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In another milestone, Wizkid’s ‘Piece of My Heart’ has become the song with the biggest week streams on YouTube Nigeria. The RnB single garnered 1.20 million streams which saw it surpass the previous record of 1.18M streams held by Fireboy‘s ‘Peru’ remix featuring Ed Sheeran. Wizkid’s ‘Piece of My Heart’ sets new record on YouTube Nigeria Pulse Nigeria ‘Piece of …

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, has issued a harsh response to UK Minister Kemi Badenoch’s comments about her Nigerian heritage.    Badenoch, the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, reportedly shared her hopes for the UK, saying, “This is my country… I don’t want it to become like the place I ran away from. I want …

The Nigeria Police Force says it has launched an investigation into the use of its uniform by social critic, Very Dark Man. A video of VDM dressed in police uniform and addressing himself as ‘CSP Very Dark Man’, the number 1 online police, went viral.   Reacting to the trending video, the police force in a statement released this evening …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded Nigeria a win and the full three points in the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier with Libya that was postponed this month.   The Super Eagles and Libya were originally scheduled to play against the Libyan team at the Martyrs of February Stadium in Benina, Benghazi on October 15, in …

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, says President Bola Tinubu is destined to fix Nigeria.   She stated this on her X handle this morning. This comes days after she and four other Ministers were fired from President Tinubu’s cabinet. Shortly after her sack, she released a statement thanking the President for giving her the opportunity to serve in …

The Nigeria Police Force has debunked media reports that it allocates only N15,000 for operations at different divisional police offices for a period of three months.    A news platform had shared an article claiming that the force is enmeshed in corruption scandal over the meagre budgetary allocation to divisional police stations.The report had claimed an anonymous Divisional Police Officer …

The Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, has departed Nigeria  days after the Federal government dropped money laundering charges against him.     The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange made the disclosure pf his departure from Nigeria in a statement released on Thursday, October 24.   “Today, American citizen Tigran Gambaryan left Nigeria to return home to his …

Nigeria has officially joined BRICS as a partner country, alongside 12 other nations, further strengthening its economic ties with the bloc.   This announcement was made at the ongoing BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, held from October 22 to 24, 2024.   Nigeria’s inclusion comes after significant surge in foreign capital inflows from BRICS nations, which rose by 189% in …

A 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, was on Wednesday 23rd October 2024 convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis weighing 35.20 kilograms into Nigeria.     Munju’s conviction followed her arraignment on two counts charge before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of …

The singer voiced his concern during an interview with Channels Television, stressing that Nigerians are not happy with how hard the country is, and neither is he. “Things are really hard. I feel it for people because if people are not happy, I can’t be happy, too. I pay bills. I help a lot of people, so I understand what …