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South African singer,  Tyla was crowned Top Afrobeats Artiste of the Year at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards on Thursday night, December 12. The ‘Water’ singer beat Nigerian artistes like Burna Boy, Rema, Tems, and Asake in a category often dominated by Afrobeat stars from Nigeria to win the award.   Tyla also won Top Afrobeats Song for her hit track, …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized two terrorists and captured weapons in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State.   Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi, Coordinator Joint Media Coordination Centre, Operation Fansan Yamma, disclosed this is a statement on 12 December 2024.    “Troops of Forward Operating Base Anka under 1 Brigade in the Joint Task Force North West, Operation …

Four men will appear in court next year in Paris over allegations they harassed French First Lady Brigitte Macron online, including likening her to a paedophile’. Recall that disinformation on Macron’s gender has circulated on social media for years, and she has also been attacked over the 24-year age difference with President Emmanual Macron.  In August, Brigitte Macron filed a complaint and …

A Nigerian man, Kosi Ugo, has said that God will punish any man that buys a car for a woman that isn’t his wife.     “Any man who buys a car for a woman that he is not yet married to, God will punish that man for 600 years!,” he wrote in a Facebook post.      

OJ Simpson’s estate is selling his X-rated prized possessions to pay off some of his debts.   According to TMZ, Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson’s longtime attorney and executor of his estate, confirmed that Simpsons’ stash of prison pornography is being considered for sale.     Details of how he acquired the magazines during his 2008 prison sentence in Nevada remain unclear. But according …

 American rapper, Lil Durk is now facing another legal battle.  According to legal documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune, the 28-year-old rapper legal name Devontay Banks has been linked to another murdr case.  The probe stems from the 2022 death of Stephon Mack, an alleged gang leader who was fatally gunned down outside a Chicago youth center.  Authorities allege Durk orchestrated the fatal sho0ting to exact revenge on …

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested an interstate notorious kidnapper identified as Mohammed Bello aka Dandolo.   The suspect was arrested in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara state on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.    The spokesperson of the command, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, December 12, said that the arrest followed actionable …

India’s grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday, December 12. The 18-year-old Gukesh and defending champion Ding entered the last game tied and things appeared to be headed to rapid chess tiebreaks, but it was the youngster who was able to claim the …

Atalanta star, Ademola Lookman will battle four other players for the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year.   CAF unveiled the final nominees for the prestigious award on Thursday night, December 12.   The other nominees are; Simon Adingra, Serhou Guirassy, Achraf Hakimi and Ronwen Williams.   Lookman will be hoping to succeed his international teammate Victor Osimhen, who …

English actor, Jonathan Bailey has revealed that he is considering adopting a child and co-parenting with a woman or a man.  The Olivier Award-winning star of Wicked and Bridgerton, 36, who is openly gay, said that he was currently reading books on adoption but had too much on his plate to start a family at the moment.  Speaking to British Vogue about fatherhood, …