Dating apps tend to compete on the same promises: more matches, better filters, fewer fake profiles. The Nigerian platform 8PM has taken a slightly different route with its latest update, building a feature around the app’s own name. A nightly “8PM Tonight” session now pairs users in short blind voice dates at 8 p.m., a … Read more
For decades, the fast-food promise was simple: more food for your money. McDonald’s built part of its identity on that idea, from the Super Size era to the Big Mac combo. Now the world’s best-known burger chain is talking about something close to the opposite, a menu that offers more protein, more control over portion … Read more
That was Tafawa Balewa Square on September 26, when Black Market, a Nollywood crime thriller, played to a verified audience of 51,258 people and earned a Guinness World Records title for the largest attendance at a film screening. Alongside the producers and the Lagos State Government, a roster of consumer brands, PUMA among them, helped … Read more
A medical doctor from Lagos is Nigeria’s next Miss Universe contestant. Danielle Adewusi, who represented Lagos State, was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2026 after beating 19 other finalists at the grand finale held in Lagos on Sunday, September 27. She will now carry Nigeria’s colours to the 75th Miss Universe Festival, scheduled for November 24 … Read more
Chanel gave Paris Fashion Week one of its most talked-about evenings on Monday, as creative director Matthieu Blazy marked a full year at the house with a spring/summer 2027 collection built around tiger-print tweed, see-through skirt suits and a sky full of suspended birds. The show at the Grand Palais, the venue Chanel has long … Read more
Every so often a story surfaces online that sounds too strange to be true and turns out to be exactly what it claims. That’s the case with Miryam, a 67-year-old woman from the Brisas de Armenia neighborhood in Colombia’s Quindío region, who has built a small fortune doing something most people give away for free: … Read more