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Shakira makes Grammy history, wins Best Latin Pop Album twice

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

Pop singer, Shakira marked an historical feat at the Grammys on Sunday, when she became the first artist to win Best Latin Pop Album twice. The Columbian native won the award category for her album ‘Eldorado’ following her 2001 win in the same award category for her live album ‘MTV Unplugged’.

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BBNAIJA: Meet 20 housemates for 2018

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2018

The #BigBrotherNaija 2018 kicked off Sunday night with twenty housemates battling for the winning prize of N45 million as announced earlier by the organiser, M-Net West Africa The housemates numbering would be staying at the Big Brother House for the next eleven weeks to entertain TV viewers across Africa and beyond. At the launch, Popular […]

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VOA’s film on Boko Haram invokes emotion in U.S.

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2018

It was a night of emotion in New York as a documentary titled, ‘Boko Haram: Journey from Evil’ debuted in the U.S.’’ The film revealed the sect’s world of torture and executions. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that people from all walks of life gathered for the screening of the […]

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Planning Committee For Nigeria’s Hosting of African Tourism Ministers Inaugurated

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated the planning committee for the 61st Meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation/CAF taking place in Abuja, Nigeria, 4th-6th June 2018. The Minister, who performed the ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, charged members of the committee to ensure the success of the event. […]

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Africa’s great musician Hugh Masekela dies

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

Hugh Masekela, South Africa’s trumpeter, jazz artist and music legend, is dead. He died of prolonged prostrate cancer. He was aged 78. His family first made his death known in a statement. “After a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer, he passed peacefully in Johannesburg,” Masekela’s family said in a statement. It hailed his […]

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Funke Akindele in Hollywood’s flick The Avengers

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2018

Twitter is abuzz over the appearance of Nigeria’s Nollywood star, Funke Akindele in Hollywood’s flick  Avengers: Infinity War . The film is an  American superhero film based on Marvel Comics superhero team ‘The Avengers’. Funke played the role of a  Dora Milaje member in the film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. In the list […]