Samanja, real name: Usman Baba Pategi, a veteran Hausa comedy actor has died, aged 84. He died on Sunday after a prolonged illness. He is survived by two wives and 12 children. Mohammad Usman, one of his sons said Samanja’s funeral prayer will be held at 10 am at a mosque in Kabala Costain, Kaduna. […]
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Narges Mohammadi. Photo: Wikipedia Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike in her Iranian prison in protest at limits on medical care for her and other inmates, as well as the obligation for women to wear the hijab in the Islamic republic, her family said on Monday. Veteran rights activist Mohammadi, […]
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CP Victor Olaiya, Sir Victor Olaiya Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, has said though he was surrounded by musicians in his family, he only managed to avoid becoming a musician by providence. The commissioner, who is one of the children of the late highlife maestro, Sir Victor Olaiya, who dominated the Nigerian music […]
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President Bola Tinubu has described the departed Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, as an enterprising, courageous, astute, distinguished businesswoman and leader, whose death is a painful loss to the nation. Lawson, a former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, NACCIMA, and founder of the popular Alaba […]
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Rashidi Yekini Rashidi Yekini may have died since May 4, 2012, but that did not stop Google Doodle from celebrating his posthumous birthday as the Nigerian football legend clocks 60 today, October 23, 2023. Yekini remains one of the best strikers that Nigeria has ever produced, but having retired from the game a long time […]
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World Athletics (WA), yesterday, unveiled the names of nominees for Women’s Athlete of the Year 2023, but the name of 100m hurdles record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, is missing from the lot. Amusan, who is Nigeria, Africa, and Commonwealth champion in the 100m hurdles, made history last year when she became the first Nigerian athlete […]
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Africa’s first Nobel laurate in Literature, Prof Wole Soyinka, has dared those challenging his academic records giving them a 30-day ultimatum to provide evidence of their allegations to the relevant investigative bodies in Nigeria. Soyinka attended Leeds University from 1954 to 1957 and received an honours degree in English Literature. He stayed in the city […]
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Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s wife Cathy has passed away aged 84 leaving behind her husband and their three sons, Mirror reports. “We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing yesterday of Lady Cathy Ferguson, survived by her husband, three sons, two sisters, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The family asks for privacy […]
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The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has said that Nigerian scholars `especially from the intellectual community’ were not nominated for the 2023 Nobel Prize because of poor research funding. The Secretary-General of the committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, was reacting to the recent announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize winners. He spoke at a […]
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Primeboy The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Owodunni Ibrahim aka Primeboy has turned himself in for interrogation over the death of Afrobeats musician Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known as Mohbad. The Lagos Police spokesperson, Ben Hundeyin, had on Wednesday declared Primeboy wanted following his failure to honour the invitation successfully sent to him since […]
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