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Imagine that you need a table, and this table is to be put in a street corner to display a lot of goods, some heavy and some light. Now keeping this function in mind you would probably need a sturdy, tall, dark coloured, four legged table with a rough hewn finish on top to prevent your goods from sliding off. But here you are, in the showroom looking at various tables and you probably want the glass one with the…

Last week, many viewers watched Surviving R. Kelly in horror as the documentary highlighted old and new sexual-abuse allegations against the singer. The six-part documentary series, which premiered on Lifetime on January 3, featured dozens of testimonials from survivors, activists, police officers, and legal experts, as well as Kelly’s family members and former employees. Their collective accounts paint a picture of a predator of vast proportion and shine a light on the pervasive, insidious culture of sexual violence within the…

Just a few hours after teasing fans on social media, Folarin Falana, popularly called Falz “The Bahd Guy”, dropped his very first single for the year and he’s not just shaking tables but breaking them!. Titled “Talk”, the Sweet Boys Association (SBA) President takes a cue from one of the rhymes of the past, mixed with a “game-like” visuals as he delivered a video of the very highest quality… yet again! “Talk” as the title goes, literally talks about the…

Tennis Legend Andy Murray has announced he’s retiring from tennis after Wimbledon, due to an hip injury that has plagued him since 2017. The 31-year-old made this known during an emotional press conference where he made it known that he still plans to take on the Australian Open but could walk away from tennis this month if his condition doesn’t improve. At the press conference ahead of the Grand Slam, he started crying after telling everyone he wasn’t feeling great.…

The Democracy Index reviews the state of democracy in 165 independent countries worldwide using five parameters: process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. Based on the performance of the countries in the five categories, they are then classified into four regimes namely: full democracy”, “flawed democracy”, “hybrid regime” and “authoritarian regime”. A full democracy is the best rating while authoritarian regime is rated the worst. Nigeria, which is Africa’s biggest democracy, was ranked…

The highly anticipated 2019 edition of Big Brother Naija will hold after the February general elections, according to new reports. The last edition of Big Brother Naija reality show was in January 2018, but the organizers decided to pause this year’s edition because of the 2019 election coming up next month. It has now been reportedly confirmed by a source at Payporte (the official sponsors of the reality show) that, ‘Big Brother will still hold but because its a political…

Former Nigeria keeper and captain Vincent Enyeama is determined to carry on playing. He is keen on a return to football almost two years after making his last competitive appearance for French club Lille. The 36-year old last played for Lille in April 2017 and he was released by the 2011 French champions in August 2018. “I have put the past behind me as I continue to train and hoping to make a positive return,” Enyeama told BBC Sport, denying…

In a story, an African man was given the opportunity to ask for anything he wanted. The condition was that, whatever he gets, his brother would receive double. He thought about asking for a house; but he did not like thought of his brother having two houses. So he thought about asking for a million dollars to go to his bank account; but again, he was unhappy with the thought of his brother having two million dollars in his account.…