Nigerian artistes recorded over N11 billion in revenue on Spotify in 2022. The firm, on Thursday, in a statement released to our correspondent, stated that revenues in the Nigerian music industry grew 63 per cent from 2021 to 2022 and…
A toast to Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” @ 65 — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is astounding that Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is still so relevant across the globe at 65 years of age. Things Fall Apart was first published on June 17, 1958, by William Heinemann, London, and contains only 50,380 words, but it…
London police arrest man connected to rare drive-by shooting
Authorities in London said Monday that police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection to a broad daylight drive-by shooting at a church on Saturday that left several people injured, including two children. The man, who was not identified, was…
How AIT founder Raymond Dokpesi was arrested by London police
The founder of DAAR Communications Limited, owners of AIT Radio and TV, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the Police in the United Kingdom. According to multiple reports in Nigeria on Sunday, Dokpesi was arrested at Heathrow Airport in…
Lagos and London-a tale of two train rides
Weeks back I went with my old school friends to Ibadan for a wedding. It was the wedding of the daughter of one of us. There were 5 of us billed to go from Lagos. TBabes, the most adventurous of…
Around 250,000 people filed past Queen’s coffin in London – Official
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan on Tuesday said a quarter of a million people paid their respects in person to Queen Elizabeth II by viewing her coffin as it lay in state in London. Donelan gave the figure after the nation’s…
UTME: JAMB to further screen 27,105 results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board said it would further screen 27,105 results of candidates who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board made this known on Monday, in Abuja. In the statistics made available in the Weekly…
London to Lagos on a motorbike – Ehi Braimah
The internet is literally on fire over the decision of Kunle Adeyanju, a Nigerian and Rotarian, to embark on a charity ride from London to Lagos – a distance of about 12,000 kilometres. A life of adventure is what some…
Medical Check-up: Buhari departs for London
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations…
Victor Ehikhamenor’s new work “Still Standing” on show at St Paul’s Cathedral in London
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, has today unveiled the bold new artwork Still Standing by Nigerian-born artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, on display in the crypt from 17 February to 14 May 2022. The specially-commissioned mixed-media work which has been has been acquired…