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B obrisky has spoken out for the first time since he was arrested in Lekki, Lagos on November 7th, 2017. Bobrisky revealed that serial entrepreneur Toyin Lawani was the one who called for his arrest stating that she accused him of stealing his customers. He revealed that the case was reported in Abuja and that he is currently on his way to Abuja to resolve the issue. He said; Toyin Lawani asked her lawyer to write petitions against me that I worked for her and I'm selling cream to all her customers. Which was a fat lie. I never worked for Toyin. She was my friend. I can't remember ever working for Toyin or learning how to make cream from her. Then she also said I threatened her. So we are going to Abuja cos that was where the case was reported. Before she wrote petitions against me, she had already threatened me that she is giving me 7 days to go to the internet and apologize to her which I said no way because she offended me. I think because I refuse...

F ormer President Olusegun Obasanjo pictured showing off his dancing skills at the Ebonyi state Government House. The former President is in the state to flag off operation zero hunger in the state.

L ast night, Nigerian male barbie, Bobrisky got arrested. The circumstances surrounding his arrest still remains unclear but sources say he was picked up by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID); the highest investigating arm of the Nigeria Police. At the moment, the hashtag #FreeBobrisky is trending on social media. Here's what Nigerians are saying about the situation. The arrest of Bobrisky in Nigeria is shocking, becos of a rife with Lawani, is this the best use of police time and tax payers money? Also shows how backward the country is on LGBT issues. #FreeBobrisky — Revd Jide Macaulay (@RevJide) November 8, 2017 If Bobrisky is not released in the next 2 hours then shame on money, shame on connect, shame on ‘bae’ #FreeBobrisky — Sen. SK (OmoPapa) (@DHKRULLAH) November 7, 2017 Me seeing #Freebobrisky trending..... Wtf pic.twitter.com/H5tmRxHihw — Pshmurda (@joshpedcute) November 8...

A ppearing to have finally had enough of all the potshots Blackface and Eedris Abdulkareem have taken of him through it years, 2Baba snapped and directly (almost for the first time) reacted to them both, telling them to do great music as they say they do and stop talking about him. The artiste formerly known as 2face was reacting to a recent interview Blackface granted on the Loose Talk Podcast where for the (4007th) time, Blackface claimed that he taught his former bandmate everything that one knows and is responsible for all the success he’s had as well as blaming 2face for the Plantashun Boiz breakup. ‘We already had a plan, but 2face wanted to do something different’ he said. ‘I and Faze were surprised. ‘How come you saying that now’. Olisa told me we were going to do something different, that it wasn’t about Nigeria this time, that he was taking Plantashun Boiz to the next level, which is out of the shores of Nigeria, Africa.’ dear blackface and idris. as na u...

T he Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, directed its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC, to ensure steady supply of petroleum products across the country during the festive periods and well into 2018. The Group Managing Director, Mr. Maikanti Baru, while speaking during the inauguration of the Board of Directors of PPMC, assured the public that as the festive periods draw near, it would ensure a hitch-free supply of petroleum products nationwide during the season. He said, “The festive season is fast approaching, a period when almost always, people expect queues to happen. If last year you had a queue-free festive season, we want this year’s to be a season where fuel station attendants will be inviting motorists to their stand for fueling.” He called on the management of the PPMC to re-strategized to ensure leaner operating cost that would enable it continuously add value to the NNPC corporate entity, adding t...