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Tickets for Wizkid’s show scheduled to hold at the O2 Arena in London yesterday sold out in just 12 minutes, leaving fans scrambling to try and find leftover tickets.

The Grammy Award-winning artist is billed to perform on 28 November as part of the O2’s Welcome Back lineup, with other acts such as Burna Boy and comedian Mo Gilligan also announced.

Fans who weren’t able to get tickets took their frustration to Twitter, with one even saying she was “crying” after being unable to purchase one.

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Forbes has officially declared popular singer, Rihanna a billionaire making her the richest female musician on the planet.

Forbes estimates that the 33-year-old singer and businesswoman is now the wealthiest female musician in the world with a fortune worth $1.7 billion. That makes her second only to Oprah Winfrey for the world’s richest female entertainer.

While music is what made her famous, Fenty Beauty is what made her rich, the magazine says. She owns 50 percent of the company, which expanded to skincare in 2020.

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Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has said he ended his political career to avoid selling or compromising his soul.

The actor, who joined the Young Democratic Party when he began his political career in 2014, made this known during an interview with BBC Igbo yesterday.

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According to him, Nigerian politics is a dirty game characterized by violence, rigging, bribery, corruption, and other manipulations perpetrated by politicians.

‘I tried doing politics but what I was required to compromise was almost like selling your soul. I’m principled.

‘The day my people summon me to serve, …

The presiding Bishop of Living Faith Worldwide, David Oyedepo has revealed why he once told his pastors that God would kill them.

According to the wealthy pastor, he told his ministers that God would kill them if any one of them went around saying they built Faith Tabernacle because he did not want them to take the glory of God.

Oyedepo was speaking at the dedication of the Great DomeT and Day four of Recharge Conference 2021 on Saturday.

According to Oyedepo, ‘When we concluded His agenda of building The Faith Tabernacle in one year, I told our pastors that …

Nigerian superstar singer, Wizkid has disclosed what his future wife must do before he can get married to her.

The Grammy-award singer began by giving a shout-out to whoever he is going to spend the rest of his life with, although he confirmed he doesn’t know the lady yet.

He said his future wife will have to buy him a ring and propose to him on both knees before they will get married.

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His post read: ‘Big shoutout to the one I’ll spend the rest of my life …

American comedian and actor, Bill Cosby has issued another statement following his release from prison last week.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Cosby was released days ago after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his sexual assault conviction, ruling that the comedian could not be prosecuted for the same crime again.

Cosby, took to his Twitter page denying both ‘non-consensual’ sex and ‘drugging’ women in a thread.

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He accused the media of sharing fake reports and taking his words out of context.

His tweets read: ‘In response to the

An aide and crew member to popular Afrobeats singer, Davido identified as Habeeb Uthman, popularly known Obama DMW has been confirmed dead.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Obama allegedly died on Tuesday at a hospital in Lagos after a suspected heart failure.

It was gathered that the deceased had before then complained of having difficulties with breathing after which he drove himself to the hospital for proper checkup and treatment.

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He, however, died a few hours later.

Reacting, singer Peruzzi took to his Instagram account to share …

Popular Nigerian musician, Burna Boy has won the Best International act on the recently concluded BET awards.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Burnaboy and Wizkid were earlier nominated for the 2021 Bet Awards.

The organizers of the Awards took to their official Instagram account to announce nominations for the 2021 awards.

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Award-winning superstars, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid and Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy got a nomination each for the best “International Act”along with several other International artistes.…

Nigerian ‘A’ list comedian Bovi has revealed why he and Ayo Makun who is popularly known as AY grew apart.

The award-winning entertainer made this revelation during a chat with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on Rubbin Minds on Monday which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

It all started when the host, Ebuka asked if he was cool with all the comedians to which Bovi replied that he was cool with ‘most of them’.

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He said: ‘It’s not because of anything but if you have a way you …

Netflix has revealed that it has begun a three-month training programme in story writing and post-production for film and television professionals in Africa and Nigerians most especially as a way of giving back to the continent.

In a statement sighted by Africa Daily News, New York yesterday, the movie streaming service platform explained that the training was sub-divided into a three-month training program with 12 African participants and an APost Lab post-production workshop for film and TV professionals.

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It went on to add that the three-month training programme …

A group of 21 lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender-diverse (LGBT) activists who were arrested last month while attending a conference in southern Ghana have been granted bail Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

Accoding to reports, they were charged with ‘unlawful assembly‘, and at the time of their arrest were accused by police of sharing books and flyers with titles including “Coming out” and ‘All about Trans‘.

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Human Rights Watch said in 2018 that queer Ghanaians ‘suffer widespread discrimination and abuse both …