As the Carnival Calabar and Festival gathers momentum, in the ever-buzzing city of Calabar the capital of Cross River State, with a Carnival and Festival theme tagged; “Season of Sweetness”, the state government has rolled out a well-curated calendar of events to make this year’s Carnival and Festival a memorable package and worthwhile experience. Speaking in the state capital, the Special Adviser Events Management, Governor’s Office, Mr. Effiong Ekpenyong has highlighted the Governor’s plans to make this year’s festival …
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Actress Charity Nnaji has said any beauty queen who can not survive the Big Brother Naija house for two weeks obviously bought her crown. Nnaji wrote this on her Instastories following the eviction of BBNaija housemate, Beauty, who was the 43rd Miss Nigeria. Beauty Tukura was disqualified from the BBNaija on Sunday, August 7. She received a double strike for throwing an object toward Groovy at the Saturday Night Party, thus breaking Biggie’s rule of physical violence. See what …
Queen Elizabeth has banned Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Prince Andrew from making an appearance at Buckingham Palace balcony with other royals on her platinum jubilee. The announcement was made today, May 6, by a Palace spokesperson. According to the announcement, only working royals will appear on the balcony, and Prince Harry, Meghan, and Prince Andrew are no longer working royals. “The Queen has decided this year’s traditional Trooping the Colour balcony appearance on Thursday June 2 …
Queen Esther Gabriel, Nigeria’s representative at The Miss Globe World Finals 2021 has made history, beating 58 delegates from several Countries around the world to place 2nd position at the annual international pageant. Esther was crowned 1st Runner-up at the 14th edition of the Beauty of Africa International pageant (BAIP 2021) Nigeria Finals, which qualified her to Represent Nigeria at the Miss Globe 2021 World Finals. With the International crown, she became just the first Nigerian and …
The Queen has reportedly turned down an honour from The Oldie of the Year Awards because she ‘didn’t believe she met the relevant criteria’ to accept. Her Majesty, 95, declined the award, saying that ‘you are only as old as you feel’ – before adding she hopes they find a more ‘worthy recipient.’ Gyles Brandreth, who is chairman of the awards, penned a letter to the monarch’s private secretary Sir Edward Young to ask if she would be willing …
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is doing its best to prioritize the provision of infrastructure and development. He said this on Wednesday, September 22, during a bilateral meeting at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly holding in New York, USA, with Her Majesty, Maxima Zorreguieta, Queen of The Netherlands. President Buhari, at the meeting, told Queen Maxima that Nigeria is well aware of her limitations, and thus prioritized the building of infrastructure. A statement by …