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PAWA’s New Executive Council Prioritises Marginalised Literature, Intercontinental Literacy, Dialogue

01.08.2025

Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) newly inaugurated regional executive council said it will priortise Africa’s heretofore marginalised literatures, intercontinental dialogue and the champion Africans reading works by African authors across the continent. The association disclosed this at the inauguration of the newly elected Executive Council, comprising the President, Cameroonian, Professor Bill Ndi, and his six Vice...

Percy Jackson, Olympians Second Season To Premiere December 10

01.08.2025

Fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians should tighten their seatbelts as the new trailer for the second season scheduled to premiere December 10 has been released. The second season which adapts Rick Riordan’s second book of same title Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters, sees Percy played by Walker Scobell, Annabeth...

Nollywood Streaming Platform KAVA To Be Unveiled

01.08.2025

Two big industry players in the Nigerian entertainment, Film One Entertainment and Inkblot Studios have partnered to create Nollywood’s first streaming platform ‘KAVA’ set to unveil this August. The platform will address the challenge of the underrepresentation of the world’s second largest film industry on global streaming platforms, as well as promote authentic and original...

Africa Needs Comprehensive, Integrated Approach To Tackle Copyright Infringement – WIPO

01.08.2025

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) says Africa requires a comprehensive and integrated approach to tackle copyright infringement challenges exacerbated by advancements in digital publishing. WIPO copyright development senior coordinator Regional and National Development Sector, Sherine Greiss, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) newly elected council recently. Currently valued at...

ANA Commends Members Conferred Fellows Of ICPAN

01.08.2025

Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has celebrated its members Mallam Denja Abdullahi and Esther Adelana, who were conferred with fellows of the Institute of Corporate and Public Administrators of Nigeria (ICPAN) in Abuja. Abdullahi, a retired director at National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), ex-ANA National President and authors of several poetry and dramatic...

46 Artistes Emerge Winners At Maiden Catholic Music Awards

01.08.2025

Forty-six music artistes have emerged winners in the first ever Catholic Music Awards held on July 27, 2025, at the Auditorium Conciliazione lose to St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Founded on the idea of the Fraternity and Fundacion Ramón Pané headed by Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga and Brother Ricardo Grzona, the awards aim at rewarding...

Tension As Denari, Otega Clash Over Piece Of Chicken

01.08.2025

Chaos erupted in the Big Brother Naija Season 10 house late Thursday night after the pool party, as housemates Denari and Otega got into a heated altercation over a piece of chicken. The fight broke out shortly after the first weekly pool party had ended. Denari, visibly upset, accused Otega, who, alongside Big Soso, was...

Joana Emerges First Winner Of Arena Game Challenge

01.08.2025

Joana has made history as the first housemate to win the Arena Game in the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season 10 reality TV show dubbed 10/10, marking a major milestone early in the competition. During the highly anticipated Arena Game challenge, Joana impressed both housemates and viewers by completing the task in just three minutes...

‘Dede Behaves As If She Doesn’t Use Toilet’, Kuture Complains

31.07.2025

Big Brother Naija Season 10 housemate, Kuture, sparked reactions during his diary session after making a rather bizarre but pointed observation about fellow housemate Dede and her aloof behaviour in the house. Speaking to Big Brother, Kuture said Dede has been acting unusually distant and antisocial since entering the house. He described her as behaving...

Drama As Big Soso, Imisi Quarrel Over Food

31.07.2025

Tensions flared in the Big Brother Naija Season 10 house on Wednesday as housemates Big Soso and Imisi clashed over food preparation, turning the kitchen into a battleground of words. The incident followed a directive by the current Head of House, Jason Jae, who placed Big Soso and Otega in charge of managing food supplies...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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