Nigerian-born British skater Tinuke Oyediran, also known as Tinuke ‘Orbit,’ set not one but two Guinness World Records. She broke two previous skating records, thereby creating a new double Guinness record on Guinness World Record Day 2020. The 27-year-old professional roller skater broke the record for the most cartwheels on roller skates in one minute, recording 30. She also recorded...
Nigerian disc jockey and activist DJ Switch says the Nigerian government is a dictatorship with a democratic face. The popular disc jockey who streamed live the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSars protest made this known on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, during a chat with CNN’s Christiana Amanpour. According to her, the government has become a dictatorship headed...
Oladoyin Idowu, a 21-year-old Nigerian lady suffering from dyslexia, has appealed to parents to study their children and understand why they are performing abysmally in school instead of beating them. In an interview with BBC News Pidgin, Oladoyin said she still cannot distinguish the right hand from the left hand, adding that she also has a problem with spelling. She...
Brunella Oscar, wife of actor, Williams Uchemba has revealed how they met. Oscar said in an exclusive with Wedding Digest Naija that her first contact with the actor was on Facebook where a voice told her he was her husband. Read below. It was the evening of 22nd November 2016 when I was scrolling down on Facebook and randomly came...
According to reports, DJ Switch may have been granted asylum in Canada. The sole eyewitness to the Lekki Shooting on Monday appeared before the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament. The entertainer recounted the incident that led to the deaths of about a dozen protesters at the...
Aisha Salaudeen, a journalist who works with CNN, has called out a Harzoyka restaurant in GRA, Lagos, over its refusal to allow her and her friend to gain entry. According to her, she got kicked out of the restaurant because their new policy says no women allowed. She wrote on Twitter: I got kicked out of Harzoyka restaurant in GRA...
19-Year-Old Kenyan Comedian Elsa Majimbo Wins 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards For African Social Star
Fast-rising social media comedian, Elsa Majimbo has won the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards under the African Social Star category. The 19-year-old Kenyan was nominated alongside Dimma Umeh, Lydia Forson, Sho Madjozi, Thuso Mbedu, Wian, Karl Kugelmann, and Zozi Tunzi. Nigeria’s Dimma Umeh and South Africa’s were runner-ups. Majimbo rose to fame during the COVID-19 pandemic with her hilarious random videos many of...
Kamala Harris has made history as the first female vice president of the United States of America. The 56-year-old California senator is also the first person of Black and South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency. She represents the multiculturalism that defines America but is largely absent from Washington’s power centers. Her Black identity has allowed her to speak...
Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State has appointed BBNaija star, Nengi Hampson as Senior Special Assistant. The Queen of Ninjas was also appointed Face of Bayelsa State and Ambassador to the girl child. Nengi is currently in Bayelsa for her homecoming. Neo who accompanied her to her state shared the news on Twitter. Omo my girl oo.. Senior Special Assistant...
Writer and TV personality, Wana Udobang is baring it all about body positivity in a new interview with CNN titled ‘My Body Went Viral Twice’. Read excerpts from the interview below The first time my body went viral, it was a photograph I posted on my Instagram. I’m wearing a blue swimsuit and I’m standing with one hand on my...