Ufuoma McDermott has opened up on her battle with kidney disease in the latest episode of With Chude. The Nollywood actress in an interview with Chude Jideonwo revealed for the first time publicly that she battled the disease for 12 years. After losing her younger brother to the disease about seven years ago, she was initially diagnosed with Stage 3...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce a Contactless Passport Renewal System with the first phase launching in Canada on November 1. The second phase will expand to the United Kingdom, United States of America, and Italy on November 15, while the third phase will grant Nigeria and other countries access to the system starting December 1....
Professor Olayinka David-West has been appointed as the new Dean of the Lagos Business School (LBS). Her appointment is effective from January 1, 2025. David-West is a Professor of Information Systems with almost three decades of experience in IT and financial services. Her research and practice engagements involve policy and strategic management interventions toward digitally transformed businesses and society. Here...
Former US President Barack Obama has opened up about the decision of his daughter, Malia Obama to change her name. Recall that 26-year-old Malia dropped her last name for her directorial debut, ‘The Heart’ at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Her name was instead listed with her first and middle name, Malia Ann. In a recent chat with Pivot Podcast,...
The travel documents of Chidinma Adetshina and her mother are set to be revoked according to South African authorities. Recall that Adetshina, the current Miss Universe Nigeria has been embroidered in an identity fraud controversy which eventually led to her withdrawal from the coveted Miss South Africa beauty pageant following public outrage. In a briefing to parliament on Tuesday, October...
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has broken her silence following her sack as Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs which was undoubtedly fraught with controversies, backlash, and criticisms that may have finally cost her the job. She was among the five Ministers sacked by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, October 23 following a major cabinet shake-up and since then, the...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, October 23, appointed seven new ministers as part of the much-awaited cabinet reshuffle. Five ministers were sacked, including Uju-Ken Ohanenye (Minister of Women Affairs) and Lola Ade-John (Minister of Tourism), while 10 were redeployed to other ministries. Out of the seven new ministers appointed by Tinubu, three of them are women. They are Bianca Odinakachukwu...
Ewaoluwa Victoria Olasoji is a double First Class lawyer, obtaining first-class degrees from both Obafemi Awolowo University and the Nigerian Law School in 2023. Currently working as an Associate at Banwo & Ighodalo, she has garnered valuable work and research experiences at MTN Nigeria, Curation UK, the Lex Lata Centre for International Law and Comparative Constitutionalism in Africa, Digital Rights...
Ololade Ayelabola has made history after she set a new Guinness World Record for the longest catwalk walked by a model completing a 130.62km catwalk. Ayelabola, a 500-level Computer Science student at the University of Lagos began a 120km attempt on October 1 at the indoor sports centre of UNILAG to break a world record set by Roberta Brown and...
Award-winning author and writer, Chimamanda Adichie is set to release a new book titled ‘Dream Count’. The book which has been in the making for ten years is set to be released in March 2025 according to its publisher, Penguin Random House. Dream Count is based on the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. The storyline...