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    Sydney Siege Ends as Police Raid Café

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Australian police stormed the cafe where a self-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, ending a crisis that had shut down central Sydney for hours. “Sydney siege is over,” New South Wales police announced on Twitter. Police have not commented on […] More

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    Early Puberty and Risk of Depression

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Youngsters who enter puberty early are at increased risk of depression, a new study suggests. Early puberty is linked with a number of factors associated with depression, such as poor self-image and high anxiety levels, according to the researchers. Early puberty was also […] More

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    Smoking May Worsen Menstrual Cramps

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A new study has revealed that women who smoke cigarettes may be at higher risk of developing menstrual pain. Compared to non-smokers, smokers in the study were more likely to suffer from severe menstrual pain and to experience a worsening of pain as […] More

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    How Genes Affect Sleep Patterns

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow How much sleep you get each night may depend, to some extent, on your genes, a new study suggests. Scientists believe several aspects of sleep, including when and how long people sleep, are inherited to some extent. The findings suggest that certain genetic […] More

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    CENCOD Holds Democracy Lecture

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 12th annual democracy lecture was held today at the Lagos Airport hotel Ikeja, Lagos. The lecture which had the title, “Democratization of Africa: Progress or Erosion,” looked into successive democratic governments in Nigeria from the beginning of the current dispensation in 1999. […] More

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    Tampon to Protect Women from HIV

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow It has been determined that one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS is to wear a condom during sex. But it is not that simple. For many women around the world, getting a man to use condom before […] More

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    Two Men Arrested over Death of Honduran Beauty Queen

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The missing Honduran beauty queen and her sister were found dead on Wednesday, November 19, police said. The sister’s boyfriend and another man have been arrested in connection with the murder. The bodies of María José Alvarado Muñoz, the reigning Miss World Honduras, […] More

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    Drama As Nigerian Celebrities Mark Halloween

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Halloween has been known over the years as a day filled with candy, costumes and scary stories for many American children. Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes […] More

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    First Heart Surgery on Foetus Performed in India

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Doctors at a hospital in the southern city of Hyderabad have reportedly performed a heart surgery on a foetus in a 25-year-old woman’s womb. Nageswara Rao, the cardiac surgeon, said in Hyderabad that in a medical feat, the surgery was the first to […] More

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    Nigerian Designers Make African Fashion Awards 2014 Nominees List

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Five Nigerians have been nominated for the 2014 African Fashion Awards. They include Omoyemi Akerele of Style House Files, Lisa Folawiyo of eponymous fashion label, Amaka Osakwe of Maki Oh, Favour Lucky & Imade Ogbewi both models from Isis Modelling Agency. It’s not just […] More

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    Kelly Lee Dekay, the Woman with a 16-inch Waist

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow It’s no stretch to say that Kelly Lee Dekay, a model went to extreme lengths to get an  astonishing waist line. Continued use of a corset for seven years and extreme dieting slimmed Dekay’s waist down to a tiny 16 inches. That’s just […] More

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    Baring It All On Wedding Day

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow From time past, it has been a known fact that brides who wear white wedding gowns often go for conservative, virginal designs. But recent developments in the world of fashion are beginning to question this notion. Nowadays, things have changed and brides have […] More

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