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Messi’s Hotel Room In Qatar Set To Be Turned Into A Museum

David Folami — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:21:38 +0000

The hotel room football star, Lionel Messi stayed in during the Qatar 2022 World Cup is set to be turned into a museum after Argentina’s success in the tournament. Recall that Messi was key in Argentina’s first World Cup win since 1986 and was named player of the tournament after netting twice in the dramatic [...]

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It Was Nice To Shoot A Scene In The Actual Met Museum – Rihanna

David Folami — Wed, 30 May 2018 20:45:56 +0000

When Rihanna attended the recent Met Gala, she was actually returning to the scene of the crime. The Grammy-winning singer had earlier shot a sequel of the Oceans film franchise that centres on a heist at the annual Met Gala. The memory was particularly amusing for Rihanna, who attended the real gala at the Metropolitan [...]

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Real Madrid Add CL Trophy To Their Museum

David Folami — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 02:07:52 +0000

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez has added their latest Champions League trophy to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu museum. Real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1 on Saturday, June 3 in the final of the Champions League to win their 12th Big Ear trophy. On Wednesday, June 7, Perez had a photoshoot with Real Madrid impressive trophy cabinet [...]

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KSA’s Instruments Showcased In American Museum

David Folami — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 17:37:12 +0000

King Sunny Ade joins a select few of some of the world’s greatest artistes whose musical instruments have been preserved at the revered Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Pheonix, Arizona, USA. The two-time Grammy nominee and iconic juju musician have a career that spans over two decades with more than 120 albums to his name. [...]

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2baba’s Works To Be Unveiled At The Grammy Museum

David Folami — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:02:30 +0000

On Friday June 24, 2016, history will we made at the famous Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. The works of Nigerian music legend, 2face Idibia will be unveiled at the Grammy Museum’s new exhibit dubbed ‘Sounds of Africa’. The event will focus on displaying and celebrating legacies in the African music industry and it’ll [...]

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Belgian police hunts Jewish museum gunman amid fears of anti-Semitism

Ade Adewale — Sun, 25 May 2014 11:46:02 +0000

Belgian police hunted down a gunman Sunday who shot dead three people including two Israelis in an attack on the Brussels Jewish Museum reviving fears of a fresh wave of anti-Semitism in Europe. The first attack against a Jewish target in Belgium for…

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World’s first Tiananmen museum to open in Hong Kong next week

Ade Adewale — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:13:06 +0000

The world's first museum dedicated to the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown wants to convince Chinese visitors to fight for democracy when it opens in Hong Kong next week, almost 25 years on, organisers said Friday. The permanent exhibition, which is…

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Nigerian museum celebrates El Anatsui at 70

Ade Adewale — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:42:06 +0000

To mark the 70th birthday of one of Africa's most accomplished living artists, a Lagos museum chose to focus on pretty much anything but El Anatsui's globally renowned work. Instead, three decades of payslips from the University of Nigeria, where Anatsui…

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Norwegian museum returns Matisse stolen by Nazis

Adewale Ade — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:14:13 +0000

A Norwegian art museum on Friday returned a precious Matisse painting looted by the Nazis in the Second World War to the American heirs of the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg. The 1937 painting by Henri Matisse -- "Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace…

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