Wasiu Ayinde: Nigeria’s Fuji Musician Becomes UN Ambassador

Popular Nigerian Fuji musician, Mr. Wasiu Ayinde has been decorated the UN-SDG Ambassador by the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development at the International Stakeholders Conference on SDG.

According to Nigerian Tribune, the event took place at the Cultural Centre Kuto, Abeokuta, where many dignitaries including the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun witnessed the colourful occasion.

Mr. Ayinde was honoured by the UN barely a few days after he celebrated his 61st birthday.

The Fuji musician was honoured because of his contribution to humanity through his music, said the organisers while citing the reason why he was selected.

The musician received the award alongside other honorees like the Ogun State First Lady, HE Olufunso Amosun, prolific film maker, Tunde Kelani and many others.

The Civil Society Coalition is affiliated with the United Nations and it has over 150 registered civil society and non-governmental organisations under its fold in Nigeria.

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#BBNaija 2018 Day 42: Leo And Ifu Ennada Say Goodbye To The House

The pair of Lifu (Leo and Ifu Ennada) have had quiet an interesting journey in the #bbnaija House; from being paired almost by default to winning the Pepsi Roc Da Mat Challenge and dodging the Eviction axe last week, their stay has been from one battle to another.

On a personal note, Ifu Ennada has been one of the mysterious housemates in the #bbnaija house. Besides having shown some emotion during her diary sessions and the kissing episode that occurred between her and Bitto, there have never been instances where she over-displayed her vulnerability.

Despite the favt that we cant be too sure that her strong demeanour was all a front, Ifu Ennada’s name can easily be used as an adjective to describe a person not easily broken.

Her patience seemed to go from subtle to strong in a minute because she’s lost it a couple of times and when she got to the climax of things, she couldn’t be censored. She represented all that she stood for and firmly stood for all that she represented.

Leo on the other hand either gave too little or just enough. His stay in the #bbnaija House has been somewhat philosophical. This lead to him being almost invisible and only ever taking centre stage when talking strategy, business, or when putting off the romance flames from Alex.

Talking about Alex, his last weeks in the #bbnaija House were almost completely centered around her and as were hers. He also let loose and confessed his ‘Like’ for her during last week’s live show, possibly pressured by the fact that she was the first to lay her heart bare.

He has however shown that he places integrity at the forefront of everything and has mastered the art of being calm under immense pressure.

The Lifu pair came unexpectedly but both #bbnaija housates gave their all to make it work. Their collaborative efforts made it possible for them to bag the Pepsi mega price despite all the controversy that surrounded the challenge.

They were also part of Team Blue, the bunch that managed to knit their brains together and come up with a concept that was convincing enough to win them the Heritage Bank Task.

Their graceful display of maturity and strategic intelligence has seen them this far into the competition and they deserve all the accolades they get.

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'You are a mad bastard, you need a bra' - Conor McGregor slams 50 cent

In celebration of the 2018 International Women's Day, Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer, Conor Anthony McGregor took to social media to drag the heck out of American rapper, 50cent who supports his arc rival, Floyd Mayweather.

In his post, Conor shared a chubby, shirtless photo of 50 cent with the caption, 'Happy international Women's day everyone! Get your tits out for the lads ladies.We love you.

Superior genes my big ballsack mate. I am made of granite. You need a bra. You jabbed up fool. Hahahaha you should have stayed quiet and promoted that fight for me on the free like you did.

But you just kept going with them fucking memes. Your 50, 50. 50 years old. Fuck off. It's all love tho fifty serious, you are a mad bastard, but we still proper love a few of your tunes over on this side of the world. I even blasted one of them on the free walking into madison square garden to take one of my belts. It was called I run New York'.

Happy international Women's day everyone! Get your tits out for the lads ladies. We love you ❤ Superior genes my big ballsack mate. I am made of granite. You need a bra. You jabbed up fool. Hahahaha you should have stayed quiet and promoted that fight for me on the free like you did. But you just kept going with them fucking memes. Your 50, 50. 50 years old. Fuck off. It's all love tho fifty serious, you are a mad bastard, but we still proper love a few of your tunes over on this side of the world. I even blasted one of them on the free walking into madison square garden to take one of my belts. It was called I run New York. @beatsbydre

A post shared by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Mar 8, 2018 at 3:04pm PST

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Football Papers: All The Latest Football News And Transfer Gossips This Morning

• Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic has emerged as a surprise contender to take over at Chelsea if Antonio Conte leaves Stamford Bridge this summer.

• Paris Saint-Germain will look to Antonio Conte as a replacement for Unai Emery if his time in the Premier League comes to an end 

• Gareth Southgate is set to make Tottenham striker Harry Kane his England captain for the World Cup in Russia this summer.

• Chelsea are keeping tabs on Turkish goalkeeping starlet Berke Ozer as a possible long-term replacement for Thibaut Courtois.

• Watford striker Troy Deeney has been given the green light to ‘mock’ Arsenal again by his boss Javier Gracia in the first meeting between the teams since he claimed the Gunners lacked “cojones.”

• Denis Suarez is Barcelona’s latest injury victim ahead of their vital Champions League clash with Chelsea next week as he will miss the game with a leg injury.

• Newcastle will release Yasin Ben El-Mhanni, the player at the centre of allegations made against Peter Beardsley, at the end of the season.

• Tottenham are considering a move for Stuttgart defender Benjamin Pavard according to reports in Germany.

• Harry Kane has pledged to stay at least one more season at Tottenham but Manchester United could tempt both Danny Rose and Toby Alderweireld away from north London this summer.

• Reports in Spain claim Liverpool midfielder Emre Can is stalling on a move to Juventus in case Real Madrid come calling in the summer as they rebuild their squad.

• Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is open to a swap deal with Arsenal with Karim Benzema heading to the Emirates and Hector Bellerin moving to the Bernabeu.

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Stoger Disappointed In Dortmund After Home Loss

Borussia Dortmund interim coach, Peter Stoger could not hide his disappointment following his side’s 2-1 loss to Salzburg in their first leg last-16 Europa League draw.

The Austrian club continued their impressive away run in Europe, with Berisha scoring two goals in the space of seven minutes after the break.

Schurrle pulled one back from close range before time, but it was too little too late, as the German outfit needs two goals to progress.

Stoger will hope for an improved display in the return fixture after seeing his side slip to their first loss in 2018.

“I didn’t like a lot about this match,” he told the media in his post-match press conference.

“The first ten-to-15 minutes I thought that we were pretty acceptable in the game, but this feeling got less and less. The team didn’t keep the speed high. So the game for the opponent became easier.

“Salzburg adjusted more and more during the match. They became braver and gained more confidence.

“In several moments we had the feeling we could change something about the result. But, between these good stages, our performance wasn’t very dedicated. I’m not happy with it.”

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Update! Dremo is ready to take on 2018 🚀

Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) act, Dremo has told fans to expect a stellar 2018. It seems he’s keeping to his promises with sensational deliveries on the viral Pen Game Challenge freestyle titled Back To School and his feature in DMW’s latest chart-topping single, Mind.

The rapper whose new release Izzokay featuring Mayorkun produced by Young Jonn is gaining rave reviews, discussed this and more in a press statement earlier today as he shared new photos.

He said;

    Firstly I want to appreciate all my fans that have stood by my brand from Day one, I’m Loving the response since I dropped Izzokay. Shout out to Mayorkun for coming through on the song. This year I’m ready than ever before to drop back to back hits. In addition, I have a big announcement that I will soon share once my management and I sort everything out. I also want to use this opportunity to tell my fans to rest assured that I am not going to disappoint them. My team and I have big plans for 2018, wait for it.

Styled by MoashStyling, the photos see Dremo adopt a modish approach and with his work ethic, and a solid team, there is no taking your eyes of this multi-talented star.

See photos below:

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Italy Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Davide Astori Death

Italian public prosecutors are set to open proceedings to determine whether the sudden death on Sunday of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori could be considered as manslaughter.

Davide Astori, who made 289 Serie A appearances and played 14 times for Italy, died suddenly at the team hotel in Udine ahead of a match at Udinese. The game was postponed along with all of Sunday’s other Serie A fixtures.

Udine public prosecutor Antonio De Nicolo told state broadcaster Rai in a radio interview that an autopsy would be carried out on Tuesday.

“It’s our duty to discover whether this was a tragic piece of misfortune or whether someone could have detected something,” he said, adding that there was no indication of foul play or suspicions against any individual.

Prosecutors in Italy are obliged to investigate such cases.

On Monday, fans continued to gather at Fiorentina’s Artemio Franchi stadium to pay tribute to the player, leaving flowers, scarves and messages such as “Ciao, Capitano”.

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Davido Donates $5000 To Rwandan Music School Students

Superstar Nigerian singer, Davido has once again shown his philanthropic side by giving back to the society.

On his visit to a music school in Rwanda, Davido made a pledge to donate $5000 and gifted all students free tickets to his concert later that day.

The musician shared a video of himself during his visit on twitter. Davido also performed live for the students.

Davido is currently on a 30 billion tour, after his 30 billion concert, set to visit between 28 – 30 different locations across, Africa, South Africa and Europe.

Watch Video;

As I always say “ WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS “ Visited a music school in Rwanda today , the beautiful bright spirit of the people I met there motivated me to donate to their future ! One Love , Worldwide ! #30BG

A post shared by Davido Adeleke (@davidoofficial) on Mar 3, 2018 at 9:50am PST

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REVEALED! Nigeria Now Losing N774 Million Daily To Fuel Subsidy

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that it was subsidising the supply of petrol to the tune of N774 million every day, given the landing cost of the imported fuel and the regulated pump price in the domestic market.

The revelation was brought to light on Sunday, barely a few days after the corporation turned down a freedom of information request by Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, on how much the government was spending on subsidy.

    NNPC GMD Reveals That Nigeria Is Now World’s Largest Petrol Importer

The NNPC also said that the benefit of this costly subsidy to the national treasury is being enjoyed by only a few as well as in neighbouring countries on the account of the continued smuggling of the fuel across the borders.

The NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, has also pleaded with the comptroller general of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, a retired colonel, to help check the proliferation of fuel stations in communities with international land and coastal borders across the country.

He said it had energised unprecedented cross-border smuggling of petrol to neighboring countries, making it difficult to sanitise the fuel supply and distribution matrix in the country.

    “NNPC is concerned that continued cross-border smuggling of petrol will deny Nigerians the benefit of the Federal Government’s benevolence of keeping a fix retail price of N145 per litre despite the increase in PMS open market price above N171 per litre,’’ an NNPC statement quoted Baru saying during a visit at the weekend to the customs chief.

     “Based on the heightened petrol consumption rate of 50 million litre per day, the corporation was incurring an under-recovery of N774 million every day.”

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Olisa, Dj Jimmy Jatt, Moet & others review Mr 2kay’s Elevated Album | Documentary

Veteran media icon, Olisa Adibua, alongside legendary disc jockey, Jimmy Jatt and radio goddess, Moet Abebe were some of the unbiased critics that participated in Mr. 2Kay’s ‘Ride to the Elevated Album’ exercise that held about 2 weeks before the release of the album.

The ‘Ride to the Elevated Album’ is a first of its kind project where Mr. 2Kay indulged some shot callers in the music and media industry who listened to some of the songs off his latest album and aired their honest opinions about the songs and by extension, the album.

Other carefully selected personalities were Folu Storms, host of the Grapevine on Smooth FM, Noble Igwe media entrepreneur and fashion influencer, and the ever blazing DJ Neptune. The project was supported by Dominos Pizza and Coldstone Ice Cream and produced by Shola Animashaun Academy for Grafton Records.

It may interest you to know that Mr. 2Kay’s new album, ELEVATED has remained at number 1 on iTunes album chat for over a week, and the singer is currently on a media and promotional tour that will run across Nigeria, Africa and Europe.

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Rick Ross On Life Support After Being Found Unresponsive at Home

Rapper Rick Ross has been hooked up to a machine that is taking over the function of his heart and lungs, TMZ is reporting.

Ross was hospitalized early Thursday morning after he was found unresponsive in his Florida home by police and emergency teams, according to Billboard.

An ambulance took the 42-year-old Florida native to a hospital, where he was treated for respiratory issues.

Officials told the Blast they considered the call serious because Ross has a history of seizures, and a 911 caller said that Ross was just “nodding his head.” TMZ is reporting that Ross is being treated in the hospital’s cardiac unit.

 Doctors are reportedly treating him with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a form of life support in which blood is oxygenated outside of the body before it’s pumped back into it. 📸: GettyImages

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Conte Wants More From Morata And Barkley

Antonio Conte has challenged Alvaro Morata and Ross Barkley to show their worth to the club.

Morata joined Chelsea in the summer and impressed in the opening months, with 10 goals in the league, however, he has not found the net since boxing day.

Barkley joined in January and has not had many opportunities to prove himself, with hamstring injury proving to be a problem.

“He has to work and to recover the best form after an injury in his back,” Conte told reporters ahead of Sunday’s trip to face league leaders Manchester City.

“He has to work and have patience and we must have patience. But the only way is to work.”

“Ross Barkley, in this week he trained with us. Now he has recovered from his injury and he will come with us for Manchester City,” the Italian added.

“Then I don’t know if I decide to find a place on the bench for him or in the stand for another week.”

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Crystal Palace Confirm Signing Of Former Liverpool Goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri

Crystal Palace have confirmed the signing of former Liverpool goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri on a contract until the end of the season.

The 35-year-old had been available on a free transfer following his release from Brazilian side Fluminense at the end of 2017.

Diego Cavalieri underwent a trial before officially penning a contract with Palace, where he will once again link-up with Eagles boss Roy Hodgson, who worked with the stopper at Liverpool.

“I am very happy to be here and have been training with the guys for some time now,” Cavalieri told Palace’s official website.

“The atmosphere in the dressing room has been really good and they have received me very well so we can talk a lot and get to know everyone. I am very happy with this opportunity.”

He will provide back-up for Wayne Hennessey while Julian Speroni is out with a knee injury. He has three caps for Brazil.

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