Author: damazah@gmail.com

Waka music icon Salawa “Queen of Waka Music” Abeni has opened up about the challenges she faced at the beginning of her music career, revealing how jealousy and alleged “diabolical attacks” from senior colleagues nearly forced her out of the industry. The 65-year-old began her career in 1976 with the release of her debut hit album, “Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed.” Speaking on “Rubin’s Mind” on Channels Television on Sunday night, she recounted some of the challenges she faced, including losing her voice and vomiting blood at different points in her career. Abeni said she developed an interest in music…

1Runs over clown in theatrical style (6) 1 down. Runs over clown in theatrical style. 6 letters.2French person in Opera North (6) 2 down. French person in Opera North. 6 letters.3Bad spelling of broomstick? (10) 3 down. Bad spelling of broomstick? 10 letters.4It’s disgusting, working in Canadian territory (5) 4 down. It’s disgusting, working in Canadian territory. 5 letters.5Nearly married more severe American? (9) 5 down. Nearly married more severe American? 9 letters.6On return, live in sin (4) 6 down. On return, live in sin. 4 letters.7Venison, perhaps, wrapped in cotton tissue (8) 7 down. Venison, perhaps, wrapped in cotton…

The Akinole-Oshiun family of Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos State, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in a dispute over an 8,000-square-metre parcel of land, alleging that lawmaker James Faleke and the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA) are seeking to eject it from the property. The disputed land is located along Lateef Jakande Road, opposite the Coca-Cola factory in Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos State In an open letter shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, the family alleged that Mr Faleke, who represents Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, recently visited the property with land agents and lawyers while…

When I was growing up in Germany, the conventional wisdom was that the far right would never again gain a meaningful foothold in our politics. Our Nazi past, the argument went, had immunized voters against the appeal of such parties. And our post-Holocaust constitution had powerful tools to help prevent it. The rise of the anti-immigrant, far-right AfD over the past decade has made clear the first argument was wrong. The second? We’ll see.The AfD won big in a state election on Sunday. It not only won more than twice as many votes as the nearest contender. It won with…

The possibility of Nigeria’s opposition parties reaching a common arrangement ahead of the 2027 presidential election received fresh momentum on Monday after Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), was seen publicly with Seyi Makinde, another contender seeking to challenge President Bola Tinubu. Obi attended the unveiling of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM)’s presidential campaign office in Abuja, a development that renewed speculation about an opposition alliance ahead of the January 16, 2027 election. Speaking at the event, the former Anambra State governor said Makinde was qualified to become president and urged Nigerians to be allowed…

China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics processor inside its custom Xring O3 chip. What’s so special about that? After five years of development, Arm now has an AI gaming graphics accelerator inside its GPU.By following Nvidia’s playbook, Arm-powered phones are about to have PC-like technologies to make games run faster, at higher resolution, with advanced lighting techniques, all without using more power than they do today. The jagged edges you see…

In some fusion systems, particles hotter than the core of the sun can become unstable within just a few thousandths of a second. That is far too fast for a human operator to respond. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University have developed a new software framework that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make those rapid decisions while maintaining strict safety controls and leaving people responsible for setting the system’s objectives. The framework is called PACMAN (a novel abbreviation for Prediction And Control using MAchiNe learning). Researchers successfully tested it on…

…Insist no decision on Nigeria situation for now Contrary to reports that world football governing body, FIFA and the National Sports Commission (NSC) delegation led by its chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, and the Director General, Bukola Olopade, had agreed on the proposed football reform in the country, another dimension has emerged. FIFA, in an email dated 7 September addressed to Barrister Emmanuel Ikpeme and signed by Elkhan Mammadov, Chief Member Associations Officer, said, “FIFA and CAF are currently assessing the legal, governance, administrative and electoral implications arising from the current circumstances within the NFF. This assessment requires a careful review…

Global superstar Rauw Alejandro has never been afraid to leap into a new era as he evolves as an artist.  During his two-night headlining Red Bull Chapters show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens (the second night was added after a sold-out concert on Saturday), Rauw turned his own journey into a three-act performance: Inspiration, Momentum, and Legacy. Chapter one was all about where Rauw comes from: the island of Puerto Rico. He opened with “Santa,” where visual elements from the island, from the sea and the sun to the mountains and the Puerto Rican flag, filled the screen onstage. Rauw…

London-based FTSE Russell, which produces and markets stock market indices globally, has included 6 Nigerian stocks among its list of 50 most liquid frontier market stocks, according to a market disclosure dated 4 September. FTSE Frontier 50 Index, which monitors the performance of the 50 most liquid stocks from the 26 frontier markets covered by the organisation, admitted mega-cap Nigerian stocks including First HoldCo, Dangote Cement, MTN Nigeria, Aradel Holdings, Guaranty Trust Holding Company and Zenith Bank, the list seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Monday showed. The equities opened the week on Monday with market values of ₦6.8 trillion, ₦17.4…