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With what could be described as the tradition of most musical artistes in mainstream entertainment across the world, many Nigerian artistes also started their singing career from the church choir. While some of these artistes still maintain the genre o...
Dijatou (Khadijah) Aliyu, also known as Hadiza Gabon, was born on 1st June, 1989 at Libreville, the capital city of Gabon. She attended Ecol; de Francaise Gabonnaise in Gabon, where she bagged a diploma in French in 2006. Gabon as she is popularly call...
Born on May 20, 1970, in Streatham, London, England. Naomi Campbell grew up with her mother Valerie Campbell, a Jamaican who grew up in London. A modern ballet dancer, Valerie spent much time traveling throughout Europe with her dance troupe, so ...
Dreadlocks which were seen by many to be a dirty, unkempt hairstyle have now gained popularity over the years. The increasing acceptance of the style today has revealed just how healthy, versatile and attractive it can be. It can be neat and attractive...
Every woman desires the appearance of a beautiful healthy skin and a stunning look, so as to stand out in the crowd. No doubt, teenage girls are not left behind in this desire. There are lots of teenage girls who spend a lot of money buying beauty prod...
Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has declared Tuesday, June 12 as public holiday in the state, adding that the state will henceforth recognise June 12 as its Democracy Day. Making this declaration on behalf of the governor in Osogbo yeste...
Professor Julius Ihonvbere, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two-time gubernatorial candidate in Edo State, has defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). In an address to his teaming supporters who gathered in his country ho...
As activities of the dreaded islamic sect, Boko Haram continue unabated, the Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Ola Makinde, yesterday said that neither the sect nor anybody could islamise Nigeria. This was just as he called for ...
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the victory of the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam in the April 2011 governorship poll. In a unanimous decision, the seven-man panel of the apex court dismissed the appeal brought by the governorship candidate of...
On 29 May, Nigeria celebrated the 13th anniversary of democracy. The country never had it for this long since the military misadventure to power on January 15, 1966. President Goodluck Jonathan applauded the military for this landmark achievement. BAYO...
The statistics of the state of the Nigerian women and adolescent girls are appalling. Significantly, they are worrisome all over the country, North, South, East or West. Women everywhere in Nigeria have worse life chances than men. Global statistic has...
President Goodluck Jonathan said, yesterday, peace, political stability and socio-economic development in Africa remained central to Nigeria’s foreign policy. Speaking at an audience with the new Mauritanian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. B.A. Abderr...
A former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Federal Government to ensure thorough investigation into the circusmtances leading to the Dana Air plane crash in Lagos on Sunday. Tinubu, who stated this in his reaction yesterda...
The Senate, yesterday, said that it would explore the 30 days provision in the constitution to force the executive to assent to bills presented to it by the National Assembly. 21 Bills have so far been passed at the Senate out of a total of 178 bills i...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, admitted former Bayelsa State Governor Timipire Sylva to bail for N100 million with one surety in like sum. While delivering ruling on Sylva’s bail application, the trial judge, Justice Adamu Bello ...