See How Femi Kuti Planned To Hit Stage After Surgery

This is good news to afro beats lovers especially Afrikan shrine patrons, Fela Kuti’s son, Femi Kuti who has carried on with his father’s style of music, is set to hit the stage after undergoing a successful surgery on Sunday November 22.

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But while many are still on their knees and prayer mat praying for a quick recovery, the afro beat musician has hit his studio punching at his piano.

A video of Femi and his daughter hitting the piano was shared on YouTube on November 25 and you see that Femi is gradually getting his groove back.

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Burna Boy Explains Politics Of Music In Nigeria, The Spirituality Of Music And More

Following Wiz Kid’s interview with The Fader dancehall star Burna Boy has gotten same recognition as he gets interviewed by the UK magazine.

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Burna Boy and comedian Basketmouth

In the exclusive interview with The Fader, Burna is described as the Nigerian singer who has put Africa first.

Joe Penny of The Fader wrote about the singer’s image saying he ‘has built a reputation for himself as somewhat of an outsider in Nigeria’s growing pop economy’.

“Though he has generational music industry ties,

Olamide Baddo Loses Dad

Less than a week after the release of his 5th studio album, Nigerian indigenous yoruba rapper, Olamide Adedeji popularly known as Olamide Badoo has suffered a great loss.

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The YBNL boss reportedly lost his father to the cold hands of death recently.

Olamide shared the sad news with a post on his instagram page with a dark photo captioned “O God, who hast commanded us to honor our father and our mother; in Thy mercy have pity on the soul of my father,

Why I Am The Highest Paid Club DJ- DJ Prince

Fast rising music entrepreneur  who is popularly known as a DJ Prince has been designated as the headline DJ for the 2015 Lagos Party taking place in Metro city, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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DJ Prince

Also known as Adewale Akinsemoyin in an interview with Encomium Magazine, speaks on why he is the highest paid club DJ in Lagos.

When asked what it takes to be a good DJ,

Union Bank appoints new chairman

Cyril Odu

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. has appointed Mr. Cyril Odu as Chairman of the Board of Directors following the resignation of previous Chairman, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, who was recently appointed Minister of Budget and National Planning by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Odu joined the Board of Union Bank in 2012 following a $500 million (USD) investment in the Bank from Union Global Partners Limited, a private equity consortium.

“The Board and Management of Union Bank thank Senator Udoma for his astute leadership and support over the past three years. Under Senator Udoma’s guidance,

Nigeria: NFF Congressmen for Leadership Training in the UK

The Nigeria Football Federation has finalized arrangements for taking Members of its Congress on a 4-day leadership training program in the United Kingdom.

Already, the persons in the first batch of the program, which runs between 4th and 7th December in London, have secured entry visas into the United Kingdom for a training which quality is underscored by the capacity of the resource persons and the keen interest of the private sector.

Leading airline, ARIK, top bank ZENITH BANK PLC and the FROT GROUP are the sponsors of the elite program.

There are 20 persons in the first batch,

Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari to decide on £3.3bn fine to mobile giant MTN

The headquarters of South Africa's MTN Group in Johannesburg REUTERS

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will make a decision on the $5.2bn (£3.3bn) fine issued to South African mobile company MTN. Nigeria's communications ministry said the president will decide in which direction to go.

The record fine was imposed by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) in October after MTN allegedly failed to disconnect non-registered SIM cards within the deadline given. NCC explained the penalty was based on the rate of 200,000 naira (£653) for each of the 5.2 million unregistered cards that should have been disconnected by mid-August.

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"The (communications) minister (Adebayo Shittu) said in Lagos that it will be up to the president to determine which direction to go since MTN asked for leniency," ministry spokesman Tajudeen Kareem told Reuters.

The fine is the equivalent of two years of MTN's annual profit. The company shares have plunged since the fine was issued and the company's CEO Sifiso Dabengwa resigned. He justified his decision by saying it would protect the company's interests.

Earlier in November, NCC said it would postpone the deadline for the payment but said the amount would not decrease. MTN originally had until 16 November to pay the amount. The new deadline has not yet been announced.

MTN said in a statement:

100 women die daily in Northern Nigeria during childbirth, says UNFPA

Ms Ratidzai Ndhlovu, Nigeria Country Director of United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA), says no fewer than 100 women die daily across Northern Nigeria during childbirth. She spoke on Thursday in Sokoto at a consultative meeting with the theme: “Accelerating the Reduction of Maternal Deaths in Northern Nigeria: The Role of the Traditional and Religious Leaders.”

Ndhlovu decried the high maternal mortality figure,

Obama to deport Gowon’s son; Igbo Mandate Congress set to welcome him

Following reports that the Igbo son of Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Mr. Musa Gowon allegedly released three weeks ago from California Prisons in the United States, U.S, will soon be deported to Nigeria, the Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, has revealed plans it has made to accord Musa Gowon a rousing welcome.

The group noted that it has notified its members in the U.S to ensure that “this rejected son of Igbo woman, abandoned to a life of twenty two years in jail, due to acts not unrelated to her mother’s disapproval of indiscriminate murder of civilian by Federal Troops, is not left without roots.”

Disclosing this in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST by its Director-General,

‘Our roads are dead’ – Buhari

President Muhammdu Buhari on Wednesday admitted that Nigerian roads are “dead” and required urgent attention of the Federal Government.

The president spoke at a dinner he hosted in honour of senators at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja Wednesday night.

The event was also attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu; the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu; top government officials and presidential aides.

“The roads are dead,

Nigeria: Lagos Health Commissioner Urges FG to Increase Allocation to Health, Education

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, has urged the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation to health and education for better quality of life and production output.

Idris made the call at the biennial "August Event" organised on Wednesday by the Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi Foundation (MAMF) in collaboration with St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event has the theme, "Charting a New Course in Health and Education Sectors".

NAN reports that MAMF was founded in 2000 by the late Moses Majekodunmi,

Customs warns importers against trading banned goods

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday warned importers against trading goods banned by the Federal Government.

Malam Sani Madugu, the Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone `A` Ikeja, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

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“We always mention those items that have been banned,

Nigeria can’t meet December deadline of crushing Boko Haram

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nigeria says it cannot meet President Muhammadu Buhari's December deadline to crush Boko Haram's Islamic uprising in the northeast, the Associated Press reports.

Air Commodore Yusuf Anas of the Center for Crisis Communication said on Thursday, November 26, the deadline was "not tenable."

He warns Nigerians to not view December as a "sacrosanct date when all suicide bombings will end."

Forces from Nigeria and neighboring Chad earlier this year drove the extremists out of areas they had proclaimed an Islamic caliphate. Recently,

Customs warns importers against trading in banned goods

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday warned importers against trading in goods banned by the Federal Government.
Malam Sani Madugu, the Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone `A` Ikeja, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
“We always mention those items that have been banned,

Senate orders NNPC to end fuel scarcity in two weeks

NNCPC chief, Ibe Kachikwu

The Senate on Thursday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and all the agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to end petroleum products’ scarcity in the country within two weeks.

The upper chamber also said notable sharp practices including discrepancies in prices of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and hoarding of products should be stopped forthwith.

1. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Lilian Ekwunife, gave the order at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and its parastatals in Abuja.

The Senate had on Tuesday asked its committee on Petroleum (Downstream) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the perennial fuel scarcity in the country.

Senator Ekwunife insisted that Nigerians are not interested in efforts being made by the NNPC, Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and other agencies to ease the biting fuel scarcity in parts of the country.

Court dismisses Nigerian government’s application on ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki

Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, Nigeria

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application of the Federal Government seeking to compel the presence of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in court throughout his trial.

In defiance of a previous court order, the State Security Service has refused to vacate the Abuja residence of Mr. Dasuki.

The SSS has also placed him on restriction,

Nigeria And The Sustainable Development Goals: Setting The Course To 2030

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2015 at the United Nations in New York. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT

In September this year, under a relatively quiet banner, the Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) were announced as part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Created to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (“MDGs”), the SDGs build upon the tenets of its predecessor in addressing the many cruel dimensions of poverty; combatting inequality and injustice more holistically; and widening the breadth of the environmental targets to tackle climate change.

Despite the positive development of the SDGs,

Nigeria: Buhari to intervene in MTN negotiations

LAGOS, Nigeria 

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is to have the final say in the negotiations on the $5.2 billion fine imposed on the telecoms giant MTN on Oct. 26 for breaching rules governing registration of subscribers, the country's communication minister said Thursday.

"I don’t think there is any conflicting position on where government stands on the MTN issue," Adebayo Shittu said in a speech. 

"Recall that there were violations by MTN. The violations were to the tune of five million subscribers. There are many countries where subscribers,

Alpha Group hosts delegation from Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.

Alpha Group of Companies’ Chairman/CEO, Mr. Sheikh Mohamed Bayorh, and senior executives from leading prominent companies in UAE welcomed the Nigerian Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Honorable Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, and senior executives from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) this week at the Burj Al Arab.

The Honorable Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, Minister of State Petroleum Resources of Nigeria and senior NNPC officials met with a diverse group of government officials and leading energy companies to debate potential investment opportunities in Nigeria. Delegation from UAE included HE Suhail Al Mazrouei,