Actress Joke Silva In Double Celebration Mood As She Celebrates 60th Birthday, 40 Years In Nollywood

Legendary actress, Joke Silva is in a double celebration mood. The ace actress who turns 60 today, September 29 is also celebrating 40 years in the movie industry. To mark her milestone, she shared some photos with the caption: Numbers are very important to me, so this year, as I turn 60, I also mark forty years in the industry …

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Nigerian Lady Shares Inspiring Story As She Bags 4 Ph.D, 3 Masters Offers Abroad

A Nigerian lady who recently started a fully-funded Ph.D. program in Computer Science at Princeton University has revealed how she bagged 4 Ph.D. offers (One fully funded) and 3 master’s offers. 22-year-old Promise Ekpo Osaine, a first-class graduate of Computer Engineering took to Linked-In to share her inspiring story. Read her story below. HOW I SECURED US SCHOLARSHIPS AND GOT …

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Meet The Female Contestants Of Gulder Ultimate Search Season 12

The 16 contestants who will be competing in the 2021 Gulder Ultimate Search tagged ‘The Age of Craftmanship’ were unveiled on Sunday, September 26. The contestants, who were picked from 20 finalists, comprised four ladies and 12 men. The organisers of the show also opted for a twist that will see two of the remaining four contestants voted by the audience …

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Let Toke Makinwa School You On the Difference Between An Acquaintance And A Friend

Many times, we tend to confuse the term ‘acquaintances and friends’. An acquaintance is a person you know, but who is not a close friend. It’s the person you run into in the hallway or feel comfortable meeting in a group setting, but usually not by yourself while a friend is a person with whom you share a bond of mutual …

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10 Health Benefits Of Alligator Pepper

Alligator pepper is a popular spice made from the seeds and seed pods of Aframomum danielli which is native to the West African region. Known botanically as Aframomum melegueta, the plants of the alligator pepper is a member of the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Alligator pepper is also commonly known as hepper pepper, mbongo spice, Afrika kakulesi, melegueta pepper, ginny papper, Guinea pepper or …

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Your View Host Morayo Afolabi Brown Mourns As She Loses Mother

Media personality and Your View Host, Morayo Afolabi-Brown has lost her mother at age 75. Coincidentally, she also shares the same birthday with her, (July 6). Announcing the sad news via her Instagram page on Wednesday evening, she wrote: My dearest mother. You came, you saw, you conquered and triumphed. May your soul Rest In Peace. Amen. 75years of God’s …

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New NAPTIP DG, Fatima Waziri-Azi Resumes Office, Shares Photo From Her First Day At Work

Fatima Waziri-Azi has resumed office officially as the Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Recall that Buhari had approved the appointment of Fatima Waziri-Azi as the new DG of NAPTIP on September 8, 2021. Waziri-Azi takes over from Basheer Mohammed who barely spent six months. Sharing a photo of her first day at work …

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YouTube Appoints Addy Awofisayo as Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa

  YouTube today announced the appointment of Addy Awofisayo as Head of Music, Sub-saharan Africa for YouTube and YouTube Music. Addy will be in charge of YouTube Music’s business and partnership teams in Sub-Saharan Africa, and  she will report to the Head of Music, YouTube EMEA. Addy Awofisayo, incoming Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa said: “Music is a powerful medium …

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Ex-Lagos Lawmaker And Wife Of Singer, Sunny Ade Dies Hours To His Birthday

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, wife of Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade, is dead. She died after a brief illness in the early hours of Tuesday, a day to the singer’s 75th birthday. In a statement, Folarin, son of the former Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, said her remains have been deposited at the TOS funeral homes in Lagos. “We …

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Guinness World Records Names Japanese Sisters As World’s Oldest Identical Twins at 107 Years

Two Japanese sisters have been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living identical twins at over 107 years and 300 days. Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings on Shodoshima island in western Japan on Nov. 5, 1913. They were separated after elementary school, when Kodama was sent to work …

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