Love affairs between musicians and models are a common occurrence in the showbiz world. But 24-year-old Chinese pop star Zhang Muyi has caused controversy after publicly declaring his love for a baby-faced model who is just 12-years-old. Despite the fact that Canada-based Akama Miki is not yet in her teens, the pair have exchanged romantic... Read More
A 20-year-old Brazilian woman student is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder to raise cash to build homes for poverty-stricken families, the Daily Mail reported. Catarina Migliorini, a physical education student of Italian descent, has till now been offered $155,000. She hopes to pump in the money into a non-governmental organisation that will... Read More
by Isi Esene There are indications that doctors attending to the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who is generally believed to be receiving treatment in a German hospital might soon be on her way back home. Reports say her doctors in Wiesbaden, Germany have given her a clean bill of health to return back to... Read More
by Akin Akintayo Social media can at once be both aggressive and effective. Many have put it to good use and organisations are slowly relearning the hard lesson of the customer being king. It is important Looking at issues to do with Problem Management some things are becoming quite evident. Seth Godin in his short blog a... Read More
by Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses She still seemed to be stuck in that weird place where intellectually, she knows that she should not re-enter a romantic relationship with Chris Brown but is going through an emotional process that is pulling her in the opposite direction of her logic. Rihanna is back in the headlines and this time... Read More
Johnny Lewis, the actor who played Kip “Half Sack” Epps on the cable TV show “Sons of Anarchy,” fell to his death Wednesday after apparently beating his elderly landlady to death, authorities said. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Thursday identified the bodies as those of Lewis, 28, and Catherine Davis, 81. Coroner’s Watch... Read More
The Inspector-General of Police, M.D Abubakar, has set up a high-powered team from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), to take over the investigation of the shooting death of Ugochukwu Ozuah on September, 2012 to find his killers. According to various accounts, newly-wed Ozuah, who had returned from his honeymoon only a few days earlier,... Read More
by Dan Hind Central banking is unavoidably political, no matter how much bankers and elected politicians tell us, and themselves, that it isn’t. At the moment claims that do not bear serious examination routinely pass unchallenged in the circuits of widely publicised speech. The lack of anything like an uninhibited critique of the claims of... Read More
The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested Thursday for violating terms of his probation, authorities said. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, has been on probation for a 2010 federal check fraud conviction that brought a 21-month prison sentence. Under terms of his probation, he... Read More
by Reuben Daba His last single – Gidi Lights – was an underground success. Now, talented upcoming rapper, PayBac, has released another single, Nothing in My Way, a very danceable song certain to be a club favourite. The single was produced by Zimbocrix. Enjoy the audio by just clicking on the link below: Paybac –... Read More
My name is Lilian, and I am fifteen years old. I am from the type of family most of you would call “broken” “confused”, or “complicated” What defines a family? What defines me? Who am I? I asked myself these questions as I sat cross-legged on my Oga’s well laid bed, staring at the family... Read More
by Reuben Daba Lagos State, and indeed Nigeria would not be too impressed by the kind of pictures the world has been viewing recently. First, Rick Ross released his very controversial Hold Me Back video set in the slums of Lagos, and now, popular British paper The Daily Mail, has published a piece captioned The floating slum on... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola An ex-police corporal, Ikechukwu Nwabueze was sentenced to death by hanging, by an Ikeja High Court in Lagos, on Thursday for killing a three-year-old girl, Kasufara Muritala. The presiding judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade, found the 35-year-old former policeman guilty of the crime which was brought before the court by the Lagos State... Read More
by Isi Esene The Saudi Arabia government Wednesday disregarded the 24 hour ultimatum given by the Nigerian government through Vice President Namadi Sambo to release the women who were in the holy land for religious pilgrimage. In defiance to the ultimatum, the Saudi Arabia government deported 510 female pilgrims mainly from Sokoto, Jigawa, and Kano... Read More
by Azuka Onwuka In the final analysis, do we then describe Jonathan as a failure or a success? Hardliners hardly change their positions, no matter the strength of evidence before them. The detractors of President Goodluck Jonathan will retort scornfully that he is a total failure, while his ardent supporters will scream that he is... Read More
by Isi Esene Amos Sijo, a 28-year-old man living in Abuja was on Thursday sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Gudu District Upper Area Court for stealing three bottles of Benylin cough syrup. The judge however gave the accused and option of coughing out N3,000 or serve the prison sentence. According to the police... Read More
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter If change feels like walking off a cliff blindfolded, then people will reject it. People will often prefer to remain mired in misery than to head toward an unknown. Leadership is about change, but what is a leader to do when faced with ubiquitous resistance? Resistance to change manifests itself in... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola On Thursday, in the United States of America, at a forum themed – Nigeria-Africa’s Frontier in the Global Economy, the Nigerian government gave what qualifies as its first rebuttal of claims by International Oil Companies (IOCs) that the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) does not give them a fair shake. At the roundtable,... Read More
by Isi Esene David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, the undisputed Omo baba Olowo has hit the big leagues if reports going the rounds is anything to go by. The Dami duro crooner is reported to have acquired a building in Lekki, Lagos, worth a whopping N140m in a deal rumoured to have been finalized in the past... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola On the issue of Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan’s official position at the United Nations General Assembly is that Nigeria’s three-prong strategy of a “robust” approach to neutralizing Boko Haram, holding indirect talks with the group and improving education in the North is working, and Nigeria is winning the war. When one... Read More
An Australian teenage boy is fighting for his life after being bitten by a taipan snake – the venom of which can kill 100 men in a single drop. The 17-year-old took himself to hospital north of Sydney after being bitten on his left hand by the snake, the most dangerous in the world. But... Read More
This is the drug user who was dubbed ‘Dracula’ by police for his unsightly buck teeth. Alan Dale Lee first came to the attention of officers in Florida when he was arrested for alleged aggravated battery and selling of marijuana in August 2009. The public was aghast at his strange and crooked teeth, which provoked... Read More
A swimming coach, who was jailed after inadvertently sending sex texts to every number in his phone including those of two underage girls, has been freed from prison. Craig Evans, 24, had composed the highly explicit messages on his new BlackBerry smartphone for an unnamed person. But, due to his lack of expertise with the... Read More
A sperm donor has passed a rare genetic disorder to at least five of the 43 babies he is thought to have fathered, after screening measures at a fertility clinic failed to detect the mutation. The man transmitted the nerve disorder Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1), known as Von Recklinghausen’s disease. The disease, which affects 4,000... Read More
by Isi Esene Adele who kept her pregnancy secret until she was six months gone has recently been seen displaying her huge baby bump with pride. The 24-year-old singer was spotted out in Hove, West Sussex, with her partner Simon Konecki, 36, and dog Louie in tow. Adele announced she’s expecting her first child on... Read More
by Chi Ibe Oh dear. This is enough to make you hate a 20-year-old for life. The singer, whose debut Álbum was launched this year, is reported to have bought this home worth N140million in Lekki Phase I of Lagos State. According to the blogger Linda Ikeji, who is the authoritative source on these kinds... Read More
In a tragic accident fueled by alcohol and Sunday night football, one man was fatally shot by his friend in the eye in an attempt to scare away the hiccups. Police in Killeen, Texas have confirmed that Specialist Patrick Edward Meyers who is stationed at Fort Hood is being held on manslaughter charges after he... Read More
A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday hit and killed by a passenger train at Oshodi in Lagos when she was trying to avoid a puddle of water beside the rail tracks. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the unidentified woman was walking along the tracks when the incident happened at about... Read More
While NFL stars may have to wear ridiculously tight pants, we’re quite thankful they aren’t tackling each other in skimpy lingerie. That said, we don’t think anyone’s complaining about the annual Lingerie Football League’s Lingerie Bowl. Last year’s competitors, the Los Angeles Temptations and the Philadelphia Passion are back for round two. Take a look... Read More