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Nigeria’s first Grammy call-up was in 1984 when King Sunny Ade’s “Syncro System” was nominated for the “Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording”. Sadly, it failed to claim the prize, as the King of Jùjú music lost to Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band.
Thirty-seven years later and no homegrown Nigerian musician had managed the feat. But on March 15, 2021, all that would change when Burna Boy won his first Grammy award in the Best Global Music Album category.
This was Burna Boy’s return to the Grammy’s, having been nominated the previous year on the back of his “African Giant” album, but lost out to Beninese-American songstress, Angélique Kidjo.
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Olajide Sanyaolu, tweeting from @JaySanya on Monday, announced his graduation from Afe Babalola University with first-class honours, and thanked Nigerian pop star, Davido, for helping him with money.
In Sanyaolu’s words:
– mentor sets up a gofundme for uni
– @davido dropped funds to support my fundraiser (thanks to Twitter folk)
– Resumed abuad and survived Nigerian education
– first class EEE
Davido acknowledged Sanyaolu’s appreciation tweet, saying “Crazy! Happy for you.”
In 2015, Sanyaolu – then a student of Liverpool University studying Electronics and Communications Engineering – opened a GoFundMe page to help in raising his school fees. His goal was to raise £24,700 for his tuition.
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Spanish lawyer Joan Laporta celebrates his victory at the auditorium of the Camp Nou complex after winning the election for the FC Barcelona presidency on March 7, 2021 in Barcelona. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
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Joan Laporta is once again FC Barcelona President, after beating both Victor Font and Toni Freixa in Sunday’s Presidential elections.
Laporta’s triumph was announced in a tweet by the Catalan club:
“2021 ELECTION. Joan Laporta, new president of FC Barcelona”
In an election that saw 55,676 voters, according to the club’s official website, Laporta secured 29,830 votes (57.63%). Font placed second with 16,484 votes (31.84), while Freixa managed 4,724 (9.13%).