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Nigeria: ‘Their Songs Aren’t Selling Again, I’m Bigger Than Davido, Wizkid’ – Portable Brags

[ad_1] "Let's forget the fake promotion and focus on making hit songs. Portable is bigger than them (Wizkid and Davido)--who is big is big. We're not on the same level; it's only me and God. Omolalomi, the chosen one." Controversial singer Portable has commented unexpectedly about the ongoing feud between singers Davido and Wizkid. Earlier, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Wizkid reignited the long-standing beef with Davido on his X account, marking their second major online spat in 2024. The second […]

October 3, 2024

Japan

Japan’s new top diplomat calls ‘Asian NATO’ an idea for the future

[ad_1] Newly appointed Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday described the "Asian NATO" concept proposed by his boss, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, as one worth exploring.The idea of an Asian version of NATO is “certainly one idea for the future,” the 67-year-old Iwaya said, but “one that should be carefully considered over the medium to long term.”"I think it is quite difficult to immediately establish a framework in Asia that […]

October 3, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: ‘You Don’t Make More Money, Sing, Make Music Like Me’ – Wizkid to Davido

[ad_1] "First, you're not as fly as me, can't sing or make music like me, can't dress, you don't make more money than me, and you don't even have hoes like me. You don't know yourself. You're cheap; you pull up for less than we do! Now fuck off, you spoilt Rich child!" Music star Wizkid owned the internet all day on Wednesday as he recklessly lashed out at his colleague Davido. Both artistes, touted as Nigeria's biggest music acts, […]

October 3, 2024

Africa

Africa: Growing Africa’s Digital Economy from the Soil Up

[ad_1] There is an economic sector in Africa worth $1 trillion a year, and yet most of the people who work in it are invisible. "Farmers are the folks that you don't see," says African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina. "Banks don't see them. Buyers don't see them. Traders don't see them. Insurance companies don't see them." These smallholder farmers often live in remote areas with unreliable connectivity and few links to markets, leaving them with no digital footprint and […]

October 3, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: TV Producer Appears in Court On Charges of Tax Fraud

[ad_1] Well-known television producer and businessman, Dumakude Mayivuke Ndlovu, has appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court, together with two others, on charges of tax fraud. The three who appeared in court on Tuesday, are facing 18 charges of tax fraud relating to Ndlovu's personal and company income tax valued at approximately R26 million. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said that registered tax practitioner, Rodney Mutsharini, allegedly assisted Ndlovu with his Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Maxwell […]

October 3, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Big Brother Naija Finale – Who Will Walk Away With the Ultimate Title and Grand Prize?

[ad_1] Abuja, Nigheria — Sunday's Big Brother Naija live show was filled with surprises, reveals and multiple evictions - the perfect lead-up to this week's hotly anticipated and highly contested season 9 finale. Aptly described by host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu as a "rollercoaster of a night", three housemates were booted out of Biggie's house during the eviction show. This leaves eight contestants to battle it out for the coveted title of Big Brother Naija winner: Anita, Nelly, Ocee, Onyeka, Victoria, Sooj, […]

October 3, 2024

Africa

Africa: In Memoriam – Elleni Centime Zeleke’s Tizita

[ad_1] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name. When we were asked to […]

October 3, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: Ancient Human DNA From a South African Rock Shelter Sheds Light On 10,000 Years of History

[ad_1] Oakhurst rock shelter is an archaeological site near the town of George on the southern coast of South Africa. It is set into a sandstone cliff above a stream in a valley forested by towering old yellowwood trees. Archaeologists first started excavating Oakhurst in the 1930s. What makes the site special is the record of human occupation there, which spans 12,000 years. Not only have rock art, stone tools and ceramic fragments been found there, but also the remains […]

October 3, 2024

Japan

Iran’s Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

[ad_1] DUBAI/BEIRUT – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers on Sept. 17, Khamenei sent a message with an envoy to beseech the Hezbollah secretary […]

October 3, 2024

Nigeria: ‘Their Songs Aren’t Selling Again, I’m Bigger Than Davido, Wizkid’ – Portable Brags

Japan’s new top diplomat calls ‘Asian NATO’ an idea for the future

Nigeria: ‘You Don’t Make More Money, Sing, Make Music Like Me’ – Wizkid to Davido

Africa: Growing Africa’s Digital Economy from the Soil Up

South Africa: TV Producer Appears in Court On Charges of Tax Fraud

Nigeria: Big Brother Naija Finale – Who Will Walk Away With the Ultimate Title and Grand Prize?

Africa: In Memoriam – Elleni Centime Zeleke’s Tizita

South Africa: Ancient Human DNA From a South African Rock Shelter Sheds Light On 10,000 Years of History

Iran’s Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

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