Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr, recently sat down with Billboard to share the backstories behind some of her most iconic pictures.On her viral bathroom selfie with American pop star Coco Jones and R&B crooner, Ayra jokingly claimed that she was the first African to take bathroom selfie at the Met Gala despite Tems who was also…
Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu says Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan remains suspended till the red chamber resume from recess in two months’ time. Source: Channel news
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will go head-to-head with the Banyana Banyana of South Africa in the semifinal of the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Nigeria, record holders with 11 WAFCON titles, are aiming for another shot at glory. South Africa, the defending champions from 2022, are determined to defend their…
Nigeria’s inflation rate eased to 22.22% in June 2025, down from 22.97% recorded in May, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This represents a 0.75 percentage point drop on a year-on-year basis and an 11.97 percentage point decline compared to the 34.19% recorded in June…
In a series of Instagram posts, the Oscar-winning star revealed that she was diagnosed with uterine fibroids in 2014—the same year she won an Academy Award for her role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave. “In March 2014, I won an Academy Award. That same year, I discovered I had uterine fibroids—30 of them….
A former Minister of Women Affairs and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Josephine Anenih, claims that contrary to the reported resignation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the PDP on June 14, 2025, he left the party after the 2023 presidential election. Anenih, who is also a former national woman leader of the…
Tech giant Huawei topped China’s smartphone market for the first time in over four years, outflanking US tech giant Apple as well as local competitors including Xiaomi, according to the US-based International Data Corporation. The Shenzhen device maker captured 18.1 percent of the local phone market in the second quarter of this year, shipping 12.5…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has intensified its campaign against inauthentic behaviour on its platforms, announcing the removal of over 10 million fake profiles and about 500,000 spam accounts in the first six months of 2025. The company said the move is part of a broader initiative to combat impersonation, fake engagement and content…
The president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló and the Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, yesterday joined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders for the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. The former leader died in a London clinic on Sunday at 82….
Adamawa government, said it has provided food and non food relief items to no fewer than 7,220 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Lamurde Local Government Area. Dr Celine La’ori, Executive Secretary, Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Monday. NAN reports that…
