The Recording Academy announced the 59th annual Grammy nominees Tuesday, honoring artists like Adele and Beyoncé for their work in the past year. Meghan Trainor announced the first round of nominees -- in categories for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist -- on CBS This Morning, and the rest of the categories appeared online soon after. For the...

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Actress and Entrepreneur, Chika Ike has released new photos as she relaunches her website chikaike.com. See the photos below: Actress and Entrepreneur, Chika Ike has released new photos as she relaunches her website chikaike.com. See the photos below: ...

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Adebayo Ogunlesi The Nigerian community in U.S. has lauded the appointment of Adebayo Ogunlesi by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump into his Economic Advisory Team, saying it could signal a positive trend for Africa. The Nigerians told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) in New York that Ogunlesi has been an excellent ambassador for Africa and Nigeria in particular. Michael Adeniyi, former  President of a Nigerian U.S.-based group, the Organisation for the...

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A former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi has died, aged 80. Kuforiji-Olubi, who was born September 28, 1936, died on Saturday, December 3, 2016 two months after she clocked 80, a statement by the Ogun state government disclosed. “Yes we will miss her, but we still have to thank God for the impactful and successful life she lived,” Governor Ibikunle Amosun said in the statement signed by his Senior...

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Donald Trump was taken off the stage by security personnel during a Saturday night rally in Reno, Nev., when a man appeared to rush the stage. The Republican presidential nominee noticed a protestor in the crowd and told event security to remove him. But as Trump looked out over the crowd to spot the protestor, two men in suits ran to the stage, grabbed him by the shoulders...

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Donald Trump was taken off the stage by security personnel during a Saturday night rally in Reno, Nev., when a man appeared to rush the stage. The Republican presidential nominee noticed a protestor in the crowd and told event security to remove him. But as Trump looked out over the crowd to spot the protestor, two men in suits ran to the stage, grabbed him by the shoulders...

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In an exclusive interview with Punch Newspaper’s Saturday Beats, Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie has revealed that when she first started out as an actress, some producers did not give her certain roles simply because she wasn’t light-skinned. She said in the interview, ““It is very true that when I was starting out in the movie industry, it was difficult to get roles because of my complexion. I faced...

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According to reports, Bishop David Oyedepo in a telecast to a pre-Shiloh 2016 Convention gathering of his church urged those criticizing the school fees charged by Covenant University to desist to avoid incurring the wrath of God. He told them the story of one critic who had developed a strange plague of chronic mouth odour over the act the person only received a spiritual solution following his confession...

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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was a guest on the maiden edition of Channels Television‘s Hard Copy with Maupe Ogun. He spoke on the fight against corruption, economic recession, calls for restructuring, and the arrest of judges a couple of days ago. Speaking on the arrest of judges, Osinbajo said that the federal government is following the law in prosecuting judges alleged of misconduct and corruption, adding that Nigeria is not...

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The 21 Chibok Girls who were released by terrorist sect, Boko Haram, met with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and other top government officials on Wednesday. The girls were accompanied by their family members and the medical personnel that have been taken care of them since their release. Below is the president’s speech at the meeting: My dear children. This is a happy moment for me...

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Drake, Wizkid and Kyla have shown that three heads are better than two and definitely better than one as their collaborative song “One Dance” becomes the most streamed song, ever, on Spotify. Even though Drake has an exclusive deal with Apple Music, that hasn’t stopped his songs taking over on another music platform. According to reports, the song “One Dance” is currently the most streamed song of all-time...

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode The Lagos state government has dropped three commissioners in a minor cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle was announced on Wednesday, exactly one year after the constitution of the state Executive Council. Those sacked are: Commissioner for Tourism, Folorunsho Folarin-Coker; Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Mustapha Akinkunmi; and Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Ekundayo Mobereola. The Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, said on Wednesday that...

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The Indian police have managed to uncover a huge tax scam where a large number of Americans were duped of millions of dollars by people posing as tax authorities and asking for the payment of unpaid taxes. Seventy people have been arrested as of Thursday, and hundreds questioned in relation with the fraud, a Mumbai police officer said. The scam ran for almost a year, the Indian police...

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Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt on Monday, but their split has been a "long time coming," a source tells ET. Jolie, 41, and Pitt, 52, tied the knot in August 2014, but according to the source, the two have been having problems for the last year. "They haven't slept in the same bed for a big chunk of that," the source says. "When they were...

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I have come to realise that life happens to us in seasons. Nobody goes through life without using his or her tear ducts. Your moment of mourning might be someone’s moment of celebration. We all experience situations that shake us, question our decisions and even redefine us as humans. We wake up each day with the uncertainty of what the hours ahead hold. In my few years on earth,...

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If there is one thing that people use as an excuse not to start something, it is funding. Funding for products, brand awareness, social media marketing etc. Startup owners need to understand that all they need is an idea and realistic/workable strategies. No matter how much money one has, if plans are not well laid out, there will be a problem. I met a startup owner recently who...

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Linda Ikeji is Today’s Woman Magazine September cover girl! You may think you know her from her LIB blog but we soon learnt that there is a lot we don’t know about the woman who has become one of the most talked about personalities in Nigeria. “If Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry can post pictures of themselves on their private islands and we are ‘oohing ‘and ‘ahhing’, why...

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Aisha Buhari This August, when Aisha Buhari was in in the USA she carried an Hermes Birkin Porosus Crocodile bag with charms at the airport and it had many people talking – click here if you missed it. She is currently in New York, USA with her husband, for the 71st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 71) – click here for more details of her trip. The wife of President Muhammadu...

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The AMVCA’s are back!  AfricaMagic, in association with Multichoice and proud sponsors Amstel Malta, invites you to submit your film and/or television work(s) produced and broadcast or publicly exhibited during the period of October 1st, 2015 to September 30th, 2016, for a chance to be acknowledged as one of the best on the continent. You could be the next big winner at the upcoming AMVCAs. If you think...

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President Muhammadu Buhari A columnist with THISDAY Newspapers, Adeola Akinremi has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of Plagiarising U.S President, Barack Obama‘s speech after he won the November 2008 Presidential Election. President Buhari gave the speech at the launch of a campaign by the Federal Government, tagged “Change Begins With Me”. The campaign was launched “in a bid to entrench the values of accountability, integrity and inculcate positive attitudinal change...

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