In 1986, Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and shortly after, the remarks he got from late Prof Chinua Achebe, was something which he described as disappointing. In a conversation with Okey Ndibe an American-based Nigerian novelist, Soyinka considered the remarks from Prof Chinua Achebe as “uncalled for and disappointing.” During that time, it was …

Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the Nigeria House of Representatives has given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, just 48hours to give the names of lawmakers who were awarded contracts by NDDC or face the law. The Speaker issued the ultimatum during plenary on Tuesday, a day after the minister claimed that most of the contracts awarded …

Manchester United Striker, Marcus Rashford is set to receive an award for his campaign against child poverty and his sporting achievement. The 22-year-old England forward is set to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Manchester, and he will be the youngest person to ever earn this highly placed honour from the institution. In June, Rashford wrote a …

Africa’s apex football governing body CAF, on Tuesday announced that the 2020 edition of the CAF Awards has been cancelled. According to a press briefing by CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad on Tuesday afternoon, the Afcon 2021 tournament has also been postponed till 2022. https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1277970115611381760?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3 With this information, CHAN and AWCON have also been moved from 2020 to 2021 respectively. However, …

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, 2020 BET Awards held its first ever virtual ceremony on Sunday. This was the 20th Edition of the award ceremony celebrating Black Culture. The event hosted by former Real co-host Amanda Seales honored Black excellence in entertainment and sports. Lil Wayne performed a tribute in honor of NBA legend, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, …

Grammy-nominated Nigerian Artust, Burna Boy was named the Best International Act at the 2020 BET Awards. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, 2020 BET Awards held its first ever virtual ceremony on Sunday. The event hosted by former Real co-host Amanda Seales honored Black excellence in entertainment and sports. The win makes it Burna Boy’s 2nd in that category after doing …

Nigerian stars, Grammy-nominated Burna Boy and MAVIN Rema have been nominated in the Best International Act and Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act categories of 2020 BET Awards. However, WizKid was nominated The 2020 BET Awards will mark ceremony’s 20th anniversary and BET’s 40th anniversary. A simulcast will commence live from (8 p.m. ET) across Viacom/CBS networks on June 28, …

Veteran Nollywood, Pete Edochie has received The Africa Film Festival (TAFF) award as Africa’s Film Legend. He bagged the award for his role in the development of the Africa film industry. According to the reports, the festival took place online from June 2, through June 6, 2020, in Dallas, United States of America, making it the first ever virtual award. …

Lagos State Government announced the presentation of the award to health workers in celebration of Governor Sanwo Olu first year anniversary. “In his remarks before the presentation of award plaques to the health workers, @jidesanwoolu said @followlasg will not wait till the eradication of #COVID19 before acknowledging the efforts and contribution of the health workers who he described as unsung …

World’s Football governing body FIFA, has announced the postponement of THE BEST awards, as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. The Award ceremony was supposed to be scheduled on 21st of September 2020 in Milan, Italy. According to world football’s governing body FIFA, it is unclear on when the ceremony will be held. With Milan been the epicenter of Italy’s …