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2023

Davido’s Surprising Move: From a $60 to a Friend’s Studio

Entertainment, LifestyleDavido, Entertainment, Metro, Opinion

Nigerian Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has recounted how he ran away from his dad’s $60 million mansion in Lagos to live in his friend’s studio. He said because of his wealthy background most people assumed he didn’t struggle to become a star. He stated this in a recent interview with Real 92.3 FM, Atlanta. Davido said, “People don’t really know about my past like the early part of my career. What was difficult for me was coming from a very wealthy background. Everybody just felt like, ‘Nah, his dad…This is money. I dropped several records before…

May

23

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Plateau: Youths opt for self-defense over incessant killings

Lifestyle, Metro, OpinionBandits, Crime, Herdsmen, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Plateau State, Security

The Plateau State Youth Council (PYC), on Monday, called on the citizens to urgently defend themselves against continuous attacks and killings in various villages in the state. In a peaceful protest held at the Federal Secretariat junction, Jos, by the youths, they noted that the recent attacks in some villages in Mangu Local Government Area of the state led to the loss of over 100 people, and property worth millions of naira destroyed. Sunday Adas, the chairman of PYC who led the protest, expressed concerns over killings in the state, saying, “We believe that our people and communities now know…

May

19

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

I did not experience the evil spirits Abati wrote about – Adesina

Lifestyle, Opinion, PoliticsFemi Adesina, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

With exactly a week left to vacate the presidential quarters, the presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina has written a farewell post reliving his experience in the villa stating that he did not and was yet to experience the evil spirits Reuben Abati wrote about. According to him, contrary to the claims of the former resident of the villa, he did not experience the evil spirits that the former media aide wrote about in 2016. In a lengthy Facebook post where Adesina revealed that he’d be vacating the presidential quarters on the 26th of May, he also made it known that all…

May

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

FG warns resident doctors against the planned strike

Health, Lifestyle, Metro, PoliticsChris Ngige, Health, Police, Strike

The Federal Government has warned members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve their planned five-day warning strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, shortly after receiving a letter of notification from the NARD executive on the planned strike. Ngige said this in a statement signed by Mr. Olajide Oshundun, Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, describing the planned strike as illegal. The impending industrial action is billed to begin by midnight of May 16. Ngige, who was reacting to the letter delivered to his office…

May

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Report says Nigeria needs $12bn for oil spills clean up

Lifestyle, MetroEconomy, Metro, Niger, Nigeria

Nigeria, one of Africa’s largest oil producers, would need $12 billion to clean up several years of oil spills in the Niger Delta region. This revelation was contained in a report on Tuesday by the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission. According to the Commission, two international oil companies, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Eni, an Italian oil company, have been the sole culprits of oil spills in the Southern Bayelsa State for over twelve years. The Commission said it started investigating the case of oil spills in the region in 2019 and discovered, among other findings,…