In one of the most unusual scenarios in journalism, an African American CNN reporter has been arrested in Minneapolis during a live broadcast. Omar Jimenez was taken into police custody while covering the ongoing protests in Minneapolis even after identifying himself to the police officers. In a video of the […]
A news report from Nigerian’s The Guardian that the 5000 candidates employed under the Federal Government’s N-Power scheme will be disengaged soon is false. “About 500,000 persons engaged in Nigeria’s social investment programme N-Power will have to look elsewhere for means of livelihood as the government is set to terminate […]
Nigerian popular transgender and socialite Bobrisky has allegedly been arrested by men of the Nigerian police. The information we gathered is that the policemen were from the Ajah Police Division in Lagos. They reportedly stopped Bobrisky on her way out of a salon in Lekki. They interrogated her briefly before […]
If you are Nigerian, there is a very good chance you have heard the phrase – ‘see finish’ a good number of times. So what does ‘see finish’ mean? ‘See finish’ is a pidgin term that loosely translates to ‘to have seen it all’. It is used to describe a […]
Davido’s 2017 smash hit song ‘Fall’ has been certified Gold in the US, just a few days after the same song went Gold in Canada. Fall was also certified Platinum in South Africa. What does this mean? A single or album is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of […]
Ghosts are real in Nigeria (almost every Nigerian believe so) – which means ghosting is very real too. Talking about learning from the best. What is ghosting? You shouldn’t ask what ghosting is because you have pretty much experienced it before. Almost everyone has. Ghosting is when someone suddenly cuts […]
“Jay Jay” is currently today’s biggest trending topic on Nigerian Twitter. Jay Jay Okocha is a Nigerian footballer who was active in professional football in the 90s and early 2000s. Okocha started his football career playing for the indigenous Enugu Rangers as a youth. In 1990, while on a holiday […]
Chaos has erupted in Minneapolis over the inhumane murder of Black man George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin while his colleague Tou Thao stood there looking on. In the viral disturbing video, Chauvin is seen pressing hard on George Floyd’s […]
The unarmed Black man who died Monday in Minnesota police custody after cops tried to arrest him has been identified. George Floyd is the name of the handcuffed man who was shown in a viral video being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis Police Department officer. In the highly […]
Amy Cooper is a white woman who called the police alleging that a black man was threatening her in Central Park after he asked her to put her dog on a leash. Amy Cooper and Christian Cooper had an encounter at a wooded area of Central Park called the Ramble after […]