Davido didn't pay me to feature on Oshinachi remix - Humblesmith

Budding singer, Humblesmith has addressed reports that Davido paid to feature on his hit song, Osinachi.
Davido in the song had addressed his baby mama issues but in an interview with Punch newspaper, Humblesmith said Davido’s lyrics in the remix does not deviated from the original message of the song.

“No, I have not. Osinachi still means ‘From God’ irrespective of the person that was featured in the remix or the lines he dropped,” he said.

“I don’t think he insulted anybody in the song. Music is life, it is reality. It lets people know what is happening in your life. Davido said ‘My humble father sinachi, my loving daughter sinachi, Dele Momodu sinachi, no be by force to go Dubai’. That is what is trending in his life. Don’t forget that there is a place he said ‘I forgive and forget.”


He maintained that he does not regret featuring Davido on the song and that he does not need to ask to see his lyrics before he recorded.
Debunking reports that he was paid, Humblesmith said “that is social media for you. I did not pay Davido and he did not pay me also.”


He added that the remix will not have a negative effect on his career.
“It is not going to affect my career in any way. Some people love the original version which has Phyno in it while others prefer the remix with Davido. Different strokes for different folks.”

Week after Boko Haram attack in Dalori, elders speak

Dalorima informed the delegates that no amount of pressure from the Islamists would compel the residents to desert their community and become refugees. Addressing President Buhari, the locals confirmed that are committed to remain in their ancestral home, as death, according to them, is inevitable in any society.

“We are grateful for the visit to sympathize with us over the unfortunate attacks last Saturday, but we are appealing to government to stop the ongoing digging of trenches around our community, because these trenches will prevent our people whenever there is an attack from fleeing as an escape route in the community.”


Women and children look at burnt out houses following an attack by Boko Haram in Dalori
The people of Dalori called on the authorities, particularly on the National Emergency Management Agency, to provide them with food items and rebuild their destroyed houses instead of offering the relocation.

“We are not going anywhere. This is our land and we have no other place than Dalori. We are not against deployment of security personnel to this community, but my people are strongly against surrounding them with trenches,” Alhaji Ali Bukar Dalori, the Borno state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, said on behalf of the community.


In his return, the SGF reminded the team was in Dalori on behalf of the president. He prayed God to grant eternal rest to those who lost their lives in the attacks and wished the injured a quick recovery.

The Nigerian leader was on an official foreign trip at the time of the attack. However, President Buhari ordered a commission to be sent to the village of Dalori on the outskirts of Maiduguri, where over 86 people were killed on Saturday, January 30.

The locals said the death toll of the Boko Haram raid exceeded 100 lives, with many people missing.

Campus Heat award returns, over 1,000 students expected

Over one thousand Nigerian students have the chance to participate in an annual awards event, Campus Heat Awards.


According to the organiser of the event in its second year, the awards were designed to celebrate students who have shown exceptional skills on campus and have also shown dedication to their academic pursuits.



“The Campus Heat Awards is a memorable yearly event which pays tribute to several young men and women who overtime have shown a dedication to the advancement of the nation through creativity, hard work, social relevance, philanthropy and varying entrepreneurial endeavors,” a statement obtained by BIGGIEBLOG read.

The awards takes every Nigerian student into consideration as students have the opportunity of putting their institution’s name on the world map by nominating and voting their choices.


Below is the official list of Award Categories for the Campus Heat awards:



FRESHERS SEGMENT; Male & Female Categories
– Most Intelligent
– Most Enterprising
– Most Innovative
– Model of the Year (Freshers)
– Most Fashionable
– Most Popular
– Most Handsome
– Most Beautiful
– Most Desirable
– Freshers Artiste of the Year


FULL SCHOOL SEGMENT; Male & Female Categories
– Most Intelligent
– Most Enterprising
– Most Fashionable
– Most Popular
– Most Handsome
– Most Beautiful
– Most Desirable




Individual Categories
– Alumni Artiste of the Year
– Student/Alumni Producer of the Year
– Students Event of the Year
– Model of the Year
– Most Innovative Student
– Most Politically Conscious Student
– Student Photographer of the Year
– Student Video Director of The Year
– Student Fashion Designer of The Year
– Student Artiste of the Year
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Chibok Kidnapping: "Nobody can bring back the girls because they are nowhere to be found"-Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said the over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State may never be found because their whereabout is unknown.

He stated this on Friday, February 5 while fielding questions during the Seventh Roundtable with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a programme organised by Obafemi Awolowo University Staff Club.

"The search for the abducted Chibok girls may not be fruitful. Nobody can bring back the girls because they are nowhere to be found." he said.
Obasanjo blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for ignoring the distress call to rescue the girls on the day they were abducted.

"The former president heard about the kidnap 8am in the morning of the abduction but failed to act until 72 hours later and by then it was too late."

"Anyone saying the Chibok girls will return is telling lies, maybe some of them will return to tell their story."

According to him, the best efforts to rescue the girls can yield is that few of the girls may be found.
He described the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the 2015 presidential election as a blessing to Nigeria.

Responding to a question posed to him about the constant fight between him and Prof. Wole Soyinka, Obasanjo described the playwright and Nobel laureate as a hunter rather than a political analyst.

"I will trust Wole Soyinka as an "aporo hunter" than trusting him as a political analyst. I have no ssue with him"

2 missing as boat capsizes in Lagos

Just one week after a boat mishap in Badore claimed the lives of seven people, another boat has capsized in the Badagry area with two feared dead.


According to reports, the fibre boat which had 10 passengers crashed into a log of wood after it took off on Saturday from Ebute Iworo Jetty, en route Badagry.


Out of the ten passengers on board, only four of them were reported to have used life jackets.


Confirming the incident, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), NEMA South-west Spokesperson, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye said:


“Unlike the previous incident which was caused by sand dredgers, this incident was happened because the boat hit a log and capsized, upturning its passengers into the water.“The boat is called a fibre boat because it has engine. It happened in Badagry. It so happened that the open canoe hit a log while sailing, lost balance, and capsized with 10 passengers.


“Emergency responders like the Marine police, LASWA, NIWA and local divers have rescued eight people alive while the search for a woman and the driver of the canoe continues. The correct figure of those rescued alive is eight. Also, out of the eight, only four wore life jackets while others did not.

Pakistan police arrest six for arranging wedding between 6 & 7year old boy & girl

Police have arrested six people accused of arranging the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl in eastern Pakistan, officials said Saturday. The fathers of both children, the cleric performing the ceremony, and three witnesses were charged under the Child Marriage Restraint Act on Saturday after being arrested in Punjab province on Friday, senior police official Saifullah Khan told AFP.


They face six months imprisonment and/or a fine of 50,000 rupees ($500).
Local police chief Mehr Riaz Hussain said the accused have denied that the wedding took place, but police have it on video.


Pakistani lawmakers last month withdrew a proposal to impose harsher penalties on those who arrange child marriages after it was scuttled by a religious body which branded it "blasphemous" and against Islam.


The proposal, which would also have raised the legal age of marriages for females from 16 to 18, called for "rigorous" punishment of up to two years in prison for those who organise child marriages, still common in some parts of Pakistan.

The original law stipulates the age of marriage to be 16 for women and 18 for men but Pakistani religious scholars at the Council of Islamic Ideology, believe it is not in accordance with Islamic teachings.

They say there is no specific age limit for marriage in Sharia as an individual can marry when he or she reaches puberty and puberty cannot be defined by age. Rights activists strongly criticised the rejection of bill.

Photo: Kanu Nwankwo visits Kelechi Iheanacho in Manchester

Kanu Nwankwo paid a visit to the 19-year-old Manchester City footballer. He shared the photo on twitter yesterday and wrote: "A visit to Manchester but not a good result for Iheanacho, happy to see him enjoying his football and developing"

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Catholic Church Should Send Fr. Mbaka To Sambisa Forest – Abati

Former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has advised the Catholic church to transfer Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka to the Sambisa forest, the alleged Boko Haram headquarters.

He said this in response to the cleric’s reaction to his transfer to serve as assistant priest in another parish.

In his latest article entitled “Mbaka: Priest, politician or renegade?” Abati wondered why Mbaka was complaining about the posting instead of quietly abiding by the decision of higher authorities.

Abati, noting that the priest talked as if had been sentenced to a jail term, described Mbaka as all-round entrepreneur in church garments.

Continuing, “Mbaka’s transfer to a smaller parish should remind him of the essence of his priestly vows: humility, simplicity, obedience, sacrifice, as well as commitment to the good of the church rather than individual heroism, values which can truly make him a priest in the Order of Melchizedek.


“Let him therefore, suffer if he must, and let his suffering be a blessing upon the poor and the Church, and if he as much as whimpers again, let him be posted post-haste to Sambisa forest, where the poor are in urgent need of miracles.”


- DailyPost

Former Senate president, Ken Nnamani, resigns from PDP

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. Nnamani was Senate President from 2005 to 2007.
In a statement titled, ‘PDP, the burden and my conscience,’ which he released today February 6th, Nnamani said he was quitting politics in the interim but will however work and support government as well as elected officials as they work towards a better Nigeria.
“Without any iota of bitterness in my heart, I have decided to disengage from the PDP and consequently step aside from partisan politics in the interim. I wish to express my profound gratitude to the party that gave me the platform with which I attained the height I did in the politics of our country"he said.

PHOTOS from Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Cynthia Obianodo’s white wedding

Today, Saturday February 6, 2016, media personality and multiple brand ambassador,
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and his bride, Cynthia Onyeka Obianodo complete the final phase of marital journey with their white wedding ceremony that’s going on at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The couple, began their journey to holy matrimony in April 2015 when Ebuka proposed to Cynthia at a private dinner in Lagos. On October 3, 2015, they had their engagement and traditional wedding ceremony in Umueze, Neni, Anambra state.


Some of the celebrity guests in attendance at the wedding include Mai Atafo, Banky W, Olamide Adedeji, Timi Dakolo, Noble Igwe and many more.

EPL Results: Leicester City Beat Manchester City 3-1

English Premier League leaders Leicester City’s title challenge have reached unprecedented heights as they went six points clear at the top after beating Manchester City 3-1.

It was Manchester City’s first defeat in seven Premier League games as frailties in their back-line were once again miserably exposed this time by the scintillating Foxes attack.

Robert Huth turned in Riyad Mahrez’s corner to give the Foxes an early lead.

Mahrez made it 2-0 with a step-over and finish, and Huth found space to head home a Christian Fuchs corner before Sergio Aguero’s late consolation.

Riyad Mahrez ended a personal goal drought and was the first player this season to achieve a significant goals mark.

It was also the second time in his Barclays Premier League career that Huth has scored more than once in a match, last scoring a brace in February 2011 for Stoke against Sunderland.

Sergio Aguero’s late consolation for Man City was his first Barclays Premier League goal against Leicester and as a result the striker has scored against 26 of the 28 different opponents he has faced in the competition (Bolton and Burnley are the exceptions).

The defeat was Man City’s third at home this season as they continued their run of failing to beat any opponent in the top six in 2015/16.

Other Results

Aston Villa 2 – 0 Norwich City

Liverpool 2 – 2 Sunderland

Newcastle 1 – 0 West Bromwich Albion

Stoke City 0 – 3 Everton

Swansea City 1 – 1 Crystal Palace

Tottenham 1 – 0 Watford

Southampton 1 – 0 West Ham