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...
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...
Adzuayi Ewuga, the pilot daughter of Senator Solomon Eguwa, has died in a plane crash, which occurred in Central Cameroon on Wednesday. Ewuga is a former Nasarawa State Deputy Governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He also served as Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory under the Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. The aircraft was said to be...
Rihanna has announced plans to launch her beauty brands in Nigeria and some other African countries. The singer said both Fenty Skin and Fenty Beauty will be launched in Africa on May 27. Making the announcement via her social media handles, she wrote: “I’ve been waiting for this moment!!, acknowledging that her brands, Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin are finally...
Elizabeth John, the ex-wife of filmmaker, Yomi Black, has advised people not to allow themselves to be pressured into getting married. She also added that marrying wrong is one of the worst decisions a person can make in life. Elizabeth and Yomi got married in 2012 after meeting on the set of a business reality show. Their marriage ended last year after allegedly...