‘Rabbit’ Sculpture Smashes Records After $131.5 Million Auction Sale

May 16, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

NEW YORK (9News Nigeria) – A playful rabbit sculpture by Jeff Koons has become the most expensive work by a living artist ever to sell Read more

Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn receives final coronation ritual that makes him a demigod

May 4, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

BANGKOK (9News Nigeria): – Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned on Saturday (May 4) with a golden-tiered headpiece, the highlight of an elaborate three-day coronation ceremony two Read more

Japanese Emperor Akihito resigns, becomes first monarch to abdicate in 200 years

April 30, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

TOKYO (9News Nigeria) – Japan’s Emperor Akihito has declared his abdication in a historic ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. In his last public Read more

Meet first Miss Nigeria, ever beauty 86 year-old Grace Oyelude

July 19, 2018 Shom Akor 0

Nigeria’s Twitterati gushed on Wednesday over the enduring beauty of 86 year-old Grace Oyelude, first Miss Nigeria in 1957. Sixty one years after winning the Read more

Hollywood based Nigeria-American singer, Michael O, breaking grounds with new song ‘Umbrella’

July 16, 2018 Shom Akor 1

Nigerian-American singer, Michael Odokara-Okigbo, aka ‘Michael O’ has been making waves with his new single ‘Umbrella’. Released just a few weeks ago, the catchy tune Read more

African American Bishop to minister at Prince Harry and Meghan’s Royal Wedding

May 13, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markel #RoyalWedding #PrinceHarry #MeghanMarkel Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have invited a pioneering American bishop to deliver the address Read more

DANNY LAMPO TO JOIN SAMINI’s FABULOUS AND FAMOUS FAMILY?

April 20, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

Ghanaian Dancehall Artist Samini born Emmanuel Andrews was spotted somewhere In London with Italian Born London Based Ghanaian Actor, Danny Lampo. The two Ghanaian superstars Read more

Stolen artefacts: Oba of Benin, Obaseki to build world-class Museum to fast-track recovery

April 5, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is working with the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, to build a world-class Read more

Forget dating go straight to marriage

July 22, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — According to followers of a popular Indonesian social movement, the country would be better off without dating. Writer La Ode Munafar, 26, started Read more

Senator Ekwunife tasks women on self-confidence

June 29, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

Senator Uche Ekwunife has charged women to imbibe the culture of self-confidence and participate in politics despite various challenges bedevilling the female gender in Nigerian Read more

Dog meat festival begins despite rumours of ban

June 21, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

A controversial dog meat festival has begun in the Chinese city of Yulin, despite earlier reports it had been cancelled or toned down this year. Read more

Oba of Lagos battles in court to retain stool

June 20, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

By Moji Eniola The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has insisted before an Ikeja High Court, on Tuesday that he remains the rightfully elected monarch Read more

The World’s Most Beautiful House

June 18, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

Set among trees, rocks and a waterfall, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater was a masterpiece beset with problems. Jonathan Glancey tells its story. By Jonathan Glancey Read more

Saving Bunong, a Vulnerable Language in Cambodia

June 18, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

WASHINGTON — Sylvain Vogel, a native of France, grew up in Alsace-Lorraine speaking French and German. Since then, he’s acquired fluency in English, Portuguese, Farsi, Pashto Read more

“Burn in Hell, Trump”: High School Art Display

June 6, 2017 Chigozie Ekwenye 0

A New York school district has launched an investigation into a student art show that included profane references to President Trump. The art show at Read more

Painting sells for world record $110.5m

May 19, 2017 Chigozie Ekwenye 0

A 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold Thursday for $110.5 million, the highest price paid at auction for a work by an American artist. It Read more

Obasanjo to be crowned Grand Patron of FESTAC’ 77

February 24, 2017 Chigozie Ekwenye 0

Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) has scheduled to crown Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Grand Patron of FESTAC Read more

Why Nigerians Love Flowery Language

February 6, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers the art of Nigerian verbosity. My friends in the international Read more

A New Dawn Has Arrived In The Music Industry, Afterborn Is Here To Take The World By Storm

October 8, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

A new dawn has arrived in the musical industry and he is here to take the whole world by storm . Cyril Echezona Anigbogu better Read more

Ethiopians mark festival of finding Jesus’ cross

September 27, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

By Tiksa Negeri ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Orthodox priests lit a bonfire in the heart of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday evening to Read more

I’m no more inspired to sing about Nigeria – Kollington Ayinla

September 9, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

Akeem Lasisi Seasoned fuji artiste, Kolawole Ayinla, popularly called Kollington Ayinla, has said that he is no more inspired to sing about Nigeria. According to Read more

Selling Yourself For Roles Won’t Take You Far –Ini Edo

September 3, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

A Leading Nollywood Actress, Ini Edo, Has Shrugged Off All The Negative Reports Peddled About Her. She Takes LANRE ODUKOYA On The Journey Of Epiphany Read more

Delta State: Oghara Monarch bans idol worshiping in community, curses kidnappers

August 19, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

Determined to rid his community of all forms of fetish vices including kidnapping and armed robbery, the traditional ruler of Oghara kingdom, HRM Noble Oyibo Read more

Nigerian man making Africans and Americans laugh

August 8, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

A Nigerian man based in the US has become a comedy sensation on social media because of his videos about African family life. Dami Olatunde, Read more

Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist Zewail dies

August 3, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

CAIRO (Reuters) – Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail, a science and technology advisor to President Barack Obama and the first U.S. science envoy to Read more

The woman who cut off her breasts to protest a tax

July 29, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

The story of a lower caste woman who cut her breasts to protest against a discriminatory “breast tax” in British ruled India is being revived Read more

Oraukwu community in Anambra protest alleged imposition of monarch by govt

July 28, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

AWKA — Hundreds of placard-carrying people from Oraukwu community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday, stormed the Government House, Awka, protesting the alleged Read more

The worlds most emotional countries

July 13, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

Residents of Bolivia, Guatemala, Iraq, Cambodia and the Philippines explain what it’s like to live in a highly expressive culture.- By Lindsey Galloway [BBC] GDP may Read more

Renowned Nigerian author Elechi Amadi, famous for ‘The concubine’ dies at 82

June 30, 2016 9News Nigeria 0

[BBC Africa] Renowned Nigerian author Elechi Amadi has died of an undisclosed illness at the age of 82. He was most famous for The Concubine, Read more