•Late film director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Los Angeles police charged the son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner with murder yesterday after the suspect’s parents were found stabbed in a brutal double killing that shocked movie fans around the world. Nick Reiner, 32, was detained hours after the bodies of the 78-year-old actor-director and ...
•Tiktok streamer, Peller and his damaged vehicle The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has ordered the prosecution of popular TikTok streamer Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, following a viral video showing him livestreaming while driving, an act that ended in a road crash. Reacting to the video, Moha...
•Peller and his damaged car TikTok influencer and livestreamer Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has been hospitalised following an incident in which he crashed his newly acquired Mercedes-Benz during an emotional livestream. The incident occurred today along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos during an Instagram live session, reports S...
•Yinka Ayefele and family Gospel singer and music entrepreneur, Yinka Ayefele, has said he still believes he will walk again despite the motor accident that left him unable to stand. Ayefele revealed this belief in a video shared on his Instagram page yesterday, where he was seen speaking with his triplets and explaining the reason […]...
Nigeria’s vibrant youth culture is driving a linguistic revolution, with fresh slangs emerging from music, social media, movies, and street culture every year. In 2025, several phrases have gone viral, capturing the nation’s humour, creativity, and mood, reports The Nation. Phrases like Ganusi, Achalugo, and Labubu have become ubiquitous, refl...
Every December, Lagos and Accra transform into vibrant magnets pulling in the African diaspora from London to Atlanta, Nairobi to Berlin. What started as a party season has grown into a cultural, emotional, and economic engine, driving tourism, shaping pop culture, and influencing spending patterns across West Africa, reports Vanguard. But thi...
YouTube has announced that ‘No Turning Back II’ by gospel artiste Akinade Ibuoye, popularly known as Gaise Baba, featuring Lawrence Oyor, is officially Nigeria’s most-watched music video of 2025. The worship anthem, released on May 16, dominated the Christian music space and went on to enjoy widespread mainstream acceptance. Within six months,...
•Detty December The hotels are booked, and final preparations for the festivals and concerts are underway, as Lagos prepares for “Detty December”, Nigeria’s end-of-year frenzy. Nigerians and tourists alike, especially members of the country’s massive diaspora, descend on the megacity annually to visit family and friends and observe the holiday...
•Shallipopi Nigerian Afrobeats musician, Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has been named TikTok’s 2025 Artiste of the Year. This is contained in a statement by TikTok and made available today in Lagos. The TikTok Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, was with the theme: ‘New Era, New Icons’. Ac...
Detty December in Nigeria has always been a season of movement: airports buzzing, events fully booked, and city centres filled with returning diaspora and holiday seekers. But this year, something seems to have shifted as the once-thriving shortlet apartment sector, especially in Lagos and Abuja, is losing its shine as travellers are in utter ...

