Breaking: Olamide, others mourn as Mohbad dies aged 27

Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as MohBad is dead. The former Marlian record signee reportedly died on Tuesday at the age of 27. YBNL Music Executive and singer, Olamide confirmed this via his X handle on Tuesday.He posted with a caption alongside a heartbreaking emoji: “Damn ! Mohbad”💔 Mohbad was formerly signed to Naira Marley’s “Marlian Records” and left the label in 2022.He is best known for his hit singles Ponmo, Feel Good, and KPK (Ko Por Ke) with Rexxie which was nominated 3 times…

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Genevieve Nnaji returns to social media with movie premiere photos

Filmmaker Genevieve Nnaji on Sunday returned to social media after a long break to promote her new movie I Do Not Come To You By Chance. The film is an adaptation of Adaobi Nwaubani‘s award-winning 2009 novel with the same title. The movie was directed by Ishaya Bako, the director of The Royal Hibiscus Hotel and Road To Yesterday. Genevieve’s latest project premiered over the weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). On Sunday, the star actress made public some photos taken at the premiere, using the movie title…

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Yul-Edochie’s estranged wife congratulates Pete Edochie on doctorate degrees

May Yul-Edochie, estranged wife of actor Yul Edochie, has congratulated her father-in-law Pete Edochie on receiving doctorate degrees in literature and arts. The 39-year-old took to Instagram on Thursday to share pictures of Pete with his certificates, thanking ISTM University in Togo for conferring the degrees on him. She also prayed for God to strengthen the veteran actor. “Only a veteran and legend gets decorated twice on the same day. Thanks to ISTM University for making the right decision to confer the degrees of ‘Doctorate of Arts’ and ‘Doctorate of…

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BBNaija: Kim Oprah denies fake housemate allegation

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All Stars house guest Kim Oprah has denied the allegation that she is a fake housemate. The 27-year-old did so on Wednesday in a conversation with Mercy Eke when the latter said that Biggie had put a tag on the former by asking housemates to nominate either Kim Oprah, Omashola, Prince or Lucy for possible eviction. Mercy said, “I still feel like you guys are fake housemates with the way things played out on Sunday. “Even during the first nomination, it was like a compulsory thing…

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BBNaija: I will win Grammy – Whitemoney

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All Stars housemate Hazel Onou aka Whitemoney has said that he would win a Grammy award. The 31-year-old stated this on Tuesday during his diary session with Biggie, saying that he is one of the greatest highlife and Afro musicians to come from West Africa. “I know I am the greatest, I am one of the greatest highlife musicians, Afro musicians to come out of West Africa because I know I am talented and by the grace of God, I Whitemoney, I will win the Grammy…

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Williams Uchemba loses mum

Actor Williams Uchemba has announced the death of his mother. The movie star broke the news on Monday via Instagram, sharing her pictures. Williams stated in his post the vision he saw before she passed and how her death has strengthened his faith. “Rest well Mum ❤️🕊️ Few minutes before you passed you came to me in my room, you where in the room but your environment was of a different place, a place that like I’ve never seen before and you just and was smiling to me. There were…

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Tiwa Savage congratulates Asake on selling out 02 Arena concert

Singer Tiwa Savage has congratulated Asake on his 02 Arena concert. She also shared videos and pictures of her performance at the concert on Instagram on Wednesday. “@asakemusic A great guy. Congratulations to you and your whole team ❤️🙏🏾,” Tiwa Savage wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tiwa Savage (@tiwasavage) Asake performed in front of a sold-out crowd at the 02 Arena in London on Sunday, making him the fourth Nigerian artiste to do so.

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BBNaija: I was close to beating up someone – Lucy Edet

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All Stars housemate Lucy Edet has said she was about to beat one of her co-housemates on Monday. She mentioned this on Tuesday during a conversation with fellow housemate Pere, stating that she did not want to be disqualified. “Yesterday I was this close to beating somebody up. The last thing I want is to add disqualification to the whole theory people already have of me,” she said.

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Afrobeats lacks substance – Burna Boy

Singer Burna Boy has claimed that the Afrobeats genre has no substance. The Grammy Award winner stated this during an Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe which was released on Tuesday, stating that the genre has no substance and is just about a “great time”. “Afrobeats as people call it is mostly about nothing, literally nothing. There’s no substance to it. Nobody is talking about anything. It’s just a great time, it’s an amazing time,” he said.

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Yemi Alade survives car crash

Singer Yemi Alade has survived a car crash in Spain. She revealed this through an Instagram post on Tuesday. The crash happened on August 17. She also revealed through the post that she had a medical emergency after a performance seven hours before the car crash. Yemi attributed her survival to God, adding that nothing is too complicated for him. “On the 17th of August, we were in a car crash, somewhere between barcelona and benicassim in Spain at 12:06(noon). i also experienced a minor medical emergency from exhaustion after performing on…

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