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  For a couple of days Davido has been teasing a major announcement of social media especially on his Snapchat and Twitter. The announcement has been made and the 23-year-old star has just signed a lucrative deal with Sony BMG Music for a whooping $1 Million. While the details of the deal haven’t been revealed yet, it is definitely worth celebrating.

  The leading candidate in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra Central Senatorial District inconclusive primaries, Senator Uche Ekwunife has urged her supporters to be calm and wait for the decision of the party. The party primary election which was between Ekwunife and the pioneer Woman Leader of the party, Bar. Sharon Ikeazor ended inconclusively Wednesday night with three out of the seven local governments that made up the zone yet to vote. At the end of the voting by four local governments, Awka South, Dunukofia, Njikoka and Anaocha, Ekwunife was said to be leading with 284 votes against Ikeazor’s 35. As at press time yesterday, delegates from Awka North, Idemili North and South were still waiting at the venue of the primary election to commence their own voting, though the officials were allegedly said to have returned to Abuja.

  The arrest of 22 commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders in Oleh, Isoko South council of Delta State by security agents for protesting against increase in their daily operational tickets from N70.00 to N150.00 is causing more trouble. Women in the community numbering over one thousand yesterday rose in defense of the Okada riders as they abandoned their daily activities to demonstrate across the town, demanding for the release of the detainees.

  Felix Obuah, the chairman of the Rivers state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, has invited Rotimi Amaechi, the ex-governor of the state, and Dakuku Peterside, the All Progressives Congress candidate in governorship election, to a facility tour of the new Rivers state under Governor Nyesom Wike.

  The 47 year old actor broke his silence as he poured out his heart in an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. He revealed his wife Jada did not consult him before releasing video calling for boycott of the Oscars, but admitted she may have been motivated by his Oscar snub and that either ways she would still have made the video.

  Earlier today, singer Tiwa Savage took to her Instagram page to celebrate actress Mercy Johnson's trimmed look after one month of giving birth. An elated Mercy some moments ago took to her Instagram page to thank Tiwa and shared this photo above. 

  The cause of the fire which started around 12.15 pm is not known but according to eye witnesses, the fire started from the company’s service centre. As at the time of filing this report, the building was still in flames as customers and staff of the company scampered away for their lives packing goods from the building. The Lagos state fire service men arrived the scene at 1.07 pm. However, no casualties have been reported, as the fire outbreak has led to heavy gridlock in the area. See more photos after the cut.....