Dubai’s Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies aged 33

Sheikh Rashad bin Mohammad (Picture: Getty Images)

Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, a son of Dubai’s ruler and elder brother to the emirate’s heir apparent, has died at the age of 33.

Parents defend mom's "creative" punishment for teen son

Parents around the world are coming to a mother's defense after a letter detailing a "creative" punishment for her 13-year-old son went viral.


A screenshot of the letter that went viral on Facebook.
ESTELLA HAVISHAM

This Dad Wrote A Check To His Kid’s School Using Common Core Math

See if you can take that to the bank.posted on Sept. 18, 2015, at 10:56 p.m.


Twitter: @JoanOfArc1920

Ahh, Common Core math. Now implemented in 46 states, the controversial standards have had parents crossing their eyes in confusion and frustration since the day it was introduced.

This is the most important thing for women when it comes to good sex

Carrie Bradshaw knows good sex (Picture: HBO)

Ah, good sex.

We all want it, but getting it is another matter entirely and, unlike Carrie Bradshaw, most of us are afraid to ask for what we need.

Entertainment: Chucklevision’s ‘No Slacking guy’ Jimmy Patton to marry fan 59 years younger than him

Chuckle Brother star Jimmy-Pattonwith his new fiancee (Picture: Facebook)

One of children’s television’s most loved antagonists is on course to marry a fan 59 whole years younger than him.

I’m shocked - Saraki

Bukola Saraki

•Alleges persecution by political opponents

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday expressed dismay at the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s order for his arrest.

Nigeria: CBN releases names of 19 states given bailout

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN said on Friday that 19 of the 36 states of the federation have so far benefitted from the workers’ salary bailout package.

Terrorism: Isis ‘is on the verge of collapse’, claims British Colonel

Isis is on the verge of defeats, army insiders claim (Picture: Getty Images)

Isis is on the verge of collapse, British soldiers have reportedly claimed.

Entertainment: WHY I CRIED WHEN COMING TO NIGERIA-IVORIAN ACTRESS AURELIE ELIAM

Aurelie Eliam


Aurelie Eliam is an Ivorian actress, model and TV host. She is a member of the cast of Kunle Afolayan’s latest movie, The CEO,In this interview with DUPE AYINLA-OLASUNKANMI, she talks about her inability to speak English and her love for the Nigerian movie industry, among other issues.

WHAT does it feel like to be in Nigeria?

Photographer shows what’s going on outside the Instagram square and it’s all lies

(Picture: Chompoo Baritone)

We all know your perfectly framed Instagram photo is a complete and utter lie.

Instagram’s mini square world may have beautiful blue skies, manicured breakfasts and artfully arranged objects, but it’s all fakery.

Opinion: Common sense! Why Bashing President Jonathan won't work By Senator Ben Bruce

Ben Bruce (Senator)


I am former President Goodluck Jonathan’s senator. He is my constituent in the Bayelsa East senatorial zone that I represent in the Senate of the National Assembly and I am sufficiently aware of what he did and did not do while he was president of Nigeria.

Exclusive: Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernandez' Burial in Brussels, Photos

Nigerian billionaire, Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernadez have been laid to rest.

This happened yesterday, 18th September in Brussels and in attendance were the late billonaire’s children, family members and friends including Chief Dele Momodu and Pastor Tunde Bakare. Chief Fernadez died in Belgium on September 1.

He was aged 79. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

See photos after the cut.

Awkward! Guy gets hypnotised to slap himself every time he checks out another girl

Ouch. (Picture: E4/Youtube)

Bringing new meaning to the phrase ‘painfully embarrassing’.

Nigeria: PDP accuses Buhari of ‘official terrorism’

Olisa Metuh

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of “deliberate infractions and crass abuse of power” and has warned that there is no doubt that the “nation is on a quick slide into fascism and official terrorism”.

BREAKING NEWS: MAMA HID Awolowo dies at 99

Mama H.I.D. Awolowo

The matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, is dead, her newspaper, the Nigerian Tribune, is reporting.

Mum gets own back on 13-year-old ‘independent’ child with brilliant letter

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When a 13-year-old starts declaring independence, things can get tricky.

But after one particularly heated event, a single mother known on Facebook as Heidi Johnson wasn’t going to take it lying down.

Mum and daughter killed themselves after family caught up in twisted fraud plot

Linsey Cotton at Paisley Sheriff Court (Picture: Mike Gibbons)

A mother and daughter committed suicide in a hotel room after a twisted fraudster convinced them they would be jailed for 20 years.

Assets Declaration: Code of Conduct Tribunal orders Saraki, Nigerian President of the Senate's arrest

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for failing to appear on Friday as the tribunal commenced hearing of a 13-count charge of alleged corruption against him.

Daring! Someone built a gay bar on Putin’s holiday island

Putin wasn’t too pleased (Picture: Getty/Escape to Suomi on Twitter)

What would be the best possible way to troll Vladimir Putin?

Breaking News: FG seeks warrant to arrest Saraki - VANGUARD

Saraki, Nigerian Senate President

The Federal Ministry of Justice has asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja to issue bench warrant for the arrest of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.