Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, recently shared how she faced rejection at home for participating in a beauty pageant. Speaking at the Nigerian Women’s Day event during the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters …
Actress Dupe Jayesimi speaks on struggle with childlessness at 60
Veteran Nollywood actress, Dupe Jayesim, has opened up about her struggles with childlessness and how it has impacted her life. The 61-year-old disclosed this in a recent interview on Talk2B podcast. Jayesimi, who got married on October 22, 1988, revealed that she was pregnant at the time of her wedding but lost the baby weeks …
Lagos Is Undergoing Transformation, Not Deterioration – Tokunbo Wahab
The Lagos State Commissioner for Water and Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, has dismissed claims that the state is smelling, Some persons have repeatedly argued that the state which is the “Center of Excellence,” in Nigeria, smells. Disputing this claim, Wahab in a statement released this evening, argued that Lagos does not smell but rather, is evolving. …
Gunmen demand N100m ransom for naval officer and others kidnapped in Abuja
Security operatives have commenced a rescue operation for a kidnapped official of the Defence Headquarters, Lt. Cynthia Akor, and two others in the Federal Capital Territory. Gunmen abducted Akor, a Nigerian Navy officer attached to the Defence Headquarters, along with two others from their residence in the Mpape area of the FCT on Friday night, …
Anambra Police Successfully Rescue Three Kidnapped Victims
The Anambra State Police Command has successfully rescued three unidentified individuals who were kidnapped by gunmen along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area. In a statement issued on Saturday, the police spokesperson, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that the victims were freed …