Sophia Momodu says people need to quit spreading lies about her daughter, Imade, with Davido, because the kid is doing fine. She posted on Snapchat that she handles basically everything for the 10-year-old except school fees, which Davido's dad covers. The baby mama says she never gets child support from Davido himself but Imade lives comfortably and stays happy.
She recently told him to keep whatever back payments he might owe and said she would handle all the bills moving forward. Sophia made it clear she never blocks Davido from seeing their daughter and just wants the girl to stay safe with a normal schedule. She asked the internet to leave Imade out of fake stories because family matters to her and the kid deserves relationships...
CeeC from Big Brother Naija talked about how she basically went on the show planning to get the experience and then head back to her law career. The reality TV thing worked out differently, though, because when she got out, she was suddenly meeting celebrities she used to watch on screen and had to figure out what being famous actually meant.
She admitted that having solid people around her made dealing with the attention way easier. The former housemate said she might always be known as a BBNaija star first, and that label probably will not go away, but she is not mad about it since the platform opened up a bunch of doors for her career.
Peggy Ovire's lawyers dropped a response saying actor Taye Arimoro can forget about that N100 million he's demanding because his assault allegations are basically fiction. Her legal team says Taye got into it with production staff when they asked him to come back to set and he allegedly headbutted her driver while also going after the production manager.
The statement claims multiple witnesses told police that Taye was the aggressor and tried to bounce before cops showed up. Peggy's side admits she pushed him but only after he supposedly tried messing with her car tires. They're calling his broken jaw story and mob attack claims complete nonsense and said both the police and the Actors Guild are looking into what actually went down...
Simi went full hype mode for her husband, Adekunle Gold, after catching his London concert and posted about it on Instagram. She called the performance mind-blowing and said watching him on stage had her crying tears of pride because the dude works incredibly hard at his music career.
The singer talked about how talented and persistent he is as an artist while also praising him as a dad and partner. She made it clear she's riding with him forever and told him he doesn't have any real competition because he's operating in a completely different lane. Simi ended by telling Adekunle Gold that his skill and work ethic are all the validation he needs and to keep stacking wins.
Nigeria's finance minister, Wale Edun, says the feds are backing private companies that can juice up manufacturing and get people hired. He met with Folay West African Limited execs who pitched their growth plans for making more stuff locally and building out agricultural supply chains.
Folay dropped over N11 billion on production facilities in the Lekki Free Zone and buys its grains from Nigerian farmers instead of importing everything. Edun basically said these are the kinds of moves the country needs for actual economic diversification instead of just relying on oil money forever.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service Board approved a bunch of promotions for deputy and assistant comptroller-generals. The whole thing is part of...
Some guy who runs Africa Oil+Gas Report just got absolutely torched for writing what looked like professional commentary about Nigeria's petroleum regulator, but was apparently just him being salty he didn't get hired. This writer, named Olasanmi, dropped a full takedown saying Toyin Akinosho published personal grievances disguised as editorial content and twisted facts to make NUPRC look bad.
According to Olasanmi, Akinosho complained about the regulator hiring someone else for their communications role and basically tried to say they should have picked him instead because he has a geology degree and runs a newsletter. The real problem seems to be that NUPRC started publishing their own data directly to everyone, which killed...
The Nigerian oil regulator got props from the International Energy Agency for making companies factor in climate goals when they apply for new drilling projects. NUPRC boss Gbenga Komolafe met with IEA reps in Abuja and talked up how the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act has made things more predictable for investors. The commission has rolled out 17 different regulatory frameworks since then.
IEA's Rita Maderia said she was impressed that Nigeria is baking emissions reduction into field development plans because that's what global investors want to see. The agency pointed out that African gas development is key to getting power to the 600 million people on the continent who don't have electricity. Even if Africa taps all its known gas...
Some energy think tank called CEMSR just gave the oil regulator NUPRC a bunch of props for cleaning up the upstream petroleum sector and getting investors to actually pay attention to Nigeria again. Director Musa Garuba said the commission boss, Gbenga Komolafe, fixed approval delays and tossed regulatory red tape that was scaring off companies.
Rig counts went up and field development picked back up because global operators see better transparency and faster decisions coming out of the agency. Digital reporting systems helped restore credibility to production data, which matters when trying to convince people to drop cash into Nigerian oil projects.
CEMSR wants everyone to keep backing the changes because a licensing round coming up...
Nigeria added about 45000 people to its pension system between August and September to hit nearly 11 million registered savers but that barely scratches the surface when the country has around 70 million workers floating around. The stats from the National Pension Commission show less than 16 percent of Nigerian workers actually have formal retirement coverage.
Pension experts are saying the micro pension plan that launched back in 2019 to rope in street vendors and informal workers has not really done much to move the numbers. Lagos analyst Ladi Balogun thinks the program needs better incentives and street-level outreach, while TrustPension boss Aisha Sule wants mobile tech platforms to reach people who work outside traditional jobs...
