Samuel Ogazi, an 18-year-old Nigerian athlete on Tuesday set a new Personal Best Time of 44.41s to secure a spot in the final of the men’s 400m event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ogazi’s qualification is a milestone as it marks the first time a Nigerian will be making it to the event final … Read more
The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has lifted the suspension on Adanma Luke, the producer of the ill-fated movie ‘The Other Side of Life’, in which the deceased Nollywood actor John Paul Odonwodo, aka Junior Pope, starred. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Junior Pope and four other crew members drowned after … Read more
Geregu Power turned in 148.5 per cent more in net profit for the first half of the year compared to the same period of last year. The company’s position was impacted by increased income from energy sales and, to some extent, capacity charge – the company’s major revenue sources. The feat could mean the synergy … Read more
At least 10 underaged Nigerian girls have been filmed narrating how they have been trafficked to Ghana for prostitution. A video clip uploaded on X on Friday, showed the girls inside a room being interrogated by an unidentified man. The girls were aged between 15 and 18 years old, they stated in the clip. Seven of the … Read more
On Wednesday, a Nigerian content maker who identifies as Young C embarked on a challenge to be buried alive in a coffin for 24 hours. The 26-year-old content creator made this known in a series of posts on his Instagram page on Wednesday, stating that the stunt was genuine and not a hoax. The Rivers … Read more
Nigerian nationals who attacked police and the Kimberley Police Station after they arrested one of them for alleged drug possession have been remanded in custody. The eight appeared in the Kimberley District Court on charges of malicious injury to property, assault as well as public violence on Monday, 22 April. NIGERIAN NATIONALS WHO ATTACKED SAPS … Read more
A Nigerian, Akinrodoye Dare, known as Dreh, has done the unthinkable. Dreh completed a two-hour and 33-minute non-stop swim across the Lagos Lagoon, the body of water underneath the Third Mainland Bridge, Africa’s second-longest bridge. Dreh, a swim coach, stole the spotlight on Sunday by swimming the entire 11.8-kilometer length of Lagos’ Third Mainland Bridge … Read more
Nigerian radio host turned-actress Ada Ogunkeye, better known as Folu Storms, has made her mark as the lead in ‘Afefe’, one of the series in MTV’s five-part anthology, ‘In Bloom’. ‘In Bloom’ is a collaboration between MTV Staying Alive Foundation, Paramount Global, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, presenting a compelling five-part short film … Read more
DStv failed to broadcast Bafana Bafana’s penalties against Nigeria in the AFCON (Africa Cup of Nations) semifinals on Wednesday, 7 February. ALSO READ: ‘No frills’: Pitso Mosimane responds to Bafana beating Morocco 2-0 DSTV GLITCH South Africans took to social media on Wednesday evening to lambast DStv for having a technical glitch during the Bafana … Read more
