LAUGH QUOTE “Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.” -Albert Einstein Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Dishwasher Dishwasher who? Dish wash er way I spoke until I got my false teeth. WISE GUYS ANSWER TO STUPID QUESTION QUESTION: What do you get from a pampered cow? WISE GUY: Spoiled milk. COPY CAT. Mother: “Why did you get such a low mark on that test?” Junior: “Because of absence.” Mother: “You mean you were absent on the day of the test?” Junior: “No,…
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The daughter of a former director of information of Bayelsa State, Victoria Gagariga, has been detained by the Police for stabbing a lawyer to death. Her victim and husband, Henry Gagariga, was rushed to hospital after the stabbing during a domestic dispute but died later due to excessive lost blood from the neck wound. Victoria, 28, and believed to be a civil servant with the state Council for Arts and Culture, allegedly stabbed her husband to death at their residence along Ebisam Road, Akenfa, a suburb in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, following a disagreement. She had reportedly stabbed her husband…
A Zambia cattle herder, Augustine Mulele is chatting with the Pemba District Police for allegedly killing a six-year-old, Cynthia Mudenda out of anger. Mulele, 17, told the police he lost his temper when the girl allegedly insulted him during a quarrel so he struck her with a stick on her head Upon realizing that Cynthia of Hamalambo Village in Chief Hamaundu’s area had fainted, the suspect Augustine Mulele attempted to burn her. According to Southern Province assistant police chief, Kashif Mphande Cynthia went missing Friday last week, the same day he had a quarrel with Mulele also of the same…
The never-expect-power-always syndrome that has bedeviled Nigeria for decades, has finally found a new foothold in South Africa, hitherto a republic 24-7 blazing light, with its pliers and blackout gear. On December 5, Eskom implemented stage three blackouts, but on December 8 Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona denied that Eskom was in crisis. However ESKOM was able to improve supply on January 9 2015 when it implemented stage-1 of load shedding , due to high electricity demand and the unavailability of some of its generating units. In Mandela’s beloved country, Stage one allows for up to 1000MW of the national load…
MOVIES SELMA St. David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, Carmen Ejogo Epic March from Selma to Montgomery. Selma is the story of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr and his movements historic 54 mile five days walk from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights in 1965. Though, David Oyelewo failed to grab an award for his efforts in this movie, this movie did not disappoint at all with 4 nominations at the golden globes and two at the academy awards. The female director, Ava Duvernay did an amazing job with the movie but she didn’t get nominated too. As a fan of Nigeria…
Zimbabwe Information has lampooned alleged “malcontents” in the Zimbabwe media landscape for making a mountain out of a molehill regarding President Robert Mugabe’s near fall at the Harare International Airport on Wednesday The newly installed African Union chairman had just finished addressing thousands of jubilant party supporters who gathered to welcome him and celebrate his election as AU chairman. As he descended short step to stride out towards his car, President Mugabe tripped over a poorly laid-out carpet but managed to break the fall before walking to his car, evidently unscathed. Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Prof Jonathan Moyo…
The Durban police have smashed a gang of four rouge policemen who specialize in robbing companies. Two of the officers aged 44 and 45 were arrested by detectives in December and have been charged to court and being remanded till February 19. Another two policemen, aged 35 and 44 who tried to break into a safe at a shop were arrested last weekend by the KwaZulu Natal provincial task force. However they will face a bigger charge “business robbery and kidnapping” because they tied shop guards with cable ties before dumping them in sugar cane plantations. The police officers were…
Ghana’s Vice President K.B. Amissah-Arthur has visited the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra and sympathised with a female medical student of the Ghana Medical School on admission there with broken ribs and hips. The girl (name withheld), a final year student, was forced to jump 20 feet to escape being raped by an armed thief after he had stripped her of her laptop, smart phones and cash. The Vice President, Mr K. B. Amissah-Arthur, on Tuesday afternoon visited the final year student of the University of Ghana Medical School, who is on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,…
By Bimbola Segun-Amao Once upon a time, there was only PDA- Public display of affection. Love birds especially the young uns or new-lovers whose ‘love-o-meter’ reads high on the scale get engrossed in their amorous feelings and sometimes cannot hold their hands back from the other’s body even to public stare. Truth is PDA is common and can be inevitable as we have all indulged in a bit of PDA at some point; either it’s as mild as leaning in on your boo or holding hands not minding you’ve got company. PDA is relative and subjective; I expect to see…
MTV Base hosts young Nigerians at a round table to discuss burning issues facing the country, as well as encourage citizen voter participation ahead of the 14th February 2015 elections. A special edition for the general elections would have 2Face Idibia, sound Sultan, Banky W, Yemi Alade, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Stanley Azu Akola, Japheth Omojuwa & Oreka Godis discuss issues as the elections approach. Hosted by Oreka Godis, MTV Base Roundtable: “Choose or Lose”, premieres on Friday, February 6th, 2015 on MTV Base Channel 322 and STV. The show features a stimulating debate from these key opinion formers as they address vital and topical…