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CALLS for government to get serious with its re-engagement drive have intensified, with industrialists and economists reminding President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to avoid building ties with undemocratic regimes and those at odds with western powers.

Speaking during a meeting convened by CEO Africa Roundtable to map out a way forward for 2022, industrialists said such a strategy would be suicidal.

Google on Wednesday released the 2021 Year in Search lists showing the most searched terms, topics and questions by Nigerians in the year 2021.

Google’s 2021 Year in Search compiles the moments, people, topics, events, and places that capture the world’s attention each year.

As the pandemic entered its second year, Google says Nigerians used the internet to search for answers and information that revealed their interest in topics related to music, movies, TV shows, sports, food, celebrity personalities, pop culture and lifestyle.

Music streaming giant Spotify has unveiled,’Wrapped’ — an annual round-up of the top artists, albums, songs and playlists of the year as streamed by users on the platform from around the world.

Spotify, in a statement, said the list is a first for the region (Nigeria). The 2021 Wrapped results defined how Nigerians sought to stay entertained, informed, and connected with their favourite local and global music artists.

According to research conducted by the University of Miami, the ten surnames that were likely to consume the most alcohol in Latin America were revealed.

The test was done in 2015 with volunteers who were asked how many times they drank a week and in what amount, hence the result of the 10 most drunken surnames in Latin America.

A recent report by UNICEF has found that the inaction on mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean has taken a serious toll on children's well-being and countries' economies - a situation worsened by the presence of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The report said that, while the effects on children's lives were incalculable, lost contribution to economies in these regions, due to mental disorders that lead to disability or death among young people was estimated at nearly US$30.6 billion a year.

THE COURT had seen the movie already where it concerns one defendant and stolen televisions, which was an aggravating factor when it handed down a 12 month prison term for handling stolen goods last week Friday.

Romando Andrews, also known by the name ‘Russian’, is a 29 year old whose most recent address is Clare Valley, but he has also apparently previously lived in Peruvian Vale and Stubbs.

Andrews was caught on September 21, in Redemption Sharpes, with a 40 inch flat screen Samsung television and remote control that were reasonably expected to have been stolen goods.

Amid plans for the construction of Bavaro International Airport, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) “strongly” urged that the project be halted and further reviewed before further action is taken.

That the Nigerian music industry is the most prominent and recognised in Africa has never been in doubt.

The exponential growth of the industry is largely driven by the Afrobeats music genre as well as talented singers and underground artistes who are pushing the boundaries.

From Afro-fusion to Afro-pop and Emo-Afrobeats, here, we beam the spotlight on the top 10 trending Afrobeats songs this week.

Below is a list of our picks for this weekend:

10. Medicine by Jaywills

A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. 

NEW YORK, USA, 25 August 2021-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Poverty, conflict and displacement are contributing to the return of the centuries-old illness for the first time in more than a decade, and new research supported by the agency revealed children are especially vulnerable.