by Sammy Warepamor Every gift, talent, knowledge, idea, skill that you possess, that you have gained while you are single should be beneficial to your spouse. While you’re waiting for that special person God has prepared for you, there is a need for you to learn and possess certain virtues that will help while in marriage.... Read More
by Okechukwu Ofili We have to break the myth that a well-behaved child with good grades is the ideal leader! I got beaten quite a lot in primary school. It was not for punching a girl, or for stealing a class mate’s lunch, or for sleeping during lectures (although I was guilty of that a... Read More
What: Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant. Where: Intercontinental Hotel, V.I, Lagos. When: July 6, 2013. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
by Olaniyi Afolabi It appears there is a widening rift within the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), which was made glaring yesterday when some governors reneged on the meeting of the South south/South east governors. The governors not in attendance were governor Chibuike Amaechi (Rivers), Rochas Okorocha (Imo) and Adams Oshiomhole (Edo). Various reasons were given for their absence, but... Read More
by Olaniyi Afolabi Two siblings were arrested in Edo state for allegedly killing their mother. The siblings, Omolayo Ojeifo, 25, and her brother, Taiye, 20, were said to have lured the victim, Itowo Ojeifo to a farm road where she was allegedly killed with a machete. Reports say Omolayo had for long accused her... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche What good can come out of Terry G? Not much apparently. Only street anthems like ‘Free madness’ parts 1-900, ‘Akpako’, ‘Pass me your love’ and every other brain-dead concoction with a banging beat, energy levels raised to the power of a hundred and that damn bell clanging. So hopes aren’t high for... Read More
by Akan Ido Eku Edewor stepped out in three gorgeous outfits at the just concluded beauty pageant; Miss Nigeria which she hosted alongside A.Y the comedian. Edewor was looking as beautiful as ever at the event. See more photos below:
by Henry Boyo “I funded my 40th birthday by myself; I am not quite sure I can do the same now, even as a governor, I am not even sure that I want to spend that kind of money on a party, as if we can’t eat small rice and chicken in the house…” In... Read More
by Modupe Adefeso-Olateju Not all unapproved schools are wholly illegal entities. Some are simply embroiled in the lengthy process of applying for state approval. I recently visited an educational establishment in Lagos to conduct some research. For ease of comprehension, I shall refer to this establishment as a school. I wanted to understand why parents... Read More
by Debo Adejugbe The speed and conviction with which they passed the anti-gay law could have fooled anyone into believing that the National Assembly is proactive… but such vigour is channeled into frivolous causes while the politics is reserved for bills that has the actual promise of benefitting Nigerians… There are irrefutable indications that the light at... Read More
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will not vote in the Peoples Democratic Party forthcoming national convention as his name is not on the list of delegates submitted to the party from his home state, Adamawa. The party has tentatively slated August 20 for the special mini convention. Sources, however, said the date “is not sacrosanct.” The... Read More
by Isi Esene Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the former minister of the FCT and a member of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has boasted that the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress (APC) would beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a free and fair election. El-Rufai said this yesterday in Zaria, Kaduna state at... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Celebrating her freedom, 43-year-old trader, Christiana Gbadamosi has narrated her ordeal in captivity for about 13 days. Gbadamosi was kidnapped on June 22, 2013, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has was released June 28 after the kidnappers had demanded N25m ransom from her husband, Mufutau. “On that fateful day, I was heading to... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu 30-year-old Mary John, a housemaid in Lagos has received a 28 year jail sentence for stealing her mistress’ jewellery estimated at N35m. John was said to have slumped after receiving the verdict, but was quickly resuscitated and carried out by prison warders. In her defense, John said she was hypnotised by strangers... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The owner of the 04 Hotel in Ajah, Lagos State, Olanrewaju Subair has died after suspected assassins stormed the lodge on Sunday. Three other people were reported dead. Two people died from a fire outbreak that was caused by intense shooting in the hotel while one of the gunmen was killed in... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu President Goodluck Jonathan has described the killing of over 30 students and a teacher of the Government Secondary School in Mamudo village, Yobe State, as “barbaric, horrific and wicked.” “The perpetrators will burn in hell,” President Jonathan said. Speaking through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati,... Read More
A teenager has been killed in Egypt after an Islamist mob threw him off a ledge on top of a roof and beat him as he lay dying, local media reports. The young man, identified as Hamada Badr, 19, and his three friends were caught on camera hiding from a large group who had chased them onto a... Read More
A personal account from one of Muammar Gaddafi’s former sex slaves published in the New York Post today sheds even more light on the strange and terrifying lifestyle of Libya’s former dictator. Soraya was just 15 years old in April 2004 when she was handpicked by Gaddafi to become one of the many sex slaves... Read More
Senator representing Rivers South-East in the National Assembly, and chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe, Sunday, described the visit by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to President Goodluck Jonathan as capable of truncating reconciliatory moves among aggrieved members. Senator Abe in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government... Read More
DANIEL ACKER/BLOOMBERG NEWS The ex-girlfriend of a Levi Strauss heir is suing him, alleging that — fearing a media firestorm — he promised her $300,000 to abort their child. Quality never goes out of style, but boyfriends might. The former girlfriend of a Levi Strauss heir is suing him, alleging that he promised her $300,000... Read More
When 62-year-old Peggy Hill reportedly laid a wet one on a police officer, she basically kissed her freedom goodbye. The Florida woman was arrested for allegedly kissing a cop on the nose Saturday evening and jailed on charges of felony battery of a law enforcement officer. Authorities were responding to a report of an altercation between Hill and one... Read More
Sorry, James Blankenship, but burglary charges are the same during the day as they are at night. The 22-year-old Ohio man, who recentlypleaded guilty to breaking and entering, was arrested on June 12 after he broke into his mother’s house against her will. At the time, police discovered Blankenship hiding under a crawl space of the... Read More
by Akan Ido After conquering the modelling world, supermodel Gisele Bundchen is making up lost time by spending time with family. The 32-year-old posted a picture to her Instagram yesterday tenderly cradling her seven-month-old daughter, Vivian with the caption, “The best love in the world!” Gisele gave birth to Vivian last year and also has... Read More
She may juggle a successful career with being a mother-of-four, but even Heidi Klum’s attention can lapse occasionally. The 40-year-old German-born supermodel forgot to apply the proper amount of sun cream while on holiday in the Bahamas and ended up with a rather painful looking burn down her lower back. Eager to share her pain, Heidi... Read More
by Krystle Crossman Don’t diet. When you go hungry your body stores nutrients and turns them into fat instead of absorbing them. If you are trying to lose weight as so many others are, there are 10 rules to live by if you want to be able to lose it and keep it off. 1.... Read More
by Isi Esene Olice Kememenabo, the Special Adviser on Power to the Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson has been abducted by gunmen in Rivers state. Kememenabo was reportedly kidnapped around the D-Line neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, the state capital. The details of the abduction is still sketchy but we shall bring you updates as we... Read More
by Akan Ido The Yobe Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has ordered that all secondary schools in the state be closed down from Monday, July 8 till September when the new academic session commences. The governor gave this directive after visiting the Government Secondary School, Mamudo where over twenty of the students were gruesomely murdered. Reports say a... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu A man in Hidalgo County, Texas has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a horse. This would be the second time 43-year-old Cirilo Castillo has had intercourse with the same horse. He was arrested in January 2012 and got out of jail in April 2012 but then was caught again after... Read More
Andy Murray today became the first British man to be crowned Wimbledon champion in 77 years after beating Novak Djokovic in three straight sets in the men’s final today. The 26-year-old is the first home player to lift the men’s singles trophy since Fred Perry in 1936 after winning the match 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4.... Read More
by Akan Ido Men of the Vigilante Service of Ogun State reportedly shot dead Moruf Raji, a student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Akeem Usman, a staff of Telecommunications giant, MTN in the early hours of Sunday. The vigilante men were said to have killed the victims while chasing suspected armed robbers. Reports say... Read More