Actor Robin Williams dies at 63; suspected of committing suicide

Legendary Hollywood actor and comedian Robin Williams has died at age 63. He was found dead today Monday August 11th in his home in Tiburon California. Police suspect he committed suicide byasphyxiation. His publicist said he had been battling severe depression for a while. Read the statement from Police in Marin County, Calif below...

15 Arguments no guy has ever won against his girlfriend (and never will)

Being in a relationship isn’t all holding hands and rainbows and consistent intimacy. There comes a time, every so often, when a couple butts heads, which is exactly why they invented make-up sex. As much as he protests, as much as he tries to fight back, there are just some arguments that no matter what, a man will never win. Because — repeat after me — the lady is always right. Here are 11 arguments a guy will never win with his girlfriend. 

Seven-year-old burnt to death in Lagos

Tragedy struck, Sunday, as boy was burnt to death in an inferno that engulfed a two-storey building at the Lagos State Property Development Corporation Housing Estate popularly called the Ijaiye Low Cost Housing Estate, Agege Local Government, Lagos State. see more after the cut....

Bitter Kola and Ebola: What Nigerians must know

In this interview, Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, bares his mind on the deadly ebola virus. He also speaks on the strike by doctors, passionately appealed to them to call it off.

But the focus of this interview is the Ebola problem in the country, what government is doing and the challenges ahead. Excerpts:His words: “If doctors are not at their posts, we would have a challenge. And some people have even written that part of the reason the index case was successfully handled was because doctors were on strike and, if not, the index case may have been taken to a public health facility. How true that is I don’t know; but as the Minister of Health, I would want the doctors to call off their strike. In the event that we, God forbid, have more cases, we would need the doctors”.

Spanish priest to be treated with experimental Ebola drug

A Spanish priest infected with Ebola will be treated with an experimental drug that has been used on two Americans infected with the deadly virus, the government said.The drug called ZMapp arrived at Madrid’s La Paz-Carlos III hospital where the 75-year-old missionary was being treated in isolation, the health ministry said in a statement late on Saturday.continue....

I ONCE THOUGHT OF REDUCING MY BOOBS – EBINABO POTTS-JOHNSON

Maybe her chest isn’t as heavy as Cossy Orjiakor, or as monstrous as Foluke Daramola’s but upcoming actress and model, Ebinabo Potts-Johnson has a pair of mammary that stand out, far out from her chest to get you thinking you are seeing a trick of nature or something. continue...

NNPC shuts down clinic in Lagos / 2 fresh Ebola cases confirmed in lagos

The Federal government has confirmed two more cases of Ebola virus disease in Lagos. This brings to a total of 9 confirmed cases in Nigeria, seven infected with the disease and two dead.
The federal government also said about 139 persons who have had direct or indirect contact with the confirmed cases are currently under surveillance.

There was panic in Victoria Island today aswell, after a suspected Ebola patient was found to be admitted at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC clinic on Muri Okunola.

The patient was said to have first been admitted at First Consultant Medical Centre around the same time Liberian Patrick Sawyer was being treated at the clinic. Men suited in white safety clothing and an ambulance were seen at the hospital around one 1pm today.
Though there's no definite confirmation that the patient is infected with Ebola, the Management of NNPC Clinic this evening announced the indefinite shutdown of the clinic.
The management said its a pre-emptive step and also said they have reported the issue to the Federal Ministry of Health as well as officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health. More pics after the cut

Oh dear! Chris Brown posts pic of himself licking a woman's bare butt

Chris Brown is beginning to act like he really has bipolar...lol. In the last few days he's been posting and deleting pics on his instagram page...but yesterday he went a little overboard.

Yesterday folks on instagram were joking about "eating booty" and Chris Brown decided to get in on the joke by posting an obscene pic of himself licking a girls butt. Of course he quickly deleted it, but you know...fastest fingers first. Some people got the screenshot. See the uncensored pic after the cut

Pics: Two INEC officials caught moving sensitive materials in Osun

Two officials of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Obokun LGA of Osun state have been arrested for diverting sensitive voting materials ahead of tomorrow's governorship election in the state.

When interrogated, one of the men who is the Electoral Officer for the LGA confessed to the act but refused to name those who sent him as he pleaded for Mercy. A check on his phone log and text messages later showed he had been communicating with a chieftain in the LGA. Continue...

US Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly speaks out - read his statement

Dr. Kent Brantly, one of the two US doctors who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, has spoken out for the first time. He released a statement from his isolation room at Emory University in Atlanta where he's being treated after he was flown out of Liberia last week. He is the first Ebola patient to receive experimental serum, ZMapp. Below is the statement Brantly released to the media yesterday

“I am writing this update from my isolation room at Emory University Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are providing the very best care possible. I am growing stronger every day, and I thank God for His mercy as I have wrestled with this terrible disease. I also want to extend my deep and sincere thanks to all of you who have been praying for my recovery as well as for Nancy and for the people of Liberia and West Africa.
“My wife Amber and I, along with our two children, did not move to Liberia for the specific purpose of fighting Ebola. We went to Liberia because we believe God called us to serve Him at ELWA Hospital." Continue...

Singer Omarion shares adorable pics of himself & his new born son

R&B singer Omarion and his girlfriend Apryl Jones welcomed their first child together yesterday 7th August. The first time dad shared these adorable pics of himself with his new born son, Megaa Omari Grandberry. In one of the pics, Omarion wrote; continue..

Too early to send experimental Ebola drug to Africa – Obama says

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US President, Barack Obama said yesterday August 6th that it's too early to send the unapproved experimental drug, Zmapp serum to Africa where the outbreak of the Ebola virus has recorded more deaths and threatens human existence.

Zmapp serum has proven to be effective in treating Ebola cases as two American doctor infected with the virus in Liberia are currently being treated in the US and are said to have improved after the use of the drug. Continue...

Spain treats first case of Ebola; Spanish priest & nun test positive

The Ebola virus has spread to Europe. A Spanish priest infected with the virus in Liberia arrived in Madrid for treatment today. 75 year old Miguel Pajares (pictured above) had been working as a missionary in Liberia when he tested positive for Ebola at the San Jose de Monrovia Hospital in Monrovia. A medically-equipped military jet was sent to Liberia yesterday to repatriate Pajares.

A Spanish nun named Paciencia Melgar working in Equatorial Guinea has also tested positive to Ebola and will also be repatriated to Spain.

The priest and the nun belonged to a Catholic humanitarian group that runs hospitals around the world, and had been helping to treat patients infected with the virus when they were infected.