The Federal Government says it has released the sum of N420.2 million to the Nigeria film industry popularly called Nollywood to improve and support aspiring practitioners. According to a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Patricia Deworitshe, on Friday in Abuja, the money, which is the second tranche […]
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Facebook will soon start production of high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant’s executives said on Monday. The online platform, which has around two billion monthly users worldwide, is working on the project with a small group of partners and hopes to start putting […]
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Nigerian rapper, Sinzu has been sentenced to two years in prison for credit card fraud. The musician pleaded guilty to stealing $15,388 in the United States. Sinzu was reportedly found with stolen bank cards after taking information from their owners before encoding the account numbers onto blank cards for use. Further investigation revealed that Sinzu […]
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Nigerian singer Davido has done another good deed, gifting his personal assistant for many years an oil truck. It was to celebrate the birthday of the PA, known as Lateef Biola, who plans to go into oil and gas business. In his Twitter post, Davido displayed a photo of the truck and urged Lateef “to […]
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Seven fake credit cards were found in the pockets of Dammy Krane on 1 June when he was arrested at Opa-locka Executive Airport in Miami Dade, Florida. A report in New Miami Times said the police have now slammed a nine count felony charge at Miami Dade’s criminal court for credit card forgery and grand […]
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American pop star Beyonce has given birth to twins, according to media in the US. Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly and People magazines confirmed the news, but the date of birth and gender of the babies are not yet publicly known. Beyonce, who is married to rapper Jay-Z, announced her pregnancy in an Instagram photo in […]
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Amal Clooney on Tuesday gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, the first children for the international human rights lawyer and her movie star spouse, George Clooney. “This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander Clooney into their lives. Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine,” George Clooney’s […]
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Ace Nigerian singer Wizkid has scooped several honours with Canadian Drake in the 2017 BillBoard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Wizkid’s collabo with Drake and Tyla won for Top Streaming Strong(Audio) for the song, One Dance. One Dance also won the Top R&B song and also the Top R&B collaboration. However, Wizkid and Drake’s One Dance failed […]
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Banky W, Falz, Victoria Kimani and Cassper Nyovest have all arrived in London for the One Africa Music Fest holding on 13 May. The artistes were met at the Heathrow Airport today by a handful of fans and journalists. The festival brings many African artistic stars together. Banky W arriving at Heathrow Airport today Falz and […]
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Forbes Africa has released its list of Richest African musicians. The list was put together using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, influence and others. Nigerian artistes, Don Jazzy, Wizkid and Davido, are among the top ten richest African musicians. Take a look […]
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