Ese Brume has won Nigeria’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing third in the women’s long jump event. Brume leapt 6.97 metres with her very first jump to claim bronze behind second-placed Brittany Reece of the United States and gold medallist Malaika Mihambo of Germany. It is Nigeria’s first track and field medal at the Olympics since 2008...
A Nigerian lady, Alada Bukola Fatima, has emerged as the overall best graduating student at the just-concluded Nigerian Law School call to bar ceremonies for the year 2021. Alada bagged a first-class from the school and also won 16 academic awards from the institution. She won awards in categories that include Prizes in Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Corporate Law Practice,...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is currently underway with and there are expectations for Nigerian athletes to excel. Team Nigeria is ably represented by more women with a number of them setting their eyes on gold. In this list, we take a look at the 5 athletes who are potential medal winners for Nigeria. 1. Odunayo Adekuroye Born December, 10, 1993,...
Three cousins in Mississippi are pregnant and are all expecting twins in October. The pregnancies are coming after the women experienced miscarriages. Cousins Melody Stubbs, Courtney Harper, and Janeshia Wilson feel like sisters since finding out they are all expecting, WLBT reported. “I think Neshia (Janeshia) posted first, and I saw her post, and I posted mine about a week or...
The female housemates of Big Brother Naija ‘ Shine Ya Eye’ Season 6 were unveiled on Sunday night in the first-ever double launch season of the reality show. Here are the 11 of them. 1. Angel Full Name: Angel Agnes Smith Angel was the first female housemate to be unveiled. She is 21 years old and hails from Akwa-Ibom but her...
Multichoice has announced that reality show, Big Brother Naija Season 6 will start Saturday, July 24th. The organisers made the announcement during a press conference on Monday in Lagos. This season comes with some changes and here are 6 things you should know. 1.For the first time, BBNaija will include a special double launch show on Saturday, July 24, and...
A Nigerian lady, Olga Okewulonu, has bagged a double win with her recent graduation from law school. Okewulonu, a first-class law graduate of Afe Babalola University, also bagged a first class in law from the Nigerian Law School. Taking to LinkedIn, she wrote: Red Scroll Alert!!! I made a first-class at the Nigerian Law School! I must say that going...
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old, has made history by becoming the first African-American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is an annual spelling bee held in the United States and is the largest spelling bee across the country for kids under the age of 16. Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, cruised to victory with...
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...
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—small...