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29 Mar 2013

How Basketmouth Bought His Customised Opel Insignia Car



Stand-up comedian, Bright Okpocha also known as Basketmouth, in February, acquired a 2013 Opel Insignia car – reported to be the first on the continent.

In an interview, Basketmouth narrates how he came to be the proud owner of the customized automobile.

High school student discovers nasty eye-eating parasite in contact lenses



Keep your contact lenses clean or have your eyeballs eaten — your call. 

An 18-year-old senior high student from Pembroke Pines, Fla., nearly lost her sight thanks to a revolting parasite that had been living in her contact lens. When Ashley Hyde presented with redness and throbbing in one eye, doctors were initially baffled as to what was causing it. After several painful-sounding eye scrapes and drilling into her eye, they discovered an infestation of a microscopic parasite. Turns out the acanthamoeba were actually gobbling up her cornea and you really need those for seeing stuff. Luckily, Ashley still has her sight and has urged anyone using contacts to keep a close eye on them.
 
Source: now.msn.com

Tonto Dikeh Needs To Learn How To Sing – OJB



Babatunde Jezreel Okungbowa popularly known as OJB is no stranger to the Nigerian music industry. Matter of fact, he can be described as one of the pioneers of the industry as a veteran music producer and singer.

In an interview culled from Nigerian Tribune in which he talks about his sojourn in music and how he has remained relevant for almost two decades, OJB shared his thoughts on Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh’s entry into the music scene.

CRAZY – Woman Leaves Husband of 19 years for Pet Rats



AN animal-lover is so obsessed with her collection of 19 pet rats – she’s left her husband for them after 11 years of marriage.

Chantal Banks has been collecting rodents since she was 16.

The mum of one treats the furry creatures like kids – even nuzzling them up to her face and feeding them crackers out of her mouth.

Senate Will Support Death Penalty For Oil-thieves



Senate, yesterday, said it was prepared to back capital punishment for oil thieves and those engaged in bunkering if it would solve the problem of pipeline vandalism.

Inaugurating the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, at the Senate Conference Room, Senate President David Mark, said that there was no bigger punishment that could be meted out to oil thieves in Nigeria than capital punishment.

Osama Bin Laden’s Death: New Details Surface


There were “the Shooter” and “the Point Man.” Now a third member of SEAL Team 6 offers another account of the raid on Osama bin Laden that led to his death in 2011.



The report from CNN appears to contradict Esquire’s widely circulated story, “The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden,” by Phil Bronstein.The unnamed source from CNN calls the Esquire account “complete B-S.”

Imo State has impeached their deputy Gov for allegedly taking bribe



Imo State Deputy Governor Jude Agbaso was today impeached by the State House of Assembly. 25 out of 26 state legislators voted in favour of Mr Agbaso's impeachment.

The deputy governor was impeached for allegedly demanding and taking N417million bribe from a Lebanese Construction company, J-PROS Limited, engaged in the on-going road construction works in Imo State.

Agbaso denies he collected bribe. Meanwhile, Chief of Staff to Governor Rochas Okorocha, Eze Madumere, has replaced him as Deputy Governor of the state.