A new study has revealed a list of the world’s most body-confident countries and the least body-confident countries. Malta has the world’s highest level of body confidence. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University quizzed more than 56,000 people from 65 nations about their body image in a newly released global survey. Malta, Taiwan, Bangladesh, and Kazakhstan topped the list of the world’s...
Kenyan chef Maliha Mohammed has set a new record for the longest home kitchen cookathon by an individual. Chef Mohammed, who started her cook-a-thon on August 11, unofficially set a new record on Tuesday after cooking for 90 hours, surpassing the previous Guinness World record held by American chef Rickey Lumpkin of California, who achieved a home cooking time of...
Uriel has revealed that she regrets voting for Laycon, the winner of the Big Brother Naija Lockdown Season. She said this while speaking with Lagos Talks FM as she lamented her shocking eviction from the BBNaija All Stars show. Recall that Uriel became the second female housemate to be evicted from the ‘BBNaija All Stars’ reality show after two of...
Nigerians have called for the stop of the use of the Jury system of eviction The shocking eviction of Uriel from the BBNaija All Stars show has sparked reactions online. Uriel and Seyi were the bottom two housemates with the least number of votes upon which the jury would save one and eject the other from the show. However, Uriel,...
The death of popular pastor and televangelist, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya was received with a rude shock on Tuesday, August 8. According to reports, Odukoya who was the senior pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju passed on in the United States at age 67. The sad news of his demise was announced via the church’s Facebook page. However, the...
Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigress have won the 2023 Women’s Afrobasket championship, making it a record fourth title consecutively. D’Tigress defeated the 11-time African champions 84-74 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday. Nigeria is now the second side, after Senegal (1974 to 1981), to have won the championship four consecutive times. This win becomes their sixth title. The...
Nigerian author, Ayobami Adebayo has been longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize for her second novel ‘A Spell of Good Things’. With this feat, She is also the only African on this year’s Booker Prize longlist. The Booker Prize is a prestigious award for a single work of fiction written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland....
A Somali athlete has sparked reactions and outrage for her terrible performance which has officially earned her title of the ‘Worst Athlete In The World’. Nasro Abukar Ali came in last place during the 100m race at the ongoing 31st Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China on Tuesday, setting a new record for the slowest finish in the...
Ashleigh Plumptre is one name that is currently on everyone’s lips. The Super Falcons defender has slowly become a fan favourite warming her way into the hearts of many due to her performance at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup. Here are some things to know about her. 1. She was born Ashleigh Meagan Plumptre on May 8, 1998, in...
Three Nigerian sisters, Mopelola, Oluwaseun, and Oluwafunmilayo Makinde, who are pilots, have shown they have what it takes to challenge the status quo, especially in an industry that is typically male-dominated. The sisters’ journey into the world of aviation was significantly influenced by their father, Captain Wale Makinde, a seasoned helicopter pilot who has dedicated his life to the skies....