A 32-year-old man collapsed and died after winning a snake in a cockroach-eating contest. Edward Archbold was taking part in the “Eat Bugs For Balls” competition held at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The event promised a female ivory ball python to the winner – which was announced as Archbold, who... Read More
A medical study has confirmed every unendowed man’s worst nightmare: women really do think bigger is better when it comes down to what’s in your pants. Well, that’s if we’re talking about vaginal orgasms achieved through penetrative sex, and not clitoral orgasms, which “the experts” like to argue are two totally different things, natch. The... Read More
by Olu W. Onemola Many of us have guns that we keep constantly cocked, sure and ready. Many of us hide behind gatemen that never seem to sleep at night. Many of us have 199 on speed dial, for the slightest out-of-place crack on the floorboards of our homes when our families are asleep. But,... Read More
Often I have quoted the self-reliance and resilience of Nigerians as a positive trait. They fend for themselves. I called this attitude creativity and sold it as a strong suit. After living in Lagos for three months, I am starting to reconsider. A fountain of borehole water cascades down from my neighbour’s rooftop tank at... Read More
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and elsewhere around the world for a faulty power-window switch — the latest, massive quality woes for Japan’s top automaker. The recall, announced Wednesday, affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. The power-window switch on the driver’s side... Read More
Two U.S. scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how cell receptors involved in about half of all medicines work. Robert J. Lefkowitz, 69, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and Brian K. Kobilka, 57, of Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, will share the 8 million-krona... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Your President has introduced his budget to the National Assembly, and all he wants are a few trillions to continue the good work he has started. He presented a spending plan of N4.92 trillion for the year 2013 to the National Assembly’s Joint Session today – which is an increase of about... Read More
Plans are underway for Nigeria to begin a prison swap programme with the United Kingdom, Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Umaru Dahiru, has said. He said this yesterday in Kuje Prison, at the flag-off of 2012 prison audit by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Dahiru said funds for... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo First, we all love Project Fame’s Chidinma – there is nothing to hate. And now, with this new Afrocentric style in her newly released photos, there’s more to love. Go, Chidinma, go!
A 13-year-old fatally shot his grandparents in their home because he was upset that they called his mother a whore and “were speaking poorly about her,” state police said in charges filed Tuesday. Zachary James Proper, of Oil City, was charged with criminal homicide for the weekend shootings of Dorothy and George Fross. According to... Read More
by Solomon Okorie Therefore, by all means let us punish those beasts that had the heart to take any human being, beat them senseless with brick and wood, and then set them on fire – which they did with four young men who may or may not have been guilty of petty theft or even... Read More
By Stanley Azuakola Senate President David Mark is a man most Nigerians love to hate. Not without good reason: the last time we heard from him, he was condemning social media and asking for it to be regulated. Well, what a different a few weeks make. There was a Senate seating yesterday, in which senators... Read More
Michael Gallagher said he expected that members of 4Chan, the notorious online message board, would not like his new movie. But he said he did not anticipate the threatening tone of some Internet critics — and the disturbing phone calls and text messages that followed. “DIRECTOR AND WRITER OF THIS FILM MUST DIE,” said one... Read More
Globally aware online pornography? That’s the concept behind proposed porn site Come4.org, a free, not-for-profit, crowd-sourced porn site that would link uploaded porn to a selection of reputable charities and raise money for various causes, CNET reports. Developed by Marco Annoni and Riccardo Zilli, the Milan-based company is trying to get off the ground with... Read More
Aluu is not an exception in Nigeria, it is the norm. To act like Aluu is something out of the blue is to deny the very nature of “justice” in our society. There are predominantly two types of Nigerians, those who believe there is light at the end of Nigeria’s much convoluted tunnel and those... Read More
by Isi Esene Yes, the first lady of the MAVIN crew, Tiwa Savage, is back with a new track titled ‘Ife wa gbona‘. The song which features Leo Wonder showcases Tiwa’s soft voice which never fails to captivate. The video was directed by Bolaji Kekere-Ekun of 37th State. Take a listen to see what the... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo So, here is the (non) story: Kelly Hansome went to Mexico, Kelly Hansome got a $4000 tattoo, Kelly Hansome took a photo, and Kelly Hansome wants you to see it. Seen? Good. So, Kelly Hansome, when will you release a hit single since the last (only) one?
Two Nigerian pilgrims have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly being in possession of banned drugs. The pilgrims were among the thousands currently undergoing the hajj operation in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia and comprise a male and female. The two pilgrims could face death penalty for carrying banned drugs. In Saudi Arabia,... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Google Nigeria would be hosting 100 Nigerians on Google+ on the 18th of October, at an event tagged “Thank God Its Thursday”. Stars from the music and movie industries will headline the event, together with regular individuals who have been very active and engaged on Google+ since its launch. According to Google,... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Holiday has come early for students in Bayelsa State, as the state government announced on Tuesday, the indefinite closure of all schools in the state. This is in response to the flooding disaster which has hit the state very hard. The move is aimed at curtailing the damaging effects of floods in... Read More
by Reuben Daba If Adams Oshiomhole can do it, so can Stella Oduah. The Aviation minister paddled a canoe to her ancestral home after floods swallowed the road. We don’t know if it was a combination of this and the submerging of the Otueke road that caused Aso Rock to act which culminated in yesterday’s... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Boko Haram has come out to flat-out deny responsibility for. the execution of about 40 students in Mubi Adamawa. So who exactly is responsible? The insurgent group, Jamaatu ahlis Sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, also known as Boko Haram, claimed that the lives of over forty persons, most of them students of... Read More
by Isi Esene Reports say several houses have been torched in Omuokiri-Aluu community by protesting students of the University of Port Harcourt to express their grievances over the killing of four young men believed to be students of the university. The students were said to have been mobilized by the National Association of Nigerian Students... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola You can only choose your action, but not people’s reaction to it. Tonto Dikeh must really understand the full meaning of that saying now. Immediately the Nollywood actress announced that she was on the verge of releasing a new musical single (less than a week from now), twitter went gaga. All one... Read More
A terminally ill groom robbed of speech by cancer married his childhood sweetheart by squeezing her hand to say ‘I do’ before he died 11 days later. William Kent, 24 married Emma, 25, at his hospital bedside despite not being able to speak or blink because of nerve damage caused by the illness. For six... Read More
Broadcast by His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR on the Incidences of Flooding in Parts of the Country Abuja. October 2012 Fellow Nigerians, 1. Over the past few weeks, unprecedented floods have ravaged many parts of our country, rendering tens of thousands of fellow Nigerians homeless, and causing massive destruction of property, farmlands,... Read More
When Archie and Harley Garthwaite were born at 23 weeks with holes in their hearts, their parents were told to expect the worst. The twins weighed just 1lb 4oz and 1lb 6oz each and doctors said it would be a miracle if even one of them survived unscathed. As well as the holes in their... Read More
by Isi Esene An operative of the Edo State Environmental Protection and Regulatory Unit, Henry Isibor, has died from injuries he sustained after he was mobbed by traders at the Oba Market, Benin. It was learnt that Isibor was attacked on September 6 when he tried to effect state environmental laws, which prohibits trading on... Read More
An operative of the Edo State Environmental Protection and Regulatory Unit, Henry Isibor, has died from injuries he sustained after he was mobbed by traders at the Oba Market, Benin. It was learnt that Isibor was attacked on September 6 when he tried to effect state environmental laws, which prohibits trading on walkways. Some of... Read More
Ahmad Jamshid/AP Sosan Firooz, Afghanistan’s first female rapper, sings in a studio in Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct. 3. “Listen to my story! Listen to my pain and suffering!” Afghanistan’s first female rapper Sosan Firooz pleads into her microphone. With her first rap song, the outspoken 23-year-old singer is making history in her homeland where society... Read More