AMVCA 2024 will be held in Lagos in May 2024. Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) organizers have made major changes ahead of their 2024 edition. This was made in a statement on Monday by the Head of Content and Channels West Africa, MultiChoice, Dr Busola Tejumola as nominations officially open. According to the statement, films and movies to be...
US Air Force pilot Madison Marsh makes history at the Miss America 2024 pageant. History was made when Madison Marsh became not only the first active-duty officer in the U.S. Air Force to compete but also to win the Miss America 2024 pageant. Marsh, who hails from Arkansas, beat 50 other contestants, including Ellie Breaux of Texas, who was the...
The 21-year-old graduate of Biological Science from Ahmadu Bello University was murdered after she was kidnapped alongside her father, Alhaji Mansoor, and her five sisters in Abuja. When Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar was celebrating the completion of her education in 2023, little did she know what lay ahead of her. The 21-year-old graduate of Biological Science from Ahmadu Bello University was murdered...
The Governing Body of the University of Kigali, Rwanda, has appointed Ogechi Adeola, a Professor of Marketing, as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the institution’s management on its official website on Thursday. Before she was appointed DVC, Adeola was the immediate past Head of the Department of Operations, Marketing, and Information Systems at...
Emmanuelle Blatmann has revealed why she won’t miss Nigerian peppersoup. The outgoing France Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann said she will miss so many things about Nigeria but not the country’s pepper soup. Blatmann who has been France’s Ambassador to Nigeria since October 2021 would be taking up a new role as the Director for Africa in Paris. Blatmann, in...
Actress Ini Edo has raised eyebrows with her birthday message to Ik Ogbonna as he turns 40 today, January 11. While there had been rumours of the duo being in a romantic relationship, a recent report by Linda Ikeji confirms that the pair are dating. Sharing photos of them on Instagram, she wrote: It’s world Okeosisi day. Happy birthday king!...
Yetunde Oni has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Union Bank. Her appointment comes hours after the Central Bank dissolved the boards and managements of Union Bank of Nigeria, Keystone Bank, and Polaris Bank over alleged corporate governance infractions and non-compliance with regulatory requirements among others. On Thursday morning, a statement by the apex bank’s acting Director...
Tiwa Savage makes acting debut in her feature film ‘Water And Garri. Amidst her ongoing feud with Davido, singer Tiwa Savage has announced that her first feature film, ‘Water and Garri‘ is set to be released this year on Amazon Prime Video. In a post she shared on Instagram, she revealed that the movie where she makes her acting debut...
Following widespread outrage, President Tinubu has suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, from office over an alleged N585m scandal. Recall the controversy had enveloped Edu’s alleged involvement in the approval of N585,198,500.00 to be disbursed into a personal account. In a letter allegedly signed by the humanitarian minister, she had instructed the Accountant General of the...
Nigerian women whose achievements wowed us in 2023. In retrospect, the year 2023 indeed was ‘The Year Of The Woman’ as women from all walks of life across the different continents of the world showed up and showed out with many breaking and setting records. Nigerian women were not exempted with a good number of them breaking stereotypes and shattering...