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Waje set to quit music over lack of funds

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2019

Afro-soul star, Aituaje Iruobe aka Waje reportedly wants to quit doing music professionally. Waje announced this move in a now-viral video, citing high cost of publicity and low purchase rates of her album as reasons why she was considering quitting. She said, “After everybody shouted ‘Waje,

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BBNaija’s Khloe married to KBrule?

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2019

Former Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) double wahala housemate, Khloe brings April fool’s day a month forward by sharing drool-worthy pictures of herself and her fellow ex-housemate, KBrule. According to Khloe, she tied the knot with KBrule a month ago and decided to keep it out of the public’s eye until she found out about her […]

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Court orders actress Monalisa Chinda’s arrest over tax evasion

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

A Lagos High Lagos in Igbosere has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of actress and producer, Monalisa Chinda Coker, over a tax evasion charge. Justice Adedayo Akintoye made the order on January 21, following an application by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, alleging that Coker had repeatedly failed to honor a court […]

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How a young Nigerian artist’s tweet caught the eye of Kevin Hart – BBC

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

When a young artist drew a portrait of one of his heroes and tweeted it to him, he never expected a response from the subject of his work. That is what happened to 26-year-old Eli Waduba Yusuf, who told the BBC it was it was like a “dream” when US comedian and actor Kevin Hart […]

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NBC sanctions NTA, AIT, Channels, others

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

The National Broadcasting Commission ( NBC ) has sanctioned 45 broadcast stations across the nation. Each of the stations is to pay N500, 000 for airing campaigns with indecent languages on air. The total sum expected from the sanction amounts to N22.5million. NTA, AIT, Channels, TVC lead the pack of sanctioned stations in the build-up […]

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N2.5billion alleged fraud: ICPC to arraign NBC DG March 12

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2019

The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed March 12 for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to arraign the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Ishaq Modibbo Kawu over alleged N2.5 billion fraud charge. Mr Kawu was charged by the federal government alongside the Managing Director of Pinnacle Communications, Dipo