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Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has broken silence over the reactions trailing a controversial video posted by Napoli on Tiktok. The Serie A club shared a video appearing to mock the Nigerian for missing a penalty against Bologna last week. The video has since been deleted and the club stated that they “never meant to offend” Osimhen, although they gave …

Nigerian music star, David Adeleke aka Davido, has been nominated in three categories for the 2024 Grammy Awards in the United States. Also listed on Friday for the prestigious awards are the duo of Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy. The nomination was Davido’s first while Wizkid and Burna Boy are past …

President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid workers for a period of six months. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the approval followed consultations between the Federal Government and the leadership of the labour unions at the Presidential Villa, …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the Imo State election, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has described the claim that he has withdrawn from the race as mischievous. He said that the report trending on social media purportedly claiming that he has withdrawn is not only fake but blatant lie from the pit of hell. The statement signed on Friday …

The Plateau State House of Assembly on Friday passed the 2024 appropriation bill of N314.8 billion. On Tuesday, Governor Caleb Mutfwang presented a budget estimate of N295.4 billion to the House. However, the budget passed by the lawmakers was N19.4 billion higher than the figure presented by the governor. In the budget, N162.3 billion was earmarked as recurrent expenditure and …

Claudine Gay was inaugurated Friday as Harvard University’s first Black president. In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university. “I stand before you on this stage with the weight and the honor of being a first,” Gay told an audience huddled under umbrellas and …

The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Police says it has arrested a 45-year-old Islamic cleric over alleged possession of fresh human parts. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Adewale Osifeso, made the disclosure when he paraded the suspect among other suspected criminals at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan, on Friday. He said police detectives arrested the suspect at …

Soulja Boy wants Blueface released from jail so they can get down to business and settle their ongoing feud with a fight.    The “Crank That” hitmaker took to Instagram Live earlier this weekend to clown his rival, who is reportedly in jail after violating probation.   “[What] would you rather be doing? Sitting in jail broke or free with millions of …

The Court of Appeal, Lagos, on Friday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Akanimo Udofia and his party against Governor Umo Eno’s victory in the March 18 election in the state. The appellants are challenging the outcome of the election on the grounds that the governor was not eligible to contest the election. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel to monitor Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Friday in Abuja that the move was to prevent politicians and their agents from engaging in vote buying during the elections. Oyewale said that …