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Burna Boy And Odumodublvck Are Nominated For 2024 BET Hip Hip Awards

Burna Boy And Odumodublvck Are Nominated For 2024 BET Hip Hip Awards

Burna Boy and Odumodublvck have been nominated in the 2024 BET Hip Hip awards. Odumodublvck will be competing with rappers from France, Brazil, UK, and South Africa for a chance to become the first Nigerian rapper go win the BET Best International Flow category award. Burna Boy also earned a nomination for Best Live Performance in a category that […]

Eagles Retain 39th Position In Latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking

Eagles Retain 39th Position In Latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking

Nigeria’s Super Eagles retained their 39th position in the latest FIFA men’s world ranking released today. The three-time African champions are ranked sixth in Africa. During the period under review, the Super Eagles defeated the Cheetahs of Benin Republic 3-0, while they were held to a 0-0 draw by the Amavubi of Rwanda in qualifying […]

IGP Orders The Redeployment of CPs Rivers, Delta, FCT

IGP Orders The Redeployment of CPs Rivers, Delta, FCT

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioners of Police of Rivers State Command, Delta State Command and the Federal Capital territory. According to a statement by the FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, the order covers the redeployment of the CP Rivers State Command, CP Olatunji […]

DJ Cuppy Launches ‘Cuppy Fund’ To Support African Students

DJ Cuppy Launches 'Cuppy Fund' To Support African Students

The popular DJ and philanthropist, has just unveiled her latest philanthropic endeavour: the Cuppy Fund. It’s so exciting as the new initiative aims to provide financial support to African students pursuing their studies at New York University (NYU). DJ Cuppy is known to be passionate about education and giving back to her community, expressed her […]

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 32.15% in August

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 32.15% in August

Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped from 33.40% in July to 32.15% in August. This is the second month of consecutive inflation decline this year. In its Consumer Price Index report released yesterday, the National Bureau of Statistics said the headline inflation rate eased to 32.15% in August 2024, while food inflation stood at 37.52% in the […]

Taylor Swift Wins Record Breaking MTV VMAs Award

Taylor Swift Wins Record Breaking MTV VMAs Award

Taylor Swift became the most-awarded artist in the history of MTV Video Music Awards, while Katy Perry and Chappell Roan proved their pop star credentials at this year’s Awards. Katy Perry picked up the Video Vanguard award, which is MTV’s equivalent of a lifetime achievement prize, after performing a career-spanning medley, including hits like “I […]

Cardi B and Offset Celebrate Son’s Birthday Together Amidst Split

Cardi B and Offset Celebrate Son's Birthday Together Amidst Split

American rappers, Cardi B and Offset are making waves at their latest reunion.The ex-couple reunited to celebrate their son, Wave, on his third birthday at theAmerican Dream water park in New Jersey for what she described as a “last-minute party”. In an Instagram post, Cardi B showed off her growing baby bump in a crop topand baggy jeans. Despite their […]

Fireboy DML Releases 4th Studio Album “Adedamola”

Fireboy DML Releases 4th Studio Album "Adedamola"

Fireboy DML has dropped a new album, “Adedamola”, featuring legends likeLagbaja and Seun Kuti, as well as Lojay and Jon Baptiste, on the 14-track album. Fireboy, who premiered the album on the Beat 99.9FM’s Morning Show with Osi,said the album is personal to him, which inspired naming it after himself. He revealed ‘Obaa Sima” as […]

FG to Introduce the latest Version of Internet Protocol, IPv6

FG to Introduce the latest Version of Internet Protocol, IPv6

The Federal Government plans to introduce the latest version of Internet Protocol, called IPv6, to improve how internet users and their devices are identified, numbered, and tracked in Nigeria. Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy highlighted that Nigeria’s migration to IPv6 places it among the leading African nations adopting this advanced […]

D’Banj Releases Fifth Studio Album ‘The Entertainer– D’Sequel’

D'Banj Releases Fifth Studio Album 'The Entertainer– D’Sequel'

D’Banj has released his highly-anticipated fifth studio album entiled ‘The Entertainer– D’Sequel’. The album, which is a blend of Afrobeats and Afropop, and a follow-up to his 2008 ‘The Entertainer’ has eleven songs and two bonus tracks, featuring global stars such as Grammy award winner, Wyclef Jean, Congolese icon, Awilo Logomba, Egypt ’80 Band, Youssou N’Dour, Akon, […]