Afrobeat star, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has held a candlelight procession for his late mother in Lagos....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
In the pictures and videos circulating social media on Wednesday night, the singer could be seen in the company with relatives and fans during the procession…CONTINUE READING>>>
The PUNCH reports that Wizkid’s mum, Jane Balogun, died on Friday, August 18, 2023.
According to details provided on a viral flyer, the wake and tribute will be held in her honour on Thursday, October 12, while the funeral will take place on Friday, October 13.
Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, on Tuesday, lost all his seven nominations in the 2023 BET Awards.
He was nominated in the following categories: ‘Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year,’ ‘Best Hip-Hop Video’, ‘Best Collaboration’, ‘Best Live Performer’, ‘Lyricist of the Year’, and ‘Hustler of the Year’.
The award which took place at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on October 3, 2023, was then broadcast Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, American singer and rapper, Kendrick Lamar, emerged as the night’s biggest winner, taking home four prizes.
Lamar won “Hip-Hop artiste of the Year”, “Lyricist of the Year”, “Best Live Performer”, and “Video Director of the Year”.
The Peoples Democratic Party, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, queried the Independent National Electoral Commission over votes allocated to the state governor, Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress during the 2023 governorship election in the state.
The PDP also noted that while it respected the right of the governor to appeal the tribunal judgment which declared its candidate, David Ombugadu, as the winner of the governorship election, it needed clarifications from INEC over the votes allocated to Sule.
In the statement signed by the state’s PDP spokesperson, Ibrahim Hamza, the party noted that INEC owes citizens of the state clarifications on how it arrived at the number of votes allocated to the incumbent.
No fewer than 30 people have lost their lives while hundreds were wounded as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with hundreds of air strikes overnight, a Hamas government official said on Wednesday.
Dozens of residential buildings, factories, mosques and shops were hit, the head of the government’s media office, Salama Marouf, told AFP.
The Israeli military also confirmed it had hit several Hamas targets during the night.
It said fighter jets destroyed “advanced detection systems” that Hamas used to spot military aircraft.
They also hit 80 Hamas targets in the Beit Hanoun area of the northeastern Gaza Strip, including two bank branches used by the Islamist group to “fund terrorism” in the enclave, the military said.
Air strikes also hit a weapons storage facility, and an operational command centre used by the Islamic Jihad militant group, it added…CONTINUE READING>>>
