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Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 reportes in Nigeria

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Grammy Categories Cuts

Adele wins 2012 grammys         A lawsuit filed against the Recording Academy over its decision to trim the Grammy Award categories from 109 to 78 has been dismissed by a judge in New York.       The motion last week by New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing granted the Academy's motion to reject a lawsuit brought by Grammy-nominated jazz musician Bobby Sanabria and three others.       Sanabria had been the loudest opponent of the Academy's decision last year to reduce its categories and fold some genres into larger fields.    Academy President and CEO Neil Portnow says he's gratified by the court's decision. In his lawsuit, Sanabria accused the Academy of not following the proper procedures to implement the changes, and demanded that the best  Latin jazz category  be reinstated, saying the removal had a detrimental effect on the musicians' careers by taking away the Latin jazz category specifically.    Sanabria on Sunday held out the possib

Photos From The 54th Grammy Awards

katty perry,adele,carrie underwood,rihanna and jessie J Carrie underwood Nicki Minaj and  pope Rihanna and family Fergie Lady gaga ,jessie j Miranda ,taylor swift Common ,alicia keys and swizz beatz Busta Rhymes  ,Florida and girlfriend Ice t and coco   , Hillary scott Diana ross , Adam levine John legend and girlfriend chrissy  , alicia keys Mc Lyte  ,  bruno mars & The smeezingtons Kelly rowland ,Wiz khalifa and amber rose  Rick ross  , LL COOL J Adele , Taraji P. Henson Amy winehouse's parents  Taylor swift  , katy perry Snooki , Fergie

Femi Kuti Loses Grammy Award to Malian Band 'Tinariwen '

   Afrobeat Maestro Femi Anikulapo kuti has lost this year's grammy award. Femi who got nominated for the third time through his Africa for Africa LP  lost the  highly coveted award to Tinariwen , a  band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali.   Tinariwen won the newly-combined categories of the grammys . The world music album  category had been previously been divided into traditional and contemporary categories. Tinariwen     Other Nominees in the category include Latin/Roots music band AfroCubism, South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Adele Tops 54th Annual Grammy Awards Winners -Full Winners List

The host-LL COOL J    The 54th Grammys Awards took place last night . British singer Adele made a comeback and received a standing ovation after performing her hit song Rolling in the deep .      She walked  away with six awards including best pop solo performance,album of the year,record of the year. Adele  has matched  Beyonce  for most Grammy wins in a night by a female act. She yelled at the end of her speech: "Thank you so much!",Other winners include Kanye west for Best rap album and best rap song. Adele with an award 54th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List Album of the Year Adele, 21- Winner The Foo Fighters, Wasting Light Lady Gaga, Born This Way Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops and Hooligans Rihanna, Loud Record of the Year Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”- Winner Bon Iver, “Holocene” Bruno Mars, “Grenade” Mumford & Sons, “The Cave” Katy Perry, “Firework” Song of the Year Kanye West, “All of the Lights” Mumford & Sons, “The Cave” Bruno Mars, “Grenade” Bon Iver, “Holoc

Jennifer Hudson To Pay Tribute To Whitney Houston at the Grammys Today

Jennifer Hudson and whitney houston     American singer Jennifer Hudson  has been chosen to pay tribute to her idol, Whitney Houston , at today's   Grammy Awards scheduled to hold in L.A .  Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich  said that Hudson will be featured in a "musical tribute."  it's too fresh to do more at this time, It’s not going to be a full-blown tribute, to me that feels like it’s too early, it’s too fresh at this moment, so we’re working on something that will be really respectful and appropriate to Whitney’s memory .” He said    Prior to the news of Houston's death, Hudson attended a pre-grammy event  where she discussed the impact Houston had on her career.      Hudson talked about her  love for Houston 's hit "I will always love you and said that she would "create duets with her because I wanted to sing with Whitney Houston."     Houston actually presented Hudson with her first Grammy. Hudson said meeting her idol "al

Femi Kuti Not Attending The Grammys On Sunday

    Nigerian afrobeat star Femi anikulapo kuti who has been nominated for world music category at the 2012 Grammy awards  has disclosed he will not be attending the Music's biggest Night.      Femi disclosed to punch through his sister yeni that he doesn't see any reason to attend because of his earlier experience in 2003 ,rather he will be at the african shrine performing for his fans .        Femi was said to have attended the grammys that year without his record label joining him ,he felt sad and immediately sacked his management . This is the third time he is getting nominated for the highly coveted award.    The Music's biggest Night will be hosted by Rapper LL COOL J at staples center,Los Angeles coming sunday.