BeyoncĂ©âs âTexas Hold âEmâ No 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart for a second consecutive week
BeyoncĂ©âs âTexas Hold âEmâ has topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for a second consecutive week. âCarnivalâ by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign featuring Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti, holds the second spot on the chart while âLovin On Meâ by Jack Harlow is rated third âBeautiful Thingsâ by Benson Boone, âLose Controlâ […]
Billboard’s annual Women in Music event will Award Tems
Nigeria singer, Temilade Openiyi popularly known as Tems has been shortlisted to be awarded at the annual women in music event organised by Billboard. The âwomen in musicâ honour women from different music professions in various categories. Tems will be awarded as Billboardâs Women In Music Breakthrough Artist honoree for the year on March 7 […]
The Father of Mohbad disowns Attorneys who appear in Court without permission
Joseph Aloba, father of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, has distanced himself from individuals who claimed to be his lawyers and appeared in court without his consent. Aloba, who made this known in a statement yesterday, said he did not authorise any legal representation aside from the legal team hired by his family. The […]
Simona Halep’s doping penalty is shortened to nine months and she will return to tennis
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep’s four-year ban for doping has been reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The decision means Romanian former world number one Halep, 32, can return to tennis immediately. She feared her career would be over if the original decision was upheld. While her case was […]
Bayern and PSG qualify for UEFA Champions League quarterfinals
Harry Kane scored two to help Bayern Munich overturn a first-leg deficit against Lazio and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Rome, Kane’s header levelled the scores on aggregate, then goals by Thomas Muller and another by Kane made it 3-1 on aggregate. Elsewhere, Kylian Mbappe […]
ICC issues arrest warrants for top Russian Commanders
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, an army lieutenant general and a navy admiral, are the two men named by the ICC. This is the second round of warrants for Russian officials related to the war in […]
Presidency clarifies UAE is yet to lift visa restrictions on Nigerians
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to lift the visa ban on Nigeria, according to the presidency. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, said the UAE has not resumed visa issuance to Nigerians, and any document in circulation to the contrary is not authorized either by the Nigerian […]
Sinead OâConnorâs estate asks Donald Trump to stop playing her music at rallies
The estate of SinĂ©ad O’Connor has asked Donald Trump to stop using her music at his political rallies. Last month, Mr Trump played O’Connor’s best-known song Nothing Compares 2 U at a campaign event in Maryland. The singer’s estate said it was “no exaggeration to say that SinĂ©ad would have been disgusted, hurt, and insulted” […]
Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant Welcomes Three Dynamic Women to Board, Signals New Era of Empowerment
The Miss Nigeria beauty pageant recently got a new breath of life with the addition of three cranially adept amazons to its board, bringing the total member number to six. Among the new members are Senami Sosu, Chioma Okigbo, and Olatomiwa Williams. In a post via the Miss Nigeria official Instagram handle the new board […]
The FIA President Ben Sulayem is being looked into for possible race interference
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport’s governing body the FIA, is under investigation for allegedly interfering over a Formula 1 race result. A whistleblower has told the FIA that Ben Sulayem allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The claim is in a […]