Lagos — Police authorities in Lagos State have reportedly invited popular music artiste, Damini Ogulu, alias Burna Boy, for interrogation over the alleged shooting of fun-seekers by police escorts assigned to him. This is coming on the heels of the revelation, yesterday, that the Burna Boy’s five police escorts were assigned to him from the […]
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Monrovia — The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) and La Queen Entertainment on Saturday, 11 June 2022 unveiled prizes for winners of this year’s Miss Earth Liberia Beauty Pageant, slated for Saturday, 18 June at the Ministerial Complex, Congo Town. La Queen Entertainment is a non-political, non-religious entity founded in 2018 to discover talents. […]
Police escorts attached to Nigerian Grammy Award winner, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, have shot at two men after one of them complained that the singer made passes at his wife at Club Cubana in Victoria Island, Lagos State. The victims were identified as 27-year-old lrebami Lawrence and Tolu. Meanwhile, the five policemen […]
Lagos — The Nigeria Police Force has ordered Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, to conduct investigation into the alleged shooting of two fun-seekers by five Police escorts attached to the popular musician, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy. The shooting occurred on June 8, 2022, at Club Cubana in Victoria Island, Lagos. Force […]
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Zimbabwe: Matizha Crowned Miss Uz 2022
Mitchell Kudzai Matizha, a 19-year-old first year law student was crowned Miss University of Zimbabwe (Miss UZ) 2022 on Saturday June 11, shrugging off challenge from 17 girls who were contesting for the crown. Nyasha Amanda Chihambiro was voted Miss UZ first princess while Allyfinae Mwanyali was the second princess. It was of no doubt […]
A front-line movie producer and distributor, Gabriel Okoye, popularly known as Igwe Gabosky,will live with the sad memory for a long time of his efforts to create an enabling environment for stakeholders in the Nigerian movie industry but ended up bruising himself in the process. The bandana loving producer of Nollywood classics such as ‘Nneka, […]
Billionaire businessman and king of night life, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana has described getting married to his beautiful wife as one of the best decisions he has taken in life. In an Instagram post to celebrate his 14th wedding anniversary, the popular club owner recalled that he performed the traditional marriage rites […]
Nollywood actress and activist, Georgina Chigozie Onuoha has slammed her colleague, Yul Edochie for using traditional and biblical references to justify polygamy Georgina in a lengthy post shared on Instagram Friday morning was reacting to another post made by Yul Edochie Thursday on his official Instagram page where he likened himself to King David in […]
Female filmmakers produced five top highest-grossing Nollywood movies at the box office between 2016 to 2022. In the male-dominated Nigerian film industry, the female filmmakers appear to take the lead, as they are behind the highest-grossing Nollywood movies. Interestingly, five of the top highest grossing Nollywood movies at the box office between 2016 to 2022 […]
Nollywood director, producer and actor, Yul Edochie has likened himself to King David in the Bible who had many wives and still attracted the blessings of God. Yul in a long text shared on Instagram narrated that marrying a second wife has brought many blessings to his family and elevated his two wives, including his […]
Artists move the dial when exploring the nuances of humanity. Their work helps us change perspective and have emotive dialogue about difficult themes. Here are some African visual artists using their mediums to reimagine sexuality, gender expression and identities. Kawira Mwirichia (Post-humous mention) Was a Kenyan queer visual artist who creates beautiful art that inspires […]
Songwriter and social activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has said he will leave Nigeria if the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, or his counterpart of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, wins the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu won the APC presidential primary election […]
The murder of football player Senzo Meyiwa in 2014 and its protracted and controversial police investigation involving high profile figures in the South African music industry continues to make headlines in South Africa. Five men are on trial for allegedly murdering the national team captain and goalkeeper. Recent events in the criminal trial have shone […]
Linga wine is a small family business in Malawi that punches well above its weight. On a Friday afternoon, an elderly Margaret Ngwira emerges from her house in a low-density neighbourhood of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, and makes her way to a room stacked full of barrels. Only the sounds of chirping birds disrupt […]
Monrovia — Former Montserrado District #12 Representative and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Liberia (UL), Prof. Richmond Anderson has gained international recognition for his newly published book “Perspective on Analytical Feature and Editorial Writing” by the Author-House in Washington D.C, United States of America. Prof. Anderson on Wednesday in […]
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South Africa: The Geometry of Grief
The South African-Nigerian novelist Yewande Omotoso has reimagined her deepest loss in An Unusual Grief, the darkly funny story of a mother who infiltrates her dead daughter’s life. In Yewande Omotoso’s third novel, An Unusual Grief (Cassava Republic, 2021), a Nigerian immigrant in late middle age leaves her husband to travel from Cape Town to […]
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Nigeria: Musician Found Dead in Benue
Terungwa Albert Ikon, popularly known as Ortrees, has been found dead several weeks after he went missing in the North Bank area of Makurdi, Benue State. It was learnt that the deceased was a younger brother to singer and songwriter, Orduen Ikon Andrew, popularly known as OD Woods. It was gathered that the late Ortrees […]
Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, has called out the All Progressives Congress (APC) for using his song at the ongoing presidential primary of the party without his permission. Human rights activist, Segalink, shared the moment the song was played and asked: “My brother Timi Dakolo I hope dem pay us for this song wey dey play […]