Tim Friede claims he can survive a bite from the deadly black mamba (pictured) after building up immunity An unemployed factory worker has proved his immunity to snake venom by letting a deadly mamba bite his bare arm. Tim Friede says he has built up immunity and claims he has now endured bites from 100... Read More
A crowd gathered around the car of legendary Afrobeat King, Femi Kuti, at the weekend, as the disturbed musician sought help to locate a reptile that almost caused him an accident on the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. Narrating his ordeal, Kuti, who arrived late to the MUSON Center, where he was a guest artiste at... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Fola Ojo, presently living in Milwaukee, United States of America tells his experience when came to Nigeria in February, 2012 and flew the ill-fated Associated Airlines plane from Ibadan to Abuja. Read his narration below: It was in February, 2012. A Revival in Port-Harcourt and a quick visit to two friends of... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Reports say Nollywood actor, Olukayode Odumosu popularly known as Pa Kasumu is presently fighting for his life as he is currently at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) battling heart and liver diseases. Supported with prayers from friends, relations and family members, the actor is said to be receiving treatment at the... Read More
by Oche Joseph The president can never do right no matter what he does,forgetting that no one is wrong all the time. Somebody like FFK should be spending more time with his daughters, because as a failed husband and public officer he is also about to become a failed father with way his daughters are... Read More
Chase: Nick had sex with 1,000 men Experts have warned about a new craze in which men are secretly seeking and spreading HIV. The reckless practice, known as bug chasing, started in the US as a bizarre means of getting a sexual high from risk-taking. Now, according to one man who willingly caught the virus,... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Ever since the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) began, the aggrieved members have stood firm on one demand and that is the sack of current PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur. The members of the new faction of the PDP have maintained this stance and have once again called for the resignation... Read More
by Adeola Balogun In a bid to quell the rumours and suppositions being spread around about the circumstances surrounding the recent Associated Airlines plane crash, the Agagu family has issued a statement to the effect that it had nothing to do with the flight arrangements of the ill-fated plane. According to family sources, the decision... Read More
by Jessica Girdwain Neither. If you’re tempted to pop an OTC painkiller to power through your next exercise session 1. The Problem: You woke up with congestion, a runny nose, and a phlegmy cough. Pill or Doc? Pill. For up to one week while you ride out a cold, take a cold medicine that contains... Read More
by Modupe Adefeso-Olateju ….a child in a tuition-free public school may record lower scores not necessarily because of factors relating to her school, but because her living conditions are not conducive to learning, or maybe because she has to hawk goods or take care of her Oga and Madams’ children every day after school and is... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The wave of strikes that has hit the country might just assume tidal status as yet another organization has disclosed its plans to embark on an industrial action. In solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said that it... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Just as the new faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to begin peace talks with the President, there seems to be yet no peace in sight for Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State in his personal battles. According to reports, the plot to remove the embattled governor from office... Read More
by Collins Uma This is the anatomy of the Nigerian critic. He is headed for doom who waits for the approval of these critics before embarking on a project. On Monday, September 30 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan handed over licences to the new generating and distributing companies (GENCOs and DISCOs), an action which was not only... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The insistence of President Goodluck Jonathan on making peace with the aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who formed a new faction of the party has finally paid off as plans to postpone the original October 7 date set for peace talks have been shelved. The meeting ,between the President... Read More
by Adeola Balogun A rude shock awaited the husband of an Abuja-based lawyer yesterday as he forced open his wife’s office door and discovered her mutilated corpse lying there. Ijeoma Micah, partner at Micah and Micah Chambers, had reportedly been missing for 3 days before her lifeless body was discovered at her Maitama office. According... Read More
The operation license of Dana Airlines has been suspended. According to the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu, says the suspension is with immediate effect. No reason was given for the suspension, but the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Yakubu Datti,... Read More
Jon Velasco of KCMO is charged with the reckless infection of another with HIV, according to on-line court records from Jackson County. A man allegedly deceived a 30-year-old woman into believing that he was not infected with HIV, when in fact he knew he was. Jon W. Velasco was charged on Wednesday with one count... Read More
“I could help you to model,” Executive Offices New York City’s David Shavolian allegedly told Sherina Thomas. A Brooklyn mom says she was forced to walk off a job she desperately needed because of her boss’ lecherous come-ons and demands — including that she accompany him to the bathroom. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court,... Read More
A 19-year-old Chicago woman lured his ex-boyfriend to his death by inviting him up to her bedroom an undressing – only to have her new lover burst into the room and stab the man to death and cut off his head, police say. The woman then convinced her father to help her cover up the... Read More
by Akan Ido Nigerian Hi-life star Flavour N’bania appeared on British TV for an interview and he closed the show with a live acoustic performance of his hit song ”Ada Ada”. Watch the live performance here and please feel free to share on your platforms.
A pupil in Bondo District, Siaya County, on Sunday died after being reportedly caned by a teacher for failing an examination. According to her fellow pupils, Millicent Obondo collapsed in class shortly after their teacher caned her with a plastic pipe for failing to obtain the 50 per cent pass mark during weekend tuition. “Our... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Peeshaun of the music duo Skuki turned 27 yesterday, he was said to have hosted some friends at his home during the day and at night headed to a club called D’place in Lekki for his party where he popped 27 bottles of the Rozay champagne and fireworks signifying his 27 years... Read More
by Anna Breslaw If you find a guy who can banter on text, marry him. Just kidding, kind of! 1. The “flirts with everybody” guy. When we go to some Da Club or another, there is absolutely no reason I should be trying to fend off some leering dude with a ZZ Top beard because... Read More
A flight to America’s so-called adult playground, Las Vegas, had an unusual passenger last week: a 9-year-old boy, traveling alone and apparently without a boarding pass. Officials are trying to figure out how he got through security — let alone on the flight. The Transportation Security Administration is investigating. Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for Minneapolis... Read More
File photo Dozens of naked Kokori women, on Sunday afternoon took to the streets to protest the siege on the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State community by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF). Reports from the community indicated that the about 100 naked protesters were unhappy that their husbands have... Read More
from Huffpost Style Stop focusing on the negative and wear what you want to wear. If you feel good in it, wear it, no matter what size your limbs are. As women, we often maintain a love-hate relationship with clothes. We all love outfits that make us feel gorgeous… but so often, we think our... Read More
It takes a lot to make Diddy gush, but his three daughters clearly have the key to his heart. The hop hop star formally know as Puff Daddy showed he was a real father figure on Saturday as he proudly watched his three seven-year-old daughters walk the catwalk at the Swarovski and Ooh! La, La!... Read More
A mother stopped traffic at a roundabout as she gave birth in the passenger seat of her car. The road had to be closed by emergency services when Elizabeth Latham’s third son, Zayn, was born. Her husband Paul was rushing her to hospital when she begged him to pull over. Elizabeth Latham, 25, was being... Read More
by Jena Pincott We think our stomach hurts because we’re depressed. Sometimes, it’s actually the other way around 1. You Dream in the Half-Light Sleeping in dim light is a real downer, found a study at Ohio State University (on hamsters, but there’s evidence that it applies to us, too). Four weeks of sleeping in... Read More