US country music star Charley Pride dies of Covid, aged 86

US country music star Charley Pride has died of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 86, his family said Saturday in a message posted to the singer’s website. Pride’s “rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture,” the statement read further. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride […]
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Buhari hails AJ’s victory over Pulev

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the decisive victory of Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Joshua, over Kubrat Pulev Saturday night. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, in Abuja, Sunday, the President said “by retaining his IBF, WBA, and WBO titles, Joshua has […]

Glitz, glamour as Blue Pictures opens cinema houses

By BENJAMIN NJOKU It was a feast of glitz, accolades and more promise for the Nigerian film industry last Sunday, when Blue Pictures Films and Distribution opened two beautiful cinema halls in Lagos. Each of the cinema halls at the City Mall, in Onikan, Lagos, boasts 130 seats with an alluring10 by 4 metres screen. […]

Buhari hails Anthony Joshua’s victory over Pulev

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the decisive victory of Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Joshua over Kubrat Pulev Saturday night. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, in Abuja, Sunday, the President said “by retaining his IBF, WBA, and WBO titles, Joshua has […]

I’ve lost count of actresses I have kissed on set – Ugo Spunky

By BENJAMIN NJOKU Unlike Jim Iyke who once revealed that he has kissed not less than 200 actresses on different movie sets, fast rising actor, Ugo Spunky has a different story. The actor said he has lost count of the number of actresses he has kissed on set. Spunky made this revelation while in a […]

What has kept me off scandals for many years – Ijeoma Imoh

By BENJAMIN NJOKU Beautiful actress, Ijeoma Imoh is not known to be quiet in the acting world. But the Arochukwu, Abia State-born actress has managed to stay off controversies as long as you can remember. When she made her acting debut years back, Imoh was the favourite of many producers and directors, who were dying […]

Kano govt to build 5,000 houses for teachers

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano state government will construct about 5,000 housing units for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state, under the first phase of a scheme aimed at providing decent accommodation for teachers and their families in the state. The scheme, tagged Teachers Reserved Areas, TRA, will be implemented […]

Kwara records 23 new cases of COVID-19

The Kwara Government says 23 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,226. The spokesman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, made this known in a statement issued in Ilorin. READ ALSO: Anxiety as Sanwo-Olu tests positive for COVID-19 […]

COVID-19: NCDC records 617 new infections, total now 72,757

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 617 new infections of the COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC made this known on its verified website on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that COVID-19 cases began to surge around the globe with Nigeria recording over 3, 502 new infections in six days, […]

Medical Doctor dies in a Hotel’s swimming pool in Ebonyi

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A Medical doctor, ThankGod Odo Friday, died in a swimming pool belonging to one popular hotel (name withheld) in the State. The deceased hailed from Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. Vanguard gathered that Odo, a medical intent with Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FETHA) was said to […]

Food crisis: Tough times ahead —Asenuga, Poultry Farmers Association President

…Importation of key products needed to address scarcity …Says poultry industry shrank by 25 percent By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Managing Director of Agri Supply Ltd and Chairman of Poultry Association of Nigeria, Ogun State chapter, Mr. Idowu Asenuga, in this interview, demands urgent action on food insecurity in Nigeria, saying 2021 may be dire […]

Why we dragged Akinseye-George to LPPC, NBA — Firm

…Lawyer demands N115m legal fees, denies allegation By Nnamdi Ojiego A company, Nacenn Nigeria Limited, has explained why it dragged Prof Yemi Akinseye-George, SAN, before the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN/Chairman of Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, and the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. In a petition, the firm is alleging “professional misconduct, misrepresentation, and suppression […]

Suspected herdsmen kill clan head, in-law, son, brother in Benue

…Five-year-old, nursing mother, five others shot By Peter Duru, Makurdi A clan head, his son, brother and in-law were, late Friday night, reportedly killed while seven others, including a four- year-old and a nursing mother, sustained serious bullet wounds when suspected armed herdsmen invaded Tse Angbande community, Adaka in the outskirt of Makurdi the capital […]

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