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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Delists dead registered voters, Reps orders INEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDelists dead registered voters, Reps orders INEC

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 6, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has been mandated by the House of Representatives to clean up its system of dead and fictitious registered voters. The Reps made the  resolution following a  motion brought under matter of Urgent Public Importance titled “Issue: Urgent Need for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to develop a mechanism to clean up its system of dead and fictitious registered voters sponsored by Hon. Leke Abajide. The Lawmaker noted that the INEC...

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Sports: Nigeria Osimhen wins Scudetto for Napoli after 33 years

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsSports: Nigeria Osimhen wins Scudetto for Napoli after 33 years

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 6, 2023

The Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, on Thursday won the Serie A title for Napoli with his equaliser in their 1-1 game at Udinese. According to reports, Napoli that needed a draw to win the Scudetto for the first time in 33 years conceded in the 22nd minute only for the Nigerian to score the much-needed equaliser in the 52nd minute and won the league with five games to spare. Osimhen’s second-half equaliser proved decisive...

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Sounds of ALAT Competition: Wema Bank Announces Top Three Contestants

BusinessNewsNigeriaSounds of ALAT Competition: Wema Bank Announces Top Three Contestants

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 6, 2023

Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, is excited to announce the top three contestants in its highly anticipated Sounds of ALAT competition. According to reports, the competition, which was launched a few months ago, aimed to discover and support budding upcoming musicians across Nigeria, and give them a platform to showcase their talent to the world. After a rigorous selection process, the top three contestants; Onyealisigwe Bright, Fashoro Taiye, and Kareem Tomiwa were unanimously announced...

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Kwara: Remains of abducted nursing mother found after ransom payment

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKwara: Remains of abducted nursing mother found after ransom payment

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 6, 2023

The body of Kehinde Jibril, a nursing mother abducted by suspected kidnappers at Ago-Oja town in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State has been found after ransom was paid. The corpse was reportedly found on Thursday along Ojoku road in Ago-Oja axis after frantic efforts to locate and rescue her from her abductors. Report has it that Jibril has since been buried according to Islamic rite at Ago- Oja. It was gathered that the...

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Nigeria: UNICEF Targets 1.5 Million NLP Users By 2024,

EducationNewsNigeriaNigeria: UNICEF Targets 1.5 Million NLP Users By 2024,

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 6, 2023

…As active users hit 142,000 In 18 states In Nigeria, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is targeting to reach 1.5 million Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) users at the end of 2024 according to UNICEF Chief of field office in Kano, Mr Rahma Rihood Farah. Farah who spoke in Kano while handing over materials to support the learning passport initiative said that NLP now has 142,000 active users across 18 states in Nigeria....

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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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