Singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, AKA Mohbad is dead

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaSinger Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, AKA Mohbad is dead

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 13, 2023

Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, better known as Mohbad, has passed on at the age of 27, leaving fans and the Nigerian music community in deep mourning. Mohbad breathed his last on Tuesday. The cause of his death is yet to be made public. An unsigned statement supposedly by a family member posted on the singer’s social media pages read, ” It is with great sadness that we confirm the passing of Promise Oladimeji Aloba...

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Mitchel Ihezue to represent Nigeria at ‘Miss Universe’ 2023 in El Salvador

LifestyleNewsWorld NewsMitchel Ihezue to represent Nigeria at ‘Miss Universe’ 2023 in El Salvador

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 12, 2023

Mitchel Ihezue has been crowned the winner of the Miss Universe Nigeria, MUN, 2023 pageant, becoming Nigeria’s candidate for the upcoming 72nd Miss Universe beauty pageant in El Salvador. Ms. Ihezue faced stiff competition, triumphing over 36 other talented contestants, each representing a Nigerian state and the nation’s capital, Abuja, to secure the coveted automatic passport to El Salvador. She represented Imo State. The grand finale of the MUN event took place at the Eko...

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U.S. President Biden meets Tinubu at G20 Summit, commends his strong leadership

NewsNigeriaPoliticsU.S. President Biden meets Tinubu at G20 Summit, commends his strong leadership

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 11, 2023

President Joe Biden met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Sunday on the sidelines of the just-concluded G20 Summit in New Delhi, India. A statement by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria said the engagement between the two leaders was to deepen the U.S.-Nigeria relationship and the “longstanding friendship between our two countries and peoples.” “President Biden welcomed the Tinubu administration’s steps to reform Nigeria’s economy and thanked President Tinubu for his strong leadership as the...

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US court to hear Atiku’s suit on Tinubu’s varsity records on Tuesday

NewsNigeriaPoliticsUS court to hear Atiku’s suit on Tinubu’s varsity records on Tuesday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 11, 2023

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois will on Tuesday (tomorrow) hear a fresh suit filed by Nigeria’s 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on the release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records from Chicago State University (CSU). The one-time vice-president of Nigeria reportedly filed the suit after he lost his case challenging President Tinubu’s election at the presidential election petition court, PEPC, last Wednesday. Atiku...

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Israel Adesanya loses UFC Middleweight belt to Sean Strickland

NewsNigeriaSportsIsrael Adesanya loses UFC Middleweight belt to Sean Strickland

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 11, 2023

American Sean Strickland took over as the new middleweight world champion on Sunday after defeating Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, 293. Expectations were high for Adesanya. He enjoyed all the cheers from the crowd at Qudos Bank Arena in Australia, who thought the 32-year-old Strickland was no match for him. But the Nigerian disappointed his fans. Strickland gave him no chance to unleash the dynamic striking he is known...

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‘Tinubu Presidential Legal Team’ inscription in copy of court’s judgment stirs controversy

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘Tinubu Presidential Legal Team’ inscription in copy of court’s judgment stirs controversy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 11, 2023

The dust has not settled seven months after Nigeria’s disputed presidential election of February 25 as the controversy takes a fresh plot. Following the court’s acknowledgment of President Bola Tinubu’s victory on September 6, the certified true copies of the judgment were released to the petitioners: Peter Obi and his party, Labour Party; Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement, and the respondents: the Independent National Electoral Commission...

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BET Hip-Hop Awards: Burna Boy gets seven nominations

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaBET Hip-Hop Awards: Burna Boy gets seven nominations

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 10, 2023

Nigerian Afro-fusion singer Burna Boy is grabbing the spotlight once again, and this time around, it is for his outstanding contribution to the growth of hip-hop. The world-renowned artist was among the top nominees for the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta with seven nods out of the 17 award categories. The self-acclaimed African Giant was nominated for the ‘Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year’, ‘Best Live Performer’, ‘Lyricist of the Year’ and ‘Hustler of the...

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Group to honour Ali Nuhu, Ahmed Musa, others with the ‘Arewa Hero’s Award’

NewsNigeriaGroup to honour Ali Nuhu, Ahmed Musa, others with the ‘Arewa Hero’s Award’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

Nigerian actor Ali Nuhu, Super Eagles player Ahmed Musa, and the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, have been nominated for the 2023 ‘Arewa Hero’s and Philanthropic Award Of Excellence.’ The trio were among other prominent personalities to be presented with the award according to a statement by the organisers, MACA Peace Ambassador and Unity Affair Africa, on Friday. Other Nigerians that made the list are actor Rabi’u Rikadawa; the national security...

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NERC hikes the prices of prepaid meters

NewsNigeriaPowerNERC hikes the prices of prepaid meters

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has announced that a single-phase prepaid meter would now cost N81,975.16 while the price of a three-phase prepaid meter has also been increased to N143,836.10. NERC announced the new development in a memo jointly signed by its chairman, Sanusi Garba and its commissioner for legal, licensing and compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, dated September 5. Before now, a single-phase prepaid meter costs N58,661.69 and a three-phase prepaid meter costs N109,684.36. On...

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Police raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaPolice raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 20232

Police in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, have said that ten suspects are currently being interrogated over the murder of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200-level nursing student of government-owned tertiary institution Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE. The police raid came after the school’s registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, put out a public notice on Thursday morning stating that Deborah’s corpse had been found after the student was declared missing on September 5. According to multiple...

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