Asake beats Kizz Daniel, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr to win ‘Best African Artiste’ at Ghana Music awards

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaAsake beats Kizz Daniel, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr to win ‘Best African Artiste’ at Ghana Music awards

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2023

Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known by his stage name Asake, won the ‘Best African Artiste of the Year’ award at the 24th edition of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, VGMA. The award ceremony considered the biggest night for Ghana music was held on May 7, 2023, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Center, AICC with electrifying performances by some of Ghana’s most sought-after artistes such as Sarkodie, King Promise, Gyakie,...

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May 29: Tinubu appoints Eniola Badmus to chair entertainment committee

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMay 29: Tinubu appoints Eniola Badmus to chair entertainment committee

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2023

In anticipation of his upcoming inauguration on May 29, President-elect Bola Tinubu has selected a group of celebrities to be members of the entertainment committee. According to a viral list on social media, actress Eniola Badmus, who has always been a vocal supporter of Tinubu’s presidential ambition, was appointed the chairperson of the committee. Other members of the committee from the entertainment industry include veteran actor Saheed Balogun, actress Toyin Abraham, comedian Seyi Law, singers...

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Adeboye hopeful of a new Nigeria under Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAdeboye hopeful of a new Nigeria under Tinubu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2023

Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will flourish under Bola Tinubu’s administration. Tinubu contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Tinubu is expected to be sworn in on May 29 even as a post-election legal battle to either...

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Rema, Asake gears up for 02 Arena concerts

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaRema, Asake gears up for 02 Arena concerts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 6, 2023

Divine Ikubor, the 23-year-old Nigerian singer well known as Rema, has announced that he will be performing at London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in November. Similarly, Ahmed Ololade, the YBNL Nation’s artist known professionally as Asake, also says he will be entertaining his fans in London at the 02 Arena in August. Rema and Asake have been enjoying a global acclaim since they came into the limelight. The duo have released several chart-topping songs which have...

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Ekweremadu, wife bags prison sentence in the UK for organ trafficking

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEkweremadu, wife bags prison sentence in the UK for organ trafficking

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 6, 2023

The trial of former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, which began in March ended on Friday as the politician was sentenced to nine years and eight months in jail. His wife, Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while their doctor, Obinna Obeta received a ten-year prison term. The trio stood trial at London’s Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey for conspiring to bring a young man, David Nwamini...

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Igbos and their growing dominance of Nigeria’s economy

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIgbos and their growing dominance of Nigeria’s economy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 6, 2023

The Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria is known for their entrepreneurial spirit which has been wrongly interpreted as the ‘love of money’ by other ethnic groups. The enterprising skills of the Igbos make them migrate in droves away from their cultural enclave in southeastern Nigeria to other parts of Nigeria and beyond where they establish different lines of business ventures, which turn out to be successful in a few years. In recent times, the entrepreneurial...

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WATCH: Soldier fans sleeping corps member during lecture

NewsWATCH: Soldier fans sleeping corps member during lecture

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 6, 2023

A funny scene played out at one of the orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, when a soldier caught a corps member sleeping during a lecture. In the video shared on TikTok, the corps member fell deeply asleep while a Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED, lecture was going on. The soldier that caught the corps member sleeping treated him with dignity by using his cap to fan him. However, as a...

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South Africans sign petition for Britain to return the diamond in King Charles III’s scepter

AfricaNewsNigeriaWorld NewsSouth Africans sign petition for Britain to return the diamond in King Charles III’s scepter

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 4, 2023

Amid the global conversation on returning artworks and artefacts that were pillaged from Africa during the colonial era, South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa. The diamond is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday. Officially known as Cullinan I, the diamond in the sceptre was cut from the Cullinan diamond, a 3,100-carat stone that...

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Nigeria’s advertising regulator, ARCON slams N30bn lawsuit on Meta for breaching advertising laws

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria’s advertising regulator, ARCON slams N30bn lawsuit on Meta for breaching advertising laws

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 4, 2023

The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has granted the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, ARCON, leave to serve a writ of summons on Meta, the parent company of Facebook. A writ of summons is an official order for someone to appear in a court of law when they have been accused of committing an offence against someone. Meta is the first defendant in the suit, and AT3 Resources Limited is the second defendant....

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Tinubu, Wike disagree over refund of state funds used for federal projects in Rivers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu, Wike disagree over refund of state funds used for federal projects in Rivers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 4, 2023

President-elect Bola Tinubu and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, washed their dirty linens in public over the repayment of the cost of some federal road projects undertaken by the Rivers State government. The Governor hosted the President-elect in his state on Wednesday for the commissioning of the Rumuokwuta–Rumuola flyover in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. In his speech during the event, Wike reeled off some projects embarked upon by his administration which ought to...

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