Published   on   July 19, 2023 By   Sunny Green Itodo Grammy award-winning singer, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has revealed why he rarely makes political comments in his music and interviews. According to him, the Nigerian masses don’t care about politics, saying they only care about how to make ends meet. Wizkid made the assertion in a recent interview with Evening Standard UK. He said, “I don’t like to speak about politicians in Nigeria. People in the streets care about themselves and what they are going to eat. They don’t give a f*ck about nothing else.” The ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner also disclosed his ambition as a leader of the new generation of Nigerian musicians. He said he wouldn’t judge “previous generations”, stressing that his goal is “to steer the new generation forward.” The 30-year-old said he desires for the new crop of afrobeats artists to make global exploits and be united.

  Published  on  July 19, 2023 By   Ifreke Inyang    from "Daily Post" Andre Onana has admitted that the chance to join Manchester United was “irresistible”. The Cameroon goalkeeper is in the United Kingdom currently to complete a £47 million move from Inter Milan. Erik ten Hag has picked Onana, who he managed at Ajax, as his top choice to replace David de Gea as United’s No. 1. The Red Devils will pay £43.8 million upfront for the 27-year-old and £3.4 million in add-ons. Onana has now spoken about his excitement at linking up with the Premier League giants. He told Gazzetta dello Sport: “The important thing is to be honest and always tell people the truth. “I am a person who always wants new challenges. “Playing in the Premier League and for a club like Man United is irresistible. All parties wanted this to happen. “But what matters is that, even if I had stayed, I would have been equally happy because I never had any problems at Inter. Indeed, a magic was...

  by Sarah Steimer,   University of Chicago "It's about changing the framing of AI from artificial intelligence to radically augmented intelligence," said study co-author Prof. James A. Evans. Credit: Shutterstock.com A new study explores how artificial intelligence can not only better predict new scientific discoveries but can also usefully expand them. The researchers, who published their work in  Nature Human Behaviour , built models that could predict human inferences and the scientists who will make them. The authors also built models that avoided human inference to generate scientifically promising "alien" hypotheses that would not likely be considered until the distant future, if at all. They argue that the two demonstrations—the first allowing for the acceleration of human discovery, while the second identifies and passes over its blind spots—means that a human-aware AI would allow for movement beyond the contemporary scientific frontier. "If you bu...

  New WHO and UNICEF data show promising signs of immunization services rebounding in some countries, but, particularly in low-income countries, coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks. 18 July 2023 © UNICEF/UN0640022/Ayene A baby received a vaccination during a campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. GENEVA/NEW YORK,  18 July 2023  – Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in immunization caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, in 2022, 20.5 million children missed out on one or more vaccines delivered through routine immunization services, compared to 24.4 million children in 2021. In spite of this improvement, the number remains highe...

  The stoppage of the deal would be felt most severely by poor countries, the former Minister of Finance said. By  Ignatius Igwe Updated July 18, 2023 World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends a press conference on WTO trade forecast at the intergovernmental trade organization in Geneva on April 12, 2022. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday, faulted Russia’s decision to halt its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative. In a tweet on Monday, the former Minister of Finance expressed disappointment, saying the stoppage of the deal would be felt most severely by poor countries. Earlier, Russia said it would no longer cooperate with a deal that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine’s grain. Channels Television reports that the Black Sea Grain Initiative was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. The initiative was established in July 2022 to abate a glo...

  Published  on  July 18, 2023 By   Seun Opejob i The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has spoken about the fate of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, following the removal of its national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. Primate Ayodele, who had foretold the APC crisis and the removal of the party’s National Chairman some years back, noted that the ruling party is set to begin another round of crisis that will lead to their destruction. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, titled: ‘APC will be destroyed, minority will oppress majority’, Ayodele knocked APC’s leadership for ignoring his warnings about the party’s crisis some years back while stressing that the removal of Adamu will expose many things hidden in the party. Primate Ayodele explained that he doesn’t see the ruling party flourishing in the coming days unless the leaders retrace their steps. According to Ayodele: “I warned the ruling party a...

A round-up of top entertainment news in Nigeria last week By Esther Kalu     July 16, 2023   Reading Time: 5 mins read Wizkid gets no nomination at Headies For the first time in 13 years, Nigeria Afrobeats Artiste Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as  Wizkid , did not bag a nomination in the 16th edition of the Headies Awards. On Wednesday, the Headies Awards organisers announced the nominees in different categories. After the announcement, several mixed reactions trailed Wizkid’s absence from the nomination list. Many were surprised that Wizkid, a Grammy award-winning singer, was not nominated. Some people argued that the artiste’s latest project, ‘More Love Less Ego,’ should be considered for nomination. Wizkid gets no nomination at Headies However, Wizkid is yet to respond to his name’s omission amid the social media buzz about him. Blackface accuses Burnaboy, others of stealing his songs Blackface On Friday, Blackface, a one-time member of the now-disbanded music ...