Nigerian singer, Charles Chibueze Chukwu, popularly known as Crayon, has opened up about his relationship with his colleague Tiwa Savage, revealing that he used to have a massive crush on her.

Crayon, who was previously signed to Mavin Records, Savage’s former label, claimed that she introduced him to “Backy” -a blend of illicit drugs like cannabis, tramadol, codeine, or rohypnol rolled into a blunt- in 2018.

He explained that Savage asked if he smoked and he replied affirmatively and she handed him the blunt.

Speaking in a candid interview with streamer Caterefe, Crayon disclosed that since then he became addicted to “Backy.”

“Tiwa Savage was my crush in 2018, she gave me my first Backy. She asked me if I smoked. I said yes mama I smoke, and she handed it to me. Since then, I started smoking Backy,” he stated.

Armed robbers have invaded the home of popular Nigerian singers, Adegbodu Twins.

This comes a few days after the burial of the one-half of the music duo, Taiwo Adegbodu.

The incident which happened on Tuesday night around 9pm threw the family into distress.

Disclosing the incident in a video online on Thursday evening, Kehinde Adegbodu, the second half of the music duo stated that the robber carted away his clothes, shoes, phones and gold among other valuables.

While expressing concerns over the family’s safety, Kehinde noted that he is not in possession of the money donated for his brother’s burial by the burial committee.

Kehinde, who suggested that the robbers might have come for the money donated for his twin brother’s burial, stated that one of the robbers made calls saying “Kehinde is not at home. We met his wife and his late brother’s wife with their children. We can’t find any money in the house.

“I wasn’t at home when the incident happened. I was in Osun State when my late twin brother’s wife called me. I had to rush down home because everyone at home was scared and the children were terrified seeing people with guns. Please I don’t have any money with me again. I have used the money donated for Taiwo’s burial and the finishing of our uncompleted building where he was buried.

“And if you’re coming for me for offending you, please forgive me. I’m pleading for forgiveness even though I know that I did not offend anyone. I’m doing this video because my family is no longer safe. I don’t want our name to become popular again for bad news”, he pleaded.

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, Spain’s Pedro Almodovar and Russia’s Andrey Zvyagintsev will be among 21 directors vying for the coveted Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival next month, organisers said on Thursday.

Festival director Thierry Fremaux revealed a list of films in the main competition, including three from Japan and three from Spain, while major Hollywood studios are set to be notable in their absence on the French Riviera.

Other frontrunners for the top prize will include Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the 2018 competition with “Shoplifters”, and former winner Cristian Mungiu from Romania, whose new film “Fjord” is set in Norway and stars Renate Reinsve.

Out of competition, there will be a surprising amount of football at the high temple of French cinema, with documentaries about legendary forward Eric Cantona and the England-Argentina 1986 World Cup match featuring a notorious handball from Diego Maradona.

American A-listers will be thin on the ground at the 79th edition of Cannes, although Woody Harrelson and Kristen Stewart are set to star in the Paris-set “Full Phil” by French director Quentin Dupieux.

“The United States will be represented. The studios a bit less,” Fremaux told a press conference in Paris.

Organisers had already announced that plane-mad US movie legend John Travolta will present his directorial debut “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” out of competition about a young boy’s journey in the “golden age of aviation”.

Fremaux noted the high number of historical films at Cannes this year, as well as movies that provide some escapism from the grim realities of current affairs.

“We realised that the Western world needs gentleness, songs, nature, and that the countries of the Global South, as people say… need security, need prosperity and need to provide care for children and families,” he added.

Hollywood and Broadway legend Barbra Streisand will be awarded the festival’s customary Honorary Palme d’Or this year, as will New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson, best known for “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Filmmaker Park Chan‑wook will be head of the jury that will award the Palme d’Or, the most prestigious prize in the film industry after the Oscar for best film.

The director of “Oldboy” and “No Other Choice” most recently is the first South Korean to hold the position and replaces French acting legend Juliette Binoche who held the role last year.

The 2025 edition gave the top prize to dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and his wry thriller “It Was Just an Accident”.

European film festivals have recently found themselves drawn into the conflicts raging in the Middle East and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza in particular.

AFP