UPDATED: After months of negotiations, David Bowie’s estate has sold the singer’s formidable publishing catalog to Warner Chappell Music for a price upwards of $250 million, sources confirm to Variety. The catalog spans six decades and includes such songs as “Heroes,” “Changes,” “Space Oddity,” “Fame,” “Let’s Dance,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Golden Years,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “All the Young Dudes,” his 1981 collaboration with Queen “Under Pressure” and hundreds more. Read More...
As the seventh World Economic Forum in Africa, being hosted by Nigeria, already started in Abuja on Wednesday, Nigerians are still expecting the US Marines to start arriving the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The last few weeks in Nigeria have been extremely stressful due to several terror attacks of Boko Haram Islamists who set off 2 bombs in Nyanya, which is satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory. The biggest attack yet was when the Islamist group abducted over 200 girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok and 11 more in Warabe village, both in Borno. Read More...
Five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors on Sunday met in Enugu State over the 2023 presidential election. According to a report, the Governors held the closed-door meeting to deliberate on the presidential ambition of the Labour Party, flagbearer, Peter Obi.
The Governors in the meeting include Nyesom Wike (Rivers State), Samuel Ortom (Benue State), Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State).
A source that spoke with Daily Post on the meeting said the PDP Governors are aiming at supporting Obi because they are not pleased with the presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Read More...