Spotify Names Magixx ‘Fresh Finds Africa’ Artiste for August

Award & RecognitionEntertainmentMusicSpotify Names Magixx ‘Fresh Finds Africa’ Artiste for August

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 20, 2022

Nigerian artiste, Adelabu Alexander, popularly known as Magixx, has been announced as Spotify’s “Fresh Finds Africa artiste” for August. Spotify is an online music streaming platform. Founded on 23 April 2006, it is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 433 million monthly active users, including 188 million paying subscribers, as of June 2022. In a statement on Friday, Phiona Okumu, head of music, Spotify for sub-Saharan Africa, described the 24-year-old signee...

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Young Women Committed Suicide More Than Men In Nigeria-Prof Aishatu Armiya’u

HealthNewsWellnessYoung Women Committed Suicide More Than Men In Nigeria-Prof Aishatu Armiya’u

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 20, 2022

With the upsurge of suicide in Nigeria, Prof Aishatu Yusha’u Armiya’u of the Psychiatry department, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi said young women were on the high side of those who committed suicide in Nigeria. Prof Aishatu Armiya’u who stated this in an interview said recent studies in Nigeria said 80 percent of suicide reports were by men. However when age was used younger women committed suicide more than men....

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Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records Wins ‘Fastest Growing Entertainment Brand’ Award

EntertainmentMusicNewsDon Jazzy’s Mavin Records Wins ‘Fastest Growing Entertainment Brand’ Award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 20, 2022

Mavin Records won the ‘Fastest Growing Entertainment Brand’ in the 2022 edition of the Global Brands Award organised by Global Brand Magazine. Global Brands Awards is an annual event held by Global Brands Magazine (GBM), an international publication headquartered in the United Kingdom. The Brands Awards aim to recognise and reward companies that have performed remarkably well in finance, education, hospitality, automotive, lifestyle, education, real estate, technology and several more. Mavin Records, a Nigerian record label founded...

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BBNaija: Ilebaye, Khalid Evicted

Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsBBNaija: Ilebaye, Khalid Evicted

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 15, 2022

Ilebaye and Khalid of the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show have been evicted. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, announced the eviction of the housemates during the live eviction show on Sunday. Adekunle, the week’s head of house, had nominated the two housemates for eviction alongside three other housemates, Phyna, Bryann, and Groovy last Monday. Ilebaye and Khalid are the third and fourth housemates to be evicted from the ‘Level Up’...

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Enugu State 2nd Highest Performing State in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery-ONE Campaign

Award & RecognitionHealthNewsEnugu State 2nd Highest Performing State in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery-ONE Campaign

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2022

ENUGU — Enugu State has been recognized as the second highest performing state in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria for the years 2019-2021. Presenting the plaque award of recognition to the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ENSPHCDA), Dr. George Ugwu, on behalf of the state, Stanley Achonu, Country Director of One Campaign in Nigeria, commended the present administration for her excellent status of the primary healthcare system, especially in the rural...

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Kidney Care: Transplant to Begin Soon in Anambra State, Specialist Says

HealthSpecial ReportKidney Care: Transplant to Begin Soon in Anambra State, Specialist Says

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 8, 2022

Special Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu The United States trained Anambra-born renal care specialist, Dr. Felicia Nene Chidolue, over the weekend hinted that she is working towards ensuring that in Anambra state, kidney transplants among other specialized renal care services will be available to those seeking them soonest. Dr. Chidolue has over two decades of experience and expertise in renal care in the US, where she has reached the pinnacle of her professional career in chronic...

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Nigeria Records 24 New Cases Of Monkeypox

HealthNewsNigeria Records 24 New Cases Of Monkeypox

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2022

In its latest report, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that the country has recorded 24 new cases of Monkeypox. Out of the 24 cases, Ondo State has five; Lagos and Kano, three each;  Abia, Adamawa,   Bayelsa, and Kwara, two each and Delta,   Anambra,  Gombe, Rivers, and Nasarawa., one each. The new positive cases bring to 157 persons that have contracted the disease between January 1 and July 31. Part of the report reads:  “From 1st January to 31st July 2022,...

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BBNaija: Beauty Disqualified, Christy O, Cyph Evicted

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsBBNaija: Beauty Disqualified, Christy O, Cyph Evicted

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 8, 2022

Two housemates, Christy O and Cyph, were evicted from the Big Brother Naija Season 7 on Sunday. The two housemates were earlier nominated for eviction last Monday alongside three other housemates, Phyna, Amaka and Khalid. The duo became the first housemates to be evicted from this year’s reality show. Christy O and Cyph’s exit from the house came a few hours after another housemate, Beauty Tukura, was disqualified from the show after getting a second...

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Pretty Mike Shades APC, Attends Event with Fake Bishops

LifestyleNewsPretty Mike Shades APC, Attends Event with Fake Bishops

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 7, 2022

Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu, who is fondly known as Pretty Mike of Lagos, on Saturday graced an event accompanied by men and women dressed in priestly garb. According to the video of the grand entrance posted by the socialite on his verified Instagram page, the phony clerics were avoiding camera and declined to comment as the person behind the camera was asking, “Are you men of God?”, “Will you like to speak to Nigerians?” The video...

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Anambra Govt To Distribute 3.8 Million Insecticide Treated Nets

HealthWellnessAnambra Govt To Distribute 3.8 Million Insecticide Treated Nets

PilotnewsAugust 6, 2022

By Anastasia Mbabie and Handel Patrick (Staff Reporters)   In its efforts to eliminate malaria, the Anambra State Government in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), and Malaria Consortium (MC) with support from GiveWell Open Philanthropic funding is set to distribute 3.8 million insecticide-treated nets to residents, to reduce the scourge of malaria in the state. Speaking at the media orientation roundtable on the implementation of the Insecticide-Treated Net Campaign, in Awka, on...

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