Barbie Earns $155M In Opening Weekend
Barbie smashed box office records during its first weekend out as it brought in $155M worldwide, beating out its main competition, Christopher Nolan’s latest project, Oppenheimer, which made a still-impressive $80.5M in the same time-span.
Spotify Raises Premium Subscription Price
Spotify is raising prices for its 200 million ad-free subscribers for the first time in over a decade, the platform has announced. In the US, the cost will increase from $9.99 to $10.99 for those with an individual plan. Similar price hikes also apply to the UK, Canada, Australia and 49 other territories. The move […]
Bella Shmurda Announces The Birth of His New Child
Popular Nigerian artiste, Ahmed Akinbiyi, popularly known as Bella Shmurda, on Monday, announced the birth of his new child. The singer also revealed that he lost his child at birth last year when he was preparing to release his album, ‘Hypertension’. Announcing the arrival of his son on Twitter, the elated father said losing his […]
PSG Accept World Record Bid From Al Hilal For Kylian Mbappe
Paris Saint-Germain have accepted Al Hilal’s world-record £259m bid for Kylian Mbappe. The French champions have given the Saudi club permission to speak to Mbappe after putting him up for sale and leaving him out of their squad for the pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea, having made it clear they only want to […]
Kano Pillars Unveil Maikaba As New Coach
Kano Pillars Football Club have unveiled Abdullahi Maikaba as their new coach for the next one year. Speaking at the event on Monday in Kano, Babangida Little, the chairman of the club, promised the coach a favourable working environment. The chairman expressed optimism in the ability of the club’s new coach to deliver on the […]
Elon Musk Rebrands Twitter Changing The Blue Bird Logo to ‘X’
Twitter has changed its brand and logo from its famous BLUE BIRD to “X”. The new white X on a black background has replaced the blue bird on the desktop version of the social network, although is yet to appear on the mobile app. “Tweets” will also be replaced, according to Twitter’s owner Elon Musk, […]
SALIMA MUKANSANGA, Africa’s Trailblazer Referee Poised on Inspiring at 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Salima Mukansanga’s rise to the apex of refereeing’s Alex has been meteoric. The Rwandan who turns 35 on July 25, 2023 will be celebrating her birthday between Australia and New Zealand where she will be officiating at her second FIFA Women’s World Cup. Mukansanga who first officiated at the Women’s global pinnacle nations football jamboree […]
NLC Slams FG’s Plan to Distribute N500bn As Palliatives To Nigerians
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has slammed the plan of the Federal Government to distribute N500bn as palliatives to Nigerians and government officials to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. Its President, Joe Ajaero, in a statement yesterday argued that the Federal Government was “seeking to impoverish the people further by taking […]
Boney M Singer Recovering After Car Crash
Boney M singer Liz Mitchell is recovering after her Mercedes crashed into aditch while on her way to visit her brother who is in jail for murder.Ms Mitchell, who is 71, was driving on Thursday when she was forced off the roadby an oncoming vehicle.Her spokesman said Ms Mitchell is currently recovering from a broken […]
Police search house over Tupac Shakur killing
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police in Nevada have confirmed they served a search warrant this week in connection with the unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Detectives carried out the search at a home in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas where Shakur was gunned down in September 1996, but did not provide further details of […]