Nigeria
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Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album ‘Timeless’. This is as the album topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, making history in the process as the first African album to reach Number 1 in the world’s […]
Franca Afegbua, the first female senator in Nigeria, is dead. The Afegbua family announced her passing in a statement issued on Sunday. Afegbua, 79, was a native of Okpella, a town in Etsako-east LGA of old Bendel state (now split into Edo and Delta states). “The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed […]
Fast-rising Nigerian artist, Godwin Nyavaro popularly know as Gmix Berry comes up with a brand new tune, “Broken Love”. Gmix Berry who hails from hails from Delta State, Nigeria is an ardent lover of music whose Afropop sound diversifies into other genre of music. Broken Love sees Gmix expressing the heart of one […]
Employees and agents of Glencore, a British subsidiary of the mining and trading group, delivered cash in private jets to oil officials in West Africa including Nigeria, according to UK prosecutors. UK’s serious fraud office (SFO) made this known to the Southwark crown court on the first day of a sentencing hearing, […]
The authorities of Canada and Australia have issued travel advisories on Nigeria, warning their citizens to be on alert. This new warning is coming 72 hours after the US and UK said terrorists were plotting to strike in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. After this, the US authorised the evacuation of its citizens and embassy […]
The federal high court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia state has ordered the federal government to pay Nnamdi Kanu the sum of 500 million in compensation for damages on the infamous unlawful expulsion or extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu’s counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor had prayed to the court on […]
The Department of State Services has urged Nigerians to stay alert and assist security agencies with information on suspicious criminals in their neighbourhoods. This is coming after the United States of America Embassy in Nigeria issued an Advisory to its citizens on terrorists’ plan to carry out attacks in some parts of the […]
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency on Wednesday over flooding that is affecting more than a million people in the North central African country. Floods are not uncommon during Chad’s rainy season, which usually runs from May to October in its southern regions. But this year the rains came early […]
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding that has ravaged some parts of the country. This was contained in a travel advisory issued to Australians on the consulate’s website and obtained by The PUNCH, it read, “There have been significant casualties and […]
The Federal Government said, yesterday, that it has conducted a major analytical operation that was focused on individuals financing the Boko Haram terrorist group and its affiliates in the country. The government, which disclosed this at the opening session of a five-day Compliance Summit organized by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering […]
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