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Shatta Wale condemns colleagues calling for reduction of Nigerian music on Ghana’s airwaves Shatta Wale has criticised his fellow Ghanaian musicians advocating for a reduction of Nigerian music on Ghana’s airwaves. In a series of X posts, he expressed his belief that even if Ghanaian media implemented the local content policy, Nigerian music would still overshadow them. He said the policy won’t have much effect in the streaming era as the government can’t force Ghanaians to stream Ghanaian music even if the the local content policy is implemented for airplay. The singer claimed it will take Ghana “roughly the year 5050” to catch up with Nigeria in terms of music. Shatta Wale wrote in Ghanaian Pidgin, “The way Wizkid and Davido and Burna Boy love Ghana nu, you ppl wan play dem a song 20%? “No problem. One song from them go make your woman wet all nite. E go take you ppl roughly the year 5050 before you guys will get what Naija is getting. “Your spirit of wanna be is very bad. Is it by f...

I had crush on Emeka Ike – Actress Ebube Nwagbo Popular Nollywood actor Ebube Nwagbo has revealed that she had a crush on veteran colleague Emeka Ike. She, however, said she never got the opportunity to express her feelings for him. The actress said she was excited about Emeka Ike’s return to cinema with Toyin Abraham’s latest film ‘Malaika.’ “I had a crush on Emeka Ike but wasn’t given the opportunity to express my feelings,” she told QEDNG on the red carpet of the movie premiere held recently at Imax Cinema in Lagos. Nwagbo explained that Ike had been off-screen for a while, and she could not wait to see his performance in the film.  

I accomplished everything I set out to do with COP28 – Toke Makinwa Popular media personality Toke Makinwa has said she accomplished everything she set out to do at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. MAGIC FM recalls that there was an uproar over Toke Makinwa’s inclusion in Nigeria’s 1411-man delegation to COP-28, with many questioning her role at the summit. Speaking in the latest episode of her podcast, TokeMoments, Makinwa said she started taking the backlash seriously when “important people” started calling her. Her guest on the show, actress Ini Edo asked: “How did your attendance of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai go? Did you get into the conversations from the panels?” Makinwa replied: “Yes. I accomplished everything I set out to do with it [COP28]. I was just shocked [by the uproar]. And I think because Dubai is three hours [ahead of Nigeria], I woke up to see the backlash on social media. “For me, it started feeling serious when important people started...

In a video that has caused a frenzy online, an up-and-coming slayqueen laments as her strict mother uses scissors to cut off her fancy long nails. The young lady had gone to the saloon to prepare for a marvelous December and decided to have fake nails fixed. Her strict mother wasn’t in support of this and she used a scissors to give it a trim. In the video she shared online, the lady shared a video of the moment she had gotten the nails done. Another segment shows her mother using a pair of scissors to cut off the whole thing to a normal finger size.  

EFCC Re-arrests Convicted Italian for Contempt of Court in Lagos Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have re-arrested a convicted Italian, Floriana De-Stefani, for failing to obey a court order upon her conviction by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The judge had, on October 7, 2022, found De-Stefani guilty of using false documents and counterfeit seals to confer on herself ownership of a property belonging to a company, Waterside Properties Limited, an offence contrary to Section 366 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State. Delivering judgment, Justice Dada had sentenced the convict to three years in prison and also ordered the release of the property on 14 A&B Warring Road (formerly Bayo Kuku Road), Ikoyi, Lagos to Waterside Properties Limited within three weeks. De-Stefani was, however, re-arrested on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, for refusing to vacate the property ordered for release ...

Court Jails Man for ATM Fraud in Bauchi Justice M.A Shambu of Bauchi State High Court, sitting in Bauchi on Thursday, December 14, 2023 convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim Abdullahi to one year imprisonment for stealing the sum of N30,000 (Thirty Thousand Naira) only through fraudulent swapping of an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, card. Abdullahi was arraigned on two-count charges of stealing by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One of the charge reads: “That you Ibrahim Abdullahi, sometime in September, 2023 or thereabout at Bauchi, Bauchi State, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, committed theft of N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) by taking it out of the possession of Zainab Usman, through the use of her UBA ATM card contrary the Section  287 of the Penal Code Law.” He pleaded guilty to the charges, prompting the EFCC counsel, A.B. Kware to pray the court to convict and sentence him accordingly, while his counsel, Jamil...

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 Train travel resumes between France and UK after surprise strike ends A wildcat strike Thursday by staff at Eurotunnel, which links Britain and the European continent and paralyzed dozens of Eurostar trains, ended some six hours after it began, Eurotunnel announced. It promised a gradual return to service. Eurostar passenger trains will start transporting passengers on Friday, and the rail shuttle known as LeShuttle, which carries vehicles and passengers, was to return to duty starting Thursday night, along with freight trains. The unannounced strike triggered by what Eurotunnel staff said was an insufficient bonus caused outrage and disarray in train stations as travelers on both sides of the English Channel tried to join families and friends for the Christmas holidays.  Union representatives at Eurotunnel’s French site had rejected a 1,000-euro ($1,100) end-of-year bonus, and went on strike to press a demand to have it tripled, Eurotunnel said earlier. That “resulted in the...

Clashes over fuel in Guinea capital after depot fire Restricted supply of fuel in Guinea's capital Conakry led to clashes on Thursday a few days after the deadly depot fire on Monday. Clashes broke out between youths and security forces in Guinea's capital Conakry on Thursday, as protesters demanded the return of petrol at service stations whose supplies were suspended after a deadly explosion at the country's main fuel depot. Sporadic clashes broke out in the afternoon between groups of youths throwing stones and the security forces who retaliated by firing tear gas, an AFP journalist observed. Hundreds of protesters, most of them hooded or masked, set up road blocks at several points leading into the centre of the capital, overturned dustbins and burned tyres. Many make a living running motorbike taxis and are calling for the reopening of service stations for all types of fuel.  

Gwaba: Burkina Faso's locally made incinerators tackling pollution The "Wanbzanga" and "Gwaba" incinerators were the brainchild of Jean Pierre Salifou Dondassé and has since been approved by health authorities for being less polluting and more practical. Waste incinerators made from local materials are becoming an increasingly common sight in Burkina Faso where the challenge to dispose tonnes of plastic waste keeps growing. Their development was timely - coming at a time the West African country had fewer incinerators to deal with the piles of plastic and biomedical waste that accumulated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The large-scale use of facemasks and other protective accessories had made waste treatment a priority issue in the country. A report by the World Health Organization noted that medical waste associated with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic had strained healthcare waste management systems worldwide" It also noted that healthcare es...

Wizkid's Soundman Volume 2 is no. 2 on US Apple Music. It is the joint highest charting African album on US Apple Music alongside Davido's Timeless and Burna Boy's I Told Them. It is no. 2 on the UK Apple Music Chart and no. 5 on Canada Apple Music. It is charting in over 40 countries on Apple Music. All 7 of his albums and EPs are charting on Apple Music Nigeria. More photos below.   

PRESS RELEASE   FG Will Promote Patriotism to Fight Terrorism, Banditry - Minister Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the promotion of patriotism and nationalism is a strategic approach to curb violent crimes such as banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism in the country. Idris, who stated this in Abuja on Friday when he received the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa on a courtesy visit to his office, said the surest way to counter the wave of crime is to instill a sense of patriotism among citizens and foster a strong national identity as a united front against violent crimes. “The concept of nationalism, nationhood, and patriotism must return, for us to have the unity and prosperity that all of us seek. We have seen a gradual erosion of our values - those values need to be reclaimed and we have to recover our senses as Nigerians. “We need to go back to the drawing board and see where we got it wrong with the aim of getting i...

NIGERIAN ARMY PROMOTES SENIOR OFFICERS The Army Council has on Thursday 21 December 2023, approved the promotion of senior officers to the next ranks of Major General and Brigadier General respectively. A total of 47 Brigadier Generals have been promoted to the rank of Major General, while 75 Colonels have also been elevated to the rank of Brigadier General accordingly. Those promoted to the rank of Major General include, Brig Gen WB Etuk Commandant Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management, Brig Gen JE Osifo Commandant Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration, Brigadier General WM Dangana Commander Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI, Brig Gen TB Ugiagbe Acting Chief of Military Intelligence, Brig Gen ASM Wase Deputy Director General Land Forces Stimulation Centre Nigeria Operations, Brig Gen MA Abdullahi Commandant Depot Nigerian Army, Brig Gen BI Alaya Commander Command Engineering Depot, Brig Gen AO Oyelade Director Personnel Planning ...

 Officers Caught On Video Demanding Money From Dutch Tourist Dismissed The Oyo State Police Command has dismissed two special constables, Kareem Fatai and Jimoh Abdul-Lukman, for demanding money from a Dutch tourist in the state. Recall that on December 8, the command arrested both officers after a video of them demanding money from a female Dutch rider went viral. The short video showed both officers flagging down the rider along the Iseyin-Ogbomosho road and asking for her destination. She replied, saying she was from the Netherlands and heading to Abuja. The officers then asked her to give them money or ‘anything else’. “Give me something, nah. How is the family? What did you bring? What do you want to give me?” The officers asked the Dutch rider, who did not understand what they were requesting in Pidgin English. To help her understand better, one of the officers switched to English and asked her, “Give me money.” The confused Dutch rider responded with, “Why?” In a bid to dete...

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after $148 million defamation judgment Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former election workers in Georgia who said his targeting of them led to death threats that made them fear for their lives In his filing Thursday, the former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts, including close to a million dollars in tax liabilities, money he owes his lawyers and many millions of dollars in potential legal judgements in lawsuits against him. He estimated his assets to be between $1 million and $10 million. The biggest debt is the $148 million he was ordered to pay a week ago for making false statements about the election workers in Georgia stemming from the 2020 presidential contest. Ted Goodman, a political adviser and spokesperson for Giuliani, a one-time Republican presidential candidate and high-ranking Justice Department offici...

 Biden Mourns 15 Killed In Prague University, Says Shooting Senseless The United States president, Joe Biden, and the US government have condemned the unprecedented attack at the Prague University that left at least 15 people dead and a dozen injured on Thursday.  Biden, in a tweet shared on his official X handle (formerly Twitter), sent his condolences to the families of those affected, calling it a senseless shooting.  Biden stated that the US authorities were in touch with Czech law enforcement, and the United States government was willing to offer additional support if needed.  According to multiple sources, the 24-year-old Czech student (name withheld) allegedly shot dead his father before going further to kill 14 others and injure 25 people.  The tweet read, "My heart is with those who lost their lives in the senseless shooting in Prague, those injured, and the Czech people.  "Our authorities are in touch with Czech law enforcement, and we stand ready...

 Ebonyi police arrest 487 in six months The Ebonyi State Police Command on Friday said it recorded no fewer than 300 cases and arrested more than 487 suspects from June till now. The command also said it prosecuted 140 cases and charged 187 suspects to court within the period. The state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Augustina Ogbodo, gave the figures at a press conference in Abakaliki. Ogbodo said that the command secured 15 convictions and recovered 12 stolen vehicles and 20 assorted firearms within the period The command has also recovered 350 ammunitions of different calibres and dislodged criminals from numerous hideouts in different parts of the state. “Permit me to appreciate the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, who availed us the opportunity to serve the state in this capacity.

Luis Suárez has signed the contract as new Inter Miami player, official soon  Luis will be unveiled on one-year deal plus option until 2025-Hours Wo go, confirmed  Messi, Suárez, Busquets, Alba..  

Lagos, Ogun Nigeria's most economically viable states-Report Apart from Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, Ogun State is Nigeria's most economically viable state, a report by Economic Confidential, a subsidiary of PR Nigeria, has shown. Pointing to Ogun State's status as Nigeria's topmost investment destination after Lagos, the report showed that the Dapo Abiodun-led Ogun State outperformed Rivers State, which joined Lagos and Ogun on the list of economically viable states for the year 2022, along with Kaduna, Kwara, Oyo and Edo states. The report compiled from figures released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) showed that while Lagos received the sum of N370, 921, 413, 425.62 from the Federation Account and generated N651,145, 633.085 as internally generated revenue, Ogun, on the other hand, received N113,404, 027,439.22 from the Federation Account and generated N120,548, 157,140.78 internally. On the oth...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu has sacked an entire electricity board over repeated blackouts. She dissolved the Board of the Tanzania Railways Corporation due to mismanagement of $215 million in April. She sacked the CEO of Tanzania Government Flight Agency over a $49 million fraud.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with nuclear weâpöns, state media reported on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Kim remarked as he met with soldiers working for the military's missile bureau and congratulated them over Pyongyang's recent launching drill of an intercontinental ballistic missîl£ (ICBM), KCNA news agency said. He said the test demonstrated the loyalty and strong stand of the armed forces and was "a clear explanation of the offensive counteraction mode and the evolution of the nuclear strategy and doctrine of the DPRK not to hesitate even a nuclear att@ck when the enemy provoke it with nukes", KCNA reported. DPRK is the abbreviation for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea said this week it had tested its newest ICBM on Monday to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear forces against mounting U.S. hostility. The top diplomats...

Gov Alia running Benue like parish – APC lawmakers cry to Tinubu The National Assembly caucus from Benue State, under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, came hard on the Governor of the State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia. They accused the governor of running the state government like a parish. The lawmakers, at a press briefing in Abuja, called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to quickly prevail on the Governor, before he runs the state aground. According to them, Alia’s tendencies could cost the party a defeat in subsequent elections in the state if he was not quickly called to order. The text of the press conference was read by the leader of the caucus and Senator representing Benue North West, Senator Titus Zam. He disclosed that the matter had been reported severally to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, who has been mediating to see that things were normalised. “We the undersigned are members of the National A...

‘Thank you my people’ – Iyanya appreciates Calabar for returning Mayorkun’s second pendant One of the pendants of singer, Mayorkun, which was stolen in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, on Tuesday, has been recovered. The singer had gone to the state to perform at the 2023 Calabar Carnival, on the invitation of the state government. Taking to social media after his performance, Mayorkun claimed that his jewelry worth millions of naira were stolen. Condemning the act, he threatened never to visit the state again, as he described the incident as a ‘’nightmare”. On Wednesday, one of the jewelry was found and he took to his social media page to pledge a N5 million reward for anyone who returns the second one. Giving an update on the incident on Thursday evening, singer Iyanya announced that the second jewelry has been returned. Sharing the clip of how it was recovered, Iyanya wrote, “Thank you Calabar people for doing what’s right. #iammayorkun second pendant has been found. “This...

Abia uncovers japa doctors still collecting salaries The Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, on Thursday, said the state had uncovered on its payroll some doctors who left the state employment and migrated abroad to seek greener pastures, in what is commonly known as japa. According to the governor, such doctors are still collecting salaries from the state despite that they have left the state employment and are now working abroad. Otti made the revelation while speaking at the first Abia State Council on Health at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia with the theme, “Providing an Accessible, Affordable and Quality Healthcare System for the New Abia”. The governor, while observing that doctors’ emigration had impacted negatively on the state’s health sector, promised to tackle the trend by giving doctors a special welfare package from next year. He said, “The ‘japa’ syndrome has indeed taken its toll on the health sector; however, this administration is not leaving any stone unt...

  Nigerian Army Arrests Bridegroom Inside Abia Church, Claims His Wedding Invite On Facebook Was Shared By Wanted Criminal Some operatives of the Nigerian Army have arrested one Peter Chibuzo Agwu inside a church during his wedding on Saturday in Abia State because someone allegedly on the military wanted list shared his wedding invitation on Facebook. Chibuzo, according to family members, had been in solitary confinement at the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu State, since Saturday after he was picked inside the church and he hasn't been told of the offence he committed. His elder brother, Samuel Agwu who confirmed the arrest of his brother during his wedding, told pressmen, on Thursday that the military had not told them any offence or crime his brother committed to ruin his wedding and shatter his marriage. Agwu, who hails from Abia State  decried why the Nigerian Army would arrest his brother and ruin his wedding because someone in Imo State (who the groom did not k...

I experienced wickedness from family members this year – Tricia Eseigbe Nollywood actress Tricia Eseigbe Kerry has stated that she and her husband experienced wickedness from friends, family members and domestic workers this year. The actress said this in an Instagram post while celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband, Kingsley Kelly. “A lot of wickedness has happened all through these past years from trusted family members to ungrateful staff we raised. “The domestic helps that we gave space but wanted to occupy entire house to friends who we supported when there was nothing but showed their awful colours just when they saw tiny oil wells that they did not know was shallow. “Today I give God almighty praise for bringing us this far and showing us so much love and mercy. Take all the glory Lord for all ur blessings and testimonies,” she wrote.