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Peter Okoye, former member of defunct Psquare, has linked up with American music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, ahead of their individual concert in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates . Peterpsquare and P Diddy at Hiltonia Night Club in Abu Dhabi. photo credit: Instagram Diddy, who is worth $825 million, held the number one spot as Forbes’s Richest Hip-Hop Act for seven consecutive years before being toppled by Jay-Z in February. Peter, who now goes by the moniker ‘Mr P’, shared  photos of the meeting with Diddy and his wife, Cassie on his Instagram page @peterpsquare. He wrote: “2 business moguls!!! Last night with @diddy and @cassie. Catch me live in concert tonight here in Abu Dhabi. “When two business moguls/tycoons party together, y’all know it’s crazy and lit.” Diddy, who is known for his hit song ‘Bad Boy For Life’, made his debut Dubai visit and performance on Thursday. Apart from Peter, Diddy was also received by American top model Naomi Campbell, who just lef...

AGENCY REPORT 5 APR 2018 The Kremlin on Thursday said Facebook’s removal of accounts controlled by various Russian media was a hostile move that smacked of censorship. Facebook said on Tuesday it had deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated with a “troll factory” indicted by U.S. prosecutors for fake activist and political posts in the 2016 U.S. election campaign. When asked about Facebook’s move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov agreed with a questioner from one of the affected media outlets that it was a hostile step which smacked of censorship. “Yes it is, we are of course following this and we regret it,” Peskov told a conference call with newsmen. (Reuters/NAN)

AGENCY REPORT 5 APR 2018 A female Kenyan lawmaker, Gathoni Wa Muchomba, has encouraged rich men to marry more than one wife in order to help boost the country’s population. The lawmaker, a former journalist, said this while addressing the issue of fatherless children in the society during the opening of a rehabilitation centre. Wa Muchomba said some of the societal problems, including alcoholism among young people, could largely be blamed on raising children in the absence of substantive fathers. “We need to be honest; these children who are raised by single mothers, where are their fathers? “And why do we want to pretend that this is not a problem? For me, as much as we are talking about our church and our culture, we need to go back to the drawing board to discuss this issue and come up with a solution,” she was quoted by  KenyaLiveNews She advised that rich men should marry many wives, saying this would help curb the number of children born...

3 hours ago Wizkid and Olamide Nigerian music stars Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid and Olamide Adedeji aka Baddo on Wednesday, hinted of possible musical collaborations. The music power weights took to their social media pages to write lines worthy enough to get fans guessing when a new track, with the both of them on it, will drop. ‘Science Student’ crooner, Olamide first posted a picture of Wizkid in his studio on his Instagram handle @baddosneh. He wrote: “Wiz came to bless some beats for me.” An hour later, Starboy Wizkid @wizkidayo, retweeted a post by Olamide on his twitter handle @Olamide_YBNL, writing: “Serious matter ! RT @wizkidayo: Baddo x Starboy! Locked in the studio all day!!!” The hint has evoked series of replies from fans and celebrities alike, who were elated that the two stars are probably making new music together. Below are some of the reactions: @Iamstarmyck tweeted, “Anticipating a dope Jam from two legends @olamide_...

Channels Television     File photo President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the purchase of military hardware worth $1billion for the use of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The President gave the approval during a meeting with the Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), and the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Mr Dan-Ali disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after the meeting which also discussed the safe release of Leah Sharibu, the last of the Dapchi schoolgirls still in Boko Haram captivity. According to him, the meeting also discussed security situations across the country and the steps being taken to mitigate them. The minister further gave more updates on the fund approved by President Buhari. He said the money was the same approved by the state governors to be withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account to fight insurgency in the country. Others at the meeting include the Chief of De...

Bukar Mustapha, the senator representing Katsina North, is dead. Mr. Mustapha was President Muhammadu Buhari’s senator as he represented the president’s senatorial district. He died after a brief illness on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The News Agency of Nigeria quotes Mr. Bukar’s elder brother, Umar Bukar, as confirming the news. Mr. Bukar’s death is coming less than a week after the deputy majority leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, died after a protracted illness. It also came about two weeks after another senator, Ali Wakili, passed away.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the three sureties in the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to produce the defendant or risk going to prison. Kanu, who is currently facing trial for alleged treason, was required to be produced in court by his sureties. Kanu’s sureties were Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, a Jewish priest, Immanuu-El Shalom, and an accountant resident in Abuja, Tochukwu Uchendu. However, the IPOB leader has not been seen after since September 2017. Justice Binta Nyako had asked the sureties to produce the defendant. At the resumption of the matter, however, a counsel for the sureties, Chukwuma Machukwu Umeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said his client had not been served with court papers relating to the order made by the judge. He therefore made a fresh application for an order of court demanding that the prosecution serves the sureties with copies of the order, as made by the court. In his response, the prosecu...

Mr Yassine Gaba, the UN Deputy Humanitarian  Coordinator in Nigeria, on Monday, strongly condemned Sunday’s deadly attack near Belle Village in Maiduguri, Borno. This is contained in a statement by Mr Abiodun Banire, the National Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Abuja. At least 34 civilians lost their lives in the attack which left 90 others injured. Banire said that recent weeks had seen a steady continuation of attacks on civilians in the three most conflict-affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe in the Northeast Zone of the country. Banire quoted Gaba as saying that since the beginning of the year, no fewer than 120 civilian were reportedly killed while more than 210 sustained serious injuries in more than 22 attacks allegedly carried out by non-state armed groups. He said that civilians were also regularly abducted in Dapchi, Yobe, where 110 school girls were kidnapped on Feb. 19. “...

Fast-rising Nollywood actress, Jemima Osunde, has declared that good sex is better than money. In an interview with Broadway TV, the actress was asked to choose between a rich man that is not good in bed and a poor man good in bed. She responded: “I don’t plan to be broke myself. So, a man good in bed is good for me not his money. Let him give me what I can’t give myself”. Jemima also reacted to comparisons with Adesua Etomi Wellington. “I don’t see that as a bad thing. First of all, she is my mama, every child wants to be like their mama I guess. “And if for anything, she is doing amazingly well, career-wise and in personal life. “I think God has been great to Adesua. If I happen to be as fortunate, I will be very grateful”, the undergraduate of physiotherapy at the College of Medicine, Lagos, added. The Edo State indigene got her big break in the popular MTV drama series ‘Shuga’ where she played the character, Leila.