Actress, Funke Akindele has shared some important life lessons to inspire women using her life story in a recent interview on Arise TV. The ‘Jenifa’ star was recently a guest with Ruth Osime where she discussed her life journey from her acting days on ‘I Need To Know‘ and the challenges she faced to becoming an award-winning movie producer. She...
A 71-year-old woman has made history by becoming the oldest contestant to compete in the Miss Texas USA 2024 pageant. Though Marissa Teijo from El Paso didn’t take the crown at the recently concluded pageant, she left her mark by competing against nearly 100 other women at the pageant in Houston on June 22, 2024. In an Instagram post, Teijo...
Celebrity couple, Davido and Chioma have released their pre-wedding photos and we can’t get enough of the steeze and composure. The couple is set to marry on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites. The photos were shared by the singer via his Instagram page on Sunday, June 23 and it has set the internet agog....
Virginia Hislop, a 105-year-old woman has finally achieved her lifelong goal as she received her master’s degree from Standford University over 80 years after she began a program at the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE). When Hislop started the program in 1936, she had one goal in mind goal –get her bachelor’s of education, which she did in 1940,...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) has been conferred with an honorary ceremony from the University of Oxford with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (D.litt. honoris causa). The ceremony took place at the Sheldonian Theatre followed by receptions at All Souls and St Johns Colleges. Sharing the photos on X, she wrote: A great honor to...
Davido drags Sophia to court over custody of Imade Nigerian singer, Davido has dragged his baby mama and mother of his first child, Sophia Momodu to the Lagos High Court over joint custody of their daughter, Aurora Imade Adeleke, PUNCH reports. In the suit filed by his lawyers, Dr Olaniyi Arije, Okey Barrah, and others dated April 17, 2024, the...
This article highlights the Top 10 African Countries with the best gender gap index in 2024 African countries have been making tremendous strides and impacts to advance women’s empowerment and achieve gender equality. A report by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index also confirmed this in its recently released list of the 2024 Top 10 Best African Countries...
This article highlights major facts about the Ojude Oba Festival. The Ojude-Oba festival is a prominent celebration of extravagance, culture, tradition, fashion, and royalty by the Ijebu people. The emergence of social media has also given more popularity and vibrance to the festival. Every year, images and videos from the event flood the internet giving us an insight into a...
Cooked food stored in the refrigerator for days is prone to contamination. Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Administration and Control, NAFDAC has sent a warning to Nigerians against storing cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. In a statement signed by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, on...
There is a cholera outbreak in Nigeria and here is all you need to know and how to stay safe. The Lagos Government officially declared a cholera outbreak in Nigeria on June 9, 2024, following the death of five people in 48 hours. By June 12, 324 suspected cholera cases had been reported in the state, including 15 people who...