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By Modupe Gbadeyanka More encomiums have continued to pour in for fast-rising musician, Asake, who was named as the winner of the Album of the Year award at the 16th edition of The Headies. The singer also clinched the coveted Next Rated Award at the event, which took place on Sunday, September 3, 2023, in Atlanta, the United States of America (USA). The headline sponsor of the Headies, Airtel Nigeria, while reacting to the award won by Asake, said it was glad to be associated with him, stressing that his quick rise to fame was commendable. “Considering the amazing quality

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A Nigerian musician, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, otherwise known as Mohbad, has reportedly died at age 27. The death of the fast-rising Afrobeats star was announced on Tuesday, with his colleagues in the music industry reacting to the news of his demise. The deceased was formerly signed by Marlian Records, owned by popular and controversial Nigerian street-hop artist, Naira Marley. He left the entertainment outfit in 2022 after some controversies regarding how he was allegedly treated badly. Before his death, he had hit singles like KPK (Ko Por Ke), Ponmo, and Feel Good. At the time of filing

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Data from a prominent streaming platform, Spotify, has revealed that young Nigerians, especially those within the age range of 18 to 24, constitute the largest group consuming the hip-hop genre of music on its system. Recall that Nigerian hip-hop gained popularity in the 90s with artists such as Modenine, Naeto C, Bouqui, Ruggedman, Gino, Eedris Abdulkareem, eLDee, Sasha P, Ikechukwu and a whole lot more. These artists pioneered the sounds and culture of the genre that have influenced Nigerian tracks and have grown to gain substantial traction within the continent. It was observed that this age group,

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Winner of Nigerian Idol Season 8 Winner, Victory Gbakara, and the runner-up, Precious Mac, were recently at the Lagos office of Bigi, one of the sponsors of the music talent show, which brought them to limelight. During the visit, the duo expressed gratitude to Bigi, a brand from the stables of Rite Foods, commending them also for quenching the thirsts of their consumers. “I have experienced them and tasted most of their products and they are 100 per cent,” Precious Mac said. On July 16, 2023, Victory Gbakara defeated Precious Mac to become the Season 8 winner

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Next Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will hold its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. The meeting will take place at MPC Meeting Room, 11th Floor, Wing C of the CBN Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. A statement issued by the apex bank on Tuesday revealed that the meeting, in its 255th edition, will hold for two days. According to the statement, the first day is Monday, March 20, 2017 by 10am and the second day on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 by 9am. Next week’s MPC meeting will be coming barely a week after the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The International Press Centre (IPC) has asked organisers of political campaigns in the country to ensure adequate security is provided for all, especially journalists covering them. The group made this appeal in reaction to the violence that broke out on Tuesday during the flag off of the governorship rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, where three newsmen covering the event sustained injuries. According to news reports, among those that were affected by the unwelcome activities of gun wielding elements were the group political editor of The Nation Newspaper, Emmanuel Oladesu; NewsTelegraph correspondent, Temitope

By Dipo Olowookere Nigerians have been enjoined to consider subscribing to the Islamic Estate Planning irrespective of their religion, tribe or views because of the numerous benefits the system has. At the Islamic Estate Clinic held on April 28, 2019 in Abuja, different speakers highlighted how Nigerians, both Muslims and non-Muslims can benefit from the system. The event was put together by FBNQuest Trustees, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings, with Managing Director, Mr Adekunle Awojobi, hosting it. The clinic featured sessions facilitated by Dr. Bashir Umar, a renowned Islamic Financial Scholar. The sessions covered Islamic Trust (Waqaf), Islamic Will (Wasiyyah),

By Adedapo Adesanya Crude prices remained in the positive terrain on Wednesday, marking a ninth straight session of gains in which it reached pre-pandemic levels, driven by producers’ supply cuts and hopes that vaccine rollouts will drive a recovery in demand. At the midweek trading session, the Brent crude gained 19 cents or 0.31 per cent to sell at $61.28 per barrel, while the United States’ West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose by 13 cents or 0.22 per cent to trade at $58.49 per barrel. The gain yesterday was further supported by an unexpected drop in the US crude stockpiles which

By Dipo Olowookere In the third quarter of 2020, Nigeria witnessed a capital inflow of $1.46 billion, a report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. According to the report released on Monday night, this was 74.03 per cent lower than the amount recorded in the same period of last year but 12.86 per cent higher than the figures of the second quarter of the year. Business Post reports that in the first quarter of this year, the total amount of capital imported into Nigeria was $5.85 billion, but it depreciated to $1.30 billion in the second quarter

By Adedapo Adesanya Despite the lockdown declared by the federal government, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command in Lagos State generated N39.9 billion a revenue in the month of April. April was the only month which the lockdown policy ran from the beginning through the end after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered an initial suspension of nonessential services for two weeks on March 29 to contain the coronavirus pandemic. He later extended it by an additional three weeks. The Deputy Superintendent of Customs and Public Relations Officer of the command, Mrs Nkeiruka Nwala, disclosed in Lagos that the amount

By Adedapo Adesanya Africa’s largest banking group by assets, Standard Bank, is expanding its frontiers by partnering with the United Kingdom Government to sponsor the debut UK-Africa Investment Summit to establish lasting partnerships between the UK and African governments and institutions. The event will be hosted by the Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson, in London on January 20, 2020 and is expected to bring together UK and African businesses, leaders and delegations, international institutions and young entrepreneurs on how these partnerships can deliver more investments, jobs, and growth. The summit will cover topics including: Trade and investment, infrastructure development, sustainable

By Aduragbemi Omiyale First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been directed to pay the benefits of one of its deceased staff, Mrs Chika Chukwu, within 30 days, Business Post reports. This directive was given by Justice Faustina Kola-Olalere of the Port Harcourt division of the National Industrial Court. The court further orders the financial institution to write a sympathy letter to the husband of the late employee, Mr Ori Chukwu, which must be signed by its Managing Director. Ruling on the matter, the judge said the lender must pay Mr Chukwu, who is now the administrator of the estate of