Big Brother Titans Debuts on 15 Jan. with $100,000 Grand Prize

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaBig Brother Titans Debuts on 15 Jan. with $100,000 Grand Prize

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2022

Big Brother Titans, the maiden edition of Big Brother Africa that will feature housemates from Nigeria and South Africa, will begin on 15 January 2023. The organisers, MultiChoice Nigeria, announced this in a press briefing on Thursday. “The ‘Big Brother Titans’ is a special edition of the widely loved Big Brother show,” the Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe said. “This special edition is a fusion of two TV phenomena—BBNaija and BB Mzansi....

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Cambridge Dictionary Expands Definition of Man, Woman to Accommodate Transgenders

EducationNewsNigeriaCambridge Dictionary Expands Definition of Man, Woman to Accommodate Transgenders

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 15, 2022

The Cambridge Dictionary has updated its definition of ‘woman’ and ‘man’ to accommodate transgenders, people who identify as a gender other than their biological sex. The updated definitions are in addition to the long-standing definitions of “an adult male human being” for ‘man’ and “an adult female human being” for ‘woman’. The supplementary definition of ‘man’ in the online dictionary reads: “an adult who lives and identifies as male though they may have been said...

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Chorale Competition in Enugu to Boost Youth Participation in Democracy

NewsNigeriaPoliticsChorale Competition in Enugu to Boost Youth Participation in Democracy

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 12, 2022

In a bid to mobilize and encourage youth’s participation in the democratic process in Enugu state and Nigeria at large, the Enugu Literary society, ELS, in collaboration with the West Africa Broadcast & Media Academy, WABMA, hosted a Chorale competition for youth choirs drawn from the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State. Speaking at the Grand Finale of the Chorale competition, Mr. Ken Ike Okere, a co-founder ELS, and WABMA consultant reveal that the...

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Kizz Daniel Celebrates 100m Views for ‘Buga’ on YouTube

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaKizz Daniel Celebrates 100m Views for ‘Buga’ on YouTube

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2022

Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has hit his first 100 million views on YouTube with his Tekno-assisted ‘Buga’ visuals. Announcing the great achievement, the afrobeat superstar expressed gratitude to his fans for their constant support. “Thank you for a 100million views in five months. I am grateful #BUGA,” he tweeted on the micro-blogging site. On Instagram, he said this was his first content on YouTube that got 100 million views. “This is my...

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Calabar Carnival Returns After a Two-Year Break

EntertainmentLifestyleNigeriaCalabar Carnival Returns After a Two-Year Break

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 3, 2022

After a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Calabar Carnival kicked off on Thursday, 1 December 2022. Briefing the media in Abuja on Tuesday, Cross River state commissioner for culture and tourism development, Hon. Eric Anderson said the break caused by the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 had led to much economic loss to the state in the tourism sector. He, however, said the pandemic period had given the state much...

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Mavin’s Overdose is the No. 1 Music Video on YouTube for 2022

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaMavin’s Overdose is the No. 1 Music Video on YouTube for 2022

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 3, 2022

…OGB Recently tops list of content creators YouTube on Thursday released its end-of-year top ten music videos for 2022 and the visuals for Mavin’s all-star single, ‘Overdose’, was the top spot. ‘Overdose’ was followed by Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ and ‘Buga’ by Kizz Daniel and Tekno, and Asake’s ‘Sungba’ remix featuring Burna Boy. Others include Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’, Skiibii’s ‘Baddest Boy’ remix featuring Davido, Kizz Daniel’s ‘Buga (lo lo lo)’, Fireboy’s ‘Bandana’ featuring Asake and...

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Enugu State Govt. Immortalize Zik of Africa, Inaugurates Nnamdi Azikiwe Centre

Award & RecognitionLocal GovernmentRegionsTourismEnugu State Govt. Immortalize Zik of Africa, Inaugurates Nnamdi Azikiwe Centre

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2022

The Enugu State Government has renovated the old premier lodge, the former residence of the great Zik of Africa, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, and furnished it with personal effects of the legend; the Nnamdi Azikiwe Centre. Inaugurating the Centre on Friday, Governor Ugwuanyi disclosed that the multi-purpose monument was developed by his administration to immortalize, propagate and perpetuate the leadership ethos, patriotic ideals, and scholarly insights of the legend, the Nigerian statesman, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. In...

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Burna Boy’s Love, Damini Takes No.1 Spot in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya on Apple Music

EntertainmentLifestyleMusicNigeriaBurna Boy’s Love, Damini Takes No.1 Spot in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya on Apple Music

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 30, 2022

Burna Boy’s latest album, Love, Damini, is the most streamed album in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. This is according to the list of the top albums and songs for 2022 released by Apple Music, a music streaming platform, on Tuesday. The album is the most streamed on Apple Music Nigeria, Apple Music Ghana, and Apple Music Kenya, and the third most streamed album on Apple Music South Africa in 2022. Asake’s Mr Money With the...

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Chacha Eke Reunites With Husband, Blames Bipolar Disorder for Break-up

LifestyleNigeriaChacha Eke Reunites With Husband, Blames Bipolar Disorder for Break-up

PilotnewsNovember 29, 2022

Five months after announcing the end of her nine-year-old marriage on social media, Chacha Eke has reportedly reunited with her husband, Austin Faani. The West African Pilot News reports that in June the Nollywood actress disclosed that she has been ‘living a lie these past years’ with the filmmaker, noting that there has been trouble in her ‘perceived paradise’. “I sincerely and publicly apologize for living a lie these past years. True to random speculations,...

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Africa Illustrious Award Set to Honour Africans across Diverse Works of Life

AfricaNewsNigeriaAfrica Illustrious Award Set to Honour Africans across Diverse Works of Life

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 22, 2022

The Africa Illustrious Award is set to honour outstanding Africans in diverse works of life, in an even scheduled to hold early December, 2022. The Award reserved for those who are making an impact in their community was instituted about five years ago, as a meritorious recognition that seeks to balance stories across Africa by beaming its search light on the bright-side of Africa that is often underreported. Some of the award categories include; public...

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