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Safiu Kehinde Four months after the death of Nigerian Gospel Singer, Egbin Orun, another prominent gospel artist, Aduke Gold, has reportedly died. This was made known in a post on social media by fellow gospel artist, Esther Igbekele, who paid tribute to the deceased on her Instagram page. “A general had fallen” Esther Igbekele had captioned the picture of the late artist. This comes as a shock to the gospel music industry as they are thrown into yet another week of mourning. Meanwhile, the cause of her death is still unknown. More details later…

The U.S. FBI said on Monday it was investigating after Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said its internal communications were hacked and the campaign blamed the Iranian government. The former president said on Saturday that Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab had informed his campaign that Iran had hacked one of its websites. Trump said Iran was “only able to get publicly available information.” The FBI is also investigating an alleged hack targeting advisers to the campaign of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The FBI began the investigation in June, when Biden was…

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian music artists, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema and Temilade Openiyi also known as Tems have made it to the Summer Music Playlist of former US President, Barrack Obama. Renown for his taste of music, Obama had, yesterday, released his Summer Music Playlist on his X handle. Making the list alongside the likes of Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion, and Billie Ellish, were Love me Jeje by Tems and Yayo by Rema. Speaking in an interview in April, Tems had disclosed that Love Me Jeje was a single inspired by Seyi Shodimu’s 1997 classic which featured popular Nollywood…

Safiu Kehinde Kebbi state governor, Nasir Idris, has received People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Chairman of Argungu Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello Layya, alongside 1,500 party supporters, who defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The All Progressive Congress’ (APC) governor of Kebbi, welcomed the new members at the flagg-off of APC Zonal Campaign Rally in Argungu on Monday. Idris expressed his delight over the development which saw the ex-PDP members joining the ruling party. The governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Sen. Umar Abubakar-Tafida, stressed that receiving a large number of people from the main opposition party…

The Health System Strengthening (HSS) Cluster, led by the Council for Affirmative Action (COFAA) in Kebbi, has urged Dr Nasir Idris, to dedicate budget line in the 2025 state budget for adequate Primary Healthcare Centres’ supervision in the state. The Executive Director COFAA in the state, Mbami Iliya-Sabka, made the appeal at the Kebbi House of Assembly complex in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. ”The HSS cluster urges the Kebbi Government to prioritise this initiative in its 2025 budget to ensure that every citizen has access to quality healthcare services. ”By doing so, the state will be taking a crucial step…

Safiu Kehinde Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, John Owan Enoh, has hailed D’Tigress’ Boss, Rena Wakama, after emerging as the best coach of the basketball tournament at the just concluded Olympics game in Paris. Enoh, in a statement on his X handle yesterday, commended Wakama for and her outstanding leadership and achievement she made with the Nigerian female basketball team. He said the team demonstrated remarkable prowess and dedication in the course of the tournament as they made history as the first African basketball team (male or female) to reach Olympics quarter-finals. “Coach Rena Wakama, this accolade is a testament to…

Agency Report Experts estimate that more than 47,000 people died as a result of high temperatures in Europe in 2023, the world’s warmest year since records began. The figure is revealed in a modelling study, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday. However, the international research group also reports that society appears to have adapted to the heat. The team used mortality data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) on 96 million deaths to estimate the heat-related mortality burden in 2023 for 823 regions in 35 European countries. According to these…

Agency Report A widow, Mrs Esther Osaghae, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, seeking investigation into the death of her husband, Mr Fidelis Osaghae, in his boss’ office at Auchi, Edo. The widow, who alleged planned cover up, claimed her husband died under questionable circumstances. The petition, filed on her behalf by Akin Faadeyi Foundation, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), said that the deceased worked with a man who was into hospitality business in the community. A copy of the petition was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin. The petitioner said…

Safiu Kehinde Ogun State Command has confirmed the killing of a suspected cultist in a cult clash yesterday at Ijebu Ode. The Police Command, in a statement issued on its official X handle today, disclosed the clash between rival cults which claimed the life a middle-aged man. According to the statement, the Police had received a distress call reporting the cult clash along Ijagun Road, Ijebu Ode. On arrival at the scene, the Police discovered the body of the man inflcited with machete wounds and gunshot injuries. The body would later be identified as ‘Mosquito’ and alleged to be…

Agency Report The Buji Local Government Council of Jigawa has confirmed the death of a 30-year-old man and his two-year-old son in a building collapse that occurred in Madabe village. The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, who confirmed the information to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday, said the 25-year-old mother of the boy survived the incident. Safiyanu said that the surviving mother is responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital. He explained that the incident that led to the collapse of the building occurred on Sunday night during a heavy downpour. Also speaking, Badaruddeen…