No one can forget how out in the open Nene and Gregg Leakes’ break up was on the reality show “Real Housewives of Atlanta”. After the public watched the train wreck of a marriage go through its bumps and spirals, it finally crashed in divorce. Now, the divorced pair are reportedly going to give their... Read More
Those that were in the court room did not know that when Rev. James Harris sat through his three day trial, he was secretly scheming while his face remained stoic and free of emotion. On Thursday, after Harris was convicted of sex crimes involving juveniles, everyone was shocked to see him making an attempt to... Read More
A mother who was allegedly on drugs is now going to spend the rest of her life regretting her behavior. Errika Dominique Shelton killed her 7-year-old daughter, Queniya Tykia Shelton, during a high speed chase from South Carolina Police. The little girl was ejected from the car and died at the scene. Police say that... Read More
Just write this one up in the “superhero” category. Sprinter Manteo Mitchell was running as part of the respected 4×400 meter relay team for the United States. The sprinter was running along at blazing speed when he felt a “pop” in his leg. It turns out that the pain in his leg came from the... Read More
Claressa Shields, the 17-year old gold medalist in boxing for the United States, felt that she needed to carry her country on her back and finally bring the gold home to the United States. “I felt the USA needed this one, and I’m glad somebody got it,” said Shields. She won the gold medal in... Read More
In the world of professional basketball, being 33 years old like Kobe Bryant makes you an “elder” on the team. Bryant, who has played in 16 NBA seasons is the oldest player in the Team USA men’s basketball team. It goes without saying that Bryant has accomplished more than enough to be respected and certainly... Read More
Jordin Sparks recently lost 50lbs following years of weight gain after she won American Idol in 2007. The talented singer is the first to admit that her weight-loss journey has not been an easy one. The 22 year old spoke to Redbook magazine as the cover-girl for their September issue, saying there are no short... Read More
A 12-year old girl is an Internet sensation and inspiration to millions as she has shown her makeup skills on YouTube and gotten the attention of hundreds of thousands of people. Talia Castellano created a YouTube channel called “Make-up is my wig.” The channel has over 100,000 followers and is growing. Castellano appears in the... Read More
Shanyna Isom has been living a nightmare. She has gone to every specialist who will see her and has traveled as far as The Netherlands in order to receive help. In spite of all of this, doctors have no idea why human fingernails are growing where her hair used to be. The 28-year old former... Read More
After winning his fifth career Olympic Gold Medal, Usain Bolt voiced his dislike for an iconic nine-time USA Olympic Gold Medal sprinter, Carl Lewis, during a recent press conference. The self proclaimed “living legend” was candid in supporting his dislike for Lewis. ”Carl Lewis, I have no respect for him. The things he says about the track... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has condemned the attack on a Leadership Newspaper photojournalist at the mortuarty at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. Fashola yesterday apologised for the brutalisation of the journalist and ordered an investigation into the matter. “I was horrified really,” the governor said, speaking to newsmen in... Read More
As we approach the 11th anniversary of the death of R&B recording artist, Aaliyah, Blackground Records just announced a forthcoming Aaliyah album on Billboard.biz. The label confirmed her album will be composed of 16 unreleased songs and “fragments” from Aaliyah’s archive to produce an LP by the end of the year. Young Money artist and... Read More
Research is basically showing that even though there has been a lot of progress in medicine, poor and less-educated Americans still have significantly lower life expectancies. For some, not finishing high school is resulting in even lower life expectancy than before, a new study shows, while those with more education in America are showing higher... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang By 1.30pm this Sunday, football junkies – who by their undefined standards, have fed on crumbs all summer – welcome back proper soccer. The Community Shield game, the annual curtain raiser for the English Premiership, unarguably Britain’s most watch drama series, will be played at Villa Park. This year, it will be... Read More
Google has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $22.5 million for spying on users of the Safari browser. The company was secretly tracking millions of web users in order to understand their browsing behavior, search tendencies and shopping habits. The company was punished for breaking through the safeguards put in place by Apple and... Read More
In what could represent a huge change in media, it has been revealed that nearly twice as many people watched the landing of the Mars Rover on the Internet than on TV. According to Mashable.com, 3.2 million people watched the landing on the live Internet stream, compared to just 1.7 million on television. “More people... Read More
A GOP official has angered quite a few advocacy groups by comparing an Obama supporter to someone who is mentally retarded. At a function for state Rep. Randy Vulakovich (R-Shaler), Allegheny County GOP chair Jim Roddey made a joke that had the audience laughing. “There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed,” Roddey told... Read More
by Rich Juzwiak Anticipation for the return of Batman will pack theaters until they are unbearable during this and the next several weekends — and The Dark Knight Rises knows it. It knows it so well, it plays it out on screen, creating a weird character/audience empathy. The brutal four years that we’ve waited for... Read More
by Duncan Clarke Thinking Africa is complicated, requiring years of trawling through thousands of books on economics, history, social science, anthropology and politics. No mean task, but one luckily simplified lately by numerous self-styled “Africa experts”, political spin artists, sound-bite junkies, arriviste journos, think-tankers, policy wonks, random bankers, distant academics, market honchos, corporate suits, public... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul When residents of Dhaka, Bangladesh gathered at a mosque in their community for evening prayers, they had no idea just how much of the wrath of mother nature they would be feeling in just a short while. Lightning struck the mosque on Friday as the worshippers gathered for a special evening taraweeh... Read More
Mitt Romney’s introduction of Paul Ryan in Norfolk was marred by a surprising slip, when the presidential hopeful introduced his VP pick as “the next president of the United States.” Romney caught himself, laughing, and put his arm around Ryan. He acknowledged he sometimes makes mistakes, then said, “I didn’t make a mistake with this guy.”... Read More
by Patience Akpan-Obong On November 4, 2008, the hitherto unthinkable happened: A black man got elected into the White House. Suddenly, little black boys in the United States began to dream big. Teachers could no longer snicker behind their desks when “Little Bill” joined his white classmates to say, “When I grow up, I want... Read More
Two weeks ago Robert Pattinson was reportedly “heart broken and humiliated” by news of Kristen Stewart’s infidelity, but has time helped to heal his wounds? Sources tell RadarOnline that the 26-year-old actor is working through the stages of heartbreak and is now getting past his anger towards Stewart. “Rob was super angry for the first... Read More
In what can only be described as a nightmare-come-true, a spider crawled inside a woman’s ear canal and lived there for five days before doctors extracted it. The woman, referred to only as Ms. Lee, arrived at China’s Changsha Central Hospital of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery on Aug. 8, RedNet News notes. She... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo A 43-year-old man called Uchenna Nwosu desperately wants an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to end his eight-year marriage – despite the three children that it has produced. The reasons are quite a list: she is disobedient, she nags, she “assaults” him publicly, and the clincher: the marriage started on the “wrong... Read More
by Isi Esene The rave of the moment, Davido, spoke exclusively to Dro Ameh on his Hip-hop show – 30 minutes Source with Dro Ameh on Truspot. In the exclusive interview, the singer, producer, and label executive spoke about the direction of his music and the inspiration behind his album. About his album, he said,... Read More
by Isi Esene A 32-year-old electrician who allegedly raped a 35-year-old spinster (name withheld) has been discharged by an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The presiding Magistrate, M.O Shomade, yesterday ruled that the alleged rapist should be discharged because the prosecution has been unable to establish a concrete case against him. The Magistrate noted that the... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The results of the May/June 2012 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been released. It wasn’t a stellar performance, but there was some improvement. The Head of National Office of WAEC, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, who briefed newsmen on the result, said the results of 112,000 people out of the 1,672,224... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo So what are veteran Mark Zuckerberg watchers talking about this morning? The photo of a topless Mark Zuckerberg. And the fact that this might be a major Facebook privacy glitch. But really, it’s about the fact that we can see the living legend called Zuckerberg shirtless, let’s be honest. Nigeria’s Punch attempts... Read More
Bradenton police officers were surprised to find a naked man, who said he thought he was in a motel, eating a snack and sprawled on the couch in the School District of Manatee’s Parent Information Center. The officers responded to a tip of a burglary in progress at 10:19 p.m. Wednesday. The caller said that... Read More