Category: Entertainment

After a long battle with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), following his arrest at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport in October 2011, over allegation that he was couriering drug en route to Paris, popular Yoruba movie comedian, Babatunde Omidina, aka Baba Suwe’s acting career could be said to have nosedived, earning him less visibility on the entertainment scene. But the thespian came to public eye again recently with the news of an undisclosed ailment, and this appears to be causing mixed feelings between his colleagues and fans. Fans…

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Seun Omogaji, popularly known as DJ Xgee in the social circle has committed suicide two days into the New Year. There are reports that the Lagos-based DJ took sniper insecticide in the early hours of the morning owing to some marital problems he has been having. In his last note on Instagram, he requested that people wear white rather than black when committing him to mother Earth: Okay there is a twist to this last respect ppl give to their loved ones when gone ….. Black as signs of sadness…

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The Oyo State Government has commenced reconstruction of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House, which was partially demolished in August. The government, in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication and Strategy, Mr Bolaji Tunji, said its intervention was informed by the acknowledgment of contravention of the state building code by the management of the Music House and the personal appeal by Ayefele to Governor Abiola Ajimobi. The statement noted that an appeal from various stakeholders in the state and the musician’s willingness to rectify the contraventions, which…

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Late Reggae star, Ras Kimono’s wife, Efemena Okedi was on Friday laid to rest at Atan cemetery, Yaba, Lagos. Okedi was Kimono’s manager and a member of his band when they were alive. She passed away at a Lagos hospital shortly after the death of her husband. The late Efe was buried at exactly 10.45 am in a solemn mood amid tears from friends and family. The officiating minister at the internment, Pastor Emmanuel Ajomafuwe, described the deceased as an epitome of love. “Death is inevitable. It is the most…

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In response to rumours of a romance between her and musician Wizkid, Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, says her relationship status was not a community project. Wizkid and Tiwa Savage set tongues wagging with the release of the steamy video, Fever, on Wednesday. Tiwa on her Instagram page @tiwasavage said, “Your relationship does not need to make sense to anyone except you and your partner. It’s a relationship, not a community project.” Some Nigerians, especially on Twitter, took the video as a confirmation of the long-standing relationship rumours between Tiwa Savage and Wizkid.…

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