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Nigerian Superstar, Davido has recognised and declared undying love for his late mother, Veronica Adeleke, as he rejoices her on her birthday today. The popular afrobeat singer shared an adorable childhood photo of himself being held by his mother who is now late. Born in 1963, Veronica Adeleke who was a lecturer at the Babcock University, coincidentally died at the ...

Provost, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Prof. Kamoru Usman, calls for improvement of facilities for people with special needs, increased funding for special education and attitudinal change towards special people, in this interview with WALE OYEWALE What is your assessment of the education sector in the country? The problem we are facing in the education sector did not just ...

Nigerian superstar, Davido reveals October 30th, 2020 as the official release date for his upcoming project, ‘A Better Time’ album. During a recent interview, Davido went further to confirm that his forthcoming album ‘A Better Time‘ houses 17-tracks which has lots of unbelievable features but confirmed that of Nicki Minaj. On heels of chart dominating song “FEM” which had nears ...

Award-winning singer and songwriter, Wizkid has just uncovered the tracklist for his forthcoming studio project, “Made In Lagos” album, which is scheduled to be premiered on 15th October 2020. With Tems missing from the album after Wizkid took to social media to recognise her for being part of it, the studio project houses 14 songs with guest appearances from Terri, ...

A former Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Adamu Garba, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court asking the court to compel the Nigerian Communications Commission to shut down Twitter and prevent it from operating within the Nigerian cyberspace. Garba, in a fundamental human rights suit filed on Monday, prayed the court to “direct the 7th respondent ...

Nigerian superstar, Davido has bought a brand new Lamborghini soon after moving into his Banana Island residence. The Afro-Fusion star, Davido honours his Bentley Bentayga with a new Lamborghini to increase the fleets of cars on his garage. A few days ago, Davido was the blow artist at the just concluded Big Brother Naija Lockdown 2020 season 5 where he ...

One of Fireboy DML‘s smash hit single ‘Scatter‘ gets featured as the FIFA 2021 official soundtracks. The song ‘Scatter‘ is off Fireboy DML’s debut project, ‘Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps‘ album released last year. ‘Scatter’ on @EASPORTSFIFA FIFA 21, get the soundtrack playlist on all DSPs. game officially out on the 9th of October. #FIFA21 #FIFA21Soundtrack Check out his confirmation on ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service denied representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association access to Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, the musician who was sentenced to death for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed. The National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Mr Ralpulchukwu Nduka, said this in a statement on Thursday. Following an exclusive report by The PUNCH that Sharif-Aminu was being denied access to his lawyers, therefore, ...

A medical doctor with the Kaduna State Emergency Routine Immunisation Coordination Centre, Dr Clement Bakam, has died of coronavirus-related complications. Bakam, until his death, was the Programme Manager of KadSERICC, according to a statement on Wednesday, by the state Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Abdulsalam Abdulrazak. In the statement, the association condoled family and friends of ...

A suspected bandit was killed when members of the Vigilante Group in Yantara village in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, confronted bandits who attacked the village on Tuesday. A 30-year-old man and resident of the village identified as Mamman Dahiru also lost his life in the process. The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed ...

A former Secretary-General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, has said one way of enforcing compliance in curtailing further spread of COVID-19 is for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), all the 36 state governors, as well as traditional rulers, to lead the way by wearing face masks. That way, Sani said, the nation would break the transmission ...

The strike by Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration chapter, over non-payment of their COVID – 19 hazard and inducement allowances commenced on Tuesday with compliance in different hospitals. The strike action was meant to be in the 14 general and district hospitals in the FCT, including the Department of Public and Primary Healthcare. Reports showed that there ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Port Harcourt branch, has appealed to the Federal Government to avert anarchy in the university and constitute a governing council in the institution following the dissolution of the former governing council in June 2020. The plea by ASUU followed its congress meeting at the university on Tuesday. According to a statement signed ...

Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage both appear to have toned down their social media posts in recent days after the meeting with the DSS and police in Lagos. Details have emerged on how Nigerian music producer, Michael Ajereh widely known as Don Jazzy, and Tiwatope Savage popularly known as Tiwa Savage, were invited by the Department of State Serviced for ...

No fewer than eight people including women and children were drowned following the capsize of a boat at Tungar-Gegero in Jega Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The Chairman, Kebbi State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Sani Dododo, disclosed this to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. He said, “Just yesterday (Monday) about 10:30 a.m, there was an incident at Tungar-Gegero ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, warned the Federal Government that attempts to reopen tertiary institutions without taking concrete steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 would be suicidal. ASUU raised the alarm that the federal government should be ready for any possible negative consequences following its plan to reopen tertiary institutions. The Lagos Zone of ASUU said ...

After speculation surrounding Lyta’s affiliation to Marlian Music; Naira Marley comes forward with an official announcement. Few weeks ago, Naira Marley introduced EMO Grae to Marlian Music and now it is Lyta’s time to dominate the mainstream. Get ready for Lyta’s debut song and videos under his new imprint. See Naira Marley’s welcome message; View this post on Instagram Welcome ...

The singer is just shy of one million subscribers as his YouTube account continues to garner more subscribers. Recall, in 2019 Rudeboy had a successful outing in which his single ‘Reason With Me‘ was the most streamed music video on YouTube by a Nigeria artist. With lots of enthusiasm, the singer took to his Instagram stories; @iamkingrudy to make the ...

The singer took to his Instagram handle on Monday 27th of July, 2020 to unveil the tracklist and featured artist on the project. “August 21st is the date. Pre-save link in my bio,” his caption read. View this post on Instagram August 21st is the date Pre-save link in my bio. #AfroPopVol1 A post shared by AG BABY IS YOUR ...

This great achievement was announced by Columbia Records UK via Twitter where they congratulated Davido on this new leap and added star in his career. “HUGE congrats to @davido– ‘A Good Time’ has officially reached OVER 1 BILLION streams!…” https://twitter.com/ColumbiaUK/status/1288141137069453314/photo/1 Staying off of social media, Davido is presently in Los Angeles, focused on his next album, ‘A Better Time’. A ...