by Rachel Ogbu It’s hopes dashed for Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, the notorious Lagos preacher popularly known as “Rev. King” according to new reports . We reported this morning that he was to know his fate today after the Court of Appeal in Lagos was scheduled to announce its decision on the death sentence given to him by a Lagos... Read More
A state judge has decided to halt the execution of a woman in Texas. Kimberly McCarthy, a 51-year old, would have been the first woman in the US to be put to death since 2010. State District Judge Larry Mitchell gave the woman a reprieve just five hours before she was set to be... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu This is a video by Channels TV journalist, Deji Badmus exposing the decay at the Nigerian police college in Lagos. “I can’t imagine that people will live in a place like this,” Badmus said. Warning, it’s not for the faint hearted. Watch the video here:
Karl Lagerfeld isn’t a fan of the fringe. The fashion mastermind dissed Michelle Obama’s new bangs in a recent interview with French talk show, “Le Petit Journal.” “I don’t understand the new hair,” Lagerfeld said. “Frankly, the fringe was a bad idea. It’s not good.” He said the new ‘do makes the First Lady... Read More
Soccer fans of the Dutch club FC Den Bosch were verbally abusing American striker Jozy Altidore with monkey chants during a match on Tuesday, but that didn’t distract him from scoring a goal for his team. Announcements were made over the loudspeaker warning fans that the game might be canceled if they continued making racist... Read More
It’s unthinkable that a country would have less money in its bank account than the average American, but that’s the story that Zimbabwe officials are telling. After paying public workers’ salaries at the end of the week, the Zimbabwe government’s bank account had a balance of just $217, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Tuesday. “Last... Read More
American Idol has had a time of it lately, with former contestants bashing the show and expressing their gripes. Smash’s Jennifer Hudson is no exception. While it is true that American Idol has seen far more contestants than any other music reality show go on to have successful careers, it has seen a huge decline in ratings. It could be... Read More
A teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada is being criticized for allowing students to wear KKK robes to class. The teacher at the Las Vegas Academy, a magnate school for the performing arts, is not going to be punished for his decision. He says that students were being asked to write a paper, perform a skit... Read More
by Chi Ibe (H/T: LIB for Photo) Ace musician, 2face Idibia and high life legend, Victor Olaiya are allegedly working on one of Olaiya’s classic track, ‘Jowo’. 2face is to feature on the track and we are trying to imagine what is will sound like.
by Rachel Ogbu Two ladies, Priscilla Pena and Michelle Blassingale were caught smuggling six and a half kilos of cocaine hidden in the home made ‘diapers’ they wore under their pants. Their plans went burst at the JFK airport in New York after arriving on a JetBlue flight from the Dominican Republic. Customs and Border... Read More
A mild drama ensued Wednesday in Karu, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) when a food seller in the Karu Motor Park, known as Mama Ngozi, was alleged to have found the sum of N4million misplaced by a white man who came to eat in her makeshift canteen. LEADERSHIP learnt that the... Read More
A Tennessee dog owner sent his pet to be euthanized because he suspected the dog was “gay.” Fortunately, the pup was later adopted. A Jackson, Tenn., resident surrendered his “gay” dog for euthanization to the Jackson Rabies Control Animal Shelter on Jan. 29 because he saw his male pitbull/American bulldog mix “humping” another male dog,... Read More
Beyonce spoke to the media at a Super Bowl press conference Thursday afternoon, just days before she’ll take perhaps the nation’s biggest stage during the game’s halftime show. But she started the show her way: By singing the national anthem, live. “Any questions?” she asked after completing the impressive performance. “I am a perfectionist,” she... Read More
Police were hunting for a convicted murderer on Thursday after he was mistakenly released from custody in Chicago, where he was sent to face a drug charge while serving a 60-year prison sentence in Indiana. Indiana Department of Corrections officials said Steven L. Robbins, 44, was sent to Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday to... Read More
Iran has hanged two men for “waging war against God,” over their role in an assault that was filmed and posted on YouTube. A 37-second video posted on YouTube in December and later shown on Iranian state television showed four masked men approaching the victim on motorcycles, and then two of them assaulting him, taking... Read More
Farouk Lawan: remanded in Kuje prison Lawan Farouk and Boniface Emenalo, both Chairman and Secretary of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Adhoc Committee for the probe of the oil subsidy regime were on Friday arraigned before an Abuja High Court on a seven count charge for allegedly soliciting for and obtaining the sum of $620,000 from... Read More
by Lai Labode While we cannot and will never be able to divorce politics from money, the use of money in our political field is predominantly negative, deceiving and morally devious. “While we pursue our vision for Nigeria within the PDP under the PDP Youth Circuit, I cannot but see the possibilities that are there... Read More
from Real Buzz Research has shown that eating an apple 20 minutes prior to a eating a meal reduces the amount you eat during that meal. How full did you feel after your last meal? Did you get a sense of sustained satisfaction or did you find that hunger pangs got you reaching for a... Read More
by Matthew Herper More recent data, the authors say, shows that people lose much less weight when they burn it over a longer period of time. The cover copy of a thousand magazines was attacked this morning in the august pages of the New England Journal of Medicine by Krista Casazza, David B. Allison, both from... Read More
by Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu Perhaps, we (women) are the cause of our limitations. Take urban societies in Nigeria for instance. In a society where the worth of a woman is judged by her beauty rather than her desire to achieve goals to better her people, Nigerian women have gone the extra length to re-define the concept,... Read More
by Sarah Klein Face it — you’re not very productive when you’re typing with one hand and you’ve got a sandwich in the other. There’s a difference between killing time and Me Time. About 26 percent of Americans call themselves procrastinators, but regular breaks throughout the day can actually make you more productive. That’s right: Forcing yourself to power through that... Read More
from Real Buzz If only people could put as much energy into finding a new job as they do into moaning about it, then they could make a major change to their lives. Stuck in a rut? If you feel it’s time to make a fresh start then take a look at our top 25 tips to... Read More
from Real Buzz While we don’t advise you to put yourself in any danger, if there is something you have been putting off for a while out of fear, now is the time to bite the bullet and see it through. Life isn’t always perfect and we all get down sometimes. However, there are many... Read More
from Techyville Midnight snacks and late dinners are known to be bad for you, but it turns out that when you eat lunch also matters. A lot of us think that what we eat is one of the only contributor to our weight, but there are other factors that dictate your size too. Exercise and... Read More
by Nana Nwachukwu Even if the judge was present at the transaction that resulted in the crime, he/she cannot attempt to give evidence or add material except that which has been provided by the parties. A judge can only convict on the strength of the case and nothing more. I have read with interest the... Read More
by Akan Ido Former Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees Chairman, Tony Anenih yesterday defended politicians saying not all of them are corrupt. Anenih said this while delivering a speech at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, as the chief launcher of the book; “Nigeria, Yesterday, Today” authored by Professor Godwin Sogolo. He said every society... Read More
by Ikechukwu Idibia When has it become a crime for government to point at projects it has executed or is executing, especially in Nigeria where armchair critics and columnists can sit down in the comfort of their rooms to concoct anything against any government that is not in their good books or that of their... Read More
by Ebere Agina The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has commenced the audit of physical allocations and statutory disbursement of the extractive industry from 2007 to 2011 with an initial focus on the nine oil-producing states. This audit is coming in line with the decision of the Federal Executive Council at its November 28,... Read More
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by Rachel Ogbu The Senate has questioned the 2013 budget of the Federal Capital Territory that allocated N4 billion to build a mission house for first ladies. Other plans to spend N7.5bn on managing the FCT and N150m on renovating the Vice-President’s Guest House in Asokoro, Abuja were questioned as well. According to reports, the Senate raised the concerns during... Read More
David Beckham has made history by revealing he will be donating the entire salary from his new contract with Paris St Germain to a children’s charity in Paris. In what is believed to be a world first, the 37-year-old footballer will be donating around £3million to the cause – if reports of his £150,000-a-week salary... Read More