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Nigerian superstars, Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido, clinched awards on Sunday night at the prestigious All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) which took place in Dakar, Senegal. Grammy award-winning Burna Boy bagged the Best Act in Africa award at the eighth edition of the event. He also clinched the Best Album of the Year award, beating the likes of South Africa’s Kabza De Small, and Cote D’Ivoire’s Didi B, among others. However, the Ivorian singer, Didi B, won the Song of the Year Award. While Wizkid bagged the Best Act in West Africa award, Davido clinched the Best Male Act in…

LeBron James became only the second player in NBA history to score 38,000 career points on Sunday as he inches closer to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time record. James, playing in his 20th NBA season, needed 11 points to reach 38,000 points and hit a mid-range jumper in the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers home game against the Philadelphia 76ers to move past the milestone. James eventually finished with 35 points but it was a bittersweet night as the Lakers lost 113-112. The 38-year-old forward, who started his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers and also played for the Miami Heat,…

Twenty housemates drawn from Nigeria and South Africa have stormed the maiden edition of Africa’s topmost reality TV show, Big Brother Titans. Bbtitans, as it would be mostly called, holds in South Africa with the housemates battling for the ultimate prize of $100,000. The housemates include 10 Nigerians and 10 South Africans. Big Brother Naija: 349,400 online mentions recorded after pool party They are Nelisa, Yemi Cregx, Blaq Boi, Olivia, Khosi, Nana, Ipeleng, Juicy Jay, Mmeli, Thabang, Jaypee, Marvin, Yaya, Ebubu, Khehla, Tsatsii, Jenni O, Kanaga Jnr, Lukay, Justin and Yvonne. Afro Beats legend D’banj thrilled at the opening ceremony…

A former female member of Afghanistan’s parliament has been killed by unknown gunmen at her home in Kabul, police said. Mursal Nabizada and her guard were shot dead and her brother was injured in Sunday’s attack, police said. “The security forces have started a serious investigation regarding the case to find the criminals,” police said in a statement. Nabizada had been a lawmaker until the Taliban took over as foreign forces withdrew in 2021 when many politicians fled the country. Nabizada had been elected as a member of the lower house of parliament in 2018 to represent Kabul, according to…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel and seized millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion from their warehouse in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said two drug kingpins were also arrested. Babafemi said the anti-narcotics officers of the Agency also uncovered and dismantled a clandestine skuchies laboratory in a remote part of Sagamu, Ogun state where several pieces of equipment and various quantities of illicit substances used to mass produce the dangerous…

An ammunition explosion caused by “careless” handling of a grenade in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine killed three soldiers and injured 16, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday. The blast occurred in a cultural centre repurposed for Russia’s armed forces to store ammunition, state news agencies reported, citing local emergency services for the toll. Another eight service personnel were still reported missing as of Sunday evening, the Interfax news agency reported. “As a result of the unintentional detonation of a hand grenade by a sergeant in a dormitory … a fire broke out. Sixteen servicemen, including the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday led Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, members of the National Assembly, service chiefs, and the diplomatic corps to honor the nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved the laying of a wreath at the National Arcade in Abuja, was the climax of activities for the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC). First to lay the wreath was the President, followed by the Vice President, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. The wreath was also laid by the Minister of Defence, retired…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 29 new cases of COVID-19 in six States between January 7 and 13, 2023. This has brought the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria to date to 266,49, with 259,858 cases discharged, and sadly, 3,155 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The States with the confirmed COVID-19 cases are Lagos (15); FCT (5); Kano (4); Nasarawa (3); Kaduna (1) and Plateau (1). COVID-19: Nigeria rules out restricting travelers from China The NCDC in a statement on Sunday said: “From 7th to…

Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative regional government. Dressed in white coats and banging drums, many chanted: “Cutting public health is criminal.” The Madrid regional government, led by the Popular Party’s Isabel Ayuso, has come under fire in recent years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, for poor staffing in hospitals and primary healthcare centres. Protesters say the regional government is dismantling public health services and favouring private health providers. Dressed as the Grim Reaper and bearing a…

Some of the billboards of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi in Anambra have been pulled down. The action was carried out over the alleged inability of Obi to pay the State Government. The billboards mounted in strategic positions in some areas were removed by the Anambra Signage and Advertising Agency (ANSAA) at the weekend. But LP accused Governor Charles Soludo of ordering the removal of the billboards for ulterior motives. One of the chieftains of the party, who does not want to be quoted, told The Nation that Obi and Umeh’s large billboard at the Unizik temporary Site…