Hip hop veteran and seven time winner of the Lyricist On The Roll category at the Headies, Mode 9, recently poured out his heart on rap music in Nigeria. Mode 9 was caught on camera advising a young rap artiste. “A lot of people are rapping but people are not hip hop. It’s true. Some times I go to hip hop events and I just laugh. They are almost trying to, but not.
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Popular music label, Kennis Music has added two new acts to the number of artistes on the label. According to Kenny Ogungbe, the C.E.O of Kennis Music, the new additions who are foreign acts, namely; B Howard and Hussain Abdullah Karim (H.A.K) are here to stay. Here’s what the label boss told us.
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After being missing in the Nigerian music scene for a while, Chibuzor Orji popularly known as Faze, of the defunct group Plantashun Boiz, has spoken up about what he has been up to.
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Facility decay, lack of maintenance hangar and low capacity have adversely affected air transport in Nigeria. But the Federal Government has audacious plans to eliminate these challenges through infrastructure and manpower development. Chinedu Eze writes
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has sold N172.1bn ($1.1bn) in treasury bills and increased the yield offered on the short-dated paper to mop up liquidity to support the naira. Although the bank did not give reason for the additional N30bn issued, it had said last week that it would auction N142.1bn of treasury bills with maturities of between three months and one year.
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At least 57 members of an Islamist sect, including children, have been discovered living underground in the Republic of Tatarstan, according to Russian police. Many of them have never even seen the sun, authorities said. The sect members, which includes at least 19 children ages 1 to 17, were freed. They were found August 1 during a police raid performed as part of an ongoing investigation into militant groups in Tatarstan. The bunker, which appeared to be made of decrepit concrete blocks, has multiple levels below ground with tight-quartered cells that have no light, ventilation or heat.
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The Commissioner for Sports in Cross River State, Patrick Ugbe remains indifferent over the poor outing ofNigeriaat the London 2012 Olympics, asking, “what did you expect.”
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Federal Government will take a final decision on the concessioning of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway next week. The expressway had earlier been concessioned to Bi-Courtney Highway Services. However, years after the concessioning, work has not started on the road, which daily claims lives through auto crashes and robberies.
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Kaduna, yesterday donated foodstuff to six Muslim communities in Kaduna as assistance for less privileged persons. The items include: bags of sugar, millet, maize, and beans. Donating the items, Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, the Senior Pastor of the church, said the donation was to assist less privileged Muslims with whom they had been living together over the years.
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Usain Bolt carved his name in the Olympic record books Thursday by claiming gold in the 200 meters in London as he led a Jamaican sweep of the medal positions.
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