Chimamanda Chimamanda Adichie, the award-winning author, has revealed her reason for predominantly wearing Nigerian fashion brands. Chimamanda, in an interview with Shade Samagbeyi, the YouTuber, disclosed that early in her career, she downplayed her love for style, hair, and makeup. She said she felt pressured to hide her interests in fashion because she wanted to be taken seriously as a writer. “For some people, liking fashion means you’re not a serious person. So I went through a period of pretending because I wanted to be taken seriously as a writer,” she said. “Part of the reason I started talking about fashion is because…
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The fighting Mexico senators Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. Lawmaker Alejandro Moreno, leader of the opposition PRI party, went to the podium as Wednesday’s session ended and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, for not being given the floor. Moreno can be seen in a video posted on social media by Mexico’s Senate pushing Fernandez Norona several times, slapping him on the neck and pushing another man to the ground when he tried to intervene.…
Flood Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in India’s Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials and local media said Wednesday. An intense monsoon rainstorm in the Indian-administered territory has caused widespread chaos with raging water smashing into bridges and swamping homes. A landslide on the route to the famous Hindu shrine Vaishno Devi killed at least 30 people, a local disaster official told AFP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the loss of lives was “saddening”. Floods and landslides are common during the June-September monsoon season, but experts say climate change, coupled with…
Awele Awele Elumelu, director of Heirs Holdings and co-founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, says Africa needs investments to overcome its challenges and not sympathy. Elumelu spoke on Tuesday at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) international business conference and expo 2025, themed “Investing in Nigeria: the Challenges and the Opportunities – the Entrepreneur’s Perspective”.She described economic instability as one of Nigeria’s biggest challenges, citing inflation, struggling businesses, and rising unemployment.The director, however, added that Nigeria’s youth remain the country’s greatest opportunity if given the right tools. “Our young people are dynamic, ambitious, and entrepreneurial. If we give them…
Isak Sweden named Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak in their squad for World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Kosovo, despite the 25-year-old’s ongoing strike at his club to force a transfer to Liverpool. Isak, who has not played for Newcastle this season and is training separately from the first team, has publicly criticised the club for unfulfilled promises, signalling his intent to leave St. James’ Park. Liverpool’s pursuit of the striker intensified after their £110 million bid was rejected, with reports indicating a second offer is in the works before the transfer deadline. According to BBC Sports on Wednesday, Sweden’s head…
FBO officers Two church leaders in the United States have been arrested in an alleged multi-million-dollar conspiracy after multiple Federal Bureau of Investigation raids across the country on Wednesday, including one in Hillsborough County’s exclusive Avila neighborhood. In a statement issued via its website on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said Michelle Brannon, 56, was arrested at a mansion near Tampa, while David Taylor, 53, was arrested in North Carolina over allegations of multi-million dollar money laundering, forced labour and human trafficking. According to the DOJ, Taylor and Brannon are the leaders of Kingdom of God Global Church, formerly known as…
Toke Media personality, Toke Makinwa, has announced the birth of her first child, a baby girl. Makinwa disclosed this in a statement shared on her Instagram page on Thursday, describing the experience as the happiest moment of her life. She wrote, “I”m a Mommy. This is the happiest I’ve ever been. “My precious daughter, the love I never knew existed, my heart in another human being, my love. Punch
Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is en route to Abuja from Brazil following his state visit, which focused on strengthening relations between Nigeria and Brazil. The presidential jet took off from Brasília International Airport Air Force Base at 12:57 pm (local time). Amb. Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte, Secretary for Africa and the Middle East and Amb Carlos José Areias Moreno Garcete, Ambassador of Brazil to Nigeria, were present at the airport to bid farewell to the President. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and other government officials were also at the airport. A guard of honour, led…
Dino A magistrate court within the federal capital territory (FCT) has summoned Dino Melaye, former Kogi west senator, over an alleged failure to pay his mandatory personal income tax for 2023 and 2024. The summons, dated August 21, 2025, and issued by Chiemena Nonye-okoronkwo, the presiding magistrate, directed Melaye to appear before the court in Wuse Zone II on September 5. According to the FCT Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), Melaye also has cases of underpayment for 2020, 2021 and 2022. Records cited by the agency show that the former lawmaker paid N85,000.08 in 2019, N100,000.08 in 2020, N120,000 in 2021,…