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  Australian Andrew Hoy became the oldest medallist at the Olympics since 1968 when he took silver in the equestrian eventing team competition at the Tokyo Games on Monday. It was the 62-year-old’s fifth Olympic medal in total — three of them gold — but his first since Sydney 2000. Hoy was not done there, following up soon after with ...

. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says 30 out of 65 private airplanes verified owe duties to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said some of the airplanes came into the country by Temporary Importation agreement which allows them in without payment because it ...

  An inspirational entrepreneur renowned for her passionate commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion has been named University of the West of Scotland’s Chancellor-elect. The university made this known via a statement on its website. Yekemi Otaru, a tireless passionate supporter of women in business and an active mentor of business owners in the world’s poorest countries, will formally take ...

In a powerful philanthropic pairing, Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott have teamed up to direct $40 million to advancing the power and influence of American women over the next decade. The donation is being awarded to winners of the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, a competition hosted by French Gates’ investment firm Pivotal Ventures, with financial support from Scott and ...

  Popular Ghanaian actor, Van Vicker has graduated with 1st class honors decades after his mates graduated from university. He took to his social media page to share the emotional story of his educational journey. Taking to his Instagram page, Van Vicker said when his mates were enrolling to go to the university in 1997, his single mother couldn’t afford ...

Adele and LeBron James’ agent Rich Paul have confirmed their romance, packing on the PDA while enjoying a double date at popular NYC eatery Cipriani on Thursday. In pictures obtained by The Sun, Rich, 39, can be seen with his arm around the 33-year-old hit-maker, and even appeared to stroke her back at one point. Clearly giddy with excitement to ...

Socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu – Obi Cubana has revealed that he started dating his wife when he was living in a room in Abuja. According to the chairman of Cubana Group, he and his wife, Ebele Iyiegbu started from the scratch. He said they had been together before the money and fame came. Sharing his grass to grace story, ...

  Nigerian burn survivor, Kechi Okwuchi has shares her recovery journey as she bares her facial scar. The 31-year-old Nigerian-American singer, is one of two survivors in the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash that happened 14 years ago when she and her school mate at Loyola Jesuit College where going home for the holiday. Kachi revealed she has undergone over ...

Best graduating student, University of Babcock, Omolola Okunola has showed off her awards. Omolola graduated with a CGPA of 4.91 in Mass Communication (Public Relations and Advertising). Big congrats!

  A Facebook user, Julius Eze revealed that he returned 2.5 million Naira that was mistakenly paid into his account. He shared screenshots of his bank transactions and explained that he couldn’t keep the money because a good name is better than ill-gotten wealth.  

  Nigerian Billionaire blogger, Linda Ikeja has recounted a touching story how her dreams of becoming Miss Nigeria in 2003 was short-lived as she was evicted from the show. Linda Ikeji revealed that she broke down immensely knowing she did not make top 10 and according to her, that night was the worse nights of her life and she thought ...

  The first female winner of the Big Brother Naija show, Mercy Eke, has promised to give a grant of N5m to aid struggling businesses. The reality star who also revealed the launch of her foundation, dropped the huge announcement on her social media page. Mercy Eke, in the post via her Instagram handle, announced the launching of her foundation ...

A physically challenged Nigerian woman, Dr. Ejim Chinazom Judith took to Facebook to announce that she is now officially a medical doctor. She  studied Medicine & Surgery at the University of Nigeria Nsukka Enugu Campus, where she bagged an MBBS certificate. Sharing the good news, she wrote; “God did it, he sees the WILL not the WHEEL. The human spirit ...

  Popular Instagram comedian, Zicsloma is officially a landlord.   Zicsloma shared the good news on his Instastories as he thanked God for making him a house owner within a short period.This comes weeks after he bought a Benz for himself.   Congrats to him!

  MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced that she’s making a new round of donations to charity.   MacKenzie, who is now married to Dan Jewett after her 25-year-old marriage to Amazon CEO crashed, made the announcement Tuesday, June 14, in a Medium blog post.   Scott and her husband Dan Jewett, donated $2.74 billion ...

  Excited Nigerian couple has welcomed a set of twins after 21 years of marriage and childlessness. A close relative of the couple identified as, Faith Elvis Ovie on Facebook, shared the good news on the platform alongside photos of the couple and their twin babies. “Congratulations uncle, God is indeed wonderful. After 21 years of marriage God have put ...

Award-winning Nollywood actor, writer, producer, and director Ibrahim Yekini popularly known as Itele D Icon has disclosed some of the things he had to do to buy some movie equipment for work. Itele in an interview with Punch, he opened up about his life as a boxer and how he struggled to make a name in the movie industry.   ...

Reverend Fr. Mfa Mdooyonga Solomon of the St Augustine Parish, Makurdi in Benue State has gifted an old woman a house in return for her past widow’s mite generosity. Solomon was attacked by bandits on 5 October 2020 in his parish with his house stripped of all valuables. His phones, laptop, ATM cards, clothes, shoes, an undisclosed amount of money ...

A 20-year-old Ijaw student from Rivers State, Miss Alaba Ann Tam Danagogo, is the 2021 overall best scholar at the Syracuse University in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A). Graduating with distinctions in Biology Major and Minor in English and Textual Studies, among other academic accomplishments, Alaba was also awarded the prestigious 1870 scholarship by the university for ...

A Nigerian man, Mr Olaseinde has bagged a degree at 66. He bagged the degree from Covenant University. His daughter, Oluwatosin Olaseinde, took to twitter to announce the news. She announced it praising her father and wrote; ”Congratulations to my dad on bagging a degree at the age of 66. We are super proud of our daddy. Our superstar and ...

A proud father has taken to social media to celebrate his young son who he claimed built a personal computer all by himself. The dad with Twitter handle @ImJustErnest took to the micro-blogging platform to reveal that he is proud of his son’s achievement. According to Ernest, it took his little boy a few months to build the computer. Sharing ...

A disabled fashion model has spoken of the abuse she got from trolls who would tell her to amputate her leg which adds 7st to her body. Mahogany Geter, 23, and from the US, was born with lymphedema, a long-term condition where excess fluid collects in the body’s soft tissue, causing swelling on her left side. She said despite being ...

Nigerian actress, Kemi Afolabi has reacted to a gesture her colleague and friend Mecy Aigbe showed a lady at a gas station. Mercy Aigbe had taken to her Instagram page to shared how a young lady approached her at a gas station where she was going to top up her fuel and the lady whose Instagram handle she revealed as ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has offered a gifted physically challenged artist, Ms Abosede Okeowo, a US online scholarship to enhance her skills. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the presentation was made recently at the palace of Oba Adekunle Adeagbo, the Oore of Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti. The 27-year-old artist had presented Osinbajo with his ...

A police sergeant attached to Kano Command’s Motor Traffic Division (MTD), Kabiru Isah, has been commended for returning over one million naira (N1,294,200.00) he recovered from the scene of a fatal accident.     A statement issued by police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna, on Friday said the officer found the money while “conducting scene analysis”, minutes after the fatal ...