Kenyan TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows. She’s a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and...
Waje is a popular Nigerian singer and entertainer well known for her electrifying stage presence and resonating performances. Her name, WAJE is an acronym for “Words aren’t just enough”. Here are a few things to know about her as she turns 40. Early life She was born Aituaje Iruobe on September 1st, 1980 in Akure, Ondo State in Nigeria before...
First Bank Chairman, Ibukun Awosika Makes Acting Debut in Kunle Afolayan’s Upcoming Movie “Citation”
First Bank Chairman Ibukun Awosika is set to make her Nollywood debut in Kunle Afolayan’s forthcoming movie Citation. The movie director made the announcement on Monday as he officially unveiled the 57-year-old as a cast. Afolayan revealed that they have been working on the project since 2018, adding that the first private screening of the movie was done at Obafemi Awolowo...
Popular Yoruba actress, Lola Alao has revealed she tested positive for Coronavirus but has fully recovered from the deadly virus. Explaining her ordeal in a post on Instagram, Alao said she lost her sense of smell and was sick to the bone before she made full recovery. The actress further sent a warning to people not to ignore the warnings against...
BBNaija star, Mike Edwards and his wife, Perri have welcomed their first child, a boy who has been named. The Olympic star officially made the announcement via her Instagram page writing: Matthew Olaoluwa Edwards ?? August 26th 2020 7:00am • Labour & Delivery story live on our ‘Mike and Perri’ YouTube Channel. View this post on Instagram Matthew...
Mercy Johnson Okogie is celebrating her ninth wedding anniversary today. The mother of four took to Instagram to share a cute video with the caption: Today makes it 9yrs @princeodiokojie and I started our journey..its been an awesome ride….starting and ending my day with thots of you and you only. You are so worth it babe, I Love you Today and always….....
Nancy Isime is all for waiting for God’s time as she becomes the new host of the Voice Nigeria. The TV host went down memory lane as she revealed how she lost the opportunity in 2016. Isime will co-host the third season of the show alongside Toke Makinwa billed to start soon. Taking to Instagram as she shared a...
According to Nigerian author identified on Facebook as Natalie Usen, “there are many doors beauty will open for you that brains cannot do the same”, so ladies should not “allow low budget haters” to tell them who they should be. She added that “beauty is a currency” and ladies should “stop shrinking from it” and “use it” to get what...
Tonto Dikeh, a Nigerian actress, has revealed that she has returned to school in her pursuit of self-development, knowledge, and leadership skills. She made this known via a post on her Instagram page on Tuesday saying: “Back to school, best decision I ever made. Leadership flows to the one who knows, never stop educating yourself. “New levels require new information… KING TONTO...
Professor Folasade Ogunsola was elected as the acting vice-chancellor on Monday, August 24, making her the first female vice-chancellor in the history of the university. Until this announcement, Ogunsola was the deputy vice-chancellor in charge of development services. She defeated her opponent, a deputy vice-chancellor in charge of management services, Ben Oghojafor, with a wide margin of 135 votes against...