Tiwa Savage, the award-winning musician, receives praise from her fans after surpassing Afrobeat artist Wizkid to become the second most followed Nigerian on Instagram. It is worth noting that Grammy Award nominee Davido Adeleke is the most followed Nigerian star, with 28.2 million followers. Wizzy was in second place until recently, when he was dethroned…
The Anambra state government has prohibited hawking and loading of vehicles on the Niger bridge. As Christmas season approaches, authority of the Anambra road traffic maintenance agency ( ARTMA) took the step in order to reduce the huge traffic, when holiday makers begin to travel to their homes. A press release by the PRO ARTMA,…
Novel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari was an “idiot” for banning Twitter in Nigeria. Soyinka said this in an interview with Arise News Television at the CANEX Live Theatre closing ceremony of the 3rd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2023, convened in Cairo, Egypt by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank),…
rica’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has announced that fuel from his $19 billion refinery complex will soon be available across Nigeria and the world. Dangote disclosed this in an interview with Bloomberg in Riyadh on the sidelines of the Saudi-Nigeria business roundtable. He further stated that the refinery’s delay in production to a desire to…
Following the October 7th attack on Israeli citizens by Hamas that pushed no fewer than 1407 people across the Rubicon, over ten thousand lives have been lost in massive retribution launched by the Israeli army against Hamas. Despite several attempts to restore peace and tranquility between the warring nations, the Israeli government has vowed to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Sunday morning declared Uzodimma, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the polls after scoring 540,308 votes to defeat his closest rival, Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Athan Achonu of Labour Party, who polled 71,503 and 64081 votes to come…
The Federal Government has commended BUA Group for the reduction of its cement price from N5,500 per 50kg per bag to N3,500. The government has called on other cement producers in the country to follow suit and assist common Nigerians. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa who made the commendation said the…
Anita Brown, the alleged pregnant side chick of Afrobeats superstar Davido, has bragged about how she generated scandalous attention on social media. The US-based socialite, now surpassing a million Instagram followers after accusing Davido of impregnating her, shared her strategy of gaining 700k followers simply by ranting on Instagram. Anita Brown she wrote, “Gained 700k…
Following the declaration of His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma’s victory in the Imo State off-season governorship election, Senator Uche Ekwunife, the DG of South East Governors Forum, conveyed warm felicitations to the re-elected Governor. In a statement issued on Sunday, Senator Ekwunife commended Governor Uzodimma’s resounding re-election, acknowledging the unwavering support from the people of…
World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic will end 2023 as world number one for a record eighth time following his victory over Holger Rune at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. The Serb, who has won 24 Grand Slam titles overcame the Dane 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 on Sunday. Victory for Djokovic extends…
