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    The Igbo apprenticeship system passes first phase of editorial work to feature on Harvard publication

    The Igbo apprenticeship system has passed the first phase of editorial work to feature on Harvard publication. This means that, once it passes the other stages of editing, a documentation of our local Igbo apprenticeship system (IAS) will be published in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) and made available for...

    “No one wins a war based on falsehood and deceit” – Rochas Okorocha

    Former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has reacted to the demolition of Reach FM's fence, a property said to be owned by his daughter.  Okorocha who was was arrested on Sunday February 21, for unsealing a property seized by the Imo state government and later released after the intervention of the south-east...

    Nigerians react to CBN Cryptocurrency ban in Nigeria

    Nigerians have taken to social media to react to Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele's comment of Cryptocurrency being used to describe the activities of traders in an electronic dark world.  The CBN Governor who appeared before a joint senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions; ICT and cybercrime;...

    “My late husband lived alone in a hotel for 10 years before he met her” – Helen Prest-Ajayi

    Former beauty queen, Helen Prest-Ajayi has debunked the report that she was the reason her late husband, Dr. Oluwatosin Ajayi left his first family 35 years ago.  It will be recalled that there was a mild drama during the funeral of Dr. Ajayi when his older children struggled with Helen for...

    Former AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina speaks on Nigeria’s Restructuring

    Former Minister of Agriculture and President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said that the restructuring of Nigeria should be driven by economic and financial viability.  In a public lecture titled ‘Toward a New Nigeria From Federal Fatherism to a Commonwealth’ and delivered virtually from the...

    Homosexuality not acceptable and should not be legalized in Ghana- Chief Imam

    The Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Osman Sharubutu has waded into the raging controversy about homosexuality in the country.  In a 9 page paper signed by Dr. Mohammed Marzuq Abubakari Azindo the Personal Assistant to the National Chief Imam, Sheik Sharubutu stated that the opposition of the Muslim community in Ghana on the...

    ‘Pastor Suleman, shame onto you!’ – Nigerian lawyer residing in Japan

    A Nigerian lawyer residing in Japan, Barrister Emeka Akaolisa, has blasted clergyman Apostle Johnson Suleman, who recently said he prays the COVID19 pandemic continues as he bought his 3rd jet during the pandemic. In a video he shared on social media, Barrister Akaolisa slammed the clergyman for being excited about the...

    “Buying G Wagon will scare prospective husbands away” – Actress Tricia Eseigbe recounts

    Tricia Eseigbe has revealed that northern Nigerian singer, Zaaki Azzay, once discouraged her from buying a Mercedes-Benz G Wagon so she won't chase prospective suitors away. The Nollywood actress made this revelation while celebrating Zaaki on his birthday. She said the rapper, who uses a torchlight in his music videos as...

    IPOB reacts after Nnamdi Kanu’s Facebook page was blocked

    The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the blocking of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu's Facebook account following his live broadcast on Tuesday night February 2. Like they did to ex-US President, Donald Trump, Facebook blocked the account of Kanu. The social media platform is yet to disclose the...

    Most Super Eagles players do not play with purpose anymore – Julius Aghahowa says

    Former Nigerian striker, Julius Aghahowa has said the current Super Eagles players do not play with a purpose like before.  Aghahowa stated this during a recent interview on ‘No Holds Barred’ on Brila FM with his former Super Eagles teammate, Ifeanyi Udeze. The former Nigerian international and Shakhtar Donetsk striker urged...

    Pope Francis makes a “doctrinal development” so women can read at Mass

    Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law so that women can act as readers and altar servers in liturgical celebrations, while reaffirming they cannot be priests. In an unexpected apostolic letter published Jan. 11, the pontiff says he is making the change to recognize a "doctrinal development" that has occurred...

    People appear like angels until you hear them speak : This is an incredible French story

    Evil Is Everywhere This is an incredible story about a French socialite Blanche Monnier. Blanche Monnier was a very beautiful young woman. Born into a family of aristocrats in Paris, France. Being their only daughter, her family was very protective of her. In 1876 she fell in love with a lawyer that was not...

    Men should not not bottle-up their emotions, share them! – Survivor

    But seriously, I’m a survivor.I look back at Tunde’s story with nostalgia, because, I was this 👌🏾 close to death. I’d have ended up like him on the 13th of January, 2015. Ibe Nnoke, the then Registrar of Hugh Goldie Lay/Theological Training Institution Arochukwu, where I was lecturing, had just ordered...

    I fell into depression after my divorce – Jodie

    IN 2010 when soulful singer, Joy Eseoghene Odiete simply known as Jodie, released her monster hit debut single, ‘Kuchi Kuchi’ (Oh! Baby). She never knew how far her song would go. It went as far as becoming an anthem in many households in Africa and beyond. Many did not even...

    Nigerian lady shares the lessons she learnt from her failed old marriage

    A Nigerian tourism expert identified as Chiamaka Obuekwe, took to her Twitter handle today to share some of the lessons she learnt from her over a year old marriage that has packed up. Chiamaka revealed that she had her traditional wedding in December 2017 and her white wedding in January 2018....

    “Luciferase” a component of the Covid-19 vaccine? Rumours on Social Media

    Following approval for the administration of Covid-19 vaccines, a number of conspiracy theories have sprung up following claims that an enzyme called Luciferase is a component on the vaccine. The United Kingdom has become the first Western nation to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for the first doses to be rolled out across the...

    Do you wanna lose weight? Read this story..

    A man has wowed many with his jaw-dropping transformation after losing nearly 19 stone, after getting fed up with always being the 'fat friend'. 30-year-old Nathan Ranklin from Peckham in London was told by doctors aged 14 that if nothing was done about his body size he wouldn't make his 30th birthday....

    Deportation of Nigerian man with children in UK not legal – European Court of Human Rights rules

    The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that the deportation of a Nigerian man, Charles Unuane, whose children live in Britain, is “disproportionate” and not “necessary in a democratic society" In its ruling published on Tuesday, November 24, Here the ECHR said the UK decision to deport the father of...

    A self-proclaimed psychic who predicted Covid-19 pandemic and Trump’s defeat, predicts another

    A self-proclaimed psychic and regression therapist has warned that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic could last until 2022. Nicolas Aujula has claimed he foresaw the Covid-19 pandemic and has offered a mixed prediction for the next year over the continued fight against the virus. The 35-year-old from London claims he...

    Isha Sesay, Former CNN Anchor, accuses the Nigerian government of ‘lying’

    Former CNN news anchor Isha Sesay has called out the Nigerian government for the "lies" about what happened at the Lekki tollgate when peaceful End SARS protesters were shot at. Ms Sesay, who has been actively keeping up with the End SARS protests and interviewing the key players, stayed with...

    George Clooney explains why he gave his closest friends $1m each

    Hollywood actor, George Clooney has confirmed a longstanding rumor that he was able to give 14 of his closest friends $1million each in cash. In GQ's Men of the Year issue, the 59-year-old who is worth over $500 million stated that he gave 14 of his closest friends who have helped him in...

    Kourtney Kardashian warns face masks may cause cancer

    Kourtney Kardashian has been slammed for posting a conspiracy theory claiming that face masks meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 can cause cancer. She shared a post on her Instagram stories claiming that blue surgical face masks are "made of PTFE, a carcinogen made from synthetic fluoride." The post continues: "According to Cancer.Org...

    President Buhari surrounds himself with fools and criminals feeding him with lies – Fr. Mbaka

    The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has said that President Buhari surrounds himself with people who only feed him with lies about the nation. The controversial Catholic priest said this about the Buhari administration when he spoke in his church on Sunday, November 1. While...

    Mom expressed her disappointment as court sentences her former maid to 14 months in prison for burning her baby with boiling water

    A Singapore woman, Amy Low Mei Liang has expressed her disappointment over the short prison sentence handed down to her former maid for badly burning her toddler with boiling water. The 30-year-old Myanmar maid was sentenced to 14 months behind bars for intentionally causing a burn, a crime that came...

    #ENDSARS: Army should have used blank bullets – Sani Usman says

    A former Director Public Relations of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Sani Usman (rtd), has said that blank ammunition was used during the shooting of protesters at the Lekki tollgates on October 20. Usman said this when he appeared as a guest on ARISE News on Wenesday October 29. He said that blank...

    “My husband is the most practicing feminist” – Aisha Yesufu

    A Twitter user asked Aisha Yesufu how she handles her home and the socio-political activist responded. It began when YouTuber Sisi Yemmie asked why women are always expected to be polite, humble, and not too confident. She tweeted: "I don't know why there's so much pressure on women to be more...

    “Living with my wife made me aware of unconscious racial bias”– Prince Harry reveals (video)

    Prince Harry has revealed that his upbringing as a royal made him unaware of unconscious racial bias, but that all of that has changed since he started living in the shoes of his mixed race wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. In an interview with GQ magazine released Tuesday, October...

    Pope Francis Gives Support To Same-S*x Marriage, Reveals Homosexuals Are Children of God

    Pope Francis has courted controversy after voicing his support for same-s*x civil unions in a documentary that debuted in Rome on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Speaking about pastoral outreach and care for people who identify as LGBTQ, the pontiff said that he thinks same-s*x couples should be allowed to have...

    Marcus Rashford speaks on his fight to end childhood hunger

    Manchester United and England striker, Marcus Rashford has opened up on his fight against childhood hunger, days after the Queen of England awarded him an MBE  for his work to help feed underprivileged children across the UK. During the coronavirus pandemic, Rashford started a campaign to help feed vulnerable children...

    Guys with deep voices are more likely to cheat – new research

    According to new research, men with deeper voices are less committed in relationships and more likely to cheat. The findings from Southwest University in Chongqing, China, conducted experiments with 116 men and 145 women. Participants - with an average age of 20 - had the pitch of their voices measured and...

    Trump and his dad saw illness as an ‘unforgivable weakness’ – Mary Trump

    Trump's estranged niece, Mary Trump, has reacted to Trump's hospitalization for covid-19 by alleging the US President and his family have always viewed illness as "a display of unforgivable weakness." Mary Trump who is suing the family for money and recently wrote a new book criticizing her uncle and her...

    Nigeria needs restructuring to avoid a possible break-up – Pastor Adeboye

    The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has called for restructuring of Nigeria to forestall a possible breakup and agitation across the country.  Speaking at a 60th Independence Day Celebration Symposium co-organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Nehemiah Leadership Institute on...

    Athletes with bigger bums run faster, new study claims

    Experts from Loughborough University found that sprinters with a large gluteus maximus — the muscle that forms the bottom — can run up to 44% faster. The full findings of the study were published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. The team discovered this "booty boost" factor...

    Fat thighs and hips could lower chances of early death – new study

    A new study found that having broad hips or large hips could help a person to live longer while having a big waist does the opposite. The researchers looked into data for more than 2.5 million people between three and 24 years. The new ground-breaking study was recently published in the...

    Trump calls mail-in voting a ‘scam’ in his tweet

    US President, Donald Trump, has called mail-in voting a “scam” during a press conference on Friday September 17, blasting the voting system in which states send mail-in ballots directly to voters due to the Coronavirus pandemic. More than half of all Americans are expected to vote through the mail this...

    Women Nowadays Don’t Need sex but affection – Frank Adofoli

    Popular Marriage Counselor Frank Adofoli has said that women don’t need sex what they need is affection. According to her, Affection is what puts smiles on the woman’s face, it is what makes the woman function properly. He wrote: “It is amazing to hear some women being particular about the size of...

    Men browsing through their Phones at Night could cause low sperm quality – Study finds

    Study find that Men should think twice before reaching for their smartphone at night, according to scientists. They found greater exposure to light-emitting devices in the evening and after bedtime is linked with poor sperm quality. Sperm concentration and their ability to ‘swim’ were all lower in men who used their...

    New calls for rapists to be hanged or chemically castrated – Pakistan PM

    Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan has called for rapists to be hanged or chemically castrated after a woman was reportedly gang-raped at gunpoint in front of her children, last week. Khan made his comments while demanding 'exemplary sentences' for the woman's rapists, saying he would sentence them to be hanged at the...

    Some virus deadly than coronavirus is on its way,’ scientists warn

    Deadly superbugs far worse than Covid-19 are reportedly coming and will wipe out 10 million people a year, claiming the lives of 350m people by 2050, top scientists have warned. This is as a result of over-reliance on antibiotics which are on the brink of stopping working because they have...

    Iran’s Supreme leader,says cartoons of Prophet Mohammed is ‘unforgivable’

    Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned the republishing of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in a French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Charlie Hebdo had republished the same cartoons about the Great Prophet and Islam that prompted a deadly attack on the magazine in 2015. Khamenei in a statement released on Tuesday...

    Men and their genes could disappear someday..

    The male-determining Y chromosome could be dying out and this has prompted discussion of whether men could disappear with it. The Y chromosome has far fewer genes than the X and research suggests it's gradually shrinking even further. A person's sex is determined by whether they have two X chromosomes (which causes...

    Meghan praises Prince Harry for being a proud ‘feminist’

    Meghan Markle praised Prince Harry for being a proud "feminist" and for setting a "beautiful example" for their son Archie by being so "comfortable" advocating for women's rights.  The Duchess of Sussex sat down for a 'backyard chat' with Gloria Steinem. During the chat, Meghan, 39, recalled a moment when Harry, 35, proudly told...

    Whites slam Oprah Winfrey for saying white Americans ‘use whiteness as a weapon’

    White people on social media have blasted billionaire TV host and media entrepreneur, Oprah Winfrey after she said white Americans use their "whiteness as a weapon". Oprah speaking during an episode of her Apple TV+ show titled "How to Be An Antiracist", opined that whites use whiteness as a weapon...

    Netflix apologizes for inappropriate ‘Cuties’ poster

    Netflix has issued an apology for the "inappropriate" marketing poster it released to promote the forthcoming French movie, Cuties. The poster released by Netflix shows the young girls of the film in suggestive dance poses. This led to a petition in Change.org to remove Cuties from the streaming platform, calling it, "disgusting as...

    Entrepreneurship may make you rich but will cause you unhappiness- iroko Boss

    Iroko TV boss, Jason Njoku has revealed why he won't encourage his children to be entrepreneurs.  In a tweet he shared, the British-Nigerian start-up investor who noted that he wants his kids to be happy said he won't encourage them to be entrepreneurs because it is "super hard". Jason added that though...

    Oyedepo rejects CAMA: Appointing a trustees over his church

    Bishop David Oyedepo has criticized the application of the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) in churches, following its signing into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 7, 2020. The law which permits the registrar-general of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a supervising minister to strictly supervise religious bodies and charity...

    Tonto Dikeh: I have achieved 100% of my life success through strangers

    Nollywood actress and mother of one, Tonto Dikeh has advised people to stop begging for support and start networking with strangers. The actress disclosed that she achieved her success through strangers. She added that her success was not influenced by her friends and family. She went on to advise people...

    Why women should pamper their husbands – Actress Maryam Charles

    Nollywood actress/filmmaker, Maryam Charles, took to social media to advise married women to take care of their husbands. The actress said that men go through a lot from the time they were born till the time mantle of provisions is placed upon them and they deserved to be pampered by...

    I regret finishing my PhD at 26 – Young lady declares

    A young lady has expressed regret over finishing her PhD at the age of 26 - The American with the Twitter handle @taoleighgoffe advised people to take time off between graduate school and undergraduate school - She said people should live their lives, defer, read, work and party A...

    The comedy called Nigeria

    A few years ago, I told a friend that Nigeria was a wonderful and funny place. I told him anytime God wanted to watch comedy, He would tune in on Nigeria 101 on the satellite for the best of laughs; not just serious comedic and clowning laughs but those...

    Coronavirus has exposed years of leadership failure in Nigeria – Peter Obi

    Coronavirus has exposed years of leadership failure in Nigeria - Peter Obi

    Lessons for Africa from America

    Nothing can be true now than the saying that ‘a second can spoil the work of lengthy hours’. Nothing is equally more devastating than witnessing a single mistake ruining decades of hard work when we consider the current storm rocking the American political scene and her prize assert, democracy....

    Don’t choose to be a concubine when you can be a wife – Tuface’s former GF

    Don't choose to be a concubine when you can be a wife - Tuface's former GF

    “There is no president and Commander in chief in Aso Rock” – PR Expert Osamgbi

    As we speak, there is No president and Commander in chief in Aso Rock

    Dating without purpose: A psychological Imbalance

    In the present of our times, a lot of us struggle with the status of being single while a lot too suffer from the side incidences of being in a dramatic relationship. This goes a long way in having lots overviews and discernment about dating and relationships. Have you...

    Some Ngerians disagreed: Oyedepo says prosperity is impossible without tithing

    David Oyedepo took to Twitter to state that anyone who doesn't pay tithe is "under a financial curse" and can never prosper and this has led to an argument. The founder of Winners' Chapel International tweeted: "Tithing is an inescapable covenant obligation. Prosperity not just wealth is impossible without tithing, because...