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Lil Duval is snitching on short men and the extent they go to appear taller in photos. The Smile singer shared photos of men standing on the tip of their toes to appear taller than they actually are and he mocked them for it. Then singer, Monica Brown chimed in to expose even more. According to her, on set of music videos, men stand on boxes to appear taller.

Beyonce's "Homecoming" was nominated for 6 Emmys and one of them was for the iconic costumes she performed in. Bey's performance at last year's Coachella, now fondly called Beychella, was a trending topic at the time. It trended again when the Netflix Special, Homecoming aired. People were talking about, not just her performance, but the creative costumes. So, it's understandable that she stands to win awards for the documentary and costumes. The 2019 Emmy nominees were announced on Tuesday, July 16, and Beyonce was among the long list of television nominees. She was nominated in the Variety Special categories for her Homecoming documentary, which documented the behind-the-scenes work that went into her iconic Coachella 2018 performance. The Netflix special was nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Production Design, and Outstanding Costum...

Mikel Obi has officially announced his retirement from the national team, Super Eagles. In a post he shared on his Instagram page this afternoon, the football star says at 32, he believes it is time for him to retire so the youths can take over. Read his post below Egypt is a country where I’ve started and have finished my National career. In 2006 I played my first official championship for my Country. 2019 African Cup of Nations marks my last championship for National Team with Super Eagles.  My national career started in 2003 under 17 World Cup and I’m grateful for the national team for placing me on the world arena and giving me an opportunity to show my skill and have an incredible National and International career.  At the age of 32 it’s time for me to retire from the National team and let the youth take over, who’ve done an amazing job securing a bronze medal at AFCON 2019.  Thank you to all my Nigerian supporters and to my Country for all the tru...

Nigerian gospel singer Frank Edwards is celebrating 17 years of being healed of Asthma. Edwards, who took to Instagram handle @frankrichboy to celebrate, also expressed gratitude to God for the healing. According to the gospel singer, he had never used an inhaler since those years and nothing has happened to him. The singer, with excitement, prayed for those going through same challenge. He wrote: “Today marks 17 years God healed me from asthma and I’ve never used an inhaler since then.” “My prayer tonight is to everyone with any type of health challenge even if it’s a terminal disease.” “WE SERVE A GOD WHO CAN TERMINATE TERMINAL DISEASES!! Be free from sickness IN JESUS NAME!!! Edwards is one of the most popular gospel musicians in Nigeria, one of the most appreciated Christian singer and his songs have become very popular. His debut album saw the light in 2008 and was called ‘The Definition’ which consisted of 14 tracks and he released several other albums, l...

 August 2017, I was the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), with the daunting task of reforming Nigeria’s Federal Public Service. As part of that role, I sought to move the focus of Public Service Reforms away from the Public Service unto the public. This was a deliberate tactical approach that sought to change the approach to public service reforms from inputs to outcomes. Problems with the Public Service are often complex and intractable. There are various reasons why Public Service Reforms are difficult in most environments and are particularly difficult in developing countries, such as Nigeria. In countries such as ours, the public service reformer is often dealing with myriad systemic input problems in the organisation he is trying to reform, including lack of electricity, insufficient financial provision, lack of working tools, poor internet access, poor staff motivation and systematic corruption. The combination of these, and any one of them...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted the Leadership of the National Assembly to Dinner at the State House, Abuja. 

I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those resident in Nigeria. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and all right-thinking Nigerians, it must be of great concern to you, and collective thinking and dialoguing is the best way of finding an appropriate and adequate solution to the problem. The contents of this letter, therefore, should be available to all those who can help in proffering effective solutions for the problem of insecurity in the land. One of the spinoffs and accelerants is the misinformation and disinformation through the use of fake news. A number of articles, in recent days, have been attributed to me by some people who I believe may be seeking added credence and an attentive audience for their opinions and view-points. As you know very well, I will al...

Mo Abudu shared a motivational post on her Instagram page on how to stay focused when irrelevant people stab you in the back as you journey to your success in life.  In her post, the successful media mogul revealed how some irrelevant persons and some perceived successful people have stabbed her in the back as she made her mark in the media and entertainment industry. Read her post below A good friend of mine shared this African proverb with me yesterday and it made so much sense. “it’s not every dog that barks in the market that you answer”. Just to say that as we are on this journey called life, and as we build, as we start to see and experience some level of success, all sorts of people will come after you. They will even say all sorts, do all sorts, but don’t get distracted. Some of them will even try and use your relevance to make their “irrelevant” lives relevant. It’s all a distraction. What is key is that you continue to stay focused on your end goa...

President Buhari has approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public Service workers currently earning below the minimum wage. The Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Richard Egbule made this known while addressing a news conference on the implementation of the new national minimum wage today Tuesday July 16th. ACcording to him, the commencement of the approved payment would be determined by the office of the Accountant-General and back dated to when the President signed the agreement. According to Egbule,the approval takes effect from April 18, 2018 and will affect the salary of government agencies under five salary structures. This include the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) and the Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS). Also, the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS II) ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in order to address insecurity situation in the country.     The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, made the appeal at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja while reacting to the open letter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Buhari. Secondus said the advice was necessary looking at the increasing rate of cases of killing and kidnapping across the country.   He recalled the killing of the then female international aide worker and the recent killing of Funke Olakunrin daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere. Secondus said that the worsen security situation between April and now had made concerned patriotic leaders to voice out their concerns. These leaders, according to him, include Mr Obasanjo; the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan; Nobel Laureate Wole Soy...

Few people talk openly about  Boko Haram  in northern Nigeria. Even fewer talk  to  them. But in her motherly way, the simple-looking Hamsatu Allamin is fearless and unapologetic. “I talk with Boko Haram even today, and they are open to [a] peace deal,” says Allamin, 60, sitting cross-legged on the floor of a yellowed bungalow, her veil circling her face and spilling down to the gray-green rug. This educator-turned-mediator looks anything but imposing. But she cracks hard ground digging for peace in a nine-year civil war that has killed 20,000 people.   So how can a woman speak to a sect that keeps women silent and slaughters them for not wearing veils? In this war-ravaged part of the country, the answers are retold with a personal bent and remixed city to city. “If that woman is not a member of Boko Haram, they would have finished her,” a friend in the northern city of Maiduguri, Ahmed Abubakar, tells me. “But if she is not one of them, then she must be ...

 17 Christians in Nigeria have been kidnapped from a church. The group of church members, which includes a pastor, his daughter at least and at least nine other women, had gathered in the church for a choir practice. Police confirmed that on Saturday, May 18, around midnight an estimated 20 unidentified gunmen entered Unguwar Kuli village, a border community between Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State and Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State. “The gunmen started shooting sporadically, went and intercepted some church members while closing from service,” according to the report. Reportedly, the attackers surrounded the church where the choir practice was taking place and “just started shooting,”  a witness in Dankade village told Nigerian newspaper  The Cable. “It was at about 12:30 midnight,” the witness said. “We had a combined choir practice in the church with other neighboring communities. Everybody was terrified but there was no how we could run becau...

5-year-old Jare found her way into the spotlight in 2018, when photos of herself and her siblings hit the internet. The dark beauty was immediately tagged by many as the most beautiful girl in the world and unarguably, she looks just like the perfect black barbie doll. Since, she was first captured, Jare has not only become an internet sensation but has moved on to become an international model. It was gathered that some international photographers have struggled for a chance to capture the beauty and it can easily be said that her future in the fashion and beauty world is bright. The latest photos which hit the internet show how just perfectly gorgeous the 5-year-old is. Jare was pictured with international luxury brand, Princess Ford; a haute couture for kids. Looking as innocent and as pure as ever, she posed, bright-eyed in simple outfits and looked super adorable. 

As Tweeted by Reno Omokri after Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state was asked to come forward to explain his source of wealth by APC.

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked all Fulani herdsmen residing in the Southern part of the country to vacate immediately if their security is no longer guaranteed. Activities of Herdsmen have come under serious scrutiny after the recent killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader and a 40 year old farmer in Ogun state. Chairman of Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, who addressed newsmen at a press conference in Abuja earlier today, said the order for the return of the herdsmen  was borne out of the realization that the lives of Fulani herdsmen residing in Southern Nigeria have been put at risk due to the actions and utterances of Southern Governors in recent days. In his words “We are worried about their well-being. If it is true that their safety can no longer be, we rather have them back in areas where their safety is guaranteed.  The bottom line is that their safety is far more important than their stay...

Timi Dakolo has reacted to the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN's statement denying that it sent its officials to support Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) during last Sunday’s church service.  Recall that the Abuja CAN Chairman, Rev. Jonah Samson and his Northcentral counterpart, Rev. Israel Akanji, were spotted in a viral video, pledging to stand by Fatoyinbo, who was accused of rape by Mrs Busola Dakolo, the wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo, and another anonymous lady.  However CAN disowned the video clip showing its officials on a solidarity visit to the COZA Senior Pastor, saying it knew nothing about it. Reacting to the statement by CAN, Timi Dakolo stated that the  'THE TRUTH ALWAYS WIN....'  See his post below;

Estranged husband of actress Tonto Dikeh, Olakunle Churchill, this evening responded to an IG user who made a passionate appeal for him to reach out to the actress who according to the IG user is ''broke and is being ridiculed online''. The comment was dropped this evening after Tonto's ex-bestfriend, Blessing Osom, made some shocking revelations online.  Continue to see the IG User's comment and Churchill's reply

British actress  Lashana Lynch  is taking over from  James Bond  as the new 007 at  MI6  in the 25th movie in the franchise. According to  The Mail , who quoted a “movie insider,” Lashana Lynch is the new character who takes over  Daniel Craig ‘s secret agent number after he left the British intelligence agency. The source says the stories begins with Bond retired in Jamaica before he was called by spymaster M ( Ralph Fiennes ) who calls him back to help tackle a new global crisis. The source continued: There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says ‘Come in 007’, and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman. It’s a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he’s been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman. Bond, of course, is sexually attracted to the new female 007 and tries his usual seduction tricks, but is baffled when they don’t work on a brilliant, young black woman who basically rolls her ey...