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Nigerian Afrobeats star Ayra Starr has dropped her third studio album, titled Starr Girl. The Mavin singer was captured collaborating with some of the music’s biggest names during the 16-track project. Wizkid appears on Gimme Dat, while Rema features on Who’s Dat Girl. The album also includes guest vocals from UK artist Kwn on Amazing,…
Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has urged election officials to use the front camera on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) when the device’s other camera is not working. Davido advised in a tweet on his X handle on Saturday, as voting was underway in the Osun governorship election. “If your BVAS…
•Suspects who get human parts from exhumed corpses reveal On August 1, 2026, at about 9:30 a.m., operatives of the Monitoring Unit of the Oyo State Police Command received information from a good Nigerian citizen about people allegedly involved in rituals using human parts. On receiving the credible information, the team of operatives raised for…
Niger State Police Command has arrested 139 suspects in connection with unlawful assembly, street violence and other criminal activities in Suleja Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement, saying 64 of the suspects had been arraigned before the court. According to him, the arrests followed…
Ogun State House of Assembly has directed the leadership of the 20 Local Government Councils in the State to enforce effective documentation of all their assets and financial records to promote transparency and accountability. The House Committee on Public Accounts and Anti-Corruption, chaired by assemblyman Damilare Bello, issued the directive this midweek during the ongoing…
The victims were suspected to have been killed by bandits while travelling on the road. The Spokesperson for the Niger Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, told the newsmen on Wednesday in Minna that a team of police and military was dispatched and evacuated the bodies after information was received on Tuesday. He said clearance operations…
The command’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Minna. According to the spokesperson, following a complaint, police operatives attached to the Tudun-Wada Division arrested Elijah Ahmed of Tunga, Abdulsalam Motor Park area. Abiodun said that during investigation, five of the refrigerators were recovered from the suspect,…
Nigerian Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, is set to perform at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London on Friday. The singer will headline the ”Davido & Friends” concert, organised as part of the Palace Bowl Presents summer festival series in the United Kingdom. Davido announced the event earlier through his social media…
The family of Yoruba Nollywood actress and producer, Tope Osoba, has provided an account of the circumstances surrounding her death, saying she had been battling emotional distress, unmanaged worries and health challenges before her death. PREMIUM TIMES reported that her colleagues announced her death on Instagram on 5 August, following her prolonged battle with breast…
With 13 political parties fielding candidates for Saturday’s governorship election, the race for the Osun State Government House has entered its decisive phase. Across the state’s 30 local government areas, the candidates are criss-crossing communities, selling their records, programmes and political promises to voters ahead of the poll. Although 14 candidates were initially on the…
