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‘Fall’, the 2017 hit track of David Adeleke popularly known as ‘Davido’ has become the longest-charting Nigerian single in Billboard history. Billboard charts is a platform which tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The song made its Billboard debut in 2018 and recently made history as the first-ever African music video to reach 100 million views on YouTube. The single has now been charted on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts for four weeks in a row, reaching its peak position this week at 29 — 10 places up from last week. The…

It begins like a drama. It gathers momentum and swings to a farce. And the unpaid drama graduates to politica-comedy, taking a toll on the reputation of the dramatis personae. Protagonist: Ime Bishop Umoh popularly known as Okon Lagos Antagonists: Facebook Critics Scene 1: Hilarious, Sham Support Interviewer: Why did you leave your former boss, Governor Udom Emmanuel? Ime Bishop: Ami mma Nsima, Afo Ama Nsima Ekere. Afriowo ema Nsima nah. I left my former boss because I know for sure, he doesn’t have the political will to win election based on his low performances. Akwa Ibom deserves the best…

Champions Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League table on Wednesday evening at stoppage time after edging out Everton 2-0 at Goodison Park. The match was rescheduled due to City’s participation in the Carabao Cup final and combined with the Champions League fixtures this was left as the only acceptable date. City and Liverpool are paired with 62 points but superior goal difference put City on top of the league. Under pressure Blues boss Marco Silva rung the changes, benching Gylfi Sigurdsson, Richarlison and Seamus Coleman in favour of a youthful XI and the Portuguese would have…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has returned its President, Ayuba Wabba, unopposed for a second term of four years. Wabba will head a 16-member National Administrative Council (NAC), of NLC, who were equally elected unopposed to administer the affairs of NLC for the next four years. Three persons elected unopposed as Deputy Presidents were Amaechi Asugwuni, Muhammad Nadir Idris, and Najim Usman Yasin, while Ibrahim Khaleel, was elected National Treasurer. Four persons elected Vice-Presidents were Abdrafiu Adeniji, Peters Adeyemi, Lawrence Amaechi and Oyelakan Lateef who was returned unopposed. Other officials elected include Marven Adamu, National Financial Secretary and Adewale Adeyanju,…

The Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission, RMAFC, stated that the Nigeria is losing $14.235 billion annually in revenue from Joint Venture Contracts, JVC, due to continuous decline in crude oil production. Speaking in Abuja at the National Policy and Development, NPOD, Summit 2019, on the theme: ‘Interrogating the change agenda,’ in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr. Shettima Abba-Gana, acting Chairman of RMAFC, lamented that the country is not benefitting from existing Joint Venture Contracts, JVCs. Abba-Gana noted that the federation earns between 55 per cent and 60 per cent share of all JVCs operated by NNPC, while companies under Production…

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has dismissed the endorsement of the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by some socio-cultural groups in the country, saying it may not affect the outcome of the election significantly. Reacting to an enquiry made by Vanguard on the implication of the endorsement of Atiku by the groups, the secretary of the umbrella body of the north, Anthony Sani, said the endorsement was “nothing new”, adding that ACF does not share the views of Northern Elders Forum, NEF. “Many media houses have been asking for reactions on the endorsement of PDP presidential candidate in…

President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on the Federal Government to immediately end the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. ASUU commenced the strike 62 days ago to press the federal government to meet its demands, including adequate funding of universities in the country. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki emphasised the need for re-opening of Nigeria’s universities without further delay. According to him, the education of Nigeria’s young people is being negatively affected by the stance of the government and also disenfranchising…

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, Wednesday, said the state belongs to President Muhammadu Buhari. This is even as President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will soon commence drilling for a deeper search for oil and gas in the Benue Trough. The governor, who stated this while receiving the President who was on a campaign in the state at the Nigeria Air Force Base, Makurdi, also said the President could do whatever he wished in the state, being the President of Nigeria. He said: “He is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and whatever…

The Organised Labour is poised for a titanic battle with the political class over the planned sale of the nation’s refineries. Recall that Alhaji Abubukar Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, has made it clear that if elected President, he would privatise Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. But, Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, who spoke to delegates and other guests at the ongoing 12th Quadrennial National Delegates of the congress, in Abuja, insisted that the privatisation programme in the country had failed and must be jettisoned. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) reasoned that what the refineries needed was…

President Donald Trump has called for a bipartisan commitment to eradicate AIDS in the United States and beyond within a decade. Speaking in a State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump said, “Scientific breakthroughs have brought a once-distant dream within reach,” Trump said in his annual address to Congress. “My budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years,” he said. “Together, we will defeat AIDS in America and beyond.” Some 38,000 people were infected with HIV in the United States in 2017, according to…