Headies 2023: Rema wins best male artist as best female artist award goes to Ayra Starr

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaHeadies 2023: Rema wins best male artist as best female artist award goes to Ayra Starr

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 4, 2023

Mavin Records signees Rema and Ayra Starr, at the 16th Headies Awards, won the ‘best male artist’ and ‘best female artist’ of the year awards, respectively. The annual show that recognise outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry took place on Sunday night at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This year’s show was themed ‘Celebrating African Renaissance.’ Ayra Starr was pitted against Tiwa Savage, Simi and Tems, while Rema...

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Banks to join NLC’s two-day strike beginning on Tuesday

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBanks to join NLC’s two-day strike beginning on Tuesday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 4, 2023

The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees, NUBIFIE, has issued a directive to banks and other financial institutions to stay off duty on Tuesday and Wednesday. The directive is contained in a memo signed by the union’s general secretary, Mohammed I. Sheikh. Sheikh explained that the directive complies with the two-day nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, beginning on September 5 and ending on September 6. “The directives is imperative...

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DSS warns Nigerians to desist from ‘subverting national security’

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDSS warns Nigerians to desist from ‘subverting national security’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 4, 2023

The Department of State Services, DSS, has raised alarm over plans by some unnamed persons to stage violent protests across the country. In a statement released by its public relations officer, PRO, Peter Afunanya, on Monday, the DSS said the plotted protests aimed to “discredit the federal government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters.” According to Afunanya, the plotters are currently mobilising unsuspecting student leaders, ethnic-based associations, youth and disgruntled groups for the planned...

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Appeal Court employees get a day break as tribunal delivers judgment on Wednesday

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAppeal Court employees get a day break as tribunal delivers judgment on Wednesday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 4, 2023

Following the upcoming judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu, the Court of Appeal, Abuja has directed its staff to stay at home on Wednesday (tomorrow). The directive is contained in a memo signed by Oluwaleye David, on behalf of the chief registrar of the court, Umar Bangari. According to the memo, this is “to create a conducive and peaceful atmosphere for the special sitting for...

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Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo and wife part ways after 16 years

LifestyleNewsNigeriaNollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo and wife part ways after 16 years

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 2, 2023

Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo, on Friday, announced the end of his 16-year-old civil union to Bunmi. Nino B, as he is fondly called, described the crash of his marriage as a “sad reality”. “My wife and I have decided to go our separate ways and headed for an irreconcilable marriage dissolution,” the actor stated in a social media post. He said he is “heartbroken but not shattered” having finally accepted “the reality of the end...

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UNICEF teams up with Kate Henshaw, and three others to promote children’s rights in Nigeria

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaUNICEF teams up with Kate Henshaw, and three others to promote children’s rights in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 2, 2023

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has partnered with Nigerian celebrities Kate Henshaw, Ali Nuhu, Waje and Cobhams Asuquo in its campaign to promote children’s rights to education, healthcare, security, and protection in Nigeria The four celebrities, described as UNICEF champions, were unveiled at an event in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Cristian Munduate, a UNICEF representative, said the champions are “individuals with authority and strength in their arts to guarantee children’s...

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Gov. Otti inaugurates Abia State Orientation Agency to drive attitudinal change

EducationNewsNigeriaGov. Otti inaugurates Abia State Orientation Agency to drive attitudinal change

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 30, 2023

Governor Alex Otti inaugurated the Abia State Orientation Agency on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia to encourage value reorientation among the people of Abia State. “The new Abia State Orientation Agency represents our boldest attempt yet at hitting the reset button as we separate ourselves from the choices that frustrated our best efforts at moving past the wilderness of mediocrity before now,” Governor Otti said during his speech. “A new era is now...

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Bongo’s reelection leads to military coup in Gabon

AfricaNewsPoliticsBongo’s reelection leads to military coup in Gabon

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 30, 2023

Following the announcement from the Gabonese Election Centre, CGE, that the incumbent President,  Ali Bongo won last Saturday’s election with 64.27 per cent of the votes, Gabonese military officers have seized power in the Central African nation. According to official results announced early Wednesday by Michel Stéphane Bonda, the head of Gabon’s electoral commission, Bongo, who has been in power for 14 years, defeated Albert Ondo Ossa, his main challenger who polled only 30.77 per...

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OAU bans students from kissing, hugging on campus; violators risk rustication

EducationNewsNigeriaOAU bans students from kissing, hugging on campus; violators risk rustication

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2023

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has gone all out to inculcate moral principles in students of the institution by banning students of the opposite sex from kissing, hugging and sitting on each other’s lap publicly. The school management also said sexually provocative dresses, including backless clothes, transparent wear, off-shoulder clothes, skimpy dresses and bum shorts, would no longer be allowed in the school. These were part of the new codes of conduct and...

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“I am very sure Obi will become president,” LP national chairman, Abure assures US-based Nigerians

NewsNigeriaPolitics“I am very sure Obi will become president,” LP national chairman, Abure assures US-based Nigerians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2023

The national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, says he is confident that the presidential election tribunal will declare Peter Obi as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, nullifying Bola Tinubu’s victory. Abure spoke while addressing some Nigerians in Washington DC during a working visit to the United States. Obi, the presidential candidate of the party who came third in the presidential election, and his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party,...

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