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Highlife music icon, Godwin Opara popularly known as Kabaka, who broke a two-decade silence with the release of his acclaimed “Abialam” album in September 2023, is dead. He was aged 77. Derda Promotions, the management team, confirmed the death of the music icon, who spearheaded and transformed the realm of highlife music on Thursday. The Chief Operating Officer of Derda …

 President Bola Tinubu, says his administration will  unleash a number of measures to revive the economy, based on the recent appreciation of the Naira. Tinubu said that this was in line with the current appreciation in the value of the Naira,  due to various steps taken to curb activities of illegal money speculators. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the …

The Nigerian government has identified and sanctioned 19 terrorism financiers including six Bureau De Change (BDC) firms, a document obtained by PREMIUM TIMES has shown. The identities of the alleged terrorism funders were revealed in the document issued by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NSC), headed by the Attorney General of the Federation. Those named as financiers of terrorism include Tukur Mamu, a …

One week after the authorities of Nigeria Customs Service following the directive of the Presidency to reopen the Illela land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, the government of Niger Republic on Friday afternoon opened their border in Konni for operations. A source, Nuhu Samaila, who briefed our correspondent from Konni, in Niger Republic said the border was declared open …

Apple, Google and Meta are set to face the EU’s wrath next week as Brussels prepares to hit the tech giants with probes into potential violations of a landmark law, sources close to the matter said Friday. The European Commission, the EU’s powerful antitrust regulator, has been in talks in the past months with the titans about complying with the …

UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution supporting “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the fighting that much of the world seeks. The vote became another showdown involving world powers that are mad at each other elsewhere, …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has unveiled the results of the first Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024—First Series. Conducted from Wednesday, January 31, to Saturday, February 17, 2024, the examination witnessed the participation of 8,139 candidates across 140 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres scattered nationwide. TRIBUNE

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Friday filed a motion to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership, according to sources familiar with the matter, amid anger about the government funding bill from the House Republican Conference’s right flank. The House would have to consider Greene’s motion within two legislative days after she is recognized, CNN reports. The chamber …

United States House of Representatives voted on Friday to approve key government spending bills, setting off a sprint in the Senate to take up and pass the legislation ahead of a fast-approaching shutdown deadline at the end of the day. Friday’s tight timeline has sparked fears of a potential, partial shutdown at midnight, though top lawmakers on both sides of …

The international community today at the 67th Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Austria agreed to new controls for multiple precursor chemicals used in the illicit manufacturing of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. The international scheduling of the chemicals would strengthen law enforcement efforts to counter trafficking of dangerous drugs that are devastating communities …