Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed has been reappointed as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Ms. Mohammed, who is also the Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, will now serve a second term in this capacity. Accepting her reappointment, Ms. Mohammed wrote on Twitter, “I am deeply humbled to serve a second term as UN Deputy Secretary-General alongside @antonioguterres.” “I...

Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US Quarter, in a new version of the coin unveiled by the US Mint on Monday. Angelou, author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” will also be the first figure commemorated through the American Women Quarters Program, which was signed into law in...

In what has come as a shock to many, Kafayat Shafau, popularly known as Kaffy, has opened up on her separation from her husband, Joseph Ameh. The dancer revealed this in a video which was a snippet from her new podcast on Monday night. According to her, marriage is supposed to be an alignment of destinies but that was not...

The Employment Tribunal in the United Kingdom ruled in favor last week of a Christian nurse who said she was forced into resigning from her job at a London hospital after being harassed over her cross necklace for years. Mary Onuoha took legal action against Croydon Health Services NHS Trust after resigning in June 2020 following years of being targeted for wearing a small...

Family businesses have been in existence for ages the world over. However, The failure rate of a family business in Nigeria is high. According to data, 95 percent of family-owned businesses in Nigeria do not survive the third generation of ownership. While family businesses may be a major economic driver by creating jobs, improving the Gross Domestic Product, GDP, and...

 Salima Mukansanga will make history at the 2022 African Cup of Nations as the first woman to ever referee at the tournament. Rwanda-born Mukansanga is one of the four female match officials who will officiate at the tournament which kicks off today, Sunday, January 9th. Others are; Carine Atemzabong (Cameroon), Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco), and Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco). While the other...

A toddler has received a letter from Windsor Castle after she dressed up as the Queen last Halloween. One-year-old Jalayne Sutherland from Ohio, US caught royal attention after donning an adorable double-breasted overcoat with matching hat, a white wig and pearls around her neck. Sutherland copied the monarch’s look from her 95th Trooping the Colour Parade in June 2020. Sutherland’s mother, Katelyn, had sent her adorable pictures...

A former Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adetoun Adediran, is dead. According to multiple reports, Adediran reportedly died early hours of Wednesday, after a brief illness. Adediran represented Surulere Constituency 1 in the 4th Lagos State House of Assembly between 1999 and 2003, as the first elected female Deputy Speaker while the Speaker was Adeleke Mamora....

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim is a Nigerian movie producer, screenwriter, script consultant and filmmaker. Uyaiedu and her ex-lesbian partner, ‘Amara The Lesbian’ have been in the news for the last 48 hours. Drama started when Uyaeidu called out the activist on Instagram on Monday, January 3. She accused her of being emotional and physically abusive while they were together. Amara in her...

Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi has revealed she is still in a state of shock after she was attacked and macheted by armed robbers in the Arepo area of Ogun State. She said she was on her way back from a movie shoot on Tuesday night when she was attacked in traffic. Sharing photos and videos from the scene of the...