Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has called out her colleagues for taking sides with Baba Ijesha, who was apprehended by the police for sexual abuse. You recall that the actor was caught on camera defiling a 14-year-old girl. Reports also revealed the 48-year-old had been defiling the girl since she was 7. She took to Instagram on Sunday to share her thoughts in an almost six-minute-long video. “We all heard what happened to Baba Ijesha and the rape issue and since yesterday, I have been seeing a lot of people posting his pictures, with some saying he was framed and others…
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Business mogul, Elon Musk admits ‘a bunch of people will probably die’ during SpaceX’s initial voyages to Mars. However, he insisted it will be a ‘glorious adventure and amazing experience’. The SpaceX founder was speaking with Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation when he made the stark prediction according to a report by DailyMail. Musk has already said he hopes to get humans on Mars by 2026, seven years before NASA aims to land astronauts on the Red Planet. On Thursday, Musk warned: Going to Mars reads like that advert for Shackleton going to the Antarctic. You know…
Canadian singer, Justin Bieber has been accused of cultural appropriation after he shared pictures of himself rocking dreadlocks. Last Sunday, the ‘Sorry’ crooner premiered the controversial hairdo on his Instagram page with a poolside snap with his wife Hailey. The next day, Justin shared another photo of himself in a checkered shirt and a pink pearl necklace. Bieber had previously been under fire for sporting dreadlocks at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2016. Shortly after, he shaved his hair down to remove the dreads, but not without issuing a statement. Many black people consider it a form of cultural appropriation…
This year, the Academy Awards took a different twist. The red carpet was hemmed, and the after-parties were cut. The ceremony was held almost two months later than usual, at an in-person event split between the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. It was an unusual setup in an unusual year, where many of the films were released while movie theaters were largely closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Below are the winners at the 2021 Oscars: Road movie “Nomadland” was the big winner of the night, with prizes for best picture, best director and…
Do you know that a pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sold for $1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby’s said Monday? The shoes beat the record held by a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1s which sold for $615,000 in August 2020 at a Christie’s auction. The sale marks the highest publicly recorded price for a sneaker sale ever,” Sotheby’s said in a statement. Sotheby’s said it also marks the first pair of sneakers to top $1 million. The black high-top Yeezys were worn by West during the 2008 Grammy Awards as he…
History would remember Chloe Zhao for becoming the first woman of colour and first woman of Asian descent to win an Oscar’s Best Director award at the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday. The “Nomadland” director is also only the second woman to win the award. The first was Kathryn Bigelow, who won for “Hurt Locker.” In her acceptance speech, she said: “This is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold out to the goodness in themselves and to hold out to the goodness in each other, no matter how difficult it is to do that,”. “You…
There is a lot you can tell from a lady’s sleeves. The more dramatic and big, they are, the more it gives you a broader perspective of the message she is trying to pass across. It also forms a perspective of how she wants to be addressed. Today on ‘Who wore it better?’, it is all about dramatic sleeves. Our fashionistas are red carpet ready but we can’t ignore the type of sleeves they have on their long flowing gowns. The icing on the cake of their simple dressing is in their sleeves. They are unusual, unique, and gorgeous. Let’s…
Mom walks slowly towards us. “Samuel, what’s he talking about?” “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” “I don’t? I saw the chats, I’ve heard the late night calls you make at the backyard, not to talk of your night outings and odd behavior towards your family, like we aren’t cutting it anymore. Who do you think you’re deceiving? You’re a cheat! You’ve been cheating on mom.” It feels like a weight has been yanked off my body. I feel free not hiding his secrets anymore. I go upstairs and fall asleep. When I wake up everything will be different.…
‘Cool it down’ crooner, Peter Okoye, professionally known as Mr P has shared a heart-touching story on how he met his wife, Lola. In a virtual interview with UK-based Nigerian media personality Adesope Olajide, the member of the defunct music group, Psquare narrated how his wife was a pillar of support in his musical career even before they got married. The singer recalled how his former manager gave Lola their (Psquare) CD, which later got stuck in her car. Lola who couldn’t help but listen to Psquare’s songs repeatedly in her car for months began to develop a huge like for them and subsequently linked them…
Celebrity stylist, Anjy Luminee has shown that the way to be happy is to make others happy. She celebrated an amputee ‘pure water’ hawker, Mary Daniel with an amazing makeover on her birthday. As a way of celebrating the physically challenged lady, the CEO of Luminee couture turned Mary around with a gorgeous face beat. Sharing the photos from Mary’s makeover, she wrote; “Who can Spell “M.A.R.Y” Without Getting Interrupted It’s The Smile For Me @marydaniels_amputee That’s How S.T.A.R Do Mary Daniel narrates how her ambition of becoming a lawyer was cut short due to an accident in 2006. She…