Wale Gates pours cold water on Wizkid-Davido fire

Comedian Wale Gate tried to use words to douse the social media fire flaming between Wizkid and Davido..

The ‘beef’ wildfire started a few days back when what looked like a harmless tweet from Wizkid was followed with a cold and not-so friendly tweet from Davido, each artist avoided mentioning each other’s names.

Wale Gate made his point on the ongoing ‘war’ via his Twitter page by saying  “Sometimes you wish these artistes learn a little from the past, open beef between artistes is one of the fastest ways to kill a flourishing career.

"The problem with beef is that it starts to affect the type of music you make, from making feel good happy music, you start writing ‘war’ songs. I have been around long enough to know it is pointless and an unnecessary distraction, only the media gains, not even your fans.”

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Awilo Longomba collaborates with Yemi Alade

Legendary Soukous singer Awilo Longomba will feature musician Yemi Alade in a new single.

The Congolese star, who is on tour in Nigeria, hooked up in the Johnny singer in for a studio session, and the picture was posted on Yemi Alade’s Instagram page.

It is not clear whose album the song will end up on.

Ebola scare:Jim Iyke is grateful

After the Ebola scare in Liberia abruptly ended, Nollywood actor Jim Iyke’s visit to the country, he has  shared another photo of himself feasting and being grateful to God for sparing his life.

He posted the photo with the caption, “Breakfast; somewhere serene. Glad to be away from all the madness. Thank u lord 4 everytime u hide me in ur pavilion #Ikechukwu.”

The actor whose whereabouts  is unknown seems to be doing fine. 

Dencia warns NAFDAC

Musician and cosmetics entrepreneur Dencia has demanded that Director General of the National Agency for Food And Drug Administration (NAFDAC), Paul Orhili leave her or face a law suit, reports Nigeria Film

Reports say that the DG of the regulatory body had said that he will arrest Dencia if she entered Nigeria over her bleaching cream, Whitenicious.

The Cameroonian star through her representative, Lorenzo, said in a recent interview that the DG boss could not arrest her as she is an American citizen.

Lorenzo also disclosed that the agency boss could be sued for defamation, stating that the dark spot removal product is neither a drug nor food.

Omawumi heads back to school

Singer Omawumi says that she will be returning back to law school soon, reportsInformation Nigeria

The mother-of-one, who has a degree in Law from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma  admitted in a recent  television interview that she wanted to practice law, and had plans to go to law school.

Celebrities like Ini Edo, Doris Simeon, Desmond Elliot and veteran actor Chika ‘Chief Zebrudaya’ Okpala were offered admission into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to study first-degree courses.

Naeto C welcomes second child

The wife of rapper Naetochukwu Chikwe aka Naeto C has given birth to their  second child – a baby girl, reports Nigerian Entertainment Today(NET)

The couple welcomed their bundle of joy in a UK hospital on July 25, 2014.

Naeto and wife, Nicole welcomed their first child, a boy, in March 2013 in Washington, DC, while the rapper was on tour.

Olamide visually tells a Story For The Gods

 A few weeks after dropping  the single Story For The Gods, rapper Olamide has released its video.

The video has cameo appearances by Olamide’s YBNL crew and MTVbase’s Video Jockey, Ehis.

The video is directed by Unlimited L.A

Di'ja remixes Yaro with IcePrince

Mavin Records singer Di’ja has released the  remix to her first official single Yaro the song features Choclate City rapper Ice Prince.

Dija  featured  in Mavin all stars  hit singles, Dorobucciand Adaobi  which had Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, Da Prince, Reekado Banks and Tiwa Savage.

The remix was produced by Don Jazzy.

Listen to song HERE

Nicki Minaj delays Anaconda release

Nicki Minaj has delayed the release of her new single Anaconda until next month.

The 31-year-old rapper was due to drop her latest release on Monday but announced in an Instagram post that it will not be available until Monday 4 August.

She wrote: "My darlingz, I've pushed the release of Anaconda to next week, Monday 8/4. I promise you will understand why before the week is out. Loveeeeeeee uuuuuu (sic)."



Nicki previously revealed she is going back to her hip hop roots for her new album The Pink Print. 

The Starships rapper claimed her latest material will be nothing like previous offerings and she wants to surprise fans with a different sound on her latest album, the follow up to Roman Reloaded.

She said: "The tracks on Pink Print are back to my hip-hop roots. I don't think it's something that I'm necessarily trying to do [go in a new direction]. It's like as soon as I started working on my new album, that's just the songs that I've been writing."

Discussing the new material, Nicki insisted: "I'm just gonna do what my heart tells me to do."

Beyoncé secretly house-hunting alone

Beyoncé is reportedly house-hunting without Jay Z.

The 32-year-old singer has fuelled rumours she and her husband are on the rocks after she was spotted secretly viewing a $21.5m Chelsea penthouse in Manhattan last month without her spouse knowing.

A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "She was very quiet, as if she was looking on the sly."

The couple - who have two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy together - currently reside in a plush mansion in Tribeca, New York, and the insider believes it's highly unlikely the 44-year-old rapper would be downsizing to the 376m² apartment in Chelsea.

The source added: "I can say with certainty that Jay is not downsizing."

News that the Drunk in Love hitmaker, who married Jay in 2008, is looking for her own place follows recent reports that the pair's marriage is "crumbling".

A friend of the couple said previously: "Knowing them as I do, obviously there's a little something to certain reports. When your man or your woman isn't getting it done for you, and I'm talking emotionally, not necessarily sexually...they keep things quiet."

The duo are reportedly receiving marriage therapy while on their On The Run tour together but their sessions aren't proving a success as Jay allegedly prefers to spend his time on his phone.

The source added: "His phone's constantly ringing. Jay trying to make [business] deal after deal."

P.Diddy Tweets that he Loves Nigeria from Ibiza, Calls Himself OluwaDiddy

lol. You just gotta love this man. Diddy is currently in Ibiza having a cool time as he tweeted, and pictured above is him and oil mogul Kola Aluko. Complete swag mode..

Davido Replies Wizkid

Davido, Iyanya, Kaffy, Flavour Bag AFRIMMA Awards

The Highly anticipated African Music Magazine Awards, AFRIMMA which was held last night in Dallas had big African Stars like Flavour, Kcee, Iyanya, Diamond Platnumz and international star T-pain dazzle on the stage with electrifying performances.

Davido won the Best Male Artist and Artiste of the Year award with Flavour, Tiwa Savage, Iyanya, Kaffy Dance Queen also winning big. It should also be noticed that Davido has beaten Wizkid to this award this year as earlier this year, Davido won the same categories at the MTV Africa Music Awards and BET Awards...  
 
See the full list of winners after the cut...

 

AFRIMMA 2014 WINNERS

 

Best DJ Africa 2014- Dj Black (Ghana)

Best African DJ USA 2014 - Dj Josh (Kenya)

Best Video of the Year 2014- Flavour (Nigeria)

Best Male East Africa 2014-  Diamond (Tanzania)

Best Male West Africa 2014- Davido (Nigeria)

Best Female East Africa 2014- Lady Jaydee (Tanzania)

Best Female West Africa 2014 - Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)

Best Male Central Africa 2014 -  Fally Pupa (Congo)

Best Female Central Africa 2014- Gasha ( Cameroon)

Best Male Southern Africa 2014- Khuli Chana (South Africa)

Best African Group 2014- P-square (Nigeria)

Best Male Diaspora 2014- Fuse ODG (Ghana)

Best Female Diaspora 2014- Les Nubians (Cameroon)

Best Female Southern Africa 2014- Zahara (South Africa)

Best Dancehall Artist 2014 - Timaya (Nigeria)

Best Dance in a Video 2014- Iyanya (Lekwa Ukwu) (Nigeria)

Best Gospel Artiste 2014- Bahati (Kenya)

Best Traditional Artist 2014- Flavour (Nigeria)

Best Newcomer 2014- Stanley Enow (Cameroon)

Best Video Director 2014- Ogopa Dj’s (Kenya)

Music Producer of the year 2014- Dj Oskido (South Africa)

Best Dance Group 2014- Imagneto (Nigeria)

Best Rap Act 2014- Sarkodie (Ghana)

Best Collaboration 2014- Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (Khona) (South Africa)

Song of the Year 2014- Kcee (Nigeria)

Artist of the Year 2014- Davido (Nigeria)

Leadership in Music Award 2014- 2face Idibia

Legendary Award 2014- Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Transformational Leadership Award 2014- Chief Dr. Godswill Akpabio

It’s all about crossing boundaries with music.

Davido Wins Best Male West Africa & Artiste of the Year at AFRIMMA Awards

 

For a third time this year he is winning the ‘Artiste of the Year‘ award. The previous two were at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards and BET Awards. And last night at the African Muzik Magazine Awards which held in Dallas, US, Davido won 
Best Male & Artiste of the Year awards.

Ini Edo Stuns in New Photo

10 Things Wrong with “Dorobucci” Music Video - Charles Novia

Doro No No! 
Nollywood producer and director Charles Novia who always shares his opinions on trending topics in Nigeria is taking on the “Dorobucci” music video which dropped on Wednesday noon.
 
If you missed our take on the video, checkHERE.
Today, Charles Novia took to his official Twitter page to discuss the video – his highs and lows.
Read tweets below:

All the PHOTOS from Dr Sid's and Simi Osomo's wedding today

Mavins musician Dr. SID and his bride Simi Osomo had their traditional wedding at The Ark in Lekki today.
The beautiful wedding is a fusion of Yoruba and Urhobo cultures and so many Nigerian celebrities including Funke Akindele, Banky W, Mavin records artistes, Toke Makinwa etc graced the event.
See more photos below:

 

Kanye West installs home surveillance

Kanye West has installed cameras throughout his home so he can keep an eye on his daughter.

The 37-year-old singer has reportedly angered wife Kim Kardashian after installing surveillance devices in every room in their Los Angeles home - including the bathroom - to keep track on 13-month-old North.

A source said: "Kanye is very protective of North and he likes the idea of being able to check up on her while he's away touring, So he asked LA-based tech company VIA international to install high-tech cameras all over his house."

The source added: "He can then have a live link to their home and watch what North is doing wherever he is in the world, Kanye has a clear idea in his mind of the way his daughter should be brought up, and wants to check his ideas are being put into action, but Kim isn't happy about the whole arrangement. She hates the idea of being watched all the time. She's told him that she feels he's being critical of her parenting."

The 37-year-old rapper has insisted to the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star that he isn't worried about her parenting, but wants to see his daughter as much as possible.

The source said: "He's reassured Kim that he's just installed the cameras because he misses North so much but it's already causing a rift between them."

The Bound 2 rapper is said to have clear ideas on how North should be spending her days and wants to ensure his "influence" is present even when he is on the road.

The source went on to say to the Daily Star newspaper: "Kanye is insisting that North has structure and routine in her life. He wants her to play with educational toys and do baby yoga or swimming every day.

"He's even told Kim to make sure that she's playing with other children at least four times a week, Kanye just likes the idea of being able to have an influence on her life, even when he is thousands of miles away.

"He'll be away working a lot for the rest of the year and worries about not being kept in the loop." 

Revealed! The Nigerian police in Alakara, Mushin 'had a hand' in DaGrin's death...

        

Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun aka "Dagrin" killed in a car crash in April 2010 in Mushin Lagos

The fatal night-time crash that involved a budding Nigerian rap artist named Olaitan Olanipekun, famously known as "Da Grin," was caused by the police, sources and residents in Mushin say.

Da Grin’s death is the latest casualty, in a long running battle between terrified residents, and a police force many believe that is out of control.  
 
Policemen at the Alakara Police Command in the Mushin area of Lagos State are notorious for illegal raiding, bribery, and even escapades of what some call ‘murder at night.’ Such is the wary view of some residents in the Mushin area that have come forward in a series of interviews with aSaharaReporterscorrespondent. The death of Da Grin, for many, may well be ‘the tipping point.’


From a history recounted by witnesses, the circumstances, which led to the death of Da Grin, is a continuation of a disturbing pattern by police.  It began following a horrific auto crash on a local road.
The eyewitnesses, who said they were first to reach the scene of the road crash to assist, did so without first knowing who the victim was. It was a messy, even a bloody scene, they said. While approaching the scene, the sources said, policemen actually covered- up their role in the accident, while creating an artificial after-scene for the world to see later.

Dagrin's car after the crash thenetng 

“I was there that night, and we did not even know at first that it was anyone (famous) like that. We were only helping to remove his body and to rescue him,” said a young witness, a man, who stepped forward and agreed to speak with a SaharaReporters correspondent on the condition of anonymity. 
  
"What actually happened that night was that the policemen had stopped the cement truck at the middle of road, and of course, they could only be asking for a bribe.
"Unfortunately, the truck had no rear light, (of any kind,) and so the oncoming car was unaware of any vehicle ahead. It just rammed head on, into it from the back.

"It rammed into the truck hard without holding the brakes at all, and that is because the truck in its front, had no light to show anything was there.
"That period, there was a crater around that place and they just repaired it after then.

"So after we removed the body, we realized it was Da Grin, and he was groaning. They asked the truck driver to move forward and park out off of the road. They then moved Da Grin's car afterwards so it would then look like he went to hit the truck where it parked.
"We were not thinking about all these as an attempt to change the story. We were only concerned about helping the victim of an accident, and by when they finished their artificial story, the world was only waiting for Da Grin's recovery. But news broke later that he had died at the hospital.
                                                                          
"We were not thinking about all these as an attempt to change the story. We were only concerned about helping the victim of an accident, and by when they finished their artificial story, the world was only waiting for Da Grin's recovery. But news broke later that he had died at the hospital.

"What made their story work was that the car did not hold its breaks, so there was no sign of screeching on the ground. Otherwise, the marks of friction from the tyres would be in the spot where it was removed, before parking it, and rearranging the scene.
"They did everything very fast, and by morning, they were no longer the cause of the accident.) Just like on Tuesday night, that they scared everyone away, and washed the blood stains of their victim within a brief period," the young man continued.
"Of course, they caused the accident that killed Da Grin. And that is how they commit so much atrocities here in Mushin that the public will not know about, or what the truth is.
"We live here and we see them live, every time," he added.

Alakara Police Station in Mushin

The residents said it was high time the authorities checked excesses in atrocities of men at the Alakara Police Station.

Another killing allegedly by policemen at the Alakara Police Station occurred on Tuesday night of this week, further triggering their grief, and provoked them to expose that police atrocity, and approach SaharaReporters. That killing, as well, was covered up say the sources, in order that residents in the community, and people outside, would not know of it.

On Tuesday night, the 22nd of July, the witnesses said policemen were mounting a checkpoint at the junction of their Station, known as Alakara Police Station. There, police allegedly fired a gunshot during what seemed like an argument, between the police, and a bus driver.
The witnesses said they had no idea what exactly transpired, but suggested it could only be an argument over a bribe, as the policemen are said to be known for in the area.
The bus drove forward and briskly pulled up. "All passengers rushed down from it, and the bus zoomed off with a desperate speed like someone trying to escape from the scene," one witness who recounted the scene told our correspondent who later visited it.
"Everything happened fast and it made us curious because at the spot where the passengers all rushed down, it was unusual," he continued.

Another resident near the scene of the incident who also shared the same story said, "It was around 9.30pm, and everything happened (right) before my very eyes."
The resident said he was alerted at the sight of two men using a torchlight, only to see another person laying on the ground near them.

Dagrin lay in coma in the hospital before his death on April 22, 2010. He was aged 23

The driver of the bus immediately drove-off from the spot. 
"I moved closer to see what was happening. The man was lying unconsciously, and was soaked with blood. He wore a sporting shirt branded, 'Barcelona FC,' a short pair of jeans, and a pair of sports footwear," the witness described in his account.
"I do not know whether he was a passenger on the bus, or the bus conductor, but the people I met there looking at him with torchlight said, he was shot by the policemen."
The witness said he immediately recalled that there was gunshot at the policemen's checking point only few seconds before. Afterwards, the bus stopped and all the passengers rushed off from it.
"By when I would realize any more things, we saw some policemen coming around. They scared all of us away," he continued.
The witness said he hid nearby, somewhere near his house, to see everything that happened as it unfolded before him.
"They saw the corpse, checked him, and saw he was dead, then they left.
"Four of them returned soon afterwards with their old Mitsubishi van, and they took the corpse into the back of it.
"They then pushed him in, folded him, and tucked his legs under the seat, so that no part of his body was showing outside. Then they drove back to their station and parked the car, facing its outside and its back which contained the victim's body inside, so that no one saw what they did next.
"But I was sure he (the victim) had died," he stated.
Another witness, who also resides within the area, had said that the policemen returned soon afterwards to the scene, and cleaned-up bloodstains from the spot.
"We were shocked, but we could not go to sleep, so we saw everything," he said to a SaharaReporters correspondent.
"After they took the body away from the scene, three of them returned later but in mufti wears. One took a torchlight, the second had a bucket containing water, and the third man had a broom.
"Although it was drizzling that night, they took water from their own bucket, and swept off every stain of the victim's blood so that nothing was left (behind) on the ground to suggest anything had happened there," the second witness stated.
Another young man, who requested that he not to be named, said he also saw the policemen using their vans to carry the victim away.
"I know the van they used to carry the victim very well. It is the same that summersaulted sometime ago, when they went to do an illegal raid at the Empire hotel, which is not in their jurisdiction. One woman was said to have caused them trouble in the hotel that day and they had a terrible accident before getting to their Station.
"They managed to repair it later, and painted (over) it, but they did not bother to write their usual donor's name, or their Station on it, after then," the young man said.
After the Tuesday night's killing, our correspondent noticed that the policemen had not resumed work at their checking point at time of filling this report. But residents said cynically that they are expected back soon, once they get over their last illegal killing.
But more curious is a revelation by the young witness in one of the frequent atrocities committed by men of the Alakara Police Station, which they covered-up almost successfully.
"What baffles me, but which also gives me great concern, is how they swiftly reconstruct the scenes and ‘sell out’ another version to claim innocence,” the young witness said.
"By now, I know that families of the man they killed on Tuesday night would have been given an artificial story that will be almost un-provable otherwise.
The Alakara policemen are described as very apt, and swift, in immediately ‘cleaning up’ their dirty business, leaving behind little, to no evidence, of their atrocities, several sources have told a SaharaReporters correspondent.