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Juju legend Sir Shina Peters has said that Prince Adekunle’s contribution to Juju Music cannot be quantified. Adekunle is known to have influenced and assisted the careers of Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale, who were two of the biggest Nigerian music stars in the 1980s. Speaking with Entertainment News on Channels Television, Sir Shina Peters stated that Prince Adekunle’s contribution to the Juju music is immense. “His contribution to the Juju music is immense, you can’t quantify it, I don’t even know how I can quantify it, his contribution, especially in the area of indigenous music, has been a lot. Speaking further Shina Peters explained that working under Prince Adekunle has been a blessing, as he has learnt a lot. “I started with him at the age of 10, I learnt a lot from him (Prince Adekunle).I learnt how to be patient and be humble, I learnt how to have the fear of God. Papa encourages every youth and the upcoming ones.” The Juju music veteran, Gene...

The launch of musician, Simi’s, long-awaited album ‘Simisola’, has seen several fans get quite emotional. The X3M singer who over the years won the hearts of many with her sonorous voice and style of music, launched her debut album at an event on Friday night. In October 2016, she released a collaborative EP with singer, Falz, titled ‘Chemistry’ and has several tracks with other acts such as urban highlife singer, Adekunle Gold. This time around, however, it appears she wanted the new album to be all about her – going by the title. She also went solo on all the tracks but one which she featured Adekunle Gold. Her fans on the other hand, have continued to pour encomiums on her following the launch.

The unaired fourth episode of the new season of HBO’s hit series ‘Game of Thrones’ has been leaked online, the premium channel’s distribution partner Star India said on Friday. “We take this breach very seriously and have immediately initiated forensic investigations at our and the technology partner’s end to swiftly determine the cause. This is a grave issue and we are taking appropriate legal remedial action” a Star India spokesperson said in a statement. Star India is a subsidiary of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. The leak of the episode, titled “The Spoils of War,” was separate from a hack on HBO that was disclosed earlier this week, HBO said in a statement. In that incident, the company’s chairman, Richard Plepler, told employees in a Monday email seen by Reuters that the hackers had stolen “proprietary information,” including some programming. Entertainment Weekly reported on Monday that hackers stole 1.5 terrabytes of data, including two unaired episodes ...

Nigerian born American hip-hop artist Jidenna Theodore Mobisson popularly known as Jidenna has rendered support to the flood victims in Benue State. Jidenna expressed his sympathy via Instagram noting that he was moved by the effects of the flood on the Benue residents because he grew up very close to the State. The singer was Born to Tama Mobisson, an accountant, and Oliver Mobisson, a Nigerian (Igbo) academic who worked as a professor of computer science at the Enugu State University. Signed to Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Records label, Jidenna, won the hearts of many following the release of his debut single ‘Classic Man’, in 2015. The track was nominated for Best Rap/Song Collaboration at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Making movies gets more terrifying the older you get, British actress Judi Dench said on Monday (September 4), a day after her latest royal comedy drama “Victoria & Abdul” premiered at the Venice film festival. Dench, who won an Oscar for her role in “Shakespeare in Love” and was nominated for Academy Awards six other times, said unlike in theatre, where you can adjust with each performance, in films you get only one chance. “It’s always challenging, I am always frightened, always frightened,” the 82-year-old actress told Reuters in an interview. “I get more frightened the older I get. Dench began her career in theatre, followed by numerous TV roles, but still recalls how during a film audition she was told she would never make a movie “because you have everything wrong with your face”. But the turning-point came in 1997 when she was cast as Queen Victoria in “Mrs Brown”, the first time she played the late British monarch. She stepped back into the Queen...

File Photo: President Buhari met with Osinbajo on May 7 just before travelling to the U.K. The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration welcomes news of Nigeria’s exit from recession with “cautious optimism”. Consequently, it says it will continue to drive the nation’s economic growth by vigorously implementing the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) launched by the President in April. The Presidency believes government’s overall economic plan and direction has resulted in sustained restoration of oil production levels (occasioned by the enhanced security and stability in the Niger Delta), sustained growth in agriculture, mining and the first growth recorded in the industry as a whole in the last nine quarters since Q4 2014 among others. This was contained in a statement signed on Tuesday by the senior special assistant to the Vice President on media and publicity, Mr Laolu Akande. The Presidency quoted the Special Adviser on Economic...

Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic has revealed why she is still single at 41. In an interview with a lifestyle and fashion magazine, Schick, she said that she could have been married a long time ago, but things didn’t work out. The multiple award-winning actress, however, is hopeful that God will present the right man to her at the right time. She said, “I believe that God is in charge of my life and will present the right man to me at the right time.” When asked whether social pressure don’t get to her, Rita replied, “I am a human being and I would be lying to say that it doesn’t sometimes. “More so because it’s something I sincerely want to do but the feeling passes when I remember that society will not live with the person. “I will live with the man, so it is very important that I do it because I want to, not because society wants it for me.” On the myth that sex, for women, gets better with age, Rita opined that sex at 40 is what you make of it. “If you ordinaril...