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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has abruptly ended activities at orientation camps across the country. The Batch A orientation camps for graduates started last week, March 10, and were supposed to last for 21 days. Corps members in the camps were however, shocked when they were told in the middle of the night that the camps […]
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways. The affected person is a 30-year-old Nigerian lady, who returned from the United Kingdom on March 13. The Ministry of Health said she is now at Mainland General Hospital receiving treatment. Abayomi […]
Veteran highlife singer Victor Olaiya has died at the age of 89 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). His death was confirmed to Channels Television by Michael Odiong of Premiere Music, the record label that holds his music repertoire. According to Odion, the Baby Jowo crooner died around noon on Wednesday. Papingo Dalaya, as […]
Nigeria’s billionaire businessman and President/CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has topped Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list for 2020 for the ninth time in a row. The list according to Forbes captures only eight countries who have billionaires; Egypt and South Africa are tied with five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two. Maintaining […]
The Chinese government has sent an official guide on treating coronavirus to the Nigerian authorities as death toll in the Chinese mainland reached 908 on Monday. The Chinese embassy in Nigeria confirmed that the official guide on coronavirus was shared with Nigeria and other countries through “an official channel with documents including Lab Test Procedure, […]
The early portion of the Oscars, 2020 edition, got off to a normal start: Brad Pitt and Toy Story 4 both picked up early wins. And then the Oscars…turned into the Grammys? A half-dozen musical performances later, including one from Eminem, things got mostly back on track. And then they got wild: in an enormous upset Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite took home […]
Africa Magic on Thursday, February 6, 2020, unveiled their nominations for the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA). The nominations were unveiled in a live broadcast on all Africa Magic channels on MultiChoice’s DSTV and anchored by Nollywood couple Linda Ejiofor and Ibrahim Suleiman. Ramsey Nouah and Toyin Abraham both scored three nominations each, the highest […]
CEO Made Men Music Group, Ubi Franklin has been appointed as the special adviser on tourism to the Cross River governor, Ben Ayade. The music mogul and businessman made this known via his Instagram page on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Read his statement below: APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL ADVISER* I, Ubi Ekapong Ofem (Ubi Franklin) wish […]
A Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed a car theft charge filed by the police against hip hop artist, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, his two brothers and cousin. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, dismissed the charges after receiving a letter from the police disclosing their intention to withdraw the case. […]
