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Sweden has officially signed her country’s application to join NATO, following Monday’s announcement to proceed with the move. Sweden’s s foreign minister Ann Linde, said on Tuesday, “It feels very big, very serious, and it feels like we have arrived at a conclusion which is the best for Sweden. We don’t know how long it will take, but we calculate that it could take up to a year. Now, this week, this application will be submitted, together with Finland, in a day or so, and then it will be processed by NATO.” The news comes two days after Finland’s President Sauli…

Fashion designer, Yomi Casual, dropped this shade on his Instastories. Who could he be referring to?

Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to COVID-19 restrictions and major diplomatic row. The enclaves on the Mediterranean coast in northern Morocco have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa. The gates opened shortly after 11:00 pm local time (2200 GMT) on Monday night, letting dozens of cars and queues of pedestrians pass in both directions. At the Fnideq border post, smiles lit up the faces of the travelers crossing to see their families on the Moroccan…

Elon Musk has threatened to pull the plug on the Twitter deal until the social media company shows proof of its spam account figures. The Tesla CEO, who last month offered $44billion for the tech platform, disputes their claims that bots represent around five percent of their users, believing the figures could be ‘much higher’ than 20 percent. The world’s richest man fired off a tweet this morning stating: ‘20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher. ‘My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate. ‘Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. This deal cannot…

World football governing body, FIFA, has celebrated Super Falcons striker and captain, Asisat Oshoala for finishing as top scorer in the Primera Iberdrola (Spanish women’s first division). Oshoala ended the season with 20 goals and three assists in 19 games despite a three month injury-induced layoff. She had some tight competition before clinching the award. Geyse Ferreira of Real Madrid scored 20 goals but did it in 27 appearances and recorded one assist compared to Oshoala’s record in 19 games. Reacting to Oshoala’s top scorer’s award, FIFA described her performance for Barcelona this term as perfect. “20 goals and a…

Barcelona icon, Lionel Messi is reportedly set to join Inter Miami in the MLS once his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expires, according to Alex Candal of DIRECTV Sports. Messi joined the French giants on a free transfer from Barcelona ahead of the 2021/22 season with the Argentinian international signing a two-year deal at the Parc des Princes. PSG have an option to extend his deal until 2024, but new report has claimed that the Argentina superstar will acquire 35% of Inter Miami shares in the MLS and will join them in 2023. The  club co-owner Jorge Mas also confirmed that the…

Nigerian singers; Wizkid and Tems lost the only nomination they go at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. The Billboard artists were nominated in the ‘Top R&B Song’ category all thanks to the remix of their global hit, “Essence” (featuring Justin Bieber). Find out the night’s big winners of the Diddy-hosted award ceremony below; ARTIST AWARDS Top Artist Doja Cat WINNER: Drake Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift The Weeknd Top New Artist Giv?on Masked Wolf WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo Pooh Shiesty The Kid LAROI Top Male Artist WINNER: Drake Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Lil Nas X The Weeknd Top Female Artist Adele Doja Cat Dua Lipa WINNER:…

Burna Boy just delivered a spectacular performance at the 2022 Billboard Awards in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Odogwu got fans grooving to his new single, the Toni Braxton-sampling “Last Last,” and the dub-flavored, laid-back single “Kilometer” from 2021. Burna Boy wore a stylishly flayed black suit jacket and shorts compliments of his stylist sister, Romani as he wowed the crowd. For people wondering why his performance is special, it would excite you to know that Burna Boy is the first Nigerian artist to perform at a Billboard Award Show. Not even Wizkid, who has been nominated many times…

Men of the Borno state police command have defused a bomb at Dalori internally-displaced persons camp (IDP) in Konduga LGA of the state. Residents of the camp woke up to see a sack with content suspected to be an improvised explosive device (IED). Everyone including armed police officers at the camp stood far away, while waiting for the anti-bomb squad to come and verify the content of the items. The anti-bomb squad arrived at the scene and confirmed it was a bomb. They successfully detonated it without causing any casualties.

Doctor Strange actress, Zara Phythian has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing a teenage schoolgirl. Her husband, Victor Marke was sentenced to 14 years in jail for abusing the same girl, who was aged between 13 and 15, and indecently assaulting a second girl. Phythian, 37, who featured in the 2016 Marvel blockbuster Doctor Strange alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, May 16. Jurors heard the couple abused the girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, “once or twice a month” from 2005 and plied her with alcohol during a three-year ordeal. Passing…