A Connecticut couple was arrested for punishing a 9-year-old girl by strapping an electric dog collar around the child’s throat and forcing her to bark until she was zapped. Eduardo Montanez, 43, placed the PetSafe bark collar on the little girl inside their Danbury home last week after she came home from school with... Read More
Put away that white suit, Olivia Pope, because there’s no scandal here! Beautiful actress Kerry Washington, 36, is reportedly pregnant with her first child. And she’s of course expecting the bundle of joy with her husband of four months – NFL cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, 32. Great Expectations: Kerry Washington was covered up as she prepared... Read More
Google Earth A satellite view on Google Earth of the Christian Science Society of Dixon, Ill., seems to resembles a penis. This Illinois church may want to rethink its motto of “Rising Up.” That’s because the Christian Science Society’s building — in the appropriately-named town of Dixon — looks like a giant phallus from... Read More
Rihanna wanted to add to the tribal hand tattoo she got in New Zealand, so she called up her American ink artists. Only thing was their New York City shop was 1,500 miles away. Not a problem for the Diamonds singer – she just put them on an airplane to meet her in the Dominican... Read More
Brazilian police are investigating the death of a soccer player, who was decapitated and whose head was found by his wife. A former Brazilian soccer star’s decapitated head has been found dumped outside his front door, police said. The severed features of Juan Rodrigo Silva Santos, 35, were discovered in a bag left by his... Read More
Two sisters have revealed how they suffered in silence for 12 years as their own father sexually abused them. Nicola Twomey, now 22, and Emma Wills, 27, were repeatedly abused by Kevin Twomey, who turned their family home in Port Talbot, South Wales, into a place of fear and pain. The abuse of Nicola started when she... Read More
The Nigerian Police Force Wednesday, tear-gassed members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch as they mobilise for their protest into the streets of the Federal Capital City, Abuja. Eyewitnesses said that the lecturers had gathered at the mini-campus of the university at Gwagwalada for the protest when suddenly... Read More
A team of Chinese medics have given a teenage girl a new face after growing it on her breast. Xu Jianmei, 17, was left horrifically disfigured by a fire when she was just five-years-old. This week she had surgery in the city of Fuzhou, in Fujian province, in the southeast of the country. Xu Jianmei... Read More
The Nigerian police have raided a baby factory in the oil city of Port Harcourt and arrested a woman accused of harbouring six pregnant girls, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. “We rescued six girls last week at different stages of pregnancy from an illegal maternity home in Port Harcourt,” Joy Elomoko of the Imo State... Read More
by James Silas Panshak ‘Ice Prince’ Zamani, a certified ‘Jos Boy’, marked a milestone with his single “Oleku” in 2010 but before that, he had done several collaborations and literally graced huge stages with his self-proclaimed mentor, M.I Abaga. Most music aficionados knew Ice’ was a time bomb. A “Superstar” to look out for. The album,... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa By now, one would expect the heads of all those connected with the purchase of the two BMW cars at the NCAA to at least be on suspension until the investigation into the transaction has been completed. President Goodluck Jonathan needs to decide where his loyalty is, whether to the constitution and... Read More
Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray reunited with the youngest of his seven children on Monday just hours after he was quietly freed from jail. He celebrated his first taste of freedom in two years by taking his son Che Giovanni, whose mother is actress Nicole Alverez, on a mountain hike. Murray, who was convicted of... Read More
The heart-warming story of a Pennsylvania woman whose boyfriend suffered a debilitating brain injury has gone viral since the still-loving couple decided to get married despite his continued disability. The Story of Ian & Larissa Murphy is about as atypical as a love story can be, but it begins and ends the way all the... Read More
by Akan Ido The second edition of the Glam & Essence Style Awards and Runway Show 2013 is set to hold come November, 2013. The event, which was established to celebrate outstanding individuals within and outside of the fashion/beauty sector, had it maiden edition in 2012, with special awards won by Mrs Folorunso Alakija as... Read More
Less than a month after a British paedophile was sent to jail for 10 years in Cambodia, a second Englishman has been arrested in the country for allegedly molesting a young boy. The arrest of 36-year-old Richard William Fruin, from Gloucestershire, for allegedly abusing an eight-year-old boy follows the jailing earlier this month of paedophile... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu After two months in India, Nigerian singer/producer OJB Jezreel is out of hospital. OJB arrived at the hospital on Friday, August 23, for a kidney transplant following a massive campaign for funds to aid his surgery and treatment. The artiste was photographed standing and looking in the best shape he’s looked in... Read More
by Simon Onuora The president saw how Obi fought doggedly to make Anambra an oil producing State; he had the privilege to commission the brewery Obi attracted from South Africa, he knew about the LG Electronics Centre and the quality contributions the Governor has made to assist the Federal Government investment drive. There is... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu There are high indications that the President may have sent the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah on “tactical suspension,” which is the colourful phrase being used to define her state at the moment. News findings claim the “tactical suspension”came prior to signing the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and Israel on... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu It was a sight for sore eyes at the Port Harcourt airport on October 24, 2013 after passengers were told Arik Air officials had over sold their tickets to Lagos for that particular flight making them in excess of passengers. Not wanting to be left behind, passengers literally fought their way through the... Read More
It’s one thing to drag Mercy Johnson’s name in the mud BUT to do it literally is a must see (PHOTOS)
by Rachel Ogbu With a lovely afro to match, Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson posted this picture showing her being dragged in the mud covered in dirt. We admire the actress’ commitment to her work and this action picture makes us want to know more about the story. The actress definitely proud of her new movie... Read More
by Akan Ido Gorgeous actress and TV personality, Dolapo Oni covers the latest edition of Wow Magazine adorned with purple accessories. Oni, the co-anchor of popular TV show, Moments With Mo graduated from the University of Bristol in England with a degree in Chemistry. The magazine also features young creative Nigerians below the age of 25 in... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu She’s definitely acting like a girly-girl now! Hip hop star and tomboy, Ciara has been showing the world that boyfriend, Future did put a ring on it, a 15-carat $500k engagement ring on it. YNaija carried the news of how hip hop star and producer got down on one knee to propose... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Top Nigerian politicians have expressed shock over the death of former Chief of General Staff and Vice President of Nigeria during the General Abdusalam Abubakar regime, Vice Admiral Mike Okhai Akhigbe. Akhigbe, aged 68 was reported dead on Monday October 28 in a New York hospital wear h was receiving treatment for... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Is this fashion taken too far? At-least that’s what a number of respondents think, while others believe something out of the ordinary must have happened at the barbers’. Whatever conclusion you arrive at, this obviously stylish lady is not paying any mind. What do you think guys – is it yay or... Read More
by Okey Ikechukwu Which brings us to yet another matter of whether or not the Minister of Aviation took custody of the vehicles under reference and used same personally. If she took possession of the vehicles, or has been using them, then all the fine tales about this matter must be put down to reprehensible... Read More
by Hannatu Musawa And no matter how much the Jonathan administration wants to keep and shield Mrs. Oduah, even they must know that now that the chips are down, there is a need to clean house. Apart from the outrage most felt at the tenacious sit-tight attitude of the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, after our... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The owners of Kabo Air have been presented with a bill of of N35 million by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) for the damage caused to some equipment at the Sokoto International Airport by one of their craft. On the 6th of October, a Kabo Air plane carrying 512 passengers to... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Eziegbe and two other gang members, Frank Azuekoh and Haruna Momoh, have been brought before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Abuja for their alleged key-roles in the entire South-South region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Arraigned before Magistrate Usman Ahmed Shuaibu, the suspects were brought to the court yesterday under heavy security.... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The death of a nine-year-old girl, which was reportedly caused by continual rape, is being investigated by the police with a 14 year old boy being fingered as the prime suspect. Police investigators in Lagos State have been told how the teenager allegedly had forceful intercourse with the deceased over 5 times... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A 76 year-old woman met with good fortune after she was able to escape from the men who kidnapped her in Delta State on Monday. Otiti Esegba, managed to evade her captors and run for dear life about 5 hours after she was forcefully taken by her abductors in the early... Read More