The antagonism towards South African intersex athlete Caster Semenya doesn’t seem to end as she has just been barred from competing in the World Championships, after a Swiss court stood behind an IAAF rule that would require her to take testosterone-reducing medication. The South African had been expected to defend her world 800m title in late...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Don’t set Edo ablaze, Obaseki tells Senate The Senate, on Tuesday, instructed the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to issue a fresh proclamation for the inauguration of the 7th Edo State House of Assembly within one week. The red chamber also said if the governor...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Senate confirms all Buhari’s 43 minsterial nominees The Senate on Tuesday confirmed all 43 ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari. The screening of the ministers began last Wednesday and ended today. One of the last three ministers to be screened on Tuesday was former information minister, Lai...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Saturday night will definitely be one to remember for the first five evicted housemates of this year’s BBNaija ‘Pepper Dem’ season – Avala, Isilomo, Ella, KimOprah and Tuoyo, as Biggie held an exclusive eviction party to celebrate their stay in the house. The ex-BBNaija housemates took to the dance floor to party with fans as...
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British-Nigerian actress Deborah Ayorinde is set to star in the upcoming anthology horror series Them: Covenant, the latest offering from Amazon Studios and helmed by Emmy-winning actor, producer and writer Lena Waithe. This is the first fruit of Waithe’s recent announcement about a new deal to create original content for Amazon Studios, and according to...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: PDP demands EFCC probe of ministerial screening The Senate will on Tuesday (today) confirm the appointment of ministerial nominees who passed its screening. But the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday called on the Senate to send the nominees’ list to the Economic and Financial Crimes...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: INEC chairman should be appointed by the judiciary – Atiku Atiku Abubakar, former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has advocated a review of the procedure for the appointment of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Atiku said the chairman of the...
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Follow the links below to see our latest stories: The Big 5: INEC opens defense on Atiku’s petition; Don’t reappoint Ngige as Labour minister, NLC warns Buhari | Other top stories Profile: The Internet is waking up to Osita Iheme. What good can come out of it? Period Pains: How monthly cycle keeps young girls...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Foremost Nigerian Financial Institution, Zenith Bank Plc., has introduced a new product called SAVE4ME target savings account, to enable its customers plan and save towards their aspirations and needs conveniently. The new product is designed to support flexible savings for predetermined purposes such as asset acquisition or even marriage and offers a higher interest rate...
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She couldn’t wrap her head around the question being asked of her. She couldn’t fathom the interest in her private business. Try as she may – even with constant nudging – she failed to come to terms with a man’s query about her period. Since she was a little girl, she has been taught to...
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Niyi Akinmolyayan is having a busy 2019. Already, the filmmaker has three upcoming projects including the animated movie Malika: Warrior Queen, and Elevator Baby adds onto the stack. The movie has been in development for a while, directed by Akay Mason and stars Timini Egbuson and Toyin Abraham. Elevator Baby tells the story of Dare...
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It has taken Osita Iheme seventeen years to achieve overnight success. At least as far as the internet is concerned. On Facebook stories, Twitter threads and on Instagram timelines, Iheme has in recent months, been at the center of a renewed kind of stardom. The kind fostered on privileged beneficiaries by amused, content chasing millennials...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Three Nigerians ask Supreme Court to nullify Buhari’s election for allegedly lying on oath Three Nigerians have filed a suit at the Supreme Court against President Muhammadu Buhari’s academic qualification for the 2019 presidential election. The applicants, Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy Kyari el-Kuris, have approached...
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See links below to read our latest weekend stories and recap of top stories last week: #BBNaija: Gedoni doesn’t love Khafi and it’s time for her to wake up and play this game Theatre Review: Forget Game of Thrones, Jagagba is the real deal Three Nigerian authors make 2019 Booker Prize longlist, Buhari sends...
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Although the fourth season of Big Brother Naija doesn’t have the pairing system that defined last season, the housemates have begun to couple with each other but it’s been nothing short of sketchy. That said, and to the eyes of viewers, Khafi and Gedoni are the pair of housemates whose relationship has taken on more...
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The winning play of the second edition of the Bikiya Graham-Douglas run Beeta Universal Arts Foundation playwright competition was staged over the weekend at the Agip recital hall of the Muson centre in Lagos. Emerging from a pool of 348 entries, Jagagba, written by Abdul-Qudus Ibrahim is a timely deconstruction of patriarchal societies that points...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation this week: 12 reportedly killed in Shiites protest as IGP Adamu meets Buhari A Shiite protest that turned violent on Monday was the major issue of discussion at a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. At least 12 people, including a police officer, were...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, another set of 644 customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) emerged winners in the ongoing bumper reward scheme of the Bank tagged, “FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 6.’’ The exercise, the second since the season 6 of the promo began in March this year, was held at the regional and...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: CJN Tanko Muhammad appoints new Chief Judge of the Federal High Court The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday, swore in Justice John Tsoho as acting Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court. His appointment was sequel to the retirement of Justice...
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While we wait for Asa to release her much-anticipated album, for which we have already been blessed with two singles already, the singer tweeted the books she was reading at the moment: The Republic of Gupta by South African investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh, This Present Darkness by Stephen Ellis, Steinheist by Rob Rose, When Zuma...
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Follow the links to read our latest stories: The Big 5: Give us El-Zakzaky for treatment – Iran tells Nigeria; Boko Haram attacks Borno IDP camp | Other top stories Moshood Fattah has nothing to prove and an industry to conquer Check out the books Asa is currently reading before her album drops ”Daughters...
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The Chibok kidnap of 2014, wherein more than 200 schoolgirls where whisked away by militant group Boko Haram from their school in Chibok, Borno, has transcended beyond tragedy and has become a fuel for filmmaking, documentaries, literature, art, etc. Joel Kachi Benson’s short documentary Daughters of Chibok is one of such, based on the saga...
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By: Uche Chika Elumelu FREEDOM PARK: Beneath the noonday sun, on a slightly-worn park bench, I wait. Bare-faced, scantily accessorized with the twins breathing freely underneath my flowery jumpsuit. I seem to blend in quite nicely with the peaceful scenery, but wait – how could nature’s chorus on a fine Saturday afternoon be so...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Police holding onto 15 corpses of our members – Shiites After two days of violent encounters between the Shiite members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the Nigerian Police, the group has accused the police of ”holding on to 15 corpses of its...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Despite economic growth, poverty still high in Nigeria – Oshiomhole There is still high rate of poverty in Nigeria despite government’s effort in pulling the country out of recession, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adam Oshiomhole, has said. Oshiomhole said this at the Maiden...
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If your nose goes up at the word ‘borrowing’ and we catch you ehn! We all borrow to live in these tough days. These are not times to beat your chest and claim that “I can do it myself”. You, my friend, will disappear! Times are challenging, and it’s okay to borrow and lend from each...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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