Social media critic, Daniel Regha, has shunned comedian and singer Nasboi’s request to dance to his brand-new song, “Umbrella.”
The Twitter influencer had infuriated Nasboi by giving him advice on his voice performance live.
In an attempt to mend fences, Nasboi asked Daniel Regha to participate in the viral challenge that has seen participation from celebs like Sabinus and Don Jazzy.
Daniel Regha, on the other hand, declined, calling the song’s lyrics awful and requesting that he contact him via direct message the next time.
He wrote: “Hello @iamnasboi, I appreciate the thought but unfortunately I’m not a fan of the song due to the terrible lyrics, plus u should’ve reached out to me via DM. Asking publicly won’t get me to say Yes. Looking forward to ur next projects tho, hopefully, u drop ur first hit song this year. No offense.”
Hip-hop singer, Emeka Akumefule, popularly known as Blaqbonez has argued that getting the positive benefit of an afterlife isn’t judged by one’s religion.
He stated that adhering to a particular faith does not ensure one’s entry into paradise.
Blaqbonez said via his X account that kindness to others will keep people alive if there is an afterlife.
The rapper asserts that, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter if someone is a nasty person who reads religious texts every day or doesn’t miss Sunday services.
The artiste wrote: “If there’s indeed an afterlife, following any religion isn’t going to save you, being good to people, especially those u don’t have to would be the difference, nobody cares that u read a book every morning and don’t miss Sunday services if you’re an asshole.”
Some celebrity marriages didn’t cross over in 2024 as they ended in 2023 over different issues and reasons.
Some of the reasons have been identified to include domestic violence, infidelity, emotional detachment, feminism, and lack of defined gender roles among others.
Some celebrities whose unions crashed in 2023 are:
1. Bolanle Ninalowo:
Fans were stunned to learn that the 17-year-old marriage of popular Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo and his wife, Bunmi, had ended.
Ninalowo announced the breakup on his Instagram page on September 1, saying the split was for the benefit of everyone involved.
This won’t be the first time the couple will be making headlines for their relationship hitting the rocks.
In 2017, the actor in an interview with Genevieve Magazine revealed that after 12 years together, he and his wife had decided to divorce. They did, however, reconcile in 2018.
2. Wumi Toriola:
Popular sensational Yoruba actress, Wumi Toriola in January 2023, announced the end of her marriage via an Instagram post.
According to the actress, her ex-husband couldn’t handle her fame and would always rub it in whenever an argument arose. She also debunked allegations of being violent in the marriage.
3. BRed:
Nigerian Musician, Adebayo Adeleke aka BRed’s marriage to Faith Johnson ended in a split in 2023 after charges of cruelty and adultery.
The split couple, who shared a baby boy named Adetayo Oshioke Adeleke, who was born in 2019, have now unfollowed each other on Instagram and have continued to slight each other on social media.
4. Yomi Gold:
Yoruba actor and producer, Yomi Alore, popularly called Yomi Gold, also in January announced the end of his second marriage to his wife, Meenah.
The actor took responsibility for the split while also praising his wife. He further blamed the loss of love and affection in the union for the split. According to him “When love dies in a relationship nobody should force it.”
5. Faridah Sobowale:
Sobowale and her husband Odulaja tied the knot in June, the marriage however crashed in August.
The Lagos socialite attempted to end her life following the crash of her two-month-old marriage to her now-estranged husband, Demola Odulaja.
Sobowale was rescued from jumping off the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
Odulaja, who confirmed the rumours, said his two-month-old marriage to Sobowale failed due to alleged infidelity.
Popular Yoruba actor, Damola Olatunji was previously in a relationship with his colleague, Bukola Awoyemi, popularly called Arugba.
The actress announced their separation via her Instagram page, alleging her partner of infidelity, which he outrightly denied.
She also claimed that she was never married to Olatunji but bore him children.
7. Israel DMW:
Davido’s logistics manager, Israel Afeare, popularly known as DMW, announced the end of his marriage to his wife, Sheila Courage in a post via Instagram in November.
Israel DMW accused his wife of ingratitude, despite his generosity during the marriage. He claimed that Sheila left the marriage in August.
Popular Nollywood actor, Michael Godson Ifeanyichukwu, known as Mike Godson, has announced on social media his purchase of a newly acquired home in Lagos state.
Taking to Instagram, Godson shared a photo of the property accompanied by a caption that read: “New Lagos House! #2024 new blessings.”
Former BBNaija housemate, Neo Akpofure has reacted to the allegations of his co-star, Phyna after she dragged him for calling her ‘razz’ while in the Big Brother house All Stars season.
The Nation reported that Phyna dragged Neo on her new podcast, “Spill with Phyna”, citing her colleague’s verbal abuse of her on national television.
Phyna said she was watching the recently concluded season of the “All Stars” when one of the housemates uttered her well-known colloquialism, “Who dey.”
Neo, however, urged the housemates to cease using the slang as soon as he heard it because the person who coined it was a razz person he didn’t want to hear about.
In reaction to this, Neo stated that he doesn’t have strength for anything that doesn’t concern God, money, love, or food this New Year.
Neo wrote: “I don’t have the strength for anything that doesn’t concern God, love, money or food this year.”
Below are netizens reactions:
slim4ever: “Neo no gree for any razz girl this year. Love u loads”
Ibeh Rossy: “Coming from Neo that came to Lagos because of BBN go and apologize”
Achile: “If na Baye u go get strength. Try phyna mk we see.”
Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, a Lagos PDP chieftain and former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 presidential campaign council, says there is still hope for the main opposition party in Nigeria.
Pearse, a former PDP national chairmanship aspirant and gubernatorial candidate in Lagos state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that things were not as bad as they were being made to look in the party.
He said: “PDP is not done yet. It is not over for PDP in Nigeria. When you look at the national landscape, PDP still remains very strong number two at the National Assembly.
“APC has about 20 governors, we have about 14 governors while other parties have two.
“If we go to the national assembly, we are very strong number two with maybe 38 per cent to 40 per cent of members.”
Pearse, however, said the PDP’s strength in Lagos state is a different issue, as Labour Party had displaced PDP to emerge a distant number two to the ruling APC.
“We have lost a lot of ground in Lagos,” he said.
Pearse, however, said the fortune of PDP would revive once the party completed her mid-term congress for the emergence of substantive national leadership.
“Part of our problems now is that we don’t have a substantive national chairman. We really don’t have a party leader, that is the problem.
“Once we get a substantive national chairman in our mid-term congress, the party will move forward,” he said.
He urged the party to be more aggressive in constructive criticisms of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Pearse said that though the PDP’s national secretariat was doing a bit of this, all the state chapters of the party should be doing same and be more aggressive about it to give live to the main opposition party.
“We must be speaking on behalf of the people. It is the opportunity to make the party look good.
“All the flaws of the incumbent, we can expose and tell the people what the party will do if given the opportunity to represent them.
“We should just keep hope alive, keep getting ready and planning toward the 2027 general elections,” he said.
Afrobeat singer, Kizz Daniel is set to give a cash gift of N1 million to a little girl who sang his new song ‘Twe Twe‘ word for word in an endearing way.
The little girl’s video went viral after she participated in a challenge where she was seen singing Kizz Daniel’s latest song.
The video has since caught the singer’s attention, causing him to offer the cash gift of N1M to the child.
In a post via his social media platforms, he pleaded with his fans to help locate the little girl so he could fulfill his promise of a cash gift to her while also offering a gift for anyone who locates her.
“@yinkuss_dc Help us find her … I have a million for her and a gift for anybody wey bring her to me. Approved #twetwechallenge,” he captioned the video.
Singer Davido’s first baby mama, Sophia Momodu, has reacted after being called by a fan who said she must be pained by the musician’s adorable vacation with his wife, Chioma, and their twins.
Recall that the Afrobeats musician had shared an adorable video of himself and his wife, Chioma taking a stroll with their twins in the United States.
A fan took to the microblogging platform, X to throw a snide remark at Sophia Momodu as he opined that the single mother of one is probably fuming now.
@IAMSADIQ said: “After seeing Davido & Chioma with their twins, Sophia Momodu go dey dey fume now.”
In her reaction, Sophi said the internet has failed to let go of her name despite the singer having multiple children with different mothers.
She wrote: “Na wa. 10 thousand women & 15 thousand children later you people are still calling my name??? Leave this smelling stalkerish behavior in 2023. Make una move onnnnn! Rest! I know I give y’all life but God damn! Move on! Y’all are so weird with this fake narrative.”
The city of Ibadan, Oyo state in the early hours of Thursday witnessed the first rain in the year 2024.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy rain which started at about 3.40 a.m. lasted for about 40 minutes, stopping at about 4; 20 a.m.
The unexpected downpour, devoid of lightning, heavy wind and thunderstorms, was witnessed at Omi-Adio, in Ido Local Government, Ibadan South West Local Government and other parts of the metropolis.
The residents of the city expressed delight over the downpour, describing it as “showers of blessing in the new year’’.
A resident of Omi Adio, Mr Paul Ademola said the rain was a relief from the heat being witnessed in the evening with mild harmattan early in the morning.
“It is also a relief from the harmattan haze made worse by untarred roads, causing illnesses among residents of Omi – Adio.
Nollywood actress, Moyo Lawal has explained why she refused to announce or celebrate her birthday this year for the first time since when she became an adult.
The Nation reported that the actress turned a new age on January 2nd but was silent about it on social media.
She was, however, celebrated by some of her colleagues including Mary Njoku and Uche Ogbodo.
Speaking on her decision to go quiet this year, Moyo Lawal said she did exactly what she would have done if she wasn’t in the entertainment industry.
She wrote: “I didn’t do any photoshoot or announce or even celebrate my birthday for the first time in my adult life (I did exactly what I would do if I wasn’t into showbiz).
“This is definitely my year of attempting things completely strange to me, crossing the hardest hurdle, they say the first step is the hardest.”
Recall that Moyo Lawal was involved in a leaked video scandal last year.
