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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Spotify lists top 10 Nigerian gospel songs for Easter

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A global online streaming platform, Spotify, has listed the top 10 Nigerian Easter favourite gospel music. Artist and Label Partnerships Manager, West Africa for Spotify, Victor Okpala, in a statement on Thursday said that data from the platform showed listenership trends around gospel music from Nigeria during Easter painting an interesting picture. He said the songs were, Worthy of My… Read More
Africa 

Refugee camp in Kenya at ‘breaking point’ following severe droughts

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Every day hundreds of desperate people arrive at Dadaab seeking food and shelter, most from across the border in Somalia, where violent instability and a record-bad drought has made life impossible for many. Ugash Adan Abdulahi shook a jerry can. Inside rattled a few grains of sorghum — the only food to last his family another 10 days in Kenya’s… Read More
Africa 

Former Mauritanian President pleads not guilty on illicit enrichment charges

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Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Apr. 04) to charges of illicit enrichment on which he began to be questioned by a Nouakchott court. The court was resuming hearings after a two-week recess and reading out the charges against him. Aziz faces charges of “abuse of office”, “influence peddling”, illicit enrichment” and “money laundering” along with… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Fans Behind Beef Amongst Nigerian Music Singers – Rema

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Sensational Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema has disclosed that fans are behind rivalries among Afrobeats artists. The Benin-born singer made this known during a recent feature on Ebro, a Morning Show on Hot 97FM, New York, USA where he emphasized on how African artists tried their best to stay united despite ego issues. According to the ‘Calm… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Reec to Launch Planet Reec Network on You42

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Reec to Launch Planet Reec Network on You42 – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Thursday, April 6, 2023 · 626,537,497 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other Services Questions? Sourced From Nigerian… Read More
Europe 

Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech

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The Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression said she was encouraged by the Government’s plans to reform media laws in line with international standards.  However, she was also alarmed by “the toxic public discourse, from politicians or public officials and amplified by tabloids, scapegoating the media, human rights defenders, ethnic minorities, LGBTI and those critical of the… Read More
Pacific 

‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan

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Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe underfunding, the move would “further undermine humanitarian partners’ ability to support the population, especially the most vulnerable such as women and girls”. “The world cannot abandon the people of Afghanistan at this precarious moment,” Dr. Alakbarov insisted, before urging the international community “not to punish the Afghan people… Read More
Africa 

9 suspects killed in shootout with South African police

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Nine suspected armed robbers were killed in an early-morning shootout with police Thursday in South Africa, authorities said. Three other suspects were wounded, said Police Minister Bheki Cele, who visited the scene in the Sebokeng township south of Johannesburg. Two of the injured suspects were in critical condition in the hospital, Cele said. The suspects were believed to be responsible… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

The songs soundtracking Nigeria’s Easter celebrations

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For Christians around the world, the 7th of April kicks off the celebration of Easter, the annual Christian celebration of the Resurrection. Gospel music is one of the ways Christians mark religious activities and Easter celebration is a time to commemorate that great sacrifice that defines Christianity by bonding over Gospel music. Sourced From Nigerian Music Read More
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