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Ik Osakioduwa named host, Nigerian Idol season 6 – Organisers

The Organisers of Music Talent Reality Show ‘Nigerian Idol Season 6’ have unveiled Nigerian TV/ Radio Personality Ik Osakioduwa as the host of the show. The popular music talent reality show ‘Nigerian Idol’ is back for its sixth season after nearly six-year hiatus. The organiser took to its Instagram page @nigeriaidol to make the announcement Read More…

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Parents now liable for children’s participation in cultism

New bill passed by Lagos State House of Assembly holds parents responsible for their children’s cult activities The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020. The house passed the bill during the plenary session on Monday through a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa Read More…

COVID19 Health Metro Top Story

It’s a ravaging scourge as Lagos crosses the 1,000 COVID-19 daily infection mark

Nigeria sets a new daily record of 1,883 Lagos State registered the highest number of COVID-19 infections nationwide on Saturday with 1,040 infections, taking the total number of infected people in the state to 48,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number Read More…

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MTN partners with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa

In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination initiative of the Africa Centres for Read More…

Boxing Sports Top Story

Mike Tyson Warns: Joshua Can’t Afford To Telegraph Punches With Fury

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is really looking forward to the potential full division unification between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. The retired boxer is backing Fury to win. As the story goes, Fury’s father was a big fan of Tyson and named him after the Hall of Famer. During his breakdown of the fight, Read More…

Africa Banking Business Top Story

Bloomberg ranks Afreximbank No. 1 Mandated Lead Arranger in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bloomberg’s 2020 full-year Capital Markets League Tables has ranked African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Africa’s number one Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) in sub-Saharan Africa. The bank made this known in a statement it issued on Friday in Cairo. According to the statement, the bank is delighted to have surpassed 2019’s second place MLA ranking and is Read More…

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Wizkid joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music to chat about the success of #MadeInLagos

Wizkid joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music to chat about the success of his latest album Made in Lagos, the resilience of music and growing as an artist, collaboration, parenting, lessons learned during quarantine, making music moving forward, and more. Wizkid Tells Apple Music About The Resilience of Music… …like you said, music is life, Read More…

Football Sports Top Story

Semi Ajayi: Why I decided against joining Ajax

The centre-back has revealed the Dutch club were interested in his signing after impressing on trials and explained why he snubbed the chance West Bromwich Albion defender Semi Ajayi has explained his quest for first-team football made him reject an opportunity to join Ajax. The 27-year-old centre-back started his career at Charlton Athletic academy and Read More…