Jorja Smith, a British vocalist, talked about her collaboration with Grammy-winning Nigerian musician Burna Boy. She called the “sick” practice of the “African Giant” crooner writing freestyles instead of songs. She claims that Burna Boy doesn’t perform live “until it makes sense” in the studio. It’s sick to work with Burna Boy. Smith was simply…
Mercy Eke, a Big Brother Naija reality star, has explained why she did not win the competition a second time. After finishing as the runner-up in the 2023 all-star edition, Eke fell to 22-year-old Ilebaye, who had won the “Pepper Dem” season in 2019. However, speaking in a recent episode of Celebrity Quickies posted on…
Mercy Eke, a Big Brother Naija reality star, has stated that her past experiences have caused her to keep her dating and relationship private. In a recent Celebrity Quickies video that was uploaded on comedian AY’s YouTube channel, Eke revealed that she had fallen in love again but had chosen to keep her new partner’s…
The Rivers State Government has said the report of a cholera outbreak and the death of some persons in the Soku community in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the State is false and unfounded. The government warned individuals and organizations conducting or planning to carry out any health programme without the knowledge of the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abuja zone, on Monday, lamented the death of some of its members owing to Economic hardship in the country alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions. The union said no fewer than 46 academics lost their lives in universities under the Abuja zone, namely the University of…
Butchers in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Sunday, protested the alleged plans by the Abia State Government and its agents to sack them from their abattoir in Ubakala, Umuahia South LGA. Numbering in their hundreds, the butchers, carrying placards with different inscriptions that reflected their grievances, marched through the streets of Umuahia to the…
Dollar sales by Deposit Money Banks and other entities at the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market dropped by $252m to $84.1m on Friday. This represents a 74 percent drop from the $331.1m transactions recorded at the official Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Thursday. Meanwhile, the naira depreciated to N1,537/$ on Friday from N1,498/$ recorded at the…
Nigeria’s local currency is currently exchanging above 2,000 naira against the Great Britain Pound at the parallel market. A Bureau de Change operator at Wuse Zone 4, Malam Ibrahim, confirmed the rates on Monday. He said, Yes it is true, we are currently selling above N2,000 for the pounds and it is still about the…
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, PUNCH Online has learnt. Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof….
Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to endure current economic hardship. He said that enduring the trying time was necessary for Nigeria to have a better future, adding that the president’s recent tough decisions should have been taken years ago. Expressing optimism for the future, Seyi Tinubu stated that although challenges…
