Social and Entertainment

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed that Twitter negotiated with the Nigerian Government in the wake of the suspension of the microblogging site. Mohammed made this clarification while reacting to the claim by a former senior Twitter official that there was no negotiation between the company and …

TikTok’s Chinese owner on Monday denied setting up a subsidiary company in Taiwan after the island’s authorities said they were investigating the social media app for running “illegal operations”. The Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan’s top China policy-making body, said the cabinet had requested a multi-agency investigation during a meeting on …

The Federal Government has declared December 26th and 27th as well as January 2nd, 2023 as public holidays to make the Christmas and New Year celebrations respectively. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola confirmed this in a statement signed by the ministry’s permanent secretary Belgore Shuaib. The public holidays, the statement added, …

German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock will hand back 20 stolen Benin bronzes when she travels to Nigeria, as part of Berlin’s efforts to reckon with its colonial past. Germany signed an agreement in July to gradually begin returning hundreds of looted Benin bronzes from German museums. Foreign ministry spokesman Christofer …

Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake was forced to cancel his sold-out show at O2 Academy Brixton midway through after crowds of people, many of whom did not have tickets, attempted to gain access. According to reports, ticketless fans tried to breach the venue doors, forcing the sold-out show to stop halfway …

Nigerian actor Kunle Remi has opened up about his past battles with depression, saying he almost committed suicide sometime back in 2017. The Anikulapo star opened up in a video posted on his Instagram page. Remi was reacting to the passing of popular American DJ, Twitch, who died by suicide …

Nollywood actress, Bimbo Ademoye has reacted to the death of American DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, while revealing she also battled depression. According to reports, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the DJ for the Ellen DeGeneres Show, died at age 40, and the cause of his death, as learned, appears to be suicide. …

Hip-hop star,  Grand Daddy I.U., who made a name for himself in the 90s, has died at the age of 54. The New York rapper was most known for his debut album Smooth Assassin, which he released under Biz Markie’s label Cold Chillin’ Records. The rapper’s representative, a woman named Raya, appeared on Instagram …

Lawmakers of the United States Senate have introduced a bill to ban the use of the popular social media platform, Tiktok, in the country. One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican Senator Marco Rubio of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that the app was not just about creating videos, but it …

Nigerian singer, Adesina Adeleke, popularly known as Sina Rambo, has refuted accusations of domestic abuse brought against him by his estranged wife, Korth. Korth accused her estranged husband of violence on Monday, the same day she announced the end of their marriage. Sina has, however, responded to the claims, saying …