Nicole Chikwe, wife of Nigerian singer Naeto C has opened up on how she was body-shamed by Nigerians online. In a series of posts, she revealed that people took to Twitter at different times between 2010 to 2012 just to criticize her looks. She admitted that it affected her especially because she was young but she soon developed thick skin....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Foundation, an independent entity complementing WHO has appointed Mrs. Toyin Saraki as the inaugural WHO Foundation Ambassador for Global Health. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by the WHO Foundation and Wellbeing Foundation on Wednesday in Lagos. The Chief Executive Officer, WHO Foundation, Mr. Anil Soni, described Saraki as a highly esteemed global advocate, with decades...
Reality TV star and entrepreneur, Kylie Jenner has made history after becoming the first woman to cross 300 million followers on Instagram. This also makes her the third most-followed account on the photo-sharing platform. The first is Instagram’s official account (460 million) and in second place is footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (who has 388 million). Singers Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad, has been appointed the chairman of the re-constituted board of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) Plc. In addition, three new directors were appointed for the exchange, out of which Ahmad was one of them. Others included CBN Director, Development Finance Department, Mr. Yusuf Yila and Dr. Angela Sere-Ejembi. A...
Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has warned that Money will fail Nigerian political leaders declaring to run for presidency in 2023. This comes hours after the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu informed the President of his ambition to contest in the 2023 presidential election. Ezekwesili on her Twitter page, while kicking against...
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed has been reappointed as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Ms. Mohammed, who is also the Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, will now serve a second term in this capacity. Accepting her reappointment, Ms. Mohammed wrote on Twitter, “I am deeply humbled to serve a second term as UN Deputy Secretary-General alongside @antonioguterres.” “I...
Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US Quarter, in a new version of the coin unveiled by the US Mint on Monday. Angelou, author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” will also be the first figure commemorated through the American Women Quarters Program, which was signed into law in...
In what has come as a shock to many, Kafayat Shafau, popularly known as Kaffy, has opened up on her separation from her husband, Joseph Ameh. The dancer revealed this in a video which was a snippet from her new podcast on Monday night. According to her, marriage is supposed to be an alignment of destinies but that was not...
The Employment Tribunal in the United Kingdom ruled in favor last week of a Christian nurse who said she was forced into resigning from her job at a London hospital after being harassed over her cross necklace for years. Mary Onuoha took legal action against Croydon Health Services NHS Trust after resigning in June 2020 following years of being targeted for wearing a small...
Salima Mukansanga will make history at the 2022 African Cup of Nations as the first woman to ever referee at the tournament. Rwanda-born Mukansanga is one of the four female match officials who will officiate at the tournament which kicks off today, Sunday, January 9th. Others are; Carine Atemzabong (Cameroon), Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco), and Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco). While the other...