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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The secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, has asked Amina Mohammed to serve as deputy secretary-general for a second term. On Friday, Guterres was re-appointed as the secretary-general of the UN for a second term by the general assembly. His second term starts on January 1, 2022, and will run for a period […]
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Members of the press are invited to The Commonwealth Secretariat’s 11th Regional Conference for Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, from 21-24 June 2021. Heads of anti-corruption agencies in the region will meet to provide timely assessment, share experiences and discuss progress towards meeting the UN Social Development Goal 16 which incorporates specific targets relating to reducing […]
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has successfully trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core business management skills as part of its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Business Management training was conducted exclusively on TEFConnect, the Foundation’s proprietary digital platform that provides capacity-building support, advisory and market linkages to over […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked the House of Representatives to include internet broadcasting under the control of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The minister’s request was contained in his submission at the public hearing into a bill to amend the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission Act organised by the House Committees on […]
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English Premier League champions, Manchester City will get their 2021/22 title defence underway at Tottenham Hotspur when the new season kicks off on the weekend of August 14. It’s a tricky opener to Pep Guardiola’s quest for a fourth league title in five years, with Spurs looking to bounce back from an underwhelming 2020/21 season. […]
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Newly launched specialist life insurance company, Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) has partnered Avon Medical to organize a blood drive in commemoration of the 2021 World Blood Donor Day. The event, which was held on Monday, June 14, 2021, at the ultramodern Avon Medical Dialysis Centre in Ikeja, Lagos had individuals present to donate blood for those […]
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Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has joined the lengthy roll of Nigerians and Nigerians in the diaspora, aliens and diplomats alike, who have felicitated with the President Mohammadu Buhari/APC-led Federal Government for the giant strides it has continued to record in critical areas of governance especially, the revival of the nation’s moribund rail infrastructure, covering a […]
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The outspoken governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, says it is wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari to abandon his constitutional responsibility of securing Nigerians for governors. Recall that during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, Buhari said he told two south-west governors, who came to meet him in Abuja, to return to their states and […]
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