A 23-year-old woman has set a new record by becoming the UK’s first black and blind barrister. Jessikah Inaba qualified last week after studying for five years at the University of Law in London. She managed to complete her entire course using Braille and credits her friends and tutors for helping to fill in the gaps. Jess, from Camden, north London,...
Former CNN Correspondent Isha Sesay is pregnant with her first child. The 46-year-old journalist shared her journey to having a child exclusively with news website, TODAY. She said: If you’d told the 16-year-old me that at 46, I’d be divorced, single and having a baby on my own — by choice! — I’d have shuddered and firmly said “no!”...
Music star, Robyn Fenty popularly known as Rihanna, has announced the release of her new single, the first after a six-year hiatus from the music industry. Rihanna, who has in the past years focused on her thriving fashion and beauty empire, will be releasing “Lift Me Up”, a soundtrack to the Marvel movie, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’ Rihanna teased a...
BBNaija Star, Liquorose has been nominated at the E’ People’s Choice Awards in the African Social Star Category. The dancer is up against seven other young people from across Africa which include Nigeria’s celebrity stylist, Swanky Jerry. Liquorose also reacted to the news via her Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Roseline...
Stephanie Coker set to debut documentary On Air Personality cum actress, Stephanie Coker Aderinokun is set to debut a documentary, to create awareness about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, PCOS. PCOS is a hormonal disorder that causes enlarged ovaries with small cysts at the outer edges. The documentary is titled ‘Where The Heck Is My Period’, and is directed by Michael ‘AMA...
In what can be termed surprising, Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has revealed that she has Nigerian roots as she tackled stereotypes facing black women in her latest podcast. She made the revelation in the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes joined by comedians Issa Rae and Ziwe. Markle said that she took a genealogy test which revealed that she...
Angel announces launch of podcast BBNaija star, Angel has announced the birth of her Podcast titled “Blood, Bones, and Water’. Sharing the teaser on social media, she wrote: This podcast @ofbloodbonesandwater has been a long time coming. I put my tears into this, my prayers, my happiness, my anxiety, and my love and honestly it’s so surreal that I’m looking at my...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has raised alarm over the circulation of a suspected fake Augmentin 625mg Tabs in the country. Augumentin is an antibiotic medication used for the treatment of different types of bacterial infections. In a statement on Monday, the agency said the falsified antibiotic has batch number 562626, a manufacturing date...
Giorgia Meloni officially became Italy’s first woman prime minister at the helm of the country’s most right-wing government since World War II. Four weeks after her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party won general elections, Meloni joined outgoing premier Mario Draghi for a handover ceremony at Chigi Palace, the prime minister’s seat in Rome. The 45-year-old leader recited the ritual oath...
Temitope Adesegun Biography It is no longer news that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi is set to wed his 6th wife, Temitope Adesegun. As per reports, the wedding will be held in Lagos on Monday, October 24. As far back as 2018, there had been bits of rumours about the pair getting hitched yet most would agree...