A review of how Nigerian players performed in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Peter Olayinka scored for his side in the Champions league on Tuesday night (AFP/Getty Images)
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Nigerian strikers Peter Olayinka and Victor Osimhen headlined the host of Nigerian players who were in action as Champions League football returned with a host of exciting games played on Tuesday, September 17. 

In this piece, we review the performances of Nigerian players in Tuesday games. 

Peter Olayinka (Inter Milan 1 Vs 1 Slavia Prague)

Czech champions Slavia Prague almost caused an upset in the Champions League on Tuesday as Inter Milan needed a goal in added time to grab a draw. 
It was Nigerian striker Peter Olayinka who scored for Slavia Prague in the 63rd minute as the Czech side almost took all three points from San Siro. Inter Milan fought back and scored in added time to share the points. 

Olayinka was impressive in the game and gave the Inter Milan defence a lot of trouble in the game. 

Victor Osimhen (Ajax 3 Vs 0 Lille) 

Ajax frustrated Victor Osimhen in the Netherlands (TF-Images/Getty Images)
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It wasn’t a delightful Champions league debut for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen who was closely watched as Ajax beat Lille 3-0. 
Osimhen played for 90 minutes but could not get a debut goal. 

Paul Onuachu (Red Bull Salzburg 6 Vs 2 Genk) 

With Stephen Odey not listed for the game, Paul Onuachu was the only Nigerian player who was in action for Genk in their 6-2 away loss at Salzburg on Tuesday night. 
The Nigeria striker was introduced mid-way into the second half and didn't see much of the ball to make an impact. 
Here is the full story of how Nigerian student, David Jagun caught Drake’s attention. (Instagram/DavidJagun)
David Jagun is a staunch Drake fan who finally caught the Canadian superstar's attention recently.

Dreams come true. When Nigerian student, David Jagun woke up yesterday, he was just a Drake fan who liked making videos of himself rapping and singing Drake’s songs in the mirror, hoping to catch the superstar's attention.

He would upload these video on his Instagram page @DavidJagun. Today, he woke up to a co-sign by Drake. On Monday, September 16, 2019, Jagun finally had Drake's attention. The Canadian Superstar has promised to fly the Nigerian student and talking drum artist out.

How it started

Four weeks ago, he posted a video of himself rapping to ‘Don’t Disturb’ by Drake on his Instagram stories. Then, between August 19, 2019 and August 22, 2019, he posted six videos of himself performing songs like, ‘Controlla,’ ‘Feel No Ways,’ ‘Mine,’ ‘Headlines,’ ‘Pistols,’ and ‘Mine’ on his Instagram page.
All those posts had the same caption, “(Mr Drake, All I Ask For Is To Fly At Ur Side On The Plane) @champagnepapi +2349*********.”
Then, on September 15, 2019, he posted another picture of himself with a message that he hopes Drake answers him one day.

Drake’s response

Then, in wee hours of Monday, September 16, 2019, Jagun, who is a student of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State finally got a favourable response from Drake. The Canadian superstar posted three of Jagun’s videos on his Instagram page (@champagnepapi) and promised to fly Jagun out.
He wrote, “Nah @davidjagun I am flying you to a show ASAP you going 2 hard.”
After Drake’s response, Jagun posted a picture of Drake with a caption, “GOD USE DRAKE TO BLESS ME, AND AM SO HAPPY... GOD BLESS OVO SOUND RADIO ( 6 GOD).”
The self-acclaimed creative artist is now set to fly out with Drake. 
Interested parties can now submit their entries till September 24, 2019.

The Headies to hold in October, opens for nominations. (Instagram/Headies)

Nigeria’s biggest and most prestigious music award show, The Headies, has opened its doors to receive entries for its 13th music award with this year’s edition themed ‘The Power of A Dream’.

According to the organizers, only musical works released between January 2018 and June 2019 will be eligible for submission this year and stand a chance to be nominated for the annual award. 
Running for over a decade, the 13th Headies award will feature 29 unique categories in recognition of Africa’s finest artiste. 
This includes; Best Recording of the Year; Best Pop Single; Producer of The Year; Best Reggae/ Dancehall Single; Best Rap Album; Best R&B/ Pop Album; Alternative Album; Best R&B Single; Best Collabo; Best Rap Single; Best Vocal Performance (Male); Best Vocal Performance (Female); Next Rate; Hip Hop World Revelation; and Lyricist on The Roll.
Others are the Best Street-Hop Artiste; Best ‘Alternative’ Song; Album of The Year; Artiste of The Year; Song of The Year; African Artiste Recognition; Headies’ Viewer’s Choice; Industry Brand Supporter; Best Performer; Songwriter of The Year; Rookie of The Year; Special Recognition; Hall of Fame.
Last year’s edition saw Nigeria’s sensational artiste, Olamide, with the highest number of nominations (10). He was closely followed by Tuface (7), Wizkid (6), Davido (4), and Clarence Peters (4).
Registration for this year’s entry closes by midnight September 24th, 2019. Visit HERE to submit your entries for possible nomination.
The award show is scheduled to hold October 19th, 2019.
See full list of categories below:
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best recording (that meets the judges’ requirements of excellence; songwriting, production, rendition) by an artiste or group in the year under review.
BEST POP SINGLE
A category for the best pop single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE
A category for the best reggae/dancehall single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
BEST RAP ALBUM
A non-voting category for the best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review.
BEST R&B/POP ALBUM
A category for the best r&b/pop album in the year under review (by single individual or group).
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in the year under review. This award goes to the video director.
BEST R&B SINGLE
A category for the best r&b single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
BEST COLLABO
A voting category for the best r&b, pop or hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).
BEST RAP SINGLE
A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap song.
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE)
A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album.
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.
NEXT RATED
This category is a voting category for the most promising act in the year under review.
HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION
A voting category for the best new artiste with a debut album adjudged to be outstanding in terms of artistic quality and impact within the year under review.
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
A non-voting category for the rap artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.
BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also be originated by the artiste and popular on the street.
BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG
A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of recent or past popular musical trends.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (songwriting, production, rendition and impact).
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste in the year under review.
SONG OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review.
AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION
A non-Nigerian award category for an individual African artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement, impact and infiltration into the Nigerian music scene in the year under review.
HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE
A voting category to award the fan’s favourite artiste with the most digital tractions (downloads, views, streams) in the year under review.
INDUSTRY BRAND SUPPORTER
This is to say thank you to brands that have made the most impact in the music industry in the years under review. An award to recognize brands who are supporting the industry at a time when opportunities are scarce.
BEST PERFORMER
A non-voting category for the artistes whose stagecraft, showmanship and performance routines are exceptionally conceptualized and executed in the year under review with consideration of live performances.
SONG-WRITER OF THE YEAR
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
A voting category for the rookie of the year who has had a successful year musically, with the absence of an album in the year under review.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
HALL OF FAME 
Popluar Nigerian artiste YCEE Has come out to the public to say that his former boss doesn't pay Artistes for their work and he is an example....
He says the CEO of Tinny Entertainment never paid his artists.
YCee blasts former label boss. [Instagram/IamYcee]

On September 18, 2019, Nigerian rapper and singer, YCee took to his Instagram account to rant at the boss of his former label, Tinny Entertainment for not paying his artists - amongst other things.

The person in question is Timilehin Arokodare, popularly known as Small Tinny. His label was home to acts like Ycee, Dapo Tuburna, Damilare and Bella Alubo.
YCee wrote, "Before I start I would first like to apologize to everyone of you all that I hold in high regard because I’ve tried my possible best to not let my social media be used as a point of negativity or conflict but I’ve been left with no choice
"So the CEO of TINNY ENTERTAINMENT took to his Instagram page yesterday to show gratitude for 100million plus streams (across all platforms) and this was brought to my attention, which left me confused because the post as seen above was accompanied with the caption “Grateful” and the handle of the label and no mention of the artistes whose content generated those streams.
"LET IT BE KNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT NOT A SINGLE DIME GENERATED FROM THOSE STREAMS GOT INTO THE POCKET OF ANY OF THE ARTISTES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT THAT GENERATED THOSE STREAMS AND TO ALL THAT HAVE MADE CONGRATULATORY COMMENTS ON THE POST, THE ONLY THING THE CEO IS GRATEFUL FOR IS THE FACT THAT HE HAS YET AGAIN, SEEMINGLY GOTTEN AWAY WITH PROFITING OFF OF OTHER PEOPLES SWEAT (like he has been well known to do so many times in the past)
"I have been silent as I have quietly been focused on rebuilding my life and career and also out of respect to my previous employer but he in turn has not accorded me that same respect.
"Actions ranging from attacks on my reputation by spreading falsities about me, saying I betrayed him by leaving his label (knowing fully well the terms on which our business relationship ended) to leaking my music which he absolutely has zero rights to release but unfortunately happens to possess in order to delay and destabilize my debut album release.
"Before anyone asks why I’m doing this, it is simply to protect any other artistes from suffering the same fate and falling into the hands of this manipulative and delusional human being.
"I have spent the most part of the last 24hours on set shooting the first single off my album and I am going to get some rest at this juncture so nobody should call my phone. Thank You."
In the comment section, former label mate, Bella Alubo wrote, "So proud of you."
She also took to her Twitter account and posted a picture of YCee's Instagram post with the caption, "My hope is for more legitimate professionals to become key players is in the Nigerian music industry & that evil emotionally abusive narcissistic sociopaths stop targeting young/naive creatives proud & support @iam_ycee. Here’s to more recovery, mentally & otherwise."

What caused the rant?

A day prior, Small Tinny took to his Instagram account to celebrate 100 million streams from music owned by his label - including those recorded by his former artists.

You might remember...

In the middle of January 2019, YCee took to Twitter to announce his exit from Tinny Entertainment.
He announced that he terminated his contract with the label in September 2018, but still called it things like "home" and "family." Speculation inevitably began about YCee's reasons for leaving Tinny Entertainment, but after months of rumours, YCee has finally spoken his mind.
All this comes after YCee announced that he will release a 15-track album, YCee vs. Zaheer.
Source: Pulse Nigeria
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One of the surprise guests we might be seeing at Davido's wedding is Chris Brown.
Its no news that Davido is getting married in 2020 but whats news and quite interesting is the fact that we might have Chris Brown make the groomsmen list.(Guardian NG)

It's no news that Davido is getting married in 2020 but what's news and quite interesting is the fact that we might have Chris Brown make the groomsmen list.

The music star hinted this via his Twitter page on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. According to him, Chris Brown wants to be on his train and he finds it hilarious.
"Chris say he wan Dey my train oooo 😂😂 Imagine Chris in attire !!!" he tweeted.
What do you think guys? Chris Brown wearing the traditional Buba and dancing to the instructions of the 'Alaga.' 


Nigerian ace music producer, ID-CABASA Took to social media on the morning of wednesday to narrate the horrible experience he had with a police officer.

by@HOUSEOFCHI

The veteran music producer took to his Instagram page on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 where he narrated his experience. According to him, he was in a car which was being driven by an Uber driver, when a Range Rover car almost ran into them. Obviously intimidated by the status of the SUV driver, the Uber driver was scared to talk to him.
"Okay, this night a young fellow Nigerian guy driving a Range Rover sport drove rough nearly hitting d UBER I was in on my way back home with a friend! The UBER guy was so scared and was trying to talk to d range guy but typical rich man-poor man tussle, the range guy overtook us and asked police guys guarding a club near bay lounge to slap the driver," he wrote.
ID Cabasa went on to explain that while trying to have a conversation with the owner of the SUV, who had instructed the police officers around to slap the driver, things suddenly took a twist as the police officer slapped him.
"I came down to have a conversation with d Range guy and in all sincerity, we were having a gentleman’s discussion before the police guy he spoke to earlier started pushing me and guarding me against talking to d guy! In a nutshell d police guy SLAPPED me!!!! Then people gathered, recognized me and bam he started begging!!! Sigh!" he said.
News Source:pulse.ng