Last week, social media was awash with comments from different people with diverse perspectives following Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s conversation with former U.S presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Adichie had questioned why Clinton had “Wife” as the first thing on her Twitter bio. “In your Twitter account, the
The Women of Colour of Time’s Up has called on organisations working with RnB star R.Kelly to severe ties with him, amidst sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him. The WOC Time’s Up, in a statement released on The Root, announced that it is joining a #MuteRKelly online campaign and also asked Live Nation and Sony
President Muhammadu Buhari is, at the time of this report, currently meeting with U.S president Donald Trump. Buhari was invited by Trump and the two leaders will be having bilateral talks as well as a working lunch. According to an earlier statement by the White House: President
Big Brother Naija 2018 winner, Miracle Igbokwe, has reportedly been named an Education Ambassador for Imo State. A couple of days ago Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Chief of Staff, and choice as next governor of Imo State, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu stated that he wants the state to honour Big Brother Naija’s Miracle
One piece of news that has been trending this weekend, is the fact that 22-year-old linebacker Shaquem Griffin made NFL history. Shaquem has become the first one-handed player to be drafted into the NFL on Saturday (April 28) at the 2018 NFL Draft at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Just a few days after premiering, Avengers: Infinity War is already breaking box office records. According to reports from Variety, the move has made $245 million in its first weekend at the box office and has now become the second highest debut at the box office of all time.
Dino Melaye Only 5.34% of the registered voters in Kogi West Senatorial District (351,146) where Senator Dino Melaye represents, were verified, hence attempt
Rapper Olamide and long time partner, Adebukunmi are engaged! The couple who have been together for years now, welcomed their son,Batifeori Maximiliano Adedeji three years ago. The engagement news was shared exclusively on InstaBlog9ja. See post below: Photo Credit- @instablog9ja
Remember the Fenty Panty joke? Well, it seems like it’s about to become a reality. According to WWD, mega popstar Rihanna has inked a deal with TechStyle Fashion Group to create her own lingerie line. This is coming a year after she launched her own makeup
World’s athletics body IAAF is asking that the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) return $150,000 paid to it by mistake, Guardian reports. The body pays $15,000 annually to member federations, but for the year 2017, $150,000 was mistakenly paid to AFN. IAAF accountants reportedly discovered the error and asked
Nigerian superstar artist Davido has revealed that he plans to establish record labels for every artist signed under his DMW imprint. The singer has built an impressive label with the signing of talented acts like Mayorkun, Dremo, Ichaba, Yonda, Peruzzi, DJ ECool and in-house producer Fresh. Davido revealed on Twitter that he
The Nigerian female football team, the Super Falcons, have pulled out of a 12-nation tournament set to begin in Turkey later this week. According to BBC Sport, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has cited visa issues for the move. NFF spokesperson Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport: It was impossible for the team to
Youths of Aguata Local Government Area in Anambra State have burned to the ground a church after a teacher married his 17-year-old sister, Punch reports. Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe had married his sister at the Dwelling Fullness of God Church in Agba, Anambra State. Ezeibekwe had reportedly said he was instructed by God
Last year, Samsung walked out of the ashes of the Note 7 debacle and launched the Galaxy S8, which was one of the best phones of 2017 and one of the best products Samsung ever made. So it’s not much of a surprise that this year’s Galaxy
Motivational speaker Fela Durotoye has announced that he has joined a political party Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN). Durotoye revealed this in a series of posts on his Instagram. ANN “provides a level playing field for the best candidates to emerge at all levels for legislative & executive