It’s difficult enough to fit 16 candles on a birthday cake, but trying squeezing 116 on one. But Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person according to the Guinness World Records, chose to use numbers instead of actual candles when she celebrated her 116 th birthday Sunday. Guinness claims Cooper is one of only eight people... Read More
If a story involving an erection pill, penis surgery and lots of blood doesn’t suit your fancy, you should probably stop reading. If it does, meet Adrian Carter, who claims in a lawsuit filed on Monday that a Virilis Pro pill made his penis bleed and led to a terrifying surgery in which much of... Read More
Queen Elizabeth II is cooler than any of us. She raises corgis, parachutes from planes with James Bond (sort of) and hangs out with some awesome girlfriends. Should we even keep trying? Her Majesty took to the wheel in Balmoral over the weekend — home of the infamous corgis vs. Princess Beatrice’s terrier smackdown... Read More
Kim Kardashian has settled a lawsuit against Old Navy claiming the clothing retailer violated her publicity rights by using a lookalike in an ad. Kardashian sued over the spot in July 2011, claiming the company’s use of a model who looked like her might confuse consumers about her actual endorsements, which include a clothing store... Read More
In a recent interview with the National Catholic Register, Father Benedict Groeschel, of the conservative Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, said that teens act as seducers in some sexual abuse cases involving priests. It’s been close to a decade since an investigation into clergy sex abuse cases by The Boston Globe unearthed a shocking scandal... Read More
Thailand has long been known as the massage capital of the world. Now, it has a Guinness World Record to prove it. A record-breaking 641 massage therapists mass-massaged 641 people simultaneously for 12 minutes to win the honor Thursday at an indoor exhibition hall in Bangkok. The event was organized by the Ministry of Public... Read More
According to Fox News columnist Sally Kohn, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday “was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech.” “On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics,... Read More
A small town in Texas is grieving for its mayor, who was killed Monday when his pet donkey attacked him. William “Bill” Bohlke, mayor of Hollywood Park, Texas, was attacked Monday morning by a male, aggressive donkey he kept on the ranch, WOAI-TV reported. The cause of death is still pending, but Chief Deputy David... Read More
When the world’s smallest man meets the world’s smallest woman, it’s a big deal. Although record holders are often pictured next to each other in Guinness World Records books, they very rarely meet each other in the flesh. One notable exception came recently when the world’s shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, met the world’s shortest... Read More
Legend has it that Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” University of Missouri researchers are doing just that, but instead of building mousetraps, the scientists are targeting cancer drugs. In a new study, MU medicinal chemists have taken an existing drug that... Read More
“We’re just like everyone else!” proclaim 22-year-old conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel during the intro to their TLC show, Abby & Brittany, which premiered in back-to-back 30-minute episodes last night. The statement couldn’t be more true, and it also couldn’t be more false — and that contradiction is fuel for this gentle, wholesome reality... Read More
A new judge has been assigned to the case against George Zimmerman. Thursday, the 18th Judicial Circuit Court announced that Criminal Administrative Judge Debra Nelson has been assigned to the Zimmerman case, replacing Judge Kenneth Lester after Zimmerman’s defense team requested his removal. The replacement comes just one day after the Fifth District Court of... Read More
LeAnn Rimes has entered rehab for ‘anxiety and stress’. The country singer has ‘voluntarily’ admitted herself to the facility for 30 days… just a day after her 30th birthday. Rimes’ representative Marcel Pariseau has confirmed the news to People.com, saying in a statement: ‘LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30 day in-patient treatment facility to cope... Read More
A woman who blamed an ‘intruder’ for slashing her pet’s head, nose and body 31 times has been jailed for attacking her springer spaniel. Kim Edmonds, 21, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the dog at Stoke-on-Trent magistrates court last week. She was sentenced today to 20 weeks in prison,... Read More
by Akan Ido Yakubu Adesokan has taken gold in the men’s 48kg power-lifting competition at the ongoing Paralympics taking place in London. The 33-year-old Nigerian won the category by lifting a 178kg weight, breaking the world record. This is according to a statement by sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi released this evening by his technical assistant,... Read More
The head coach of Russia’s women’s volleyball team was found hanged in his hotel room in Croatia after a disappointing Olympics performance. Sergey Ovchinnikov, 43, was at a training camp in Croatia with his team Dynamo Moscow when the tragedy occurred, according to local media. The club’s staff went to Mr Ovchinnikov’s room after he... Read More
The Paralympic Games got underway today and within one of the first events proved why it is going to be a display of ‘superhuman’ abilities. Iaroslav Semenenko, a swimmer from Ukraine, powered to the finish of the first heat of the men’s 100m backstroke, well ahead of the other competitors despite not having any arms.... Read More
Akan Ido Pastor Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Church of God (RCCG), has warned unsuspecting members of the public not to fall victim to fraudsters impersonating him on the social networking site, Facebook, in a bid to extort money from them. The pastor who gave this warning through his Facebook page, said he... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s female U-20 national team, The Falconets, has qualified for the semi-finals of the Women U-20 World Cup taking place in Korea. They became the first team to do so on Thursday, beating the Mexican U-20 team by a lone goal. The goal came courtesy of a 109th minute header by Gloria... Read More
After asking the guys what they find attractive, it only made sense to find out what the ladies find attractive as well. So, here it is! I asked the ladies the following question: What are the top three (3) things that attract you to a guy or attracted you to your guy? P.S. As with... Read More
The UK Government has today revealed the top-ten most common nationalities of foreign-born women who gave birth in their government funded hospitals in the last year. A record one in four of all babies born in England and Wales in 2011 had a foreign-born mother, with women originally from Poland topping the list, according to... Read More
The richest woman in Australia has caused a storm by calling her struggling fellow countrymen ‘whingers’ and telling them to get out of the pub and work harder. Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart, who is also the world’s richest woman, has never had a real job. But she has never had it so good, riding... Read More
A 100-year-old man backed his car on to a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including nine children, near a primary school in southern Los Angeles just after classes had ended, authorities in the Californian city said. Four of the children were injured and in a critical condition when firefighters arrived but their condition became more stable... Read More
Chris Brown has allegedly sent Rihanna an expensive present to mark five years since the couple first got together, splashing a five-figure sum on a sexy portrait of the singer by graffiti artist Bambi. The ‘We Found Love’ recently admitted that she was still in love with her former flame in an intimate interview with... Read More
“I understand that Prof. Barth Nnaji is going to man the power sector. He is a man for whom I have tremendous respect (and he comes with impeccable credentials for the job). But he is also an operator in the sector which immediately raises a serious issue of conflict of interests…” When I wrote the... Read More
TICKER: Nurse who stabbed her daughter, 4, to death and tried to kill herself is jailed for 12 years
A nurse who stabbed her four-year-old daughter to death and tried to kill herself after she was sacked for leaking patient details has been jailed for 12 years. Dawn Makin, 35, who is now permanently wheelchair bound, was described as a ‘model mother’ who came from a good Christian family. But in the months leading... Read More
Singer Adele Adkins and fiancé Simon Konecki did marry in secret, it has been confirmed by a source close to the star on Thursday. A guest at the wedding confirmed it was a ‘fabulous occasion’ and that the bride was dressed in ‘classic attire’. The source told Mail Online: ‘They did get married, and I... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association, currently taking place in Abuja, is not going exactly as planned. This is because lawyers, on Thursday, shut the main gate of the Abuja International Conference Centre where the event is being staged. Their grouse was with the 500 percent hike in the... Read More
The latest Kim Kardashian news drama includes her ex-husband, Kris Humphries, who allegedly gave a woman the Herpes STD. The NBA player denies the rumors and says he intends to file a counter lawsuit against his former fling, claiming he is free and clear from VD. Wednesday RadarOnline published an exclusive story about the ongoing... Read More
by Chinonso Ogb0gu Oftentimes in life we get lost while striving to birth our dreams. We know what we want but it appears that we don’t know how to go about it. I got lost in a hotel I once checked in. That day was Sunday, and I was en route to Port Harcourt for... Read More