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Sunday Okobi The multiple-award-winning producers of Superstory, Papa Ajasco & Company, and Akpan & Oduma, Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP), has announced that a fresh season of Superstory, titled ‘Game Boys’,
Veteran Nigerian rapper Ruggedman has stirred fresh debate within the music industry after criticising the popular use of “Afrobeats” as a blanket term for African music. Speaking during a recent interview, the outspoken artiste argued that the label has been misapplied and is now being used by some musicians to mask a lack of originality […]
Chinese oil major Cnooc Ltd. reported weaker earnings in 2025, as a drop in oil prices blunted the impact of the company’s rising production.
Sokoto Governor Ahmad Aliyu declares promoting Islamic affairs a top priority, pledging state support for Ramadan Tafseer and other religious activities. Read More: https://punchng.com/promoting-islamic-affairs-remains-one-of-my-priorities-sokoto-gov/
Veteran rapper Ruggedman has faulted the categorisation of African music under one fit-all “genre”, Afrobeats. Speaking in a recent interview with Day Genius, Ruggedy Baba said he had always opposed the term but was accused of being jealous of Afrobeats singers. He argued that Afrobeats is not a genre but a “name” talentless Nigerians hide […] Talentless Nigerians hide behind Afrobeats – Ruggedman
A Cambodian court has upheld a 14-year prison sentence for two journalists jailed for treason over a photo posted from a restricted border area with Thaila Read More: https://punchng.com/cambodia-court-upholds-14-years-jail-for-journalists-over-border-photo/
Currys Plc Chief Executive Officer Alex Baldock is stepping down after eight years in charge of an electricals retailer he helped turn around following an ill-advised merger.
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lauded President Bola Tinubu for the completion of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway project. Ohanaeze said the reopening scheduled for March 31, 2026 has ended the persistent cries for attention. According to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, for over twenty-four years, the Enugu-Onitsha route has been a perilous burden and a grave danger […] Enugu-Onitsha Highway: Tinubu has ended decades of unfulfilled electoral promises – Ohanaeze
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS), Uburu, Ebonyi State, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has dismissed allegations of an administrative rift within the institution, describing the claims as false and misleading. Shittu, who spoke with journalists, Wednesday, said there was no crisis between the Governing […] Ministry, Pro-Chancellor address rumoured crisis in Ebonyi Federal University
Swedish fast-fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB first-quarter sales fell short of expectations even as it beat operating profit estimates thanks to cost controls in a quarter plagued by weak consumption and large currency effects.
Democracy is on the defensive. This is shown by the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index 2026 (BTI). The BTI was first surveyed twenty years ago, when democracies were still in the majority. Today, 56 percent of the 137 countries surveyed by the BTI are ruled autocratically. However, this rarely leads to better governance. Autocracies are more [...] Source from InfoStride News
An enterpreneur and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Mr Mathew Oyerinmade Mato, in this interview speaks on President Bola Tinubu’s recent state visit to the United
