Britain’s tennis star, Emma Raducanu is reportedly set to be one of the youngest CBE recipients ever after her historic US Open win. Raducanu ended Britain’s 44-year wait for a women’s Grand Slam singles champion after beating Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open in a thrilling style on Saturday. CBE is the highest ranking Order of the British Empire award, excluding...
Hollywood and Emmy award-winning actress, Uzo Aduba has announced that she is married to the love of her life as she celebrates her first wedding anniversary. A source confirmed to People that they had a secret ceremony in New York in 2020. The Orange is the New Black star posted a photo of her wedding to filmmaker Robert Sweeting to her Instagram account on Sunday,...
Ola Ibironke, aka Dudu Heritage, husband of popular actress Bimbo Oshin, is dead. The music promoter and captain of the prestigious Ibadan Golf Club reportedly died on Sunday night, September 12. It was gathered that he slumped at the golf club around 8:30 pm while out with his friends. Efforts to resuscitate him proved abortive. He was rushed to the hospital, where...
Former Vice President, World Bank, Africa Region, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been elected as a member of Fundação Dom Cabral Board of Trustees. Ezekwesili, an economics policy expert, joined the FDC board as its newest member. The founder and Global Chief Executive Officer of Stefanini, Marco Stefanini, as well as Founder/Board Chairman of MRV Engenharia, Rubens Menin, were also welcomed...
A Nigerian lady, Mary Jesulade, has revealed how she broke a 21-year-old jinx in her department. Jesulade graduated from Lautech with a first-class from the Department of Biochemistry. Sharing her story on Linked-In, she revealed how she ignored naysayers who cautioned her for choosing a difficult department. POSSIBLE OR IMPOSSIBLE? You call the shots! Gaining admission into the University did...
Singer, Tiwa Savage buried her father on Friday, September 3rd, 2021 and it was nothing short of glamorous. As expected celebrities and personalities from all works of life attended the burial to celebrate with the singer. The various styles on display at the blue-themed event was the highlight of the occasion and your favourite celebrities spared no cost in looking...
Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has become the first Nigerian to win a World Athletics Diamond League trophy since its inception in 2010. She won the 100 metres hurdles at the ongoing Diamond League in Zurich clocking 12.42 seconds on Thursday to beat Gloria Alozie’s 23-year-old national record thereby setting a new African record and becoming Africa’s fastest hurdler in the women’s category....
Popular media personality, Toke Makinwa has narrated how she dealt with the grief of losing her parents, handling betrayal, and a disastrous divorce. She discussed these with Chude Jideonwo, on his latest episode of #WithChude. Losing both her parents at her tender age to a ghatly explosion, Toke Makinwa disclosed that she felt let down by God at the moment....
International Beauty Day is observed on September 9 annually to celebrate the outer and inner beauty of individuals across the world. To commemorate this day, Google today revealed the beauty and fitness-related searches that captured the interest of Nigerians over the past 20 months. Since the Covid-19 epidemic started, questions such as “how to grow natural hair” and “how to...
A 100-year-old great-great-grandmother is now a Guinness World Record holder as the world’s oldest female competitive powerlifter. Edith Murway-Traina, a powerlifting granny from Tampa, Florida, can deadlift 165 pounds and bench press 65 pounds. She set the record at 98 years, 94 days, on 10 November 2019, according to the record body. Murway-Traina, who was a performer and dancer years...