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Multiple accident leaves many injured on 3rd Mainland Bridge Oworonshoki.

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Many commuters became victims of the accident that occurred on the Oworonshoki end of the third mainland on Sunday, September 11, 2016.  On Sunday, September 11, 2016, a multiple auto crash reportedly left many commuters injured. According to reports from Twitter handles, many people sustained serious injuries in a multiple accident that occurred at the Oworonshoki end of the third mainland bridge in Lagos. While investigations have continued to unravel the cause of the accident, two commercial buses were reportedly left damaged.    Photo credit; Sylki Vansmoo

Kehinde Ogungbe Launches Radio Station Kennis 104.1 FM

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Kehinde “Kenny” Ogungbe has launched his own radio station Kennis  104.1 FM.   The famous Kehinde Ogungbe popularly known as Kenny or KK of PrimeTime Music has floated his radio station Kennis 104.1 FM. The CEO and Founder of Kennis Music has remained in the music industry long enough and is responsible for musical legends such as 2Face  Idibia, Eedris Abdulkarem, Tony Tetuila, Sound Sultan and a couple others.

WizKid, Drake's 'One Dance' Is the No. 1 Song of the Summer.

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  The track led the weekly Songs of the Summer chart each week from start to finish. Summer '16 officially belonged to Drake , as the superstar's "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, is Billboard 's No. 1 song of the summer of 2016. The collab crowns Billboard 's annual Songs of the Summer chart , which tracks the most popular hits based on cumulative performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

NEA 2016Adekunle Gold, Olamide, Kiss Daniel, others win big

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Adekunle Gold picked up the Best New Act Award, Olamide bagged Album of the Year for "Eyan Mayweather" , Kiss Daniel Hottest Single of The Year for 'Mama' and so on. See Full List of Winners below: 2016 NIGERIA ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS WINNERS MUSIC CATEGORIES Album of the Year : Eyan Mayweather (Olamide) Hottest Single of the Year : Mama (Kiss Daniel) Best Song : Pick Up (Adekunle Gold) AfroPop Artist of the Year : Kiss Daniel Rap Act of the Yea r: Olamide Best RnB Artist of the Year: Seyi Shay Dancehall Artist: Ketchup Best Collabo of the Year: My Woman, My Everything - Patoranking ft Wande Coal Best Live Performance : 2Baba Best Music Video of the Year (Director) : Unlimited LA (Emergency, Dbanj) Best New Act to Watch : Adekunle Gold Alternative Artist : Aramide Indigenous Artist of the Year : Flavour Diaspora Artist of the Year : Ayojay Gospel Artist of the Year : Frank Edward Most Promising Act to Watch : Mr. Eazi Music Producer of the Year: Masterkraft Africa

AFCON 2017 Qualifiers| Iheanacho helps Nigeria to slim win over Tanzania

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Kelechi Iheanacho saved the day for Nigeria, scoring the only goal as the Super Eagles laboured to a slim 1-0 win over Tanzania in their final game of the AFCON 2017 Qualifiers. Despite the huge crowd cheering them on at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday, the Eagles had to wait till the 78th minute before they could register the first and only goal of the game. Tanzania keeper Manula gave a man-of-the-match display, stopping the Eagles on a number of occasions. But the shot-stopper had no answer to Iheanacho’s thunderbolt in the 78th minute. Saturday’s win was the only one recorded by Nigeria in the AFCON 2017 Qualifiers as they finish with five points in four games. Egypt, on their part, topped the group with unassailable 10 points from same number of games like the Super Eagles.

Ms. Lauryn Hill Will Be Joined by Nas, Seun Kuti, Talib Kweli On Her ‘Diaspora Calling!’ Tour

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E arlier this year, Ms. Lauryn Hill brought the sounds of Africa and the Caribbean to Brooklyn for the surprise Diaspora Calling! Music festival. Today, Ms. Hill will be kicking off “The MLH Caravan: A Diaspora Calling! Concert Series,” which will take her across North America, Paris and Tokyo. And she’s not going alone. Each show will feature performances from artists across the diaspora including Nas , Machel Montano , Kehlani , Talib Kweli , Little Simz , and Noname . Nigeria will be represented by Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 for the tail end of the tour. And Ghana will definitely be present with EL and Jojo Abot joining for select shows. Ms. Hill mentions, “The MLH Caravan allows me to continue the theme of unity and celebration of the many facets of cultural and artistic beauty throughout the African diaspora while on tour this summer and fall. In these days of tension, tumult and transition, an exchange of this kind can yield direction, expression, understanding and empow