Kanye West has been named Billboard‘s Top Gospel Artist of 2020 and is also the Top Male Gospel Artist of 2020. The publication announced Yeezy’s latest achievements on Thursday night, December 3. On the list of entertainers for the Top Gospel Artist chart, Kanye beat out Kirk Franklin at No. 2, Tasha Cobbs Leonard at No. 3, Sunday Service Choir at…
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer and exporter, has resumed importation of petrol from China, the world’s top crude oil importer. The Asian country shipped 37,000 metric tonnes of petrol to Nigeria in September for the first time since July 2019, data from General Administration of Customs showed, according to S&P Global Platts. China, a major…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has directed immediate investigations into a suit purportedly challenging the legality of the States’ Judicial Panel of Inquiry, investigating allegations by citizens against officers of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The IGP, who gave the order on the heels of trending reports in the…
Mutiu Adepoju, a member of the Super Eagle’s squad at the U.S.A. ’94 World Cup, on Wednesday, paid tribute to the legendary Diego Maradona, who died on November 25, describing the Argentine as one of the greatest to have ever played the game. Adepoju in his tribute in an interview with the News Agency of…
Nigerian university students have begged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to pity them and suspend the ongoing strike action that has lasted over 9 months. Some university students on Thursday made the appeal, as they begged ASUU to consider their future. Some of the students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in…
Nigerian singer, Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa has revealed that she is still single because she became selfish with herself and her time. Asa made this known after she was asked why she was still single during an interview with Bolanle Olukanni on Wednesday. The 36-year-old was also asked if she had future plans…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has again outlined “major wins” of the Buhari-led administration against Boko Haram insurgents. The Minister who spoke in a meeting with Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigerian (NPAN) in Lagos on Thursday December 3, stressed that the insurgents are no longer collecting tax from citizens because they no longer…
On the 3rd of December 2020, 343 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 68,303 cases have been confirmed, 64,291 cases have been discharged and 1,179 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 343 new cases are reported from 14 states- FCT (123) Lagos…
Lagos State Govenor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday presented a cheque of N10m each to the families of six policemen who died during the #EndSARS protest in the state. The affected policemen are ASP Yaro Edward, Inspector Ayodeji Erinfolami, Inspector Aderibigbe Adegbenro, Inspector Eyibor Samson, Sergeant Bejide Abiodun and Inspector Igochi Cornelius. The cheques were presented…
Alfred Aderibigbe, a personal nurse to ex-Osun State Governor, Isiaka Adeleke, arraigned for killing the politician was on Thursday discharged and acquitted by the court. Aderibigbe, who treated the late Adeleke before his death, had been dragged before an Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, after a coroner inquest indicted him of administering drug…