Nigerian-born New Zealand mixed martial arts fighter, Israel Adesanya, has emerged winner of the “Fighter of the Year” award for 2020 at the annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards. The sportsman, who has a 20-0 career record after beating both Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa in the Octagon this year, picked up the Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis…
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Davido sent his fans into a frenzy with a tweet on Monday December 28 after talking about retiring from music. The Nigerian popstar, whose real name is David Adeleke wrote, “I go leave this music for una.” He followed up with a short video in which he yelled out some unclear words, and captioned it, “TULE JARE”…
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Multi-media personality, Toke Makinwa has been named among Glamour Magazine South Africa’s top 9 Most Glamorous Women of 2020, making her the first and only Nigerian to make the list. ICYMI, the magazine’s Most Glamorous Women Awards is an annual event that celebrates iconic South-African women each year. Due to 2020’s global pandemic, the magazine decided to acknowledge and celebrate 9…
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The Lagos State Government has sealed about 12 facilities for defying the Federal Government’s directive on COVID-19 as it concerns social and recreational centres. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director-General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, some of the facilities include DNA Night Club, Buzz Bar, Silverfox, Cocoon. Others include Westend…
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Popular Nigerian rapper, Biglo is dead. According to multiple reports, the veteran musician lost his life on Saturday December 26 after contracting COVID-19. Before contracting the virus, the singer had been down with a kidney-related sickness and was being cared for in the United States. The music star — real name Lotanna Udezue — had taken to…
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As attention around the alleged altercation between Davido and Burna Boy at a nightclub in Ghana swells, Nigerian Twitterverse have had a lot to say about the unconfirmed reports in the tweets. In the early hours of Monday December 28, a video shared by a Twitter user showed the moment a furious man resembling the ‘FEM’ singer attacked another man reported to…
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Nigerians are paying tribute to Ubong King following news of the renowned inspirational speaker and businessman’s death at the age of 48. According to Guardian Nigeria, King, who was also known as the ‘Troublemaker,’ had tested positive for COVID-19 few days ago although the details surrounding his demise is still sketchy as at this time. His death came barely a day…
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Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday beat rival Lionel Messi and Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah to win the Globe Soccer Player of the Century at the 2020 Globe Soccer Awards, capping off a year in which he equally claimed the Golden Foot Award. “Couldn’t be happier with tonight’s award!” Ronaldo tweeted after receiving the prize…
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. She announced this a day after Christmas on Saturday December 26, in a statement she personally signed and released, saying that she has gone into isolation and is receiving treatment. “Following interaction with individuals that later show asymptomatic sign of…
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As Nigeria officially confirmed entering the second wave of COVID-19, more people are dying from the virus and health experts are calling for a strong government response. The country has recorded 1,254 deaths as of Sunday after seven more people succumbed to the disease in the previous 24 hours, according to the country’s infectious disease outfit, Nigeria…
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