One woman on the lips of everyone during the 2023 elections is none other than Hajiya Ireti Kingibe. Ireti is a frontline philanthropist and outstanding advocate of women’s empowerment in the country. She won her polling unit representing the Labour Party in Saturday’s senatorial election in the FCT, defeating the incumbent by a wide margin. Kingibe garnered 202,175 votes to...
Nigeria’s World Record holder, Oluwatobiloba Amusan has been nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards. With her nomination, she has become the first Nigerian male or female athlete to be nominated for the prestigious Laureus Award. The sprint star was shortlisted in the World Breakthrough of the Year category alongside five other contestants like tennis stars, Carlos Alcaraz and...
Morayo Afolabi-Brown has openly declared her support for APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the forthcoming 2023 elections. In a post she shared on Thursday via her Instagram page, the ‘Your View’ host said she neither knew Peter Obi nor Atiku but was certain about Tinubu’s credibility. She also likened her decision to Oprah’s endorsement for Barack Obama in...
Valentine’s day is upon us again, a season of love, chocolates, roses, and gift sharing. While everybody knows the day, Feb 14, is about love, not many know about the tradition of the day and how it came to be. In this article, we would share 11 surprisingly unknown facts about Valentine’s Day. 1. St. Valentine wasn’t associated with one...
Gospel Singer, Sinach has been appointed as a Global Ambassador by the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The letter was signed by Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, and presented by Janet Charles, the Acting High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Dominica in the UK. According to the Prime Minister, the role was created to repackage...
It has come as a shock to many as pop singer, Rihanna reveals she is expecting baby number 2. Rihanna delivered an electrifying and hit-heavy half-time show at Sunday’s Super Bowl. Still, social media went into a frenzy when the singer revealed an unexpected special guest, a baby bump. The singer may have failed to debut any new music during...
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has named money bouquets and other practices as an abuse of the naira currency warning Nigerians to desist from the act. The apex bank said this in a tweet on Friday. It also listed spraying, selling, squeezing, and defacing as other forms of currency abuse. It is your civic duty to protect the Naira....
Beyoncé is now the most decorated artist in the Grammy Awards history after taking home four awards on Sunday. She won best dance recording for Break My Soul, traditional R&B performance for Plastic Off the Sofa and R&B song for Cuff It — all songs off her hit album Renaissance, which was recognized as best dance/electronic album. Beyoncé has won 32 Grammys, officially toppling the previous...
Singer Tems has again shown the stuff she is made of as she wins her first-ever Grammy Award. This is also the first Grammy Award won by a female Nigerian. Tems is also the first non-mixed Nigerian singer to win the award. She bagged the coveted Grammy for her effort on the track 2022 ‘Wait For U’ alongside rappers Future...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, says it has arrested a woman simply identified as Simisola for allegedly selling the redesigned Naira notes via social media. It was made known in a statement on Wednesday. According to ICPC, the suspect with the Twitter handle @Simisola of Lala, is colluding with some elements in the financial system...