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Nigerian Afrobeats star Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has released the concert film for his latest album, M$NEY, exclusively on Spotify. PREMIUM TIMES reported in June that Asake staged an exclusive one-night performance of M$NEY at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane in partnership with Spotify. The performance, which featured a live orchestra, a 40-member choir and four unreleased songs, was recorded for a concert film that has now been released exclusively on Spotify. According to Spotify, the film, titled Asake – M$NEY Live in London (Spotify Live), marks the streaming platform’s first full-length live album performance film. Inside the…

Suspected armed bandits have abducted a Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan, in the Bunza Local Government Area of the state. The judge was reportedly seized from his residence in Bunza LGA in the early hours of Sunday, shortly after returning from a trip to neighbouring Sokoto State. The police spokesperson in Kebbi, Bashir Usman, confirmed the incident to Daily Trust. “I can confirm that Hon. Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza was abducted from his residence in Bunza around midnight.” Upon receiving news of the kidnapping, the Commissioner of Police, Umar Hadejia, immediately deployed tactical and intelligence units to…

Israeli settlers have set fire to two mosques, as well as cars and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say, as tensions in the territory continue to flare. The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.Both sides accused the other of provoking the violence. The confrontation has further inflamed the situation in the West Bank, which has seen ever growing violence by extremist settlers against Palestinians, encouraged by far-right elements in the current Israeli government.Palestinian reports say that two…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has adopted a new leadership succession model modelled after the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), in a move aimed at eliminating leadership tussles, ensuring continuity, and strengthening institutional stability. Festus Osifo, PENGASSAN president, announced the constitutional reform on Saturday in Abuja during a tribute ceremony held in honour of the union’s late former President, Francis Johnson, whose death in office on May 31, 2019, exposed the challenges associated with sudden leadership transitions. Osifo said the union amended its constitution in August 2025 to provide that an elected…

Six twentysomethings in East London have built what they say is the anti-San Francisco hacker house. The goal is a “holistic improvement in life,” rather than “12 weeks, Demo Day is coming,” Rowan Aldean, 26, explained.  Intrigued, I spent an afternoon visiting the house, meeting its residents, and doing a vibe check. I arrived after Aldean escorted me through the clean sidewalks of a new East London development to where the six-story building stood facing the water.  The house is called the London Island Founder House — or “Lift House” — and Aldean and his wife, Zahraa, 22, an upcoming…

 New Life into Akwete’s Timeless Heritage If some gifts are best counted in Naira, there are some others that cannot but be counted in generations. Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has managed to offer both at once, with a N2 billion donation to revive the legendary Akwete weaving industry in Abia State. To put that figure in perspective, N2 billion is enough to build modern production facilities, train hundreds of young weavers, and fund equipment upgrades all at once. It is a sum large enough to genuinely transform a struggling local craft into a modern industry. But Akwete weaving…

Nigeria recorded its best-ever outing at the African Archery Championships, returning home with seven medals — one gold, five silver and one bronze at the just concluded 15th edition of the continental competition in Oran, Algeria. The medal haul was highlighted by a historic gold medal in the barebow women’s team event, while Nigerian archers also reached the podium in both the barebow and compound categories, underlining the country’s growing status in African archery. The championships, held from 21 to 26 July, featured 138 archers from 18 countries competing under the auspices of World Archery Africa (WAAf). Nigeria celebrates its…

CHICAGO — More than 20 minutes into her All-Star practice media availability on Friday, Caitlin Clark looked around at the mass of reporters still crowded around her podium in half-joking disbelief. “Man, how long is this scrum?” Clark said. “Holy smokes, I’m not gonna be able to talk the rest of the day.”The scrum ended up lasting nearly half an hour, and Clark rarely stopped talking the rest of the weekend. To former President Barack Obama, to Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman on the StudBudz stream, to fans, to sponsors, to the general media again after Saturday’s All-Star Game.Such is the…

Videos purportedly showing self-proclaimed financial expert Emmanuel “Geh Geh” Obruste at a traditional wedding have sparked widespread debate on social media, with many Nigerians questioning whether the ceremony was genuine or staged. The videos surprised many Nigerians because Geh Geh has built a large online following by discussing relationships, finances and marriage, with many followers interpreting his content as discouraging men from getting married. The confusion intensified after Geh Geh took to his X page, insisting he had never advised men against getting married despite years of content many followers interpreted as discouraging marriage. “I never for once told you…

When I was growing up, viennetta was something I had in other people’s houses – for some reason, my mum regarded these frilly blocks of ice-cream as a waste of money, which made them all the bigger treat on the rare occasion I did get a front-row seat at the cracking of the chocolate. Launched, like me, in 1982, when developers at Wall’s realised that pumping ice-cream on to the production line slightly faster than the speed of the conveyor belt created a concertina effect that, I think we can now, with the wisdom of age, agree, is more impressive…