News

The GQ annual awards, which are now in their 21st year, celebrate men and women who have helped to shape the world’s cultural landscape over style, politics, entertainment and sport during the course of the year. British Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was named fashion icon of the year, was honoured by singer and actress Zendaya, while Legend was presented with the Hugo Boss most stylish man prize by his wife Chrissy Teigen. Ayodeji ‘Wizkid’ Balogun…

Billionaire daughter, Florence Otedola a.k.a DJ Cuppy has taken to her twitter account to react to all shaming and attacks she gets on social media. Cuppy reveals that she doesn’t allow people judging or criticising her get to her, because criticism makes her better and stronger. In her words; “I like criticism, it makes me stronger”, she wrote today.

President Muhammadu Buhari is counting on support from China to build the 3050 Megawatts Mambila Hydropower Project. According to the Presidency, the President won the crucial support of his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Wednesday. The President sought the support of the Chinese President for the project while commending him and his government for successfully hosting the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and for the growing relationship between both countries. “I would like…

David Oyelowo and his wife, Jessica, are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary . They got married in September 1998 and have four children.   To celebrate their wedding anniversary, David and his wife teamed up with some of his friends to recreate a picture that was taken at their wedding. See the photo below  

1. President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday picked his expression of interest and nomination form, to contest in the forthcoming primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The form, sold for N45million, was purchased on his behalf Wednesday, by one of his support groups, the Nigerian Consolidation Ambassadors Network. 2. The Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosu has declared his intention to vie for the Ogun Central senatorial district seat in the 2019 election. The…

Richard Liu, the Chinese billionaire founder of JD.com, has been arrested in Minnesota after being implicated in a case of sexual misconduct. The chief executive of the e-commerce giant was arrested late on Friday and was freed Saturday afternoon, CNBC reports. The company, in a statement released on Chinese social media Weibo, said the allegations made against the billionaire were false. The local police found no evidence of the alleged misconduct, the statement read, and Liu’s business…

Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, has asked operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) to desist from running after internet fraudsters, Dailytrust reports. He said they had the mandate of curbing armed robbery and kidnapping, warning that any officer caught arresting cybercrime suspects would be sanctioned appropriately. Idris gave the warning yesterday at the FSARS headquarters at Magbo in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He was represented by the team leader of South West…

The parents of a 15-year-old boy were charged to court after their son died of starvation last week in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, following a 40-day fast.   Kehinde Omosebi, 49, who claims to be a pastor, and his wife Titilayo Omosebi, 47, were charged Tuesday in Sauk County with causing the child’s death through neglect. They were also charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm after another son, 11, was found alive but extremely emaciated.   The children’s father…

An Israeli member of parliament has come under fire for saying that Africans have no culture and that Israel should stop African refugees from having children. The Israeli member of Israel’s Knesset or parliament (MP), Oren Hazan from the ruling Likud party, further said that Africans are not refugees but economic migrants. The member of parliament was speaking during an interview that was posted on the Facebook page of his political party. During an interview…

1. The Department of State Services (DSS) has pleaded with the Nigerian media to avoid reports aimed at denigrating the agency. It said such reports could lead to national insecurity and as such the media should avoid being used by self-serving individuals to attack the agency. This was contained in a statement issued by its spokesman, Afunanya Peter. 2. Reports have claimed that a former Kano State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has resolved to defect…