Davido Sells Out Tickets In Toronto Venue, Ahead of Forthcoming North American Tour

 

Nigerian Music superstar David Adeleke, who is popularly known as Davido, has announced that tickets have been SOLD OUT at the Toronto, Canada, venue for his North American Tour-titled ‘We Rise By Lifting Others’.

Davido

The award-winning singer took to Instagram to make the announcement earlier today, 21st April 2022. Recall, we had reported that Davido was set to go on his North American Tour. The Tour will kick off in Brooklyn (New York, USA) and go through, Toronto (Ontario, Canada), Boston (Massachusetts, USA), Chicago (Illinois, USA) and end in Los Angeles (California, USA).

It is also reported that the sold out tickets sold for as much as $416. Which is a contrast to some initial buyers who said they purchased ticket to the event for $58. Price went up

Wizkid replies Banky W over wedding absence remarks

 

Banky W and his wife Adesua Etomi were guests at Ebuka's BlackBox interview series.

In his usual manner, the music star left a short message on his Twitter page as a response to Banky W's interview.

"LOL," he tweeted.

Banky W had revealed that he was disappointed with the former EME signee for not showing up at his wedding.

"Was I disappointed that he wasn't at the wedding? I was but I know he tried because there was a show with a lot of the artists...I think it was One Africa," he said.

"As a matter of fact Tiwa ended up...there was business class and she took economy seat so she could make it. But he called at the time that he was so sorry."

Banky W says he was disappointed with Wizkid for not showing up at his wedding

 

Nigerian music stars Banky W and Wizkid [Instagram/BankyW] [Instagram/Wizkid]

Nigerian music star Bankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W has revealed how he felt about Wizkid's absence at his wedding.

Banky W and Adesua Etomi had one of the most talked about weddings in the entertainment space back in 2017.

In a recent chat with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on the BlackBox interview series, the singer turned politician revealed that he was disappointed with the former EME signee for not showing up at his wedding.

"Was I disappointed that he wasn't at the wedding? I was but I know he tried because there was a show with a lot of the artists...I think it was One Africa," he said.

"As a matter of fact Tiwa ended up...there was business class and she took economy seat so she could make it. But he called at the time that he was so sorry."

He also spoke about Wizkid's contract with EME and how he made his exit from the record label easy devoid of drama.

He also said Wizkid left the label without fullfilling his part in the contract.

"I think it was a 5 album deal and he had done 2 solo albums... I think he still owed 3 more albums but he wanted to leave. And for me, that was enough because I don't want anybody to stay where they want to stay." he said.

Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W's Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2009.

He released two albums 'StarBoy' and 'Ayo' under the record label.

He left the label in 2014.

photos from Rita Dominic's bridal shower

The movie star will be walking down the aisle in a few days.

Nollywood actress Rita Dominic has some of her close friends organise a beautiful bridal shower over the weekend.

The movie star and her partner Fidelis Anosike got engaged earlier in the week.

The private event saw some of Hollywood's screen goddesses in attendance.

From Ego Boyo, Ini Edo, Kate Henshaw, Dakore Egbuson-Akande to Mo Abudu, Joke Silva, Chioma Chukwuka, Michelle Dede, it was indeed a beautiful evening filled with fun and laughter.

Dominic and Anosike will reportedly be getting married in Imo state on April 18th and 19th this year.

It would be recalled that on Boxing Day, 2020, Dominic sent social media into a frenzy when she shared some cosy photos with her partner, Anosike.

Dominic's partner, Anosike, is the founder of Folio Media Group, a multi-media company that owns Daily Times Nigeria (founded 1926), the country’s oldest newspaper.

In a recent interview, the actress explained the reason she decided to show off her partner on social media.

"I couldn’t love you less Husby @ritadominic .. Congratulations Ree. You deserve all the joy in this world. Your heart is so sweet and I am so blessed to have you in my corner. God bless your union... This is a dream come true for us all ❤️❤️❤️💃💃💃💃💃," Ini Edo wrote as she shared photos from the event via her Instagram page.

That's the thing...it just happened. Oh my goodness Chude! Anyway...It just happened, a spur of the moment, happiness. Once in a while, you want to share certain things with people and I felt like my lovers, had been there for me for decades," she told Chude Jideonwo on his show.

Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Nwaturuocha is a Nigerian actress. In 2012, Rita Dominic won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

I knew ‘Made In Lagos’ would be a huge success, it took me three years to work on it” – Wizkid

 Superstar singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid discloses that he knew his album ‘Made In Lagos’ would be a massive success before it was released.

Wizkid who recently bagged Artist of The Year (Africa) at the Apple Music Awards, in his acceptance chat, illuminated on his record-breaking album.

According to him, he worked on it for three years and believed that it was a bit different from what he has previously been doing.

In his words:

“I felt it coming. I would say I’m lying if I didn’t feel it coming because it took me three years to work on that album. So I felt like there was going to be a shift, but I didn’t know how it would come. Because I knew that it was kind of like a different… it wasn’t a different sound, but it was a more matured sound from what I used to make.

“From when I was way young, man. I called my first album ‘Superstar.’ How confident can you be? So yeah. I was born to do this sh**, man.”

He also spoke on his admiration for the songstress, Tems and hinted at the success of ‘Essence.’

Kanye West Makes Public Plea to Kim Kardashian: ‘Run Right Back to Me, Baby’

 

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Kanye West is publicly letting Kim Kardashian know he wants to reconcile.

People reports Kanye gave a special shout-out to Kim while performing at the Free Larry Hoover concert in L.A.

West reportedly dedicated “Runaway” to Kim, who was in the audience, and after singing the lyrics "I need you to run right back to me, baby," he told her directly, “More specifically, Kimberly.”

Kim was at the show with her sister Kendall Jenner and her mom Kris Jenner, as well as her two eldest children with West, North, 8, and Saint, 6. Kim and Kanye are also the parents of Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 2

Just last month, Kanye posted a “Thanksgiving Prayer” on Instagram, saying, "All I think about every day is how I get my family back together and how I heal the pain that I've caused. I take accountability for my actions. New word alert: misactions. The one thing that all my successes and failures have in common is me."

He also addressed their marriage in a speech at the Los Angeles Mission’s Annual Thanksgiving event, saying, "The narrative God wants is to see that we can be redeemed in all these relationships."

Kim filed for divorce in February, but Kanye insisted on the “Drink Champs” podcast last month, "She's still my wife, ain't no paperwork.”

Earlier this week, Kim thanked Kanye "for really introducing me to the fashion world" while accepting the Fashion Icon Award at the People's Choice Awards.

Since her split with Kanye, Kardashian has moved on with “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson.

Dr Dre celebrates as he ‘finalises’ divorce with Nicole Young

 

Ex partners, Nicole and Dr Dre. 

Andre Romelle Young aka Dr Dre appears to have finalised his divorce from wife Nicole Young.

If the news is confirmed, the divorce will have come after 25 years of marriage, and after many years to finalise due to a dispute over the couple’s prenup agreement.

“Hey Well My Brother @drdre Just Told Me It's Final!  Congrats (champagne bottle emoji) Still Dre (goat and flexed bicep emojis),” his friend, the Chameleon Entertainment CEO Breyon Prescott captioned the photo in which the 56-year-old rapper is seen smiling before a ‘Divorce AF’ silver balloon bouquet.

Even though Dr Dre has not yet commented about the divorce, the photo and the set-up suggest that Dr Dre was having a ‘divorce party’.

Nicole is 51 and together with Dr Dre, they share a 20-year-old daughter Truly and 24-year-old son Truice.

Nicole accused Dr Dre of abuse claiming he had held a gun over her head twice. She also claimed in her court filing that the celebrated star threw her out of their home citing ‘irreconcilable difference’ as the main reason for the divorce.

The music mogul however denied the allegations.

Davido spoils himself with Lamborghini Aventador worth N300M for Christmas

 The singer says Christmas came early.

Nigerian music star Davido [Instagram/Davido]

Nigerian music star Davido has gotten for himself a Lamborghini Aventador worth N300M.

The music star took to his Instagram Stories on Friday, December 10, 2021, where he shared photos and videos of his new car.

According to the singer, he won't be buying a new car for a long time...we hope so too.

Davido spoils himself with Lamborghini Aventador worth N300M for Christmas

Davido says he won't be buying a new car for a long time

Davido's Aventador is one of the sleekest models built by the luxury car brand.

According to cars website, Edmunds, a 2020 Aventador goes for between $417,826 - $517,770.

The last time the father of three made a huge buzz about what many now describe as his hubby was in March when he bought a 2021 Rolls Royce Cullinan.

Ini Edo reveals more details about surrogate birth, slams critics

 Nollywood actress, Ini Edo takes to social media to reveal more details about her surrogate birth while slamming critics who seem to be interfering in her personal life.

This comes after a Twitter user condemned the actress for picking a random man as her sperm donor in a bid to have a child.

Reacting to this claim, in a now-deleted Instastory post, the movie star debunked the notion as she affirmed that her sperm donor isn’t a random man. She further urged those invading her private life to focus on important issues in the country.

”My daughter’s donor isn’t just a random person. Doesn’t make him any more than a donor.Now y’all can start to focus on what is really important in this country and leave us the hell alone.” She wrote.

Davido breaks silence, shares names of 5 people who allegedly caused death of Sylvester Oromoni

Award winning Nigerian singer, Davido has shared the names of alleged killers of 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni.

Sylvester Oromoni, prior to his death was a student of Dowen College. He was allegedly beaten to death by his colleagues for refusing to join a cult.

 This issue became a major public conversation as Nigerians joined his family to cry for justice. Many celebrities also joined the bandwagon in supporting the cause.

Davido took cue from this and recently posted a picture of the alleged murderers’ names.

“Michael Kashamu, Anslem Temile, Benjamin Favour, Edward Brown and Agboro Emmanuel,” he posted.

See his post below;

New comedy series, reality show, spark online reactions

 Social media space was agog last weekend as popular comedians and actors dropped the teasers of Ile Alayo comedy series and a new reality show, Breaking-In.

New comedy series, reality show, spark online reactions

Ile Alayo is a comedy series adapted from a comedy movie of the same title. Based on popular demand from Nollywood audience, It’s now produced into a comedy series. The relaunch version of this comic series retains a number of the original actors, while also bringing a new spice to it with popular faces in the Nigerian comedy scene.

Produced by Pay-TV provider, StarTimes, in conjunction with Nollywood actor, Femi Adebayo and Wakaati TV, the series will start airing December 6.

The cast of the new TV series include top actors and social media comedians such as Odunlade Adekola, Mercy Aigbe, Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello), Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule, Femi Adebayo, Ebun Oloyede, Mr Macaroni, Cute Abiola, Olaiya Igwe, Broda Shaggi and Woli Agba.

Ile Alayo joins other sought-after entertainment that StarTimes is launching this Yuletide season.

This exciting content line-up includes new local and foreign drama series, live sports across the globe, and live broadcast of festive events across Lagos.

Whilst subscribers on classic and super bouquets will have access to all of these rich catalogue of entertainment, StarTimes subscribers on basic and smart bouquets only need to join the ongoing festive promo called Xmas Awoof by paying for two months on their existing bouquet and they will automatically be upgraded to Classic/Super for the same number of months.

From 1st December, StarTimes is bringing cinema blockbusters to the living room. These hit movies will be airing on the Nollywood movies and series channel – ST Nollywood Plus at 8pm daily.

Then from December 6, Ile Alayo comedy-drama series will commence airing on ST Nollywood Plus at 7:30pm Mondays to Wednesdays. Also, on December 23, the series will debut on Wakaati TV for subscribers on NOVA bouquet.

“Families at home should get set for rib-cracking scenes as new characters like Mr Macaroni, Woli Agba, Broda Shaggi, and Lateef Adedimeji grace your screen in this blockbuster comedy. It is sure going to be a laughter-filled season,” StarTimes Content Director, Viki Liu, said.

Three days later, on December 9, another thrilling series, Okirika, will debut on ST Nollywood Plus channel at 7:30pm, Thursdays to Saturdays. This series gained a lot of attention when Iyabo Ojo called for entries for the auditions, and since then, it has remained in the news. Viewers can expect a lot more than laughter from this family sitcom as leading actress Ini Edo has said that the plot explores the “underworld of crime scenes like what people do undercover using other businesses to cover up.”

Sports lovers are not left out with exciting Bundesliga, La Liga, Copa del Rey, and Coppa Italia fixtures on World Football channel. ESPN 1 and 2 will bring live NBA Basketball. Also, live combat sports actions will air on Sports Arena, the dedicated channel for combat sports. One of such matches to look out for in Bundesliga is the match between arch-rivals, Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern München on December 4.

The awoof promo opens viewing access till January when the new reality show, Breaking-In, will begin airing. Breaking-In is a reality television show that focuses on giving qualified job applicants the opportunity to meet top company executives, interview and defend their CVs with the hope of hacking and starting a dream of a lucrative career with some of the top companies in the country.

“As a brand that truly has the family interest at heart, StarTimes has loads of top-notch content to keep the whole family entertained. It is going to be a detty December for every StarTimes subscriber. No matter your age or interest, there is suitable content for you,” Viki added.

Sylvester Oromoni: “If Any Suspect Sneaks Out Of Nigeria, Blame Immigration – Reno Omokri

 Nigerian Politician and lawyer, Reno Omokri has weighed into the heightened discussions on the tragic death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, who died after being bullied in school.

The former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan posited that the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, ought to put suspects in the murder of Sylvester and staff of Dowen College, on a no fly list.

This, he said while reacting to speculations that parents of the alleged killers are making plans to fly their children out of the country amid investigations.

According to Reno, If any suspect sneak out, the Nigerian Immigration Service is to blame.

Reno said, “The Nigerian Immigration Service ought to put suspects in the murder of Sylvester Oromoni, and staff of Dowen College, on a no fly list. In fact, their passports ought to be temporarily seized pending investigations! If any suspect sneak out, NIS is to blame. #Justiceforsylvester.”

Reactions as Toke Makinwa goes emotional, shares photo of the only thing she inherited from her late father

 Nigerian media personality and TV host, Toke Makinwa has taken to Instagram to show off what she ‘inherited’ from her late father.

Reports gathered that Toke Makinwa’s father lost his life in a gas explosion when she was only eight years old.

Following his tragic death, Toke did not relent in her dream to become successful as she kept on working hard to become the brand she is today.

Few moments ago, the controversial host took to her Instagram page to share a photo of her only ‘inheritance’ from her father.

The photo clearly revealed the brown spots on her skin, which she described as her ‘inheritance’ from her father.

She revealed that the brown spots extended from her neck to her shoulder, and her father also had them.

“The only thing I inherited from my late dad, had to burn my skin tags today. Feeling really emosh……” the caption of the Instagram story read.

There Are Also Bullies In Nollywood – Halima Abubakar

The death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College could open doors for more revelations as Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar vows to name all the bullies present in the industry.

The actress prayed an arrest for the killers of the 12-year-old Sylvester who was allegedly tortured to death by his schoolmates, wrote, “I pray an arrest has been made by today. When I talk about bullies, believe me they are everywhere. No one is safe, in their hatered. We are now adult still, not much is done. Young Sylvester s death will be the last.”

Sharing her own sad experience in the hands of bullies, Halima who took to her Instagram page wrote, “I Am a survivor of bullying. Trust me even if a governor own the school. Justice must be served.

“The perpetrators should be brought out. And justice served. So Sylvester can have closure and finally Rest In Peace.

“Bullying is actually rampart they keep covering it up. I am A border and i know, how schools cover crimes in bording schools.#justiceforslyvester #saynotobullies

“They are right if you report, you snitched. beating, molestation, punishments from seniors or even ur own mate.

“Kindly stop and talk to ur KIDS. many more are hidden. look EVEN in Nollywood we have bullies and i will name them all.

“I repeated a semester in BUK because of bullies.”

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Reactions As 2face Shares Kiss With His Wife Annie Idibia

 

Award-winning Nigerian singer, 2face on Wednesday shared a lovely kiss with his wife, Annie Idibia as he visited her at work.

The Nollywood actress, who recently reconciled with her husband’s family and her family, wasted no time as she jumped on him, kissing him passionately.

Recall that Annie in her apology had revealed that her accusations towards her husband in a recent scandal was based on her emotions and anger.

In an apology on her Instagram page, Annie stated what she wanted for her 37th birthday was peace hence the reason for the apology.

She stated that she has been unhappy with herself and has been suicidal due to her actions.

However, the actress on Wednesday in a post showed the lovely moment she had with her husband at work.

She took to her Instagram account and wrote, “Let Love Lead The Way”