A teenager microwaved her pet guinea pig and posted the footage of her apparently cooking it online. The clip uploaded by the 16-year-old girl identified as Vitoria Muller sparked an online hate campaign as images of the animal spinning inside the machine were shared on the internet. The Brazilian was heavily criticised for her cruelty against the animal who luckily escaped unharmed, and people have called for her to be reprimanded. The teen claimed she came up with the idea after being told by some friends to do it. A hashtag reading ‘punishment for Vitoria’ trended with Twitter users tearing…
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Two Muslim men were ordered off a plane and made to go back through security after passengers complained that they were ‘making gestures’ to each other. The men were taken off the Izmir to Manchester service before the Thomas Cook service left the Turkish airport. Two female passengers told cabin crew that they saw the men ‘skipping security scanners’ and signalling to each other while on the plane. The flight was delayed by 90 minutes, as the men were hauled off and taken back to the terminal to re-do security checks. When they were eventually given the all clear they…
The wife of Ondo State governor, Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, yesterday, made a scary revelation when she disclosed that she had been a victim of breast cancer for 20 years, but survived. Akeredolu, whose husband, Rotimi became governor on February 24, made this revelation in Abeokuta in the presence of 13 other southern governors’ wives, who were in Ogun State to attend the fifth quarterly meeting of Southern Governors’ Wives Forum at the June 12 Cultural Centre. While speaking on prevention and control of cancer using her personal experience, she described her experience as traumatic, noting that there was the need…
Samuel, an NYSC member deployed to Cross River, has died of Lassa fever disease at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong, who disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Calabar, said that the deceased hailed from Delta and was serving in Obubra before he died. Abisong said that the deceased was first admitted at the General Hospital, Obubra, where he was treated for cerebral malaria for one week. She said that his condition got worse and he was referred to the UCTH for further treatment while his blood sample was taken…
Reality star and business entrepreneur, Kim Kardashian put her curves on display in a black dress as she took her daughter North out for ice cream on Thursday. Mother and daughter were accompanied by Kim’s bestie Jonathan Cheban, assistants, security and Keeping Up With The Kardashians cameras. More Kim’s photos below,
Alleged side chic to Tonto Dikeh’s estranged husband, Oladunni Churchill, said this in a post she shared on IG this morning. “Good morning world! Think about it… You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. Now you see that kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul. Love yourself and share love ❤️ #loveyourself #innerbeauty #sharelove #inspiration#beauty #love #everythingrosy #rosykisses #QueenOfAllQueens?”.
Rob Kardashian has wished his on-off fiancée Blac Chyna a happy birthday in a sweet post on Instagram. The reality star, 30, posted a happy snap that showed the Lashed Bar owner, 29, laughing with him as they stood in a playground together. He simply captioned the pic “Happy birthday @blacchyna” along with two watermelon emojis.
Despite the controversy surrounding their union, the children of Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president, and Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu, had their traditional marriage on Thursday. Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of the ex-president, had said the wedding will lead to disaster and strange deaths in the country. She had filed a suit at an Ikeja high court, seeking to stop the wedding but Lateefat Okunnu, the presiding judge, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear it because the groom, 33, is an adult. The traditional marriage, which held at the Balmoral Hall of…
The supreme court has upheld the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia state governor. On June 27, Okon Abang, a judge of the federal high court, Abuja, ordered Ikpeazu’s removal on the allegation that he submitted false tax documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This followed a suit filed by Uche Ogah who placed second in the PDP governorship primary election Ikpeazu won. Abang had directed INEC to issue Ogah with a certificate of return, but Ikpeazu filed an appeal against the judgment. On August 8, the appeal court set aside the judgment of the lower court, and…
Peter Joseph, the uncle of one of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram in October 2016, says the rehabilitation camp of the government is “just like another prison”. In an interview on The Stream, a programme on Al Jazeera, Joseph said he had not been given free access to see his niece, Sarah, since she regained freedom six months ago. “We were very happy to learn of the news that she was released,” he told Femi Oke, anchor of the programme. “But we are not very much impressed with the way the government is handling the whole rehabilitation…