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Olamide: Wizkid is the Best Afrobeats Artist Post-Fela.

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

Rapper Olamide has declared Wizkid the greatest Afrobeats artiste of this generation, after Fela Kuti. Speaking at York University, Toronto, Olamide praised Wizkid’s contributions to the genre, citing their collaborations on hits like “Street OT” and “Kana” since 2011. He said: “I’ve had the privilege of working with Wizkid, we’ve...

Citizen Group Slams NAFDAC/Senate Ban on Small-Volume Alcohol

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

A civil society organization, Concerned Citizen For Change (CCC), has strongly condemned the recent directive by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Senate to ban alcoholic beverages sold in sachets and small-volume bottles (below 200ml) by December 2025. The CCC publicly slammed the...

Oganenigu Community Set to Hold Maiden Edition of Agricultural Show

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

The organizers of the Oganenigu Communities Agricultural Show are pleased to announce the maiden edition of this landmark event, scheduled to hold alongside the Olugu Cultural Festival on December 26, 2025. According to Dr. Michael Alfa, this remarkable initiative presents a golden opportunity to showcase the collective mission of empowering...

Stakeholders seek stronger collaboration to improve sanitation in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

Stakeholders have called for stronger collaboration between government agencies, private operators, and communities to improve access to safe and sustainable toilet facilities in Kaduna state. The call was made at a meeting with toilet business owners, organised by the Centre for Water and Environment Development (CWED) on Thursday in Kaduna,...

WKD: autistic star Tobechi Achionye takes kindness campaign to school for special needs

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

Tobechi Achionye ,multi-talented autistic savant and runway model, aka Kind Toby, has taken a campaign on kindness and inclusive empowerment to school for special needs to mark the 2025 World Kindness Day(WKD). It was reported that the event with the theme “ Kindness for All Abilities”, held on Thursday at the School for Special Needs,...

Trinity International College@30 renews calls for partnerships to sustain investment in future leaders

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

Trinity International College, Ofada, Lagos has renewed its calls for parents, alumni, institutions, government, and friends to partner with it to sustain it’s mission and investment in future leaders. The college’s Chairman, Board of Governors, Mr Bayo Kolade, made this call at a media briefing preceding the college’s third decade...

Umaru Musa Yar’adua varsity workers suspend warning strike

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

The joint congresses of the four in-house unions of the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU) Katsina, have suspended the two-week warning strike they embarked upon on Nov. 3, 2025. This was announced in a statement signed by Mr Saminu Salihu-Haiba, the Secretary of the UMYU in-house unions, and issued to...

Engineers urge govts. to strengthen technology-based SMEs for industrial growth

NewsDeskNgNov 14, 2025November 14, 20250

The Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE) has urged governments and policymakers to strengthen Small Medium Enterprise (SMEs)-focused industrial parks and cluster hubs across the country. The organisation also called on government to provide tax incentives, access-to-finance instruments for technology-based SMEs and to support local fabrication of processing equipment and...

Singer Akon Arrested and Detained By Police

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2025November 13, 20250

The hip-hop artist, whose real name is Aliaune Thiam, was detained for nearly six hours by Chamblee police operatives, northeast of Atlanta. Senegalese-American music producer and songster Akon was arrested and detained last Friday, following his failure to show up in court, and a subsequent incident involving driving his car...

Matawalle Assesses Wike’s Actions in Naval Incident, Cites Disrespect to Presidency

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2025November 13, 20250

“Anyone who disrespects a soldier indirectly disrespects the president, who is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces,” said Mr Matawalle Defence minister Bello Matawalle has criticised former Governor Nyesom Wike over a standoff involving a naval officer, Lieutenant Ahmed Yerima. The standoff, which occurred on Tuesday, arose over the ownership...