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10 Aug
For the second year running, the Music Television Video Music Awards (MTV VMAs) has a dedicated category for Afrobeats. This year’s nominees include Ayra Starr, for the Giveon-assisted Last Heartbreak song; Burna Boy’s City Boys and, expectedly, Tyla’s Grammy-winning uber-smash, Water. Nigerian producer/singer Pheelz is also nominated for his contribution to Usher’s silky single, Ruin,…
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Foremost Nigerian Permanent Secretary and the first Director-General, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Chief Gordian Chukwuemeka Oranika (Ochendo Abatete), died recently at the age of 89 and will be buried on December 6, 2024.
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A finance investment firm, Digital Space Capital (DSC), has recorded a revenue expansion via gross income growth by 30.2 per cent, reaching about N2.9 billion in its 2023 financial year.
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Over 250 tennis players will vie for various prizes at the 2024 Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) Vice Chancellor’s Cup, which is billed to hold on December 6 and 7, at the tennis section of the school’s sports centre, in Ikorodu, Lagos.
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One of Nigeria’s Marxists and radical feminists, Prof. Bene Edwin Madunagu, is dead. According to the information from her family, she died on Tuesday sending shock waves to the University of Calabar community, family and friends.
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The dust has settled on the Mobolaji Bank Anthony Stadium, where Ikorodu City FC secured a hard-fought 2-0 victory over El Kanemi Warriors on Wednesday. But as the team celebrate their win, the aftermath of the match has seen a mix of reactions from both camps.
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An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, has recounted the harrowing ordeal of his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, who was kidnapped and murdered in Matelem village, Bokkos Local Council of Plateau State, despite the family paying a ransom.
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The Special Offences Court sitting in Oshodi, Lagos State, has sentenced a 31-year-old man, David Olamilekan, to four months imprisonment for attempting to vandalise the Jibowu Bridge.
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The leadership vacuum and crisis in the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, took another dimension yesterday, as its youth wing called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence an investigation into the organisation’s accounts.
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In perfect confirmation of the Islamic perception of indecent people who lack shame and are always ready to act out their recklessness, the propagandists are again at work. They wanted to skew the information about the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
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The Chairman of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, yesterday, urged Governor Monday Okpebholo to stop complaining and focus on delivering results for the people. He said the former governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, has done his part in developing the state.