The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCAs) also known as ‘Oscars of Africa’ held on Saturday, May 14, 2022. It was a night to celebrate those who had done impressive work in the past year. The event had laces, shimmers, and slits on display as celebrities came ready to compete for the ‘Best Dressed Award’. In no particular order, here...
The mother of Deborah Samuel, the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto student, maimed by her colleagues over allegations of making blasphemous comments about Prophet Mohammed has vowed never to send her remaining seven children to school. In an interview with Vanguard, the distraught mum said she and her husband who are practicing Christians, have resolved not to seek any...
Ifuennada has reacted to criticisms over her AMVCA outfit. The ex-BBNaija star claimed her aim wasn’t to win the ‘Best Dressed Award’ but showcase the creativity of the Met Gala at the event. Taking to Instagram, she wrote: First of all, I want to thank everyone who saw and understood the creativity and beauty in my AMVCA Transformer Look last...
The grand finale of AMVCA 2022 (Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards) eighth edition held at the Eko Hotels, Lagos. The award show kicked off on Sunday, May 8 with series of event consisting of a fashion runaway show, content creators brunch, young filmmakers’ day, culture, and food festival day. The awards night was hosted by IK Osakioduwa and South African...
The Spanish government is set to pass a law offering three days of menstrual leave a month for workers who experience severe period pain. It is part of a wider approach to treating menstruation as a health condition, which also includes the abolishing of VAT on some hygiene products – the so-called “tampon tax”—and free hygiene products being made available...
Overnight oats are the perfect breakfast for those who don’t have time to cook in the morning. They also present a healthier way to enjoy oats as it allows you to incorporate fruits, nuts, greek yoghurt. etc. You place all the ingredients in a jar/bowl, mix it, store in the fridge overnight and enjoy it the next morning. Overnight Oats...
A 48-year-old Nepali woman scaled Mount Everest for the 10th time on Thursday, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by a female climber, her hiking company said. Lhakpa Sherpa last climbed the 8,848.86-meter (29,031.69-foot) mountain in 2018. A fellow Nepali, Kami Rita Sherpa, holds the men’s record of 26 climbs. “Lhakpa has broken...
A valedictory court session was held at the supreme court on Thursday in honour of Mary Odili, who is retiring from service. Peter-Odili, until her retirement Thursday on attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years, was the second most senior justice on the bench of the apex court. In her remarks, she spoke on the issue of state of...
The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Lisa Cook to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, making her the first black woman to hold the position in the central bank’s 109-year history. All 50 Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress voted in favor of Cook, a professor of economics at Michigan State University. Vice President Kamala Harris cast...
There is an outrage on social media over the gruesome death of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education. Samuel was stoned, killed, and burnt in Sokoto by irate youths over alleged blasphemy. According to the police, the level-two student was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW). The police said...