NIGERIA - ON THE REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY

While the Federal Government has made good its decision to withdraw the fuel subsidy, it would be in the best interest of the entire Nigerian populace that the government revisits its decision and make adequate readjustments before the country erupts in utter chaos. Whatever...

BOMB BLASTS AND THE NIGERIAN POLLS

News and results from the just concluded National Assembly (NASS) elections is making Nigerians go agog with excitement as a feeling of the expression “Now our votes count” reigns in the hearts of...

Shocking Realities of the Business of Hair Extensions

In the small city in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, bald women can be quite an alarming-look. Women (and men, too), are religious pilgrims visiting Tirumala, a temple of the Vaishnava sect of Hinduism high in the red granite hills above the town...

Morgan Freeman is "FREE" and will be FREE

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday, after he had been hospitalized for injuries he sustained in a weekend auto crash. Freeman, 71, is also set for a divorce from Myrna Colley-Lee, his wife of 24 years. Gossips insinuate that Myrna and the divorce...

Actor Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car accident

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in a car accident near his home and is now hospitalized in Memphis. Freeman was driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima belonging to Demaris Meyer of Memphis when the car...

Odd! Black and White Twin brothers from Black and White Parents

It was “a real surprise,” Gerth told the German newspaper Die Welt. "None of us could believe it," the maternity ward's head doctor, Birgit Weber, told one news source. "Both kids have definitely the same father." Some things aren’t always black and white. Then again,...

Anna Nicole Smith's son died from accidental overdose - Jury Rules

The jury delibrating on the possible cause of Daniel Smith's death, finally gave it's ruling - Daniel Smith died of accidental over dose (just like his mother Anna Nicole Smith).According to the jury's ruling Daniel Smith was not an addict, but Larry Birkhead, Anna Nicoles...

Abba drummer found dead in his garden

A former drummer for the Swedish pop band ABBA was found dead with cuts to his neck in the garden of his house on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Police said Monday an autopsy showed it was an accident. A...

Curious details discovered on JFK's assasination

A curious transcript purportedly about President John F. Kennedy's assassination has been discovered among boxes of memorabilia that were long forgotten in an old safe at the Dallas County district attorney's office. Other items found in an old safe on the 10th floor of the...

Avalanche of water threatens Colorado town

More than 1 billion gallons of contaminated water — enough to fill 1,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools — is trapped in a tunnel in the mountains above the historic town of Leadville and threatening to blow. The water is backed up in abandoned mine shafts and a 2.1-mile...

Kenyan Opposition Leader gunned down; "Ethnic Cleansing" escalades

Gunmen killed opposition legislator Mugabe Were, and slums where a tense peace had held for days exploded with machete-wielding gangs setting fire to homes and businesses owned by President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu...

Do Monkeys Pay for Sex?

One of humanity's oldest professions may be even older than we thought. A recent study of macaque monkeys in Indonesia, revealed that male primates "paid" for sexual access to females — and that the...

Kenyan "Twin Presidents" meet to negotiate

Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote sparked nationwide violence that left hundreds dead. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga arrived at the president's office in...

Chess Legend Bobby Fischer dies at 64

Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game. Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a child prodigy, a teenage grandmaster and — before age 30...

Bush's WHITE HOUSE WEDDING Revealed!

U.S. President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna and her fiance, Henry Hager, will marry on May 10, People magazine reported on its Web site on Wednesday, citing two sources it did not identify. The wedding will be held at the president's 1,600-acre (646-hectare) ranch in...
 

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