American costume designer, Ruth Carter, has become the first Black woman to win two Oscars. Naija News reports that Ruth won the costume design category in the 2023 Oscars. She had previously won Oscar in 2019, which made her the first black person to win the Oscar for costume design for her work on Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’. […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the ‘last warning’ and threat to revoke the licences of broadcast stations and shut them down over their coverage of elections and post-election matters. The […]
The British government has appointed Richard Hugh Montgomery as its new high commissioner to Nigeria. He takes over from Catriona Laing who had been the high commissioner in the country since 2018. His appointment was announced in a statement by the United Kingdom government on Tuesday. Montgomery is expected to begin his new role in April […]
Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers, cutlasses and […]
It is a sad day for government workers in Lagos State on Thursday as a moving train rammed into a state bus conveying civil servants to work. The unfortunate crash occurred at the PWD bus stop in the Ikeja area of the state on Thursday morning. Already, six persons have been confirmed dead by emergency […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye on Wednesday. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Nigerian women in celebrating the International Women’s Day (IWD), observed on March 8, recognizing the invaluable role women have played in advancing the progress of the country since independence. The president in a statement on Tuesday, saluted the hardwork and dedication of Nigerian women working tirelessly and achieving results in […]
Following the completion of the 2023 World Cup qualifying windows, FIBA has announced the latest ranking of the African countries in basketball. Despite winning the top two games of the final windows in Africa, the Nigerian side lost its position to Cape Verde and failed to pick the FIBA World Cup ticket. According to the […]
Best Foreign Athlete in Italy and Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, is likely to end up in Arsenal during winter transfer window as the North London Gunners appear the leading suitors to land the Napoli star. Apart from Manchester United, a number of other top European clubs have lined up to lure the in-form Nigerian striker away from Napoli. The […]
Veteran actor Ojo Arowosafe aka Baba Fadeyi Oloro has died at 66. The thespian, who earned the name Fadeyi Oloro after starring in ‘Arelu’, a Yoruba TV series in the 80s, died on Tuesday evening after a long battle with kidney-related ailments. Popular comedian Woli Arole confirmed his demise in a post via his Instagram […]
