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Wizkid Features Brent Faiyaz in His New Single

Wizkid Features Brent Faiyaz in His New Single

Wizkid’s new single ‘Piece of My Heart’, featuring Brent Faiyaz, has become the song with the biggest week streams on YouTube Nigeria. Released on October 18, the single has garnered 1.20 million streams, surpassing the previous record of 1.18M streams held by Fireboy’s ‘Peru’ remix featuring Ed Sheeran. ‘Piece of My Heart’ is off the â€˜Morayo’ album, set to drop on […]

A Police Inspector was Dismissed for Shooting a Nigerian Musician

A Police Inspector was Dismissed for Shooting a Nigerian Musician

The police in Enugu State have announced the dismissal of Joseph Ozonwanji, an inspector, who shot dead a Nigerian musician, Chikezie Mba, popularly known as Igbo-Jah. Its spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, said in the statement that the police found the inspector culpable after his orderly room trial and, therefore, dismissed him […]

US Announces Visa Restriction Policy for Ghana

US Announces Visa Restriction Policy for Ghana

The United States has slammed visa restriction on individuals Washington deems responsible for undermining democracy in Ghana. This comes ahead of the December presidential and parliamentary elections in the West African country. Announcing this in a statement yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said the visa restriction policy is not directed at the Ghanaian […]

Lagos Announces Traffic Diversion Plan For Afropolis Dance Event

The state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi,

The Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion plan for the forthcoming Afropolis Dance event. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement yesterday noted that the event, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, was scheduled for nine days, starting Oct. 26 and ending Nov. 3, […]

President Tinubu Sacks 5 Ministers and Appoints 7 New Ones

President Tinubu Sacks 5 Ministers and Appoints 7 New Ones

President Bola Tinubu has relieved five Ministers of their duties as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Ministers are the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, and Minister of Youth Development Jamila […]

A Passenger Falls Overboard on Taylor Swift-Themed Cruise

A Passenger Falls Overboard on Taylor Swift-Themed Cruise

A passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Taylor Swift-themed cruise has fallen overboard. It was reported that the missing 66-year-old woman, who fell Tuesday night, was still underway Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, a representative for the U.S. Coast Guard told PEOPLE that the 66-year-old woman fell from the Allure of the Seas ship in the Bahamas, 17 miles north of Nassau, […]

Super Falcons Open Camp in Lagos Ahead of Algerian International Friendlies

Super Falcons Open Camp in Lagos Ahead of Algerian International Friendlies

Captain Rasheedat Ajibade, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Gift Monday are now in the Super Falcons camp in Lagos ahead of the two international friendlies against Algeria this month. The trio are among the foreign-based players invited for the double-header friendlies by caretaker coach, Justin Madugu. The remaining overseas-based stars are expected in camp yesterday. The Super […]

FG Halts Export of Cooking Gas from November to Crash Price

FG Halts Export of Cooking Gas from November to Crash Price

From November 1, Nigeria will stop exporting locally produced Liquefied Petroleum Gas LPG, also known as cooking gas. Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo, who announced this during a meeting with stakeholders in Abuja, said the measure is to mitigate the price of the gas that has been soaring steadily. On pricing framework, Ekpo […]

WNBA Players Ask For Higher Salaries After Breaking Record

WNBA Players Ask For Higher Salaries After Breaking Record

After a historic season that saw attendance rise across the league, WNBA players say they want salary increases and better benefits. WNBA players are demanding higher salaries from the league after a historic season. A day after the dramatic conclusion of the WNBA Finals, the WNBA Players Union announced Monday, Oct. 21 that it is […]

Netflix: Blood Sisters is Set to Return For Season Two

Netflix: Blood Sisters is Set to Return For Season Two

Mo Abudu, CEO of Ebonylife Group has announced that the popular Netflix drama series, Blood Sisters is set to return for season two. In an official statement, Abudu took to her Instagram page to make the announcement says Nearly all the favourite characters are back, with the second season directed by Daniel Oriahi and Kayode […]