Nigerian singer, Rema wins the 2023 MTV VMAs Best Afrobeats Award (See full list of winners)

Music Television (MTV) Video Music Awards (VMA) 2023 edition took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States, on Tuesday, September 12, honouring some of the biggest names in the Top 40 arena. Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, and American pop star, Selena Gomez took home the award in […]

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I’ll end it all by 9pm tonight ―DJ Kaywise shares disturbing post

Nigerian celebrity DJ, Ayorinde Okiki, popularly known as DJ Kaywise, has shared a disturbing post on his Instagram page. In the post, the singer said he plans to end it all around 9:00 pm today, September 13.  DJKaywise and his girlfriend Nenny have been at loggerheads with his family members. His disturbing post:

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Devastating floods in Libya leaves over 2,000 people feared dead

Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, one of the country’s leaders said Monday. The destruction appeared greatest in Derna, a city formerly held by Islamic extremists […]

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Durojaiye Ogunsanya who claims to be Tinubu’s CSU classmate does not exist ―David Hundeyin says

David Hundeyin, an award-winning investigative journalist has said Durojaiye Ogunsanya, a public affairs analyst, who claimed to have been a classmate of President Bola Tinubu at Chicago State University (CSU), is fake. In an interview with TVC, Ogunsanya said he shared the same class with Tinubu and they both graduated in 1979. He said: “We […]

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FBI, CIA, DEA, others reportedly announce to release volume of documents on Bola Tinubu from October 2023

United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of State have reportedly announced plans to start turning over documents relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in their databases. Peoples Gazette reports that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have also stipulated readiness to turn over thousands of pages of Tinubu-related […]

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24 countries qualify for 2023 AFCON (Full list)

All 24 countries that will trade tackles at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote D’Ivoire have sealed qualification for the tournament. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that five-time AFCON champions Cameroon on Tuesday spanked Burundi 3-O to complete the star studded list of qualified teams. A breakdown of the qualified countries shows […]

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Slavery is Not an Option, By Pat Utomi

This is a freedom manifesto for the captured people of Nigeria offered in autobiographical form. Beginning from age 17 as an undergraduate at the University of Nigeria I have rallied resistance against injustice. My early cry for doing things right peaked with my calling out students at UNN to protest police killing of University of […]

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I stood as Florence Ita Giwa’s next of kin when she did breast enlargement and liposuction ―Donald Duke

Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has said he never responds to the aspersions cast on his person by a former senator, Florence Ita Giwa, because he considers her as family. He said Ita Giwa recently queried his gender and that in 2022, “she scoffed at a meeting I held at my residence […]

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Nigerian singer dies, aged 27

Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka MohBad, has passed away. The former Marlian record signee reportedly died on Tuesday at the age of 27. Music executive, Ovie, shared the sad news on his X (Twitter) page #Ovieo on Tuesday evening. “Confirmed. MohBad is dead. Sad, sad day,” he tweeted. Also, Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji, popularly […]

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How Nigerian music and films make Africans proud, By Azuka Onwuka

Last week, another Nigerian musician, Asake (Ahmed Ololade), had a sold-out concert at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in London. Before him, other Nigerian musicians like Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido had achieved the same fate. Some decades ago, something like that was unimaginable. Until the turn of the century, the popularity of Nigerian music was […]

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See the 5 things you should know about Apple’s new iPhone 15 model

Tech giant, Apple, is set to unveil its latest iPhone product, the iPhone 15 on Tuesday, September 12. This model will be unveiled at the company’s “Wonderlust” event in Cupertino, California, United States Of America, and is expected to come in four variants: iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro […]

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Institution of Marriage: A study of the Yoruba nation (I), By Bayo Arowolaju

Marriage institution is as old as the human race. It is also as prominent as the human society; transcending country, nationality, race, religion, and culture. It is one of the basic socially acceptable relationships among the human beings. Given, my knowledge of traditions and cultures of many social groups may be limited; the definition or […]

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Businessman marries seven wives same day (Photos)

Businessman, Ssaalongo Nsikonenne Habib Ssezzigu, has wedded seven wives on the same day in Uganda. The wedding ceremony was held at Bugereka village, in Mukono district on Sunday, September 10, 2023. Two of the seven wives he married are biological sisters. The function started at about 8 am in the morning, when the brides were […]

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I’m not ashamed to be a stripper ―BBNaija’s Chichi

Ex-Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) ‘Level Up’ housemate, exotic dancer and chef, Chinenyenwa Desire Okoebor, popularly known as Chichi, has thanked her stars for being a stripper. She said that being a stripper saved her life and she would not have amounted to anything if not for her stripping job. The reality star spoke in a […]

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Pa Akintola Willams, foremost Nigerian Accountant dies at 104

Doyen of the accounting profession in Nigeria, Pa Akintola Williams, has passed away. Pa Williams died in the early hours of Monday, September 11, 2023, in his sleep at a ripe age of 104 years. Channels Television reports that the foremost accountant celebrated his 104th birthday on August 9, 2023. Pa Williams is the first […]

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Rent for 3B/R flat hits N750,000 in Lagos, 10 other states in Nigeria

Comprehensive evaluation of the average rent of a three-bedroom apartment across 15 major cities in Nigeria  has reached a new high of N750,000. Prices sourced from propertypro.ng and estate agents, showed that the cost of a three-bedroom flat in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt went as high as N1.5m per annum. Minna, Lokoja and Ilorin […]

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