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Tanzania's president is out here defending her massive election win after people started questioning how she pulled 97 percent of the vote. Samia Suluhu Hassan says the main opposition party, Chadema, bailed on the race because they knew they were going to lose, and that percentage only counts...

Tinubu tapped General Christopher Musa as the next Defense Minister after the previous guy, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, stepped down because of health problems. The president sent his nomination letter over to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Musa is a former Chief of Defence Staff who held...

Nigeria is throwing its first sustainable recycling festival with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks as the headliner. The Artistic Pulse Festival goes down at Remembrance Arcade in Lagos, and it's bundled with the 11th annual Pan African Music Fashion Runway. NMO Management is running the whole...

YSL Beauty dropped a new retail concept called the Light Club in Lagos, pulling from the nightclub scene that Yves Saint Laurent used to hit up back in the 70s and 80s. The whole thing mixes fragrance shopping with music vibes and flashy lighting setups, plus there is a VIP section for people...

The Life Coaches Association of Nigeria wrapped up Africa Coaching Week after hosting events from the Ankara Glam Opening Gala at Four Points by Sheraton through digital sessions that pulled speakers from the UK, US, South Africa, and France. Omawumi Ogbe said the organization wants to...

MultiChoice Nigeria organized an anti-piracy march from Ikeja City Mall with Nollywood actors, filmmakers, and regulators hitting the streets to educate people about content theft. Saidi Balogun and Obi Emelonye showed up to warn that illegal downloads are killing jobs and destroying the...

Desperados threw a massive rave at Balmoral Convention Centre in Ikeja and packed over 5,000 people into what basically became an Ibiza-inspired party with Lagos energy. The flavored beer brand brought back the Despe Trybe crew, which had Ella Ley, Crispdal, Purplespeedy, Softmadeit, and Iyke...

Legend Extra Stout kicked off the Christmas season by sending a pack of bikers through Lagos in a formation that had everyone posting clips online. Ifeyinwa Madu from the brand said the procession was meant to hype up the incoming city light displays, and the riders eventually lined up to make...

Amstel Malta is lighting up cities across southeastern Nigeria and dropping a whole Christmas village in Aba for people coming home during the holidays. The malt drink company teamed up with state governments in Enugu, Rivers, and Abia to string up decorations and create festive hangout spots...

The ABC Conference hit Lagos and basically turned into a multiday creative awakening for Nigerian artists and entrepreneurs trying to connect with global markets. Yagazie Eguare from Gazmadu brought together speakers like Isaac Emokpae and Tolani Alli from the World Bank Group, plus hands-on...

Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman led the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee through four lockups and cut loose 87 people who had been sitting behind bars. The judge's crew hit up facilities in Mayo-Belwa, Jada, Sintali Kojoli Farm Centre, and Ganye to sort through cases involving theft, weapons...

Baba Mohammed Azare from the Akwa Ibom Police said cops better stop playing bodyguard for random politicians and VIPs who do not have clearance from the top brass. The police boss told his officers at headquarters that anyone caught doing escort duty without authorization is getting their gun...

Azubike Ugochukwu got tossed into the Olokuta Correctional Facility after cops said he and some accomplices broke into Adara Rawlings' place in Akure and made off with tech gear worth over 22 million naira. The haul apparently had multiple laptops like MSI Raiders and Dell Precision models, plus...

The Nigeria for Women Programme Scale-Up hit up Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, trying to get traditional leaders and market traders on board with their plan to help 105,000 women get their money right. Bolanle Fadairo rolled through to talk with the Onigboko of Orile-Igboko Igbesa and the Olodan...

Segun Showunmi from The Alternative Movement is telling Dapo Abiodun and Gbenga Daniel to quit their drama because regular people in Ogun State are catching strays. The activist wants President Bola Tinubu to step in and make these guys chill out since their beef over who gets the senate seat in...

Alex Otti from Abia State rolled up to see President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, and everyone thinks it has everything to do with getting Nnamdi Kanu out of prison. The IPOB leader got slapped with life behind bars for terrorism stuff, which set off a bunch of protests and people demanding his...

Seventeen people caught up in drug cases just got hit with 84 years of prison time combined by courts in Edo State, but they can dodge jail if they cough up 27.25 billion naira total. Mitchell Ofoyeju from the NDLEA said three women and 14 men got sentenced for messing around with everything...

Dayo Adeyeye from the Nigerian Ports Authority dropped some wild claims about security problems being cooked up by people trying to tank President Bola Tinubu before 2027 rolls around. The senator was getting an award at Obafemi Awolowo University when he said violence and kidnappings are...

Peter Mbah just dropped a massive 1.62 trillion naira budget for Enugu State, and the guy is talking big about transforming everything. The governor told lawmakers this is 66 percent bigger than what they had this year, with most of the cash going to actual projects instead of just paying...

Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara from Kwara State let 16 people walk out of jail after checking out the Okekura and Mandala lockups. The chief judge freed some folks who had been rotting away with no trial, others dealing with health problems, and a few who barely had charges that made sense...