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4 Non Blondes showed up at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas without telling anyone and played their 1993 hit for the crowd at Kia Forum in California. Linda Perry let the audience handle the chorus while the band prepped for their sold-out West Hollywood shows happening right after. The group...

Zambia squares off against DRC at the Pinata Sports Arena for a friendly ahead of AFCON, and head coach Moses Sichone said his squad respects their opponents on paper but plans to bring the fight once the whistle blows. The team got a boost after several foreign-based players showed up to camp...

Patson Daka carried Zambia's national team through years of failing to reach AFCON between 2017 and 2023, dropping five goals during both the 2021 and 2023 qualifying campaigns when the squad desperately needed someone to step up. The Leicester City striker finished as joint top scorer with...

Zambia's national soccer squad just switched up its leadership structure with Fashion Sakala taking over as the new captain while the team trains in Murcia, Spain. The coaching staff dropped Lubambo Musonda from the top spot but kept him around as first assistant captain, and they added Kings...

Orlando Pirates winger Kamogelo Sebelebele keeps gushing about his teammate Sipho Mbule's abilities after watching him work during training sessions at the club. The 23-year-old player said Mbule possesses raw talent that stands out among the squad, and he described the midfielder as someone who...

TikTok creator Tucker Genal died after building a massive following on the platform with challenge videos featuring his two younger brothers. His siblings, Carson and Connor, broke the news through Instagram posts where Carson described Tucker as his hero and the kindest person he ever knew, and...

South African spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba climbed four spots to sixth place on the ICC Women's T20I bowling rankings after grabbing three wickets against Ireland at an average under 12 runs. The 25-year-old left-armer sits just 31 rating points behind top-ranked Australian bowler Annabel...

Standard Bank customers got locked out of their mobile and online banking platforms after software company Sage ran into technical problems with the bank feeds coming through. People trying to log into the app got error screens at first, and when access came back, they could only see outdated...

South African rugby player Lusanda Dumke passed away from cancer, and SA Rugby president Mark Alexander said she represented the country with courage and resilience throughout her career. The former captain earned 33 Test caps for the Springbok Women, led the squad three times, and took home...

South African media personality DJ Warras got gunned down in Johannesburg Central after three suspects rolled up on him right when he parked his car. Police Captain Tintswalo Sibeko said the shooters opened fire and then bounced on foot, and cops still have no clue why it went down or who did...

T.I. told gospel artist Kirk Franklin that he skips church because he thinks the whole thing operates like a business instead of actual worship. The rapper grew up with his grandma and aunt teaching him Christian prayer, and he believes God exists based on what happened in his life, but...

The Brain Media dropped a list of ten Nigerian artists who might blow up next year, and the lineup covers everything from underground hits to people already working with Davido and Wizkid. Fola keeps dropping tracks that stick with listeners, while Shoday got massive attention after his single...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation started processing refunds for customers at those two mortgage banks that just got shut down by the CBN. Depositors at Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc can grab up to 2 million naira per person through automatic transfers...

The Central Bank of Nigeria just pulled the plug on two mortgage lenders, Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc. Hakama Sidi Ali from the CBN said both companies kept breaking rules and basically ran out of money to cover what they owed depositors. The regulators found...

Transcorp Hotels just tapped Awele Vivien Elumelu to run their board starting next year. She takes over after Emmanuel Nnorom steps down, and she already chairs Avon Healthcare, Avon Medical Practice, and Heirs Insurance Brokers while sitting on the Heirs Holdings board. The woman studied...

Thirteen federal agency heads in Nigeria just won some online poll thing organized by The Street Journal, and the list is pretty stacked with big names. Aisha Rimi from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission grabbed top honors, while Gbenga Komolafe at the petroleum regulatory body and...

The Rural Electrification Agency and National Bureau of Statistics locked down a partnership to run a nationwide energy survey that tracks electricity access using the World Bank's Multi-Tier Framework, and REA boss Abba Abubakar Aliyu says the whole thing will pump out granular data on...

The League of Civil Society Groups came after Aliko Dangote for publicly demanding a probe into NMDPRA boss Farouk Ahmed instead of filing formal complaints through oversight channels like the National Assembly or anti-corruption agencies. National Secretary Mohammed Bassah said the...

Nigeria's debt pile hit 152 trillion naira while Finance Minister Olawale Edun told senators the government is ditching heavy borrowing for aggressive revenue collection after missing 30 trillion naira in targets this year. The feds projected 40 trillion coming in but only grabbed 10 trillion...

Nigeria dropped below the 2 trillion naira distribution mark for the first time in four months after the Federation Account Allocation Committee divvied up 1.928 trillion naira among federal, state, and local governments following sharp declines in petroleum profit tax, company income tax, VAT...