by Oge Okonkwo BBA The Chase couple Elikem and Pokello shared these pictures of them looking fabulous in white matching outfits with their embellished shoes to match. Nothing is definitely stopping the couple now called ‘Polikem’ from showing how much they love each other. See more photos:
by Isi Esene The Presidency has denied reports that the President Goodluck Jonathan, who is in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly is in the United States with a 600-man delegation. In a statement signed by Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the Presidency said Jonathan... Read More
Eighteen-year-old Umar Ahmed was enjoying a relaxed Saturday trip to a Nairobi shopping mall when gunmen stormed in and all hell broke loose. “I was at Westgate Mall rooftop at the parking, and all of sudden I heard screams and gunshots all over the place,” Ahmed recounted. “I got scared. I tried to run down... Read More
by Akan Ido Superstar, Rihanna has continued her widely accepted ‘Diamonds Tour’ of Asia with a trip to Singapore after leaving the tropical paradise of Thailand where she apparently loved. Singapore however presented another level of thrill with over 100,000 fans trooping out to see singer, Chris Brown’s ex-boo. The ‘Good girl tuned bad’ singer... Read More
Erin Stevens, founder of Strip Church in Nashville, appears in an undated photograph with her husband, Todd, and the couple’s three children. Stevens said launching the ministry has been her ‘greatest accomplishment’ aside from raising Elijah, 13; Daniel, 10; and Levi, 7. (Courtesy: Erin Stevens) One woman at a time, Erin Stevens is determined to... Read More
The Supreme Court of Buenos Aires Province has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of a priest convicted of sexually abusing a boy in his “Happy Children” foundation, prompting the victim’s attorney on Thursday to call for the cleric’s immediate arrest. The Rev. Julio Cesar Grassi maintained his innocence during the appeal, continuing to live in... Read More
Ghanaian poet and former UN envoy Kofi Awoonor, 78, was among 59 people killed in the Westgate mall attack in Kenya, according to reports from Nairobi. The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta also lost his nephew and the fiancee to the terror attack Saturday at the Westgate upscale mall in the nation’s capital. Two Canadians and... Read More
by Peregrino Brimah Nigeria is under siege. Based on the criteria for declaring a State of Emergency, Nigeria, the nation itself is overdue. Over 161 bodies have been recovered in a Benisheik attack staged by Boko Haram last week, on a highway between Maiduguri and Damaturu and another highway attack from Maiduguri to Bamboa. The terrorists... Read More
by Chisom Ukaegbu International African superstar, D’banj drops the video version for his slow inspirational themed track- ‘Top of the world’. The video was dedicated to the Nigerian Super Eagles for winning the recent African Nations Cup and featured clips from the final match. Watch the video below:
A man from southern Colombia had to have his penis amputated after he allegedly overdosed on Viagra to impress his girlfriend. The 66-year-old man from Gigante, Colombia, whose name has not been released, told a local newspaper that he intentionally overdosed on the erectile dysfunction medicine. He then is said to have suffered an erection... Read More
INCREDIBLE: These chilling pictures from the Kenya mall attack will make you cringe (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
Three Britons were today confirmed dead after armed terrorists stormed a Nairobi shopping centre – and the number is likely to rise, the Foreign Office. Armed women were reportedly part of the terrorist squad, whose gun and grenade attack left at least 59 dead, Kenyan Interior Minister Joe Lenku said. A large Kenyan security force... Read More
A 21-year-old photography student at the School for Visual Arts has embarked on a project designed to give a voice back to victims of sexual assaults by empowering them with the words of their attackers. Grace Brown is in the midst of a campaign that uses photos of sexual assault victims holding cards with things... Read More
Former IRA hunger striker, Celtic Tiger property tycoon and now bankrupt builder Tom McFeely was in such a hurry to get out of his former Dublin home he may well have left something behind: €140,000 (£118,000) hidden inside his old bath. Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) was called in over the weekend to investigate the... Read More
by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his condolence to the people of Kenya over the recent attack by unknown gunmen at the Westgate Shopping Mall, Nairobi. In a release signed by Dr. Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Preside Jonathan condemned the unfortunate incident describing it as... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Linda Ikeji has changed places and put herself on the hot seat this time instead of her numerous subjects of discussion. The popular blogger, who makes a living discussing other people’s lives, shed some light on her own personal life on Saturday when she was a guest on the Teju Babyface Show.... Read More
by Damilola Kenku “Now I wonder, who directs this soap, which gives us hilarious comedy in one moment and bone chilling horror in the next ?” This morning as I woke up, I mumbled the two sentences which have now become my morning prayer, ‘Protect me lord, let your will be done Amen’. I rushed into the bathroom,had my bath... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche Tope Folarin is the current winner of the Caine Prize for African writing. We caught up with him via a telephone chat and got him to talk about his writing, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the meaning of the term ‘African writer’. Enjoy excerpts from the interview. Congratulations on your Caine Prize win... Read More
True wealth: Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky, above, died with an estate of luxury properties and business interests including mansions in the south of France The Russian oligarch who was found hanged in the bathroom of his ex-wife’s Berkshire mansion had a fortune of £500m, rubbishing theories he had committed suicide because of unpayable debts. Boris... Read More
by Akan Ido Effervescent ChannelO On-Air-Personality, Denrele Edun was on Rubbin’ Minds on Channels Television where he talked about winning The Future Awards Africa, his mode of dressing, sexual orientation, relationship with Charly Boy and the tragic death of his friend, Goldie Harvey. Edun, who was wearing a black outfit with a gold sequence jacket,... Read More
A mother and her children hide from gunmen at Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi on Sept 21, 2013. Nahashon Mwangi was at work when he received a desperate telephone call from his son, pleading with him to rescue him from imminent death. “Dad, I have been shot in the neck and hand. I am bleeding.... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo There are speculations that luck has finally shone down on one of the members of the former Plantashun Boiz singer, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo popularly known as, Blackface as he is said to have signed N52 million recording deal with a company named Franchise Events Limited. The deal reportedly includes a house and a car.... Read More
by Adeola Balogun According to reports, the Federal Government is set to ensure the loyalty of the nation’s legislators by withdrawing diplomatic passports issued to all members of the National Assembly – 109 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives. The exercise tagged as a “review” by the Presidency has authorized the Nigeria... Read More
Exhale. No children were harmed in the making of this family photo. Mom and dad wanted something candid to complement shots they’d already posed for — and hoped to raise their kids’ spirits by swinging them through the air. Only mom wound up just a little too hard and baby did a back flip. Dad explained the whole story... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A bitter woman made this cake for herself after her divorce, the design suggests anything but subtle as the bride is seen standing beside the headless groom, with a sick smile on her face, his head in her hands and his blood forms a pool going down the steps of the cake.... Read More
BlackBerry has announced the suspension of global rollout of BBM for Android, iOS possibly because of too many registrations in the first eight hours of the opening up the servers and that too before BlackBerry actually released the official app for Android. According to BlackBerry ‘unreleased version’ of BBM for Android had already made it... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Youth in Sokoto state yesterday, pledged to work with care and commitment for not just the emergence but for the 2015 electoral victory of the Fashola/Okorocha presidential ticket in the newly emerged APC. Speaking to newsmen, some of the youth while forming an active network aimed at sensitizing northern youth at large... Read More
She’s uncontrollable! Miley Cyrus steps out in nip**e pasties and see-through fishnet dress (PHOTOS)
Her split from fiancé Liam Hemsworth was confirmed earlier this week amid a slew of yet more criticism for her risqué performance at last month’s VMAs. So it was a rather defiant Miley Cyrus who sauntered about Las Vegas wearing nipple pasties beneath an entirely see-through fishnet dress after she took the stage at the... Read More
by Joe McKeever To our everlasting shame, the term “ministerial exaggeration” has entered the language. If anyone should tell the unvarnished truth, it should be those disciples of Jesus Christ entrusted with the truth of God in the gospel of salvation. “Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its... Read More
Nollywood/Ghollywood faithful that follow Ghanaian director Frank Rajah-Arase’s work are aware of his antecedents. Nobody shows up for his films expecting an original AMAA winning spectacle. Helmer of previous productions like ‘Forbidden fruit’ and ‘The Game’, the man just wants to entertain you, thrill you and maybe even shock with a rough scene or two... Read More
“He was indeed a remarkable man”: A tribute to the late broadcaster, Yinka Craig by David Olamide Craig