Amidst the rumours regarding her health, Genevive Nnaji has shared a video of herself painting via her Instagram story. This comes hours after news emerged that she had been hospitalized in a US hospital due to a mental illness. She had also deleted all her Instagram photos on Monday, May 9 an action that had got all her fans and...
An iconic painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol has been auctioned for $195 m (£158.17 m)—making it the most expensive piece of 20th-century art ever sold. The painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was painted by Warhol in 1964, two years after Monroe’s death, using a famous photograph as inspiration. The amount is also the highest ever paid for an...
On Sunday, May 8, the top nine design finalists from the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) Design For Stars Competition showcased their collection and pieces at the first-ever AMVCA runway show. The designers – Amy Aghomi, Azeezat Alawusa, Ezioghene Egbelefiyo, Felix Asuquo, Ikechukwu Nwosu, Obinna Omeruo, Omowunmi Pilot, and Oseluese Okpamen were chosen out of several entries submitted for...
Activities leading to the eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (#AMVCA8) have begun in grand style. Kicking off with an opening exclusive gala night on Saturday, day two saw the event’s first-ever runaway show take place which had nine designers compete with beautiful designs for a grand finalists’ prize of N6 million. The event also had the biggest names...
Nse Ikpe-Etim has revealed she felt inadequate as a woman when she realized she couldn’t bear children. The movie star disclosed this in her interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo on his show #WithChude. The actress had to undergo a hysterectomy, which is the removal of the uterus after she was diagnosed with adenomyosis. She said: “Finding out I couldn’t...
Genoveva Umeh is a British-Nigerian actress who rose to prominence for her role as ‘Timileyin’ in the Netflix series, Blood Sisters. Blood Sisters primarily tells the story of Sarah, a young woman who is set to marry a physically abusive man. Despite her best friend Kemi’s objection, she goes ahead with the wedding, which leads to a series of...
President Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as the new White House press secretary. With this appointment, she becomes the first Black and openly gay person to hold the high-profile position. She will replace Jen Psaki, who is leaving the post on May 13, to take up a role as a commentator for MSNBC. Ms. Jean-Pierre, 44, has served in...
Netflix studios has unveiled a first-look teaser at its upcoming Nigerian original title ‘Glamour Girls’ in collaboration with Play Network. The teaser re-introduces to us, the anticipated remake cast of Sharon Ooja, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Joselyn Dumas, Toke Makinwa, Segilola Ogidan, and Taymesan Emmanuel, but says nothing of its release date or plot. The original film, which was first released in...
Uju Ohaneneye has become APC’s first female presidential aspirant for the 2023 elections. She picked up the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms on Thursday. “My fear is that men will want to muscle me out, but I am standing firmly for the people I am here to protect,” she told journalists after picking the forms in Abuja, NAN reports....
The world’s only nonuplets, nine babies born at the same time, have celebrated their first birthday. 26-year-old Halima Cissé, from Mali gave birth to five girls and four boys, in Morocco on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Speaking to BBC, their father, Abdelkader Arby, an officer in the Malian army, said the nonuplets are in perfect health. “They’re all crawling now. Some are sitting up...