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I Did Not Get to See Lagabja’s Face During Our Collaboration – Fireboy DML

Singer Adedamola Adefolahan aka Fireboy DML has spoken about his collaboration with music legend, Lagbaja.
Recall that the music star featured several music icons including Seun Kuti, DJ Spinall and the US singer John Batiste for his fourth album titled ‘Adedamola’.
Fireboy, in the snippet of Africa Now Radio, said he featured the music icons in the album to give it a “nostalgic feel”.
He expressed his  excitement to have featured Lagbaja in the project, adding that ” he is a special artiste”.
“That is a special record, right there. It means a lot to me getting a legend like Lagbaja on that record,” he said.
“One major theme around the album is nostalgia there is this nostalgic feeling when you listen to the album, so it is only right that I employed my legends in the game to help me push this message.
 
“Right from the very beginning, I knew this record was special, and I could not wait for everyone to listen to it.
 
“You would not believe this, he was masked up in the studio. It was crazy I did not get to see his face. I had a few interesting thoughts; I wanted to ask him if I could see his face.
 
“But you know, all that matters is that we made the music. That’s what makes Lagbaja, Lagbaja. You know, “Lagbaja,” where I’m from, in the Yoruba language, means, “Mr. Nobody,” an anonymous person; so it’s only right that I do not get to see his face,” he said.
Lagbaja is known for his signature use of mask which covers his identity.
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Why I Stepped Down As CEO of UBA — Tony Elumelu

Tony Elumelu has opened up on why he stepped down as CEO of the United Bank for Africa (UBA).
Recall that Elumelu is the chairman of Heirs Holdings Group.
He revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policy, which limits the tenure of bank CEOs to ten years, was a key factor in his decision.
Speaking at the 14th-anniversary celebration of Heirs Holdings in Lagos, Elumelu shared how this regulatory shift sparked a transformative journey that led to the establishment and growth of Heirs Holdings, now a global conglomerate with investments in diverse sectors across 24 countries.

Elumelu recounted how, in 2010, he was compelled to step down as CEO of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) due to a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy that imposed a maximum tenure of 10 years for bank CEOs.
“What could have been a setback became the beginning of something extraordinary – an opportunity that was truly transformative,” Elumelu remarked, emphasising that the policy shift, rather than dampening his ambitions, opened new doors for him. “When one door closes, many others open.”
This policy, which required him to relinquish his role at UBA, spurred the founding of Heirs Holdings, a conglomerate now operating in 24 countries and spanning sectors such as power, energy, financial services, hospitality, real estate, healthcare, and technology.
Reflecting on the group’s achievements, Elumelu noted, “Today marks a significant milestone, as we celebrate 14 years of excellence at Heirs Holdings Group.”
Elumelu used the occasion to share broader lessons on leadership and resilience. He urged aspiring entrepreneurs to view challenges as opportunities for growth.
“When faced with adversity, do not give up. When challenged, bounce back. Persevere, be resilient, and transform your fear into hope, your hope into ambition, and your ambition into action,” he advised.
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I’m Starting a Prison Reform Foundation – Dammy Krane Announces Following Release From Prison

Nigerian singer Dammy Krane has revealed his plan to start a prison reform foundation.
This comes after his recent release from prison.
He had been arrested for making defamatory statement against singer, Davido.
He got arrested as a result and was recently released.

Following his release, he vowed to start a foundation for people illegally detained.
Sharing a video on Twitter, he wrote:
“I’m STARTING A PRISON REFORM FOUNDATION FOR THE ILLEGALLY DETAINED FreedomIsPriceless”.
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Please Forgive Him – Very Dark Man Begs Davido’s Fans as He Gives Dammy Krane Free Haircut

Controversial critic, Very Dark Man has pleaded with Davido’s fans to forgive singer, Dammy Krane.
He pleaded on behalf of Dammy Krane in a video he posted on his social media page.

In the video, he was seen giving the singer a nice hair treat.

He wrote: “I say make I fix up Dammy krane before he fixes him relationship with Davido and everyone when he don offend with him anyhow yeye all€gat!ons……life abeg ooo 30BG FANS MAKE UNA FORGIVE OOO @davido thank you”.
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I Messed Up – Dammy Krane Tenders Apology to Nigerians For Past Mistakes

Nigerian singer Dammy Krane has tendered an apology to Nigerians over his behaviour in the past few months.
Recall that he had made damning allegations against Davido while constituting nuisance on social media.
Following his arrest and release from prison, he begged Nigerians to forgive him as he has learnt his lesson.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: “I want to apologize to Nigerians for the negative energy I have put on the media before today. I know a lot was expected of me, but I messed up… Please forgive me.”
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2024/2025 Europa League Draw Confirmed (Full Fixtures)

This season’s Europa League draw has been completed.

Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho, will face his former club Manchester United.

Like the Champions League, UEFA has revamped this season’s competition, discarding the traditional group phase.

Instead, teams will play eight different opponents – four home and four away – in a league phase before the knockouts in early 2025.

Aside from a trip to face Mourinho’s new side, Fenerbahce, United and Spurs will both play Rangers.

The final of this season’s Europa League took place at San Mames, the home to Athletic Bilbao in Spain on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

Full fixtures:

Manchester United: Rangers (h), Porto (a), PAOK (h), Fenerbahce (a), Bodo/Glimt (h), Victoria Plzen (a), Twente (h), FCSB (a)

Tottenham: Roma (h), Rangers (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Ferencvaros (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a), Elfsborg (h), Hoffenheim (a)

Rangers: Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Lyon (h), Olympiacos (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Malmo (a), FCSB (h), Nice (a)

Galatasaray: Tottenham (h), Ajax (a), PAOK (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Malmo (a), Elfsborg (h), RFS (a)

Athletic Club: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Fenerbahce (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Elfsborg (h), Besiktas (a)

Fenerbahce – Manchester United (h), Slavia Prague (a), Lyon (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Union SG (h), Midtjylland (a), Athletic Club (h), Twente (a)

Lyon: Lazio (h), Rangers (a), Olympiacos (h), Fenerbahce (a), Ludogorets (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), Hoffenheim (a)

Roma: Frankfurt (h), Tottenham (a), Braga (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a), Athletic Club (h), Elfsborg (a)

Frankfurt: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), Ferencvaros (h), Lyon (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Midtjylland (a), RFS (h), Besiktas

Porto: Manchester United (h), Lazio (a), Olympiacos (h), Macabi Tel-Aviv (a), Midtjylland (h), Bodo/Glimt (a), Hoffenheim (h), Anderlecht (a)

Ajax: Lazio (h), Slavia Prague (a), Macabi Tel-Aviv (h), Real Sociedad (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), RFS (a)

Lazio: Porto (h), Ajax (a), Real Sociedad (h), Braga (a), Ludogorets (h), Kyiv (a), Nice (h), Twente (a)

Slavia Prague: Ajax (h), Frankfurt (a), Fenerbahce (h), PAOK (a), Malmo (h), Ludogorets (a), Anderlecht (h), Athletic Club (a)

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Oba Of Benin Gifts Rema Royal Medal

Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, has gifted a royal plaque to afrobeats megastar, Rema.

The Oba presented the plaque to Rema on Thursday when the singer paid him a visit at his palace ahead of his homecoming concert at the Ogbe Stadium in Benin City.

Earlier, Rema joined the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, for the groundbreaking ceremony of Edo Arena.

The governor announced that the 6,000-capacity arena would be called Rema Dome in honour of the singer.

Rema, born Divine Ikubor, is from Benin City and has been a proud ambassador of Edo State, promoting the state and legacy of the ancient Benin empire in his music and concerts.

His latest hit song, ‘Benin Boys,’ which featured fellow Edo-born star, Shallipopi, is a tribute to the city of Benin.

In the song, Rema mentioned that he deserved a medal from the Oba for promoting the kingdom.

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DRINK WATER OR GET COOKED ON TWITTER; TWO TOP SECRETS TO HAVING A GREAT DAY


On one of the numerous quests of how human beings can have a great and lovely day, keen observation and critical analysis have revealed that there are two top secrets to human beings having a great day, daily. These two ways are explicitly explained below;

1. GET COOKED ON TWITTER

Getting cooked or dragged is a prevalent catchphrase used to describe the instance where someone is getting mocked or insulted.

Sounds interesting, right? There is more tea.

Whenever you see a tweet with few or no likes and more quotes and comment section responses then the person is getting cooked. The comment section of such tweet is usually filled with memes and slangs such as “cook that thing” “I’m sat” “na here e dey happen” etc.


Getting cooked or dragged on Twitter is no new thing, it is in fact a common phenomenon nowadays. The process simply involves a crowd of social media i.e. Twitter users gathering to counter the opinion (dropped in the form of a tweet) of another user but in brutal ways that are high-handed use of insulting words or counter phrases. While many are used to being dragged, some are not. Dragging can be a source of emotional hullabaloo for someone being dragged for the first time.
These dragging scenarios do not just occur, they happen when you least expect as Twitter is too slippery a platform when some topics, especially the sensitive ones are up for discussion.

Or ceremonially put, the app might not be in your favor on a day you tweet your most random thoughts, thinking you’re tweeting without a care for traction then suddenly, your tweets crosses seas and oceans to Lucifer’s abode, and people from several timelines away start quoting your “it shouldn’t be this deep” tweet hence, activating you being dragged.

Some of the scenarios that can land you in dragging on Twitter;

I. Tweeting your opinion on controversial topics.

If you want to have a memorable day worthy of putting in your records, just tweet an opinion to counter or an insensitive take on sensitive topics that has to do with religion, feminism, patriarchy, or any trending topic at the moment then release the wheel and watch Twitter users take the wheel of dragging you in through a silver coloured mud.

An insensitive take on a sensitive topic

Better still, tweet a random opinion whether well constructed or not and pray it reaches the part of twitter that remoulds and Interpretes tweets. Relax and watch them twist and give your it an astounding interpretation that will blow your mind and get you dragged like an “I better pass my neighbor” generator.


Then sit tight, pour yourself a glass of wine, juice or anything chill, and cheers to a great day.

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TG Omori Gives Health Update From Hospital Bed

Popular music video director TG Omori has revealed that he’s destined not to die yet.
He stated this while providing a health update from his hospital bed.

Recall that he had earlier narrated that his brother had donated a kidney to give him a second chance at life.

Unfortunately, he later reported that the surgery was unsuccessful, expressing his determination to survive and requesting prayers from his supporters.
In a recent social media update, TG Omori posted a photo from his hospital bed, reassuring fans that he would recover soon.
In his words: “Will be up soon. I promise. Went into this theater 3times, wasn’t just destined to die today.”
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Don Jazzy reacts to viral report he gifted Egungun $300M

Music executive Michael Collins Ajereh aka Don Jazzy has broken his silence following viral rumors that he gave $300 million to content creator, Egungun of Lagos.
The report had circulated on X platform that the music executive gave the content creator the money after an interview to support his career.

While debunking the news, Don Jazzy expressed shock that he gave such an amount of money to the content creator.

He wrote: “Wow that’s massive. Abeg help me beg am to commot the 2 zeroes just give me 3m back. I go appreciate die.”
See some reactions as you scroll:
Abazz wrote: “That guy think say here na Facebook,he just dey post numbers anyhow 😂”
BIG DAVE said: “😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂make them comot the 00m for the back make them give me the 3$”
Ishowleck wrote: “Baba 🤣🤣🤣🤣! You want collect the money you dashed egungun back”
IRUNNIA asked: “You dey deny your gift? 🤣”
Faze said: “😭😭😂😂na just 1% of the $300m. He suppose fit give you back.”
Depegan of Lagos said: “Lemaoo. You sef dash person something comot face Don😂”
RETIRED NIGERIAN wrote: “I was marveled when i saw that post, even in Naira sef, e still get as e be.”