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Wizkid Releases New Single ‘Piece of My Heart’

Wizkid Releases New Single 'Piece of My Heart'

Award-winning artist Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has released “Piece of My Heart”, the first single from his highly anticipated album, Morayo. The track which is a blend of Afrobeats and R&B centers around love and heartbreak, and features American R&B star Brent Faiyaz. Wizkid has continued to build anticipation for the new album, […]

Nigeria’s Flamingos Reach U-17 World Cup Quarter-Finals

Nigeria’s Flamingos Reach U-17 World Cup Quarter-Finals

Nigeria’s Flamingos earned a 4-0 win over Ecuador on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Dominican Republic in style. With the 4-1 win over New Zealand in their first match last Wednesday, the Flamingos have now gathered the maximum six points in their first two matches ahead […]

Tiwa Savage to Release Her First Single of The Year Today

Tiwa Savage to Release Her First Single of The Year Today

Tiwa Savage is set to release her first single of the year called ‘Forgiveness’ today Friday, October 18. Announcing this on her Instagram page, Tiwa shared a short video showing her dancing to the record, with the caption urging her fans to excitedly anticipate the single. READ ANOTHER RECENT POST HEREhttps://thebeat99.com/quadri-aruna-withdraws-from-2024-african-championships/

Quadri Aruna Withdraws from 2024 African Championships

Quadri Aruna Withdraws from 2024 African Championships

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has withdrawn from the men’s singles event at the ongoing 2024 International Table Tennis Federation Africa Championships in Addis Ababa due to a thigh injury and fatigue. Despite leading Nigeria to a gold medal in the team event against Algeria, Aruna had to pull out of his second-round match against Benin Republic’s Dodji Fanny. […]

INEC Fixes November 2025 for Anambra Governorship Elections

INEC Fixes November 2025 for Anambra Governorship Elections

INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the off-cycle governorship election in Anambra state is scheduled for November 8, 2025. Speaking during a consultative meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Prof Yakubu said the polls will hold in 5,720 polling units across the state and that a formal notice for the election […]

Flamingos Run Riot in FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Opener

Flamingos Run Riot in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Opener

Nigeria’s under-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, led by head coach Bankole Olowookere recorded a 4-1 victory against New Zealand, in their opener of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign. The Flamingos who won a bronze medal at the last edition in India, return to action in their second group game against Ecuador […]

US Gives Israel 30 day Ultimatum to Boost Gaza Aid

US Gives Israel 30 day Ultimatum to Boost Gaza Aid

The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally and comes amid a new Israeli offensive in northern Gaza that […]

New Basic School Curriculum to Begin Nationwide in January

New Basic School Curriculum to Begin Nationwide in January

The new curriculum for basic schools will take effect nationwide from January 2025. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, who announced this yesterday during a meeting with stakeholders, explained that under the new curriculum, pupils in basic schools will be required to acquire at least two skills, while plans are ongoing to ensure the teachers […]

FG Denies Responsibility for Petrol Price Hike

FG Denies Responsibility for Petrol Price Hike

Federal Government says it is not responsible for the recent hike in the pump price of petrol, as it can no longer fix prices of petroleum products. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had raised the pump price of petrol to over N1,000 across regions in the country, except for Lagos which is N998. Reacting […]

FG considers Zero VAT for Pharmaceutical Products

FG considers Zero VAT for Pharmaceutical Products, Medical Equipment

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has finalised the Executive Order Harmonised Implementation Framework that abolishes Value Added Tax (VAT), and Excise Duties on pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, told journalists in Abuja yesterday that the development, which has been cleared for gazetting, was […]