Facebook status update: already married — twice. A Washington man pleaded guilty to bigamy after his wife learned he was married to a second woman by looking at Facebook’s “people you may know” notification. The second woman’s profile picture showed her with the first bride’s husband standing near a wedding cake. Alan O’Neill, a 42-year-old... Read More
by Isi Esene The first pictures of the Egyptian born US man who is suspected to be behind the amateur movie considered to be in bad taste by followers of Islam have been released. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, is reported to be at the center of the probe into the amateurish movie “Innocence of Muslims,”... Read More
Venus and Serena Williams started out supporting a documentary that told their life story but now that they have realized that the movie paints a negative picture of their father,Richard Williams, they have withdrawn their support. Until recently, the Williams sisters had the intention of appearing on the red carpet at the movie’s premier at... Read More
Chris Brown’s Fortune Album It appears that a group of morality vigilantes in the UK haven’t forgiven Chris Brown for the domestic dispute he had with his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Several copies of Chris Brown’s Fortune album have been labeled with a sticker saying “WARNING – Do not buy this album! This man beats women” in HMV stores... Read More
Last month on Kim Kardashian’s reality show, Kanye West told Kim he’d buy her a new wardrobe if she promised to trash her old clothes. “[You’re] getting on best dressed lists now,” he told her as he sifted through her new wardrobe. Ironically, West’s fate for his girlfriend’s fashion sense is heading in the opposite... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola This year, the number one challenge of the Nigerian government has been how to curtail the menace of Boko Haram. One of the greatest criticisms of the Jonathan administration is the frequent setting up of committees without implementing the recommendations that flow from such committees. This tradition did not begin from the... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Oil has murdered sleep, and has set friendly neighbours on the path of acrimony. Since August 30th when Orient Petroleum Resources commissioned its facilities in an occasion where President Jonathan declared Anambra State as the 10th oil producing state, there has been tensions between the states of Anambra, Kogi and Enugu. The... Read More
Very regular Arthur, 90, has called in into The Griffin almost every day since turning 18. Back then, in 1940, a pint cost a shilling – now it’s £2.75. And he’s drunk 30,000 of them over the years. The retired council worker, who left school at 14 and never married or had children, said he... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Obinna Ekezie is a former NBA player turned technology entrepreneur. At the age of 18, Ekezie left Nigeria for the United States where he spent the next decades. He earned a full athletic scholarship to attend university at the University of Maryland from 1995 – 1999. He played for five teams in... Read More
Women who regularly take ibuprofen and paracetamol are more likely to go deaf, say researchers. The non-prescription painkillers are widely available at supermarkets and are taken by millions every day to ease headaches and inflammation. But a study of more than 62,000 women found taking the drugs just twice a week increases the risk of... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Not everyone is impressed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s co-ordination of the nation’s economy, especially as regards her handling of Nigeria’s debt profile. Festus Iyayi of the University of Benin, Edo State, is one of such. And in an event on Friday, the professor described the recent utterances of the finance minister as “irresponsible and... Read More
… At that point it started to feel like I probably preferred the many Chinese locals who hadn’t heard of Nigeria before. At least I could sell the country as whatever I wanted. The ones I met at the forum knew Nigeria too well and knew all the sides that made me sad. “Where is... Read More
by Akan Ido The battle for a sizable number of young people we see in our daily interaction is the desire to lose weight, look sexy and be noticed, but for Lizzie Velasquez, its far deeper than that. Velasquez was born with a rare disease which prevents her from gaining weight. She has no fat... Read More
by Isi Esene She has been described in diverse superlatives but her recently released photos, on her official website, can only be described as stunningly sexy. ToolzO, the on-air-personality, talked about the pictures saying, “When I’m in front of the camera trying to remember to ‘suck-belle’, show off my better left-side, trying to make my... Read More
Then my mother gave me Chike and the River as a birthday gift, and I began to slide the glass door of the bookshelf open again and again, to read Things Fall Apart, The Concubine, Weep Not, Child, books I had dismissed as boring. I was eight the first time I heard it. I had... Read More
by Rob Enderle For the last decade, Apple has set the gold standard for product launches, and credit has always rested unequivocally on the shoulders of Steve Jobs. The company always knew how to woo loyalists, but when Jobs returned, he found a way to speak to the rest of us when presenting products like... Read More
by Isi Esene The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is reported to be investigating five judges; two chief judges and three judges of the Federal High Court, for keeping fat bank accounts. According to reports, the EFCC has in its possession their statements of account and how the funds were transferred into the said... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It was a naira rain in Aso Rock yesterday as President Jonathan showed critics that he appreciated the efforts of the victorious Paralympics athletes and female Under 20 footballers, Falconets, who did the country proud. At a reception in their honour, President Goodluck Jonathan announced cash gifts of N1m for each Falconet,... Read More
by Isi Esene Emmanuel Iheanacho, the former minister of interior and owner of Integrated Oil and Gas has been released by the State Security Service (SSS), Lagos State Command. Iheanacho’s company was accused of dealing in illegally acquired petroleum products. Officials of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and armed forces personnel attached... Read More
by Isi Esene The assault case leveled against David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido continues to linger as Hashiru Azeez, the owner of the taxi whose driver was allegedly assaulted gives an insight into the intrigues surrounding the case, Punch is reporting. Azeez, the car owner who employed Femi Ajibola, the driver who claimed he... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigerians are missing me – Dame Patience The wife of Nigeria’s Vice-President, Hajiya Amina Sambo, has turned down calls for her to step up and assume the role of acting first lady of the federation, saying she is not interested in the job, as she is loyal to her boss, Dame Patience... Read More
by Reuben Daba The Liberian national football team, Lone Star, now has a good motivation to beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria when the two teams meet in a Nations Cup qualifier on October 13. N22 million worth of motivation. The Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announced that if the Lone Star beats the Super Eagles in the return leg... Read More
by Akan Ido Six trucks suspected to be carrying illegally acquired petroleum products were yesterday set on fire by security agents at Ajogu and Lokoja, both in Kogi State. The contents were suspected to have been siphoned illegally at Adogo in Ajaokuta, and Osara in Okehi LGA. Three of the trucks were set on fire... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The rainy season isn’t even fully here, but already severe flooding is ravaging several cities in the country, especially in the North. Scientists say it is global warming; city planners say it is the poor drainage systems in our cities; and now you can add a third view: the massive flooding tormenting... Read More
by Eileen Barker It may surprise you to learn that one of the most effective tools — especially in emotionally charged, high conflict divorces — is forgiveness. Let’s face it — it’s hard to end a marriage without some degree of anger, resentment, disappointment or guilt creeping in. In the old days, it was... Read More
by Mona Eltahawy When my fellow Americans ask me that tired question, “Why do they hate us?”, my initial response is usually: “It’s not about you.” When a fellow Egyptian wants to talk about hating the US, I flip that response on its head and tell her: “It’s not about America – it’s about you.”... Read More
by Basil Fadipe A doctor is trained to save life, not take it. But somewhere along the line, segments of society ‘retrain’ him to take life either by inflicting such last act without which death would not have occured (euthanasia) or assisting the victim in inflicting that last act himself (assisted suicide). Negotiating society... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Floods are ravaging several parts of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, displacing hundreds of people. Lokoja isn’t the only affected place; several communities along the bank of the River Niger in Ibaji, Ajaokuta, Ofu, Idah and Omala Local Government Areas were also affected. According to the Kogi commissioner for environment, Abdulrahman Wuya,... Read More
An extremely dedicated dog has continued to show its loyalty, keeping watch on its owner’s grave six years after he passed away. Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina.... Read More
by Abdullahi Aborode It is obvious to Nigerians of endowed reasoning capability, that the policy of devaluation and increase pump price of gasoline are wicked taxes imposed on the average Nigerians to cater for the greed and avarice of the few at the corridors of power. It’s been an ongoing debate for a while now and a... Read More