Nigeria’ll be a fast-growing economy with Tinubu – Amb Ajayi.  As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged victorious at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, (PEPT), Nigeria will resemble some of the fastest growing economies in the world in a couple of years, a US-based Nigerian entrepreneur, Amina Temitope Ajayi, has said. Amina also known as Mama Diaspora in a statement, congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the verdict at the PEPT, saying the President would now be focused and concentrate on reviving Nigeria’s economy. She revealed that Africa was the focus of the world and industrialized nations because of Africa’s arable land, intellectual property, and human capital. She urged Nigerians to come together as one people with a “renewed hope” to support the present administration “so much so that the stability of our unity and support will also be an attraction point for foreign investors from America and other countries .” “We need to stay focused and ...

Asake sells out 19k Barclays Centre in US ahead September 8 concert.  Afrobeats superstar, Asake has completely sold out the iconic 19,000-capacity Brooklyn Center in New York ahead of his highly-anticipated concert on September 8. Asake, who recently achieved a remarkable feat by selling out the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena and delivering an electrifying performance in London, becomes the first Afrobeats artist to ever headline and sell out the Barclays Centre. The show in New York is part of his headlining tour across North America before meeting his esteemed fans in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, and Washington DC. The concert, titled ‘Work Of Art,’ is expected to draw a crowd of 19,000 fans, making it one of the biggest concerts for a Nigerian artist in the USA in 2023. Asake brings the ‘Work of Art’ Tour to Brooklyn on Friday, September 8th as he is set to thrill the audience with electrifying performances of hit songs from his recently-released sophomore album titled ‘Wor...

Burna Boy bags seven nominations for BET Hip Hop awards 2023 [Full List].  Grammy-winning singer, Burna Boy has bagged seven nominations for the 2023 edition of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. The award organizers released the full nomination list on Thursday. 21 Savage and Cardi B took the lead with this year’s nominations after bagging 12 each while Drake followed with nine. Burna Boy got seven nominations while J. […] Grammy-winning singer, Burna Boy has bagged seven nominations for the 2023 edition of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. The award organizers released the full nomination list on Thursday. 21 Savage and Cardi B took the lead with this year’s nominations after bagging 12 each while Drake followed with nine. Burna Boy got seven nominations while J. Cole scored six nods. Coi Leray, GloRilla, and Jay-Z were tied at five nods each. The self-styled African Giant was nominated for the ‘Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year,’ ‘Best Hip-Hop Video’, ‘Best Collaboration’, ...

NSIB begins investigation into UNA aircraft incident in Lagos.  An investigation has been launched by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) into an incident involving a Lagos-bound aircraft. The aircraft in question is an Embraer ERJ145 with the Nationality and Registration Marks of 5N-BWY, owned by United Nigeria Airlines, UNA. Vanguard reports that the incident took place on the 7th of September, 2023, at approximately 06:33 pm local time. The aircraft, with 51 passengers and 4 crew members onboard was en-route Lagos from Abuja. However, the aircraft on landing on Runway 18R of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, skidded off the runway. In a statement, Saturday, signed by the Director Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NSIB, Tunji Oketunbi, stated that there was no injury or fatality recorded. NSIB, however, solicits information from the general public in form of pictures, video or recording evidence to assist in conducting a comprehen...

Tension as UNA aircraft aquaplaned in Lagos airport.  Lagos bound passengers on a United Nigeria Airlines flight U5 0513, were seen terrified while disembarking the aircraft after it aquaplaned. Vanguard gathered that the aircraft with registration 5N-BWY upon landing at Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos aquaplaned due to a downpour. Aquaplaned, also known as hydroplaned, is a condition in which standing water, causes the moving wheel of an aircraft to lose contact with the load bearing surface. The development created panic, as passengers cry for help. According to a statement made available to Vanguard, UNA, Head, Corporate Communications, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, “The aircraft which was coming in from the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport Owerri operated and landed normally but skidded off the runway upon landing. “All Passengers have also been safely evacuated alongside with their luggage. No passenger was hurt in the incident. Relevant authorities have been inform...

Morocco earthquake kills over 600 people.  A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck 72 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT), the US Geological Survey reported. Strong tremors were […] A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck 72 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT), the US Geological Survey reported. Strong tremors were also felt in the coastal cities of Rabat, Casablanca and Essaouira. “We felt a very violent tremor, and I realised it was an earthquake,” Abdelhak El Amrani, a 33-year-old in Marrakesh, told AFP by telepho...

Tinubu’s administration to construct 1000 houses in 7 states – VP Shettima.  President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the construction of 1,000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, and Benue States as part of a broad plan by the Federal Government to address the conflict in the north, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima. Shettima who represented President Tinubu, disclosed this at the weekend in Maiduguri, Borno State during the commissioning of projects executed by the State Government in the last 100 days. According to the VP, the President has approved N50 billion to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to kick-start the Pulaku initiative – a non-kinetic solution to the crisis confronting the people of the northwest region. According to him, “the President has approved the construction of 1000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna Niger and Benue, with all the ancillary facilities of schools, clinics, veteri...

NIGER: ECOWAS will cause more deaths, trouble with war — Diete-Spiff, ex-MILAD warns.  His Royal Majesty, King Alfred Diete-Spiff was the first military administrator of the oil Rivers state at 25 and now the Amanyanabo of Twon-Brass in Bayelsa State. In this interview with DANIEL ABIA, he called on the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to tread cautiously over the political logjam in Niger Republic. He strongly believes that diplomacy can resolve the crisis in that country rather than staging a full-blown war. The Niger Republic coup is causing negative waves of concern to the entire world, particularly Africa. What do you make of the incessant coups in the Sub-Saharan Africa in recent times? The coup in Niger came as a surprise and it has brought some jitters to the ECOWAS. ECOWAS is mobilizing to reinstall the erstwhile President of Niger (Mohammed Bazoum). My advice will be that they hurry slowly. As they say, when you wahala people, it will force e...