Two Ohio women have been charged in the gruesome death of a troubled young woman who was found burned alive and wailing in agony on the side of a rural road last week. Celeste Fronsman, 29, of Canton, was naked, burned and had a strap around her neck when she was discovered by a driver... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola On Monday, President Goodluck Jonathan will embark on a three-day working visit to Malawi and Botswana. He will be accompanied on the visit by by Governors Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and Sule Lamido of Jigawa according to a statement by his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati on Saturday. The entourage... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola “Parents listen to your children. We are the leaders of tomorrow. Try and pay our school fees and give us a sound education.” Who doesn’t remember Tosin Jegede? Who doesn’t remember those lyrics? Almost everyone who was old enough to listen to music in the late 80s and early 90s must know... Read More
by Akan Ido Minister for Aviation, Stella Oduah, yesterday admitted that the suspension of the flight operations of Dana Airlines immediately after the June 3 crash was in error. She said this while answering questions on a breakfast programme on ChannelsTV on the rationale behind the lifting of the suspension earlier placed on the operations... Read More
by Reuben Daba Singer and actress, Jennifer Hudson, who turns 30 this week has a deal with Weight Watchers. Under the terms of the deal, she acts as a spokeswoman for the company and gets paid if she loses a certain amount of weight. Celebrities who don’t lose the weight specified in the contract don’t get... Read More
by Isi Esene Contrary to reports last week that the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama personally invited some members of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria, led by Bola Tinubu to the just concluded Democratic National Convention (DNC), there are reports indicating the ACN delegation attended the event on a generic... Read More
A Colorado dad filed an obituary with a local newspaper in late August, claiming that his son “went with the Lord” — but the 7-year-old is alive and well. Jason McCoy’s fake obituary, submitted to the Post Independent, isn’t even illegal, according to the paper. McCoy claims that he submitted the obituary after his son Seth “died” on... Read More
by Eric Kester We are a society obsessed with success. We don’t like to admit it, but success often trumps character today. Yes, Zuckerberg may be arrogant and his IPO flopped. But he was Man of the Year, and we want to be him, or something like him. I am a recent Harvard grad who... Read More
A Northern California mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend’s heart and removing his tongue while the two were on hallucinogenic drugs has pleaded guilty to murder and mayhem charges. Jarrod Wyatt of Crescent City agreed to a plea deal in which he will serve 50 years to life in prison, Del Norte County... Read More
A leading neuroscientist has backed an opt-in system for online pornography, saying extreme images may cause long-term harm to children’s brains. Baroness Susan Greenfield urged ministers to respect parents’ concerns over uncontrolled internet access. The Oxford University professor said the developing brain was ‘vulnerable’ and that children needed to be protected from premature sexualisation. Already,... Read More
A 19-year-old woman has been raped by two men on Brighton beach while another man watched, police said today. The woman, who is from Kent, told officers she was grabbed by the pair in their 30s and raped in the early hours of the morning while the third man was present. The attack happened on... Read More
Fox’s American Idol is getting closer to finalizing a judges panel for its 12th season. Sources say Latin singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias has now received a firm offer for a spot on the reality hit, which may expand to four judges next year despite shedding its entire previous panel. EW.com reported last week that rapper Nicki... Read More
A Florida woman was arrested and charged with child abuse for allegedly locking a four-year-old boy inside a filthy kitchen cupboard for hours on end on multiple occasions. Lori Hamilton, 42, was taken into custody on Thursday and is being held without bail in Polk County Jail. According to authorities, Hamilton repeatedly locked the child... Read More
by Isi Esene This video shows a sleepwalking pajama-wearing woman wandering around her kitchen looking for god-knows-what. Unfortunately for her , her mischievous son interviews her and captures it all on camera seeing it as the best time to have mom on primetime. After mumbling some sentences of gibberish, the woman leaves the kitchen, presumably... Read More
A Chinese beauty contest has stirred up a storm for dictating that its college student contestants reveal their nipples are well spaced. The contest is seeking to find the ‘ten most beautiful college students’ in Hubei Province, according to Gawker. The pedantic organisers are looking for nipples no further than 20cm apart. The contest, launched... Read More
by Margaret Paul You will stop running from love when you are wiling to let go of trying to control how the other person feels about you by giving yourself up and instead risk being fully yourself. Do you want to find the love of your life but find yourself sabotaging relationship after relationship? Are you... Read More
by Akan Ido Who would have thought there are more deaths globally due to suicides than from wars and murders put together yearly? The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a statement on Friday indicating approximately one million people people die from suicides worldwide each year calling for urgent measures to be taken to curb the... Read More
Tragedy struck on September 2,2012, after a 29-year-old boy simply called Lekan, beat a 68-year-old woman, Falilat Bakare to death at Shibiri Ekunpa Street, Ojo, Lagos. Incidentally, the suspect is a friend to the fiance of Madam Falilat’s younger daughter, Abibatu. The circumstances that surrounded the incident was as intriguing as it was bizarre. Crime... Read More
by Peter Knox Sharing your shelf is sharing yourself. Try taking a picture of your bookshelf and its wonderful contents Only a bookshelf can truly hold a reader’s history and future at the same time, while the present is usually found in a book bag or on a nightstand nearby. A lifelong reader myself, I’ve... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Mr. Olisagbo Ifedike, 36, has been on every single most wanted list in the South-Eastern state of Anambra for the past few years. He’d been a source of headache for the state’s police commissioner, Bala Nasarawa. Now, Nasarawa doesn’t have to worry about that problem any more as he has the famed... Read More
If Nigeria must witness any drastic and meaningful progress, members of the opposition must learn to do things differently. Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to reiterate the fact that I’m an unabashed member of the Nigerian opposition at this time that we are being stigmatised by members of the ruling Federal Government. There is really... Read More
by Reuben Daba Kim Kardashian just keeps making it into the news, no matter what she does. She was on The View recently, and her response to a particular question was enough to set tongues wagging. The question – Do you want Kanye’s child? It was Barbara Walters, the 82-year-old in the house who popped... Read More
by Akan Ido A policeman, Sunday Uloko, yesterday pleaded with the Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his marriage to Nnee, saying she is troublesome, always willing to fight, and regularly embarrasses him in public. He also accused her of not being welcoming to his family saying she does not want him to have... Read More
Akan Ido The president of the Kogi State chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alex Abutu on Thursday disclosed that names of minors have been found on the payroll some local governments and many others have been discovered to collect salaries twice a month from LGA councils. While speaking to newsmen... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nothing’s sacred any more. How else does one explain this video which was captured by a surveillance camera at the St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington DC, USA. Man walks into church with a bag. Seconds later, another runs behind him and emerges shortly afterwards with bag that formerly... Read More
by Isi Esene The Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday declared three oil marketers wanted. The oil marketers were accused of obtaining billions of naira of the fuel subsidy funds from the federal government under false pretence. The marketers are Abdul Afeez Olarenwaju Olabisi, Fago Petroleum and Gas Ltd.; Abubakar Ali Jeldi, Managing Director... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Dele Oroja, the chairman of Meiran/Ilepo branch of Three Wheelers Association of Nigeria is dead. His end came through the bullets of a police corporal, Abbey Adekunle on Thursday night. After killing Oroja, Corporal Adekunle fled the scene. It was only the intervention of the Lagos State Police commissioner, Umar Manko, that... Read More
To maintain foreign friends you need to have foreign thoughts and habits. You love all things foreign. But despite the repeated olive-oiled anointing your pastor gave you and your passport, you failed to get a Visa. You failed thrice- to America, Canada and Britain. You lost a lot of money trying. After the long grueling... Read More
A woman with good shoes is never ugly – Coco Chanel The way that ladies love shoes men can never understand. It’s just impossible to have enough shoes in one’s wardrobe. Shoes are a very essential part of an outfit not just that it covers the naked feet but also the shoes a lady wears can... Read More
by Amy Chan Often, I psycho-analyze the heck out of my feelings and have a hard time deciphering if it’s the situation that is stirring up the pain, or other deep-rooted childhood stuff. Some say that pain of the heart is the worst kind to experience. There is no surgery, no medicine, no band-aid that will... Read More