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Burna boy shut down the sold out 21k capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta. According to reports, he became the first African artist to sell out the arena, achieving this feat not once but twice. Hos first time was on March 9, 2024.


Tiktok has temporarily banned Nigerians from going live at night, with the restriction running daily from 11pm to 5am.
This move comes after the company released updated safety statistics for West Africa, revealing that it took action against over 2.3 million LIVE sessions and over 1 million LIVE creators globally for violating its LIVE Monetisation guidelines in the second quarter of 2025.

Abubakar Yakubu is now the new president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, narrowly defeating Rita Daniels with 116 votes to 113, while three votes were declared invalid. Yakubu is a veteran actor and administrator IRS from Kaduna with over 25 years of experience in television, film, and stage productions.


American rapper azealia banks is being dragged on the Nigerian internet after she talked down on afrobeats, Nigerian culture and Nigerian Pidgin on a recent podcast interview.
She even threw shades at Rema!


Hmmm! Did First Lady of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu shut down Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State during a speech? Wow!
Dele momodu has called out the first lady for publicly embarrassing governor adeleke when he was singing.
According to him, the First Lady would not have dared if it was a northerner Governor reciting the Quran



Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that it will embark on a nationwide protest on December 17, citing what it described as the worsening insecurity across the country.
In a statement by NLC on Monday, they condemned the attack, describing the escalating attacks on schools as “alarming,” insisting that the Federal Government must urgently secure all learning environments, especially those in remote and vulnerable communities.


ENUGU state government has announced that keke, yellow buses and mini buses will soon be banned from 5 Major roads in enugu to give room for new BRT system.

Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Obi Ozor, listed the affected traffic corridors as Okpara Avenue-Abakaliki Road-New Haven Junction-Naira Triangle-Emene Airport; Ogui Road-Chime Avenue-Naira Triangle; and New Haven Junction-Bisala Road-Rangers Avenue-WAEC-Nkpokiti-Zik's Avenue.



Eleven Nigerian military personnel are being held in Burkina Faso after a Nigerian plane reportedly entered Burkinabé airspace without authorisation
Burkina Faso military described it as an “unfriendly act carried out in defiance of international law”.

On Monday, Nigerian authorities said the aircraft had been en route to Portugal for a ferry mission before “a technical concern which necessitated a precautionary landing”.


Youth corpers in adamawa state cries for help after experiencing a deadly inter communal clash that left two people dead and the village deserted.
The Corp members are asking to be extracted from the state.


Many things are happening!
A suspected ritual and organ harvesting site was found in IMO state, with hundreds of mutilated dead bodies discovered.
These were found in an unregistered mortuary located in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, Over 100 decomposed and mutilated bodies were uncovered.

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