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Janet Jackson, Hollywood veteran and sister of late pop star, Michael Jackson became the first black woman to receive the Billboard Music ‘Icon’ Award on Sunday. The Billboard Music Award is an annual honor given by Billboard, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business since 1990.                                      Janet Jackson 52-year old Jackson was awarded because of the influence of her nearly 40-year career which spans television and music, earning her 35 awards and over 100 million record sales. The youngest child of the legendary Jackson musical family, began her career with the variety television series ‘The Jacksons’ in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s. She also used the opportunity to pay tribute to powerful women speaking against discrimination. Before presenting Jackson with the award, R&B singer...

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta joined Japan’s Vissel Kobe on Thursday, calling his J-League move  an “important career challenge”.  Spanish football star Andres Iniesta (R) and Hiroshi Mikitani, owner of Rakuten and Vissel Kobe club, hold Iniesta’s new jersey during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2018. / AFP PHOTO “This is a very special day for me,” the 34-year-old World Cup winner said after signing his contract at a glitzy unveiling in Tokyo. “I had a lot of offers, other clubs showed an interest in me,” added Iniesta, who is reported to have agreed a three-year deal with an annual salary of $30 million, comfortably a J-League record. “But I chose Vissel Kobe because it was an interesting project. There was also a lot of trust and confidence in me as a person and also as a player — that was a big reason.” Iniesta, who lifted 32 major trophies and made 674 appearances for Catalan giants Barca, was handed his trademark number eight shirt by Vissel own...

By Boluwaji Obahopo  LOKOJA – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, to  stop blame game and pay the backlog of salaries owed workers in the state.  Gov Yahaya Bello In a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday by its Kogi State Director of Research and Documentation, Dickson Achadu, the party said it was appalling that the governor and his government have resorted to blaming and maligning the past PDP governors as being responsible for their inability to pay workers.  PDP alleged that the government “particularly overburdened by its sordid performance”, had deployed “falsehood and character assassination in an attempt to secure dubious public sympathy.”  It said the recent attempt by the governor’s spokesman, Kingsley Fanwo, to justify the non-payment of salaries in the state on the alibi of inherited debts only “ended up playing the ostrich.  “First, it was ghost workers that over bloated the ...

Justice Mojisola Dada of the special offences court sitting in Lagos, today declared the Chairman of Innoson Motors Nigeria Ltd, Innocent Chukwuma wanted over his failure to make an appearance in court for his arraignment for the fifth time. The automobile company chairman is standing trial in a matter between his company and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.  Chukwuma had previously failed to make an appearance in court for his arraignment on Jan. 17, Feb. 9, March 14 and April 25. His failure to appear before the court today for five consecutive times informed the issuance of the bench warrant for his arrest. Chukwuma and his company, Innoson Motors Nigeria Ltd., are to be arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretences, obtaining property by false pretence, stealing and forgery. EFCC alleged that the defendants with intent to defraud; conspired to obtain by false pretences containers of motorcycle, spare parts ...