by Akan Ido The presidency has responded to a statement attributed to former president Muhammadu Buhari hinting that he might change his mind by deciding to again contest the 2015 elections after the proposed opposition merger has been concluded. Buhari had said this in Abuja on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Congress for Progressive...
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by Chido Onumah Mr. President, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the reality is that Nigeria is only great in our imaginations. Nigeria is big for nothing! How many times have we heard the expression “Nigeria won’t break up”? This clichéd expression has become the chorus of Nigeria’s ruling elite; an elite that will not raise a finger to...
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Seven hostages were executed today as Algeria’s four-day hostage stand-off came to a bloody end when the country’s special forces stormed the remote desert gas plant. The army killed 11 militants during the ‘final assault’ on Al Qaeda-linked gunmen, but not before they in turn executed seven hostages, the state news agency reported Defence Minister Philip Hammond...
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Two brave – or should that be foolhardy – male presenters volunteered to experience labour pains for a skit on their TV show – and found it harder to stomach than they realised. Dutch presenting duo Dennis Storm and Valerio Zena were hooked up to electrodes that replicated the contractions women are forced to undergo...
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by Akan Ido Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has described the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha as a political failure. Obasanjo said this in Abeokuta yesterday at the grand finale of a civic reception organized in his honour by the South West Zone of the PDP. Governor Okorocha had earlier jokingly referred to the former...
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by Simon Kolawole Many Nigerians are disdainful of the PDP – but the question is: what is the opposition all about? What are they offering us, beyond tough-talking press statements? I’m a young, politically conscious Nigerian and, should I say, someone whose vote is up for grabs in 2015. First of all, I do...
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Pop star Justin Bieber has won a legal battle in which a woman claimed her ear drums broke due to the screaming at his concert. According to TMZ Stacey Betts who initially filed the lawsuit last summer filed documents last week asking the court to dismiss her case. The mother, who doesn’t have a lawyer,...
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A Bulgarian politician today survived an extraordinary assassination attempt when a man stormed the stage and held a gun to his head as he was giving a speech. Fortunately for Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the weapon misfired giving him time to react and hit the would-be assassins hand out...
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She’s known for her incredible body as well as for her singing, dancing and acting career. So it’s somewhat surprising to learn that Jennifer Lopez found it ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘nerve racking’ stripping off for her latest film Parker. Looking incredible in a nude coloured dress the 43-year-old spoke about the scene as she appeared on...
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Parents send their kids to college in order to get educated. At one college they were shocked to learn that the professor ordered them to masturbate in class. A professor at Western Nevada College supposedly required his students to masturbate, keep a diary of sex and write a paper detailing their sexual histories in order...
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For aspiring model Nicole Kyaw, it was a day that may forever alter the course of her life. On Tuesday, Kyaw, 18, was on her way to work at Urban Nation, a clothing store in the Fayette Mall in Lexington, Ky. when she was approached by two women. “They were waiting outside the store for...
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RIVERDALE, Utah — Hours after President Barack Obama called on Congress to ban assault weapons, one man’s protest raised some eyebrows at a Utah store. An Ogden woman snapped a few photos of a man standing inside a J.C. Penney on Wednesday with a big gun slung over his shoulder. Cindy Yorgason said that even...
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A top Bulgarian politician had a brush with death on Saturday after a gunman pointed a pistol at his head as he delivered a televised speech. Ahmed Dogan escaped unscathed after falling to the ground as security tackled the gunman in front of stunned meeting hall of 3,000 people in the capital, Sofia. No shots...
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Trauma: Sarah Newton, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, woke up during an operation but could not communicate with the surgeons to let them know A mother has described the agony of feeling a surgeon cutting into her stomach when she woke up during an operation. Sarah Newton lay paralysed on the operating table as she listened to...
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Hey guys watch your fingers. The woman you are in love with might eat them. A pregnant woman bit a portion of the finger of her boyfriend during a violent confrontation at his home in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, according to Hillsborough County deputies. The two had an argument that turned physical shortly before 6:00...
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If we had one complaint about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ads — that’s a very big “if” — it’d be that the soccer hunk is alwaysdepicted in black and white. But not anymore! Becks’ new spring/summer 2013 campaign, which Design Scene brought to us, has changed all that. And may we say: LET THERE BE LIGHT. Beckham’s bodywear...
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by Vincent Ehiabhi An IED has killed two soldiers and injured five others, Saturday in Okene, Kogi state. An army spokesman added that they were part of the contingent set to be deployed to Mali. Major General Bola Koleoso said that the soldiers were among the troops being prepared for deployment in Mali as part...
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by Vincent Ehiabhi Unidentified gunmen have attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero in Kano. The Emir’s convoy was attacked Saturday as he returned from a religious function. The attackers opened fire when the guards were firing the traditional guns to signal Bayero’s exit. The attackers opened fire from a motorcycle....
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Exactly 10 years ago today, the first copy of The Sun rolled off the press, and took the newspaper market by storm. On January 18, 2003, after many months of strategic planning and meticulous work, the publication hit the newsstands as a weekly, and promptly set all former records tumbling. The maiden cover story was...
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A 22-year-old Chicago man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly entered his ex-girlfriend’s home and stabbed her cat multiple times on Monday evening. Police say Miguel Vazquez, of the 4500 block of North Kimball Avenue, broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home in the city’s Uptown neighborhood around 9 p.m. Monday. CBS Chicago reports that he was...
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From Cafe Mom It’s that time of year again! The time where everyone vows to go back to the gym, tackle a new diet, or decide to finally quit smoking. And while those are all very noble goals, why not add a little something-something … extra, if you get my drift. Yes. Yes. I’m talking...
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by Chi Ibe It’s undoubtedly the season of baby bumps, and Kim Kardashian’s baby bump will surely be a leading celebrity news maker this year. Even as she announced a July delivery date, we can’t help appreciating how sexy Kim K looks as her bump keep growing. But, this sighting of Kim Kardashian in Miami...
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by Rachel Ogbu Don Jazzy is seeking a soul mate. Well, sort of – ish. Michael Collins Ajereh better known as Don Jazzy, CEO of Nigerian record label Mavin Records claims that he is still a bachelor because apparently, he has not found the woman his spirit agrees with. The 31-year-old multi award-winning record producer...
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by Rachel Ogbu If he was that desperate, why didn’t Hollywood heart-throb, Zack Efron have someone else pick up the items for him? Ugh. The 25-year-old actor was really embarrassed when he was spotted hanging out at a New York City sex shop… but everyone relax, Efron was simply filming a scene in “Are We Officially...
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by Rachel Ogbu Following the shocking Channels TV documentary on the deplorable living condition at the Police College, Ikeja, President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday surprised the authorities of the Lagos State Police Command when he paid an unscheduled visit. It will be remembered for being nothing short of an embarrassment as the commandant of the...
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by Wilfred Okiche Still excited by the online success of her last single ‘Summertime’, this vivacious and talented twenty something year old singer from Nigeria is starting off 2013 with a serious bang as she releases her 4th single entitled “I dey try 4 u.” The track is written and composed by Nenaya Jazmine herself;...
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by Sayo Owolabi I have developed the habit of calling him like the rapper, “Ikeeeechukwu”. Take it or leave it, Ike Uche is the most reliable of the Super Eagles strikers going to the 2013 AFCON A – AFRICA’S PREMIER FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. Yes indeed, this is the biggest football showpiece on the African continent and...
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by Rachel Ogbu It’s Saturday afternoon – so we are all permitted a little gossip. Everyone’s once-upon-a-time favourite rapper, William Orioha, ‘2shotz’ – who seems to have made more news these days from his love life rather than his art – already taking his new love to meet the grandparents – so that’s how serious...
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by Chiagozie F. Nwonwu Like Babylon and his crew who celebrated their successful rape, we unwittingly grant rapists the space to rub it in. I encountered rape very early in life. I was perhaps 14 when a random visit to the home of a local ruffian presented me with my first glimpse. A girl, lying...
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by Akan Ido The decrepit condition of many police infrastructure littered around the country has been the focus of attention after a Channels TV documentary detailing the run-down condition of the Police College located in Ikeja, Lagos. President Jonathan visited the college yesterday and described the documentary as a “calculated smear campaign” against his government...
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