On Thursday, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) wrote a letter to California Senator Ted Lieu to let him know that they were very upset about his decision to introduce legislation to ban therapy for minors to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. In the letetr, PFOX accuses the Senator of... Read More
“Mister President! Mister President!” Those are the words that are heard at times when George Hussein Obama, the half-brother of our president, walks out of his house. Living in a slum in Nairobi, George is half a world away from the life of his famous sibling. The two men have the same father, with George... Read More
Bishop T.D Jakes has never been one to pigeonhole himself, expanding into the movie making world with movies such as the popular “Woman Thou Art Loosed”, “Jumping the Broom”, and “Not Easily Broken”. His latest venture into the movie world is “Sparkle,” which will be released next week. The movie will go down in history as Whitney Houston’s last... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Al-Farouq Aminu is a basketball player who was part of the Nigerian Olympic team. He used to play with the Los Angeles Clippers and is currently with the New Orleans Hornets. What’s interesting, however, is that despite the fact he played for Nigeria at the Olympics, he doesn’t identify himself as Nigerian... Read More
In a rather shocking development, Chief Marcel Nnakwe, one of the prime suspects in the 2003 failed assassination attempt on the life of former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, may be made a traditional ruler in Imo State, following the ongoing review of 106 new autonomous communities in Imo that ratified his new Isialla Orlu... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul 10 security operatives were shot earlier today in Damaturu, Yobe state. The victims were one mobile police officer and nine soldiers, in the attack which took place around the Shagari housing area in the state. The incident was confirmed by State Police Command spokesperson, Toyin Gbadegeshin who revealed that the gunmen had... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul A worker at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been arrested by police on suspicion of child abuse. The 49-year-old man was on his way to work around 5.30 a.m on Friday when the policemen apprehended him. Police reportedly found him on Twitter where he shared information and pornographic pictures of sexually... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul 50 Cent and Kanye West haven’t exactly always been the best of friends, and that isn’t looking like it’s going to change anytime soon after 50’s recent comments. In an interview with XXL Magazine, 50, when asked about Kanye’s (yet to be released) song ‘Perfect B***h”, said, “I mean, if that man... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Is Nigeria ready for a female president? Ambassador Ebun Oyagbola, who happens to be Nigeria’s first female minister, certainly thinks it’s time. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at a workshop on “Effective Leadership Through Attitudinal Healing” organized by the Centre for Attitudinal Healing, Oyagbola pointed to herself as an example of how women... Read More
by Isi Esene The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has recently released the 2011 unemployment data which reveals a wide dichotomy between states in the North and those in the southern part of the country. According to the released data, the bottom ten in the jobless list are; Zamfara State with 42.6%; Bauchi, 41.4%; Niger,... Read More
by Isi Esene Three men were apprehended about 3am yesterday at Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, for allegedly raping a prostitute. The lady was reported to have been invited from a nearby brothel at Emosivwe Street by one of the suspects to come to his house at an agreed fee only for her... Read More
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has said about 215,000 persons die from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome annually. The agency also identified stigmatisation and discrimination as factors discouraging access to drugs by carriers of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The Director-General, NACA, Prof. John Idoko, in an interview with our correspondent, said the last survey... Read More
by Oliver Willis So it appears that the Romney campaign briefed multiple news outlets about the behind the scenes of how they hid Paul Ryan’s selection from the media. I’m not saying this isn’t a story, but the way this is being rolled out is pretty ridiculous. All of these news outlets and several of... Read More
by Mayowa Salami The vehicle conveying the state security details attached to the office of the Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu, was yesterday accidentally shot at by an officer stationed at a police checkpoint. The incident happened around midday when the deputy governor was on his way back from a farm he... Read More
by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (I wrote the article below and it was first published four years ago in ThisDay Newspapers on August 24th, 2008) The games of the 29th Olympiad ending today in Beijing have been more of a painful confirmation that Nigerian sports, is dead! When the Beijing Olympics were about to commence, a lot... Read More
by Buzz Bissinger Call me Ishmael, but I don’t care about the synchronized-diving competition the Chinese won yesterday, except trying to figure out how exactly one decides to go into synchronized diving. I am in confusion about the London Games. Perhaps not as confused as the queen during the opiated opening ceremonies in witnessing a... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang The coach of Brazil, Mano Menezes has spoken of his sadness, at missing out on gold, in the men’s football competition at the ongoing Olympics. An excellent brace from Mexican striker Oribe Peralta, ensured that they did not win the title that eludes them. “I am very sad,” the 50-year-old told Globoesporte.... Read More
An artificial “brain” built by a 17-year-old whiz kid from Florida is able to accurately assess tissue samples for signs of breast cancer, providing more confidence to a minimally invasive procedure. The cloud-based neural network took top prize in this year’s Google Science Fair. “I taught the computer how to diagnose breast cancer,” Brittany Wenger,... Read More
by Doyin Jaiyesimi Do you find yourself constantly seeking to achieve more success without giving yourself a break? Are you always hard on yourself when you fail but you rarely acknowledge your accomplishments? Then it’s time to eat the cookies and buy the shoes. Listen as Joyce Meyer talks about how to enjoy your... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang Romelu Lukaku, recently moved from Chelsea to West Brom on a one-year loan deal, and has revealed how Roberto Di Matteo, Eddie Newton and Steve Clarke, convinced him to make the choice. “Since the first day I spoke to Chelsea about going out on loan, I’ve spoken to the gaffer here a... Read More
by Isi Esene The missing body of the INEC staff who was involved in a boat mishap while on the way to performing his official duties during last month’s Edo Sate gubernatorial elections have been found. His body was found after intense search conducted to locate it. The man, identified as Mr. Ekhator Iziegbe,... Read More
by Mayowa Salami Church leaders are beginning to voice out their discontent over the shortfall in attendance in church services attributed to the challenges of insecurity faced in the country. The Diocesan Bishop, Most Rev. Josiah Fearon, expressed this much at the First Session of the 19th Synod of the Anglican Communion Friday in Kaduna.... Read More
by Isi Esene Two teenagers Friday night killed a banker in Maiduguri, Borno State. The banker, identified as Yakubu Abdullahi, was said to have been gunned down while breaking his fast in the company of two others. One of his associates was reported to have sustained injuries while the other escaped unhurt. Sources say the... Read More
Two strong earthquakes have hit northwestern Iran, killing more than 150 people and injuring more than 1,300, Iranian officials have told the Fars news agency. Hassan Ghadami, a deputy interior minister, told the semi-official Fars news agency that 153 people had died. At the same time, the agency quoted Khalid Saie, the head of the... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Check out the video below with Wizkid and host Tim Westwood at BBC’s Radio 1 where they catch up on all things music and discuss the origins of jollof rice.
On Thursday, Florida prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin murder trial accidentally released a picture of a dead Trayvon Martin as well as school records for George Zimmerman. Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. had ruled that photographs of Martin’s body after the February 26 shooting would not be released to the public. The prosecutor violated... Read More
by Jim Sleeper A few hours ago Fareed Zakaria apologized publicly for passing off New Yorker writer Jill Lepore’s work as his own in an essay he wrote for Time magazine. Not to put too fine a point on it, Zakaria committed egregious plagiarism, as Alexander Abad-Santos of the Atlantic Wire reported. But the offense... Read More
The young girl’s mother, a 35-year-old woman from Duchesne County, has been charged in district court with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. According to the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office, the teenager told detectives she has an older boyfriend who lives in Oregon. She said he sent her a cellphone and asked her to... Read More