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Veteran actor Richard Mofe Damijo aka RMD has shared a throwback photo with his colleagues.

The thespian shared a photo he took with some of his colleagues including veteran actress, Sola Sobowale, standup comedian Olateju Oyelakin aka Teju Babyface, and another.

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According to the RMD, the picture was taken over two decades ago.

“How time flies” na this picture be that so, taken over 20 years ago shuuu. My dearest aburo #solasobowale & see as #tejubabyfaceoyelakin resemble small pikin”, he captioned the post.

Barbadian singer Rihanna has made the cover of British Vogue magazine with her partner, A$AP Rocky and their son.

The Fenty boss shared images from the magazine’s March 2023 edition featuring her family.

Sharing a photo of her nine-month-old son lying on his back, holding his feet and smiling, she wrote: “My perfect baby!!!”

Before now, the couple has kept their baby boy largely out of the public eye.

But on December 17, 2022, the “Work” singer posted an adorable video of her baby to make her TikTok debut with the caption, “Hacked.”

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However, his name yet remains undisclosed to the public.

According to reports, RiRi and her A$AP “have only shared the baby’s name with close family members.”

“They are keeping it a secret until they’re ready to share it with the world.”

Jasmine Chioma Okafor, the adopted daughter of veteran actor, John Okafor aka Mr Ibu melted hearts with the special treat she gave her dad on Valentine’s Day.

In the video shared by the content creator on Instagram, she made her dad pick from two pieces of white paper with things written on them.

He was made to pick five different times and she made sure all the things written on the pieces of paper were done to the letter.

First, she made him pick from either a watch or a phone, he picked the latter and she took him to a phone shop and got him a Tecno Camon phone.

Next, he made a pick from lunch or popcorn, he was then taken to a restaurant where he had semo with egusi soup for lunch as he picked the former.

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They proceeded to the salon for a haircut after the 61-year-old comic star chose the paper having the option over facials.

Afterward, he was given some spa treatment on making the pick over vacation.

Jasmine ended her Valentine’s treat for her dad by taking him out shopping after he made the choice over playing games.

Captioning the video, Jasmine wrote: “How did your Valentine day go?
Did they propose to you or na flower them give you? Mine was awesome as I celebrated with my family.”

The video has elicited

Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy has mourned the tragic death of South African rapper AKA.

The 35-year-old rapper was shot dead outside a popular restaurant on Florida Rd in Durban, South Africa on Friday February 10, 2023.

In what seemed to be a song via his insta story, the Afro-fusion superstar expressed shock over the demise of the rapper, revealing the news turned his positive mood sour.

ODOGWU claimed he advised AKA to acquire a gun after the deceased saw his and tagged him wild.

Burna confessed despite their differences in the past he never envisaged death for AKA while hoping the culprits are brought to book.

“WTF is all of that about? I just heard he died, seen that video at that restaurant. Took me out of a positive mood/ Took me back to that day when you saw my gun and you said I was wild/ Then I told you you should have one too.

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“But I didn’t want you dead, it was like that with me and you, have one too/ Cuz it weren’t like niggaz wasn’t dying but I thought you knew/ And I ain’t really f**k with you/

“Wicked! I hope they catch whoever did you wicked/ I hope you rest in peace, even though we ain’t kick it/ At the end of the day we some grown ass ni**az.

AKA, one of SA’s best rappers was engulfed in a war of words with Burna Boy during Xenophobic attacks in South Africa and other times”, he wrote.

In a separate post, the self-acclaimed ‘African Giant’ shared the image of a dove, love emoji accompanied with the words; “RIP AKA.”

Grammy award-winning singers Burna Boy and Tems with Afro-rave sensation Rema are set to headline the NBA All-star game 2023 halftime show.

The Afrobeats-themed will see Nigerian’s global super stars perform in Utah, United States of America on Sunday, February 17.

The NBA Communications in charge of official league news and information directly from NBA PR shared the information on Wednesday night on its official Twitter handle.

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It wrote: “GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer @burnaboy, 2023 GRAMMY Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer @temsbaby and rapper and singer @heisrema will headline the NBA All-Star Game 2023 halftime show with an Afrobeats-themed performance.

“Prior to tip-off, global superstar @PostMalone will perform a medley of hits following the first-ever in-arena NBA All-Star Draft (7:30 p.m. ET), and
@vindiesel, star of the upcoming “Fast X” movie, will welcome fans to the evening.

“Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ben Affleck who produced, directed and stars in the upcoming film “AIR,” which will be exclusively in theaters globally April 5, will introduce the 2023 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game participants at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN on Friday, Feb. 17.”

Fast-rising actress Idia Aisien has stated she received criticism for her not being Igbo and light-skinned in her debut role in the movie, ‘Nneka the Pretty Serpent’.

The 1994 horror-mystery classic was remade in December 2020 with Aisien playing the lead role alongside Bovi Ugboma, Bimbo Ademoye, Zack Orji, Shaffy Bello, Beverly Osu and Ndidi Obi.

She explained the Nigerian audience precisely left her heartbroken with their criticism as they expressed disappointment for having to see a dark-skinned, non-Igbo lady play the role of Nneka which was originally acted by a light-skinned, Igbo Nollywood veteran, Ndidi Obi.

However, the Nigerian-Cameroonian noted she was highly compensated by the positive reviews that her role in the movie attracted from the international scene.

Speaking in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, the 31-year-old movie star said: “When it first came out in the cinemas, I was a little bit heartbroken by some of the comments that people were leaving.

“Comments about me not being light-skinned or Igbo, about me destroying what meant something to a lot of Nigerians. Nigerians loved their veteran actors. They love their Nollywood classics.

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“So, it was something that I just wished people could see how much passion went into it at the time.

“But, with the international market, and the kind of feedback we are getting, I am getting messages from the Philippines, French Guiana, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, and Los Angeles.

“I was hurt at first because Nneka is a fictional character and anyone could bring something different to the character but I don’t think that tribe and skin colour should matter.

“I mean, Black Panther was Americans pretending like they are in Africa. A lot of people who criticised it (the film- Nneka the pretty serpent), criticised it because of the choice of Nneka, which broke my heart.

“When Nneka came out, some were like, ‘we heard Idia killed it o’. This very famous female said, ‘abeg, I am sure she paid for that job’.

“She saw me recently and was nice to me. She said she finally watched it, and it was great, but you know when you hear stuff, it’s like, ‘do I take the one I heard you say’. or ‘do I take how you feel now that you have watched it’. This is why it is important to give people a chance.”