Salman Khan runs the largest school in the world. Khan Academy, a non-profit organization, has over 10 million students. The academy site has over 3,000 videos as well as quizzes and other tools that teachers can use in their classrooms. Khan Academy is focused on providing a free education to everyone. Khan’s idea of providing... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The commissioner of Transportation in Lagos State, Kayode Opeifa, has announced results from the evaluation after the new Lagos traffic law was introduced. He claims that the restriction of commercial motorcycles also known as okada on major highways has reduced motorcycle related accidents by a whopping 95 per cent. Opeifa... Read More
Mr. Abayomi Orioye has urged an Ijanikin Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Orioye because he found that she had sex with his best friend. And to add salt to injury, the incident took place in their matrimonial home. Narrating the incident, Abayomi, 50, told the court that she told the... Read More
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson gambled more than $54 million on Tuesday’s elections. And he lost. The quixotic chairman of the Las Vegas Sands gaming company rose to the top of campaign giving in 2012, gaining notoriety for almost single-handedly staking the campaign of Republican primary contender Newt Gingrich and then continuing to make audacious contributions... Read More
For one man who travelled from Chicago to New Jersey to help clean up after Hurricane Sandy, the good karma from the effort cashed itself in early. According to ABC Chicago, John Turner, 38, runs National Catastrophe Solutions of Chicago, a local water removal business. Last week, Turner and his staff travelled to the Northeast... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Early Christmas present for the Iseghohis as they welcome their very beautiful baby girl. Bet she takes after her mum, former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Anita Uwagbale-Iseghohi. The beauty queen turned entrepreneur gave birth to her third child in the United States of America last night. Anita is married to business... Read More
If you asked Pastor Tami Robinson how she ended up being arrested for what has been called illegal activity, she would say that she was just doing God’s work. Robinson moved people into two abandoned homes by filing paperwork with the Property Appraiser’s Office and then changing the locks on the door and giving the... Read More
Sandeep Singh, Mega Millions lottery winner, claimed his $30.5 million prize this week A young man from Massachusetts who was recently dumped by his girlfriend snagged a $30.5 million Mega Millions prize this week. According to the Associated Press, Sandeep Singh claimed his lottery prize on Wednesday, opting to take home a one-time lump sum... Read More
by Isi Esene Commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as ‘okada’, have started looking elsewhere to earn a means of livelihood after feeling the effect of the new Lagos traffic law restricting them from plying many highways. Here, they are seen loading their motorcycles in trucks for the long journey back home. “We’ll go back to... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu United Kingdom has announced it will end financial aid to India by 2015. Justine Greening, international development secretary said aid worth about £200m will end between now and 2015 and the UK will replace that aid with offering technical assistance. Greening said the move, which will be popular with Tory MPs, reflected India’s... Read More
When two pitbulls rushed through the hole of a chain linked fence and attacked an 11-year-old boy and his 5-year-old sister in Dublin, Ga., big brother took charge. According to 13 WMAZ-TV, Maleik Carr and his sister Jalia walk through a backyard along the fence to get to the school bus stop each day. But... Read More
But if I had the opportunity to ask the judges one question, it would be this: How on earth did Teju Cole’s Open City and Eghosa Imasuen’s Fine Boys fail to make that initial ten-man shortlist? How? “Petty cash.” That was how the critic Molara Wood, then an editor at the defunct newspaper 234Next, described... Read More
by Isi Esene The first lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe has advised citizens of the country to stay in the country and seek spiritual help saying there are also anointed men of God in the Southern African country. She maintained that she sees no reason why Zimbabweans should go outside the country and spending exorbitant... Read More
by Sarah Miller But truly, there is nothing hotter to a woman than a man who’s willing to admit he was wrong because he just loves her so damn much. Women freak out. Often at you. Often for no discernible reason. You say something that you consider totally innocuous, or even downright nice, only to... Read More
by hounge Given all these variables, I believe it’s only a matter of time before the law becomes favourably disposed to gay rights in Nigeria. I know this topic will shock, surprise, or amuse you but please allow me finish before you vent your anger. Thank you. When I say ‘Gays’ it’s not just Adam+Adam... Read More
by Isi Esene Multiple sources are reporting the death of the former governor of Oyo State, Lam Adesina. Adesina was the governor of the state under the Alliance for Democracy between 1999 and 2003. He was succeeded as governor by Rashidi Ladoja of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adesina was born on 20 January 1939.... Read More
And in the end, the truth will set you free. At least, hopefully, for Kirstie Alley, who confessed Monday to having had an affair with former “North and South” costar Patrick Swayze back in the 1980s – when both were in relationships with other people. “Both of us were married,” the actress told Entertainment Tonight’s... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s senate may soon pass a contentious bill which would make it illegal for school children from poor homes to aspire to be governors. Senators argued that the radical bill has become necessary following an English composition written by a Primary 4 pupil in Diobu Community Grammar School, Port Harcourt, titled “Why... Read More
by Isi Esene Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has recently been in the news over reports that he got a private jet as gift from church members to celebrate his birthday and his 40th anniversary on the pulpit. Oritsejafor, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) spoke to the press about his journey so far... Read More
by Barbara Becker Holstein Don’t think there is an affair behind every divorce. The real story may be much less of a romance-novel-gone-astray and more a lot of screaming, yelling and sleeping in separate bedrooms. Behind every divorce is an extramarital affair, right? Wrong. Janet and Mike were headed for divorce. So were Sally and... Read More
by Nomalanga The lesson that we can draw from this is that no matter how bleak your circumstances look, you can always pick yourself back up and keep going and doing what you know to do to get your life back on track. Fantasia Barrino has had the headlines buzzing in the last few months.... Read More
Does God really have some special people whom He punishes anyone who dares say anything against them? “Aziza, I am concerned about the general tone of conversation among Christians especially the new generation churches. There’s so much fear of ‘man of God’. I even watch on TV as certain pastors teach that pastors and ministers... Read More
by Henrik Edberg Setting goals and reviewing them frequently is one way to keep your focus on what’s important and to help you take action that will move your closer to toward where you want to go. I am 28 now. I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes... Read More
by Towanna B. Freeman Constant screaming and shouting at home makes a child feel that yelling is a normal and acceptable behaviour. Since childhood is a very impressionable phase, a child develops his behavior based on what he sees around. Yelling is quite a common thing for many parents who lose their patience too soon... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Italian striker Mario Balotelli has had his £160,000 Bentley Continental GT wrapped in vinyl army camouflage for that special effect. The 22-year-old car attracted attention recently parked at the Carrington complex, plenty of backroom staff and even some players approached it for a closer look. Balotelli, who crashed his car in the... Read More
by Isi Esene A murder suspect, Surajudeen Alaraba was recently paraded at the Ogun State Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for pushing his wife into a pit latrine after an argument. The news came as a little strange since the couple were described by neighbours as friendly and gentle. The incident reportedly happened in the Agbado... Read More
Nigeria is like this today because the enemies of progress have been calling the shots in critical positions. No, no, no. I am not about to write a tribute to U.S. President Barack Obama for winning a second term, although he more than deserves some praise. In 2008, his victory owed largely to the novelty... Read More
by Isi Esene Sam Adeyemi, the senior pastor of the Daystar Christian Centre has denied rumours that he owns a private jet. He said this, yesterday, during the annual Excellence in Leadership (ELC) conference organized by the church. Adeyemi reportedly denied the rumours saying, “I do not own a private yet.” “It is a rumour... Read More
Love, however, found Leri in the form of words. She wrote and wrote until the ink in her pen ran dry. Let me tell you a story of a girl named Leri, a girl who was defined by the circumstances of her life. For the most part of Leri’s teenage years, she was a ticking... Read More