Tiwa Savage, Afropop queen, says ‘Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, US superstar, did a great job with Afrobeats on ‘Lion King’, her recently released album. In an interview with Billboard, the Nigerian songstress, who also threw light on the inspiration behind her Motown Records deal, said Beyonce’s album was authentic. Billboard magazine publishes ‘The Billboard Hot 100’, the […]
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A federal high court in Abuja has granted Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow, bail. The court ordered his release to Femi Falana, his counsel, and asked that he deposit his international passport with the court registry within 48 hours. While delivering a ruling on Tuesday, Taiwo Taiwo, the judge, said there was no longer a
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The family of Esther Katung, who was abducted on September 14, have lamented how kidnappers took a ransom of N250, 000 after killing her. The deceased, whose husband is the pastor of the ECWA church in the village, was abducted in Bagoma, Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, when bandits broke into their
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Ahmadu Jaha, a member of the house of representatives from Borno state, says Boko Haram is occupying eight out of the 10 local government areas in the northern part of the state. The lawmaker, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and represents Damboa/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency, said this during the plenary session
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it did not make N90 billion available to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for election campaign. Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had alleged that Osinbajo started having issues when the presidency discovered that he mismanaged N90 billion allegedly made available by the FIRS
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Business owners and individuals in Nigeria spend about $12 billion fueling generators every, according to a report by Bloomberg. Quoting a survey by NOI Polls, the report said households with access to on-grid electricity had an average power supply of only 9.2 hours a day in the first half of 2019. It said in Nigeria, almost
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A US police officer has been suspended after arresting two six-year-olds at a school in Orlando, Florida. One of the two was handcuffed after throwing a tantrum and kicking a teacher, the girl’s grandmother told US media. The officer, Dennis Turner, was suspended as officials said he did not secure the necessary permissions to arrest
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Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has heard how a federal lawmaker, Uju Kingsley Chima, allegedly raped a businesswoman, Nkeiruka Cynthia Kamalu. Chima is the Member, Federal House of Representatives for Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Oru West Federal Constituency of Imo State. Kamalu told Justice Oweibo that the incident happened on
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Omoyele Sowore, the controversial co-convener of #RevolutionNow protest, who has been in the detention of the Department of State Services since Augu0073t 3, 2019, has accused the DSS of maltreating him. “I was abducted in the middle of the night. I was taken to one of your facilities in Lagos. I was beaten up, rough-handled
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According to reports, Nigerian on-air-personality, Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru, has lost her father, His Royal Majesty, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru. The first class monarch in Lagos passed away after a brief illness, Daily Post reported. He was aged 82. Under his reign, Iru land, the host of a highbrow Oniru and Victoria Island, became a mega
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