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Former Arsenal and Togo international footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor has dumped one corner hitmaker Patapaa following his infamous diss song ‘Otetafo’ directed at highlife star, Kuami Eugene, Asembi.com gathers. Prior to the release of the diss song, Emmanuel Adebayor thrown his support behind Patapaa and his music and even promised to help him out with some goodies, including an expensive suit after Patapaa’s VGMA suit saga. However all that seems to have changed following the ‘Otetafo’…

Comedian Basketmouth’s wife Elsie Okpocha recently shared a photo of Tuface Idibia and herself with a birthday message for the singer who celebrated his birthday yesterday. In the message, Elsie called the legendary singer her ‘lover’ to the amazement of many. “Happy birthday to my friend, my lover, a good guy, wonderful and talented, you’re one in a million. I wish u many more awesome fantastic years ahead💋💋💋💋 @official2baba”She said. And 2Baba replied: “Aahhhh Elsie ooooo! I…

The Federal government, through the minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, has said it has moved 10.073million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity. He made the claim on Tuesday while speaking on arrangements for the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#24) held at the conference room of the ministry in Abuja. He stated that the FG had taken steps to move over 10 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity as one of the…

A controversial South African pastor, who gave his church members JIK bleach to drink during his service last week, has spoken out to defend his action. Pastor Ruffus Phala, of Ark Centre Ministry in Makgodu Village, Limpopo, South Africa told Daily Sun he could turn the Jik into the blood of Jesus – he said what his members were drinking wasn’t Jik but Jesus Christ’s blood. He said: Yes, it was Jik before I made the declaration….

Nigerian-American recording artist, record producer and actor Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale has called out American Airlines employees who according to him said he didn’t belong in first class. Taking to Twitter to make the allegation against the American Airlines employees, Wale said the exchange occurred after he got stranded on the runway alongside other passengers when he was set to fly to Los Angeles. The…

On Sunday September 9th, actress Eucharia Anunobi was joined by her friends and family for the one year memorial/thanksgiving service of her son, Raymond Ekwu, who passed away in August last year. He was 15 years old. Raymond died after a long battle with sickle cell anemia. Eucharia shared more photos from the remeberance service which was attended by Nollywood stars including Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Anita Joseph,Keppy Ekpeyong and many others. On her page, Eucharia wrote ”Your…

1. The Police Command in Enugu State, on Tuesday, sealed the Enugu office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over leadership tussle between the two factions of the party. Report says a police squad led by the Commissioner, Mohammed Danmallam cordoned the office located on Nike Avenue, GRA, Enugu. A factional group led by Mr. Okey Ogbodo was holding a meeting in the office when another faction led by Dr. Ben Nwoye attempted to scuttle…

Nigerian gospel act, Ebenezer Benjamin is full of praise for Ghana’s Terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport. The ‘Victory’, who posted a video after using the facility, was simply amazed. He described the terminal as amazing and urged the Nigerian government to take a cue from Ghana. “Ladies and gentlemen believe me or not, this is Ghana airport. State-of-the-art airport. This is amazing,” Eben, who performed at this year’s Adom Praiz concert, said in…

Forty-one mass graves containing remains of thousands of victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have been discovered and bodies exhumed from two sectors in the City of Kigali. Consequently, remains of 18,331 Genocide victims have been exhumed from the mass graves from Gasabo and Kicukiro districts. According to Ibuka, the umbrella organisation of Genocide survivors, the exercise started early April after information emerged that there were mass graves in two sectors; Rusororo in…