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Celebrity and international Tennis Star, Serena Williams is the new cover of Australia based print, Stellar Magazine. The 23-time Grand Slam winner is expecting her first child with Alexis Ohanian and recently held her 50s themed baby shower which was well attended by stars. Serena speaks to Stellar about her thoughts on feminism, her fears and starting a family. Credits: Serena Williams, […]

Nigerian Police in Anambra State says it has identified the gunman who massacred worshippers this morning at St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Garba Baba Umar, confirmed the attack, saying that only one gunman invaded the church. He said that the suspect […]

Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, has lost his final race, finishing third in the 100m of this year’s World Championships in London. Bolt, who wasn’t the fastest qualifier and hasn’t been the fastest man in the world this year for the first time in nearly a decade, was seeking his 12th world title. He, however, finished […]

I have been to a few great spots around the world. I have seen a dozen world state capitals. But nothing prepared me for Beijing, the capital city of China. I have been back for a week and a day.  Still I keep seeing it emblazoned with the word ‘beautiful’ in my mind’s eye. And oh […]

UK has extradited a self-styled Kenyan pastor, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya to face child-trafficking charges. Gilbert Deya’s extradition came after he failed in his decade-long legal battle to remain in the UK. He denied charges of stealing five children between 1999 and 2004 when he appeared in court in Nairobi.Concerns were […]

There are good reasons why Nigerians should take more than a passing interest in the controversy generated by the actions of members of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs and that of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA). If the reports in the media are true, the matter goes beyond the victimisation of one […]

No fewer than 20 to 50 worshippers are feared dead following the invasion of St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State. “Unknown gunmen invaded the church while service was in progress  spraying the innocent worshipers with bullets,” a source told newsmen that the shooting took place around 7:30 a.m. Details are still sketchy this time…. […]

This is the kind of video that makes you proud as a Nigerian. During one of his recent trips abroad, the Ooni of Ife came across this elderly white woman and they had a very interesting conversation in fluent Yoruba Language. Watch their conversation below: LIB

According to LIB, this was a moment with an ATM at Ifitedunu, Anambra branch of First Bank. Can you imagine this? How do you protect your personal info in a situation like this?

Troubled Nollywood actress, Moyo Lawal has been off social media for a while and if her latest Instagram post is anything to go by, it seems the actress is battling depression. The actress who survived a near-death ordeal and armed robbery attack back in 2016 said she has been living in a body fighting to survive with a mind that has […]

As the face-off between the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) deepens, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has accused the anti-graft commission of compromising some of the high profile corruption cases it is handling. Obono-Obla told Saturday […]

Though President Muhammadu Buhari has not officially declined to run for a second term in office, his long absence and health challenges may have prompted an early search for his successor in 2019 by the nation’s power brokers and kingmakers. Nigeria’s political gladiators have virtually concluded that Buhari who is expected back in the country […]

Suspected killer of his girlfriend, Andrew Okoth Calvin Phillip, was nabbed along the Uganda-Kenya border, Thursday night, while trying to escape to Nairobi, Kenya. Police had launched a manhunt for the suspect after they discovered the body of his girlfriend, Fahima Natoolo, an employee of Tropical Bank of Africa, Kampala, Uganda. According to Police sources, […]

A popular Senegalese singer, Amy Colle Dieng has been arrested after she shared an audio recording on WhatsApp in which she is alleged to have made insulting comments about President Macky Sall. Amy Dieng is said to have shared the controversial content in a WhatsApp message group for supporters of Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade […]

About five months after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, paid a personal visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at Abuja House, London, the cleric repeated the visit yesterday. Welby had visited Buhari on March 9, this year, in the United Kingdom’s capital, 24 hours before his departure for Nigeria during his last 50-day medical trip to […]

Nigerian Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce on Friday, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari was expected back in the country next week. Senator Murray-Bruce also hinted that there will be a high-powered meeting between the Senate and the President when he returns. In an interview he granted Vanguard, he lamented the continued hardship in Nigeria and how […]

Fellow Nigerians, there is nothing more critical and important to us than the issue of electricity. Any country that continues to sleep in total darkness 57 years after attaining independence is indeed a backward nation. The matter of power failure is reminiscent of a time when Nigerians believed in the concept of Abiku (the Igbo […]

Veteran actress and celebrity, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde hosted the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote; billionaire oil tycoon, Femi Otedola; ex-governor of Cross Rivers state, Donald Duke;  ex-governor of Ekiti state, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; MD of Shell Nigeria, Mr Osagie Okunbor; and others to a private watch of her new movie, ‘Alter Ego’.  

Nigerian currency, Naira, depreciated yesterday to N365 per dollar in the parallel market, due to increase in dollar demand. The parallel market exchange rate rose from N363 per dollar on Wednesday to N365 per dollar on Friday. The naira however appreciated by N1.31 in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window on Thursday. The indicative exchange rate […]

The other week, July 20 to be precise, I was the reviewer of an important book on herbal healing. Herbal healing is often dismissed as a form of sorcery and in these days of obsession with Pentecostalism, many Africans still consider traditional medicine a taboo. To disprove this, a Catholic monk, Fr. Anselm Adodo began […]