World recognized Four-time Grammy nominated Afrobeat
legacy, Femi Kuti has declared he is not like his father Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti, and he is not trying to copy him.
After a Twitter user criticized Femi Kuti for not
being more like his father, the award winning musician stated that he
has never tried to step into his father’s footsteps.
“My purpose in life isn’t to be or copy my father bt 2 BE MYSELF.I love my father & I’m NOT in competition wt him” tweeted Femi Kuti.
Far
from speculations, Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu came out bold on
St. Valentine’s Day to declare her new lover, Seun Egbegbe, a film
marketer.
In romantic photo posture uploaded on Instagram, the actress said:
“Thanks to GOD for using you to bring happiness back to my life, you
will never know sorrow and happiness will not be far from you. May GOD
continue to bless and uplift you and may GOD give me the strength to be
able to pay you back.”
Few days back, Aimakhu’s estranged husband, Niyi Johnson posted
suggestive pictures on Instagram, holding tight to a lady whose face he
refused to show. With the pictures, Johnson earned the sympathy of fans,
most of who encouraged him to carry on with his life.
Recall that Niyi and Aimakhu have been separated following several
quarrels, linked to infidelity. Johnson had declared in some of his
interviews that his wife caught him cheating, and had pleaded with her
to forgive.
If these are not some publicity stunts, then recent events show that the couple are moving farther apart.
Some hours ago, the countdown to Illegal Music 3 – #IM3 – officially began with the release of ‘Everything’.
Now, Chocolate City President MI Abaga swiftly follows it up with the 2nd single along with a video titled “Phase II” featuring Moti Cakes.
‘I’m so cocky sometimes’, says Davido as he brags about how expensive his wristwatches are.
The award-winning singer showed off his new wristwatch on social
media and a fan asked how many he has. His response; ‘Just two but cost
like 20 cars lol I’m so cocky sometimes lol’.
His new Rolex wristwatch customized by New York based jeweler, Greg Yuna is said to be worth over $80k.
In May 2015, Greg Yuna who makes jewelries for American superstars like Drake, Floyd Mayweather and others made a customized ‘OBO‘ neck-piece for Davido valued at $55,000
It’s Valentine’s season and it seems everyone is talking about love.
Nollywood actress Beverly Naya had a chat with TheBrief.ng and she opened up about why she is still single.
She also talks about her movie role in “Suru L’ere” and more.
See excerpts below.
On being single:
Laughs… It’s not that they are not asking, they are asking. The main
issue my mom complains about is that I can be quite picky. I am picky
with reasons because I feel like I have a lot to offer. I don’t want to
settle down with the wrong guy. What’s the point? You work this hard,
you do so much for your life only for you to settle down with the wrong
guy! No, it doesn’t make sense to me. So that’s partly why I’m single.
The other reason is I’ve been really busy. I need a guy that understands
the nature of my job and doesn’t get so insecure because of what I do. I
know the right guy will find me when it’s time. I’m not keeping him a
secret, but I am dating at the moment. I am being quiet about that
because I don’t think that needs to be in the public just yet.
Barely
a week after her colleagues lashed at Ghanaian filmmaker; Leila Djansi
for referring to Nollywood as Adolf Hitler, Nigerian actress, Omotola
Jalade-Ekeinde took her 38th birthday celebrations to Accra, Ghana,
where she made merry with other female celebrities.
Actress Stella Damasus it was who first slammed the Ghanaian producer
for disparaging Nollywood, in an attempt to praise the new crop of
Nigerian filmmakers for their inventiveness. Others followed suit in a
renewed battle of supremacy between the film industries of Nigeria and
Ghana.
In defense of Nollywood, Damasus had listed Omotola amongst the
Nollywood actors she believed were insulted by Djansi’s utterance.
New reports reaching us say that popular Nigerian actress Monalisa Chinda, 41, is gearing up to say ‘I do’ again.
Reliable sources say that the actress is getting married in 2016 but
she is very determined to make sure the media and public do not know
about it.
The source further stated that Monalisa Chinda will be getting married this month, February.
The identity of Monalisa’s husband is Victor Ola-Coker who comes from the Niger-Delta region.
Monalisa Chinda’s traditional marriage will happen in February and
the white wedding will go down in May in the country of Greece.
An
inside source within Akwa Ibom State Government has spoken to
SaharaReporters about a shady deal Governor Udom Emmanuel and his
predecessor, former Governor Godswill Akpabio, struck with justices of
the Supreme Court of Nigeria prior to the apex court’s judgment on
Wednesday February 3, 2015 validating the state’s governorship election.
A
source close to the Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State told
SaharaReporters that the “negotiations” on how to “capture the Supreme
Court” started in late December of 2015, shortly after the Nigerian
Court of Appeal made an omnibus nullification of elections held
throughout Akwa Ibom State.
South Korea's unification minister announced at a press
conference that the country had decided to stop all operations at the
Kaesong Industrial complex.
SEOUL, Feb 10, 2016 (AFP) - South Korea said Wednesday it
would completely shut down a jointly run industrial park in North Korea,
which it claimed Pyongyang had been using to fund its nuclear and
missile programme.
Days after North Korea launched a rocket that
the international community says was a disguised missile test, Seoul
said it was closing the Kaesong estate - the first time it has ever done
so.
"Today, in order to stop funds of the Kaesong Industrial
Complex from being used to support the development of North Korea's
nuclear and missile capabilities ... the government has decided to
completely shut down" operations, a statement said.
The
Seoul-funded estate, just 10 kilometres (six miles) across the border in
North Korea, has been a precious source of hard currency for the
isolated and impoverished North since its opening.
Some 124 South Korean companies operate factories there, employing about 53,000 North Korean workers.
The
estate has been operating "with a view to assisting the lives of the
North Korean people, providing impetus to lifting up the North Korean
economy and achieving the shared progress for both South and North
Korea," the statement said.
(CNN)Dave
Mirra, whose dazzling aerial flips and tricks made him a legend in
freestyle BMX and one of the most successful competitors in X Games
history, died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,
police in North Carolina said.
He was 41.
Mirra's
body was found in a truck in his hometown of Greenville, North
Carolina, about 4 p.m. Thursday, shortly after he visited friends in the
area, Greenville police said.
When
Mirra retired from BMX competition in 2011, he had 24 X Games medals,
the most in the history of the ESPN-run extreme sports competition.
After recent military gains by Assad forces, Gulf kingdom ready to put boots on the ground in Syria’s escalating war.
Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition
leaders agree to the offer.
Saudi’s air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the
campaign began in Syria in September 2014, but the Gulf kingdom is now
ready to provide ground forces to defeat the armed group, a military
spokesman said on Thursday.
“Today, the Saudi kingdom announced its readiness to participate with
ground troops with the US-led coalition against ISIL, because we now
have the experience in Yemen,” Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri told Al
Jazeera.
Pope Francis at the Vatican
on Tuesday. For Francis, the meeting with the leader of the Russian
Orthodox Church is the result of delicate and sustained diplomacy.Credit
Andrew Medichini/Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will make a surprise trip to Cuba on Feb. 12 for a historic meeting with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church,
the first meeting between a pope and the Russian patriarch since the
eastern and western branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years
ago, the Vatican announced on Friday.
For
Francis, the meeting is the result of delicate and sustained diplomacy,
some of which began decades ago under Pope John Paul II, and it is
another important milestone in his efforts to reconcile the Roman
Catholic Church with Eastern Orthodox churches.
The breakthrough also highlights Francis’s ties to Cuba, as President Raúl Castro “was involved in organizing the meeting,” said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, at a news conference.
“The encounter has been under preparation for a long time — it wasn’t improvised,” Father Lombardi said.
He
said discussions had been underway “for at least two years,” and the
fact that both leaders planned to be in Latin America created the
possibility of a “neutral place” for a meeting.
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UN panel ruled Friday February 5, 2016, that the 'detention' of Julian
Assange should be ended after nearly four years in Ecuador's embassy in
London, stoking the Wikileaks founder's hopes of walking free.
LONDON
— A United Nations human rights panel has sided with WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange in his long-running battle with Swedish and British
authorities, saying he should be freed immediately and compensated for
the years he has lost.
The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which falls under the
offices of the U.N. human rights chief, said Assange has been
“arbitrarily detained” by Britain and Sweden since December 2010, when
he was first sought for questioning on allegations of sexual misconduct.
Sen. Marco Rubio accused the president of 'pitting people against each other' in Obama's visit to a mosque this week.
For years, President Obama avoided visiting a mosque in the
United States. While the White House never explained why, American
Muslims tended to believe he was afraid of the backlash such a visit
might inspire from conservatives.
On Wednesday, he finally visited the
Islamic Society of Baltimore, and much of the right’s reaction is
validating those suspicions. There was some outright dishonesty, like
Donald Trump’s implication that
Obama is a Muslim: “Maybe he feels comfortable there.” (Memo to The
Donald: He didn’t do this until the eighth year of his presidency.)
That’s standard Trump fare. More surprising was Marco Rubio’s response:
He gave a speech at a mosque, basically implying that America is
discriminating against Muslims. Of course there’s discrimination in
America, of every kind. But the bigger issue is radical Islam. This
constant pitting people against each other, I can’t stand that. It’s
hurting our country badly.
Reading Rubio’s remarks, anyone who heard Obama must have thought,
“Did he watch the same speech I did?” The answer is most likely not:
Rubio is in the middle of a hectic New Hampshire campaign swing, and
it’s hard to imagine he spent an hour watching Obama speak. Suffice it
to say that the president’s address bore little resemblance to
Rubio’s description.
