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Beyonce Features Wizkid, Tiwa Savage Others In New Album

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The album, which was produced by Beyonce, features a host of several African artists. The final track list was revealed on Tuesday consisting of 14 tracks. American singer, Beyonce, has released the track list for her Lion King inspired album: “The Lion King: The Gift.” The album, which was produced by Beyonce, features a host of several African artists. The final track list was revealed on Tuesday consisting of 14 tracks.  Speaking to ABC Information, she said, ‘This soundtrack is a love letter to Africa and I wish to ensure we discover the most effective expertise from Africa. I wished it to be genuine to what’s stunning concerning the music in Africa. “We've kind of created our own genre and I feel like the soundtrack is the first soundtrack where it becomes visual in your in your mind.The soundscape is more than just the music because each song tells the story of the film.” Tiwa Savage, Tekno,Mr.eazi, etc are also futured Watch:https://www.instagram.com/p/...

#AFCON2019:Dangote promised to give the Super Eagles $75k for each goal they score starting from now

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Following the qualification for the semifinals of the African cup of Nations(AFCON)2019,Africa's richest man aliko Dangote and his billionaire friend Femi otedola has promised the team $50,000 and $25,000 for every goal scored in the remaining two matches of the competition. Super Eagles defeated south Africa 2-1 on Wednesday night to book their spot in the semi-finals where they would play either Algeria or cote d'lvoire on sunday at the championship. Otedola pledged the sum of the two business muguls made the pledged to the players when president of the Nigeria football federation (NFF), Amaju pinnick put a call through to them asking for their encouragement and motivatuon for the team. Pinnick made the call during his visit to the team's le'meridien cairo airport hotel on Thursday morning,where he asked the players to redouble their efforts in order to cross to the final stage on Sunday.  While Dangote made a pledge of $50,000 to the team for every goal score...

Lionel Messi Named Fourth-Highest Paid Entertainer In The World Behind Taylor Swift But Ahead Of Ed Sheeran

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Lionel Messi has been named the fourth highest-paid entertainer in the world, according to Forbes. Forbes released their list of the top 100 highest-paid celebrities for 2019 with Messi landing at No. 4 overall. The American business magazine estimated that the Barcelona superstar raked in a staggering $127 million (£101 million) as of July 2019. Messi's on an eye-watering contract at Barcelona. He signed a new deal last year which sees him earn a basic £50 million per year before tax. He also has an extremely lucrative sponsorship deal with Adidas. His arch rival Cristiano Ronaldo also cracks the top ten. He's placed in No.6 at $109 million (£87 million) while Neymar is in No.7 at $105 million (£84 million). Middleweight king Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, who pocketed a cool $94 million (£75 million), rounds off the top ten. Musician Taylor Swift leads the world's highest-paid celebrities list. She made an insane $185 million (£148 million). Kylie Jen...

University Of Nigeria Unveils First Five-seater Electric Car, Christened It 'Lion Ozumba 551'

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Improving on the automobile industry in the country would help create more employment and reduce huge amount of money used in importing cars into the country. excitement galore at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) yesterday as the institution’s Engineering Faculty successfully unveiled its first five-seater electric car. Christened Lion Ozumba 551, the car, made with 80 percent locally-sourced materials, could undertake a 30-kilometer distance when fully charged. Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Charles Igwe, said the car was part of the drive to accord innovation and technology the highest attention to reposition the institution for greater heights. He commended the immediate past Vice Chancellor, Professor Benjamin Ozumba, who he said laid the foundation for innovation and technology upon which the car dream was realised. “I feel happy that I inherited a strong institution from Ozumba and I promise to consolidate on his achievements,” he said. Director-...

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife becomes 22nd richest person after getting N13.6 trillion from divorce

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Legit.ng recently reported that the world's richest man Jeff Bezos agreed to a record-breaking divorce with his wife Mackenzie. The divorce has been finalised and Mackenzie has received a sum of N13.6 trillion as settlement. Due to this, she has become the 22nd richest person in the world. The wealthy female divorcee has promised to donate half of the money received to charity. Based on the agreement, MacKenzie who is 49 years old will receive 4% stake in Amazon.com shares. This is valued at $38.3 billion which, in the Nigerian currency, is an equivalent of N13.6 trillion. Jeff Bezos, on the other hand,, will retain a 12% stake. The 55-year-old man will continue to be the world's richest man with a net worth of $121 billion. The Bezos couple who were married for 25 years have four children together. It has been said that the union collapsed due to an alleged cheating activity. News emerged in January 2019 that Jeff had been allegedly cheating on his wife ...

Amazon’s Bezos finalizes divorce with $38bn settlement —Report

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos finalized their divorce on Friday to the tune of a $38-billion settlement,  Bloomberg News  reported. Under the agreement, MacKenzie Bezos, 49, will receive approximately 19.7 million Amazon.com shares, giving her a four per cent stake in the company valued at $38.3 billion, and landing her at 22nd on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the news service said. A judge in Washington state’s King County finalized the divorce. Jeff Bezos, 55, will retain a 12 per cent stake and remain the world’s richest man. MacKenzie Bezos, a novelist, has said she would give all of her stake in  The Washington Post  and the space exploration firm Blue Origin to her husband as well as voting control of her remaining Amazon stock. She has also promised to donate half her fortune to charity, joining the ranks of the world’s ultra-wealthy philanthropists as a signatory of the Giving Pledge. The personal life of Jeff Bezos was thru...

MMM is back with their new law

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* MMM, the popular Ponzi scheme, returns * The system now labels itself MMM Cooperation in a bid to "continue the legacy of its founder, late Sergey Mavrodi." * The system warns participants that  “there are no guarantees and promises" for return on investment. MMM, the popular Ponzi scheme, has resurfaced again, promising participants mouth-watering offers with strict warnings, few years of dashing hope of millions of Nigerians. The scheme, known as  Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox  (MMM), now labelled itself  MMM Cooperation , saying it returned to continue the legacy of its founder, late  Sergey Mavrodi . Like sunrise in the morning, MMM Cooperation set the pace on the 22nd of January 2019 all over the world. From negligence by many to fear of the unknown by prospective participants at the beginning; we are where we are today being most populous platform all over the world with 6 MILLION participants all in the space of 4months. “So far, we have been...

Burna Boy has won the award for Best International Act at the BET 2019 awards

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The Afrobeat singer was nominated alongside other world superstars in the category including Mr Eazi, but got the nod ahead of them as he came out top, winning the gong. His mother and manager, Bose Ogulu collected the award on his behalf and gave an acceptance speech in which she delievered a message to every black person seated in the hall. She said;   “Thank you very much BET, thank you, Africa. That is the constituency for which we got noticed. The message from Burna would be that every black person should please remember that you were Africans before you became anything else.” Burna Boy   now joins the list of other Nigerian superstars who have won the award. The likes of  2baba,  Davido,   Wizkidetc. See Full list of winners below: Best Female R&B/Pop Artist WINNER: BeyoncĂ© Ella Mai H.E.R. Solange SZA Teyana Taylor Best Male R&B/Pop Artist Anderson .Paak WINNER: Bruno Mars Childish Gambino Chris Brown John Legend Khalid Best Gr...

2019 BET Awards: Burna Boy wins Best international Act

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Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has been announced as the winner of the Best International Act award at the just concluded 2019 BET Awards The first brand ambassador for National Premium Lager Brand, Star, Burna Boy was nominated alongside Teni Makanaki, Mr Eazi and other international acts in the category. The award was received by Burna Boy’s mum and manager, Bose Ogulu, who in her acceptance speech, said the message from Burna to every black person is to “remember you were Africans before you became anything else” . With all the success Burna Boy has recently recorded and his strides with Star Lager Beer, a clearly excited Burna Boy has been seen in his instastory celebrating the win.   Source:vanguardngr

Jan 1966 Coup And Biafra

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By Femi Fani-Kayode May 30th, 2019 represents the 52nd anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Biafra. I have written the following contribution to help mark that day. I hope it goes a long way to show where and when the trouble and challenges all started. also hope that it widens and stimulates the debate about the plight of the Igbo in the Nigerian state and to enlighten those that may not know why it is that so many young Igbos feel strongly about the concept of Biafra. Some of the events that I have written about here are painful and deeply personal but write we must in order to educate others, in order to establish the truth, in order to ensure that history does not repeat itself and in order to usher in an era of true reconciliation, peace, love and forgiveness in our nation. Kindly fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the flight! In the early hours of the morning of January 15th 1966, Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Major Chukwuemeka Kaduna Nzeogwu, Major Chris Anuforo, Major A...

Super Eagles struggle, beat Burundi in AFCON opener

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Nigeria’s Super Eagles got off to a winning start at the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, finals after Odion Ighalo came off the bench to score the only goal of an engaging duel at the Alexandria Stadium. In the event, the Super Eagles picked the three points and took an early lead in Group B ahead of the second match of the pool between Guinea and Madagascar. Nigeria dominated possession in the early stages but the Burundians were the ones with the very clear chances. Onuachu put two headers past the Burundian goalpost in the 7th and 13th minute, but a minute later, Cedric Amissi came close to getting the Itamba in front when he latched onto a well–placed pass and stung Akpeyi’s palms with a fierce, close range shot. Onuachu’s tame shot in the 27th minute was held by the Burundian goalie, and a minute later, Samuel Chukwueze sliced a decent chance in the box horribly wide. Gael Bigirimana, Abdoul Fiston, Amissi and Said Berahino were a thorn in the flesh of the Nigeri...