Bucknor, Terry ThaRapman, Others Step Out As Zinno Orara's Exhibition Opens In Lagos

Award winning artist and one of Nigeria’s most celebrated painters, Zinno Orara on Friday, 5th of December 2014, opened an eight-day exhibition of his works to the delight of art lovers in Lagos. The exhibition, titled Against All Odds is in celebration of Zinno’s wife Adaora who is currently battling breast cancer.

Zinno Orara & Daryn Wober

Nigeria launches 2014 edition of SWOP

The 2014 edition of the State of the World Population, SWOP, report will be launched on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the auditorium of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alausa, Ikeja.

The report, which is annual publication of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, focuses on emerging demographic changes on population and development and examines its implications on the development process.

Twin Bomb Blasts Hits Maiduguri

Twin bomb blast has occurred at the capital of Borno State. The bomb blast occurred at early hours of today, Friday November 14, 2014.

Genevieve, Asa, others, Join Future Awards Campaign Against Ebola

The Future Awards Africa, TFAA, has announced the leading influencers for its global campaign to pool one million young Africans to act against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The #StopEbola campaign will be led by TFAA Young Person of the Year 2013, Ashish Thakkar and Africa’s leading creative celebrities Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Asa Elemide.

Kano orders closure of secondary schools

The Kano State Government on Thursday closed its secondary schools to enable students who have attained the age of 18 years to partake in the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, by INEC.

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state, had set aside between November 12 and November 17 for the registration of those who had not registered before but now reached 18 years of age.

FIFA clears Qatar, Russia of corruption

Football's world governing body FIFA has cleared Qatar and Russia of corruption and ruled out a re-vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments despite widespread allegations of wrongdoing.

An exhaustive report by the FIFA ethics committee admitted that even though there had been a series of worrying episodes in the bidding for the 2022 tournament, as well as the 2018 World Cup in Russia, there was not enough evidence to justify reopening the process.

Alex Ekubo wins Fashion Personality Of The Year

Alex Ekubo, a Nigerian actor and model has won the Fashion personality of the year at the just concluded Garden City Fashion Award held in PortHarcourt.