Spotify, on Friday, announced Rwandan-Ugandan jazz singer and songwriter Somi as the latest African singer to join its EQUAL Music Program. Spotify created EQUAL as a global initiative to cultivate gender equality in music and support female creators under one brand. The Grammy-nominated Somi is set to release a new album in July, that will pay tribute to the iconic Miriam […]
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was on Friday conferred with the title of ‘City with Refugees’ to commemorate the 2021 International Refugees Day on June 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that conferment was performed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya-Umar Farouk. She was supported by […]
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Poised to take full advantage of emerging opportunities in local content administration, key stakeholders and policy leaders in Africa’s Oil and Gas, and other related sectors, yesterday met in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and have unanimously advocated for a new local content strategy for Africa with a focus on adequate regulatory framework, funding, human capacity development […]
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Chibuike Amaechi, Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation and wife, Judith have released a gospel single. Amaechi released the song alongside members of his family to celebrate his birthday. The musical single has set the internet agog as some Nigerians are asking the former Rivers State Governor to resign his political appointments and focus on music. Some […]
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The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has paid his last respect to his predecessor, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. Attahiru and other military officers had died in an air crash last Friday in Kaduna. They were buried the following day. Yahaya signed the condolence register at the headquarters of the Theatre […]
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The suspended senior special assistant to Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, Abidemi Rufai, has been indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Recall that Rufai was arrested at the JFK airport in New York on May 14 over alleged $350,000 unemployment benefits fraud. A criminal complaint was filed against Rufai for allegedly stealing over […]
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The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to celebrate this year’s Africa Day in commemoration of African unity with the third edition of its annual UBA Africa Conversations, headlined by Africa’s international leaders that include the President of Rwanda, H.E Mr Paul Kagame; Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO); Dr Tedros […]
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No fewer than 25 rape cases were recorded in Enugu State from January to March 2021, the Centre Manager, Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Tamar SARC), Mrs Evelyn Onah, said.Onah disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. She said that 31 cases of attempted sexual assault […]
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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Wednesday sacked 20 out of his 28 commissioners. Recall that Uzodinma earlier alleged that some of his appointees were moles sabotaging his administration. He also reshuffled his cabinet and appointed new Commissioners for Finance and Health. However, the Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Nwachuku […]
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Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) sentenced (https://bit.ly/3vFojXc) Dominic Ongwen to 25 years of imprisonment following the Trial Judgment in which the Chamber found him guilty for a total of 61 crimes comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in Northern Uganda between 1 July 2002 and 31 December […]
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