Day: May 10, 2017

Don Jazzy, Wizkid, two other Nigerians among Forbes top 10 richest African musicians

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The artistes came in fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth on the list which was drawn up collating information about their endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, newspaper appearance, investment, social media presence and influence among others. The top ten are: 1. AKON Akon has over 35 million albums sold worldwide. He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Award nominations and has 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt. He tops the list according to Forbes Africa. 2. BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA The multi-award-winning artist’s real…

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Celta Vigo game most important in Manchester United’s history – Mourinho

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Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has said Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo, is the most important match in the club’s history. United have won 20 domestic titles and the European Cup/Champions League three times, but Mourinho said during his Wednesday pre-match conference that: “If we don’t qualify for Champions League, it’s because we’re not good enough to play in it. “I try to look at it in a pragmatic way. Obviously it’s the competition you want to be [in]. But I think in this moment we…

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Ex-NNPC boss, Andrew Yakubu loses bid to reclaim seized $9.8 million

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Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday lost his bid to retrieved the sum of $9.8m and £74,000, forfeited to the Federal Government at a Federal High Court in Kano. Justice Zainab Abubakar dismissed the application filed by Yakubu seeking to quash an interim order of forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ruling on the application filed by Yakubu’s lawyer, Ahmad Raji, the judge held that the court had the jurisdiction to hear the case, contrary to the…

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Turkey leader calls on US to reverse decision to arm Kurds

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BEIRUT (AP) – Turkey slammed the Trump administration’s decision to supply Syrian Kurdish fighters with weapons against the Islamic State group and demanded Wednesday that it be reversed, heightening tensions between the NATO allies days before the Turkish leader heads to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the fight against terrorism “should not be led with another terror organization” – a reference to the Syrian Kurdish militia, known as the YPG, which Turkey considers an extension of the decades-long Kurdish insurgency raging in…

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Uproar, as Buhari tags VP ‘co-ordinator’ in letter to NASS

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There was uproar in the polity yesterday over wording of the letter President Muhammadu Buhari sent to the Senate on his medical vacation, in which the President said that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo “will co-ordinate the activities of the government.” President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, however, intervened on the Senate floor to stave off a constitutional fuss by quieting the agitation by senators over wording of the letter. Senior lawyers who spoke on the issue yesterday overwhelmingly backed the Senate President, affirming that transmission of the letter on the…

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