Guinness World Records title holder Ayanna Williams (USA), for the woman with the world’s longest fingernails, has finally cut off her nails after 30 years. Dr. Allison Readinger of Trinity Vista Dermatology in Fort Worth, Texas (USA), used an electric rotary tool to cut the record holder’s lengthy nails after measuring them a final time. Ayanna broke her own record for...
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of late Yinka Odumakin, has stated that prior to earlier reports that her husband died on Friday, April 2, 2021, and not Saturday, April 3. .Okei-Odumakin, a rights activist, in a tribute to her late husband made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said it was important to immediately put the...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that its 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) earlier scheduled for May/June, may not hold. This is as the examination body has announced the release of results for WASSCE for private candidates, 2021, first series on Tuesday in Lagos. This disclosure was made by the Head of Nigerian National Office (HNO) of...
Actress, Osas Ighodaro has been missing in Nollywood and on the social scene since the loss of her mother in November 2020. Taking to her Instagram page on Tuesday, April 7, she thanked those who stood by her through the loss as she prepares to make a comeback. She wrote: I’ve missed you all too. I am my Mother’s Legacy...
A Nigerian professor, Bosede Afolabi, has made the country proud by winning the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant. The University of Lagos (UNILAG) gynecologist was awarded a research grant of $2,518,474.00 (N958,908,975.50). Her project is titled ‘Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women’ (IVON). The disclosure was made by UNILAG, which celebrated the Nigerian...
Actress Thandie Newton has announced she is rightfully reclaiming the original spelling of her first name, Thandiwe. In an interview with British Vogue, the “W” was missing from the credit of her first role, and it stuck. The actress, whose full name is Melanie Thandiwe Newton, said her name was misspelled in the credits of her first film, Flirting, which co-starred...
A biography of Sharon Ooja Sharon Ooja is a Nollywood actress and brand ambassador who has carved a name for herself in Nigeria’s film industry. She shot into the limelight after her role as ‘Shalewa’ in the TV Series, Gidi Up. Here is a biography of Sharon Ooja. 1. Sharon Ooja Egwurube was born April 6, 1991 in Kaduna State....
A Nigerian-Mexican, Princess Kleopatra Vargas has been crowned the Miss Toddler USA America Nation 2021. The 5-year-old was born in Chicago, Illinois, and speaks Igbo, Spanish and English language fluently. Speaking to Journalists after she was announced as the new Miss Toddler USA America Nation 2021, Princess Kleopatra Vargas expressed gratitude to the Organisers of the pageant Contest, as she...
The mother of missing Nigerian teenager, Richard Okorogheye has said a body found by the police matches that of her son. The Metropolitan Police announced in a statement a body had been found in a pond in Epping Forest, Essex, on Monday where the 19-year-old was last seen heading on CCTV last month. “Oh God, they said the description matches...
As Nigerians mourn the painful death of human rights activist, Yinka Odumakin, his wife, Joe Okei-Odumakin is inconsolable. Yinka Odumakin, spokesperson for pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere is reported to have died from COVID-19 complications in the early hours of Saturday. He was aged 56. Amidst sobbing in response to newsmen, she declared repeatedly: “Part of me is gone.” “A part of...