Mercy Aigbe’s son, Olajuwon Gentry is celebrating his 7th birthday today.
The fashionista, actress and producer and her son are loved up in matching white shirt and denim outfit as they struck different poses.
Mercy also wrote:
”My prince is officially 7
My jewel of inestimable value The reason I’m called BLESSED
My source of joy and happiness
My carbon copyMy everything Happy birthday my love.”
Super Cool Cat movement boss Panshak Zamani, better known by his stage name Ice Prince is out with a new tune and he calls this one “Magic”.
The former Chocolate City man is apparently still in good terms with his former label president M.I Abaga as the later gave him a shout out during the just concluded One Africa Music Fest.
The production credits for this song go to DeeVee who also has close ties to db records boss D’banj and according to some is even signed to Bangalee’s label.
The song is another perfected effort from the man who broke into the scene with the banger “Oleku”.
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Big brother Naija 2017 finalist, Tokunbo Idowu popularly known as TBoss is really gaining more popularity both on social media and otherwise, especially with her stunning photos.
This time, the beautiful lady shared these beautiful photos from a recent photoshoot and they look so so stunning.
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Dammy Krane is a Nigerian singer, composer and performer. In January 2012, at age 20, he signed a record deal with Hypertek Digital and 960 Music Group. He is most famous for his single hit “My Dear”.
On Friday 2nd June 2017, the Nigerian news circuit was set ablaze with surprising news that Dammy Krane had been arrested in the US for Grand Theft, Credit Card & Identity Fraud.
In the days that followed more details revealed that the talented Nigerian musician had used a stolen credit card to book a private jet from a company – Tap Jets – while on holiday in Miami. The company had detected the artiste’s fraud due to discrepancies in the credit card information he had provided.
Before his arrest, the artist had shared a number of photos on Instagram which showed a lavish lifestyle and openly seemed to display wealth.
What is Reekado Banks real name? When was Reekado Banks born? What are the interesting facts from Reekado Banks biography? Find the answers to all these and other questions you might have about this Nigerian star in this article.
Who is Reekado Banks?
Reekado Banks is a Nigerian singer. He is a songwriter and a recording artist. Reekado Banks is one of the popular artists signed to Mavin Records. His stage name was “Spicy” before he was signed to Mavin Records. His current stage name Reekado Banks has a strong meaning behind it. Reekado means “strong ruler” and Banks means “wealth”.
Reekado Banks real name is Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon. He was born on the 6th of December, 1993. He is from Ondo State, Nigeria. Almost every member of his family is into music. His older sister is a gospel singer while his older brother is a music producer. Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon was brought up in a very disciplined environment. Both his parents are pastors. At the age of 14, he graduated secondary school. Reekado Banks is a graduate of the University of Lagos. He has a B.Sc. degree in History and Strategic Study.
Music career
Reekado Banks started his music career in 2008. He recorded his first set of songs. They were produced by his elder brother who also taught him the basics of writing songs, singing, and producing. But most of his works at that time were relatively unpopular. He came into the spotlight in 2014 after he was signed by Don Jazzy to Mavin Records. He got the deal after his songs were selected from over five thousand songs submitted to Mavins Record in an online search for the latest talent.
He will always be grateful to his brother because he was the one who submitted some of his songs into the quest. Speaking in an interview, Reekado Banks said his brother sent the songs and was in contact with them on his (Reekado) behalf without Reekado Banks knowing about this. Reekado Banks also mentioned that he is a multi-talented artist who loves making different types of music because he believes people are different. And we all have different preferences when it comes to music.
Reekado Banks and family
Reekado Banks' journey to the top was not a bed of roses. While speaking about his music career in an interview, he confessed that his journey to the top was not an easy one. He said after informing his parents about his plan to pursue a career in music, he had to work to earn some money for his first record. He sold blenders in traffic and also worked as a manual laborer at a construction site. During his days in the university, he was told by one of his lecturers that he will never achieve his dreams and was prevented from retaking a test he missed.
Reekado Banks credited his eventual success to God. He said no amount of hard work and sacrifices would have helped him achieve something this big without the grace of God.
Mavin Records Crew
Reekado Banks released his first official single under Mavin Records, titled “Turn It Up” on the 21st of February, 2014. This was the same day he was signed by Don Jazzy to Mavin Records.
Other Reekado Bank’s songs and release dates:
• Chop Am, released on August 8, 2014
• Katapot, released on February 13, 2015
• Corner, released on July 9, 2015
• Sugar Baby, released on July 10, 2015
• Tomorrow, released on July 11, 2015
• Oluwa Ni, released on January 15, 2016
• Standard, released on June 5, 2016
His studio albums “Spotlight” was released on September 1, 2016. It has 21 tracks on it.
He has featured in a number of songs alongside other Mavins' artists. These songs include Dorobucci, Adaobi, Arise and Looku Looku.
Reekado Banks awards
• 2014 Headies Award for Rookie of the Year
• 2015 Headies Award for Next Rated Artist
• 2015 Headies Award for Video of the year, “Katapot”
• 2015 City People Entertainment Award for Most Promising Act to Watch
Reekado Banks has an endorsement deal with Nigerian telecommunications company Globacom. He was signed as a Globacom brand ambassador in 20
As the Nollywood actress continues to fight her estranged husband though the media, her daughter is made to experience the blow-back and negative attention.
Mama and her daughter
‘Mercy and Michelle; slay mama, slay daughter.’ Just an example of the gratifying terms used to describe the Nollywood actress and her teenage daughter. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
However in the light of her marital crisis that has refused to go away, Mercy Aigbe has focused on being the subject of all discourse and has forgotten to protect her daughter from all of the brouhaha and its blow-back.
It is sad enough that any child would see her parents go at each other verbally and physically as the Gentrys have done since. It is terrible enough that a child is witness to the numerous infidelity claims her mother and father have accused each other of.
It is the worst when said mother knowingly thrusts the sixteen-year-old into the vicious public, with little concern for the girl’s ability (or lack there of) to deal with it.
Case in point: in a recent red carpet interview, Michelle was about how social media affects her. After hmmming and ahhhing for a minute she said, ‘It’s negative because of the cyber-bullying. If you are not strong, it can reduce your self-esteem, that’s why I hardly read my comments.
‘Sometimes I actually feel like crying…Like yesterday when someone said something about my mum…it really hurt me. I’m young, I’m not supposed to go through that..’
Question: why is a minor answering questions at a red carpet event – with no parent chaperoning her? Simple, her mother asked her to. She made her daughter attend a movie premiere without adult supervision.
The mother during that time was in the UK, ostensibly seeing a dental surgeon and you know, have a good time. There’s a word for that type of behaviour: irresponsible.
One is not saying Mercy Aigbe is a bad mother; I’m sure she loves both her children. But being a celebrity has it pitfalls – and you hear celebs moan about it all the time.
That said, Aigbe is an adult. Also, she has been in the spotlight for a while now. A child on the other hand does not need all of this untoward attention.
Like cancer, cyber-bulling has no known cure yet. A lot of lowlife losers (in the words of Donald Trump) hide behind the anonymity of the Internet to spew hate and invectives, just to make themselves feel good.
Those trolls have found Mercy Aigbe’s daughter and constantly write rubbish on there. And all the poor girl can do about it is try not to read the comments.
Inasmuch as Ms Mercy wants to make her baby a teen celebrity by all means, she’s failing miserably to ensure that the girl is sheltered from negativity.
There are simple steps that can keep trolls away – make the Instagram account private, get a manager that operates the the account on Michelle’s behalf or just disable comments.
That none of these has occurred to Mercy Aigbe and her ‘PR’ team is a pointer that they care only about Mercy and not necessarily the child she’s dragging along with her.
Some celebs completely hide their children from the public to help them grow as normally as possible. And that’s fine. But for others who crave that fame for their kids too, it behooves the parents to be PARENTS.
It is clear that by now, both Mercy Aigbe and Lanre Gentry have no qualms about fighting each publicly. If they don’t mind their minor daughter witnessing all the sleaze, the least they can do is to shield her from it.
History is littered with examples of celebrity children who grew up to resent their parents for not allowing them have normal childhood.
Leaving your minor of a daughter to face the world by herself is a sure way of making that a possibility.
Yul Edochie
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has given his own take on the raging subject of domestic violence which has occupied the national consciousness for a while now.
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has given his own take on the raging subject of domestic violence which has occupied the national consciousness for a while now.
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has given his own take on the raging subject of domestic violence which has occupied the national consciousness for a while now.
Speaking in a two-part Instagram video, Yul using his own family upbringing and the relationship between his father, veteran actor Pete Edochie and mother as a classic example of how domestic violence can be avoided at all times at the home front.
In the video posts captioned “My Take On Domestic Violence”, Yule ultimately places the keys to overcoming the sad trend in the hands of women. Condemning in its entirety the action of battering or physically abusing a woman by some men, he however hammered on the need for women to always remember the place of respect for their partners, which according to him is very key in the African setting, Hear him: “There are issues of domestic violence a lot these days. Of course I don’t support, and will never support it. A man should never hit a woman, no matter what…but at the same time women also have a very big role to play to make sure these things don’t happen. You’ve got to respect, respect your husband no matter what. We are Africans, things are quite different around here…you’ve got to respect your husband even if he doesn’t know what he is doing”
Speaking further, Yul explained that the principle of respect worked in his own home where his mother learnt to always zip up her lips when there is a serious misunderstanding between her and Pete. “My father never hit my mum one day…not because he was a saint, but because my mother always knew when to zip up her lips”, he said.
There you have have it, Yul’s antidote to domestic violence. Do you agree with his reasoning?
Davido: releases new song on Friday
Davido, the Nigerian-American born artist is set to drop a new song on Friday 2 June, titled FALL.
He is making it a double release, as he would also put out the video, that he hinted was directed by DAPS.
The new song would be his first since he released the hit track “IF“,
Davido: a glimpse of the Video
Davido, who recently engaged in a quarrel with Wizkid, put out the teasers on his Instagram account, where he commands a record 4.1 million followers and Twitter, with 2.3 million followers.
He published three photographs on his page, all captioned “FALL 02/06/17” and left his followers to fill the gaps.
Davido: in another pose announcing FALL
Davido, born 21 November 1992, is a rapper, afro-pop singer, recording artist, performer and record producer. His 2011 single “Dami Duro” was well-received throughout Nigeria.
He co-founded with his elder brother Adewale Adeleke, HKN Music. He has produced songs for Naeto C, Skales, Tiwa Savage and Sauce Kid. In April 2012, he signed an endorsement deal with MTN Nigeria. On October 23, 2013, Davido partnered with Guinness Nigeria for the “Guinness World of More” concert.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Davido relocated to Lagos at a young age. He released his debut album Omo Baba Olowo in 2012, Between 2013 and 2015, Davido released the singles “Gobe”, “One of a Kind”, “Skelewu”, “Aye”, “Tchelete (Goodlife)”, “Naughty”, “Owo Ni Koko”, “The Sound” and “The Money”, all part of the album, The Baddest.
In January 2016, Davido signed a record deal with Sony Music. Davido started his own label, Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), few months after signing with Sony. In July 2016, he signed a record deal with Sony’s RCA Records.
Taking to Instagram to share a photo of his wife Lola Omotayo and his two kids Aliona and Cameron Okoye, Peter Okoye of Psquare, has revealed his family gives him a reason to smile, when he has a 1000 reasons to cry in his heartfelt IG post.
Here’s what he wrote;
“You guys give me 1 reason to smile. When I have 1000 reason to cry. Miss u guys so much. #aliona @cameronokoye10@lolaomotayo_okoye #KoolestFam”
First runner up of 2017 Big Brother Naija, Bisola Aiyeola and housemate, ThinTallTony have attended events together since after the house, but have never been seen together in a photo.
Recall that TTT despite his relationship with Bisola in the house didn’t tell her about his wife and kids, leaving her betrayed when she found out after the house.
Well, they attended the Cross Rivers @50 together with Kemen, Uriel, Debie-Rise, and Bassey, and took pictures standing far apart from each other during the dinner and while leaving the state.
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On May 9, Davido welcomed his second daughter Hailey Veronica Adeleke with second baby mama Amanda and she has posted a cute new video of her baby chilling at home on a baby rocker.
He posted the photos at the hospital after his second baby mama, Amada gave birth. On May 16, the new mother released a new video of a sleeping Hailey in their Atlanta home.
In the video, Hailey in an automatic electric rocker for babies and Amanda captioned it: Chilling. Watch it below:
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike’s 56-year-old nanny, has come out with some revelations on what transpired in the crashed marriage of the actress and her estranged husband, Olakunle Churchill.
The nanny came out to deny some allegations the actress made against her which included that she was sacked for allegedly falling sick often.
Tonto was also quoted as saying that she had taken the nanny to over 15 different countries. She also claimed that the woman was present when her husband, Churchill battered her.
But fielding questions from journalists in a videoed interview, the woman said she was never sacked by the actress, and sworn that she only visited Ghana with Tonto.
She also said there was no day she saw Churchill beating Tonto, adding that the reverse was the case.
She said Tonto was always very fast in slapping her husband at a slightest provocation.
TONTO DIKE'S NANNY SPITS FIRE
https://youtu.be/HIGEsYr3EFA
Stunning up-and-coming hip hop artist London Dior died over the weekend in a fatal car accident. She was just in her early 20s. One of London’s mentors, rapper Rick Ross, shared a picture of himself with the talented rapper and a heartfelt message for her friends, fans and family. Ross said:
We took this pic less than a month ago.Dam. All you talked about was becoming MMG and showing the game your talent which you had so much of. My deepest condolences go to family and friends for such a huge Loss.
May Lundy rest in paradise
MMG forever”
Nigerian star, Chidinma, has made international headlines after empowering over 600 youths in Uganda and other parts of Africa.
The plenty Melody singer and songwriter, Chidinma Ekile, popularly known by her stage name Chidinma, has paid a three-day visit to Uganda, aimed at inspiring young people through a reach out project, GetupSpeakOut, organised by Reach A Hand, Uganda.
The non-profit youth-led organisation focused on youth empowerment programs with the emphasis on SRHR and HIV/ AIDS awareness.
She empowered over 600 young people from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia through her inspiring speech.
She spoke on topics ranging from teenage pregnancy, HIV/ AIDS, peer pressure, rape to drug abuse to mark the foundation’s fourth Annual Youth Camp, dubbed GetUpSpeakOut
She attended the event alongside Emmanuel Ikubese, the lead actor in the award winning Tv series, Shuga.
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