Grammy: South Africa’s Tyla Wins Best African Music Performance Award

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaGrammy: South Africa’s Tyla Wins Best African Music Performance Award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 2, 2026

South African pop sensation Tyla has reaffirmed her growing global influence, winning the Best African Music Performance award at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday, 1 February 2026. The triumph came in a highly competitive field that included some of Africa’s most celebrated music stars. Tyla secured the accolade with her hit single “Push 2 Start”, lifting the trophy ahead of heavyweights such as Burna Boy for “Love”, Davido featuring Omah Lay for...

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Grammy Honours Fela Kuti with Lifetime Achievement Award

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsWorld NewsGrammy Honours Fela Kuti with Lifetime Achievement Award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2026

Afrobeat pioneer and Nigerian music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has received a major global honour nearly three decades after his death. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that the Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy Awards, will posthumously confer a Lifetime Achievement Award on Fela. The honour makes him the first African to receive the prestigious award. According to the BBC, the award recognises Fela’s enduring influence on global music, culture and political expression....

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Vice President Shettima Intervenes as Doctors Suspends Nationwide Strike 

HealthNewsNigeriaPoliticsVice President Shettima Intervenes as Doctors Suspends Nationwide Strike 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 12, 2026

Following the intervention of Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) suspended its planned nationwide strike yesterday (Sunday). The suspension offers temporary relief to millions of Nigerians who depend on public health facilities and underscores ongoing negotiations aimed at averting a full-scale disruption of medical services nationwide. Dr. Mohammad Suleiman, the National President of NARD, who confirmed the development shortly after the meeting of its National Executive Council, NEC, stated that...

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Awe General Hospital In Nasarawa State Shutdown Due To Outbreak Of Lassa Fever

HealthNewsNigeriaAwe General Hospital In Nasarawa State Shutdown Due To Outbreak Of Lassa Fever

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 8, 2026

Two pregnant women and two other persons have died as a result of suspected Lassa fever disease in Awe LGA of Nasarawa State. As a precautionary measure, Awe General Hospital has been shut down, while health workers, including the medical superintendent, have been placed in isolation. The Disease Surveillance Officer in the state, Malami Ahmad Yahuza Abdullah explained that the outbreak started when a woman was brought to a health facility with symptoms suspected to...

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Malnutrition: Kano Records 469 Deaths In 6 Months

HealthNewsNigeriaMalnutrition: Kano Records 469 Deaths In 6 Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 6, 2026

No fewer than 469 children died from malnutrition between January and July 2025 in Kano State, with 51.9 percent of children stunted. Professor Ruqayya Aliyu Yusuf of the Department of Information and Media Studies, Bayero University Kano (BUK), made the disclosure in a paper titled “Understanding the Basics of Behavioural Change: Towards Improving Malnutrition in Kano State”, which she presented at a media sensitisation training. She identified malnutrition and poor dietary practices as the biggest...

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Resident Doctors to Shut Down Public Hospitals January 12

HealthNewsNigeriaResident Doctors to Shut Down Public Hospitals January 12

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 3, 2026

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared that it will resume a total and indefinite strike across the country from 12:00 a.m. on Monday, 12 January 2026, citing the Federal Government’s failure to implement agreed welfare demands within an earlier deadline. The announcement was made on Friday, following an Extraordinary National Executive Council (E-NEC) meeting held on January 2, 2026, and was shared on X by the association’s President, Dr. Mohammed Suleiman. In...

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Nurses May Shutdown Health Facilities In Kaduna State

HealthNewsNigeriaNurses May Shutdown Health Facilities In Kaduna State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 2, 2026

There is a possible statewide strike in 2026 by Nurses in Kaduna State over the persistent failure of health authorities to conduct promotion. The Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Kaduna State Council, Comrade Nurse Ishaku Yakubu, issued the threat in a New Year address, expressing growing frustration over what he described as deliberate neglect of nurses’ career progression by the Ministry of Health and some of its parastatals. He...

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Burbank Marriage Unravels After Woman Allegedly Used Tracking Devices to Monitor Husband

LifestyleNewsBurbank Marriage Unravels After Woman Allegedly Used Tracking Devices to Monitor Husband

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2025

Burbank, Calif. — What began as a seemingly happy two-year marriage ended in confrontation and police involvement after a Burbank woman allegedly used multiple electronic tracking devices to monitor her husband’s movements, authorities and sources familiar with the situation said. According to information obtained by this outlet, the marriage between Amos and Yolanda deteriorated after Yolanda allegedly placed Apple AirTags, Tile trackers, and a GPS tracking device on Amos’ vehicle and personal belongings without his...

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NSCDC Confirms Over 19,000 Cases Of Measles, 153 Deaths In Eleven Months

HealthNewsNigeriaNSCDC Confirms Over 19,000 Cases Of Measles, 153 Deaths In Eleven Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 24, 2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 19,213 cases of measles and 153 deaths between January and November 2025. The confirmed cases, according to the measles situation report released on Tuesday, are 26,866 suspected cases reported across 507 Local Government Areas in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.  The disease recorded a case fatality rate of 0.8 percent. Children aged 9 to 59 months were the most affected group,...

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Nigeria Hits ‘Detty December’ Gear With Packed Festivities

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaNigeria Hits ‘Detty December’ Gear With Packed Festivities

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 14, 20251

Every December, Nigeria does not just celebrate Christmas, it shifts into another gear entirely. The holiday season arrives like a wave of color and sound, spilling into the streets, warming the air, and pulling people into a rhythm that feels larger than life. What began decades ago as a simple end-of-year celebration has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon now known simply and famously as “Detty December.” Lagos: The Capital of December Energy If New...

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