Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

The BBC appeared to accidentally broadcast footage of a cheerful festival-goer waving a large sex toy during Stormzy’s performance of “Shut Up” at Glastonbury this year. BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty were interviewing the artist about the video for his single “Blinded By Your Grace Pt 2” where they aired a clip of the show.As the video played, it got to a point where the camera was zoomed in and then stayed focused on a man dressed as a police officer waving what was clearly a large sex toy.

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A young couple welcomed two babies in the same year. Both babies were born in 2017 just 11 months apart. Mum Beth Evans, 21, gave birth to her first child, Haydn, on January 7. Then on December 8, she gave birth to a baby girl Tilly. Tilly should have ben born in 2018 but she arrived four weeks early. Beth and her fiancé Liam Hale, 20, see the double arrival as a blessing and are now looking forward to a doubly special Christmas Day spent with their tiny bundles of joy.

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An artist has carved a niche for himself by doing a form of art that isn’t mainstream. David Catá is a Galician video performance artist. What makes him special is that he uses his hand as a canvas for wearing his art. He literally uses a needle and thread to sew his art onto his palm. It looks painful but he doesn’t seem to be in any form of pain.

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As the debate on the Nigerian Muslim lady, Firadau Amasa, who refused to remove her Hijab at the Call to Bar ceremony on Wednesday continues, Nigerian lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, this afternoon, shared this photo of a Nigerian nun who had to remove her religious attire for that of the legal profession. He argues that the nun could have also added her ‘headgear’ to her legal attire since she wants to respect her husband, Jesus Christ.

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Mo Abudu, the executive producer of ‘The Wedding Party’ part 2 has just revealed that the movie has set a new opening day record at the cinemas. According to her, ‘thank you Nigeria! Incredible, we have broken another record. The biggest opening day in the history of Nollywood! N20m day one of the box office. Last year we did N9.6m on our opening day! It’s double this year. Lord we thank you, we are grateful. Please Nigeria, go watch #TWP2 this weekend. It’s a rollercoaster of laughs, drama and romance. You will love it, no kidding’.

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A Facebook user claimed that a priest resurrected a dead man after his body had been in the mortuary for three weeks, but Freeze blasted the report and gave reasons why it can’t be true. The Facebook user, Izu Nwaobi Joe Okakwu claimed he was present to witness the “miracle” which happened at Aladimma hospital, Owerri on December 13.

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