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BURNA BOY ACQUIRES MULTI-MILLION NAIRA MANSION IN LEKKI

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Nigerian singer and the self acclaimed "African Giant", Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna  Boy recently got himself an eight-bedroom and massive swimming pool mansion in Lekki, Lagos. The music star once again gifted himself a luxurious and massive property worth millions of naira  just a few weeks after buying a super expensive Ferrari worth about N100m.

EX-BBNAIJA'S KHAFI NARRATES EXPERIENCE AFTER SURVIVING CAR ACCIDENT UNHURT

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Former Big Brother Naija 2019 housemate, Khafi Kareem was involved in a car accident and she has taken to social media to narrate her experience after surviving the incident. According to the reality star, her car got stuck inside a drainage system and it took the help of three men to get the vehicle out of the gutter as she remained terribly shaken by what had happened. She noted that the experience almost made her vow never to get behind the wheel of a car again but she remembered that she is a goal getter and would not give up so easily. She wrote; " So I drove my car into a gutter yesterday. It took 3 men to help me lift the car out and I was really shaken by the whole thing,  I almost said I'm never going to drive again. But then I remembered I'm a # GoalGetter , we don't give up so easily!! # KhafisGoalGetters . Its a long story to explain how it happened, I might do a storytime video on YouTube lol! But yes me and Lady Foxy are fine, thank you eve

RIHANNA AND BILLIONAIRE BOYFRIEND, HASSAN JAMEEL PART WAYS AFTER DATING FOR THREE YEARS

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American singer, Rihanna has reportedly split from her billionaire boyfriend, Hassan Jameel after three years of dating. According to US Weekly magazine, the reason for the split between the singer and the Saudi Arabian businessman, who are both 31 is still unknown and neither of them has issued a statement since their break up. The estranged lovers started dating officially in January 2017, but a close source to them revealed that Rihanna and Jameel had been dating months earlier. Before their break up, the two had kept their relationship very private. News of their dating hit the airwaves after they were photographed making out in a pool in Spain. According to Elle , the last time Rihanna was photographed on a date with

"SUGAR RUSH" IS BACK AT THE CINEMAS AFTER ONE-WEEK SUSPENSION

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Final approval and reinstatement has been granted to new Nollywood movie, "Sugar Rush". This was announced by the movie producer, Jade Osiberu on her Instagram page on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Thanking everyone who reached out during the ban, she went on to thank the NFVCB for helping get the movie back at the cinemas in her post. She wrote; "We got such an outpouring of love in the last week, I couldn’t respond to all the calls and messages but your kind words and prayers were very encouraging ❤️❤️❤️Thank you soo much everyone. Thanks in particular to @alhadedayothomas and the @nfvcb for helping to get us back on the big screen and for the unwavering support of the industry. This film is really special, you guys made it special. This weekend is our official opening weekend now 😂😂😝 Take everyone you know to go see Sugar Rush for yourself!!! #SugarRush #SugarRushMovie," . The Executive Director of the NFVCB, also issued a statement on the

SWANKY JERRY DEFENDS TOKE MAKINWA AND HUSHPUPPY, SAYS ONLY POOR AND BITTER PEOPLE ASK HOW THEY MAKE MONEY

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Celebrity stylist Jeremiah Ogbodo, popularly known as Swankyjerry has taken to social media to defend socialites, Toke Makinwa and Hushpuppy from people asking them how they make their money. According to him, it is nobody's business to know how they make their money and only poor people ask such questions. He also advised people to stop following their lifestyle if they do not like it, adding that  they can start by following billionaires' like Bill Gates, Dangote and if they wanted a mentor. He also made it known that many celebrities and socialites have multiple streams of income but they do not show it online. He wrote; " It’s so funny how you never see a rich person asking how celebs make their money ... it’s mostly people who never chop bellyful asking these questions .... Why must celebrities be your only inspiration ? There are people like dangote , folorunsho alakija , femi otedola , mark Zuckerberg , bill gates ,and many more that could inspire you .....

UBI FRANKLIN BAGS POLITICAL APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL ADVISER ON TOURISM TO CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR

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Music entrepreneur, Ubi Franklin has joined the list of celebrities to score political appointments as he joins the executive cabinet of the Cross River state governor, Ben Ayade, being appointed as the special adviser on tourism to the Cross River governor. The music mogul and businessman shared the exciting news with his fans and followers on his Instagram page  on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. According to him, he was not only honoured but also delighted to be functioning in the Tourism sector, noting that it is an honour for him to be called upon to be of service considering how much the sector is dear to his heart. Sharing a lengthy acceptance speech; "*APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL ADVISER* I, Ubi Ekapong Ofem (Ubi Franklin) wish to inform the public that I have been appointed Special Adviser on Tourism to His Excellency, Professor Benedict Ayade, Governor of Cross River State. It is indeed an honour to be deemed fit by His Excellency to serve the good and resilient people

SPEED DARLINGTON FIGHTS MOTORCYCLIST IN YABA AFTER REFUSING TO PAY HIS FARE

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Controversial Nigerian singer, Speed Darlington has been spotted in Yaba involved in a tussle with a motorcyclist for refusing to pay his fare. he was seen struggling to get his bag back from the man who insists on getting paid. Eventually, Speed Darlington gets off the bag and immediately flees the scene without paying his fare. According to the motorcyclist, Darlington refused to pay his fare despite been taken on a long trip. The desperate man held on to his bag and refusing to let go as he demands for his money. After he succeeded in retrieving his bag from the motorcyclist, Darlington immediately flees the scene, having seen the growing crowd.

NIGERIAN SINGER, ARAMIDE WELCOMES BABY GIRL

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Beautiful Nigerian Afro-soul singer, Aramide Sarumoh, professionally known as Aramide welcomes baby girl with husband, Pelumi Alli. She shared an adorable photo of her daughter and her name with fans. The award-winning singer and song writer is surely excited at motherhood as she took to her Instagram page to share the good news with fans. Sharing the baby's picture, she captions; “ Our Precious and Perfect Gift from God. Anjolaoluwa Charis Alli. 26:12:19. The biggest blessing of the decade for us. Thank you God for everything Happy New Year!”.

DRAKE SET TO VISIT NIGERIA IN MARCH 2020 AS PART OF SIX-CITY AFRICAN TOUR

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Grammy award winning rapper, Drake will visit Nigeria in March 2020 as part of a six-city tour of Africa. These cities include Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. According to Business Insider SSA , he will visit three cities in South Africa, two cities in Nigeria and one city in Ghana. This joins the growing list of foreign superstars who have been visiting Nigeria. In December 2019, Cardi B and Future visited Nigeria. Here is the schedule for the performances and city stops; South Africa (Johannesburg) on March 18, 2020                                                                                                                                                                                                        

BEYONCE SURPRISE CARDI B WITH HUGE ADIDAS X IVY PARK COLLECTION GIFTS

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American singer, Beyoncé surprises popular rapper, Cardi B with some items from her yet to be released Adidas collection. The rapper took to her Instagram page where she shared a video of the yet to be released Adidas x Ivy Park Collections. "That new @weareivypark 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 bomb 💣 💣💣💣💣," she captioned the video. In the video, the multiple award-winning rapper and mother of one happily screamed in excitement about how she was gifted a whole closet filled with Ivy Park wears. Ivy Park is an activewear company co-founded by Beyonce with Topshop in 2006. It currently operates under Parkwood Topshop Athletic Ltd.

MERCY EKE BLOWS HOT, HEAVILY BLASTS AND CURSE TITANS FOR WISHING HER MOTHER AND SISTER DEAD

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Big Brother Naija winner, Mercy Eke has taken to her Instagram page in a live video to blast and curse Tacha's fans popularly known as the titans following their post declaring her mother and sister dead. BBNaija 2019 star and the first female winner of the show took to her Instagram live to address her haters as she put them on a full blast and placed heavy curses on those who participated in the tweet by saying or agreeing that her mother and sister are dead. She also asked if she was the cause of their problems in life.

MERCY EKE'S SISTER ISSUES WARNING TO TACHA'S FANS AS TITANS PUTS UP PHOTO DECLARING THEIR MUM DEAD

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Apparently, the war between  Big Brother Naija 2019 winner, Mercy Eke and fellow housemate who got disqualified, Tacha Akide is getting messier by the day as Tacha's fans popularly called the titans put up photos of Mercy's mum and sister declaring both of them dead. However, Mercy's sister, Promise Eke is not having any of it as she has issued a strong warning to the titans never to involve their precious mother in their war. She also reiterated that Mercy has won the show and there is nothing they can do about it so they should accept the fact that they lost out and move on. According to her; Gd morning everyone pls u guys should come and judge this am heart broken I woke up this morning only for me to see what the titans posted what a wicked world , who did my mum offend? how can tacha and her toxic fans put up my precious Mummys picture and wrote gone too soon #rip what for? what are we dragging can’t they accept the fact that the lost out and move on why brin

E-MONEY AND KCEE CONSTRUCT 2.5KM ROAD IN HOMETOWN, ULI, ANAMBRA STATE

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Nigerian music mogul and Five Star boss, Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E-Money and singer, Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee have decided to give back to their hometown by constructing a 2.5km road in  Uli, Anambra state. Posting a video of the road construction in progress on his Instagram page, Kcee gushed over how they made the people of their hometown happy with the road construction. He wrote: "For the love of my town ULI , 2.5 kilometers of Road ongoing . Uli is the new city the people are happy for I and my brother @iam_emoney1 ❤️. God bless you all and happy new year again.

RIHANNA WANTS SHAGGY TO AUDITION BEFORE HE FEATURES ON HER NEW ALBUM

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Legendary dancehall artiste, Shaggy has disclosed that he refused the offer to audition to be on Rihanna's new album because he believes that he is much too established to have to audition to feature on the album. The title of the much-anticipated album is confirmed to be R9. The 51-year-old dancehall star revealed to Daily Star that he was approached to feature on Rihanna's upcoming album, R9 and he was asked to audition in order to qualify to feature. He however, declined the offer. According to Shaggy; "They approached me for the Rihanna project, yeah. There's a lot of great people involved but for me I didn't need to audition to be on the record, I'll leave that to younger guys." This revelation however, did not sit well with social media users as some tagged it as a disrespect to Shaggy who has not only been around longer than Rihanna, but paved the way for stars like herself while some believe she was simply being a businesswoman conside

BANKY W ADDRESSES SUGAR RUSH FANS FOLLOWING ITS SUSPENSION FROM CINEMAS

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Nigerian music artiste, actor and politician, Olubankole Wellington simply referred to as Banky W has released a statement addressing the fans of movie, ‘Sugar Rush’ following its ban from showing in Nigerian cinemas. The movie which was banned from the Nigerian cinemas by the NFVCB for allegedly ‘depicting’ the operations of EFCC in a relatively ‘poor way' has generated mixed reactions from fans and social media users. He wrote; ‘ If you saw @sugarrushmovie and loved it, or if you planned to, please read our statements. We are very hopeful and optimistic that the film will be back on screens in a few days, so please don’t give up on us, and please stay optimistic with us. Your love and support means the world to us. Thank you to @nfvcb for helping us rectify any issues. Pls stay tuned, by God’s grace you will see our film again VERY SOON. Pls stay positive people!! Love you all’.

NFVCB EXPLAINS WHY "SUGAR RUSH" WAS SUSPENDED FROM CINEMAS

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Following social media outrage that greeted its decision to suspend Nollywood movie, "Sugar Rush" from showing in cinemas, the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has decided to give reasons for stopping the screening of the movie. The suspension of the movie, which hit cinemas on December 25, 2019, has since become a trending topic on Twitter, as Nigerians clamoured for the return of the movie in cinemas with #BringSugarRushback. Reacting to the outrage, NFVCB has released a statement on its Facebook page saying, 'Sugar Rush' was suspended in cinemas due to the expiration of the temporary approval given for the movie exhibition. According to the Executive Director of the Board, Adedayo Thomas,

BURNA BOY BAGS NOMINATION FOR BRIT AWARDS

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Nigerian superstar artiste and the self-acclaimed "African Giant", Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has been nominated for "Best International Male artist" at the BRIT Awards 2020. The 40th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards, the BRIT Awards 2020 will hold on February 18, 2020 and Jack Whitehall will host it for the third year running. While nominations are led by Nigerian born British rapper, Dave and singer, Lewis Capaldi , Burna Boy has been nominated alongside Bruce Springsteen, Dermot Kennedy, Tyler The Creator and Post Malone following the Grammy nomination he received form his critically-acclaimed album, African Giant . In 2019, Burna Boy had major collaborations with British artists and the songs also charted within the top 10 of the Official UK Singles chart. He collaborated with artistes like Dave, Mahalia, Jorja Smith (twice), Wretch 32 and Stormzy. 'Own It,' his collab

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS AT THE SOUNDCITY MVP AWARDS 2020

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The Soundcity MVP Awards 2020 recently took place at the Eko Convention Center and the event was attended by African artists all over the world. The event is an annual music award that celebrate African artists and the night was full of immense fun. South African media personality, Bonang Matheba was the host of the event and she did justice to it as she carried the audience and viewers along. Artistes who performed at the event include GoodGirl LA, Oxlade, Big Tril, Joeboy, Fireboy and others. Here is the full list of winners. Song of the Year Jealous – FireBoy DML ( NG )