Author: News Room
The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that he has never had sexual relations with another woman since marrying his wife, Sherifat, in 1983. The former Osun governor made the disclosure while campaigning for the ADC governorship candidate, Najeem Salaam, in Ejigbo Local Government Area ahead of the state’s 15 August governorship election. Speaking in Yoruba, the 69-year-old invoked his marital fidelity as an act motivated by his fear of God and prayed that, on that basis, the ADC would occupy the Osun Government House after the election. “Since I got married to my…
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation Nigeria has opened applications for journalists to participate in a two-month project aimed at promoting ethical and solutions-focused reporting on HIV and tuberculosis in communities most affected by the diseases. In a statement issued on Monday in Lokoja, the Senior Advocacy and Marketing Manager, Steve Aborisade, said the HIV and TB Media Reporting Project: Amplify the Response would run from September to October 2026. According to the statement, the project will support journalists in Abuja, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Kogi and Nasarawa states to produce human-centred stories aimed at promoting testing, treatment uptake and…
Gisele Bündchen opened up her family photo album in celebration of Father’s Day in Brazil. “Happy Father’s Day! We love you,” the supermodel, 46, wrote over a Sunday, August 9, Instagram Story photo of her husband, Joaquim Valente, and their one-year-old son wearing matching jiu-jitsu uniforms. In the adorable snap, the couple’s son, whose name has not been publicly confirmed after arriving in the world in February 2025, was seen sprawled over his father’s stomach while Valente, 38, stretched out across a padded floor. Flashing a broad smile, the self-defense academy co-founder locked eyes with his child, who appeared to…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has budgeted a total of N26.91 billion for refurbishing, furnishing, and renovating the electrical and mechanical facilities at the Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort in Uyo between 2025 and 2026. This insight into the budgetary provisions for the project follows the state government’s announcement of the hotel’s temporary closure from 22 August to allow for the completion of ongoing renovation works and the repositioning of the facility under a new management company. The government announced the closure on Saturday in a public notice signed by the Commissioner for Information, Aniekan Umanah, and the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Anieti Udofia. The…
Nigerian actress and evangelist Tonto Dikeh has announced the establishment of her prophetic ministry, New Wine Prophetic Tabernacle (NWPT). She announced the ministry on her Instagram page on Sunday, describing it as a ministry grounded in the foundational truths of scripture. The actress has recently made headlines for openly expressing her devotion to God’s work. Her activities have included conducting deliverance sessions and warning men against using spirituality as a substitute for genuine effort when seeking women for marriage, among others. She wrote: “New Wine Prophetic Tabernacle (NWPT) is an interdenominational altar, spiritual home, and global movement of consecrated believers…
A medical doctor and a popular music video director have separately recounted how they were extorted and terrorised by street touts, popularly called area boys, while carrying out their professional activities in Lagos. The doctor, Olusina Ajidahun, popularly known on social media as The Bearded Sina, an internal medicine specialist and health influencer, disclosed via his page on X, formerly Twitter, that a free medical outreach his team organised in Mushin last year was besieged by touts who demanded money and threatened to cause pandemonium if they were not settled. Ajidahun said the outreach, which had been in planning for…
Soaking up the sun on summer vacation is right where Rachel Bilson wants to be. “I live here now,” the O.C. and Hart of Dixie alum, 44, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, August 9, alongside a photo of herself in a red bikini paired with denim cut-offs. Capturing herself lazing against a railing aboard a sleek vessel, Bilson, who is mom to daughter Briar Rose, 11, with ex-fiancé Hayden Christensen, flashed a warm smile as idyllic weather blissfully bathed the frame. Fans were quick to praise the star’s photo, taking to her post’s comments section. “Basically Summer Roberts on the…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu Nigeria has become remarkably good at celebrating what government can photograph. Roads, bridges, and public buildings offer visible evidence of activity; they can be commissioned, named, and displayed as proof of performance. Yet some of the most consequential acts of government are less visible. They involve building institutions, developing human capability, and creating systems whose true value may only become apparent years later. That distinction matters in a federation. Nigeria’s 36 states should be more than administrative extensions of Abuja. They should be laboratories of development—places where ideas in education, healthcare, agriculture, technology, and economic…
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, on Sunday unveiled a new spiritual movement, the New Wine Prophetic Tabernacle. Announcing the development via a post on her Instagram page, Dikeh described NWPT as an interdenominational altar and “global movement of consecrated believers called to experience the raw power, purity, and presence of God,” anchored on the biblical passage in Mark 2:22, which reads, “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins.” It read in part, “NWPT exists as a dwelling place of His presence for those who refuse to settle for lukewarm Christianity and are hungry for genuine revival, fire, and transformation.”…
Anne Hathaway’s maternity wardrobe continues to dazzle. Rocking a powder-blue high-neck top at the world premiere of her new film The End of Oak Street in California on Sunday, August 9, the pregnant star, 43, flashed her bump as it popped atop a pair of low-slung jeans. Positively radiant, Hathaway paired the top, which featured a long train and was lined with a red interior, with a red pop lip and red pointed heels. She wore her long dark mane back in a high ponytail that showed off drop earrings to create subtle sparkle, too. Hathaway’s newest maternity look, which…
