In what could also be termed the battle of the pups, Nigerian celebs are showing an interesting fondness for pets, pups in particular.
Here’s a few of our favourite celebs and their cute pups.
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Nobody likes having
a hangover but everyone loves drinking. For centuries, hard drinkers
have invented countless ways they can have their booze and not get a
hangover too. Here are 10 of the dumbest...
1. Coffee: Sure, it'll make you more awake, but you'll be more awake with a headache and even-worse-dehydration.
2. Drinking Water Before Bed: Sounds
good... but it's actually just dumb. Professor Michael Oshinsky of
Thomas Jefferson...
The actress shared this photo of herself and her husband aboard a flight
to London and called it a 'second honeymoon'. They will be visiting the
UK, France and Spain for shopping and relaxing. Another pic after the
cut...
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Ahead of its formal debut at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show, the Volkswagen Golf R was previewed online.
Based
on the seventh generation of the Golf, the all-wheel-drive R features
the turbocharged 2-litre four-cylinder engine found in the MkVII GTI, but produces 296 horsepower and 280lb-ft of torque – increases of 86hp and 24lb-ft, respectively, over the GTI.
Volkswagen claims the R will reach 62mph from a standstill in 4.9 seconds...
As
this year’s Big Brother Africa (BBA) television reality show comes to
an end. The anticipations about who will take home the princely $300,000
(about N48 million) grand by safesaver">prize on Sunday, 25 August, are as high as never before.
With
last week’s exit of dreadlocked South Africa’s Angelo Collins, who was
one of the favourites for the grand prize, and Ethiopia’s Bimp, the top 5
for the final looks like this: the two Nigerians...
The
Medical Director of City Convalescent Clinic, Mr. Okereke committed
suicide this morning at his residence, 13, Aliu Street, Kosofe by
Ile-Iwe Bus-stop, Ketu, western Nigeria.
The body of the
deceased was found by his wife dangling from the ceiling fan in one of
the rooms of their two-storey building, which also houses a clinic. The
reason why he took his life could not be ascertained as he did not leave
any suicide note behind.
According...
Tragedy
occurred on Wednesday at Ofada area of Mowe, Ogun State, southwest
Nigeria, when a three-year old boy fell into an open well and drowned.
The
little boy, Ola William, had just returned from tutorials in his school
and was playing around the vicinity when the incident happened.
According
to information, the well had been left uncovered since it was dug and
was quickly covered after the boy died inside it.
The mother of
the...
Chris
Brown blasted the "racist" District Attorney involved in getting him
sentenced to 1,000 more hours of community service in a Twitter rant on
August 22, 2013, Thursday. The rant comes after a court hearing last
week.
Brown's
probation was reinstated and the singer was sentenced to 1,000
additional hours of community labor on Friday, August 16, by Superior
Court Judge James Brandlin.
The
sentencing came after a May hit-and-run...
After dating for almost a year and a half, actress Monalisa Chinda and
business man Lanre Nzeribe have called it quits and this is
authoritative. According to sources close to the actress, Monalisa
walked out of the relationship about a month ago. Why they really broke
up is of course only known to both of them but I know there was a lot of
disagreement about a business venture they were to start together.
Monalisa and Lanre were working...
An eight-month-old baby who grew a second 'head' has
undergone surgery to have it removed.The child, known as Tofajjal, was
suffering from a rare disease called encephalomeningocele, said to
affect one in 40,000-45,000 babies.
According to doctors, the second head was a 'parasitic twin', which weighed almost a kilo and had brain tissue within it.
He has now had the 'head' removed in a painstaking five-hour operation.
Neuro-surgeon
Sisir...
A baby was found dead this morning inside a gutter along Upper New Market road axis of Onitsha in Anambra State. A
LIBer who lives in the state took the photo and sent it in. The baby
was well dressed and dumped there. Incredibly sad. See the photo after
the cut and say a little prayer for him...
*warning* Viewer discretion advised.
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Here’s what Kanye told Kim’s mum Kris Jenner on her show:
“”I can have people saying this is going to damage your credibility
as an artist or a designer, and I say I don’t care, I love this woman.
When the paparazzi surround you, people know you don’t like paparazzi ,
and they say “Why would you be with this person?” I’m being with this
person because I love this person, and she’s worth it to me.
My grandfather just passed and...
23 year old University of Benin undergraduate Olumilua Yemi from Ekiti State beat other contestants to win the 2013 Queen Globe Beauty pageant which held at the Grand Hotel in Asaba Delta state on Saturday August
17th. Yemi will now represent Nigeria at the Miss Globe International
pageant. See more photos of the new queen after the cut...
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A
15-year-old boy narrowly escaped being killed on Tuesday after a
fraction of a building collapsed on him at Pipeline area of Kubwa in
Bwari Area Council.
A witness said the victim was sent on an errand within the area where some structures were recently demolished.
“As
he was passing through one of the buildings, a side of the structure
fell on him, and left him badly injured,” the witness said.
According
to the witness, the victim’s screaming...
A young woman
photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and
beaten in India's business hub of Mumbai, police said Friday.
Police
said the woman was on assignment to take pictures of an abandoned
textile factory in south Mumbai late Thursday when five men confronted
her with an offer to help her get permission to shoot inside the
building.
Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh told reporters that the men tied her colleague's hands with a belt while she was gang raped.
The woman, 22, is in stable condition in...
The
popular singer and producer David Adeleke, Davido promised to award the
sum of $3000 (approx. N485,558) to anyone who can beat his dance moves
on his new single 'Skelewu'.
To
aid those that might be interested in the dance feat, Davido has
released an instructional video where he and a few HKN Gang members
(including B.Red and Deekay) danced to the song....
It's the goal of a
burlesque dancer to get the audience hot and bothered, but one
pastie-wearing performer succeeded in ways she never expected -- by
setting off smoke alarms.
The
performer, Go Go Amy, recently did a show at Abertay University in
Dundee, Scotland, with her troupe, The Pretty Things PeepShow.
Go Go Amy's act climaxed with a fire dance that included her lighting up her nipple tassels.
After
she was done performing, the...
At least 23 young pregnant girls have become the victims of the use of native concoction for abortion in only one year.
It
has been learnt that teenage girls within some communities in Agbor,
Kwale, Isoko North and South who became pregnant and were desperate to
do away with the pregnancies, sought the help of local doctors, who
prepared and administered the herbal concoctions, which ended up costing
them their lives, most times.
Although
...
21
suspected commercial sex workers have been arrested in the course of
'Operation Restore Morality' in Jigawa State, according to the state
commander-general of the Hisba Guards, Malam Saadu Aliyu.
The operation was conducted by the Hisba command in a bid to curb activities of sex workers in some parts of the state.
Mr.
Aliyu disclosed that the arrests were made in the Chaichai and Larabar
Tambarin Gwani areas, the places chosen by the...
Less than two weeks
after a man posted a photo of his dead wife to Facebook and confessed
online to killing her, a similar case emerges in Costa Rica.
Police
there say a 29-year-old man strangled his girlfriend and sent a photo
of her body via What'sApp to her sister, apologizing for what he had
done.
He also informed the family of his whereabouts, and police
soon arrived, found the body, and arrested him. The IBT quotes local
media as...
In by safesaver">Hollywood there are lots of depressed and unhappy celebrities even
here in Nollywood, there are several movies stars that are unhappy with
how life is treating them. Life treats some fairly while some are badly
treated but out of it all, what really matters is one’s happiness which
cannot be measured with anything.But for Funke Akindele,
the talented actress and the most sought-after face in brand
endorsements, has...
A
41-year-old tanker driver identified as Bashiru has been arrested in
Calabar for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl and infecting her
with a sexually transmitted disease.
The incident
happened in Okom Ita, Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State,
when the two-year old girl (name withehld) strolled from her mother’s
room into Bashiru’s apartment to play with the man she calls “uncle.”
Margaret,
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