by Chi Ibe A boy was arrested in Abuja Friday afternoon trying to set a mosque on fire while Muslims said their Jumat prayers around 1pm, reports say. Aged 11, he was caught at the Area B/C Mosque, near Customs Quarters in Nyanya, Abuja by a guard who was on his break sleeping inside. Imam... Read More
BuzzFeed and CNN report that this was @J_tsar’s former Twitter profile picture. TheBoston Marathon bombing suspect seemed to continue tweeting after the attacks on Monday, including an eerie message just hours after the bombing. CNN and BuzzFeed reportedly confirmed through friends of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that @J_tsar is indeed his Twitter handle, and that he... Read More
Could you forgive someone who took a loved one from you? How could you even begin to go about forgiving them for what they have done? After forgiveness, could you be friends with this person? One New York man has done just that. Anthony Colon lost his older brother tragically. He received the news that... Read More
A Muslim woman wearing a hijab said she was attacked in the Boston area by a man who shouted that Muslims had perpetrated the twin bombings that killed three people and wounded about 170 Monday. Heba Abolaban, a Palestinian doctor who immigrated to the United States from Syria, says she was punched in the shoulder... Read More
Tucked high above a valley with snow-capped mountains surrounding it on three sides, the small town of Dharamsala, in northern India, is known worldwide as the home of the Tibetan leader, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Since he left Tibet in 1959, forced into exile after China’s brutal crackdown on a failed uprising, the... Read More
People wave US flags and cheer as police drive down Arlington Street in Watertown, Massachusetts There were scenes of jubilation and shouts of “USA! USA!” on the streets of Boston as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the marathon bombing, was placed under police guard at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre. In downtown Boston, hundreds of... Read More
Arrested: Sean Kelly A holiday jet made an emergency landing after a boozed-up Brit offered to fight everyone on board. Money broker Sean Kelly was last night being held in a Florida jail over his outburst. The 31-year-old allegedly spat at cabin crew on the British Airways flight from Mexico after downing half a bottle... Read More
by Idoreyin Sampson A picture tells all the words there are… [Photos: H/T House on the Rock]
Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov has topped the Sunday Times ranking of the wealthiest people in Britain and Ireland with a fortune of £13.3bn. The Surrey-based tycoon, 59, who has a 30% stake in Arsenal football club, owns iron ore producer Metalloinvest. Warner Music’s Len Blavatnik comes next in the 25th annual list with £11bn but... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Ezinne, Soliat and Nqobilé’ who make up CEO dancers group were one of the stand out acts on the Britain’s Got Talent auditions last night. They brought Nigerian hits to the stage, creating a major pandemonium in the hall. Judge Simon Cowell was pleasantly surprised by their dance moves and Alisha Dixon couldn’t’ contain herself... Read More
by Isi Esene Beat FM On-Air-Personality, Toolz, on Saturday posted her photo online with a caption, “#AllBlackEverything.” One of her Instagram followers commented on the post saying, “Kim Kardashian has got nothing on Toolz.” Do you agree?
by Isi Esene From the stables of the #OccupyNigeria protest comes nature’s own occupy-the-stomach-yam-tuber. You can’t help but notice the uncanny, almost eerie, similarities between the yam tuber and the #OccupyNigeria logo. Check it out below. See? – The featured photo was sent in by a reader.
A father was devastated when he learned that his teenage babysitter was having sex with his 9-year-old son. The sexual relationship lasted for six months before the father found out. Apparently, the babysitter warned the boy not tell anyone about their “relationship,” according to reports. Jalissa Baez, 19, was branded a “threat to the community”... Read More
Unbelievable as it may sound, not all young men want more sex. According to a survey of Australian men, 12 percent between the ages of 16 and 24 said they wanted less sex — the highest proportion of any age group. “Although it’s a minority, it’s still interesting that it’s more of them (than any... Read More
by Akan Ido In this interview with the Vanguard Newspapers, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State talks about his party, the race for the 2015 elections, the opposition parties, Boko Haram and more. Read excerpts of the interview below. What do you think of Boko Haram amnesty being planned by Federal Government? The extension of... Read More
A man was found dead inside the Times Theater along Quezon Blvd., Quiapo, Manila on Thursday night. Police said the unidentified man, aged between 60 to 65 years old, was found dead with his zipper open and genitals exposed at around 9 p.m. He was wearing jeans, a gray shirt, slippers and a hat. Police... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu President Goodluck Jonathan attended the opening ceremony of The Rock Cathedral Metropolitan Church in Lekki, Lagos yesterday. He was photographed cutting the ribbon, stood next to him was the Senior Pastor of All House on The Rock, Rev. Paul Adefarasin and former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. There were other dignitaries present... Read More
by Douglas Anele I am not surprised that Aribisala considers my atheism “foolish” or feels “…very sorry for people like Douglas Anele who maintain that God does not exist”. He is a Pastor of one of the new-fangled Pentecostal groups that arrogantly flaunt their noisy and self-indulgent righteousness. In his essay entitled “The God Who... Read More
by Femi Fani-Kayode Why do we always take ten steps forward and twenty steps backwards? Why is our case and example one of constant failure, ineptitude, defeat, shame, lack and incompetence? What is wrong with the Federal Republic of Nigeria… On the 20th April 1653 (exactly 360 years ago to the day that I am... Read More
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by Rachel Ogbu Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was accused, recently, of running a killer squad under the military regime of late Gen. Sani Abacha. An old associate, Richard Odusanya who had worked with Obasanjo said on Saturday that the former chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees had run the gang used for political assassinations... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu A new report has revealed the various reservations and fears people in Northern Nigeria have against polio vaccination and other UN-sponsored health initiatives. The major reasons polio vaccination has faced strong resistance within Islamic communities in northern Nigeria, is because of a deep distrust of the West, claims of infertility, persistent rumours... Read More
A New Hope Church on Fayetteville Road in Durham has won a slight victory over their neighbors when a Durham judge refused to delay a case against the church that is set to go on trial in June, over extreme noise coming from the church. The judge refused to allow a temporary restraining order that... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu A Twitter user has accused a member of the House of Assembly of causing bodily harm after knocking out her side mirror and attempting to run her over in Lagos on April 18. Moremi Ojudo who describes herself as an activist took to the micro blogging site after the incident and recounted how... Read More
by Simon Kolawole There must be a well-programmed strategy to dilute the influence of extremist preachers. It will take years. But it is only after we have done this that we can sleep and snore in the knowledge that insurgency will not raise its head again. I did argue last week, if you remember, that... Read More
Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack Covered boat: Fugitive was found in back yard AP The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to the Boston marathon bomb brothers. Police believe Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack.... Read More
by Chi Ibe Rita Dominic and Linda Ejiofor were spotted arriving at yesterday’s Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA in Bayelsa State last night. The ladies flanked by other guests were stunning in their chic dresses, they looked like winners even before the show began. [Photo: H/T LIB]
by Chi Ibe Pastor Lamar Simmons of the Love & Faith community Church is said to always teach the congregation old school gospel songs to help sustain the heritage of gospel music. During this Sunday service, was moved to start a praise part. He gave the church a quick rehearsal and “took the congregation on... Read More
Dr Chris Ekiyor is the former National President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and currently the Caretaker Chairman of Patani Local Government Council of Delta State. In this interview, the Niger Delta activist faults the calls for amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect and warns that the people of the Niger Delta... Read More
When David Henneberry nipped outside for a cigarette, he had no idea it would lead to a bloody shootout in his back garden and the capture of the most wanted man in America. Like thousands of other residents of Watertown, a sleepy middle-class suburb of Boston, the 66-year-old had been cooped up in his home,... Read More
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings suffered an injury to his throat and may not be able to talk, a federal official told CNN on Saturday, possibly hindering attempts by authorities to question him about a motive in the attack. With one suspect dead, authorities believe answers to a motive and whether the... Read More