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Popular Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Balogun, better known as Wizkid, has become the first African artiste to surpass 8 billion Spotify streams. The 8 billion streams include both leads and features. His collaborative hit with Canadian superstar, Drake, ‘One Dance,’ is his most streamed song on the platform with over 2 billion streams. ‘One Dance’ holds the Guinness World Record for the first single to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. Also read: 2025 Grammys: Tems, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido make list  Wizkid’s most streamed album on the platform is the deluxe edition of his fourth studio album, ‘Made In Lagos’…

By Agency Report Panic enveloped Ben Curion Airport in Israel following intermittent shelling by Houthi rebels, forcing many to flee into bomb shelters, agency has reported.  This is as Yemeni Armed Forces claimed responsibility for multiple attacks on Israeli and US targets, including Ben Gurion Airport, a power station, and the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, in response to ongoing aggression against Gaza and US-led military actions in Yemen. Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for Yemen’s military, confirmed on Tuesday that Yemeni missile units struck Ben Gurion International Airport, located 20 kilometers southeast of Tel Aviv, with a Palestine-2…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has prophesied that 2025 will be “a landmark year.” Pastor Adeboye, who made this statement while speaking at the Crossover Service of the church in Shimawa, Ogun State, remarked that many will never forget, and some people may not survive it. He said: “2025 will be a landmark year, a year nobody will ever forget. The day someone has been waiting for will arrive this year. “The wind that started blowing last year will continue to blow this year, but stronger. Related posts ‘My God consuming…

By News Agency Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno has enjoined people of the state to remain united by shunning politics of division and  personal destruction in 2025. Eno made the call in his New Year Radio and Television broadcast to Akwa Ibom people on Wednesday in Uyo. The governor said he was committed to running an all inclusive government, where everyone would be carried along irrespective of party or religious affiliations. “As we usher in the New Year, I enjoin us to remain united and shun politics of division and personal destruction. “We are committed to running an inclusive government, and…

A self-proclaimed psychic who claims to have foreseen the arrival of Covid-19, has shared his 2025 predictions including a reconciliation between Princes William and Harry, and a chilling World War 3 warning.  Nicolas Aujula, 38, a single past life regression therapist and hypnotherapist who lives in south London, is also predicting advancements in lab-grown organs. He said he realised he had psychic abilities at the age of 17 when he had visions of his “past lives” such as being a “seamstress in China ” and “a nun in the Himalayas.” Since then, he says he has accurately predicted events such…

By Straightnews Arise TV personality, Rufai Oseni, has expressed doubt at the announcement of the resumption of refinery activities at the Warri Refinery in Nigeria’s Delta State.  NNPC boss, Mele Kyari, announced this on Monday, December 30, 2024. Reacting to the news, Rufai wrote in his X handle ‘’Until when the catalytic cracking unit of PH and Warri refinery starts to work then I will take the NNPC seriously. I don’t celebrate half measures.” NNPCL plays old fox game? This came after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) was seen to have played old fox game by telling the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called for the withdrawal of the Tax Reform Bills forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly. The bills have elicited a groundswell of criticisms from some parts of the country, especially from northern leaders who say the bills won’t favour their region. In their New Year message to Nigerians, especially workers, the President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, said organised labour would step up its battle for an upward wage review for workers to mitigate the high costs of living. Also read: Senate suspends debate on Tinubu’s tax reform bills  The message, entitled…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has unveiled the first half 2025 crude oil production forecast of producing oil companies and the refining requirements of functional refineries in Nigeria. The move is pursuant to Section 109 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021 and it is aimed at effective capacity utilization of the nation's domestic refineries by ensuring a consistent supply of crude oil. FIRST HALF 2025 CRUDE OIL REQUIREMENT OF FUNCTIONAL REFINERIES Source: Submitted by NMDPRA in line with section 10(1)(2) of the Production Curtailment and Domestic Crude Oil Supply Obligation Regulations, 2023 This comprehensive data provides insights into…

Dr. Daniel K. Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has proclaimed 2025 as a year of tragedy for married men who go around strange women, saying ”The marine world has injected into our midst women who are not of this world, but are from another world.”  Olukoya who predicted this during his New Year Prophecies at International Headquarters of the church, Lagos, explained that the marine-possessed women would have power to kill men of this world to enrich their kingdom. The man of God also declared 2025 a year of Power and Undeniable Victory, emphasising…

Segun Olowookere, an Osun state teenager who was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a chicken and eggs in 2010, has regained freedom. On December 26, Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun state, granted pardon to 53 convicts, including Olowookere, a young man convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to death in 2014. In a statement on Thursday, the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, disclosed that Olowookere was pardoned alongside his accomplice, Sunday Morakinyo. Related post Osun Police Begin Manhunt For Killers Of 6 Family Members  Clemency awaits teenager on death throes ‘caught’ stealing fowl in Osun 10 Palm Oil Traders Die As…