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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Five Nigerian artistes: Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, Ayra Starr and Asake have been nominated for the 2023 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards. Burna Boy, who has already won a Grammy, was nominated in the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Video Director of the Year, Viewer’s Choice, and Best International Act categories.Wizkid and Tems who are also Grammy winners, was nominated in Best Collaboration, Tems bagged two other nominations in Best Female R&B/Pop Artiste and Viewers Choice categories.Both Asake and Ayra Starr earned one nomination each. While Asake will contend in the Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act category,…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least six students drawn from various secondary schools across the country will represent Nigeria at the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) in Disneyland, Florida, United States. The yearly event, which attracts students from over 150 countries, is designed to test students’ capabilities in the use of Microsoft software. A statement by the organiser of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship for Students in Nigeria, ReadManna Empowerment Initiative, issued on Thursday, 8 June, 2023, said the six students were selected to represent Nigeria after emerging as winners in the national championship between October 1, 2022…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A passenger train on Wednesday, 7 June, 2023 crushed to death a sergeant in the Nigerian Army at the railway crossing at the PWD area of Ikeja, Lagos. It was gathered that the train was said to be on its way to Iddo in Lagos from Ibadan when it eventually rammed into the soldier who had attempted to smartly dash across the rail line on his bike. The latest incident is coming barely three months after a passenger train ran into a Lagos State government staff bus conveying workers and their families on the same spot. Six…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Joint Taskforce Committee on Refuse Evacuation in Kano metropolis has confirmed that it successfully evacuated over 400 trucks of waste within three days of operation, Punch On line reports The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Aliyu Yakubu Garo (Turakin Garo) made this disclosure on Thursday, 8 June, 2023 during the inspection and monitoring visit of evacuation of waste in Kano metropolis. Recalls that the incumbent governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, on assumption of office, constituted a joint task force committee, on refuse evacuation within the Kano metropolis. The Committee is chaired by Ambassador…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All progressive Congress (APC) has appealed to elected members of the National Assembly to support Senator Godswill Akpabio (APC, Akwa Ibom) to become the Senate President and Hon. Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Kaduna) as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Daily Trust reports Tinubu said his appeal became necessary so as to have a common front devoid of sentiment to salvage Nigeria, for the lawmakers to respect the choices of the ruling party which is a convention, saying it is always the ruling party that produces the presiding officers of the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The West African Examination Council WAEC) has arrested at least 20 of its officials in various parts of the country for allegedly aiding and abetting examination malpractice in its ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for school candidates. The Head of National Office (HNO) of Council, Mr Patrick Areghan disclosed this on the sidelines of a monitoring exercise he carried out in some schools in Lagos State on Thursday, 8 June, 2023. Areghan, who said that WAEC has since handed over the culprits to the police for prosecution, vowed that the Council would do everything…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agencies reports Barcelona fans were hopeful that Messi would agree to a sensational return at the end of the season, having frequently chanted his name in the 10th minute of matches this campaign, but the World Cup winner ultimately opted for a new chapter in football by dumping Europe for America. Xavi first reveals why Messi turned his back to the club that put him on the map of world football. The petite coach believes that Messi snubbed a fairytale return to Barcelona in the hope of seeking a ‘quieter life’ in the MLS, after the…

Former British Prime Minister, Sir Tony Blair, has expressed his readiness to support the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed in office. Blair gave the commitment on Tuesday, 23 May, 2023, when he visited the President-elect at the Defence House, Abuja.He said the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, which he founded, would be a willing partner of the Tinubu administration especially in prioritising its goals and delivery. He said since leaving office as the UK prime minister, he had been working with governments around the world to help them deliver on their mandates. He said Blair…