Don’t disrespect me, Samklef warns Wizkid’s fans
Nigerian music producer, Samuel Oguachuba alias Samklef, has slammed fans of Wizkid for their “disrespect” despite his role in the singer’s career. Samklef fired at the fan base, popularly referred to as Wizkid FC, via a series of tweets on Saturday. Posting a picture of Wizkid’s debut album, Superstar (on which he worked on as a producer), Samklef stated that Wizkid’s success was based on the “foundation” he laid for the artiste before his rise to global stardom. “Dear Wizkid FC, insulting me is like insulting Wizkid o! Na on top my foundation he use stand. So think before you
Edo police foil kidnap of expatriate, recover arms
The Edo State Police Command has said it foiled an attempt to kidnap an expatriate at Okomu Oil Plantation in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. In a press statement on Saturday by the Command spokesperson, SP Bello Kontongs, the police engaged the suspected kidnapper in a gun duel, arresting some of the abductors, while others escaped with bullet wounds. The statement read, “Operatives of the Edo State Police Command Intelligence Rapid Response Squad got credible information on plans of notorious kidnappers to abduct an expatriate in Okomu Oil Plantation in Ovia North East LGA, Edo State.
PDP picks Abuja for convention, NEC decides zoning Wednesday
…party to reveal disqualified aspirants after Monday appeal •CSOs ask EFCC, ICPC to probe groups buying forms for politicians The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has decided to hold its special national convention, where it will pick its presidential candidate, in Abuja, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Debo Ologunagba, confirmed this to one of our correspondents on Saturday. “We have decided to hold the convention, where our candidate will emerge, in Abuja. That was where the National Working Committee chose, but the National Executive Committee will ratify it at our meeting on Wednesday,”
Flavour Reportedly Pockets $3 Million From Amazon For His Biopic
If the news doing the round on Nigeria’s indigenous and Afro-pop singer, Flavour, is anything to go by, then the singer may have pocketed a whopping sum of $3 million for his biopic on Amazon prime video. The news of Flavour’s new feat became an issue of controversy on social media platforms in the course of the week as some of his fans tweeted that the singer has become the first artiste in Nigeria to receive such a huge amount from Amazon. Findings by R revealed that a biopic is a film that tells the story of someone’s life. While
Buy Presidential Form For Me, Yul Edochie Begs Nigerians
Edochie had on Wednesday trended on social media after announcing his second marriage to actress, Judy Austin. They have a son together already. In posts on his social media pages, Edochie urged Nigerians, who trended his second marriage earlier to buy him the form. He said, "Did you see what we did on Wednesday? We shook the world and still shaking it. The energy you all are applying knows no tribe, no religion no gender. "The energy is coming from the North, South, East and West and all over the world. The energy is united. We’re on TV stations, radio,
2023: I’ll support Yahaya Bello, I don’t believe in Igbo presidency – MASSOB leader, Uwazuruike
Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Saturday, led some South-East youths in a solidarity march in Owerri, Imo, in support of the 2023 presidential bid of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Uwazuruike who also said he does not believe in the president of Igbo extraction said the contest should be thrown open. The MASSOB leader stated this when Bello, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC), visited him in Owerri, Imo. The youths, who started the procession from the MASSOB leader’s house in Owerri, marched
Troops eliminate 22 ISWAP terrorists, recover arms in Lake Chad – Official
The Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed about 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists during an operation in the fringes of Lake Chad. The Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF N’Djamena, Chad, Kamarudeen Adegoke, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday. Mr Adegoke, a lieutenant colonel, said the terrorists were nutrialised at Tumbun Rabo in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno on April 27. He said: “After the operational engagement which was firmly supported by the Air Task Force of Operation Hadin Kai and the MNJTF, a battle damage
