Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has won the Best African Artist of the Year at the 2024 Music Of Black Origin ( MOBO) Awards held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on Wednesday night.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised a 7,000-man special task force across its 14 zonal commands to clamp down on dollar racketeers. In a move to reduce the pressure on the naira, the spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the commission had summoned the proprietors of private universities and other schools charging tuition in dollars. The naira has been on a free fall against the dollar in the past weeks with the currency losing value against the greenback. In the past weeks, the naira had plunged from…
Super Eagles of Nigeria have beaten South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on penalties to reach the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 final.
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24-time Grammy winner Kanye West is set to release a new album in 2024, ‘Vultures’, in collaboration with TY Dolla Sign. With the three installments of his new album set to be released in the coming weeks, with the first on February 9, Kanye West has posted a possible touring lineup on his Instagram story. The post highlighted a shortlist of different cities around the world, with Cairo Egypt, Nairobi Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria, being the only African cities. The possibility of Kanye West performing in Lagos has excited fans, who will be eager to see one of the…
Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has confirmed the arrest of 25 suspects over a recent protest in Minna, Niger State.
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, will appear before the House of Representatives to speak on the state of the economy, the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria, announced on Monday.
APC) on Tuesday accused opposition parties of instigating mass protests across some major cities in the country to undermine the
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has called on the Federal Government to ensure filmmakers in the country gain easy access to funds to produce films. Silva made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. “Over the years, filmmakers have found it difficult to access funds to produce films, a development government needs to wade into to encourage filmmakers,” she said. According to her, funds for the filmmakers is majorly available through the Bank of Industry (BOI), adding that more avenues should be created. “Accessibility to fund to produce films should not be…
How 4-year-old girl, 3 others in Lagos hospital after Cooking gas explosion Medical personnel attached to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, are battling to save a four-year-old girl, Faridat Shittu, who is in critical condition after a cooking gas explosion ravaged their residence at 1, Odubanwo Street, off Olaniyi Street, Gbinrinmi in Ojokoro LCDA, Lagos. It was learned that Faridat’s grandfather, grandmother her uncle also suffered burns in the incident that occurred on Sunday. Narrating what happened, one of the victims, Faridat’s grandmother, who is currently in severe pain in hospital said she was frying meat and…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that Foreign Portfolio Investors want the country to carry out policy reforms to enable them to bring in their funds.