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MultiChoice Nigeria has announced that it is bringing back the popular music reality show, Nigerian Idol. The announcement was made recently by the company’s Chief Executive Officer- John Ugbe. After a three-year hiatus, Nigerian Idol will return with Season 6 to unearth some of the best musical talents the country has to offer. The Idol franchise has over the years produced some of the biggest Nigerian singer such as Timi Dakolo, Mercy Chinwo, and Omawumi who have gone ahead to make a name for themselves in the global music scene. Speaking on this, the Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Nigeria,…

President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government’s anti-corruption fight is losing steam, laments a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State and a youth advocate, Engr. Nwabueze Onwuneme. To reverse the trend, Onwuneme, a House of Assembly candidate in the last election, stressed the need for government officials, especially those in frontline anti-corruption agencies, to work in tandem with the zeal and dream of President Buhari so as to bequeath the nation a corrupt-free system. He said any official unwilling to key in with the president’s vision on anti-corruption should resign. Onwuneme stated that “the betrayal of trust and…

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Sunday morning led kinsmen and other residents at Zabarmari for the funeral of 43 farmers killed by the Boko Haram terrorist. At least 40 farmers were killed on Saturday morning around Marrabati and Hammayya villages, near Zabarmari in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists. The farmers were waylaid on their way to their rice farms which they were harvesting before the surprise attack happened. According to Zulum, some other farmers were also taken away by the criminals. Zulum during the burial of the farmers lamented that, “it is…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has revealed that it will cost the ministry N81m to cut the grass and clear the weed that have taken over the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. He stated this recently while speaking during the one-day seminar organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT chapter. According to him, the ministry approached the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) for assessment of the stadium, which was built in 2003 with N53 billion on a 29 hectares (72 acres) of land. The stadium is divided into Package A which houses…

Facts are emerging on how hoodlums detonated explosives at Christian Universal Church International owned by father of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state. The hoodlums said to be five, detonated an explosive device suspected to be dynamites in the church apparently to raze it down on Saturday evening. According to a newspaper, The Nation, two of them were however arrested and handed to the Police. They attacked the church located at 25, Azikiwe street, Mile three Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (PHLGA) around 9pm. Assistant Chief Security Officer (DCSO) of the area, Collins Johnbull, told The Nation the five men were seen…

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come under increasing pressure to declare its position on which of the zones will produce the party’s presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election. The situation is not helped by threats by more governors elected on the platform of the party to switch camps if the party leadership fails to show more commitment to zoning the presidential ticket to the southern region. The zoning problem was cited by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State for his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Party sources said the situation…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the killing of farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government of Borno State, describing the terrorist killings as insane. “I condemn the killing of our hardworking farmers by terrorists in Borno State. The entire country is hurt by these senseless killings. “My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief. May their souls Rest In Peace,” President Buhari said in a statement by his spokesperson, Shehu Garba. President Buhari said the government had given all the needed support to the armed forces “to take all necessary steps to…

Members of the Boko Haram sect have killed 45 farmers in Zamarmari area of Jere local government area of Borno state. The farmers were killed at Kwashabe village, about 20 kilometers north of Maiduguri, Borno capital. Nasiru Usman, one farmers who escaped during the attack, went to town with the news. He said the attackers also abducted seven farmers. Usman trouble started after some farmers apprehended a Boko Haram insurgent who approached them with request for food. Unknowingly, he was accompanied by dozens of other militants who were hiding around the bush,” he said. UN debunks reports that Boko Haram…

Rilwan “Babyface” Babatunde, on Friday, emerged the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 21, which held at the Rowe Park Sports Centre in Lagos. The West African Boxing Union welterweight champion went home with the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and the N1 million cash prize attached to the prize. Babyface, saw off Jubril “Terrible” Olalekan in the second round of their eight-round national welterweight challenge contest to emerge the choice of journalists who covered the event. In the bantamweight division, Habeeb “Ige” Oladeji won the national bantamweight title, defeating Tunde “Turning Star” Olojede by a split decision in an explosive…

Riyad Mahrez scored his first Manchester City hat-trick as Pep Guardiola’s men beat Burnley 5-0 at Etihad Stadium for the fourth time in a row. The Algerian curled two first-half efforts into the corner to ease any concerns about a perceived City scoring drought. Benjamin Mendy drove home Kevin de Bruyne’s cross for his first City goal before half-time and Ferran Torres turned home his first Premier League goal after the break following a brief period of Burnley pressure. Mahrez steered Pep Guardiola’s side to their biggest win of the season by completing his first treble since scoring all three…