Maya Angelou Dies At 86!

The poet and memoirist Maya Angelou died on May 28th, at the age of eighty-six. A civil-rights activist and a professor at Wake Forest University, Angelou—born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri—was the author of works including “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and received awards including the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

Her public life spanned decades and included a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as dozens of honorary degrees. "A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again" - Maya Angelou.

Senator Yerima Wants Our Girls Back!

Shouldn't we be worried, now Senator Yerima wants our girls back? This indeed is the height of hypocricy! #Iweep4mycountry

Meet Peng Weiqing, Chinese man kept in a cage for more than 40 years by his mother!

 

A Chinese woman Peng Waimei, who has kept her son locked in a cage for more than 40 years has appealed for someone to help look after him after she dies.

Peng Weiqing, 48, has been in the cage in his mother's home in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, since the age of six. Peng Waimei, says that she did it to protect Weiqing.

Waimei and her late husband locked their son away and have fed him through the bars ever since after a series of health problems as a child. When Weiqing was still a baby he suffered a high fever, which left him brain-damaged. 

Waimei said: 'He can't control himself. 'When he was young, quite often he would cut himself with a knife and glass debris.'Even when walking, he could suddenly fall down and hit his face and make it bleed. 'He must know me, although he may not know the meaning of "mother". He is my 48-year-old child. 

Waimei fears for her son when she dies and hopes to find someone to take care of him. More photos..

Black Man, Kash Delano Register Wrongly Convicted Released After 34 Years In Prison!

In 1979, Brenda Anderson testified that a young man with whom she had gone to high school shot her elderly neighbor to death. Thirty-four years later, Anderson’s sister Sharon took the stand and said the account, which helped send the young man to prison, was a lie.

On Thursday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sided with Sharon Anderson and threw out the conviction of Kash Delano Register, who maintained his innocence during more than three decades as inmate No. C11693, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Register took his first steps of freedom just after 4:30 p.m. Friday. The 53-year-old exonerated inmate was transported from a Northern California jail to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles, where he left a free man, CBS Los Angeles reports.

(PHOTOS): PETER OKOYE'S HALLOWEEN COSTUME!

Halloween or Hallowe'en  a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31st October, the eve of the feast of All Saints (Hallows') Day. It initiates the triduum of Hallowmas, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising" or "trunk-or-treating"), attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Western countries that embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century are Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom as well as of Australia and New Zealand.

Who knows, Nigerians may gradually be embracing the festival. It wont be a bad idea afterall after seeing Peter Okoye's Halloween costume! What do you think of Peter Okoye's Halloween looks? More pix after the cut..

Nigerians Blocked Indian Road for Over 4 Hours in Protest of a Dead Colleague [PHOTOS]

Nigerians and other African nationals numbering about 200 blocked the National Highway 17 on the outskirts of Goa capital in India today in protest of the death of a yet-to-be identified Nigerian.

According to reports, the incident happened when a gang descended at Parra where many Nigerians stay - in four and two wheeler vehicles and attacked a group of Nigerians with weapons. Some of the Nigerians were on bikes when they were attacked. One was hit with a dagger severally that he breathed his last, while five others were injured in the attack before the assailants fled from the scene.

Ejiogu Benjamin a Nigerian, sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug-smuggling

Ejiogu Benjamin Ikechukwu, a Nigerian who was arrested in 2012 for smuggling more than 3.4 kilograms of methamphetamine from Thailand into Vietnam, has been sentenced to death by a Ho Chi Minh City court.

The court, which sat in Vietnam early this week, observed that Ikechukwu committed a crime, which is considered “extremely serious” in the country.Ikechukwu was arrested on June 23, 2012 by customs officials at Tan Son Nhat International Airport with the drugs, which were hidden inside 16 metal cylinders and a laptop adapter.

Meet Julie Sondra Decker, The 35-Year-Old Virgin Who Has Vowed Never To Have Sex!

A 35-year-old woman has told how she has never felt sexually attracted to men or women. Julie Sondra Decker from Tampa, Florida, revealed that she started describing herself as 'nonsexual' at the age of 15 and when she became aware of the term 'asexual', she changed it. The outgoing blonde says that she's had more offers of sex than she 'wants to count' over the years but, 'without the feelings that usually go with that sort of thing, it's kind of gross. 

The writer, who lives alone in a two-bedroom apartment, states that she is not interested in dating or pursuing a domestic partner. 'I have very close friendships but don't want a significant other. I don't want to find another asexual to be roommates with. 'As far as I can tell I'll be happy being single my whole life.' In a YouTube video, Miss Decker says that as a young teenager she kissed and cuddled both boys and girls. But she concluded: 'I never found anything that floated my boat.' She says that her family were convinced that she was a 'closet lesbian'.

Jeremiah Ogbodo Set To Open New Hangout Spot Tomorrow!

Celebrity stylist Jeremiah Ogbodo of Swanky's Signatures and Swanky Signatures Styling is set to open a new hangout spot in Lekki Phase 1 tomorrow. "Swanky's Alibi" is located at 26 Admiralty Way in Lush Mall opposite Dominos Pizza.

Tenant Abducts, Impregnates Landlord's Daughter!

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-year-old man, Ajibola Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the daughter of his landlord for three years. The suspect was also said to have forcefully impregnated the victim, Modupe Brown, during captivity. The police told PUNCH Metro that after Brown had given birth to the child, Ajibola refused to allow the child access to immunisation. As a result, the child was said to have contracted polio disease and subsequently became crippled. Details after the break

Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, told PUNCH Metro that Ajibola, was arrested along with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly conspired with him to commit the act. He said, “Brown, a 400 level student of Business Administration at the Lagos State University, was kidnapped by Ajibola who kept her in captivity with his family for “three years between 2010 and 2013. 

KCee Limpopo Buys A Brand New Bentley Gt

KCee the Limpopo crooner has just added a brand new Bentley Gt Coupe to his fleets which include a Range Rover 2013 model, a BMW X6. Well, it seems music pays so much in Naija these days. Congrats bro.

Photos From The Associated Airline Plane Crash In Ikeja, Lagos!

Reports reaching us indicate that a plane crash has occurred at the Lagos airport. A witness said the crash occurred at the local wing of the airport close to the section were JET-A1, plane fuel, is stored. Sources say the light plane, was carrying the body of the late former governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Agagu and some family members.

Fire service officials were seen evacuating the occupants of the plane. It is not yet clear the number of casualties from the crash. The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident. More photos after the cut...

Nneoma Anosike Wins Elite Model Look Nigeria 2013!

18-year-old Nneoma Anosike has won the 6th edition of Elite Model Look Nigeria. After a rigorous screening of about 1853 aspiring models across the country, Nneoma made the top 14 girls picked to battle their way in attaining a supermodel status.

At the grand finale held yesterday at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nneoma beat the 14 finalists to win the Elite Model Look Nigeria 2013! As the winner, Nneoma will join finalists from over 80 countries in the world finale in China on November 27, 2013.

Congrats girl

Fashola Unveils West Africa’s Tallest Hotel In Lagos

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos unveiled the tallest hotel in West Africa, Intercontinental Lagos, built at a cost of N30 billion. The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria is a 23-storey building containing 358 rooms and 37 suites and a Presidential suite. The Intercontinental Lagos, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Hotel Group, IHG, is owned by the Milan Group.

Unveiling the 5-star hotel, Fashola said the edifice would surely boost the hospitality and tourism industry in the state, while urging other entrepreneurs to look inward and invest their money in hotels and public utilities such as roads.

Fashola at the official opening of Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos. According to him, the unveiling of the hotel represented the increasing brands of hotels making Nigeria their choice destinations, saying that the tourism industry would be boosted by the new edifice.

Angry Arik Air Passengers Block Abuja Airport Runway (Photos)

Angry Arik Air passengers yesterday, Thursday evening caused confusion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after they disembarked from an Arik Air flight that was meant to take them to the Margaret Ekpo Airport, Calabar from Abuja.

The disgruntled passengers practically held passengers on other planes at the airport hostages as they blocked the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, preventing planes from taking-off or landing.

According to reports, the angry passengers' flight that had the Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, on board, was denied landing at the Calabar airport at about 5.30pm by the station manager due to safety concerns.

Genevieve Nnaji Signs Autograph at the Half A Yellow Sun movie premiere!

Nice one Genny. She really is a world class star!

56 years old Catholic Priest Arrested For Allegedly Molesting A 15-year-old Boy

A 56-year-old Catholic priest in Pennsylvania has been charged with molesting a 15-year-old boy after cops say he was caught in the act. Rev. Fr. W. Jeffrey Paulish was found with the boy -- who was wearing no pants in a car on the Penn State University campus last Thursday.

Initially, Fr. Paulish told police he was walking around the campus working on his homily and met the boy by chance. That the boy was in emotional distress and needed counseling which he was offering the boy, only to later admit that he had placed an advertisement on the "casual encounters" section of Craigslist website  and the two agreed to meet.  He also admitted to looking at male pornography.

(Photos) Transgender German man becomes first in Europe to have a baby!

A transgender man is the first in Europe to give birth to a baby after becoming pregnant through a sperm donor. The unidentified man, who was born a woman, delivered the baby boy at home with a midwife in the poor Neukoellin district of Berlin.

He insisted on a home birth because he refused to be listed as the mother on any hospital documents - a legal requirement of in Germany. The father, who maintained the reproductive organs of a woman, has been taking hormone replacement therapies for years to switch sexes.

Details about the sperm donor or any relationship information has been withheld from the public as the father wanted to protect his son from any attention. Officially the child, who was born on March 18, does not have a mother, only a father.

Fani-kayode Withdraws Comments On Bianca Ojukwu

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn the statement credited to him that he had an intimate relationship with the wife of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu.

Fani-Kayode, also a former Minister of Culture, in a statement by his lawyer, Mr. Akinola Babatunde Rotimi, however, said the claim by Bianca that they were not friends and had never met was ‘patently false'.

The former minister, who was also a spokesman of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, insisted that he knew Bianca in the early mid-80s when he was a student at the London and Cambridge Universities respectively.

He noted that they were good friends at the time and had a few mutual friends who are still alive till date. The statement stated that though he had not seen Bianca for over 25 years, he spoke to her on the phone when her husband passed on last year.

Photo: 19-Year Old Brazilian Girl Swallows Mobile Phone To Prevent Her Boyfriend From Reading Her Messages

19-year old Brazilian girl, Adriana Andrade who was cheating on her boyfriend has swallowed her phone to prevent him from reading her text messages. According to reports, her boyfriend demanded to see her phone, when he suspected she was cheating on him, but Adriana refused and swallowed it instead. She was later rushed to the hospital when she started feeling uncomfortable and was operated upon to save her life.