14-Year-Old African American Makes History At Spelling Bee Finals
A 14-year-old has made history by becoming the first African-American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, cruised to victory with the word “murraya”, a type of tropical tree. To get to that point she had to spell out “querimonious” and “solidungulate”. Zaila saw off a field of 11 finalists on Thursday to win the …
Continue Reading ‘How UNILAG Lecturers Frustrated Me Because My Topic Was On Sexual Harassment’ -Blogger
A blogger named Osas has revealed her horrific experience in the hands of her lecturers because of her project topic. Osas who graduated from UNILAG on July 6 disclosed her choice of topic for her project stemmed from her experience in the hands of a lecturer. She revealed this made her get a carryover for two years because she didn’t …
Continue Reading Prince Charles Appoints Nigerian, Eva Omaghomi As Royal Director
Prince Charles has appointed a British-Nigerian, Eva Omaghomi as director of community engagement. The newly created role is aimed at improving diversity in royal households. Omaghomi who is Prince Charles’s most senior black aide will help in boosting relations between the royal households and minority groups. The job will “help take forward Their Royal Highnesses’ work with minority groups in …
Continue Reading ‘A Woman Once Said I Look Like A Spirit ‘- Nigerian Model With Skin Condition Reveals
Ewawunmi Adelaja, a Nigerian lady with vitiligo, says the insult and rejection she gets over her condition inspired her modelling career. In an interview with BBC Pidgin, the 20-year-old spoke of the struggles and challenges she faces as a result of the skin condition. Vitiligo is a health condition that causes loss of skin colour in patches. She also has freckles …
Continue Reading Nigerian Immigrant Becomes First Black Woman To Be Elected Mayor in Ireland
A Nigerian immigrant, Uruemu Adejinmi has become the first black woman to be elected as a mayor in Ireland. She is also the first migrant and first African to become Mayor. Ms Adejinmi has been elected as cathaoirleach of the Longford Municipal District, where she currently sits as leas cathaoirleach. Adejinmi came to Longford from Nigeria in 2003 and her …
Continue Reading ‘I See His Face In My Dream Every Night’ – Murder Suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu Reveals
As more facts continue to unravel over the murder of Usifo Ataga, the main suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu has revealed she sees the late CEO of Super TV in her dreams. The 21-year-old lady revealed she wished she would wake up to discover that the whole drama was only a dream, Vanguard reports. She said: “I have never had peace since the …
Continue Reading Read Story Of Nigerian Woman Who Found Love At 47, Married A Year Later And Had A Child Before Her 50th Birthday
You are about to read the beautiful story of a Nigerian woman, Ladunni Idowu Giwa-Osagie who welcomed her first child at 50. Ladun met her husband, Aigbovo-Giwa-Osagie when she turned 47, they got married at 48, she became pregnant at 49 and on June 25th, 2021, just before her 50th birthday, she gave birth to a baby boy named Osarumuwese Oluwaseyitanfunmi …
Continue Reading [VIDEO] Maraji Shows Why She Is The Queen Of Imitation In This BBNaija Lockdown Reunion Parody
Maraji has again shown why she is the queen of lip sync. The content creator re-created the third episode of the BBNaija Lockdown reunion by imitating the housemates. Watch the video below.
Continue Reading This Is How Actress Iyabo Ojo Reacted To Her Ban By TAMPAN
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Iyabo Ojo has reacted to her ban by the Theater Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) over her conduct relating to the Baba Ijesha rape saga. The guild had in a statement on Monday asked its members to desist from engaging with the actress. Fellow actress, Nkechi Blessing was also suspended with the association adding that they will …
Continue Reading 25 Years After, Nigeria’s First Olympic Gold Medalist, Chioma Ajunwa Gets A House In Lagos
The Lagos State Government has given Olympic Champion, Chioma Ajunwa a 3-bedroom flat located at the Babatunde Raji Fashola Housing Estate, Iponri. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement on Thursday, June 24 said it was in line with fulfilling a 25-year-old promise after Ajunwa’s historic win. Recall that Ajunwa, now an Assistant Commissioner of Police set a record as the first Black …
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