We paid Nigerian artists more than N25bn in 2023 – Spotify

10 May 2024

Spotify, a global online music streaming platform, said it paid more than N25 billion to Nigerian artists as royalties in 2023. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Spotify’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said this was double what was recorded in 2022, with a 2,500 per cent increase since 2017. Muhutu-Remy […]

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Bandits invade school, abduct students

10 May 2024

Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene in Kogi State and abducted some students. An eyewitness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went […]

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Man kills friend over N3m job scam

10 May 2024

The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Sadiq Zubairu who killed his friend, Bello Adam over his failure to help the victim secure a job after receiving the sum of N3 million. Zubairu had promised the late Adam, who was his former colleague at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, to help him secure a […]

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Tinubu determined to make food production self-sufficient

10 May 2024

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, expressed his determination to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production before leaving office. The President spoke Niger State during the groundbreaking ceremony for the 84km, N169.7bn Bida-Minna Road construction in the Kakakpagi, Katch Local Government Area of the state. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Information and National […]

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“You should be arrested for this” – Nigerians fume as content creator buried himself alive for 24 hours

09 May 2024

Some Nigerians on Thursday condemned a 24-hour buried alive challenge’ undertaken by a content creator known as Young C. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Young C had embarked on this daring challenge on Wednesday, announcing his intention to be buried alive in a coffin for 24 hours. At 23 hours, he took […]

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Soldier apprehended for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives

09 May 2024

The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it has apprehended personnel for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives during a routine search operation by the Military Police K9 Team, at the Borno Express Terminal in Maiduguri, Borno State. A statement by Major Gen Onyema Nwacbukwu, Director of Army Public Relations said, “The soldier, Corporal Mubarak Yakubu […]

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NAFDAC shut down illegal alcohol factory in Badagry

09 May 2024

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down an illegal alcohol factory operating in Badagry, Lagos State. Disclosing the development on its X handle @NafdacAgency, the regulatory agency said that the factory was dismantled with the assistance of the Nigerian Army’s 15 Field Engineering Regiment in Badagry. The statement […]

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E-money under investigation by the Police

09 May 2024

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that the Chief Executive Officer of Emy Cargo and Shipping Services Limited Emeka Okonkwo, also known as E-Money, is currently under investigation regarding the alleged acquisition of four hundred and eighty-eight cars. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department in Alagbon, Lagos, ASP Aminat Mayegun, confirmed […]

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Reps urge FG to pay ASUU, NASU withheld salaries

09 May 2024

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU). This followed the adoption of a Motion of Urgent Public Importance by Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) during plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Fulata said that […]

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