The wife of a Premier League goalkeeper has claimed to be a witch who put a curse on him to sabotage his career. Richard Kingson – the most capped player in Ghana and former star at Birmingham, Wigan and Blackpool – has not played for his country or had a club since last year. Adelaide... Read More
by Akan Ido Rihanna recently revealed her new tattoo which she keeps very close to her chest. The 24-year-old singer’s new body art pays tribute to her late grandmother, Clara (Dolly) Brathwaite, who died of cancer July 1. She posted the picture online on Sunday night with a caption which read: “Goddess Isis — Complete... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigerian music legend Onyeka Onwenu shows in her new video Falling in Love, that she still has it! The song is off her compilation album, aptly named The Legend. . The video was directed by Tolucci. It’s a bit bare, but Onyeka in almost every frame, makes it all beautiful. We should... Read More
The Booker Prize 2012 shortlist was announced today, with the early favorite being Hilary Mantel’s “Bring up the Bodies,” the sequel to her Booker Prize-winning “Wolf Hall,” which took the award in 2009. The shortlisted books are: Tan Twan Eng, “The Garden of Evening Mists” (Myrmidon Books) Deborah Levy, “Swimming Home” (And Other Stories/Faber & Faber) Hilary Mantel,... Read More
It’s the dream team, meet the Supreme team And all our eyes green, it only mean one thing You ain’t fucking with my clique – Jay-Z (Clique) One the big ideas of this column have been the idea that people power is much greater than the people in power. As I have made very clear... Read More
Imagine that you own a blog where loads of information has been stored over time with value proportionately built with it? How would you want that value utilized should you no more be alive? A certain young lady on her way to her National Youth Service Corps got involved in a road accident and unfortunately... Read More
by Reuben Daba Timaya’s Bum Bum single off his new album Upgrade, now has a video. Of course, any video directed by Clarence Peters will be hot, and this one is no different. The single is titled Bum Bum, so we guess people knew what to expect, but we fear that Timaya might be courting an NBC ban... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is used to taking potshots at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but certainly not receiving them. So he finds himself in an uncomfortable position this week, being on the receiving end of a PDP lashing over his attendance... Read More
The Police in Delta State, weekend, stormed the coronation ceremony of a parallel Ovie (traditional) ruler of Ughevughe community in Ughelli South Local Government Area and halted the ceremony, during which the supposed king, Felix Ofulu, fled the community. Vanguard gathered that police officers from Otu Jeremi Police Division stormed the venue of the coronation... Read More
by Reuben Daba If fast rising musician, Davido has his way, fans would keep hearing nothing but his name for a long time to come. The crooner consistently comes up with new stuff to thrill and excite his teeming fans. And he’s at it again. This time, the star is set to launch a new... Read More
by Isi Esene In a new twist to the 5000 note saga, activists from the Concerned Human Rights Nigeria (CHRN), Civil Societies for Good Governance (CSGG), Joint Action Front (JAF), United Action for Democracy (UAD), Gani Fawehinmi Foundation (GFF), United Middle Belt Youth Congress (UMBYC), among others, took to the streets yesterday protesting the planned... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Her fans would miss her, but Damilola Adegbite (who plays Telema Duke on Tinsel) believes that there is time for everything, and after four years playing the lead role on the soap, she believes it is time to leave the show. She confirmed this in an official statement released on Monday 10th September... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Northern leaders and their Southern counterparts have totally divergent views on how the resources of the nation should be shared and managed. Whereas the Northern leaders, especially state governors have become more strident in their calls for the removal of the onshore/offshore dichotomy, their Southern counterparts are insisting that in fact what... Read More
by Isi Esene James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State who was convicted of money laundering and other financial crimes in a UK court in April surprised everyone yesterday by choosing to stay in his prison cell in Worchestershire rather than attend the confiscation of assets hearing between his defense team and the Crown... Read More
by Reuben Daba The September Issue of StyleMania Magazine is out, and on the cover is 53Extra’s stunning presenter Eku Edewor, rocking a white shirt and —well— showing some bit of flesh below the belt line. The model and actress reveals all she has been and what she hopes to achieve in a few years.... Read More
by Isi Esene With our gaze constantly fixed on the November #America2012 elections, we can’t help but notice how fit the US Vice President, Joe Biden appears to be as he sprinted out to address delegates at the recently concluded Democratic National Convention (DNC). Go get ’em Joe!
Where is president-in-waiting Xi Jinping? Is he nursing a bad back after pulling a muscle in a pick-up soccer game (or maybe in the swimming pool)? Has he been convalescing after narrowly escaping a revenge killing by supporters of ousted local Communist Party boss Bo Xilai? Was he in a car accident? Or is he... Read More
Kenyans are counting days before the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) switches off counterfeit phones at the end of September. According to the CCK, close to three million mobile phones in the Kenyan market are counterfeit – 10% of all the active mobile devices in the country. In accordance with Regulation 24 of the Kenya... Read More
by Akan Ido Tan Chaoyun, the mother of Chinese quadruplets, gets numbered haircuts for them to make it easier for folks to tell them apart. For the first day of school, she had their heads shaved into numbers 1 to 4. “My sons are identical, even to me,” she said. Chaoyun confessed she also finds... Read More
Do not be coerced into helping anyone break the law, all in the name of love or romance. I read the report of the murdered Cynthia Osokogu, may her soul rest in peace, and chills went over me. She went missing in July and her body was found late in August at a Festac Morgue after... Read More
by Akan Ido Capital Oil and Gas, one of the companies indicted by the Presidential Committee on Verification and Reconciliation of Fuel Subsidy Payments headed by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, has described the reports of the committee as “very shoddy”. The management of the company in a statement released to newsmen yesterday expressed surprise that the committee... Read More
by Akan Ido Former financial controller of Intercontinental Bank Plc. (now Access Bank Plc.), Akin Fabunmi, revealed in court yesterday that the bank paid N40bn to Tropics Securities, a stockbroking firm which Erastus Akingbola’s wife, Anthonia, has interests in, when buying its own shares from customers in 2008. Fabunmi said this at a Lagos High... Read More
by Isi Esene The labour dispute in South Africa doesn’t seem to be simmering down anytime soon. The strike in the Lonmin mines which resulted in the killing of several striking miners has spread to other mines with over 10,000 miners joining the strike from the west section of Gold Fields International’s KDC gold mine.... Read More
Jermaine Dupri has made last minute arrangements to save his Atlanta mansion from going up for auction after it fell into foreclosure. Dupri’s home was scheduled to be sold last week, but according to local new station WSBTV, the 15,000 square foot estate, located on Mount Paran Rd. in the northwest part of the city,... Read More
An Ohio man accused of raping a woman at gunpoint appeared in court wearing a bandage over his right eye — an injury suffered after police say the woman shot him in the face before escaping. Alleged attacker Duane Portman Sr. pleaded not guilty in Clark County court Friday and was held on a $50,000... Read More
Will the prize money be awarded in singles? Hustler founder Larry Flynt has offered $1 million for damaging information about Mitt Romney’s finances. Flynt detailed his offer in a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post. The ad will also run in Tuesday’s USA Today, according to Adweek magazine. The Hustler kingpin is... Read More
The first preventive pill for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) has been heralded as a positive step in the fight against AIDS in the United States. However, experts say only a small percentage of those at risk will benefit from it. U.S. health regulators last month approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s drug called Truvada, which is already used globally... Read More
An anonymous group is claiming to possess stolen copies of tax domuments belonging to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The group is also threatening to release the documents to the public if a $1 million dollar ransom is not paid. The U.S. Secret service is investigating the situation. However, sources observing the claim contend that... Read More
The parents of Olympic Gold medalist Tianna Madison apparently have a bone to pick with their daughter. Madison’s parents filed a $50,000 lawsuit against their daughter for allegedly slandering her parents with stories that they believe to have damaged their reputation. Madison argues that her parents have been selfish bullies toward her and cheated her... Read More
by Reuben Daba Photographers had an eyeful at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games, and who else to show them than the eccentric Lady Gaga. Donning a dress that made her look as though she was getting married, Lady Gaga celebrated the closing ceremony showing off her cleavage and ink. And she sure... Read More