Objective Nigerian Stories…
Kanye West has shared a photograph of him kissing his ex-wife Kim Kardashian after he vowed he would get them back together. The Donda rapper, 44, took to his Instagram stories to share an old photo of him and then-wife Kim embracing. While he didn’t add a caption, the photo includes a headline from TMZ stating: ‘Kanye West […]
Adele – Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”. Doran made international headlines this week for his interview with the singer, which was canned after he conceded he had only heard one […]
Expo 2020 – The World Expo is the largest international exhibition on the planet that takes place every five years. In 2021, the event will be held in Dubai, UAE from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. The World Expo is holding for the first time in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. […]
Euro 2020 – Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies, writes AP. “No,” said the Spain coach, with the blankest of looks on his face, after being asked if he had seen a better team than his at the European Championship. An […]
#Twitterban – The ban on Twitter by the Muhammadu Buhari administration is a clampdown on freedom of expression and further shrinks Nigeria’s civic space, activists and opposition political parties have said. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Nigerian government announced on Friday that it was suspending the activities of the social media giant in Nigeria. The […]
India – Priyanka Jhala lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband, daughter and two dogs. She moved to the United States from India in 2013, but her mother, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles still live in Kolkata and New Delhi. Like so many of the more than 4 million people of Indian ancestry who now make […]
China – The debris from a Chinese rocket could hit Abuja this weekend. Experts say a piece of a rocket launched by China in late April is expected to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere between late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the American news platform, NBC. “It’s 10-stories tall and twice as heavy as a […]
Tyson Fury is not invincible and there are a few current world champions who can beat The Gypsy King, George Foreman has warned. A fight between Fury and fellow Brit Anthony Joshua is reportedly close to being agreed, with Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn expecting a deal to be confirmed over the next couple of days. Fury, […]
Covid – A petition urging the government not to introduce vaccine passports could be debated by MPs after it gained more than 200,000 signatures. The online petition says the passports could be “used to restrict the rights of people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine”. On Tuesday, Boris Johnson announced a review of vaccine certificates, […]
Corruption – Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that Nigeria’s current poor corruption rating by Transparency International is as a result of inadequate data. Addressing journalists on Wednesday on TI’s January 2021 report in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points (the country’s worst rating since 2015), the Minister stated that they found few […]