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Why Sparkle? Uzoma Dozie floats a new FinTech firm

Why Sparkle? Because we can Sparkle will tackle how retailers can achieve their daily objectives and scale their businesses, providing a suite of innovative lifestyle services, in addition to typical current and savings accounts that exist in the market. In particular, Sparkle will deliver customer

Senate Confirms All 43 Ministerial Nominees

Nigerian Senate Confirms All 43 Ministerial Nominees

The Nigerian senate ministerial screening has been concluded and all the 43 ministerial nominees have been confirmed. The remaining three nominees Mr Lai Mohammed, Sabo Nanono and Saleh Mamman were screened on Tuesday July 30, and that marked the end of week-long screening process by the upper chamber.  Here

Boris Johnson appoints Nigerian as Minister

Boris Johnson appoints A Nigerian Minister

A Nigerian Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch was on Saturday, July 27, appointed a Children and Families Minister by the new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Olukemi, a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden arrived in the UK at the age of 16. The 39-year-old software and IT engineer studied

Police closes Rape Investigation against Neymar

Police closes Rape Investigation against Neymar

After concluding investigations, Sao Paulo police have closed the rape allegation case against Brazil and Paris Saint-German football player Neymar, for lack of evidence, AFP is reporting. Brazilian model, Najila Trindade had accused Neymar of sexual assault in a hotel in Paris, France in May. It was in June however

6-year-old South Korean YouTube star Boram buys $8 million 5-storey property

This 6-year-old YouTube star Just Bought A $8 million 5-story property

Boram, a 6-year-old South Korean YouTube star with over 30 million subscribers bought a five-story building worth 9.5 billion Korean won ($8 million) in an affluent suburb in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam. The 6-year-old has two popular YouTube accounts on which she posts content. Boram Tube ToysReview which is for posting

Bobrisky Now Identifies as Transgender

Bobrisky Now Identifies as Transgender

Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has come out as transgender. The 27-year-old made this revelation via Instagram. Sharing a video of himself cooking, he wrote: “What a woman can do, a TRANSGENDER can do better. Don’t laugh.” It would seem as

WAEC 2019: Results of 180,205 candidates withheld

WAEC 2019: Results of 180,205 candidates withheld

The West African Examination Council has disclosed that, of the 1,590,173 candidates who registered and sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, 180,205 candidates currently have their results withheld. This was made known by WAEC’s Head of Nigeria National Office,

Leo Dasilva calls out Tuoyo for saying Tacha uses 'Juju'

Leo Dasilva calls out Tuoyo for saying Tacha uses ‘Juju’

In a post eviction interview with Linda Ikeji TV, Tuoyo, the recently evicted housemate from the on-going Big Brother Naija ‘Pepper Dem’ suggested that one of the housemates still in the show, Tacha, may be using ‘juju’. (Read HERE).   Reacting to his interview, Leo Dasilva,

“I married my husband after he died” – Watch this BBC Documentary

“I married my husband after he died” – Watch this BBC Documentary

After her son, Ikemefuna Orji, died, Felicia Orji was determined to find a wife for him so the family lineage could continue. Her family performed all the marriage rites and Chinyere Ikemefuna Orji joined their family as Ikemefuna’s wife after his passing. Twelve years later, Chinyere now has three children, whose