Entertainment

By Chi Amaka (Umunna Tv) According to reports, the Lagos State Federal High Court on Friday, remanded and arraigned Blessing on six charges of alleged cyber-bullying, libel, and for exhibiting uncensored movies. Also, the self-acclaimed relationship expert was accused of using her Instagram page #officialblessingceo to injure the reputation of one Folashade Samuels and late Bimbo Ogbonna by exposing them to hatred, contempt, and ridicule. Justice Yelim Bogoro, in a court sitting on Friday, March 31, remanded Blessing CEO in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services, NCoS, till May 30 for a hearing of her bail application. Blessing CEO was reportedly arrested on Thursday morning over her involvement in celebrity auto dealer Ikechukwu Ogbonna, known as IVD, and his l...

By Aniemeka Chiamaka Rejoice (Umunna TV) Valentine's day has been suggested to have origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius.I. forbid the celebration of Lupercalia and is sometimes attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, but the true origin of the holiday is vague at best. Valentine’s Day did not come to be celebrated as a day of romance until about the 14th century. Formal valentines messages, appeared in the 1500s, and by the late 1700s commercially printed cards were being used. The first commercial valentines in the United States were printed in the mid-1800...

By Uche Nworah, Ph.D I came across a write-up with the above caption on the Internet by an anonymous writer. In the write-up, the author tried but unsuccessfully to blame Ndigbo for the fate of Igbo musicians who have not been able to push their craft onto the global stage. According to the author; “I have always insisted that what praise singing and money worshipping highlife nkwa did to the psyche of the average Igbo musically is best called a tragedy. This singular musical taste corruption is why most Igbo musicians find it hard to hit the international markets”. I totally disagree with the unfortunate assertion and conclusion drawn there from. We should please not promote this type of self-hating diatribe. The writer is talking bollocks. I am not in the music business but I ...

South African rapper A.K.A, real name Kiernan Jarryd Forbes has reportedly been shot dead in a drive-by shooting on Florida Road on Friday night.The South African police department has confirmed the shooting incident, which took place in Durban’s Florida Rd. According to an eyewitness, A.K.A was shot five times at 8pm and was the only individual targeted in the incident. The situation is still developing, and the South African police department is actively investigating the shooting.The news of A.K.A’s shooting highlights the ongoing issue of violence and gun-related incidents in South Africa. A.K.A was a highly influential figure in the South African music industry, and his music has received widespread recognition and acclaim.