Skepta won the Mercury Prize – But He Was Upstaged By His Mother's Dancing.

 

The 33-year-old musician beat David Bowie and Radiohead to take the coveted award for his album, Konnichiwa, at Thursday night’s ceremony.
Skepta – real name Joseph Junior Adenuga – invited his parents on stage for his acceptance speech, and his mother couldn’t contain her excitement.

Skepta said: “[Thank you to] my mum and dad and all my friends mums and dads because they made us they gave us the voice in our heads that’s talking. We all won today.”

Happy with the mention, his mother threw her arms in the air and did a little dance, much to the amusement of the audience.

Her moves have won her a legion of fans on social media where she was deemed a “champion” and the “real winner” of the night.

One user tweeted: "Skepta's mum just ran past me. Never felt so famous in my life."
Another posted: "Skepta's mum gives me so much life. She's just so cute."

North Korean State TV Airs Bizarre Comedy Sketch Mocking President Obama.

A North Korean TV channel has aired a comedy sketch show poking fun at president Obama and the leader of South Korea.
The show, which aired on government-run Korea Central Television, has two actors playing the part of Obama and his secretary.
The sketch shows the president with a bloodied and bandaged head with the secretary asking if he is alright.
He responds: “I smacked my head on the bathroom floor and broke four tiles on it as I was so shocked from the North’s hydrogen bomb detonation!”

The “secretary” then jokes as the audience roars with laughter: “So Mr President, you were testing the hardness of your skull while the North was testing its hydrogen bomb?”

The Rock and Vin Diesel Are Beefing Bigtime on the Set of ‘Fast 8’

Bald bruiser movie stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Vin Diesel have been butting domes on the set of “Fast and Furious 8” and the two met Tuesday to clear the air after the confrontation publicly exploded this week.

On Monday The Rock went on an Instagram rant to vent that his blood was “boiling” over unnamed “candy ass,” “chicken s–t” male co-stars in the film who don’t, “conduct themselves as stand up men and professionals.” The film, which is close to wrapping production, also stars Scott Eastwood, Jason Statham and Vin Diesel — but sources confirmed to Page Six that the target of Johnson’s wrath was Diesel.

Tupac Biopic All Eyez On Me Gets Ominous Second Teaser.

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A new teaser for the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez On Me arrived online Tuesday, the same day as the 20th anniversary of the late rapper’s untimely death.

The clip shifts through an ominous mix of footage, reimagining Shakur’s stints behind bars between concerts, closed door conversations, and bouts of heavy gunfire. “Like all black leaders, you have a bullseye on your back,” warns The Walking Dead actress Danai Gurira, who plays Shakur’s mother, Afeni. “I ain’t no black leader,” he retorts.

The first teaser landed on Shakur’s June 16 birthday. All Eyez On Me, named for the music legend’s fourth album, stars newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Shakur, who was killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Jamal Woolard, who led Notorious as the eponymous Notorious B.I.G., reprises his role for the flick,

Super Eagles Coach Rejected a Three-Bedroom House in Abuja

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has rejected a three-bedroom provided for him in Abuja by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), saying it is “too big”.

The 63-year-old Rohr, who is married to an African, has inspected the three-bedroom property in Jabi, but has now told officials he could do with a much smaller apartment.

An official accommodation is part of the benefits captured in the two-year contract the Franco-German has signed to qualify Nigeria to the 2018 World Cup. Already, the NFF have moved fast to also provide an official car for the former Gabon and Burkina Faso coach

Nobody can impose Islam on Nigeria, says Kumuyi.

The General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has dismissed insinuations that certain interests are planning to Islamise Nigeria, saying the will of the people cannot be overruled easily.

Kumuyi, who said this on Thursday in Calabar, Cross River State, also noted that Nigeria was experiencing the worst economic recession in 29 years.

The Deeper Life General Overseer, however, expressed the hope that the country would come out of the current recession, which he also noted had affected the churches.

According to Kumuyi, who was responding to questions on alleged plans to Islamise Nigeria as well as the targeted killings of Christians in the North, imposing a religion on the people of Nigeria will only be possible if the people choose to be docile.

Check out the New MTN Brand ambassadors for 2016 - 2017

According to MTN’s General Manager Consumer Marketing, Richard Iweanoge, this is designed to enable the company continue to support the development of the entertainment industry by financially empowering Nigerian artistes and musicians through the promotion and monetisation of content on its various digital platforms – MTN Music+, Caller Ring Back Tunes (CRBT) and Value Added Services (VAS).

Music ambassadors for 2016 – 2017 are: Praiz (Praise Adejo); Iyanya (Iyanya Mbuk); Chidinma (Chidinma Ekile); Falz(Folarin Falana); Tekno Miles(Augustine Kelechi) and Skales(Raoul Njeng-Njeng) Four other ambassadors are – Saka, (Hafiz Oyetoro); Nedu, Osuofia (Nkem Owoh) and Adamu Zango.

Speaking on this, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola said, “MTN remains proud to be associated with the growth and development of the careers of all our ambassadors, past and present.

According to MTN’s General Manager Consumer Marketing, Richard Iweanoge, this is designed to enable the company continue to support the development of the entertainment industry by financially empowering Nigerian artistes and musicians through the promotion and monetisation of content on its various digital platforms – MTN Music+, Caller Ring Back Tunes (CRBT) and Value Added Services (VAS). Music ambassadors for 2016 – 2017 are: Praiz (Praise Adejo); Iyanya (Iyanya Mbuk); Chidinma (Chidinma Ekile); Falz(Folarin Falana); Tekno Miles(Augustine Kelechi) and Skales(Raoul Njeng-Njeng) Four other ambassadors are – Saka, (Hafiz Oyetoro); Nedu, Osuofia (Nkem Owoh) and Adamu Zango. Speaking on this, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola said, “MTN remains proud to be associated with the growth and development of the careers of all our ambassadors, past and present.
Read more: https://www.naij.com/952749-mtn-brand-ambassadors-2016-2017.html

 

 

 

According to MTN’s General Manager Consumer Marketing, Richard Iweanoge, this is designed to enable the company continue to support the development of the entertainment industry by financially empowering Nigerian artistes and musicians through the promotion and monetisation of content on its various digital platforms – MTN Music+, Caller Ring Back Tunes (CRBT) and Value Added Services (VAS). Music ambassadors for 2016 – 2017 are: Praiz (Praise Adejo); Iyanya (Iyanya Mbuk); Chidinma (Chidinma Ekile); Falz(Folarin Falana); Tekno Miles(Augustine Kelechi) and Skales(Raoul Njeng-Njeng) Four other ambassadors are – Saka, (Hafiz Oyetoro); Nedu, Osuofia (Nkem Owoh) and Adamu Zango. Speaking on this, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola said, “MTN remains proud to be associated with the growth and development of the careers of all our ambassadors, past and present. We specially thank all our former ambassadors for their immense contributions to building our brand and making us the network of choice in Nigeria. We will definitely continue to maintain the strong and mutually beneficial relationship with them through the monetization of their content on all our digital platforms – MTN Music+, CRBT and VAS.”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/952749-mtn-brand-ambassadors-2016-2017.html

According to MTN’s General Manager Consumer Marketing, Richard Iweanoge, this is designed to enable the company continue to support the development of the entertainment industry by financially empowering Nigerian artistes and musicians through the promotion and monetisation of content on its various digital platforms – MTN Music+, Caller Ring Back Tunes (CRBT) and Value Added Services (VAS). Music ambassadors for 2016 – 2017 are: Praiz (Praise Adejo); Iyanya (Iyanya Mbuk); Chidinma (Chidinma Ekile); Falz(Folarin Falana); Tekno Miles(Augustine Kelechi) and Skales(Raoul Njeng-Njeng) Four other ambassadors are – Saka, (Hafiz Oyetoro); Nedu, Osuofia (Nkem Owoh) and Adamu Zango. Speaking on this, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola said, “MTN remains proud to be associated with the growth and development of the careers of all our ambassadors, past and present. We specially thank all our former ambassadors for their immense contributions to building our brand and making us the network of choice in Nigeria. We will definitely continue to maintain the strong and mutually beneficial relationship with them through the monetization of their content on all our digital platforms – MTN Music+, CRBT and VAS.”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/952749-mtn-brand-ambassadors-2016-2017.html