Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

There are strong indications that Nigerian acts, Wizkid‘Ayo’ Balogun and Dammy Krane have put to an end the protracted feud which started a few months ago.The disclosure was confirmed by Dammy Krane’s manager, Tunde Peters, during a chat with the Punch Newspaper.Quite a few months ago, during an altercation, the ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner was said to have hurled a glass cup at the ‘Lobatan’ crooner’s direction which resulted in Krane’s lip injury.However, when asked to speak on the relationship between the two artistes, Peters said:“Obafemi Martins was able to settle the quarrel they had and after that time, they have met…

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Team Nigeria has been placed 78th in the rankings published by the organizing committee of Rio 2016 Olympic games. USA is first with 46 Gold, Great Britain second with 27 Gold while China is third with 26 Gold.Rio throws final party to say goodbye to 2016 Olympics (photos)USA won a total of 121 medals, while Usain Bolt’s Jamaica came 16th after winning 6 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals. Kenya is the highest placed African team after winning 6 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals and 1 Bronze medal.

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A customer at a restaurant in Virginia left a latina waitress a rude and racist message instead of a tip. He wrote “We only tip citizens’ in the receipt given back to the waitress, 28 year old Sadie Karina and this happened at at Jess’ Quick Lunch in downtown Harrisburg on Monday August 15th. A shocked Sadie kept the receipt, took it home, showed it to her grand father who took it public to shame the customer…According to WHSV, Karina is an American of mixed Mexican and Honduran descent, and says she rarely encountered direct racism in Harrisburg. But she…

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The Olympic torch was extinguished and Brazil and the world bid farewell on Sunday to the first Olympic Games in South America.Rio marked the occasion with a joyful closing ceremony meant to celebrate a city and a people that defied predictions and pulled off a scaled-back Olympics amid economic and political turmoil.The competition took place as scheduled and there were no major security incidents if you don’tcount the one fabricated by American swimmers.Carlos Nuzman, president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, said during the ceremony:”We did it. We made it. It was seven years of a lot of struggle and…

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