South African multiple award-winning singer, Zahara was reported dead on Tuesday at age 36. Last month, the singer was reported to have been hospitalized following complaints about physical pains. Her manager Oyama Dyosiba made it known on social media in a statement, asking her fans to pray for her. Zahara, born Bulelwa Mkutukana in […]
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been crowned the 2023 CAF African Player of the Year. The 24-year-old who also is a Napoli striker, got the highest vote, defeating Egypt’s player, Mohammed Salah and Achraf Hakimi of Morocco to wear the crown. Osimhen made a difference as the first Nigerian to win the […]
British actor, Benjamin Zephaniah, who played Jeremiah Jesus on Peaky Blinders, has died. He died aged 65 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Benjamin Zephaniah was born on 15 April 1958, in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, England. Aside his role in Peaky Blinders, he appeared in the 2022 TV series Zen Motoring. He also featured in ’90s […]
American singer, Taylor Swift has been named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year. This makes her the first woman to appear twice on Time Magazine’s Person of the Year cover. Swift was also named Person of the Year in 2017, when she was recognized as one of the Silence Breakers who inspired women to speak out […]
Chief Frank Ovie Kokori former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, is dead. Kokori died today at age 80 in a hospital in Warri where he was undergoing kidney treatment. The information was confirmed by one of his media aides, that he died in the early hours […]
The cargo exchange rate for clearance has been raised by the Central Bank with orders from the Federal government from N783/$ to N952/$ The cargo clearance rate was earlier increased in November from N757/$ to N783/$. Punch reports that the new rate now reflects on the Nigeria Customs Service portal. With the new adjustment […]
Following the protest by students of the University of Calabar over a hike in tuition fees, Prof. Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of the institution has ordered a stop to the increment until further notice. The decision is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and […]
The Federal Government faced heavy criticism from opposition parties and Nigerians over the large number of delegates representing the country at COP-28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Responding to Nigerians in a statement on Monday through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, FG says the representatives are in line with the […]
An uncertain number of villagers in Tudun Biri a community in the Igabi LGA of Kaduna State are feared dead after a bomb was allegedly dropped by a Nigerian Air Force jet during Maulud celebration. Reports on the incident are still sketchy, as about 30 persons are believed to have died on Sunday around […]
The organisers of Christmas in Delta State under the leadership of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori will commission the tallest Christmas tree in Africa today, Monday in Asaba. This was contained in a statement released by the organisers to pressmen that the fiesta is aimed at giving deltans and visitors a memorable Christmas. During an inspection […]
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