FAMILY

October 4, 2025

Weekly Highlights: Here’s What Unfolded This Week

This week has been filled with positive news and celebrations from all sides and as big brother draws to an end, there has been a shift in the final contestants. The influencer and daughter to Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo celebrated her son’s naming ceremony over the week, in a big ceremony in her husband’s country,... Read More

Big brither, big brother, Disqualification, FAMILY, housemates

Nigerian Celebrities Celebrate Christmas with Dazzling Family Pictures

December 26, 2024

Nigerian Celebrities Celebrate Christmas with Dazzling Family Pictures

The festive season is a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration, and Nigerian celebrities never fail to spread the cheer. This Christmas, they unfailingly capture the warmth and magic of the holidays with stunning pajama-themed photos. From cozy family portraits to chic solo shots, these festive snapshots remind us of the beauty of unity and... Read More

christmas, FAMILY, holiday, Nigerian celebrities, photoshoot

After May 29, Niger Republic will defend me – Buhari; Seun Kuti Released After 8 Days in Police Detention | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss After May 29, Niger Republic will defend me – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his belief yesterday that the people of Niger Republic would support him if anyone posed a threat to him after his tenure. He also revealed... Read More

3 Nigerian mothers share their reaction to their children coming out as gay and why

In order not to mar the celebration of LGBT Pride – which we did with a series of multimedia content written for and by queer Nigerians and allies some of which you can find here – with the tragedy trope that is often in every queer story I held off publishing this piece. This piece... Read More

Blogs, Non-binary Blog

children, FAMILY, LGBT, LGBT Nigerians, mothers

#PrideMonth: Non-Binary Chat discusses pointers in building your own affirming family as a queer person

Picture this: a friendship of 22 years dissolves into, “Just to be safe, I will sleep in the parlour.” Just minutes prior, Nana had come out as a lesbian to her lifelong best friend. There was some retrospective connecting of dots from over the years. The furtive protection of chats and insistence on privacy makes... Read More

Non-binary Blog

On family | The LGBT+ experience

Social ostracism is perhaps the strongest tool in the arsenal of exclusionary societies. It says, “If you do this or that you can’t sit with us.” It is an effective threat because the human need for companionship is deeply rooted – an evolutionary need that can’t be easily dismissed. The fear of social ostracism is... Read More

Non-binary Blog

community, FAMILY, LGBT+, LGBTQ Nigerians

January 22, 2019

Breaking News! Experience the Boost Wave

… with DStv Step Up & Boost Offer What if you could fly simply by leaping? What if you only had to take one step to be two steps ahead… or above? Fascinating, isn’t it? Fantasy has become reality with the new DStv Step Up & Boost offer. DStv subscribers who are on Access, Family... Read More

access, compact, DSTV, DStv Step Up, FAMILY

October 5, 2017

Fiction: Family is a four-letter word

by Jimi Osheidu We have always been four. Me, Dad, Mom and Roger. Roger is the Alsatian that was a gift from my Grandpa when we moved from Kaduna to Ilorin. Roger was the one who nudged out one of my front teeth when I was seven. It wasn’t really his fault, I should have... Read More

FAMILY, Fiction, Marriage, stories

October 3, 2017

Opinion: Chris Attoh and the entitlement mentality of African men

by Gabriel Olatunji-Legend I stumbled on a news story where Mr. Chris Attoh who recently announced his separation or divorce from his wife made some statements concerning his failed marriage. As a person who has studied the subject of relationship success, and how to build a happy and long-lasting marriage, I feel compelled to... Read More

Chris Attoh, damilola adegbite, divorce, FAMILY, Marriage, opinion

My family invested in Dubai property before I was army chief – Buratai

Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has said his family invested in properties in Dubai in 2013 before he was appointed. Buratai said this on Tuesday when he featured in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interview programme Hard Talk. ”Substantial property is just an investment; my family do their own private business. They should... Read More

Army chief, Dubai property, FAMILY, Tukur Buratai

Philando Castile’s family to receive $3 million after acquittal of killer cop

The family of Philando Castile, who was shot and killed last year by a St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer, has reached a $3 million settlement with the city. Castile was killed July 6 during a traffic stop, and his girlfriend streamed the shooting’s aftermath on Facebook Live. Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted June 16 of second-degree... Read More

$3M, acquittal, FAMILY, killer cop, Philando Castile

The Thread: How my ex and his family killed my baby and dumped me

In a world where men have been labelled as “scum”, some make it hard for the “good” men around to raise their heads high. A Twitter user, @_ZannaM, shared a harrowing experience of how the “love of her life” practically left her for dead then dumped her for another woman with the backing of his... Read More

baby, Ex, FAMILY, men, relationship, Scum, thread, twitter.

Police investigates murder of family in Ogun

Suspected assassins on Tuesday killed a husband, wife and their four children at their home in the Atiba area of Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. Sheik Yusuf Abdulsalam Tanimola, an Islamic cleric, his wife and children were killed in a pre-dawn attack. The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the... Read More

FAMILY, investigate, Murder, Ogun, police

Man jailed for threatening to kill Obama, family

An Oregon man who thretened to kill former President Barack Obama over social media will serve five years in a U.S. federal prison. The Mail Tribune reported Friday that U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane sentenced 62-year-old John Roos of Medford to 63 months in prison. Roos was also sentenced to three years of post-prison... Read More

barack obama, FAMILY, jail, kill, U.S.

Through the eyes of a little boy | The role family plays in raising violent men

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Domestic Violence. Broken ribs. Emotional abuse. Shattered self esteem Those were the hot topics blazing the social media space all week and we are not killing the conversation anytime soon. Why? Because this is a phenomenon that NEEDS to STOP. Relationships shouldn’t be the breeding ground for boxers and murderers. The very... Read More

Thinking Through

control, Domestic violence, FAMILY, men, mental abuse, pain, rage, Relationships

Adeleke’s family reject Aregbesola’s inquest into his death

by Azeez Adeniyi The family of Senator Isiaka Adeleke has rejected the inquest into his death by Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola. Deji Adeleke, immediate younger brother of the deceased read the family’s address at a press briefing in his residence in Ede on Sunday. He said the outcome of the inquest had been predetermined.... Read More

Citizenship, The News Blog

FAMILY, Inquest, Isiaka Adeleke, RAUF AREGBESOLA, reject

tboss

#BBNaija: Where does TBoss go from here? | What the future holds for the top five finalists

We do not claim to own any psychic abilities to see events in the future. We absolutely cannot tell what the future holds for any of the Big Brother Naija housemates but we are allowed to speculate, aren’t we? Tokunbo TBoss Idowu is the hands down the most problematic in the house. One can argue that... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

BBNaija, Big Brother Naija, FAMILY, future, housemates, party, tboss, Travel

#BBNaija: The tearful moment housemates received their family members on freeze mode

This has to be the biggest surprise Big Brother has ever pulled on the housemates so far. We didn’t see it coming, the housemates didn’t see it coming and wow, it was a big emotional moment for the housemates. Biggie had earlier instructed them to prepare and present special meals individually but they assumed it... Read More

BBNaija, Big Brother Naija, bisola, Efe, FAMILY, housemates, tboss

The Thread: Your mother might not be as perfect as you’d like to think, but that’s okay

In honour of Mother’s Day, media entrepreneur and organiser of How To Fix Nigeria, Funmi Iyanda, took on the elephant in the room. Why are we more inclined to think of bad fathers than we are bad mothers? Why the deification of parents? Doesn’t said deification prevent us from recognising they are human and flawed,... Read More

africa, FAMILY, Funmi Iyanda, Mother's Day, parenting, Relationships, The Thread

The Thread: “Thin Tall Tony is a pathological liar”

Twitter Nigeria watched with dismay when ex-Big Brother Nigeria housemate, Thin Tall Tony uttered this now-immortal words, ” I don’t have any family; they are all dead.” That was not his first lie. At an earlier date, TTT had responded to Bisola’s question as to his single status with “By the grace of God”, despite... Read More

25M Lie, Big Brother Naija, FAMILY, Maria Okan, The Thread, Thin Tall Tony

FG planning to kill Nnamdi Kanu | Family petitions EU, US

by Azeez Adeniyi The family of embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that the Federal Government is planning to kill the Biafran agitator. His family has petitioned the United States government, the European Union and Amnesty International, urging them to secure his release. Emmanuel Kanu, his brother in... Read More

.US, biafra, European Union, FAMILY, kill, Nnamdi Kanu, petition

Mark Zuckerberg, wife, expecting baby girl

by Dolapo Adelana Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan are expecting a baby girl. Zuckerberg, who already has a daughter, Max, made the announcement on Thursday via his social media pages. “Priscilla and I are happy to share we’re expecting another baby girl,” Zuckerberg said. “After our difficult experience having Max, we... Read More

baby girl, facebook, FAMILY, mark zuckerberg, Max, Priscilla Chan

February 26, 2017

‘Vacation: How Buhari’s aides bar family, ministers, friends from accessing him’

by Dolapo Adelana Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s extended vacation in the United Kingdom, family members, friends and senior government officials have been having a hard time getting across to him. According to The Punch, access to the president is being controlled by four of his aides – the President’s nephew, Mamman Daura; the Senior Special... Read More

February 25, 2017

#BBNaija: “I don’t have a family, they are all dead” | Thin Tall Tony says

by Azeez Adeniyi Big Brother Naija housemate, Thin Tall Tony (TTT) has denied his family once again. During a conversation with fake housemate, Jon, on Friday, TTT said he does not have a family. Jon had said, “You know family is a hindrance.” While responding, TTT said, “I don’t have a family, they are all... Read More

BBNaija, Big Brither Naija, dead, FAMILY, Thin Tall Tony

February 25, 2017

How I always travel to Dublin to have sex – Sexy Steel

by Azeez Adeniyi Singer and stylist, Sexy Steel has described how he handles his sexual urges. In a recent interview with Punch, the singer said whenever he feels sexual urge, he travels to Dublin where his family lives to meet his wife. He said, “If I am moved sexually, all I need to do is... Read More

Dublin, FAMILY, sexy steel, wife

February 22, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Mereba [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo Two weeks ago, my mother became the matriarch of her extended family, the way fifty-seven-year olds suddenly become matriarchs, her elder sister died suddenly from a brief illness. In 2009, I sat in the dark of a swamped living room of the hoarder pastor I had been assigned to live with during... Read More

death, Edwin Okolo, FAMILY, motherhood, New Voices, nigeria

February 10, 2017

Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu obsessed, can sacrifice his own children – Wife

Uchechi Nnamdi Kanu, wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says her husband is obsessed with the struggle. Uchechi, who spoke in an interview with Thisday said Kanu could sacrifice her, their children and any family member to achieve his dream. I will not advise him to drop... Read More

biafra, FAMILY, Nnamdi Kanu, Obsession, sacrifice, Uchechi Nnamdi Kanu

February 4, 2017

Opinion: A different way of seeing children

by Oluranti Miriam At night a little boy, about five, was ahead of me in a long queue of people waiting to board BRT bus to our diverse destination with His mother, I was happy to see, she was holding him and laughing with him about something he’d just said. But soon the little boy... Read More

Behaviour modification, children, FAMILY, nigeria, opinion, parenting, psychology

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