From Wizkid to Tiwa Savage: Meet the Top Nigerian Artists Performing at Afro Nation Miami 2023 in United States By Boniface Ihiasota, USA Afro Nation Miami 2023, the first U.S. edition of the music festival that celebrates African-American culture and music, is expected to be a massive event. The three-day festival will bring together some…
Comcern as British Passport Workers to Strike for Five Weeks By Boniface Ihiasota, USA The British passport office faces significant disruption as over 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union prepare to go on strike for five weeks from April 3 to May 5. Excel Magazine International gathered that the strike is part…
Nigeria Elections: Police Arrest Voting Materials Destroyer in Bayelsa By Boniface Ihiasota, USA The police command in Bayelsa State has apprehended a suspect in connection with the destruction of voting materials during the House of Assembly election in Ogbia Local Government Area. According to reports, political thugs hijacked and destroyed voting materials meant for wards…
EFCC Docks Man Over $30,000 Internet Fraud in Port Harcourt The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 arraigned one Atadu Hope Iluoghene before Justice P .I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a 13-counts charge bordering on…
Buhari Signs Amended Constitution to Allow States Generate, Transmit Electricity By Boniface Ihiasota, USA President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a constitutional amendment bill allowing states in Nigeria to generate, transmit, distribute, and license electricity. The presidential media spokesperson, Tolu Ogunlesi, announced the news via Twitter on Friday. Ogunlesi also mentioned that the signing of the…
Family Buries Pastor After Waiting 579 Days for His Resurrection A South African pastor, Siva Moodley, has been buried 579 days after he died because his family was waiting for his resurrection. The South African News reports that Moodley’s body had been kept at a Johannesburg mortuary since his death on August 15, 2021. The…
Burna Boy to Set the Stage Ablaze at UEFA Champions League Final in Istanbul By Boniface Ihiasota, USA In a stunning announcement made on Thursday, the UEFA Champions League’s official Twitter page revealed that multiple Grammy-nominated artist Burna Boy will be performing at the highly anticipated Champions League final in Istanbul. The Nigerian singer-songwriter is…
DJ Cuppy Break the Glass Ceiling as She Graduates from Oxford University By Boniface Ihiasota, USA Renowned Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Cuppy, has just achieved yet another remarkable feat – obtaining a Master’s degree from the prestigious University of Oxford in England, United Kingdom. The talented artiste took to her Instagram account on Thursday morning…
Grammy-winning Drummer, Jim Gordon Dies By Boniface Ihiasota, USA Grammy-winning American drummer, Jim Gordon has passed away at the age of 77. According to reports, Gordon died in a California mental hospital on Monday after battling mental illness and being incarcerated for almost 40 years for killing his mother in a brutal stabbing in 1983….
Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After 34 Years in Prison A man, Sidney Holmes, was released after serving more than 34 years of a 400-year prison sentence after the state of Florida reinvestigated the case and determined that he did not commit armed robbery. According to abcNEWS on Tuesday, a thorough re-investigation of the 1988 armed…