The Lagos State Government said on Thursday that plans were underway to create laws that would empower Nigerian artistes to gain access to their full royalties from their record labels. Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, disclosed this during an interview s...
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has rated Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and record executive, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as “Olamide”, as the ‘most influential street pop artiste of his generation’. Benewaah Boateng, Spotify’s editor for West Africa, disclosed this in a statement on T...
The Presidency has revealed the companies that will be participating in the 50 per cent slash of inter-state transport fares approved by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, on Wednesday, approved the reduction as well as free train rides for Nigerians starting Thursday, December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024....
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said a comprehensive list of adulterated wines and drinks in circulation. In response to this concern, NAFDAC said it will embark on an aggressive campaign to educate the public on effective measures to verify the authenticity...
Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey, also known as Hilda Baci, has gifted participants of her cooking class a car and millions of naira. The chef had organised the cooking class — with a fixed registration fee — to teach interested Nigerians how to prepare unique dishes. The training ended with a prize-giving ce...
THE National Examinations Council (NECO) has awarded scholarship to six best performing candidates in its 2022 and 2023 National Gifted Examination (NGE), National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) called “Registrar’s Award for Excellence.” Registr...
