Author: Rashaad Harris

Nigerian Afrorbeats superstar — Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has today announced a London tour date at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 29th July 2023, in support of his fifth studio album, More Love, Less Ego. After his unprecedented three-date sold-out run at the O2 Arena in 2021, which was hailed as “a victory for African music’s more globalised reach,” Wizkid is making his way back to London with this performance. The O2 Arena was in the palm of the Afrobeat superstar’s hand. The Telegraph.Tickets for the July show at Tottenham Stadium go on sale on Friday, January 27…

Remo Stars came out 2-0 winners over Shooting Stars in the first southwest derby of the 2022/2023 Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) on Wednesday evening. The matchday three encounter in group A at the Remo Stars stadium saw coach Gbenga Ogunbote return to his former club, Remo Stars with Shooting Stars after leaving the Ikenne based club a few months ago. A game which was barren in the first half saw the hosts then struck first after a brilliant work from Andy Okpe who crossed for a white shirt to score his own goal at the hour mark. Substitute Godwin…

Brahim Díaz has decided to change his international allegiance from Spain to Morocco. The 23-year-old has featured for the scudetto champions 17 times this season netting four goals and three assists this season. According to Moroccan writer Lino Bacco who broke the news stating that Ibrahim Diaz has joined Morocco. https://twitter.com/LinoBacco/status/1618196067539103748?t=2EMa5tcxC-n1oI9Vm6KeQw&s=19 He played for Manchester City, Real Madrid before eventually moving to AC Milan in 2020. The Player who was born in Malaga in Spain, played for Spain at the youth level, he made his first appearances at age 16, where he received praise for his performances for Spain’s U17s…

Tottenham have signed Netherlands forward Arnaut Danjuma on loan from Villarreal until the end of the season.The 25-year-old becomes their first signing of the January transfer window, and had been expected to join Everton before Spurs made a late move.Danjuma played for Bournemouth from 2019 to 2021, scoring 17 goals in 52 games before moving to La Liga.He has six caps, scoring two goals, but did not make the Netherlands squad for the 2022 World Cup. Danjuma played a key role in Villarreal’s run to the Champions League semi-finals last season, scoring 16 goals in all competitions for the Spanish…

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has declared Thursday and Friday as holidays for Katsina workers to receive President Muhammadu Buhari. The State’s Permanent Secretary ofCulture and Home Affairs, Sani Kabomo, revealed this in a statement today.The President is anticipated to visit Katsina to dedicate the projects executed by Governor Masari.The work-free days would not affect banks, federal employees in the state, or other key service providers, according to the statement.The public and civil servants in Katsina were invited to turn out in large numbers to welcome Mr Buhari and his entourage.

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tolani Shobayo professionally known as TBaj has set the internet ablaze with her controversial teaching for men on how to lure women. TBaj posted her notion on Twitter, saying that a man can get a woman of his choice by enticing her with money and other meaningful material things.She said that the simplest way to stand out from other men vying for her attention in her social media DMs is to offer women money.She sees this as a wake-up call for males because, in 2023, they should no longer wonder why a women isn’t reacting…

Nigerian stand-up comedian — Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi, has said skit-making is not a threat to stand-up comedy in the country’s entertainment industry. Bovi shared this in an interview with Midweek Entertainment, where he stated that before the advent of social media, skit-making was used to promote stand-up comedy shows, adding that the claims that skit-making is overshadowing stand-up comedy are baseless.In his words, Bovi said: Skits threatening stand-up comedy is a very stupid assumption. Skit making is skit making and stand-up comedy is stand-up comedy. There has always been skit-making, even before the advent of social media.“I…

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has assured players and officials of the national Under -17 women’s team, the Flamingos who won bronze at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India late last year that their bonuses will be paid in no distant time. Players of Flamingos that defeated their German counterparts to win the Third-Place game at the World Cup in India last October have been agitating for the payment of their match bonuses after they returned to a warm welcome by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare. But Gusau…

The presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, was attacked alongside his campaign team members after a successful rally in Katsina state.Speaking afterwards, Diran Onifade, Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, condemned the attack on the presidential candidate. He said in a statement; “Our candidate had met with women in a townhall and then held a hugely successful Rally at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium, However, on his way to the airport, hoodlums attacked the car our candidate was riding in with heavy stones from his drivers’ side causing substantial damage to the vehicle. “To the glory of God,…

The Senate has requested that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, extend the deadline for exchanging obsolete Naira notes from January 31 to May 31, 2023. The Senate has also urged the CBN to establish an exchange window where those without bank accounts can deposit their old bills.Sen. Sadiq Umar of the APC from Kwara North originally moved for an extension until July 31 because he was concerned about the apex bank’s assertion that there wouldn’t be one, which led to the Senate’s resolution.The Senator who lamented that there were not enough new naira notes in circulation and as such,…