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Odemwingie’s Move To West Brom: Right or Wrong?
April 19, 2022
News that Roberto Di Matteo has boosted his attacking options by signing Nigerian striker Peter Odemwingie from Lokomotiv Moscow has been making the rounds within the last week. Odemwingie has become the Baggies’ sixth summer…
Nollywood Gets President Jonathan’s Nod
April 19, 2022
It seems that the Nigerian movie industry, popularly known as Nollywood would soon become one of the largest revenue generating industries in Nigeria as President Jonathan today pledged his administration’s support to the growth of the…
Nigerian Listed in “100 Most Creative People in Business”
April 19, 2022
In the June 2010 edition of Fast Company magazine (page 76), the second annual ranking of “The 100 Most Creative People in Business” ranks Nigeria’s Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Timbuktu Media Publisher, Dele Olojede as…
SuperSport Acquires EPL Rights For Nigeria
April 19, 2022
DStv’s SuperSport is delighted to confirm that it has acquired the Nigerian rights to the Barclays Premier League for the next three seasons 2010/11 to 2012/13. The arrangement includes 380 Barclays Premier League matches, plus the Premier…
Is Tuface Unstoppable?
April 19, 2022
Tuface’s journey into the Nigerian music industry began with Plantation Boiz. Even at that early stage, people saw Plantation Boiz as a group of talented musicians. Tuface later left the group and signed on with Kennis Music…
BET Network Comes To Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Black Entertainment Television BET with an audience of 84 million provides TV entertainment that appeals to young black adults with an unapologetic viewpoint of the black experience with hit and award winning shows like…
More On Reparations And All That Jazz
April 19, 2022
Skip Gates recently re-ignited an old controversy by stating that Africans are also culpable in the shame that was the transatlantic slave trade because they were active participants who relied on the trade for revenue…
Be Accountable, Bio Tells Football Federation
April 19, 2022
Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission Ibrahim Bio has charged the interim board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), headed by Aminu Maigara to run an open administration.
A Tale of Two Readings
April 19, 2022
The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, recently hosted two readings by the award-winning author, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. The writer was in town to read from her debut novel, ‘I Do Not Come to You By Chance,’ for which…
A New Kid On The Literary Block
April 19, 2022
The organisers of the book review for Nnedi Okorafor’s novel, ‘Zarah the Windseeker’, kept to time. While some supposed attendees were only just arriving the venue, the one hour thirty minutes event had ended; giving adherents…
FIFA Explains Enyeama’s Low Ranking
April 19, 2022
Nigerian goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama was, in the hearts of millions of football fans across the world, one of the top goalkeepers of the World Cup. His performances between the sticks in the matches involving the Super Eagles has…
Top 10 HipHop Producers in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Hiphop is a genre growing real fast in Nigeria; after all we are being recognised internationally (Yes, why you think Talib Kweli came to Nigeria, cos of Daddy Showkey?) Here we have a list of 10 hiphop producers who because of…
Celebrity Crashed Marriages For The Year 2009
April 19, 2022
The year 2009 is gradually coming to an end and with it are reminiscences of the happenings from the beginning of the year till present, especially as it concerns the marital lifes of some celebrities in the society.