABUJA—The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed February
4 to hear a fresh suit lodged against the Federal Government by the
convicted kingpin of the Boko Haram sect, Kabiru Umar. a.k.a. Kabiru
Sokoto.
The High Court had on December 20, 2013, convicted and sentenced
Sokoto to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of masterminding
the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded
75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church at Madalla, Niger State, in
2011. File: Boko Haram: Kabiru Sokoto Suspected Mandala Bomber Federal High Court in Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan
In his judgment, trial Justice Adeniyi Ademola said he was satisfied
that the federal government successfully established the culpability of
the convict beyond every reasonable doubt, noting that ‘Sokoto’ had in
two separate confessional statements, admitted that he had prior
knowledge of the attack.
The court noted that the accused person, throughout the trial, never
showed any remorse for his actions, describing him as “a pathological
liar with no regards for the truth.”
•Forensic auditing for 81 revenue generating agencies
The fund the deficit in the 2016 budget, the federal government plans
to increase tax collection by 20 per cent, Minister of Budget and
Planning Udoma Udo Udoma said yesterday.
Stressing that the government does not want to increase the suffering
of Nigerians, he said that the government will increase corporate tax
and Value Added Tax (VAT) collections.
He spoke with State House reporters after the National Economic
Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The Minister was accompanied by Governors Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos) Willy Obiano (Anambra) and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).
The
new governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has appointed Mr Edward
Onoja as his Chief of staff and Alhaji Abdulkarim Abdulmalik as his
Special Adviser on Media and Strategy.
A statement issued in
Lokoja on Wednesday to newsmen also said that Mr Kingsley Fanwo has been
appointed as the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor.
The statement said all the appointments took immediate effect.
The statement was personally signed by the new governor.
It
described Onoja, the new Chief of Staff, as a tested administrator who
rose to management positions in several blue chip companies in
financial, and oil and gas sectors.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have been
quizzing Nigeria’s former Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Adesola Amosu
in connection with the $2.1billion arms deals probe.
Amosun who was detained by the EFCC on Tuesday night, is expected to
shed light on more than 10 contracts valued at $930,500,960 which were
awarded by the Nigerian Air Force between January 2014 and February
2015 and why NAF bought used Mi-24V helicopters instead of Mi-35M
series.”
The other issues he was confronted with are:
Following last Saturday’s demolition of the Artists’ Village at the
National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,
has asked the Federal Government to hold an open enquiry into the
incident and into the various controversies surrounding the national
edifice.
