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  A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Wednesday admitted a Nollywood actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, charged with alleged tampering and spraying of the redesigned Naira notes to N5 million bail. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred two counts charge against Omoseyin, who was arraigned on Monday, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. The charge bothered on spraying and stepping on the newly designed naira notes. The defendant, 31, was alleged to have tampered with N100,000 new notes, by spraying and stepping on same during an occasion in the Lekki area of Lagos She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. In his ruling on Wednesday, Justice Aneke admitted the defendant to bail and one surety in like sum. The court held that the surety must be a public servant, and must have landed property within the court’s jurisdiction. The surety is also to produce three years of tax clearance. In addition, the defendant was ordered to deposit her internatio...

  Post Malone will also grace the show with a medley of hits while Jewel will perform the National Anthem. Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel will lead the player introductions for the newly named NBA All-Stars. For the upcoming 2023 All-Star Game halftime show, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has chosen Nigeria’s Burna Boy, Tems, and Rema to lead an Afrobeats-themed performance on February 19, Sunday night in Salt Lake City, Utah. Post Malone will also grace the show with a medley of hits while Jewel will perform the National Anthem. Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel will lead the player introductions for the newly named NBA All-Stars. GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer @burnaboy , 2023 GRAMMY Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer @temsbaby and rapper and singer @heisrema will headline the NBA All-Star Game 2023 halftime show with an Afrobeats-themed performance. pic.twitter.com/IW98bQdpC5 — NBA Communicatio...

  The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso has identified the only step his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi must take to stand a chance of winning the presidential election. Kwankwaso said Obi’s chances of winning the presidential election depends on a merger with him. The NNPP presidential candidate spoke while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘The 2023 Verdict’ Friday evening. According to Kwankwaso: “You see, I can tell you, and I’ve said it here on this chair when we were about to come together, and I said it that the only opportunity they (Labour Party) had was for us to come together.” A few weeks ago, Kwankwaso disclosed why the proposed merger with Obi did not work out. The former Kano State governor said it failed because Obi’s LP was at the peak of a media hype.

  The custom was widespread among the German Lutherans by the 18th century, but it was not until the following century that the Christmas tree became a deep-rooted German tradition.  Introduced into England in the early 19th century, the Christmas tree was popularized in the mid-19th century by German-born Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.   Blown-glass ornaments were offered for sale in Britain and the United States as early as the 1870s, many produced in small workshops in Germany and Bohemia,  which also created decorations made from tinsel, cast lead, beads, pressed paper, and cotton batting. In the United States, F.W. Woolworth was selling $25 million in ornaments annually by 1890, by which time strings of electric tree lights were also available.  In the 1930s, artificial trees made of brush bristles were developed in the United States, and the 1950s and ’60s saw the mass production of aluminum and PVC plastic trees. Artificial tree...

  A new musical featuring the songs of Britney Spears is headed to Broadway in 2023. Once Upon a One More Time , which first opened in Chicago and Washington, D.C. before setting its sights on New York City, is an original production that includes the singer's various chart-topping hits, like "Circus," "Lucky," "Oops... I Did It Again," "Toxic" and many others.  The show is slated to start preview performances on Saturday, May 13, before officially opening on Thursday, June 22 at Broadway's Marquis Theatre in Manhattan.  Directed and choreographed by Keone and Mari Madrid and written by Jon Hartmere, Once Upon a One More Time is a fractured fairytale, telling an original story about Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Snow White and other familiar characters who are all members of the same book club. During one of their fortnightly meetings, a fairy godmother grants their wish for a new story by giving them a copy of The Feminine My...

  Nigeria has been hit by the sudden deaths of three of its finest gospel artistes within the last seven months. These gospel singers, who had attained international recognition, died under different circumstances, raising the question of what celebrities go through in their families and private corners. Just as great South African reggae singer, Lucky Dube pointed out in his song ‘Mask’, these celebrities put on brave faces every morning and night, and go on stage with big smiles on their faces, but when they go home and take off their masks, unbelievable tears run down their face. According to the late South African reggae artist, who was killed mysteriously, celebrities put on big smiles for the cameras, have lives that their fans would only dream of, while on the inside, they hurt just like every other person. Stories about the personal and family experiences of these Nigerian gospel artists, such as Chinedu Nwadike, Osinachi Nwachukwu and Sammie Okposo set social...

  Nigerian singer/songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has called on the youths across the country to protect their votes at their polling units during the 2023 general elections. Oputa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the ‘YellOut 4 Good Governance in Nigeria’ event on Friday in Abuja. He said that he is very happy and proud of the youths in the country. “I have told them that the salvation of any country lies in the hands of the exceptional people; these people are the great Nigerian youths. “They already know their rights, but my call to them is that they should stand and defend those rights at the polling booths. “However, the opposition wants to do it, I know that the boys are ready to give them back what they get. I don’t have chills in that area; all I can do is wish them well and pray for their safety. “Nigeria is getting dangerous for my liking, and because of years of dis...