Temilade Openiyi—the Nigerian singer better known as Tems—was tucked up in bed in West London when Beyoncé’s album Renaissance dropped online. “I had a show the night before, so on Friday I was just sleeping the whole day,” she says. Openiyi had a guest vocal—in the standout track “Move” alongside Beyoncé and Grace Jones—on what would immediately become the biggest album […]
The Recording Academy has acknowledged that there are now discussions about adding an Afrobeats category to the Grammys. The CEO of the Recording Academy, Harvey Manson Jr. confirmed the new addition. In order for the academy to decide to create a category for Afrobeats, a proposal must be submitted. This is what is currently being worked on to ensure […]
Until her death on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96, Elizabeth Alexandra Windsor, also known as Queen Elizabeth II, had ruled the United Kingdom for the longest period of time. To an estimated four billion viewers on Monday, the state funeral was live-streamed. A crowd of about a million people gathered in and around the royal palaces […]
American professional golfer Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods was born in Cypress, California, to Earl and Kultida “Tida” Woods. Woods, who was born on December 30th, 1975, started his career in 1996 when he was 20 years old after a standout junior, collegiate, and amateur golf career. He won his first major, the 1997 Masters, by 12 shots in a […]
Israel Olatunde has become Ireland’s fastest ever man. Olatunde ran a record 10.17s on Tuesday evening in the European championships 100m final to finish in 6th place. He broke both his personal best and the Irish record previously held by Paul Hession in the 100m final. Olatunde, overjoyed, dropped to his knees with the Irish flag draped around his […]
Collins Abinoro Akporode is an astute Nigerian sculptor whose artistry has brought forth his notable and captivating expression and depiction of emotions, natural elements, and forms while embedding and conveying life messages. His prolific art of using stainless steel cutlery, fiberglass and bronze to embody his imaginative and visualized works is not limited to the borders of Africa. His […]
“TOBI!” as Usain Bolt hailed her in his tweet celebrating her victory, reminds us of L’Tric & Miles Graham’s song – She Is Gold – “Don’t get me wrong I love my brothers, but my sister she is gold”! Our golden girl, Oluwatobiloba Ayomide “Tobi” Amusan has literally conquered the world, and brought to the sport a record, to […]
Aishatu Ahmed Binani is the senator representing Adamawa Central District. Born in 1971, Binani is an Electrical Engineer and is the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa. [wonderplugin_pdf src=”https://boldbeautifulmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bold-magazine-50years-1.pdf” width=”100%” height=”600px” style=”border:0;”]
‘Sola Kazeem Adeduntan is the Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria. Adeduntan is a director of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Nigeria Interbank Settlement System PLC (NIBSS). He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). [wonderplugin_pdf src=”https://boldbeautifulmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bold-magazine-50years-2.pdf” width=”100%” height=”600px” style=”border:0;”]
The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC is the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Scotland is a trained lawyer who became the first black woman to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1991 and also the youngest woman at 35 ever to be made a QC She became the commonwealth Secretary-General in 2016 and was re-elected in June 2022. She is the […]
