President Magufuli shows support to Diamond as he heads to perform at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon (Photos)

Diamond Platnumz will be performing at the opening ceremony of the 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) which starts on January 14th in Gabon.

Diamond will team up with Nigeria’s Mr. Flavour to entertain the crowd before the host nation takes on Guinea–Bissau in the first AFCON game.

The two artists have performed together before at various events, latest being at Glo-CAF Award 2016 in Abuja; they also collaborated to drop “Nana” hit song.

Diamond and Mr. Flavour

President Magufuli’s government showed its support for Diamond as he heads to perform in Gabon. Tanzania’s Minster for Sports, Culture and Art gave Diamond the national flag as a symbol of blessing from the government to represent the country in Gabon.

Diamond being handed Tanzania’s flag by Sports minister Nape Nnauye

Ander Herrera: “My Dream is To Travel To Tanzania”

Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has revealed that Kenya is on his bucket list of countries to visit.

During a Twitter Q&A, a fan asked Herrera what countries he has never visited but would like to visit.

“Is there someone in the world you would like to visit where you haven’t been yet?”

“Kenya, Tanzania, Colombia, Argentina … I still have to travel a lot..” he replied, hinting at his love for an African safari.

He followed up with another tweet.

Many Kenyans commented to welcome him, but what caught my eyes was the many Tanzanians who were keen to remind him that Kilimanjaro is in their country and not in Kenya.

In recent times, Tanzania has displayed xenophobic behavior towards Kenyans in particular. Their deep dislike for Kenya is visible from the top to the bottom. President Magufuli in particular lashed out at Kenyans during the launch of a cable-stayed bridge in Dar. He accused them of ‘thinking that everything good is in their country’.

Many government policies have been specifically targeted at Kenyans. For instance, Tanzania has recently forced all telco companies to list at the Dar Stock Exchange. However, foreigners have been locked out of the IPOs. It’s good to note that of these foreigners, Kenyans would probably have accounted for more than 80%, which makes the move very suspicious.

Kenya on the other hand has been very inviting whenever there’s an IPO, and some of the biggest shareholders in Safaricom for example are the social security funds of Uganda and Rwanda.

Manifestations of Tanzania’s dislike and suspicion towards Kenya are also evident in simple issues, like during the Christmas season when State House Nairobi issued Christmas cards with a mountain in the background.

On a popular Tanzanian online forum, there was a huge debate on why Jubilee had issued cards with Mt. Kilimanjaro on the background. Tanzanians saw this as a confirmation that Kenya is out to ‘steal’ their mountain, never mind the pictured mountain could be Mount Kenya or simply a drawing.

You can follow the ‘bitter’ conversation about this Christmas card onJamiiforums.com.

Anyhow, Magufuli responded a few days later with this New Year’s card of his own.

Photo: Popular Nollywood star, Aki welcomes first child

 

Renowned Nollywood actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, has been blessed with a child.

The diminutive actor took to his Instagram page @chineduikedieze to make the announcement, although he did not disclose the sex of the child.

With a photo attachment of the baby, he wrote: “UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN.”

 

 Recall that Aki has been married to his wife, Nneoma Nwaijah since 2011.

Source: Dailypost.ng

Video vixens are not prostitutes, says renowned videographer Clarence Peters

 

RENOWNED music video director Clarence Peter has cleared the air on the matter relating to the women he uses in his video shoots following the assumptions that the women used are prostitutes.

In a recent interview, he said that people should stop drawing conclusions. According to him, it is wrong for anyone to draw conclusions and that any right thinking person should desist from such.

He was quoted saying:

“I have heard people say that the ladies who appear in the videos we shoot are prostitutes. I think that is wrong because these ladies work hard for the money they earn.

“I can’t speak for others but I can tell you that these girls work very hard to add beauty to the job we do. That they appear the way they do does not mean they are harlots, who sleep with people to make money. For crying out loud, dancing is a big deal and you really need to know what they go through on set and they are usually stressed just to make sure the concept is not defeated.

“As far as I am concerned,these ladies earn better than their mates who work in banks. I was told that those who work in banks earn between N100,000 and N200,000 every month. You don’t want to know how much the ladies charge per shoot.”

Source: Allure.vanguardngr.com

Sauti Sol singer denies driving drunk after being involved in accident

 

SAUTI Sol group member, Savara Mudigi has dismissed claims that he was driving under the influence of alcohol during a minor accident that he was involved in on Thursday morning.

The incident took place in the wee hours of the morning where the singer says he was on his way to the studio. He says his car and that of another motorist just scratched each other, and the two of them were able to come into an agreement and resolve the situation.

“I was not drunk you can even check with the police records, my car only sustained a small scratch since it was not a big impact. I do not know why the public might want to blow it out of proportions and going further ahead to post lies on social media, without getting their facts correct,” says Savara.

This comes after one social media user suggested that Savara was driving under the influence.

Source: Nairobinews.nation.co.ke 

Diamond Platnumz finally responds to Darassa CMG’s claims that he shouldn’t call himself Simba and that’s he’s using Witchcraft to finish him

A question that has been ringing in people’s heads for a while now, is Darassa CMG seriously taking shots at Diamond Platnumz- Africa’s main man? And if yes, why? Is it because he has one big hit single? Or is just a ploy to use Diamond’s name in gaining popularity? A lot of artists have done that before.

Well, I reached out to Diamond’s management, Babu Tale just to be specific and Darassa may be way over himself. But before we let you in on the juice, let’s start from the beginning.

It started off when sometime last year Darassa CMG dropped a song alongside Ben Pol called Muziki. It became an instant receiving massive airplay across the board. What however caught most people’s attention are the lyrics in the song which seemed to take a jab at Baba Tiffah. Here they are:

At that time everyone took a step back and assumed the guy was just doing his thing so nobody bothered, they went back to enjoying the song. That was up until Darassa CMG went for an interview in one of the popular TV stations and he was asked that lingering question. This is what he responded:

“Ningekuwa Diamond nisingejiita simba, ninavyomuona Diamond ni zaidi ya Simba, kuna watu wanaua simba, simba, kajichanganya, kaingia kijijini kapotea, Diamond kwa kitu anachofanya ni zaidi ya simba, angeweza kujiita jina lingine lolote kubwa, kafanya vitu vingi sana” He said.

Witchdoctor performing voodoo on Darassa CMG

From there on we knew it was on. Then pictures emerged of a witchdoctor performing acts of black magic apparently to stop Darassa’s popularity and facilitate his downfall and people couldn’t help but wonder if Diamond and his Wasafi crew were behind those acts.

Well, exclusively on Ghafla and straight from the horses’ mouth. Diamond’s management is not aware of all this hullabaloo, they are not aware anybody has any beef with them. “Ati beef? Mh ndio nakusikia wewe. Sisi atuna matatizo na mtu yeyote” Babu Tale made it clear.

It looks Diamond and the whole Wasafi fraternity is not keen on giving Darassa his much sought after 15 seconds of fame and they would rather concentrate on the hustle.

So there, case closed!

Drama! Wasafi records artiste dumped by girlfriend on social media? He responds

 Tanzanian artiste Harmonize popularly known for hit song Bado featuring Diamond Platnumz is rumored to have been dumped by his girlfriend Wolper stylish on instagram yesterday 4th January through a post she shared on her official page.

The post was however pulled down a few minutes later but thanks to a few screenshots making rounds on social media, the popular couple cannot claim it was forged.

The actress said to have shared the post has been keeping a low profile about the issue and has since said nothing about it either.

It is not clear whether her account was hacked or she did it on purpose to confirm that her relationship with Harmonize was going through a rough patch.

However, Harmonize has come out to call out a blogger who highlighted the story without confriming whether he was dumped by his woman.

Haiba vepe........??? @soudybrown mwanaume akiachwa chunguza vizuri kabila lake mana sio kwa umakonde huu nilio zaliwa nao 😜😜😜😜

A photo posted by Harmonize (@harmonize_tz) on Jan 5, 2017 at 1:26am PST

Going through their social media pages, the two no longer post photos of each other as they used to. Actress Wolper on the other hand has been pulling down her recent photos with the singer.

Chances are the two might have called it quits or singer Harmonize currently signed under Wasafi records in planning to drop a song in a few week.

Anyway checkout the screenshot courtesy of Shilawadu.

 

Unbelievable! Chidi’s mother linked to the main reason the artiste cannot quit using hard drugs

Well it is clear that a mother has a great influence in her child. She can influence his positively or negatively and unluckily for Chidi Benz he did not get to grow up around tough mothers like some of us did.

Apparently the Tanzanian singer has found it difficult to quit drugs since his mother is always there to protect him as reported by Kalapina, the guy who has been mentoring and counselling Chidi Benz.

Speaking on EA Radio’s Planet Bongo show, the guy blamed Chidi’d mum for being too soft on her son and not showing him the right way. He said,

To be sincere Chidi Benz’ mum loves him a bit too much making him think that she will always be on his side no matter what people say. Chidi has the mentality that his mum will always take him back even when things get out of hand, which is very wrong.

He went on to add that most Tanzanian celebrities who are droning in drugs is simply because their mums are too soft on them.

It is not just Chidi Benz, when you investigate well you will realize that most parents no longer take time to talk to their kids. In fact these ‘kids’ are no only engaging in drugs but in homosexuality without thinking what their parents will say since they are sure they don’t care.

Chidi Benz back in the day

Eric Omondi The Butt of Online Jokes For His Crazy Parody

Kenyan comedian, Eric Omondi has become the subject for online jokes as his fans react to his latest parody – a recreation of South Africa’s film; The Gods Must be Crazy.
Eric posted a picture of himself wearing nothing but a flap made from animal skin that covers the front and back with a bow and arrow on new years. He titled this; The Gods are Not Crazy, We are!

ARE YOU READY???😂😂😂😂😂😂

A photo posted by Eric Omondi (@ericomondi) on Jan 3, 2017 at 9:45pm PST

Days later, he has posted an photo of him with a guy who completely resembles the original movie’s main character!

You have no idea what's about to hit you😂😂😂😂😂😂 "THE GOD'S ARE NOT CRAZY, WE ARE!!!" #BigTymeEntertainement @254dave_photography

A photo posted by Eric Omondi (@ericomondi) on Jan 4, 2017 at 10:06am PST

The original movie, Gods Must Be Crazy released in 1980, follows the story of Xi, a San of the Kalahari desert whose tribe has no knowledge of the world beyond, Andrew Steyn, a biologist who analyzes manure samples for his PhD dissertation and Kate Thompson, a newly hired village school teacher.

Big Tyme Entertainment Presents "THE GOD'S ARE NOT CRAZY, WE ARE!!!" @254dave_photography

A photo posted by Eric Omondi (@ericomondi) on Jan 4, 2017 at 10:40pm PST

Celebrated Actress predicts her death if this doesn’t happen. This will bring you to tears

Did you think unhappiness can kill? Well it can and celebrated Tanzanian actress Wastara Juma might just be a casualty.

In a long post she made on social media, she feels like her demise is just around the corner and her sorrow is the cause.

It all started off when she lost the man of her life, her husband about 5 years ago and things have never been the same again. Now the only thing she does is fake happiness and she feels like she might not be able to do this for so long.

Actress Wastara in more happier times

This is the sad post she made which will likely drive you to tears:

 “Another person living in an environment similar to mine would find it really hard to even comb his or her hair. When my husband was ailing and suffering, he told me: ‘My wife, I am feeling weak. Nonetheless, I don’t like to see you dirty and kindly don’t bar me from going anywhere I’d want to because I will die anytime soon. Let’s use the remaining time to do whatever our hearts desire’.

“Currently, I am feeling the same way he felt before dying. I am feeling my death is soon approaching. I do whatever my heart pleases. When it tells me to go to the beach, I would go, when it tells me to go to the disco, I would go, when it tells me to go to and pray in the mosque overnight, I would go. I don’t want to be predictable; neither do I want people to know that I am ailing. I fake happiness, even if it is not there.

“To all those who are finding it hard to understand me and end up insulting me, kindly let me be. I don’t do anything to hurt or cause disgust to anyone. I need peace.

“My heart bleeds every day. I wish to do anything to have peace, but nothing is falling in place. There’s nothing as bad as losing hope and happiness in life. It makes you lead an isolated life.

“I have said all these for you to understand the person that I am. Whenever you say negative things about me, you come across as someone who is so eager to send me to my grave.

“My leaders, friends, relatives, fellow artists and fans kindly pray for me to regain happiness in 2017. Pray that my heart finds peace, pray that all my pains end, pray that I get healed.

“May 2017 bring happiness to me.”

 

Surely, we have to pray for this girl!

 

Straight men will be jealous! Proud gay reveals the number of people he slept with in 2016

Some people believed only straight men have many transient sexual relationships; but a homosexual man caused a stir on Twitter when he revealed the number of men he had slept with.

Gay s3x is thought to cause discomfort for obvious reasons that will not be mentioned here. Interestingly, some gay people really enjoy shagging.

Daddy (@INFIDEL_) is a proud gay who loves making out, he disclosed the number of people he had sexual intercourse with in 2016 and most people utterly were taken aback by his disturbing confession.

Daddy (@INFIDEL_)

He arrogantly revealed that he had s3x with at least 550 men in 2016 alone; that’s a number that not even the most seasoned philanderer can compete with.

Musician Nonini comes back from the dead and wishes us a happy new year. He had been killed by the internet

Popular musician Nonini is alive and well people! He has taken time to wish us a Happy New Year with God’s blessing and guidance.

Apologies once more to everyone who was caught off guard by that nasty article on the blogs. When they wish you death you smile because it’s a blessing in disguise. They are giving you more years…..#BadoNipoNipoSana Nonini posted on his instagram.

Nonini wishes his fans a happy new year

Nonini had been killed by one the briefcase blogs on the interwebs- by the way if it’s not on Ghafla it never really happened- which shared photos of some grisly accident and claimed Nonini was one of the casualties who had perished in the accident.

This caused panic and unrest among his fans and we can clearly see he’s doing perfectly fine.

He becomes the first Kenyan celeb this year to fall victim to death by the internet a popular occurrence online. Jaguar faced the same predicament sometimes in August last year.

“I lost Myself After Becoming a Mother” Adele reveals

 

 Motherhood is not an easy experience to go through, though it is a very wonderful experience. New moms have a lot of stuff that they go through physically and emotionally. Given this, they need love and support from their spouses and family members to get through this. Hello hit maker is a mother to an adorable four year old boy. She has just revealed that after giving birth to her son, she lost herself due to postpartum depression.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, the singer opened up about parenting, her struggle with alcohol use and postpartum stress. The 28 year old mother of one stated that she feels like she made the worst decision after having her son. Adele used to be a massive drinker and smoker after giving birth to her son Angelo who is now four years old. She had to spend time alone so as to overcome her depression. This is what she told Vanity fair for its December issue.

“I had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me,” she told the magazine for its December issue. “My knowledge of postpartum—or post-natal, as we call it in England—is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job. But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life.Eventually I just said, I’m going to give myself an afternoon a week, just to do whatever the fuck I want without my baby. A friend of mine said, ‘Really? Don’t you feel bad?’ I said, ‘I do, but not as bad as I’d feel if I didn’t do it.’”

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Hamisa Mobetto speaks about her relationship with Diamond Platinumz

 

A Popular Tanzanian video vixen, Hamisa Mobetto, has just opened up about her relationship with Diamond Platinumz and her association with Zari Hassan. Just like the few other ladies who have had issues with Zari, Hamisa has her story to tell. The two were seriously beefing a few months ago after Zari accused Hamisa of sleeping with her man and leaving her “cheap” earrings on their matrimonial bed for Zari to see.

Well Zari ranted and called the video vixen names but she did not speak much about the accusations and did not reply to Zari’s confrontations. Months later, the video vixen has finally spoken about her relationship with Diamond. She says that Diamond is nothing more than her employer and that she only knows Zari to be the woman who gave birth for her boss. Speaking to Time’s FM Lil Ommy, the vixen revealed,

“Unajua huwezi kusema kuwa mimi na Zari tuko sawa au hatupo sawa kwa sababu hatujawahi kuwa marafiki, na mimi nimemjua kwa sababu ‘Kazaa’ na bosi wangu [Diamond Platnumz],”She said
 

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Diamond, Ali Kiba beef rages on but their managers ‘crushing on each other’

 The long running tiff between Bongo Flava superstars Diamond and Ali Kiba has time and again offered fans really juicy gossip.

The most recent installment was Ali Kiba alleging that Diamond Platnumz’s manager Sallam Sharaff switched off his microphone at the Mombasa Rocks Festival and the manager responded saying Ali Kiba had a bad show and was looking for someone to blame.

So then it would only seem natural that their respective managers don’t get along, right? Wrong.

Last week, Diamond’s manager posted a photo of Ali Kiba’s manager Seven Mosha on Instagram and captioned it “#WCW” (Woman Crush Wednesday) with a blushing emoji.

While some people thought he was stirring the pot, others genuinely believed it meant they are totally cool with each other.

“I have not set eyes on my fiancé since we fought a month ago” Mariah Carey reveals

 
Mariah Carey’s dramatic separation from her billionaire fiancé James Packer is slowly turning chaotic. The singer’s spokesperson revealed that the once perfect pair has not caught sight of each other since their huge fight during a romantic holiday in Europe. The European vacation happened over a month ago.
 
TMZ reports that Mariah’s fiancé did something unforgivable and that is what led to the huge fight. Mariah’s assistant was linked to the fight but there are other allegations about his character. Mariah Carey and her man got engaged in September 2016 during a stay on a state of the art yacht in Greece. However, Mariah’s spokesman has denied claims that the separation was caused by infidelity and claims that the 46 year old singer’s extravagant lifestyle is not the cause either.

“Mariah and James had a fight in Greece, and have not seen each other since. The fight was not because of any cheating allegations or excessive spending by Mariah. James is one of the most successful businessmen in the world. They are trying to work it out. Right now, they’re not sure if they will stay together. They are discussing it, and plan to release an official statement together about their future.” her spokesman recently told ET.

James did not attend Mariah’s Halloween party but her ex Nick Canon did and they were spotted having a good time together with their twins.

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Amber Rose Says She Felt ‘Body-Shamed’ By ‘DWTS’ Judge Julianne Hough: ‘My Body Made Her Feel Uncomfortable’

Amber Rose thinks Julianne Hough judged her for more than her dance moves during Wednesday’s performance with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

via NYDN:

“It was a point in the dance where I had to lift my leg up and Maks dipped me and (Hough) said, ‘Oh, I’m uncomfortable,’ and I instantly, I felt, I did feel body shamed,” Rose, 32, revealed on her “Loveline with Amber Rose” podcast on the Monday Play.it network the Monday night show.

The mom of one continued: “You know, all the beautiful professional dancers that are on “Dancing with the Stars,” I mean they dress very sexy and they do splits and they grind up on these guys and they look absolutely stunning and they get a standing ovation. And for me, and my body, my hips, my ass, my breasts, made her uncomfortable.”

But the “Footlose” star has denied the dis, explaining to E! News that the comment was taken out of context.

“To be clear, that was a produced package, not live coverage and they can put those sound bites anywhere,” Hough said.

“My ‘uncomfortable’ comment was about the fact that I felt like I wanted more out of the performance — when someone is doing a hot, sexy dance like that without the right amount of energy that is required, it can be uncomfortable to watch.”

“Trust me I’m ALL for a sexy booty dance!! We all know what!!” she continued. “And any kind of body shaming goes against everything I believe in.”