The federal government has declared Friday June 15, and Monday June 18 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid- El Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Monday in Abuja on behalf of the federal government in a statement issued by M. Umar the Permanent Secreta...
Nigerian author wins award in memory of the late Nobel laureate for her ‘refusal to be deterred or detained by the categories of others’ Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter prize. She was hailed by Harold Pinter’s widow, the biographer Antonia Fraser, a...
Music star Mr. Eazi has announced a new foundation set up to provide financial assistance for rising artists in Africa. The Eazi Sound Foundation is set to launch on the 1st of August and, according to Mr. Eazi, the foundation has set aside $100,000 for African emerging artists! …but the number one crit...
Ms. ‘Rinsola Abiola is one of the daughters of the late Alhaji M.K.O Abiola. She is currently the Special Assistant (New Media) to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, and President, All Progressives Congress Young Women Forum (APC-YWF). The young politician is also a youth represe...
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended their historic meeting with a Singapore by signing a joint statement. The document promised “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” without detailing exactly what that would entail. “President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted...
South Africa TV presenter described as “Africa’s first lady of entertainment,” Bonang Matheba, has told her critics that whatever she is presumed to be doing with her body is basically her own concerns. According to She Leads Africa (a nongovernmental organisation that helps young African women achieve...
