•Oxford Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has included 22 new expressions from Nigeria and other West African countries in its latest update, acknowledging the region’s growing impact on global English usage. The December 2025 update, released on the OED website yesterday, features over 500 new words, phrases and tenses, including...
•Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, widow of the late former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has revealed that eliminating starchy foods from her diet was a key factor in her survival after being diagnosed with breast cancer 27 years ago. Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu stated that her decision to stop eating eba, amala, akpu, an...
•Amala and Ewedu meal The Kwara State Government has placed the Healthcare on Outbreak Response Mode after confirmation of the death of a 70-year-old grandmother, her son and two other family members in the Eruda community, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state after eating an Amala meal said to have been […]
•Amala ball One person has reportedly died in Temidire Atoyebi area along Ajaawa in Ogbomosho after a family of six allegedly ate poisoned cassava flour used to prepare Amala yesterday. The family was said to have consisted of a grandmother identified as Mrs. Victoria Adewole, her four children and a granddaughter. It was gathered that [&helli...

