Why women constantly lie about life on Facebook
Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found. Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated...
View ArticleDanish TV mistakes video game image for Syria
A Danish news channel has admitted that it used an image of Damascus taken from a computer game in a news report on the Syrian civil war. Instead of a photograph, the backdrop for presenter Cecilie...
View ArticleMan fired for wrestling shark – while he was on sick leave
A British man who received worldwide attention for wrestling a shark away from kids on an Australian beach has been sacked from his job as a result. When Paul Marshallsea, 62, made the daring rescue at...
View Article‘Grave’ mistake in California mortuary
Evan Davidson lived with his wife for 51 years. But when he told morticians that the woman in the open casket wasn’t Darlene Davidson, they politely told him he was mistaken. “I looked at her and said,...
View ArticleMother attempted to sell her kids to pay boyfriend’s bond –Police
An Oklahoma mother was arrested last week after she allegedly tried to sell her children online. Police say Misty VanHorn attempted to sell her kids on Facebook, possibly to cover the bond money she...
View ArticleWoman drinks eye drop
Shayne Carpenter allegedly put Visine eye drops in his girlfriend’s drink after a fight. A Grass Valley, Calif., man is accused of spiking his girlfriend’s drink with Visine eyedrops so that she would...
View ArticleMan sues for losing penis in accident
You can only imagine” what Edgardo Toucet is going through after his penis was cut off in an accident at work, one of his lawyers, Michael Valen, told The Huffington Post. Toucet is suing the Spartan...
View ArticleWoman impersonates rodeo star to get free phones, dates
Susan Rowan wasn’t horsing around when she impersonated a rodeo star in order to get hundreds of free phones, two free homemade saddles and three potential boyfriends. Rowan, 39, of Fayette County,...
View ArticleSix-month-old dies after being shot five times in Chicago
The 6-month-old infant girl shot five times on Chicago’s South Side Monday died in the hospital Tuesday morning. Jonylah Watkins was rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital Monday afternoon in...
View ArticlePanel criticises US military on sex assault
Legislators at Senate hearing on military sexual harassment question justice system which favours perpetrators. US legislators have expressed outrage over the military justice system’s failure to deal...
View ArticleFCT council election
Poor turn out as well as late arrival of electoral officials and materials at designated polling units characterised local council elections held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday....
View ArticlePope wants church for the poor
Newly elected Pope Francis has made a case for the poor, calling for a church that was both poor and for the poor. In his first meeting with journalists on Saturday, the Pope, who was known as Cardinal...
View ArticleChico Ejiro’s rising profile
There is no contest that ace movie producer, Chico Ejiro, is one of the best hands in the industry. Popularly referred to as Mr. Prolific, he has to his credit several award winning flicks and is...
View Article‘More Nigerians are being diagnosed with glaucoma’
With the World Glaucoma Week which ended on Saturday, Dr. Chigozie Onyesonwu, an expert optometrist, tells MOTUNRAYO ABODERIN that Glaucoma is a silent eye killer disease that requires urgent attention...
View ArticleWhen exercises get excessive
Exercise is the physical exertion of the body. It is making the body do a physical activity which allows for a healthy living both physically and mentally. Exercise helps to maintain and enhance your...
View ArticleRe: Luth, please release our list
Please refer to a letter dated March 3, 2013 with the above caption, sent in by one Kizito Chibuike, of 35, Bakare Opesa, Agege, Lagos. Having gone through the list of applicants for internship sent in...
View ArticleOn withdrawal of Kalu’s degree certificate
I was surprised when I read about the withdrawal of the degree certificate of former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu by the Abia State University. I hope all the reasons deduced by the university...
View ArticleThis is Charles Ahize’s daughter
Multi-millionaire businessman, Charles Ahize, sort of raised eyebrows when he walked the red carpet of an event in company with a ‘female companion’. Most of the guests were especially surprised...
View ArticleFagbenle’s giant Olympic strides
As the first McDonald’s All-American in the history of Harvard women’s basketball, Temi Fagbenle appeared ready for her star turn with the Crimson when she arrived on campus in 2011. Born in Baltimore...
View ArticleBolt to compete in Ostrava
Usain Bolt has confirmed he will participate in the men’s 4×100 metres relay at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in the Czech Republic scheduled on June 27. It will be the seventh time for the Jamaican...
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