Fellow Nigerians, 1. Today marks 53 years of our Independence as a nation. First and foremost, I would like to say congratulations to us all. Through thick and thin, we have built this country together. Through triumphs and trials, we have developed a Nigerian identity in our own way. 2. ...

Tokyo has been chosen by the International Olympics Committee to host the 2020 summer games. In voting saturday in Buenos Aires, the committee picked Tokyo over the two other contenders, Madrid and Istanbul. Tokyo won the deciding vote, 60 to Istanbul’s 36, according to an IOC tweet. Tokyo previously hosted ...

  Suspected assassins struck in FESTAC Town, Lagos Tuesday night, shooting the owner of� popular transport company, Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo while on his way back from work. A police Corporal, Ngozi Chijoke of the Patrol and Guards (PG), Lagos State Command, who was with him in ...

Kris Jenner got Kanye West to respond to president Obama’s earlier diss of their lifestyle. He said Kids weren’t monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success. This is what Kanye said ...

Every musician’s worst nightmare happened to Brandy when she was slated to surprise concert-goers at the FNB stadium in Soweto on Saturday for Mandela SportsAnd Culture Day. According to reports, Brandy found herself performing to about 40 people because concert-goers had left before she showed up. She performed two songs ...

It is some months before August, the dates running all the way back into the calendars of the early 90s. In a few months from this day, she will turn 7 years old, maybe even have a big school party like her friend Aisha had weeks back. But today, while ...

A Nigerian girl, 10-year old Zuriel Oduwole has made history as the youngest person ever to be interviewed on popular magazine Forbes. The interview with the award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer is featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa.  Touted by some as the ...

Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu owns this huge estate called Camp Neya which he named after his daughter Neya Uzor Kalu. The huge estate, which comprises of several units of eye-popping buildings and other exotic structures was built in 1998 at Uzor Kalu’s home town of Igbere, Bende ...

Paralympian, Joy Onaolapo won a Gold medal for Nigeria at London 2012 Paralympics games is dead. The 30-year-old won gold for Nigeria in the women’s 52 kg powerlifting competition. Head Coach, Nigeria Power Lifting Federation (NPLF), confirmed to us that she died last week in her home town, Edo State, ...

Innovation and invention are always celebrated-and rightly so-in the world of watchmaking. But the true icons of the horological universe are not the uber complicated and ultra modern one-off novelties that the world’s finest watchmakers showcase at watch fairs, but the tried and tested models that have endured over the ...

A Cambridge University educated research scientist is so desperate to live the life of a wheelchair-bound person she is prepared to pay a doctor help her become disabled. She wears leg braces and uses a wheelchair, even though her legs are healthy. Chloe spends most of her time in a ...

Peter Odemwingie moved a step closer towards a transfer to Crystal Palace after he was forced to train with West Bromwich Albion’s academy trainees. The Nigeria striker remains embroiled in a dispute with the club following an abortive switch to QPR seven months ago. Odemwingie returned to the Baggies this ...

Unknown to many, two of Nigeria’s great and Ex-Super Eagles skippers, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha and Kanu Nwankwo are not having the best of relationship but often try to keep it away from the media. The sour relationship between them started many years ago after the midfield maestro quit international football. ...

Nigeria international Christian Obodo, who was reported to be missing by Dinamo Minsk, was found hale and hearty in Udine, Italy on Tuesday. This past weekend, the Director General of Dinamo Minsk, Sergei Pavlyukovich interviewed by goals by declared Obodo missing. It is not the first time that law enforcements ...

The�BET�Experience focused its attention on the awards portion of the weekend’s festivities after numerous performances, high temperatures and well-attended seminars. Rapper Drake led with the most nominations as the awards were handed out at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre, but�Kendrick Lamar�was the night’s big winner, taking the new artist and male hip ...

Footballer Theo Walcott finally sealed the deal with fiancee Melanie Slade as they tied the knot in Italy. The young couple, who have been dating for nine years, wed at the Castello di Vincigliata in Tuscany last week. Blonde Melanie, 24, looked stunning in a strapless gown with sweetheart neckline ...

In the early hours of today, singer Ayo Balogun, Wizkid was arrested by the Lagos state Police command in Onikan Zone 2 after some UNILAG students reported him to the police. According to the students, they paid N500,000 thousand naira to the star for a performance at Unilag Sports Centre ...

Following a well publicized fall-out with coach Stephen Keshi that led to his being dropped from the national squad, Osaze Odemwingie seems to have made an apology of sorts, stating his desire to represent the country again. Osaze has been left out of the Super Eagles since February 2012, after ...

When interacting with the opposite sex, communication is everything. Simply put, authenticity is everything. It’s not always easy to be transparent when you’re getting to know each other, but it’s 100 percent necessary. Keeping things honest will help you avoid leading Mr. Wrong or turning Mr. Right off. Be yourself ...

Governor Babatunde Fashola is already 50 years old. He speaks candidly for the�first time�on the journey so far and how he got to where he is today. This is a must read! Enjoy: It’s not like any of the interviews he had granted in the past. For two hours he ...