Nigerian wigmaker, Helen Williams, who made World Guinness Records for the longest handmade wig has revealed what the project cost her. The businesswoman said it took 11 days and over N6 million to make the wig which is 351.28m (1,152ft 5in) long. She made the revelation in an exclusive interview on Saturday. According to her,…
…Osogbo as flagship for now, other towns to follow soon… Osun State Government on Monday, rolled out palliative buses to convey Civil Servants, Students and other residents of the State along selected routes/destinations in the State. The intervention, which is kick-starting in Osogbo with five buses, is an effort to cushion the effect of the…
The Nigeria Football Federation would fire coach Jose Peseiro if they had the money to pay him off after two poor performances in World Cup qualifiers, according to executive committee member, Nse Essien. Nigeria’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup is already in serious jeopardy after they managed only two draws in their first two…
Hundreds of families are suing some of the world’s biggest technology companies – who, they say, knowingly expose children to harmful products. One plaintiff explains why they are taking on the might of Silicon Valley. “I literally was trapped by addiction at age 12. And I did not get my life back for all of…
We are constrained, to clear the air again, on allegations made by some youths in Iragbiji under the aegis of Iragbiji Youths Development Association, which, to our consternation, the immediate past governor of Osun state, now a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola revisited over the purported conversion of the Social…
Football stakeholders have called for the immediate sack of Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro, following the team’s second consecutive draw in the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Super Eagles recorded a second consecutive draw on Sunday after struggling to hold the Warriors of Zimbabwe to a…
Colombian superstar, Shakira will pay a fine of over €7.3 million ($7.98 million) as part of a deal with Spanish prosecutors to avoid trial for tax fraud, a Barcelona court said Monday. Prosecutors had accused the superstar of defrauding the Spanish state of around €14.5 million ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014,…
The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has secured a six-month jail term conviction of one Kolajo Damilare for stealing household items belonging to one Razaq Salaudeen in the Abeokuta area of the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, David Ojelabi, confirmed this in a telephone chat with PUNCH…
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday arraigned a man, Jackson Clinton, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly burgling and stealing his employer’s property in the Gbagada area of the state. The 24-year-old defendant was arraigned on two counts bordering on burgling and stealing before Magistrate Linda Balogun. The defendant…
In a judgment on Sunday, the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return given to Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. The court declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress the rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election, ordering INEC…
