The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the five judges for the 2018 Prize. Georgetown University’s nomination to the panel, Dinaw Mengestu, will serve as the Chair of judges. An award winning Ethiopian-American novelist and writer, Dinaw is the former Chair in Poetry at the Lannan Foundation at Georgetown.
Bobrisky Makes Up With Mc Galaxy, Says 'He Gave Me Money Today'
The feud between Mc Galaxy and Bobrisky appears to have ended following declaration by the latter yesterday. Recall that the duo has been ensued in social media fight over Jacob's (Bobrisky's gateman) decision to leave his master's house. Bobrisky had accused Jacob of deceiving him that his father was sick before moving to his friend's place. He alleged that he had parted with N60, 000 to enable Jacob travel.
Kiss Daniel Is A Liar, We Paid Him Hundreds Of Million – G Worldwide Entertainment
The altercation between Kiss Daniel and his former record label G-Worldwide entertainment is far from being over as the latter has accused the 'woju' crooner of being economical with the truth, stressing that hundreds of millions have been paid to him in the last three years. Recall that yesterday, reports emerged that the singer nearly committed suicide because of the working condition under his former record label. The report had claimed that G-Worldwide was paying the singer only N30, 000 before it was increased to about N50, 000.
Two Nigerian Teachers Among Top 50 Contenders FOR $1M Global Teacher Prize
Two Nigerian teachers have been nominated for the 2018 global teacher prize. The prize, put together by Varkey Foundation, comes with a monetary award of $1 million. Ayodele Odeogbola teaches at Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun state while Itodo Anthony works at Gateway Excel College Otukpa, Benue state.
Mr Eazi Donates Borehole To Launch Single ' Pour Me Water'
Popular singer, Mr. Eazi may have resorted to social services to launch his recently released hit single titled "Pour Me Water" Emerging report indicate that the singer recently built a borehole at an undisclosed village to launch and promote his new single.
Disney Acquires For 21st Century Fox Entertainment Assets For $52.4BN
The Walt Disney Company said on Thursday that it had reached a deal to buy most of the assets of 21st Century Fox, the conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, in an all-stock transaction valued at roughly $52.4 billion, New York Times reports. The deal includes Fox’s 39% stake in satellite broadcaster Sky, and 20th Century Fox film studio, Disney announced.
George Clooney Gifts 14 Close Friends $1m Each
George Clooney didn’t forget the people who helped him become one of today’s biggest stars. The famous actor reportedly gifted each of his closet pals $1m each in 2014, according to Rande Gerber, best friend of George Clooney. Gerber, who made this known on a recent episode of MSNBC’s Headliners, said Clooney also paid their taxes for that year.