EbonyLife has secured a partnership with BBC Studios Drama Productions, Mo Abudu has revealed. Taking to Instagram, she noted that the partnership will see the production of a new action series titled RECLAIM. She wrote: BBC Studios Drama Productions announces today a development partnership with EbonyLife Media. The deal was brokered by CAA. The deal will see BBC Studios...
Bimbo Oshin has finally broken her silence months after her husband’s death. The actress had lost her husband on Sunday, September 12, 2021 after he reportedly slumped. Taking to Instagram, she revealed how his death was still like a dream to her, as she also thanked everyone that stood by her during her mourning period. She wrote: Nothing is more...
Farida Fasasi, the widow of late singer, Sound Sultan, has taken to social media to celebrate him on his posthumous 45th birthday today, November 27. The singer died on July 11 after a battle with cancer. Sharing a collage of photos, she wrote: Olanrewaju Fasasi “Oko Farida”… I miss your cheeky gap-toothed smile… I miss your jokes… I miss waking up...
NASA astronaut Dr Jessica Watkins, 33, is about to become the first black woman to complete an extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS) 33-year-old Watkins, who was selected as an astronaut in 2017, is the newest member of the SpaceX Crew-4 mission that is expected to launch in April 2022 and spend six months in the giant lab....
Omolara Olatubosun speaks about how she and her daughter were abandoned by the Ooni of Ife. Mother of Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s first child, Omolara Olatubosun, has said the monarch was an absentee father who failed to take care of his daughter for several years. The monarch had recently recounted his experience having his daughter, Adeola Ogunwusi, at the age of...
In a dramatic twist, Sweden’s first-ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass. Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right. “I have told...
A woman welcomed a child for the first time at the age of 50 after years of battling infertility. Susie Troxler, a psychologist in High Point, North Carolina, gave birth to her daughter, Lily Antonia Troxler, on Sept. 29, 2021, after over 10 years of trying to get pregnant. “It’s really, really, really surreal,” she said of welcoming a daughter...
A WOMAN, Francisca Susano, believed to be the oldest person in the world, has died at the reported age of 124. Susano, affectionately known as Lola Iska, died on Monday night at her home in the Philippines. Ms. Susano was born on September 11, 1897, according to official documents. Documents say she was born on September 11, 1897—a year before...
Njideka Nwosu-Iheme, the daughter of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili and Justice Mary Odili, has been sworn in as a Judge of the Federal High Court. She was among the 22 new judges sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on Tuesday 23rd November 2021. A report shows that four of the newly-inaugurated judges are children of serving and retired judges in...
Movie producer and director Bolanle Austen-Peters has secured the rights to produce a biopic on the legendary Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. The film, titled “Funmilayo: The Lioness of Lisabi,” is scheduled to be released in 2022/23. It will chronicle the life of the political activist and will include appearances from her grandchildren, Femi Kuti, Yeni Kuti, and great-grandson Made Kuti. Expressing her...