By Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporter) Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of the embattled former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has appealed to members of the public to donate kidney to her. Sonia, who took to her verified Instagram page on Monday, said her present predicament was responsible for her father’s legal travails in the United Kingdom, a development that has complicated matters for her and the family. In a post titled, ‘APPEAL FOR KIDNEY DONATION...
Three housemates were evicted from the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season seven during the sixth live eviction show. Doyin, Eloswag, and Chomzy became the 12th, 13th, and 14th housemates to be evicted. Surprisingly, the trio is not out of the reality TV show yet as they were kept in a new house, known as Level 3. The show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, who made the announcement during the Sunday live eviction show, said the evicted housemates...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said half of the deaths recorded from monkeypox in 2022 across Africa are from Nigeria. WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said this on Friday at a virtual media brief. According to him, there have now been 524 confirmed cases and 12 deaths across 11 African countries. “The majority of cases are in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ghana. Of the 12 deaths, six occurred in...
The 15th edition of the Headies Awards was held in the early hours of Monday, 4 September at the Cobbs Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, United States. The Headies is an annual award ceremony celebrating outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry. This year’s edition of the award ceremony, which was held outside Nigeria since its inception in 2006, was themed ‘Join the Movement’. The West African Pilot News had earlier reported the full list ofnominees for...
The federal government has urged Nigerians to respect the immigration laws of other countries to avoid unwarranted treatment. The federal ministry of foreign affairs, in a statement by Francisca Omayuli, its spokesperson issued this warning. The ministry indicated that Nigerians who were stranded in Dubai were issued family visas, but arrived in the UAE without any family members in the country. “Consequently, they were denied entry and advised to return to their country and apply...
Amaka was evicted from the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show on Monday. Big Brother had asked all the housemates to nominate two housemates each for immediate eviction. As the house rules state, no housemate is allowed to reveal the names they put up for eviction to anyone during their course of stay in the house. Amaka and Doyin got six nominations—the highest—followed by Adekunle who was nominated five times. Hermes and Chizzy got...
Amaka, a housemate of the ‘Level Up’ Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show, has been issued a strike. Big Brother placed her on a strike on Sunday for repeatedly breaking the house’s rule on the usage of microphone. As this is Amaka’s first strike, if she violates the rules again and gets two more strikes, she will be disqualified from the show just as Beauty was disqualified. Meanwhile, Modella’s stay in the house was cut...
It is interesting to discover a perspective (different from the norm) that a person’s gender does not always determine their sexual orientation. This appears to be the foundation of transgender. For most people who are cisgender, there abide a lot of confusion about the whole point of transgender. Many still believe that it is a sickening or mentally-ill indication for a person to decide their gender outside of conventional genderism(gender based on sex). However, whatever...
..artiste drops an eponymous four-track EP Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mavins Records, Don Jazzy, has announced the signing of a new artiste to the record label. Michael Ajereh, known professionally as Don Jazzy, unveiled Bayanni, the latest artiste of the music label, via a video shared on his social media pages on Tuesday. The lab-themed video, which features popular skit makers, Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, known as Sabinus and Chukwuebuka Amuzie, alias Brain Jotter, shows...
Level 1 and Level 2 housemates of the ‘Level Up’ edition of the Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality TV show have been merged, bringing an end to the separate levels. The show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, made the announcement during the live eviction show on Sunday, which featured a thrilling performance by the Kukere crooner, Iyanya Mbuk, known by his stage name, Iyanya. The merger followed the eviction of Kess and Pharmsavi from the show. The...
