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Month: February 2025

Burna Boy makes history as he becomes Billboard France’s first ever cover

Grammy-winning superstar Burna Boy continues to break new ground as he becomes the first-ever cover star of Billboard France, marking another milestone in his impressive career. As fans eagerly await the release of his highly-anticipated album, ‘No Sign of Weakness’, this historic moment sets the mood as Burna Boy offers insights into his position as…

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Woman granted UK asylum after joining IPOB – she was rejected 8 times

A Nigerian woman has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom after deliberately joining the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The 49-year-old Nigerian, whose name has been kept under wraps, became involved with IPOB after she was denied asylum in Britain eight times. Pulse reports that though the Nigerian government has designated IPOB as…

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Grammys is now more popular in Nigerian than the Headies – Ayo Animashaun

The Executive Producer of the Headies Awards Mr. Ayo Animashaun has decried the Grammy’s popularity in Nigeria. In an interview with Channels Television, He said, the Amercian-based award show is now more popular and celebrated among the average Nigerian music fan than the local Headies Awards that for two decades have awarded excellence in Nigerian…

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Military recovers aircraft engines from crash sites, eliminates 88 terrorists

The Defence Headquarters says troops have recovered two calibrated aircraft engines from a longtime unidentified aircraft crash site in the North East. It also said that 88 terrorists were eliminated within the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye made this known while addressing reporters in Abuja on Thursday regarding the…

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Akeredolu would still be alive if he had listened to me – Betty

Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the widow of Ondo State’s former Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has rued her late husband’s refusal to heed her counselling on cancer. Betty, a former Ondo State First Lady, made this known in an exclusive interview with Star News publisher Olumide Akinrinlola on Thursday, February 13, 2024. She opened up on Akeredolu’s battle with…

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OPEC confirms Nigeria meets crude oil production quota of 1.5m bpd

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reports that Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production increased significantly to 1.539 million Barrels Per Day (bpd) in January. The country met the OPEC production quota of 1.5 million bpd for the first time since it was set for the 2024 period at OPEC’s ministerial meeting in November…

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FG agency seals 7 filling stations in Kogi for under-dispensing

The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has sealed seven filling stations in Kogi for allegedly under-dispensing products to customers. The NMDPRA Kogi Coordinator, Ogbe Godwin, who disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Lokoja, accused the stations of branding without authorisation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected stations…

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FCT achieved 90% performance of N1trn 2024 budget – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has achieved 90 per cent of its more than N1 trillion 2024 budget. On Thursday, Wike stated this after inspecting some ongoing projects in the capital city, Abuja. The projects inspected are the ongoing construction of the Abuja Division of the…

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Truck crushes female Poly student to death in Bauchi

Students and management of Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, were thrown into mourning on Wednesday when a truck crushed to death a female student of the institution. Rabiu Mohammed, the institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Thursday. Mohammed said the victim, Faith Adesola,…

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5 unexpected ways your ex is still affecting your current relationship

Moving on from an ex is not always as simple as deleting their number or unfollowing them on social media.  Even when you believe you’ve moved on from the past, certain experiences from your old relationship may still be subtly influencing your new one. You might be carrying hidden emotional baggage without even realising it….

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