What makes a song truly great? Forget hype, chart success or sales. A great song must transcend time, convey strong emotions, shift culture and resonate with a large number of people.These songs should also be embedded in pop culture, influence lexicon and reflect cultural attitudes.In the gold rush...
Some Primary school pupils of a yet to be identified primary school in one of the South-West states were caught in a bush during school hours and have been arrested by the South-West security outfit Amotekun, WonderTV media reports.The pupils were found in the bush mimicking a popular singer Azeez Adeshina...
In case you’re wondering what crypto is about and what you can do with it in Africa, some experts might be able to explain. But, African crypto-based startups and local exchanges are making several of its endless possibilities a reality.With the Bitcoin craze intensifying, more people have gotten...
Amid the excitement and expectations of a robust relationship between Nigeria and the United States under the new President, Joe Biden, a former US Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, and some other prominent persons have said cases of human rights abuse in Nigeria can hamper the partnership if not...
Not a few residents of Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State were brutalised by soldiers who escorted herdsmen to graze in the communities, prompting residents and monarchs to cry out to the military and state government for help, KUNLE AKINRINADE reports.Seye Mulero...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has hailed Oduduwa Republic activist, Sunday Igboho, describing him as champion and hero of the Yoruba nation.Igboho had last week issued a seven day ultimatum to Fulanis to leave Yorubaland after he stormed the Igangan residence of the Seriki Fulani noting...
Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in a video shared online, told Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde that he cannot threaten or arrest him.Watch the video below:https://youtu.be/OXXZKb3Cj3M https://youtu.be/8SLru2KaaMg
Actress Toyin Abraham has taking to her Instagram handle to lament the greediness of Area boys popularly known as Agbero after they requested for more money to allow the actress continue the shooting of her movie in a location. The actress had given them 120,000 naira but they still requested for more....
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has asked the new Commissioner of Police in Oyo, CP Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest and treat those igniting ethnic tension in the state as criminals.Makinde said this on Friday when Onadeko paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan.He...
Stakeholders in the South-West geopolitical zone, on Thursday, insisted that the region must produce the next president of the country even as they pushed for the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.It was at the summit on ‘Yoruba Nation:...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who displaced McConnell as the chamber’s leader after Democrats won two Georgia runoff elections this month, announced the move on the Senate floor on Friday.Schumer did not say when Trump’s second impeachment trial would begin. “The House will...
Music producer and owner of Mavin Records label company, Don Jazzy has announced the signing of a female artiste, Ayra Starr, into his music fold.The signing was made known on the 21st of January via an excited tweet where Don Jazzy simply said; “Follow @ayrastarr I’m following back. #MavinActivated” ...
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Ayra Starr's self-named EP features her viable composing abilities and cleaned vocal capacities. The Benin-conceived, Lagos-based vocalist explores love and connections ("Away", "Ija" and "Recollections") just as adolescent tension and indecencies ("Ditr"). It's a blissful encounter molded by a modern...
On January 20, President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. When he takes his oath of office—which will be administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.—he'll use the 127-year-old, five-inch-thick Biden Family Bible.On January 20, 2021, President-elect...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said about 24.3 million poor Nigerians would get N5,000 each for a period of six months.Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Federal Government’s emergency intervention...
About 12.3 million active SIM cards are yet to be linked with their owners’ National Identity Numbers (NINs), Daily Trust reports.This is as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed on Tuesday that a total of 47.8m phone users had supplied their NINs to telecom operators.It was learnt...
Nigeria’s Inspector-general of Police Mohammed Adamu has said the force is already implementing the decentralisation of the decision-making structure of the police, stating that Commissioners of Police in the 36 states of the country do not need his approval before taking decisions in their areas...
When we talk about the richest men in South Africa, what comes into our minds are the likes of Nicholas F. Oppenheimer, Johann Rupert, Koos Bekker.In the South African religious setting, we also have pastors who are very wealthy and are very popular.These popular men of God have a lot of luxury which...
