Nigerian social media sensation, Ikorodu Bois have been nominated for the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. The Ikorodu Bois is a group of online comedians that recreates and mimics multi-million dollar music videos, Hollywood movie trailers, and epic pictures. Last year, they drew the attention of the producers of the Hollywood movie Extraction 2, the Russo Brothers, following the remake of the movie trailer which features Chris Hemsworth.…
Comic Nollywood actor Uche Maduagwu accused some movie producers of refusing to work with him because he came out as gay in Nollywood. The controversial actor also had some very specific requirements for his Valentine’s Day date. https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6fIkbLrBO/ The actor announced he was ‘proudly gay’ a few weeks ago, and was met with mixed responses. In a post on Instagram, he urged others to come out and share their identity, saying: “Don’t let anyone intimidate you.…
Two local fishermen in Thailand have found an incredibly rare orange pearl worth nearly $330,000, according to the New York Post. Brothers Hatchai Niyomdecha, 37, and Worachat Niyomdecha, 35, from Thailand, were out on a walk when they noticed a discarded buoy that had washed up on the shore of a nearby beach in the Si Thammarat province. They decided to pick up the buoy and take it home, as it had three shells stuck…
The federal ministry of health has disputed stories that appeared in some media publications saying Nigeria was disqualified from the World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative for the Pfizer vaccines following the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to store the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius. This was contained in a series of tweets on the official handle of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, an agency under…
Japanese-American tennis sensation Naomi Osaka has on Saturday slammed “ignorant” remarks from the Tokyo Olympics’ chief organizer after a sexism row that has triggered an angry backlash and calls for his resignation. Osaka, a leading face of the Games in her home nation, joined the growing list of those who have criticized the former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori, 83 after he complained that women speak for too long in meetings. The gaffe-prone Mori has…