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Published 14 March 2021
If you attend church or been to a dance party or a night club, there is a very good chance you have rocked to the rhythm of reggae. In that case you owe some obeisance to Bunny Wailer, who died early this month, just eight days before his 74th birthday. He was one of the reggae trio, The Wailers, that took reggae to its international stature. He was the only one of the trio that lived to witness UNESCO proclaim reggae a World Cultural Heritage in November 2018.
The other members of the trio, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, were much more famous. Yet, in many ways, Bunny Wailer was the soul of The Wailers, and he remained a musical icon in his native Jamaica and the global reggae fandom until his death. His mellow tenor was the distinctive voice of the early Wailers. In fact, the man who changed his name from Neville Livingston to Bunny Wailer when they formed the group was the smoothest vocalist of the three.
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The Federal government has directed Mobile Network Operators to put on hold the impending suspension of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services.
The directive was given by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, according to a statement titled ‘Impending suspension of USSD banking services put on hold’.
The statement was signed by the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Femi Adeluyi, on Saturday.
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria had announced on Friday that they would disconnect banks from USSD services on Monday due to their over N42bn debt.
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Known to fans as 7Figures SMG, Aduragbemi Adekunle is fast gaining popularity for his music.
The up-and-coming singer, who has released some songs done wholly in Yoruba language, insisted that his only mission was to be a voice to the voiceless in society.
Speaking on what inspires his music, the graduate of Economics from the Lecitoyen University, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, said, “My songs serve as a source of hope for people during tough times. The average Nigerian is buffeted by several ills including insecurity, instability, inflation and job loss. I don’t only sing about the socio-economic aspect of society. I also touch on the politics and bad governance that leaves the youths in the ghettos locked in a system of oppression.”
Published 14 March 2021
Ahmed Indimi, son-in-law of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has shared pictures of a white lion on the leash on social media with the caption “my new pet.”
It is not immediately clear if Mr. Indimi is in a petting zoo.
The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion,
Wikipedia reports.
“White lions in the area of Timbavati are thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries, although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was in 1938,” it says.
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