Diamond Celebrities

The naira has strengthened at the parallel market to N448 against the dollar after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that it would resume dollar sales to bureau de change operators. Before the announcement, the naira had been trading as low as N480 against the dollar. Upon resumption, the apex bank said BDCs must not […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, warned the Federal Government that attempts to reopen tertiary institutions without taking concrete steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 would be suicidal. ASUU raised the alarm that the federal government should be ready for any possible negative consequences following its plan to reopen tertiary institutions. The […]

The Sha’aya’u S-Pawa Foundation, a political group in Zamfara state, says arrangements are in top gear to give an award of ‘Resilient Journalist’ to Mr. Eyo Charles, the Media Trust representative, assaulted by a former Aviation minister in line of duty. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Charles was the journalist that was verbally […]

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and her children have recovered from COVID-19, few weeks after they contracted the disease. “My kids and I are fine and COVID free now, and I do not take the experience for granted at all,” the actress posted on her Instagram page on Sunday, thanking God, family and friends for their prayers, […]

Just a week to the rescheduled date for the resumption of international flights at the nation’s airports, Nigeria has recorded its lowest single-day cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in four months. In a late-night tweet on Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that 138 more infections were reported in the last 24 hours. […]

Julio Ceasar Mora and his wife Waldramina Maclovia Quinteros have been married for 79 years, and their relationship isn’t the only thing with longevity. He’s 110 years old and she’ll turn 105 in October, making them the oldest married couple in the world with a combined age of 214 years and 358 days. Guinness World […]

A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstration on August 25, the company said in a news release, at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car company’s development base. It was the first public demonstration for […]

A sheep sold for a record 350,000 guineas or around $490,000 in American money at an auction in Scotland last week. The lamb, named Double Diamond, had generated buzz before the Scottish National Texel sale in Lanark started, according to a news release from the Texel Sheep Society. Bidding started at 10000 guineas (about but $13,000). A […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has called on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, to banish the 12 monarchs who went to Abuja without the state government’s authorisation. He said oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze, who led the monarchs on the trip, should also be punished accordingly for what he described […]

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Saturday landed at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. It was the airport’s first aircraft landing since the Federal Government shut it down for rehabilitation work in August 2019. According to Mr Sirika, plans are in top gear for the official handing over of the airport on Sunday […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says primary and secondary schools in the state will be allowed to reopen effective September 21, 2020. Schools in the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. Speaking during a briefing on Saturday at the State House, Marina, Sanwo-Olu […]

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle has lamented the spite of indiscipline in Nigerian churches. Ayokunle lamented the prevalence of sexual immorality, gluttony, and financial impropriety in churches in the nation. He attributed the sad developments to a lack of discipline in Nigerian churches. Ayokunle, who is also the […]

Chadwick Boseman, the star of the ground-breaking superhero movie “Black Panther,” has died from colon cancer, his publicist told AFP Friday. Boseman, who was in his 40s, had not publicly discussed his condition — which was first diagnosed in 2016 — and continued to work on major Hollywood films. “It was the honor of his […]

The naira gained slightly on Friday, exchanging for N470/$ in the parallel market in the evening, after selling at N476/$ in the morning. This followed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s announcement on Thursday to resume forex sales to the Bureau De Change segment of the market. The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of […]

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has rendered an unreserved apology to a journalist for the verbal harassment he meted he meted out during a recent press conference in Calabar, the Cross-River State capital. Fani Kayode also apologised to the Nigeria Union Journalists, family members, friends, and colleagues of the Daily Trust reporter. Speaking on Friday during […]

Jacob Blake is shackled to his hospital bed even though he is paralyzed after US police shot him repeatedly in the back, his father said Friday. “Why do they have that cold steel on my son’s ankle?” Blake Sr., who visited his son in the hospital Wednesday, said in an interview on CNN. “He can’t get up, he couldn’t […]

A South African conservationist has been killed by lions he hand-reared, the family said on Thursday. West Mathewson, 69, was walking two white lionesses on Wednesday when one of the animals attacked and killed him without warning. The incident took place on the premises of the family-owned Lion Tree Top Lodge, in South Africa’s northern […]