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Kenyan gospel musician, Dishon Mirugi, arrested over death of pastor lover

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3 months ago

March 21, 2023

A Kenyan gospel singer and pastor, Paul Mathenge Wanderi, popularly known as Dishon Mirugi, is being questioned by the police over the death of his lover, Elizabeth Wanjiru Githinji, inside his home on Saturday afternoon.

Wanjiru, a popular female pastor in the eastern African country, was reportedly in a secret romantic relationship with Mirugi and often sneaked to his house to spend time with him, before she met her untimely death during her last visit.

Daily Nation reports on Tuesday that Mirugi, who is the founder of Flying Eagle International Ministry, alongside his lawyer, Ndegwa Njiru, spent the better part of Monday afternoon at the Kasarani Police Station, where he was questioned and made to write a statement on what he knows about the death of his secret lover.

According to close friends of the deceased, Wanjiru, 38, a Nakuru-based pastor, had met the musician in August last year and they fell in love.

“Her death came just a day after Mr Mirugi held a crusade in Juja, Kiambu County, through his church known as Flying Eagle International Ministry,” a close friend told reporters.

“Neighbours, friends and members of Mr Mirugi’s Flying Eagle International Ministry said the couple had been seen together a number of times and everything about them seemed fine until Wanjiru’s shocking death,” Daily Nation reports.

“A detective privy to the investigations said Wanjiru was in the musician’s home to sort out some differences with him,” the report said.

“They had not known each other for a very long time but had some issues, it was because of this that the woman left Nakuru for Nairobi to have a word with Mr Mirugi with the hope of making things right,” the report added.

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Burna Boy becomes most streamed Nigerian artiste

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1 day ago

June 3, 2023

Akanimoh Etim

Grammy-award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, is now the most streamed music artiste on all streaming platforms after overtaking Wizkid who was the undisputed leader.

In its current release, Top Chart Africa posted that the “Love, Me, Damini” exponent who dropped a new single “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” on Friday, topped the list of “most streamed Nigerian artistes on all visible streaming platforms with 8.47 billion combined streams, closely followed by Wizkid with 8.39 billion streams.”

The leading pop culture platfurn which focuses on African creatives, takes a poll of the most streamed act every month with a release at the end of the month.

The talented singer, songwriter and record producer who is also set to break the attendance record with a sold out London Stadium for his “Top of the World” on Saturday night, also dusted the likes of Davido who 3.76 billion streams, Rema with 3.67 billion streams and CKay who polled 3.28 billion streams to complete the top five most streamed artistes.

Other Nigerian artistes who made the list include Tems, Omah Lay and Asake who made his debut on the chart.

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Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrate entry of ‘Holy Family’ into Egypt

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2 days ago

June 2, 2023

Akanimoh Etim

Egyptian Coptic Christians on Monday, June 1, celebrated the historic entry of the “Holy Family” after travelling from Palestine through Sinai and into the Delta, before moving far south to Assuit, where they spent almost four years before leaving.

The Egyptian government which announced and promoted the celebration, said the project would restore and renovate 25 holy sites that were stopping points for the Holy Family during their stay in Egypt.

The Egyptian government said in the statement that stops had been fully restored and openned for visitation in various governorates such as Cairo, Kafr al-Sheikh, Al-Gharbeyyah, Al-Sharqiyyah, Al-Beheirah, and Al-Minya, while other important stops would be renovated for the celebration next year.

“This national project is part of the government’s efforts to preserve such historic sites, benefit local communities, and promote religious tourism,” the statement said, noting that the festivals related to the “Journey of the Holy Family were added to the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List in 2022.”

The entry of the Holy Family to Egypt has become a national celebration of the Coptic Orthodox Church with the Fraihi rite on the 24th of the month of Bashans of the Egyptian calendar, which is the first of June of each year, as celebrated in the first centuries AD.

The journey of the Holy Family which had Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus, according to the Coptic Christians, took them three and a half years where they had to make several stops.

“All three of them, Jesus who was two years old at the time, his mother, the Virgin Mary and his father, Joseph the carpenter,” the church history said.