One million, sixty-six thousand, two hundred and fourteen (1,066,214) doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were on Wednesday December 22, destroyed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control,… Read More »Nigeria destroys over 1 million COVID-19 vaccine
Cardi B surprised her husband Offset with a birthday gift of $2million. Offset turned 30 on Dec. 14, 2021. His birthday party held last night, Dec. 21, in Los Angeles… Read More »USA: Cardi B gifts husband Offset $2 million as a birthday gift
e Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively.… Read More »Nigeria: FG declares Monday 27, Tuesday 28, and Jan 3 public holidays
A fight broke out between members of Ghana Parliament on Monday, Dec. 21, during voting on the controversial E-levy bill. The MPs were taking votes on whether or not the… Read More »Ghana: Members of Parliament fight dirty during voting on the controversial E-levy bill (video)
The Nigerian economy has incurred N499.29bn losses since the microblogging app, Twitter, was shut down by the Federal government on June 4, 2021. According to the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool,… Read More »Nigeria loses N499.29bn as Twitter ban hits 200 days
President Buhari on Tuesday, December 20 received a COVID19 booster shot at the State House in Abuja. The Federal Government had commenced the administration of booster shots to Nigerians as part… Read More »Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari receives COVID19 vaccine booster shot (photos)
British pop star, Dua Lipa and her boyfriend Anwar Hadid have ended their relationship after two years together. The Sun reported that the 26-year-old singer and 22-year-old model pulled the plug… Read More »Dua Lipa and boyfriend Anwar Hadid ‘split after two years together’
The Belgium senior men’s national football team known as the Red Devils have shared their hilarious and fun christmas photos. Most times when football teams do photoshoots, it usually has… Read More »Belgium football team release hilarious Christmas photos
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 21 passed a 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against the N16.391 trillion sum presented by the president. While the major capital, recurrent, debt… Read More »Nigeria: Reps pass 2022 budget of N17.126trn
DeVon Franklin has reportedly filed for divorce from Meagan Good after 9 years of marriage. According to legal documents exclusively obtained by The Blast, the divorce case was opened on… Read More »Meagan Good’s husband, DeVon Franklin, files for divorce after 9 years of marriage
The new international termination rate (ITR) for voice calls has been set at $0.045 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The NCC said the new rate which is paid to local operators by international… Read More »Nigerian telcos to receive termination rate on international calls in dollars from January – NCC
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it registered additional 1,368 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 225,255. The centre disclosed… Read More »COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,368 new infection
Despite Chinese companies coming under increased regulatory oversight,ByteDance, owners of TikTok today surpassed Ant Group to become the world’s largest unicorn (a privately-held startup company with a value of over $1 billion). According… Read More »TikTok owner ByteDance overtakes Jack Ma’s Ant Group as world’s most valuable unicorn
Inter Milan and Christian Eriksen have agreed to cancel the Denmark midfielder’s contract. Eriksen, 29, has not played since he collapsed during his country’s Euro 2020 match against Finland in… Read More »EPL: Inter Milan and Christian Eriksen agree to terminate contract
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that its decision on strike has been postponed. The union made this known in a press statement released after its National… Read More »Nigeria: ASUU postpones its decision on strike
Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., said on Twitter that he’ll pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year, an amount that could constitute a record payment to… Read More »Elon Musk to pay over $11 billion in taxes
The Netherlands will be on lockdown for both Christmas and New Year. The country will go into a strict lockdown from today to contain the highly – contagious Omicron COVID-19… Read More »Netherlands to be on lockdown for both Christmas and New Year
28-year-old Comedian Pete Davidson and 41-year-old reality show star, Kim Kardashian have been spotted on a movie date. Davidson who skipped NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” show which he headlines following an unprecedented COVID-19… Read More »Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian spotted on a movie date
18-year-old Shatu Garko won the 2021 Miss Nigeria beauty pageant that was held in Lagos state last night. Shatu Garko is a hijab model, loves horse riding, and is from… Read More »Hijab model, Shatu Garko, wins 2021 Miss Nigeria Pageant
Dolly Parton was presented with three new certificates from Guinness World Records on Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee. The 75-year-old singing legend recently set two new records: most decades on the… Read More »Singer Dolly Parton breaks three Guinness World Records
Lafayette City Court Judge, Michelle Odinet has been suspended from performing judicial functions without pay after being filmed using a racist slur while at home. Supreme Court of Louisiana issued the… Read More »US Judge, Michelle Odinet suspended for using N-word
Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, has appointed three Nigerians and one South African on the board of his Bitcoin Trust (BTrust) fund which will be disbursed for development in Africa and… Read More »Twitter’s Jack Dorsey appoints three Nigerians to head Bitcoin Trust fund with Jay-Z
President Buhari has arrived Istanbul, Turkey, ahead of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit. Read Also: Nigeria’s representative, Maristella Okpala, wins best National Costume at Miss Universe 2021
The British High Commission has started issuing visitor’s visas to citizens of countries previously on the United Kingdom red list, including Nigeria. The UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) announced this… Read More »United Kingdom resumes processing of visitor’s visa for Nigerians