Against expectations that the firm being backed by a former Head of State, Gen, Abdusalami Abubakar, Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Limited, will get at least two of the bigger power distribution companies in the country, it has been given only the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. The company had led other bidders for the Eko,... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo The Federal Government will re-open the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, one week ahead of the scheduled delivery date of November 6, 2012. This was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Works on Media, Tony Ikpasaja, yesterday. According to him, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, will “open the rehabilitated... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Well, even as the frightful Hurricane Sandy ravages the US East Coast, it’s interesting to see that the Nigerian problem of fake crisis photos is, in fact, a global one. See below 7 fake Hurricane Sandy photos that have been flying around social media over the past two days – even the... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Following immense public pressure from the media and civil society, the three aides of the Taraba governor, Danbaba Suntai, whose were also victims of last Thursday’s air crash have also been flown to Germany for treatment. It will be recalled that the governor was transferred from the National Hospital to a German... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday declared that he survived January’s fuel subsidy removal protests because his mandate from the Nigerian people is popular. The President was speaking in Freetown, Sierra Leone at a meeting with the chairman of the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC), Christina Thorpe, as well as politicians and candidates for... Read More
That’s one way to even out the ol’ onions. Doctors in Mexico augmented a 45-year-old man’s left testicle with an implant normally used for shaping a chin, according to Live Science. The surgery was reported in this month’s issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. The unnamed man was born with one tiny right testicle... Read More
Justin Bieber has been sued by a Michigan man who claims the pop superstar stole his credit card and purchased a penis enlargement with it. According to CBS Detroit, the plaintiff, who identifies himself in court papers as Selena Gomez’s father, alleges Bieber spent $426.78 on the enlargement and never paid him back. The documents... Read More
Yeah, she’s definitely got milk. Alicia Richman of Granbury, Tex. has been declared the new Guinness World Record holder for “Most Breastmilk Donated,” CBS DFW reports. Between June 2011 and March 2012, The 28-year-old mother of one donated 11,115 ounces — or 694 pounds — of breastmilk to charity, according to Guinness. By volume, that’s... Read More
An Austrian court has ordered a bank robber be given back £51,000 that he stole 19 years ago. Bank manager Otto Neuman stole £150,000 in cash as well as gold bars and gold coins from his own branch in 1993. After getting into financial difficulties, he recruited two accomplices to stage a fake robbery at... Read More
That’s gotta hurt. Doctors at Shanghai, China’s Zhongshan Hospital removed a dildo from the intestines of a 30-year-old man, according to Shanghai Daily. The doctors said the man had inserted the dildo into his body to “enhance sexual pleasure with his wife,” the paper reports. “If we did not remove the dildo in time, the... Read More
A man from northern China divorced and sued his wife earlier this year for being ugly. That’s not a joke. Neither is this: That man recently won the lawsuit. That man is Jian Feng and he said his issues with his wife’s looks only began after the couple’s daughter was born. Feng was appalled by... Read More
If you’re an active user of Twitter, you know that everyone uses the micro-blogging platform — even the President of the United States. It turns out that those 140 characters have major impact on the web. The impact of those 140 characters — which is less than the 160 characters allowed for text messaging —... Read More
He’s known as “Wildman Phil” and makes his living traveling to schools and parties, educating kids on creepy, crawly reptiles and animals. But at a stop outside a Walmart in Englewood, Colorado, someone stole everything he had and – likely a little more than they expected. Phil Rakoci stopped at the store at about 5... Read More
Don’t spend that $780,000 just yet. Justin Sisely, the director who helped a woman auction off her virginity as part of a documentary, may face sex trafficking charges, according to the Daily Mail. Brazilian Catarina Migliorini sold her virginity last week in an online auction to a man in Japan known as “Natsu” for $780,000.... Read More
It’s the day some Facebook employees have waited years for: Their paper wealth now has an official cash value, to the tune of $5.2 billion. Before this week, those employees were rich only on paper. That’s because Facebook used a special form of equity compensation called “restricted stock units” that become actual, tradeable stock only... Read More
Consumers are outraged by Samsung’s new line of plasmas and HDTVs. The company’s lastest model of televisions offer high-tech features such as a microphone set, a built-in HD camera, and speech recognition software. It also listens and responds to specific voice commands. The software enables Samsung to recognize who is viewing the TV and personalizes... Read More
When you go to the doctor to get surgery, you don’t expect to be burned alive. But Professor Kira Reed of Syracuse, New York went through that kind of nightmare. The professor was pregnant, in the middle of a cesarean delivery. During the procedure, Dr. Reed suffered a burn on her side when doctors used... Read More
Hell was let loose recently in Abayawo, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Southwest Nigeria after a middle aged man’s corpse was recovered from a well at Ile Alowo-Eru in the area. A mob, suspected to be kinsmen of the victim, identified as Kabiru Yellow of Oju Ekun area in Ilorin, went on the rampage in Ile... Read More
The parents of a suicidal boy shot by a sniper say they never would have called the police if they had known authorities would bring in “an army” with a tank and riot shields to take down their 16 year old. Lisa and Nick Messina spoke out for the first time this week on the... Read More
A Florida teenager is facing two charges of first-degree murder after he admitted to cops that he shot his mother and her live-in boyfriend. Benjamin K. Bishop, 18, pawned electronics to buy the shotgun he used to allegedly blow away Imari Shibata and Kelley M. Allen, both 49, Sunday in Oldsmar, WFTS-TV reported. Bishop, who... Read More
Hurricane Sandy churned towards New York City Monday as the first rain hit Battery Park shortly before 7am and winds started to pick up. The streets of lower Manhattan were earily quiet just after 8am with the normally bustling streets empty. New Yorkers hunkered down in their homes, transforming the metropolis into a transit-free ghost... Read More
Michael Costantino’s professional boxing debut ended in bizarre fashion, which shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Born without a right hand, Costantino is probably the only singular-fisted fighter in the sport’s history. In place of his right hand is a narrow, angular nub that protrudes from his arm. It’s where his trainer fastens the hand... Read More
Nigerian sex trafficker from Gravesend who used African witchcraft rituals to silence young girls smuggled into Britain to be sold on as prostitutes has been jailed for 20 years. Osezua Osolase (42) tricked poverty-stricken Nigerian orphans into traveling to the UK with the promise of a better life. But instead the Nigerian treated the victims... Read More
Former pro wrestler Hulk Hoganentered into a legal settlement with a disc jockey over a sex tape involving Hogan and the DJ’s wife. A statement by Hogan’s publicist on Monday morning says the terms of the settlement are confidential. In a lawsuit filed Oct. 15, Hogan said he had consensual sex with his best friend’s... Read More
Black magic and evil spirits have captured the soul of a new-born baby in Colombia who can apparently already walk by himself and produce fire, his own mother has claimed. Ana Feria Santos gave birth to her son last month, but says her joy quickly turned to fear when she noticed that he had ‘several... Read More
by Isi Esene Tom Leppard, whose entire body is covered in leopard-spot tattoos, lived as a recluse on the Scottish island of Skye for 20 years, living with no electricity and no furniture. The Leopard Man, who spent £5,500 on tattoos, used to have to canoe three miles for his weekly shopping. Now, at 73,... Read More
by Glenda Robert You won’t be able to move forward in your relationship unless you free yourself from that moment. Let it go. When a woman finds out her lover is cheating, it’s devastating. It can leave you in a deep depression and could possibly lead to substance abuse. It’s hard to accept because the... Read More
by Ben L., Alex K., and Zach S. But if you’re wearing a sweatshirt and jeans without any makeup and your friends are doing a little something to make themselves appealing, most men’s eyes are going to go for those girls first. It’s a Friday night. Your girlfriends all have date nights with their... Read More
by Isi Esene The families of Governor Danbaba Suntai’s aides who were with him in the Thursday plane crash in Yola, Adamawa State have called on the government to accord the aides the same treatment given their boss. The governor was on Saturday flown to Germany where he is expected to get better medical... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang The drama and controversy from the Merseyside derby spilled over, to the top-of-the-table clash between Chelsea and United at Stamford Bridge. Here are five things that still remain the major talking points, even after the game has long ended: Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to start with two wingers The Manchester... Read More