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As musician, your second job is prostitution’ – Seun Kuti Grammy-nominated afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has asserted that most musicians’ side hustle is “prostitution.” He claimed that only less than one percent of the world’s musicians are not into “prostitution.” He made the bold claim in a video message shared via his Tiktok page recently. Kuti said, “Someone asked me why am I wearing nail polish like a prostitute. You don’t know that I’m a prostitute? “Okay, that guy must have come to this life late. I’ve said it before that all the musicians in this world except just four out of the millions of musicians in the world that are not prostitutes. “As a musician, your first job is to play music. Your second job is prostitution. I’m saying it live and direct. And it’s true of me and all your favourite musicians.”  

I once considered converting to Islam – Omah Lay Famous singer Stanley Omah Didia, aka Omah Lay, has revealed that he contemplated converting to Islam at some point despite being born into a Christian home. He said right now, he doesn’t care about religion anymore. He, however, said he believes in the existence of God. Speaking in a recent interview with media personality Wunmi Bello, Omah Lay said, “As soon as I made money, I just switched; I just believed in God and became more human than religious. I don’t just enjoy religion anymore. “I grew up in a Christian home. I spent a lot of time in church. And at some point, I was going to convert to Islam. But now I’m at the point where it’s just me and God. Not religion. Because I really don’t know anything about religion. That’s the problem. These holy books and what everybody is saying, I know it sounds true but these are just books that I can not find evidence that this was written by God or his servants. “So, I just feel like I don’t ...

‘Why Nigerians don’t give Rema enough credit’ – Johnny Drille  Sensational singer, Johnny Drille has said his colleagues and record label mate, Rema isn’t given enough credit for his impeccable contributions to the Nigerian music industry and beyond. The ‘Believe Me’ crooner cited partiality as the reason Nigerians don’t treasure Rema despite all his musical achievements at a young age. Speaking in a recent Radio interview, Johnny Drille said, “Not to be controversial or anything but if Rema was some other artistes, other big artistes in Nigeria, everyone would be screaming at their lungs like, ‘Hey! This person is breaking grounds..’ “And Rema for his age has done some really incredible things that I don’t think we give him enough credit for. I mean, he has literally one of the biggest songs not just in Africa but in the world with ‘Calm Down’ which has been on the Billboard Top 10 for almost a year. That has never been done in the history of African music. And he is having a lot ...

Wike hosts Rivers APC, says ‘we’ll vote Tinubu again in 2027’ Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has pledged to mobilize electoral support for President Bola Tinubu in the next election, saying those who scored 2,000 in the 2023 elections would score next to nothing in 2027. The minister made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja, while playing host to leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC from Rivers State, led by the National Vice Chairman, South-South, Victor Giadom. Wike also said he had no regrets about supporting President Tinubu in the last general election because he was out to ensure equity and justice, adding that he owes no one an apology. Promising to carry the Rivers APC and all Nigerians along, the minister said he would never discriminate against anyone on the basis of religion, ethnicity or political affiliations. He said: “Let me say clearly and to the hearing of everyone: we owe a duty to continue to support Mr President irrespective o...

Dismissal of Atiku, Obi’s petitions, mockery of justice system – HURIWA Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the dismissal of the petitions filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as a mockery of the justice system of Nigeria. HURIWA in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, described the judgment as a mockery of justice and warned that it may encourage violence in the future. Onwubiko said, “The Supreme Court of Nigeria did not perform the unthinkable, neither did the conservative and traditionalist justices of the apex court perform any miracle by upstaging or invalidating the election of the incumbent President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because it did what most critics and civil rights leaders already predicted in its ruling when it controversially ...

Delta Police arrest 26-year-old man for allegedly murdering girlfriend The Police in Sapele have arrested a 26-year-old man, Destiny Ogheneovo, for allegedly murdering his girlfriend (Jennifer Aaron) in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. Destiny was picked up few days ago at his residence in NDDC road area in Amukpe, Sapele by police detectives from Sapele Division after Jennifer Aaron’s relatives reported her missing.  A relative of the deceased, Ugomu, told Newsmen that Jennifer, who had a two-year-old child with Destiny, parted ways with him about four months ago after their relationship turned sour. According to him, last week Tuesday, Destiny appeared at Jennifer’s family home to take her away on his motorcycle.  When Jennifer failed to return home that night, her worried relatives began searching for her but to no avail. “We looked for her everywhere but no one knew her whereabouts. It was later that night that someone reportedly overheard Destiny arguing loudl...

End Of The Road For Obi, Atiku As Tinubu Wins At Supreme Court The Supreme Court has struck out the appeal of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the February 25 election. In its ruling on Thursday, the seven-member panel held that the issues canvassed by Obi were the same as that of Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), thus there was no need for a repeat. Earlier, the court had struck out Atiku’s appeal for lack of merit. Justice Inyang Okoro held that Atiku failed to prove that he won the election, stating that there was no alternative figure of votes to counter that validly declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Supreme Court said it can’t manufacture votes in support of Atiku and PDP. The apex court dismissed all the grounds of appeal of Atiku and PDP on qualification, non-compliance with the Electoral Act, the 25% votes in FCT, and electoral malpractices. The court sat over Obi’s appeal for ab...