Some parts of Ghana and other West African countries are currently experiencing blackouts due to a lingering disruption in gas supply from Nigeria. According to findings by our correspondent, there have been blackouts in several cities in Ghana, Republic of Benin and Togo, following the development. The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited in Accra,…
The Celtics are back on top. Boston defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 at TD Garden Arena on Monday to win the 2024 NBA title in five games. The result marked Boston’s 18th championship, breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most in league history. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 31 points,…
There were no survivors aboard a twin-engine Cessna airplane that crashed in a residential area in north-central Colorado on Monday, starting a fire that burned two mobile homes, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was not immediately known how many people were aboard the Cessna 421, which went down near the Steamboat Springs…
‘Calm Down’, the hit track by Rema, the Nigerian singer, has broken another remarkable record in the United States. On Sunday, Chart Data disclosed that ‘Calm Down’ has become the first Afrobeats song to secure over one billion on-demand streams in the US. “Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion…
Abdul Mumuni, the son of the late MKO Abiola, says his elder brother Kola, “is unfit to rule Nigeria”. Abiola was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. The acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election died in military detention on July 7, 1998. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former head of state, inexplicably annulled the June 12, 1993, general…
Yul Edochie, the Nigerian actor, has advised men to “avoid sleeping with married women”. The controversial film star in a now-viral video urged men to stay away from “people’s wives”, adding that it will make them “spiritually weak”. Delivering his sermon, Edochie also said sex with married women would render a man “susceptible to spiritual attacks”. “That…
Adekunle Gold, the Nigerian singer, has revealed why he started advocating for people with sickle cell anemia. The ‘Sade’ hitmaker had opened up about his struggles with the disease in his 2022 single ‘5 Star’. In a recent interview with CNN’s African Voices Playmakers, Adekunle Gold said he started speaking for people with sickle cell anemia to make them…
Stella Ikwuegbu, the ace Nigerian actress, has passed away. Her demise was confirmed by Stanley Nwoko, the movie producer, in a post via Instagram on Sunday. Nwoko revealed that Ikwuegbu had been battling leg cancer before her death. “Popular Nollywood actress/veteran Mrs Stella Ikwuegbu is dead,” he wrote. “The Veteran Actress left this world today after battling…
A Mongolian opposition politician was beaten to death, his party said on Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections due this month. The victim was a member of the Democratic Party (DP) and a governor of Sant Sum in central Mongolia, his party said in a statement. The man was killed on Saturday, the party said. Local…
The Presidency, on Sunday, insisted that the N250,000 minimum wage clamour by Organised Labour is unsustainable, warning that the Federal Government cannot channeled all its resources to meet such a demand. The warning comes two days after the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria raised concerns over the N62,000 being proposed by the FG. The…
