A Twitter user has narrated how she found out she was an intersex woman. Intersex is a situation where a person is born with reproductive genitals that don’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male’. It is the term that a person may use when they have both male and female sex characteristics. @desiree who hails from South Africa said she first realised...
First Bank Chairman, Ibukun Awosika has disclosed that she acted in honour and integrity with the utmost interest of the institution, all stakeholders, and the nation. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had last Wednesday removed all directors of First Bank Nigeria Limited and those of its parent company, FBN Holdings Plc including Ibukun Awosika, and the Chairman of First...
Chloe Zhao made history at the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday. She became the first woman of colour and first woman of Asian descent to win an Oscar’s Best Director award. The “Nomadland” director is also only the second woman to win the award. The first was Kathryn Bigelow, who won for “Hurt Locker.” In her acceptance speech, she...
Raufikat Oyawoye becomes the first Nigerian to win the Great Canadian Baking Show. A Nigerian, Raufikat Oyawoye, has made history in faraway Canada after she beat nine other bakers to emerge as the winner of the ‘Great Canadian Baking Show‘ Season 4. She also became the first Nigerian to win the competition since the contest started in 2017. The Great...
Meseret Dinke from Ethiopia has emerged as the first female to finish the 2021 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon and she broke a record while at it. See photos from her win:...
Your View Host, Morayo Brown has weighed in on the criticisms thrown at her co-host BeeCee Ugboh. BeeCee had slammed Chioma saying she was unwise for dropping out of school. This had sparked an outrage on social media. In her defence, Morayo took to her Instagram page on Thursday to react to the situation. She wrote: For those of you...
The body found by police in a lake in Epping Forest has been confirmed as missing student Richard Okorogheye. The body had been found in a pond on Monday afternoon, 12 days after Okorogheye, was reported missing. Okorogheye, 19 who had sickle cell disease and was said to be struggling with shielding during the pandemic, left his family home in...
Guinness World Records title holder Ayanna Williams (USA) for the woman with the world’s longest fingernails has finally cut off her nails after 30 years. Dr. Allison Readinger of Trinity Vista Dermatology in Forth Worth, Texas (USA), used an electric rotary tool to cut the record holder’s lengthy nails after measuring them a final time. Ayanna broke her own record for the longest...
The serious business of motherhood and women’s rights, then some light entertainment in the form of movies, music, and celebs, reflected the mood of Nigerians in March, according to their Google Search behaviour. On March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD), Nigerians joined the world to commemorate the cultural, political, social and economic achievements of women. The theme, “Choose to Challenge”,...
Tessica Brown, the Gorilla Glue girl just announced her pregnancy. In an exclusive with TMZ, she is pregnant with her sixth child. The baby is going to be the first for Tessica and her fiancé, Dewitt Madison. She has 5 kids from a previous relationship, and he also has 4 kids. They’ve been together for a year now and got engaged...