Movie star Lupita Nyong’o has joined the #BlackPantherChallenge – an online challenge where people help children who can’t afford to see the movie ‘Black Panther’ to see it. According to Lupita, she was able to help 1,200 children in Kisumu, Kenya, to see the movie with the
President Muhammadu Buhari has broken his silence over the kidnapping of 94 missing school girls in Yobe this week. Th 75-year old president took to his Twitter page to express his sympathy and state that the military is doing all it can to ensure their safe return. He wrote:
Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani has revealed the circumstances leading to the removal of the Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Abdullahi Adamu. Sani explained that N70 Million which belonged to the group was claimed to have been carted away by monkeys in a farm house. The letter announcing Adamu’s
Uchechi Kanu, wife of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has said she believes Nigerians will not allow an Igbo person lead the country. Uchechi said this in an interview with BBC Igbo on Monday. Uchechi said that if Nigerians had allowed the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu to lead, he “wouldn’t have
The Kano State Government has once again debunked claims that underage citizens were allowed to vote in the just concluded Local Government elections, The Cable reports. Videos and photos of children queuing to cast their ballots had circulated on social media following the election. The Kano State Governor Abdullahi
BBC Igbo and Yoruba services launched today, two of the 3 new languages to be launched by the BBC for Nigeria and the West and Central Africa region. The Igbo service is mainly for audiences in eastern and south eastern Nigeria as well as the
The 2018 NBA All Star Game happened over the weekend at the Staples Center on Sunday night (February 18) in Los Angeles. The event was star-studded as celebrities stepped out to watch the match between Team LeBron and Team Curry. Team LeBron successfully ended the game with a 148-145 victory. Beyonce,
Chinedu Udoji, a defender playing for Kano Pillars has passed after a car he was riding in was involved in an accident. The Kano Pillars Twitter account @pillarsfc announced his passing, saying the accident occurred along Club Road in Kano. They wrote: Chinedu Udoji was involved in a car
Abdullahi Darma, the Special Assistant on Religious Affairs to Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, accidentally ran over his daughter, killing her, Punchreports. Darma shared the news on his Facebook, describing the act as the will of God. He got tested by God, he said, crushing his daughter mistakenly
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as the President of the Republic of South Africa. The President’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday. The President
Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted four containers loaded with prohibited Tramadol pharmaceutical products with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over N110 million. The Customs Area Comptroller (CAC), Jibrin Musa, told journalists on Monday in Lagos that the 40-foot containers were impounded between February
Former Minister of Internal Affairs, Senator John Shagaya, on Sunday died in a road accident along Langtang-Pankshin road in Plateau, Dan Dandur, former Chairman, Langtang North Local Government, has confirmed. “Shagaya died in a road crash today; we are right now with the corpse at the Air
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Monday became the first woman to win the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, in recognition of her efforts to rebuild her country following two devastating civil wars. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Johnson-Sirleaf became president in 2006, three years after
In its 2nd year, #SMSGJos will grow to over 2,000 leaders from business, technology, media and marketing. The gathering brings together individuals who are interested and committed to the progressive growth and development of people, community and are willing to share their time, ideas, experience
As Africa’s most populous nation, nothing brings the people of Nigeria together (within the mainland and around the world), quite like getting behind the Super Eagles. Nike today unveiled Nigeria’s eye-catching line for this year’s World Cup in Russia, and as media partners for Nigeria’s