The 9th edition of the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) was held today, Saturday, May 20, 2023. The prestigious event, at the Eko Hotel, celebrated talents in the film world across Africa. Veteran actress Patience Ozokwor took home the Industry Merit Award for her admirable service to the industry. Jade Osiberu’s Brotherhood and Kunle…
Osun State Government has allayed fears of labour leaders over ongoing staff audit, clarifying that the exercise is not a witch hunt or an agenda to sack workers in the state service. “The Government has taken judicious note of the concerns of labour leaders. The executive Governor has directed a review of the issues raised…
Nollywood actor Olamilekan Shoneye, popularly known as Papa Show, has been suspended from an actors’ group, African Men Entertainment Kings, for physically assaulting his female junior colleague, Temidayo Morakinyo. This comes hours after the actress called out the actor for assaulting her while on a movie set in Ibadan on Thursday. The actress showed off…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. Aside from Otti, the court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa also nullified the candidature of all Labour Party flagbearers in Abia and Kano States. Yunusa ruled that their emergence was not in compliance…
Conjoined Nigerian twins, Hassanah and Hasina have been successfully seperated after a 14 hour operation in Saudi Arabia. Born on January 12, 2022, in Kaduna, Hassana and Hassina, shared an abdomen, pelvis, liver, intestines, and urinary and reproductive systems. According to Arab News, 85-member specialist medical team successfully completed seven of eight stages of the…
The embattled factional chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has kept his word on returning to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday, where he was booed on Wednesday. He, however, sat at the back of the courtroom, not in the area reserved for Labour Party officials. A member, state executive committee, Akin Adewale,…
Up-and-coming Nollywood actress, Temidayo Morakinyo, on Thursday, accused her senior colleague, actor Shoneye Olamilekan aka Papa Show, for allegedly assaulting her while on a movie set in Ibadan, Oyo State. The actress made this known in a series of posts shared on her Instagram story on Thursday. In the video, the actress showed off her…
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered further remand of embattled Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, for additional four days in police custody. The singer was taken to court on Tuesday for assaulting a policeman, Inspector Mohammed Aminu, on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos last Saturday as captured in a viral video. The Chief…
The wife of the General Overseer of LoveBase Assembly, Pastor Ruth Iwunze has launched a beauty spa for Christians especially wives of ministers who need to take care of their well-being. According to Pastor Ruth Iwunze, Ethical PP Beauty Spa was established to help people, especially women, live healthy lifestyles. “We want a place where…
Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral and related events following her death last September cost UK taxpayers nearly £162 million ($201 million), the government revealed on Thursday in its first public estimate. The elaborate state funeral for Britain’s longest-serving monarch, held on September 19, entailed a vast security operation for hundreds of foreign heads of state…
