Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday inaugurated and handed over Oshorun/Ibeshe road to the two communities of Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road, seven-kilometre in length, was delivered with drains, pedestrian walkways, service ducts, speed breakers and street lights– with guaranteed power supply. Speaking at the inauguration in Ikorodu, Fashola described the... Read More
A 19-year-old woman died yesterday after falling from a sixth-storey college dorm window. Police said Stephanie Ann Lehr was trying to climb onto a rooftop from the room on the University of Minnesota campus when she fell. The Hennepin County medical examiner found she died of blunt-force injuries. Stephanie Ann Lehr was trying to climb... Read More
A woman has revealed how school bullies jealous of her good looks left her so frightened and depressed that she tried to end her life twice. Claire Leeson, now 24 and an aspiring model, was humiliated by bullies who called her fat and ugly for three years between the ages of 13 and 16. In... Read More
A 5-month-old baby boy was pronounced dead Monday after police say he was forgotten in his father’s SUV outside the family’s California home. Deputies who responded to the scene in Carson yesterday afternoon broke the rear window of the vehicle and attempted to revive the infant, but to no avail. The parents of the victim,... Read More
by Renita Tisha Pinto Flossing helps to maintain hygiene and remove plaque from teeth. 1: Brush twice a day Dr Ajay says that 70% of dental problems can be solved, if we brush our teeth thoroughly. Make sure you brush your teeth twice a day for a minimum of 2-4 minutes, to get rid of plaque. 2: Use... Read More
A mother whose son died 18 years ago pickled him in alcohol and stashed his corpse in the basement where she has cared for him ever since… all so his son can learn to love him. Tsiuri Kvaratskhelia keeps Joni Bakaradze’s body entombed in a wooden coffin beneath the family home in Georgia, eastern Europe.... Read More
Gillian Levett is facing being struck off after suggesting a patient be adopted by her friends A Harley Street psychologist who embarked on an inappropriate relationship with a troubled public schoolgirl and suggested she be adopted by friends faces being struck off today. Gillian Levett, 65, told the 16-year-old part-time model that she loved her... Read More
Nora Gateley says her life became a nightmare when her adoptive parents shipped her to another family. She thought she landed in a “dream.” The reality was a nightmare. Nora Gateley, now 26, says she was forced to dig her own grave and scrub the floor with a toothbrush after her adoptive parents shipped her... Read More
A slimmer who shed eight stone to qualify for an NHS breast reduction says she was better off fat after being refused the treatment despite her weightloss. Marie Pickstock, 44, from Lancing, West Sussex, begged medics to reduce her 44M boobs because they were so big she could barely walk. But the 22-stone mother was told... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo About 90 Nigerians have been deported from Tunisia, they arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Tuesday. According to the South West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr. Iyiola Akande, the deportees arrived at about 12.32 am in Nouvel Air Airbus 320-214 with registration number 177Y. They were earlier scheduled to arrive Murtala Muhammed International... Read More
Of 10,000 men surveyed in Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, 1 in 10 admitted to raping a woman who wasn’t his partner. Nearly one in four men surveyed in Asia say they have raped a woman at least once according to a disturbing new report. Among men interviewed in Bangladesh,... Read More
The law frowns upon citizens taking matters into their own hands and dishing their own brand of street justice. A woman in India took serving street justice to a totally different level when she killed the man who raped her by setting him on fire. 38-year-old Raju Vishvakarma died this past Friday after sustaining massive burns to... Read More
by Akan Ido ‘My life my damage’ is the second part in Uche Jumbo’s Damage trilogy. It tells the story of a young Nigerian medical student (Tonto Dikeh) working in a group home, her self-damage story of lost dreams and her romance with pills and drugs and how she destroyed herself by getting mixed up... Read More
by Daniel Olatunde Balogun “Everyday we write ourselves a letter with our dreams, but our world only understands our dreams through our actions.” If I write to the world with words, what would the world write me back with? If I give my time, but no needs to meet, would the world use my... Read More
by Simon Christian Chukwu There is no Nigerian political party without crisis. Though PDP without crisis is like a life without blood. I dare say that the party’s dominance lies in their strength in adversity. There is no political season that they have failed to be in crisis, but do they come out stronger? Yes!... Read More
A disabled three-year-old girl has been found dead at her parents’ filthy home weighing just 11 pounds after they allegedly starved her to death. Little Nathalyz Rivera was not breathing when her father, Carlos Rivera, 30, returned to their home in Philadelphia around midnight on Monday. Instead of calling authorities, he rushed the little girl – who... Read More
No fewer than fourteen people confirmed dead in an auto crash that occurred after Ringim town along Hadejia-Kano road Monday evening Eleven of the victims were were palace guard to the Emir of Hadejia in Jigawa State. Reports from the state had it that the palace guards were in an 18-seater bus from Hadejia en... Read More
by Adeolu Ademoyo President Barak Obama has established the moral point against the use of chemical weapons and against its use in Syria. He has established that Iraq and Syria are not the same. Therefore, he is right in his moral objection to the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict but it... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Nollywood actress, Stephanie Chijioke got married to her sweetheart Frank Wagbara in a traditional ceremony in a traditional wedding ceremony which held at her hometown , Umudim Ohekelem in Ngor Okpala LGA, Imo State, south-east Nigeria. Congratulations to the couple. See more photos:
A transgender man is the first in Europe to give birth to a baby after becoming pregnant through a sperm donor. The unidentified man, who was born a woman, delivered the baby boy at home with a midwife in the poor Neukoellin district of Berlin. He insisted on a home birth because he refused to... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Veteran Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu, shared photos of her new look on Facebook showing her super slim figure after an incredible weight loss. She said her weight loss had nothing to do with ill health but just the need to be healthy. Ngozi needs to make public please the secret to this... Read More
by Health Tips The calcium in yogurt and milk can lower your risk of blood pressure surges by 25%. 1. Drink water. Dehydration can increase your risk of kidney problems by 20%. An easy way to incorporate more water into your day is to carry a BPA-free water bottle with you as much as possible–in... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Busola Dakolo, wife of singer Timi Dakolo was spotted at the launch of High Flyer magazine all pregnant and glowing in skin tight black pants, black camisole, a lacy gold coloured jacket, belt, a pair of cream coloured heels and a flowered purse to go with the outfit. Looking pretty and chic,... Read More
by Adeola Balogun The Vice President of Nigeria, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has come under fire for what members of the ‘new Peoples Democratic Party’ (PDP) have termed incompetence on his part. Alhaji Sambo was criticized by members of the faction after numerous pioneer members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna, Sambo’s home state,... Read More
by Adeola Balogun The recently created faction of the Peoples Democratic Party popularly known as the ‘New PDP’ has maintained a strong front despite the opposition it has received from the Federal Government. The Abubakar Baraje-led faction has gone ahead to ratify the election of its national officers despite the sealing of its secretariat. A... Read More
by Adeola Balogun In a show of resilience despite the massive loss of life that has befallen the group, the vigilante group tagged “civilian JTF” has stated that it is ready to fight tooth and nail to rid the land of Boko Haram. The group, which operates in Borno State,is the result of civilian effort... Read More
What was he thinking? This man allegedly had sex with a 5-year-old in Oyo and paid her N5 (PICTURED)
by Oge Okonkwo A 28-year-old man, Tope Daisi, has been arrested by the Police in Oyo state, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl, Sekinat (not her real name). Mr. Daisi, a commercial motorcyclist was reported to have offered the girl N5 after he had allegedly committed the atrocious act, which she used to buy sweet.... Read More
by Sobiya N. Moghul Avoid excessive intake of alcohol as much as you can for a healthy life. 1. Watching TV “People who sit in front of the TV for more than four hours a day were 80% more likely to die for reasons linked to heart and artery disease”, points Dr Sharad. Even if... Read More
by Tanvi Trivedi This one is forever imposing her tastes in food, movies, music and everything else on you. 1. The Big Boss: While she is sweet and well – mannered initially, you soon realises that she’s only about bossing him around. Even if you talk to your friends, you have to give a whole background and... Read More