This December, Hollandia is making your holidays brighter with the 24 Days of Blue Christmas campaign! Our Blue Santa is spreading festive joy all over Lagos with amazing goodies and prizes for everyone.     Here’s How You Can Join the Fun:   1. Visit the Hotspots a. Look out for Blue Santa at these malls in Lagos: …

The Federal Government has announced the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) to Yakubu Gowon University.     The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, revealed the decision to State House correspondents on Monday, December 15, after the Federal Executive Council’s meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.   The renaming was in honour of Nigeria’s former Head of State, …

Former presidential candidate and economist, Kingsley Moghalu, has called on Nigerian leaders to prioritize addressing the country’s economic challenges, stating that the ongoing debate over Kemi Badenoch’s identity holds no tangible value for Nigeria.   In a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Moghalu expressed his views on the controversy surrounding Badenoch, a UK Member of Parliament, who …

An initial decline was to be expected, said analysts, as certain investment funds were restricted to French-listed stocks. ADVERTISEMENT The French media company Canal+ saw its share price drop by more than 20% on Monday as the firm made its debut on the London Stock Exchange. From an opening price of 290p, shares had fallen to around 221p at around …

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made his first public statement since his ouster, declaring that Syria has fallen “into the hands of terrorism.”   In a statement shared on Monday, Decemer 16, on the ousted presidency’s Telegram channel, Assad revealed details about his departure from Syria, emphasizing that it was not premeditated.   “My departure from Syria was neither …

Oscar Pistorious is dating a new woman who bears a striking resemblance to the ex-girlfirend he murder£d.  Olympic and Paralympic sprint legend Oscar Pistorius, 38, was convicted in 2014 in the shooting de@th of model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp, 29, at his South African home on Valentine’s Day 2013.    Oscar and late Reeva Steenkamp  He was released in January …

The box office queen has done it again, breaking the record of Nollywood’s highest-grossing one-day performance with ₦87.8 million and the biggest opening weekend of all time with ₦206 million. If there’s one thing Funke Akindele knows how to do, it’s give us hits. And her latest December release, Everybody Loves Jenifa, has proven she’s still the queen of the …

Grammy-nominated rapper, Slowthai has been cleared of r@ping two women at a house party after a gig.     The rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, 29, and his co-accused Alex Blake-Walker, 27, were both found not guilty of three joint charges of r@pe against two women. Blake-Walker was also cleared of an additional charge of s3xual ass@ult against …

From Ayra Starr’s bold, revealing outfits to Bloody Civilian’s preference for oversized, baggy clothing at times, female stars find themselves caught in the crossfire of public judgment, no matter what they wear. For Nigerian women in the limelight, it seems there’s no winning with the public. Just recently, on  December 15, 2024, singer Bloody Civilian who has cultivated a distinct …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 792 foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams, marking the largest such operation in the commission’s history.   The commission in a statement released aid among those arrested are 148 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian. The agency said the …