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No doubt 2019 has been an incredible year for Nigerian music, the quality of music has been like no other and internationally appeal has gotten ever so bigger. Afrobeats is in the airwaves in almost every part of the world and it now seems like everyone wants to be associated with it. While the countless hit singles played a part in this afrobeats revolution, huge praise should be given to the albums that came out in 2019. These albums were groundbreaking in terms of production, composition and storytelling. Without further ado, here’s our pick for the best 7 albums of 2019 1.African Giant – Burna Boy Arguably the best African album of 2019, Burna Boy’s fourth studio album, African Giant , deserves every accolade it has received so far, including the Grammy nomination. It is worth knowing that prior to its release, Burna Boy was working on something totally different, and African Giant only came about after his infamous outburst at Coachella organizers regarding the plac...

Leadership of the four cooperative societies (ASUU, SSANU, General and Security) of the Adekunle Ajasin university, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, has dissociated from the rumour of misappropation in the university.  The unions described the story as unfortunate and appeal that people should be careful with what they post on the social media so that the artmosphere of peace in the university is not compromised. In a released posted on the unions' whatsapp platforms by the President of the SSANU Cooperative, Mr. Fagbolagun, the unions regretted that one of their members circulated the false claim of misappropriation. "The statement reads, in part: "I want to appeal to everyone to be careful with what you post, this is our Jerusalem.The Vice Chancellor invited the Presidents of four cooperative societies (ASUU, SSANU, General and Security) to a meeting in his office today. The VC appreciated us for cooperating with him for the past five years, he promised to...

PRESS RELEASE 28/11/2019. AAUA: 200M MISAPPROPRIATION STORY, A TISSUE OF LIES The attention of the management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has been drawn to the story being circulated on the social media with respect to the claim of misappropration of fund in the university. It wishes to correct the impression as follows: That the current leadership of the university is one that has, since inception, thrived on financial discipline while it guides itself by probity and accountability. That the lettering is uncalled for as it only seeks to delibrately cause disharmony within the university community by describing as "misappropation" a delay in the release of monthly deduction.   That the writing is equivocal, delibrate and treacherous since the writer only gathered tendentious sentences and blatantly failed  throughout the body of the letter to substantiate the claim of misappropriation. That management has since been releasing d...

Immigration is simply the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2019 report  Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2019 Revision the United states has the highest number of immigrants with over 50 million foreign born persons living in the country. Germany comes in at number while Russia drops to number 4. See the full list below 1.United States – 50.7 million The United States is the country with the most immigration in the world, and is one of the world’s most multicultural societies. virtually all countries around the world represented in the United States but the majority of immigrants in the United States come from countries like Mexico, India, China, and the Philippines.  2. Germany – 13.1 million Germany has the second largest number of immigrants, attracting many high-skilled immigrants from around the world. The majority come from Turkey, Poland, Syria and Ita...

Detty December is upon us, and an array of amazing shows are lined up for our entertainment. Several A-list concerts have already been announced while some are still cooking, but the excitement is booming nevertheless. So in that excitement, we have curated all the major shows happening this December, from Future Live, 2Baba Live and Kizz Daniel live. See the full list below Starboy fest After taking the star boy fest to Paris and London, selling out the O2 arena for a second time, WizKid is coming back home with the starboy fest here in Lagos. No date has been announced yet but expect sparks to fly as soon as an announcement is made. Marlian fest – Dec 30 Very few have had a better year than Naira Marley in 2019. Despite the controversy that clouded his career early this year, the artist has risen from it all and has become one of the biggest acts in Nigeria at the moment. Marlian Fest which is set to take place on December 30 at the Eko Convention surely one of the most antici...

After being dragged on twitter on allegations of fraud and ill treatment of her staff, self acclaimed serial entrepreneur, Glory Osei, has finally returned with a very uncomfortable and lengthy response. The response was put together in a thread of over 180 tweets and not everybody will have the patience to read it, so we have summarised it all, highlighting every key point. Enjoy. This was supposed to be a book Apparently her October dragging was premeditated and planned by all of us She reminded us that we are poor, unhappy, don’t have light and SARS is still a menace (good point) Confirms her marriage but notes that we are not worth of her love story Blah blah blah about how she and hers started their business and their struggles. Something about Ebola She and hers ran to Ghana to escape Ebola leaving the business to their staff, who wrecked it. She supports Buhari’s view that we are all Lazy Nigerian youths Endless blame on the staff Oh we’re actually getting that book,...

The 2019 Future Awards took place on the 24th of November, honouring young people who have made outstanding achievement across several fields in the past year. This year’s edition celebrates Nigerian young talent and challenges its negative ‘image’. See the full list of winners below Prize for Acting Bimbo Ademoye/25 Sharan Ooja/28 Timini Egbuson/32 – Winner Baaj Adebule/30 Moshood Fattah/28 Fati Washa/28 Prize for Professional Service Bukky Akomolafe/31 – Winner Adesola A. De-Unigbe/28 Yinka Iyinolakan/30 Onoriode Reginald Aziza/27 Peter Tega oghenejobo/32 Prize for Music Teniola Apata/26 Damini Oguli ‘Burna Boy’/28 – Winner Folarin Falana ‘Falz’/29 John ‘Johnny Drille’ Ighodalo/31 Sadiq ‘Wurld’ Onifade/32 Prize for Fashion Andrea Iyamah/29 DerinFabikun/29 Keneth Izedonmwen/29 Osemwengie Dennis Odion/31 Tuboberin Sandrah/28 – Winner Prize for Community Action Abdulazeez Kaltumi/27 Akpobi Elvis/31 Isaac Success/28 – winner Kelechukwu Nwachukwu Lucky/25 ...

Unfortunately, the anti-social media bill titled Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019  (SB 132), has gone through a second reading in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, making it more likely to be passed. The government is desperate to clamp down on all forms of criticisms on social media, particularly twitter and Facebook. Both platforms that have been used as tool to spread the discussions on government accountability and responsibility in the last few years. Individual defaulters of the new law will be given a fine of up to N300,000 or three years imprisonment while corporate organizations are faced with a fine of N10 million. While blatant infringement on our fundamental human rights, let us go back and find out incidents that have directly or indirectly instigated this appalling bill Government criticisms No doubt, social media has been a thorn in the flesh of this administration. The Buhari led administration has faced unending criticism ...

Government representatives need to be held responsible and accountable, for that reason, we have curated the contact details (mobile number and emails) of all 109 senators in Nigeria from the NASS database. see them below. Abia Sen. E. Abaribe – 08033129452 | enyiabaribe@yahoo.com Sen. O. Kalu – 08034000001 | okalu@orjikalu.com Sen. T. Orji – 07082800000 | senatortaorji@gmail.com7453230 Adamawa Sen. B. Yaroe – 08034050460 | bdyaroe@gmail.com Sen. I. Abbo – 08066285112 | faradugun@gmail.com Sen. A. Ahmed – aishatu.ahmed@nass.gov.ng Akwa Ibom Sen. B. Akpan – 08055555188 | akpanalbert@hotmail.com Sen. A. Eyakenyi – 08035054282 | konssie@yahoo.com Sen. C. Ekpeyong – 08027785234 | chrisekpesg@yahoo.com Anambra Sen. I. Ubah – 09096655596 | senatorifeanyiubah@gmail.com Sen. E. Uche – 08037620002 | u.ekwunife@yahoo.com Sen. A. Oduah – 08055084340 | senatorstella@gmail.com Bauchi Sen. H. Jika – 08038666690 | jikahalliru@gmail.com Sen. A. Bulkachuwa – adamu.bulkachuwa@nass.gov...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called on the international community to impose a travel ban on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and other officials of the commission as well as some top officials of the Nigeria Police Force for their perceived roles in the Bayelsa and Kogi States governorship elections. The party also called on INEC to cancel the two governorship and Kogi West senatorial elections for the brazen rigging, violence and thuggery that marked the November 16 polls. PDP also dismissed reports of its plan to sanction former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, for allegedly aligning with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to defeat the party’s governorship candidate in last Saturday’s election. Jonathan, it added, remained a respected leader of the party. These were the high points of a press conference addressed yesterday by its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. Secondus said: “The PDP, th...

As Always Quincy Raph Serves Us With Uniqueness And Originality! Simple yarns et Lyricism On A Groovy Beat! He said its 1 Off His Yet To Come “Weekend Muzik” Enjoy And Share! Support The Craft  DOWNLOAD HERE Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

What is happening in Nigerian schools these days? Just like Babcock University who recently expelled its student filmed in a viral video having sex, the Edo State Polytechnic has also announced the expulsion of two students who were reportedly caught having sex Inside a ‘lecture hall’. Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

In spite of being the world’s largest cassava grower, Nigeria still spends about $600m (about N183bn) annually to import cassava derivatives; foreign exchange that would otherwise have been used to build public infrastructure. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, stated this in Abuja on Thursday during the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony with key stakeholders in the cassava value chain. There was also an MoU between Nigeria Cassava Growers Association and large-scale Cassava Processors to guarantee steady off-take and processing of cassava in Nigeria going forward. He said the MoU with the relevant stakeholders is a move to maximize local benefits of all the derivatives in cassava and save scarce foreign exchange. Key political figures at the ceremony include the Ekiti state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (who is also the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum); Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu; Oyo state Deputy Governor, Engr Rauf Olaniyan...

Burna Boy – En Mata (Feat. Mickey DeViper) The rise of Arewa Hip-hop bilingual rapper, Mickey DeViper is something worth celebrating as he shares vocal expertise with most trending Afro singer and rapper, Burna Boy. The African giant, Burna Boy bounced on the cool tempo romantic song which they titled “EN MATA” for all the sexy ladies. This single “EN MATA” is dropping after Mickey DeViper’s release of his second album MIA (Made In Adamawa) under his current label “ABM Ent”. DOWNLOAD: Mickey DeViper X Burna Boy – En Mata Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

Burna Boy’s African Giant album just got nominated for a Grammy award under the Best World Music category, and we are excited. For some time now Nigerian music have been getting the long overdue recognition it deserves,and Burna’s nomination is the biggest recognition of all. While we bask in this feat and hope that the African Giant brings the award home, what other contemporary acts have deserved nominations over time? see our choices below. D’Banj There was a time when D’banj was the undisputed top dawg in the Nigerian music industry. His partnership with Don Jazzy birthed some of the biggest songs in Nigeria and its safe to say he set the ball rolling for the international recognition that Nigerian music had today. However, D’banj’s best work till date is his 2008 album The Entertainer . Virtually every song on it was a massive hit ans the album is still one of the best till date. Aṣa For Aṣa, it is as if everything thing she touches deserve a Grammy nod. She is a musician...