Veteran Nollywood actor, Sadiq Daba, is dead. It was gathered that the actor died on Wednesday at about 8:30 pm. According to his close friend, Joe Odumakin, the actor had been ill for a while before his demise.

She said, “We have lost Sadiq. It is so painful because I spoke to him a few days ago when his wife became a permanent secretary. I called his number some hours ago but his son picked it. I told him to give the phone to his father but he told me that his father is gone. I had to ask; gone to where?

“His wife just called me now and we spoke. She said that she was at the morgue. I asked what happened and she told me that about a week ago, he had been ill but he had been home and that he went to the hospital late afternoon today.

“She explained that he had not been eating much and that as soon as they got to the hospital, they started conducting different tests on him including COVID-19. They put him on oxygen but he died around 8:30 pm.”

In 2017, Daba announced that he had been diagnosed with Leukemia and Prostate Cancer and was supported with fundraising by several Nigerians.

Before his death, Daba worked as a broadcaster for Nigerian Television Authority. His acting career came to prominence in the late 1970s, starring in Cockcrow at Dawn.

He was in blockbuster movies like Citation, October 1, among many others.

Popular Nigerian singer, Omah Lay won the ‘Next Rated Award’ at the 14th edition of the Headies which held on Sunday night.

The award which is the most sought-after category was keenly contested between Tems, Omah Lay, Oxlade, and Bella Shmurda.

Similarly, Fireboy left the 14th Headies with four awards as he won the Best R&B Album, Best R&B Single, Best Pop Album, and Revelation of the Year.

The 14th Headies Awards held at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos State.

Wizkid also made a special appearance at the Headies while also winning the Viewers Choice Award and Artiste of the Year.

Here are the list of Winners:

Next rated : Omah Lay

Rookie of the year: BadBoyTimz

Artiste of the year: Wizkid

Best Pop Album: Fireboy (Apollo)

Best Vocal male performance – Praiz

Best Vocal female Performance- Niniola

African Artist Recognition: Master KG

Best Street Hop artiste – Mayorkun

Best Recording of the year – Brymo

Best Music Video – One Milli by Director K

Best Pop Single- Nobody – Dj Neptune

Headies Revelation of the Year – Fireboy

Best Rap Single – Falz (Bop Daddy)

Best Alternative Song: Moelogo

Best Alternative Album: Roots (The Cavemen)

Songwriter of the Year: Simi (Duduke)

Best Rap Album: AQ (God’s Engineering)

Lyricist on the roll – ILLBliss (Country)

Best Collaboration- Only you (Ladipoe ft Simi)

Best R&B Single – Fireboy

Best R&B album – Fireboy

Viewers Choice – Wizkid

Producer of the Year: Pheelz

Headies Hall of Fame: King Sunny Ade

Special Recognition: Eedris Abdulkareem

In a bid to ensure total compliance with the coronavirus protocol released by Federal Government, the Nigerian Police have arrested a birthday celebrant and 75 other guests and sealed the event center, FM Mogame, for aiding the contravention of the COVID-19 guidelines announced by the government to flatten the curve.

Those arrested at the party were Popoola Michael, Adeyemo Opeyemi, Ramon salami, Kareem Akeem, Balogun Nurudeen, and 71 other guests found within the event center located at John Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja Lagos

The celebrant and other guests arrested by the law enforcement agency were apprehended for organizing and attending a party with more than 50 persons within an enclosed area, a contravention of the coronavirus protocol approved to curtail community transmission of the virus.

Confirming the arrest, the spokesman for Lagos Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Saturday, said that the State’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, supervised the arrest and ensured the premises were sealed immediately to serve as a deterrent to other event center owners aiming to violate the law.

Adejobi explained that Odumosu ordered their arrest after a head-count revealed that the guest at the party were completely above the number stated in the protocol announced by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.

According to him, the approval for the party was for 100 guests, outdoor, not indoor. The party had more than 300 guests in d Hall contrary to the Safety Commissions’ approval for events. And due to this, the place has been sealed up while the organizers have been arrested.