Kim Kardashian was rushed to the doctors in tears on Tuesday night, fearing that she had suffered from a miscarriage, it has been reported. The 31-year-old star, who is expecting her first baby with boyfriend Kanye West, is said to have felt ill shortly after arriving back in Los Angeles from Paris and made an... Read More
Dita Von Teese has conquered the burlesque world and is now setting her curves on technology. The style icon debuted what is claimed to be the world’s very first 3D-printed dress on Monday night in New York City. The 40-year-old may have been displaying a glimpse of the future but it was her tried and... Read More
by Sam Umukoro We’re working on something that is going to be like Jon Stewart rolled into David Letterman and it’s going to be wow. We’re cooking it big time. He needs no introduction. If stand-up comedy in Nigeria were a country, then Ali Baba (real names Alleluya Atunyota Akporobomeriere) would be the president. And he would... Read More
The Scoop Entertainment believes that David Harris and Tre’Darrius Anderson of Memphis, Tenn. are the youngest black gay married couple in America. The two men are 19-years old, according to the site, which would make them pretty young to tie the knot. The black community is coming to terms with a broad gay population, with many of... Read More
A 19-year-old boy, Felix Inia and his 16-year-old brother, Stanley are now cooling their heels at the headquarters of the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, for allegedly defiling their six-year-old stepsister, Precious Kankamor. The incident, which eventually led to the death of the victim, occurred at Ogbe-Ijoh community, Warri South Local Government Area of the... Read More
Singer Mary J. Blige is not wasting any time disproving rumors that she is in financial jeopardy. It has been alledged that Blige was millions of dollars in debt and facing lawsuits. But that did not seem to be on the singer’s mind on Tuesday, in NYC.Blige was seen sporting a new huge and glamorous... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The stories of rape and violence against women continue to dishearten people around the world on a daily basis but still more others continue to attack women of all ages, destroying lives. It is a menace that does not have a social class and goes beyond boundaries of religion, age or wealth.... Read More
by Rotimi Ogungbola The world’s arrival at a level where the voice of any human being can be heard is a major achievement of the 21st century; however this development has been accompanied with challenges of misinterpreting details, passing false information, hyperbolic reports based on individual sentiment and emotion to mention a few. These problems have... Read More
Jason Sharp is the kind of cop who probably won’t be getting anymore accolades anytime soon. The 37-year old detective was arrested after getting into a fight with his wife and allegedly punching his three-year old son in the face. The officer, who works with the NYPD gang unit sent the poor baby to... Read More
The 21st Century has brought about wonderful changes in technology, but created a “hot mess” in terms of relationships. Unfortunately, I have seen an influx in the number of pseudo-relationships and a decrease in real relationships. One form of pseudo-relationship that has sprung into prominence is text-message relationships. These are relationships that the majority of the... Read More
by Olusegun Adeniyi The challenge now is that while Eze may indeed have gone to school, the new powers-that-be in Abia State have decreed that the certificate he obtained would not be worth the paper on which it was written! Sometime in 2002, I was in my office as editor of the Sunday edition of... Read More
by Hamzat Lawal On February 26, 2013, the MMSD announced in a press release that 158.3 million was received by the ministry to encourage safer mining practices in Zamfara state. In October 2012, when the Follow The Money Team were developing their website, little did they know that the hashtag #SaveBagega was going to reach a staggering... Read More
by Matthew Swyers So go paperless. Not only will you save the cost of paper but also the ink used to print it. Once a quarter I sit down with our CFO and review our budget, projections for the upcoming months, and ways to reduce or control overhead to ramp up profitability. In the zeal... Read More
MTV’s annual ranking of the “Hottest MCs in the Game” doesn’t matter—at all—yet someone is irritated at his placement on the list. Without looking at the headline, you can probably guess who that someone is. Kanye West called into New York radio station Hot 97 today to complain about MTV. The interview with Enuff starts slow, but... Read More
by Matthew Sweyrs Successful entrepreneurs know the value of listening to advice from others. But to utilize advice when growing your business you must learn to separate the wheat from the chaff, the good advice from the bad. Advice is typically freely given. But the buyer must beware. You often get exactly what you pay... Read More
by Osato Edokpayi As the ACN has demonstrated in the South-West and in Edo state; the PDP is not invincible. This union shall indeed stand tall to defeat the PDP and satisfy the yearnings of millions of Nigerians… I welcomed the news of the formation of Nigeria’s new formidable opposition party, the All Progressives Congress... Read More
My life seems to be a series of ellipses Starting in fits, ending in sputters. This transformation is taking its time, it’s been quite a while. 2009. I wrote those verses at the top five years ago, at a time when I was only starting to develop the idea of what I’d like to be.... Read More
by Saidat Akanbi Patients with gunshot injuries should be attended to immediately without requesting police reports… Even a criminal’s life is worth saving, if not for anything but the wealth of Intelligence information it holds. A couple of days ago, while my aunt narrated her experience of her clinic visit a particular incidence caught my... Read More
It’s no secret that too much stress is bad. Research has shown that chronic stress — as well as poor ability to deal with it — is associated with heart problems, depression,mood disorders, worse outcomes for cancer patients, and even brain shrinkage. So in an effort to try to kick some stress to the curb, we asked you to think of one thing you’ve... Read More
Leticia Silva, 31, has been charged with four counts of solicitation to commit murder. A mother in Lakeland, Fla., is accused of mailing her daughters a knife and asking them to kill their grandparents. Leticia Silva, 31, had lost custody of the girls, ages 7 and 9, prior to the incident, ABC Action News reported. The... Read More
Miranda Kerr certainly knows how to become one with nature. The supermodel went topless during a recent beach photo shoot and tweeted the nude photo to her 1.6 million followers, according to Us Weekly. She tweeted the Instagram photo, writing, “You’re the best @chriscolls koraorganicsbymk #purenature #freespirit.” The 29-year-old Australian beauty looked absolutely radiant surrounded by foaming... Read More
Talk about using the long arm of the law! A New Jersey police department has launched an investigation after a YouTube clip emerged apparently showing a cop punching a woman in the face outside a nightclub. Elizabeth Police Department officials confirmed the internal probe after the clip received more than 10,000 views online, The Star-Ledger reported. The... Read More
Fans of Rihanna know she isn’t afraid of showing off every part of her life online – and what better way to thank you for a gifted pair of thigh-high boots than wearing them naked, bar a simple white thong, and posting the snap online? Unapologetic Rihanna showed off her perfect figure as she modelled... Read More
by Ryan O’Connel 1. You can’t remember the last time you traveled for pleasure and not for business/to go home for the holidays to see your family.Yes, trips home are essential and great, but they’re not exactly relaxing. You’re paying a bunch of money to go someplace you’ve been a thousand times before and to... Read More
by Christine Gallagher If you have to have a conversation with the ex and it veers into old familiar angry territory, end the chat fast. Let the ex know you won’t venture back into this swampy area. I was having lunch with a group of women recently and the conversation turned (surprise!) to relationships. Carole... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere and youth wing of Ndigbo have opposed the Sultan of Sokoto’s amnesty demand for members of the violent Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Ex-President of the main Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dozie Ikedife, said it was too early at this stage to be considering granting amnesty to Boko Haram. Groups opposing Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar’s call described... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu 83 per cent of oil blocks in the country are owned by Northerners, it has been revealed. Senator Ita Enang, on Wednesday made the revelation as the debate on the Petroleum Industry Bill rages on. “There should be equity and federal character in the allocation of oil blocks in this country. Eighty-three... Read More
by Chi Ibe A piece of black cloth hung at the entrance to the Ayede Ekiti community, Oye Local Government, Ekiti State has thrown the residents into panic as the cloth allegedly signifies a planned attack following the death of a suspected armed robber weeks ago. According to a resident whose identity was protected, other signs showing thieves... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu A suit filed on December 28, 2011 against Governor Seriaki Dickson of Bayelsa State to stop him from running in the in the February 2012 governorship election was only just thrown out recently. Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the suit filed by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Austin... Read More