While brothers sit in the studios busting rhymes and never making a dime, educated guys at Yale are making millions off of the products that they create. Three friends at Yale University created the website “Rap Genius,” which translates hip hop lyrics, and have turned it into a multi-million dollar empire. This week, the tech... Read More
Robert Brown and Nathanael Gay wed in a beautiful ceremony at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort in Lexington, Kentucky. The couple then put their video online as a way of sharing their special day with the world, and if they’d been straight, the reaction probably would’ve been on of, “ooohhh, how cute”, but since they’re a... Read More
As Mitt Romney continues to rise in the polls, Democrats are still scratching their heads, trying to figure out why President Obama didn’t mentally show up to the first presidential debate last week. Pundits have speculated on all sorts of reasons for Obama’s weak performance. Some say President Obama was tired and just doesn’t like... Read More
This is the power of folklore, especially on young and developing minds; and the difference between the truth and a notorious fact will only get smaller. We moved to the University of Lagos campus as I was about to start my secondary school education. The first thing my father did was to take me to... Read More
Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has rejected an attempt by MPs to award themselves a bonus of more than $105,000 each. The MPs, already among Africa’s highest paid lawmakers, had wanted the money to be paid when parliament breaks up ahead of elections due in March 2013, the BBC reports. But their attempt sparked angry protests... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo The singer unveiled this on Twitter a few minutes ago. What do you think?
Justin Bieber has been having a rough couple of weeks. First, the 18-year-old pop star vomited mid-song during his concert in Arizona, then he was the victim of yet another celebrity swatting prank and now he’s had “personal footage” stolen, resulting in nude photo rumors that have the Internet buzzing. In a series of tweets... Read More
The police on Thursday arraigned one Paul Ogor before a Kubwa Senior Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on a two-count charge of house-breaking and theft. Police prosecutor, Sandra Oparaugo, told the court that one Immalusi Silas, a security man at St. Bartholomew Anglican Church, Kubwa, reported the case to the police on October 1. Oparaugo said... Read More
A private school in Depok City, Indonesia, has reportedly reversed its decision to expel a 14-year-old rape victim, following the media frenzy surrounding the incident earlier this week. According to AFP, the school expelled the teenager on Monday, claiming she “tarnished the institution’s image after she was raped by a trafficking syndicate.” Identified only by... Read More
by Isi Esene The train for the season 3 of Nigeria’s biggest music show; Nigerian Idol kicks off this Saturday from Abuja. The auditions which will take place at the Rockview Royal Hotel on Saturday 13 October starts by 7am. You can still take advantage of this opportunity and be a part of this life changing experience by... Read More
An orphaned puppy and abandoned kitten who were put together at a rescue centre have become so close – they think they are sisters. Kitty the cat was brought into Battersea Cats and Dogs Home by a kind-hearted member of the public who found her alone in a garden when she was just one day... Read More
by Dr. Boyce Watkins Kiyosaki made the move after being wiped out by a $24 million dollar lawsuit that he lost to the Learning Annex. When you make millions giving financial advice to other people, the last thing anyone expects is for you to go bankrupt. Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling book, “Rich... Read More
Nigerian men 4x400m team at the Sydney 2000 Olympics elevated to the position of gold by the International Olympic Committee has been given up to November 1, 2012 to return the silver medals in their possession before the process of awarding the gold medals could be commenced. The United States was stripped of the gold... Read More
A 14-year-old German teenager took his mother’s jewellery worth between 2,000 and 3,000 euros ($2,500-$3,800) and pawned it for 300 euros ($380) to finance two trips to a brothel for himself and a friend, German police said on Wednesday. Karlsruhe police spokesman Ralf Minet said the teenager’s mother is pressing charges of theft against her... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Everyone’s favourite superstar was on a vacation recently in Miami, and thanks to Instagram, we have the photos here to prove it. Live the life, sister! *This post has been updated.
by Mark Schaefer But there is just something different, something more intimate, about how people are sharing their visual lives on Instagram. A few weeks ago I professed my love for Instagram and predicted that this easy photo-sharing app would soar. Now, new data from The Social Habit seems to confirm that Instagram is poised... Read More
But should spending so much money on a date determine how impressive a guy is on a lady? Aren’t there other ways of achieving that without spending so much? My friend Ken was recently introduced to a beautiful lady whom he hoped to impress on their first date. He thought the best way to impress... Read More
Even though Nigerians are proud of the new electronic passports being issued by the Nigerian Immigration Services, the organisation is burdened by the high cost of producing them as a result of the importation of all the needed materials. Speaking at the inauguration of a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Abuja on Tuesday,... Read More
A high school football player and his brother have been arrested by authorities in Alaska for allegedly raping a drunken teenage boy with a beer bottle at a raucous underage drinking party. Anthony Resetarits, 20, and Joseph Resetarits, 18, were charged Thursday with one felony count each of second-degree assault. The elder Resetarits is a... Read More
by Akan Ido The race to get married for many young Nigerians has gone clearly spiritual with several religious organisations cashing-in on the demand. Our picture of the day shows an advert for this year’s edition of ”My own wedding must hold this year” which took place sometime ago. Ladies, what do you think?
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature today for works which the awarding committee said had qualities of “hallucinatory realism”. The prize won by the writer is worth 8 million crowns ($1.2 million) and was given by the Swedish Academy. The literature prize is the fourth of this year’s crop of... Read More
What: Nigeria and South Africa Fashion Show. Where: Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. When: October 6, 2012. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
by Hauwa Gambo So because the world is obsessed with all things (Princess) Kate Middleton, pictures across the globe show her fulfilling the wishes of a 10-year-old schoolboy… well, almost – or at least as good as he was ever gonna get. According to the Daily Mail: Earlier in the day as she greeted crowds... Read More
by Demola Rewaju Though I’m not an advocate of pre-marital sex, I admit it is a reality in our society today so I’m not preaching that you stop but that you gain a deeper understanding of what your D represents and stop relating with it merely as a means to the giving and receiving of... Read More
Our job is to “reduce crime by bringing more offences to justice, and to raise public confidence that the system is fair and will deliver for the law-abiding citizen.” In the aftermath of the horrific killing of four young undergraduates by residents of the now smeared Omuokiri-Aluu community in Rivers, Nigerians have struggled to come to terms with... Read More
Florida Gov Rock Scott sent thousands of Floridians to a dirty phone sex line when he accidentally gave out the wrong number for the state’s fungal meningitis hotline. Anyone who dialed the number Gov Scott offered was greeted with a sultry woman saying: ‘Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary.’ The humorous... Read More
by Abimbola Adelakun Since the news broke that Mrs. Patience Jonathan was hospitalised, there has been a systematic repetition of history. I take that back, history doesn’t repeat itself; such linguistic constructions in the intransitive mode shrewdly obscure the oft-unpleasant reality that the actors of history are active agents of concomitant actions that culminate in... Read More
Less than 24 hours after the kidnap of Muiba, wife to Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Najeem Salaam, her abductors have demanded N200m ransom for her release. A source told our correspondent in Osogbo on that the suspected kidnappers phoned the Speaker on Wednesday to make the demand. It was learnt that the... Read More
The people of Omuokiri Aluu Community have begun to count their losses barely 24 hours after students from the University of Port Harcourt embarked on reprisals to avenge the killings of their colleagues. The angry students had on Tuesday stormed the community, burnt some houses, cars and other property over the torture and murder of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Great news: A 120-year-old woman, Rhoda Tamunu, has been rescued from a house submerged in the floods in Bayelsa. On Wednesday, Mrs. Tamunu was rescued by the state’s Emergency Medical Services at Agudama in the state’s capital, Yenagoa. She is one of many displaced by the raging floods, some in relief camps... Read More