Folasade Ogunshola Biography On Friday, Oct 7, 2022, history was made with the appointment of Professor Folasade Ogunsola as the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). With her appointment as the first female Vice-Chancellor, she breaks a 60-year jinx. Ogunsola, a Professor of Microbiology at the University’s College of Medicine, emerged as the institution’s 13th substantive...
Google today announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its first on the continent. The news, which came at the second Google for Africa event, is the latest example of how Google is delivering on the $1bn investment commitment made last year by the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. The new Cloud Region will...
Phyna has emerged winner of the Big Brother Naija Level Up Season after 72 days. She beat her fellow Level 2 housemate, Bryan to win the N100m grand prize— a cash prize of N50m and N50m worth of prizes from the sponsors. With her win, Phyna becomes the second female winner of BBNaija after Mercy Eke won in 2019....
Controversial media personality Daddy Freeze married his long-time partner, Benedicta Elechi, years after the crash of his first marriage. Photos from the quiet wedding, which was held in the UK, circulated online on Tuesday. His marriage to Opeyemi had crashed in 2014 over allegations of adultery and domestic violence. The couple had two children together. Elechi, on the other hand,...
Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo has announced her intention to run for office. The Rivers state indigene has expressed interest in running for the Federal House of Representatives on the Labour Party ticket in Asalga/Akulga Federal Constituency of Rivers State. With her announcement, she joins the list of celebrities like Funke Akindele, Tonto Dikeh vying for public office. She shared her...
Ayra Starr has teamed up with US singer, Kelly Rowland for the remix of her hit song, ‘Bloody Samaritan’. The 20-year-old shared a picture of herself and Rowland on her Instagram page, confirming the release of the remix. “Super excited to share this with you all. Someone I’ve always wanted to work with and it’s on my song ‘Bloody Samaritan’…the...
Track queen Tobi Amusan on Thursday bagged the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) award as President Muhammadu Buhari honoured the country’s athletes for their spectacular performances in several competitions. The ceremony presided over by Buhari saw the Commander-in-Chief splash N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. He also conferred national honours...
Iyabo Ojo has won the Best Dressed award at the Woman King Movie premiere. The movie star made heads turn with her outfit during the premiere which took place on September 11, 2022. Taking to her Instagram page, she thanked the organisers and also her designer, Toyin Lawani, owner of Tiannah’s Styling. View this post on Instagram ...
Media personality, Zainab Balogun-Nwachukwu, has shared a powerful testimony of how an ovarian cyst miraculously disappeared days before she was supposed to have surgery to remove an ovary. The actress who has been vocal about her health struggles took to her Instagram page to share the good news. She said: ”I was like God by April I don’t want to see...
Sonia, daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu has sent out an SOS plea for a kidney donor. Recall that her parents are embattled in an investigation for alleged organ harvesting involving a purported kidney donor, David Ukpo. The British police arrested the 60-year-old senator and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka on June 23 on allegations of human trafficking and organ harvesting that...