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Biafra: Gowon’s sacrifice preserved Nigeria – APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Nigeria’s former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon’s sacrifice and dedication during the Biafra civil war ensured that the unity and statehood of the country was not destroyed. The Party said this in a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, to felicitate with the elder statesman on the occasion of his 83rd birthday. According to the APC, Gowon will remain a symbol of national unity and a voice of caution and restraint in the national conversation about the direction of the country. The statement reads: “The All Progressives Congress (APC) felicitates with Nigeria’s former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon on the occasion of his 83rd birthday. “The Party notes that His Excellency, Gen. Gowon continues to be a symbol of national unity and a voice of caution and restraint in the national conversation about the direction of our country. ...

Nigerian singer-sound engineer, Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye, has released her sophomore album entitled ‘Simisola’. The eponymous album of the 29-year-old singer was officially released across all music platforms on Friday. Simisola, which contains 15 songs (inclusive of three bonus tracks), has her rumoured flame Adekunle Gold as the sole guest artiste. The main album songs are Remind me, Joromi, Aimasiko, Complete me, Gone for good, Original Baby, One kain, Take Me Back ft Adekunle Gold, O Wa N’be, Smile For Me, Angeline, and Hip-hop Hurray. Love Don’t Care, Jamb Question and Tiff are the bonus tracks. Seyi Keyz, Sess, VTek each produced a song on the album project while Oscar who produced Joromi worked on all the other songs. The singer’s debut album ‘Ogaju’ was released in 2006, at a time when her genre of music was gospel. She also put out an EP entitled ‘The Restless’ in 2014 before getting signed to X3M Music, owned by Steve Babaeko. Simi, who has been psych...

Talented Nigerian singer, Simi has said in an interview, she is not dating fellow artiste, Falz, saying she never made such a claim. Simi disclosed this in a new episode of ‘Talk Talk’ on Wazobia Max. “Falz Is My Boyfriend!” – Simi Gushes Over Falz As He Clocks 26 According to the  “JAMB QUESTION”  crooner, she and Falz have never been in a relationship. “I’m not dating Falz. I was not dating Falz. I never said I was dating Falz.” It was always assumed that Simi and the “jeje” crooner were dating especially after music collabs where the photo Chemistry looked really electrifying.

Atletico Madrid forward, Antoine Griezmann was handed a 2-game ban by the Spanish Football Federation on Wednesday after he was sent off at the weekend for insulting the referee. Griezmann was dismissed during Atletico Madrid’s 2-2 draw at Gerona on Saturday during the opening weekend of the La Liga season. The 26-year-old also received a 600-euro ($700) fine, while Atletico were penalised 700 euros. Both have the right to appeal their sanctions. The French International will miss league matches against Las Palmas on Saturday and Valencia on September 9. He was shown a straight red card an hour into Saturday’s match after insulting the referee for not awarding a penalty in his favour. He later apologised.

The Federal Government via the National Broadcasting Corporation, has made firm on its decision to ban Olamide’s anthem and hit track of the moment,  Wo . This is coming a few days after the Federal Ministry of Health had openly aired it displeasure regarding visuals to Wo. In its own opinion, the video portrays a bad message that encourages second-hand smoking. However, NBC did not stop there as they also went further to ban four other hit tunes,  Wavy Level  by YBNL boss Olamide;  FALL  and  IF  by DMW boss, Davido and also  Living Things  by 9ice. You would recall that Falz had earlier called out music acts who entertain lavish lifestyles and also fraud. In view of Falz comment, 9ice’s “Living Things”, was the major talking point. Apparently, we would not be hearing these hit tunes on our air waves again. See the list below:-

Falz – Something Light ft. Ycee. We certainly ending the week on a high not as  Falz  comes through with this new visuals. The video is titled  Something Light  and features Tinny Entertainment’s finest,  Ycee . Have a feel below and share your thoughts. Falz – Something Light ft. Ycee

According to Twitter, Obama’s post-Charlottesville tweet has drawn 3.2 million likes, 1.3 million retweets, making it the 5th most retweeted tweet ever. Former President Barack Obama has made history again, it appears. This time his mark has been made in the Twitter universe, on the back of a message and photo that he posted Sunday in response to the weekend’s violent and racially charged protests in Charlottesville, Va. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion,” was Obama’s message, partially quoting remarks from former South African President and activist Nelson Mandela’s 1994 biography “Long Walk to Freedom.” It is accompanied by a picture (see below) of him greeting a diverse group of children at a day-care center’s window.

Lionel Messi is said to have made one last-ditch attempt to persuade Neymar to ignore the lure of Paris Saint-Germain and stay at Barcelona. Gerard Pique tried a simila tactic with his now infamous "se queda" ("he stays") tweet, but admitted last week that he knew even then the Brazilian would make his world record move to the French capital.   "I don't feel tricked by Neymar," Pique said. "The day I said 'he stays' I knew that he was going 100 per cent." Not so for Neymar's two partners in the 'MSN' triumvirate. Messi and Luis Suarez held a secret meeting with the wantaway forward during Barca's pre-season tour to the US in a bid to make him stay, according to  Sport. The night before their game against Juventus in New Jersey last month, the three South Americans met in their hotel. With reports suggesting that Neymar wanted to move to Paris in order to step out of Messi's shadow and become the wor...

  France forward Ousmane Dembele is finally set to join Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund, according to reports. Dario Sport in Spain claimed on Wednesday that the two clubs have agreed an initial €100m fee for the 20-year-old with add-ons the only issue to be sorted out. Dembele, who joined Dortmund from French club Rennes for €15m in 2016, had gone missing last week in a bid to force through a move after the Germans insisted on keeping him. Dortmund then condemned the youngster’s action and announced again that he was not for sale. But there appears to be a resolution now with the fee agreed and Dembele pictured packing his luggage, apparently off to Spain. Having sold Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record €222m fee, Barcelona are keen to replace the Brazilian with a high-quality forward.

YBNL Nation  presents the visual treatment for  Olamide Baddo’s latest offering  Wo  produced by Young John. He decided to shoot the video in the hood he grew up from as he paid a visit to Bariga. The response was overwhelming as thousands thronged to see him as well as be part of the video. Watch & Download “Olamide – Wo” below:- https://youtu.be/j2u5Gbadn7o DOWNLOAD VIDEO

Timaya – Telli Person ft. Phyno & Olamide. Finally, the highly anticipated video from Dem Mama Records act, Timaya is here. The record titled  Telli Person  features YBNL’s Olamide and Penthauze rapper, Phyno. The combination of this trio is certainly a bomb. Enjoy below Timaya – Telli Person ft. Phyno & Olamide [New Video] Posted by  Marcus Brown  on August 15, 2017 in  HOT!! ,  VIDEOS  ·  9 Comments Previous: Sunkey – Ladder (Prod by Dwill) [New Song] Next: Ceal Rax – Mango Sweet (Prod. By Sweetvine) Timaya – Telli Person ft. Phyno & Olamide. Finally, the highly anticipated video from Dem Mama Records act,  Timaya  is here. The record titled  Telli Person  features YBNL’s  Olamide  and Penthauze rapper,  Phyno . The combination of this trio is certainly a bomb. Enjoy below Timaya – Telli Person ft. Phyno & Olamide

It is not unusual to find fairy tale romances between entertainers in the showbiz terrain. What is sometimes puzzling is how quickly these love tales fall apart. It is no longer news that Afropop star, Tekno is head over heels in love with budding singer Lola Rae. According to reports gathered by TheNewsGuru, the love birds have unfollowed one another on Instagram. This act may signal a crack in their once blossoming relationship. Only time will tell If the love birds are still fond of each other or  this is just another publicity stunt to garner attention for their music careers.

Neymar said the midfielder would be a great addition to the Catalan club. 28-year-old Paulinho is currently playing for Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande. Neymar told reporters on Saturday, “Paulinho is a friend of mine in football. “I want him to sign for Barca because with a player like him, who’s also a mate of mine, we’ll get so much.” Paulihno’s current club has reportedly turned down an offer in the region of €20m for the Brazilian.

Shanghai SIPG manager, Andre Villas-Boas has noted that Brazil international, Paulinho’s move to Barcelona from Guangzhou Evergrande is proof of the strength of the Chinese Super League, CSL. The 29-year-old midfielder is poised to sign for Barcelona for 40 million euros and he could be unveiled as a Barcelona player today. Paulinho and Villas-Boas worked together at Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. The Portuguese coach told reporters on Sunday that the player’s move to Spain, “is good news for Chinese football.” “Because Paulinho’s come here, he’s done ever so well and now he has a transfer to one of the biggest clubs in the world. “I think it shows that the big clubs are also looking at our league. It’s a reflection of the players and the quality of work that is being done here.”

W hat’s your favourite Diego Costa moment? Perhaps it’s the one where he manages to get Gabriel Paulista sent off for a retaliatory kick just by standing quite near him, muttering and smiling like some horrible, handsome, impossibly terrible footballing Iago. Or the 2-2 draw with Tottenham where Mark Clattenburg books 12 players but not actually Costa, who has a hand in at least five of those yellows, all the while maintaining an attitude of prim and saintly innocence. Or the 3-1 defeat of Arsenal where Costa “scare-assists” his team’s final goal by running towards Petr Cech and making Arsenal’s goalkeeper perform his best impression of Shaggy from Scooby Doo confronted by a double-dealing fairground owner in a zombie mask. Now we have this, the endless summer of Diego. As of this week Costa has spent half the summer and the opening week of the Premier League season  holed up in his family home in Lagardo pretending to be inconsolably offended b...

Real Madrid captain, Sergio Ramos and left-back, Marcelo have reacted to the red card given to star forward, Cristiano Ronaldo during their Spanish Super Cup game against Barcelona on Sunday. Ronaldo received a second yellow card after referee, De Burgos Bengoetxea adjudged him to have dived in Barca’s goal area having collected the first when he celebrated his superb goal by removing his shirt. Ramos told Telecinco after the final whistle that he believed Ronaldo had not dived, and therefore the club would be able to appeal the decision. He said, “I was far away. But I believe Cristiano lost his balance and did not fake anything. We can appeal as it leaves us without a very important player, with 10 minutes left. “[The referee] should have thought about it a bit more.” Ramos pointed out that the referee had erred earlier in awarding a penalty when Suarez fell to the ground dramatically, with little or no contact from Madrid keeper Keylor Navas inside the box. “There is ...

Nollywood actress and entrepreneur Chika Ike has a reality TV show called African Diva and Maraji, whose real name is Gloria Oloruntobi is known for her hilarious lip sync videos. The highly talented video comedian who hails from Edo State uses Musical.ly app to create skits about everything from friendship to gossip to film and television. In her latest vlog, comedian Gloria Oloruntobi, popularly known as Maraji records her reaction as she watches episode 1 of the TV show. African Diva Reality Show is an African series and interactive competition. The series is a reality, docu-drama that focuses on the search for the ideal African woman. Here’s the video:

Nollywood actress Sugar Chika and her husband, Ejay has baptized their daughter, Princess Adaeze in Leicester Cathedral, United Kingdom recently. She shared lovely photos from the event. Check out more photos:

Tom Cruise has reportedly injured himself performing a stunt during filming of Mission: Impossible 6. Cruise has for years has prided himself on performing his own stunts; most recently he did 64 takes in zero gravity to bounce around the cabin in a plunging aircraft in The Mummy. Cruise has most famously pushed the limits in his Mission: Impossible films; for Ghost Protocol where he famously dangled off a skyscraper in Dubai; and in Rogue Nation he clutched onto the side of an air-bound cargo plane. The actor is back to performing his own stunts again for Mission: Impossible 6, with him reportedly doing two showstoppers himself. But this time around, it appears that he fell short trying to pull off a risky maneuver. According to TMZ, Cruise was injured during a building-jumping stunt Sunday on the London set of the film. The actor was attempting to leap from a rigging onto a building when he felt short of the mark and “hit the building pretty hard.” In the photos and vid...

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for five matches after pushing the referee following his red card in Sunday’s Clasico. The Portuguese forward reacted angrily to being dismissed during the second half of a 3-1 victory for Zinedine Zidane’s side over Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Ronaldo had joined the action as a substitute, helping to put Real 2-1 in front with a typically stunning strike at Camp Nou. He was booked after removing his shirt in celebration, with the 32-year-old going on to mimic Lionel Messi’s iconic jersey-holding celebration at the Santiago Bernabeu from April.