The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, on Tuesday said African youths need digital skills development for the 21st century economy. He made this statement during in a webinar monitored in Abuja and hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The webinar focused on ‘Youth Power in Combating Mis and Dis-Information during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond’. The meeting also reiterated the need for the deployment of the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) framework launched by UNESCO in 2011. The sports minister said that COVID-19 had unleashed the potential and creative minds of youths…
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Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa and his wife, Juliet Ejue are marking their 3rd wedding anniversary today, July 1st.The couple who welcomed a their first child, a baby boy in 2018, got married on July 1st 2017, at the Abuja Municipal Area council. Ahmed and Juliet got married one month after divorcing his first wife and mother of his two children, Jamila. Ahmed took to his Instagram page to shower sweet words on Juliet as their marriage turned 3 years today. Sharing lovely photos with his wife, the footballer wrote; “To say I am blessed to have you in my life is…
Prolific Nigerian actress, Genevieve Nnaji is the newest member of the Oscar Academy. She is among 819 members invited by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join The Academy’s membership class. The invited members, who are artists and executives, were selected for their enormous contributions to theatrical motion picture. They also distinguished themselves in the film industry and were chosen from 68 countries. Genevieve Nnaji and Akin Omotoso were selected from Nigeria. If the 819 members accept the invites, agent members of the 2020 class will be allowed voting rights at the upcoming Oscars. Genevieve Nnaji accepted…
My Dear Daughter, The ongoing deadly Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has changed the world, as we know it. The news from all over the world is scary. Millions have lost their jobs, and many live in fear for their health and what may lie ahead in these uncertain times. My dear girl, one thing you should be sure to do in these uncertain times is to take control of your thoughts and imaginations. The human mind is wonderful. It can run away with itself in different directions with all kinds of images. In this time of isolation and uncertainty due to…
Markus Kattner, FIFA’s finance director, who under Sepp Blatter who also served as acting secretary general, has been banned from all football-related activity for 10 years. He was also fined one million Swiss francs ($1.056m) after being found guilty of conflicts of interest and abusing his position, FIFA announced Tuesday. The punishment was handled by FIFA’s ethics committee following an investigation opened in 2016 into German Kattner, the scandal-plagued body’s former president Blatter, and former secretary general Jerome Valcke. In a statement, FIFA said: “The investigation into Mr Kattner covered various charges concerning bonus payments in relation to FIFA competitions…
If there is anything the period of lockdown has taught, it has got to be how to stay creative. This is what the chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu displayed after he spotted on camera shaving his son hair. He shared photos and video of him shaving his two sons on Instagram page today, June 30. The business mogul shared a video that revealed he and his wife took turns to make their children look handsome and beautiful. While he shaved the boys, his wife braided the girls. In his words, he wrote, “After Madam braided the girls’ hair, my…
Popular dancer and choreographer, Kafayat Shafau popularly known as Kaffy turned 40 today, June 30. The mother of two took to Instagram to share beautiful photos to mark her day. See some the photos below: In one of the photos, she wrote: “U N F I L T E R E D U N H I N G E D U N A P O L O G E T I CLET ME RE-INTORDUCE MYSELF My Name is K A F F Y Dancetrepreneur An icon Legend Kingmaker PathFinder Inventor Choreographer Fitness Trainer Podcaster Author Philanthropist A Creative Production machine…
US Rapper, Kanye West is celebrating his wife Kim Kardashian’s new billionaire status after she became the latest member of the exclusive billionaire club when Coty bought a $200m (£162m) stake in her KKW Beauty brand. Coty, the US cosmetics giant, bought a 20% stake in KKW Beauty, valuing the reality TV star’s three-year-old business at $1bn (£815m). When he learnt of his wife’s billionaire status, Kanye West posted a bizzare tweet. He wrote: “I am so proud of my beautiful wife Kim Kardashian West for officially becoming a billionaire. “You’ve weathered the craziest storms and now God is shining on…
Big Brother Naija season 5 will premiere on July 19, 2020. The organizers of Big Brother Naija reality show have announced that the new season will begin airing from Sunday, July 19, 2020. This would be the first time housemates are selected from the virtual auditions held in May 2020. You recall that the virtual auditions was undertaken to comply with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAaZXTyFMJI/?utm_source=ig_embed The previous season, Big Brother ‘Pepper Dem’ edition saw Mercy Eke emerge winner. The fifth season is another 90 days of the selected housemates with different personalities and background…
The Federal Government has approved a “safe reopening” of schools nationwide in the next phase of the gradual easing of lockdown order to contain the further spread of COVID-19. It comes with certain conditions, only graduating students are to resume. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the ongoing daily briefing of the task force in Abuja on Monday. He said the reopening of schools was meant to allow students in graduating classes resume preparation for examinations. He stated that the latest developments were contained in the task force’s fifth interim report which was…