FULL LIST: Davido, Rema, Odumodublvck, others win at 17th Headies Awards
The 17th Headies Awards, held on Sunday in Lagos, Nigeria, celebrated outstanding achievements across the Nigerian and African music scene. Among the early winners, Zerry DL claimed the Rookie of the Year award, while Davido was named Digital Artist of…
Enugu Airport reopens today ahead of scheduled date
The Federal Government says it has completed repair works on the runway of Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu and will be reopened on Monday, April 28, 2025. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, who made the…
Bangladesh, World Bank sign $850 million deal to boost jobs, trade
Bangladesh and the World Bank on Wednesday signed two financing agreements worth $850 million to strengthen the South Asian country’s trade capacity, create jobs, and modernise its social protection system, the Washington-based global lender said. The bulk of the funding,…
Wizkid, Rema, Asake, Tems nominated for 2025 American Music Awards
Afrobeats stars Wizkid, Rema, Tems and Asake have been nominated for the 51st American Music Awards. They are among the nominees for the Favourite Afrobeats Artist award, going head-to-head with South African Grammy-winner Tyla. This category, introduced in 2022, has…
Amazon announces beneficiaries of Future Engineer Scholarship Program
Amazon has announced its 2025 cohort of 400 Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipients, offering up to $16 million in college tuition support. The awards will provide each recipient with up to $40,000 over four years to pursue computer science and…
Shettima Congratulates UBA on 75th Anniversary, Hails Innovation Drive
Shettima Congratulates UBA on 75th Anniversary, Hails Innovation Drive The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has extolled what he termed the staying power of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) in the past 75 years, describing the financial institution as…
Nigeria’s Flamingos clinch 2025 FIFA Women’s World Cup ticket
Despite wintry conditions in Blida, on the outskirts of the Algerian capital, Algiers on Friday night, Nigeria’s U17 girls dug their feet into the ground and achieved a scoreless draw that qualified them for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World…
World Bank: More Nigerians to experience poverty by 2027
The World Bank has projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. This was contained in the Bank’s Africa’s Pulse report released during the ongoing Spring Meetings of the…
Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates
A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row. From midnight, Tanzania banned the entry of all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa…
Haitian Music Legend Fabrice Rouzier Sues Nigeria’s Burna Boy For Copyright Infringement In U.S.
This lawsuit against Burna Boy comes just two weeks after fellow Nigerian superstar David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, was also hit with a copyright infringement suit in the U.S., in which four Nigerian artists accused him of illegally appropriating…