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by Keith Shannon Find them below… 1. Herd Mentality Humans, in a large group, behave more or less like cattle or small birds in the face of a threat. We …

by Annalee Newitz   Humans may not use tools and express emotions exactly like other animals, but that doesn’t exempt us from animal status. No two species share exactly the …

Government officials and other authorities in Nigeria have raped and sexually exploited women and girls displaced by the conflict with Boko Haram. The government is not doing enough to protect …

A BBC investigation has found that thousands of young women in conservative societies across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia are being shamed or blackmailed with private and sometimes …

A 40-year-old woman from northern India committed suicide in January after a video of her being raped was circulated on WhatsApp. BBC’s Divya Arya travelled to the village in Uttar …

Revenge porn (sometimes lengthened to revenge pornography) is the portrayal of one or more persons in a sexual explicit situation, distributed without their consent via any medium. The sexually explicit …

Someone shared this video on Facebook and tagged it: “Whose granny is this?” Grandma is bad mehn!

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by Pretty Damsel   Read below… It’s a man’s responsibility to feed a woman because the last time a woman fed a man we all got chased out the Garden …

by Staff writer It takes most babies around a year to utter their first words, but Christian Jones obviously had other ideas. The two-month-old can clearly be heard saying ‘hello’ …

Someone shared on the question-and-answer site Quora: I’m 16. I have a medical condition (personal). I’m going to die in 7 days (give or take 1-2 days). How should I …

Reuben Nsemoh, a teenager from Atlanta, has made international headlines after waking up from a coma speaking fluent Spanish – a language he only had a basic understanding of before. …

A court in Enugu on Thursday sentenced a woman to 90 years in jail for university admission fraud. The woman, Chika Amsy Charles, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial …

by Amala Dear girls, If you can put flowers on your head with Instagram and Snapchat but can’t hawk ugu for your mother…close your eyes let’s pray for you…  

The Angolan Supreme court has demanded that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos explain why he made his daughter the boss of state oil company Sonangol. News site Rede Angola reports …

by Staff writer The UN refugee agency says 2016 is set to be the “deadliest year” ever for refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean. Figures up to 23 October record …

A hairstylist used pepper spray on a client who was unhappy with her haircut. Bloomfield police say 35-year-old Maryam Simpson from New Jersey advertised her services online and was working …

by Staff writer A parrot landed its owner in hot water after accidentally exposing a husband’s affair with the housekeeper – in front of his wife. The parrot revealed husband’s …

A funny video has emerged of a three-year-old girl explaining to her aunt that she cannot stop ‘swearing’. In the footage, shot last week in Essex, Lois says that after …

The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child’s face in the window. A little girl, pale, with dark eyes, …

by Amala The biggest example of corruption is a wedding ceremony where people will spray you and your spouse only 200 naira and still eat rice and chicken and drink …

by Staff writer   A shirtless chef is cooking up a storm serving tasty dishes in his underpants. Peruvian Franco Noriega, 27, has been voted the world’s sexiest chef and …

“Boo! A Madea Halloween” hijacked the competition during its debut weekend to claim first place at the North American box office, industry data showed on Monday. The latest instalment of …

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani As I followed the recent protests at a South African girls’ school where students insisted on being allowed to wear afro hairdos to school, I recalled …

Senegalese model, Khoudia Diop calls herself the ‘melanin goddess’. No one is disputing that fact as her amazing dark skin clearly speaks for itself. Khoudia, who models in Paris and …

Zimbabwe’s decision to adopt the US dollar as a trading currency in 2009 was a “major mistake” and a “dangerous” move, central bank chief John Mangudya has said. However, as …

  When a cute baby is flanked by two beautiful African women, we can briefly forget the economic crisis…

Nigeria’s economic recession seems to have hit the Dangote Group, owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. The company has reportedly fired 48 staff – 36 expatriates and 12 Nigerians. …

  After freeing up to 7,000 prisoners, Kenya’s president spares nearly 3,000 death row convicts. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday, October 24, 2016 commuted all 2,747 death sentences in the …

A man released from jail on Friday was caught two days later stealing from the collection basket at a church in Laikipia West. Lucas Ngugi Njoroge, 26, was among petty …

  When Gloria takes off her makeup after a long day…

by Gloria Ezeh When Daniel sees his landlord coming in this recession…

A baby girl from Lewisville, Texas, has been “born” twice after she was taken out of her mother’s womb for 20 minutes for life-saving surgery. At 16 weeks pregnant, Margaret …

by Gloria Ezeh If you have read Ola – The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden by Daniel Nkado, then you must know that the most memorable part of the …

by Amala Read below… Babes, when you are cooking for your in-laws, especially for the first time, there is always one voice that keeps telling you to: “Add more salt!” …

by Pubali Mazumder To all the WOMEN out there: You have a dark complexion, there is foundation. You are skinny, implants are there. Your eyebrows are shapeless, you can shape …

by Rich Canino Violence against men is extremely common and no one cares, not even men. We hear a lot about violence against women all the time and what a …

by Staff writer The rainy season is supposed to be over in Nigeria, but on Thursday just before midnight, torrential rain and crackling lightning let loose over Benin City. For …

by Zeus See the one reason babies cry when they are born below… Every Nigerian will understand…

by Daniel Nkado The first time I heard the word Feminism, I did not know the meaning. But it felt to me like something I’d be interested in. And then …

Revelations – 1   Previously on Roommates!!!   Georgina’s mother came. Josh reappeared. Agnes attacked. Philomena didn’t make it. Loveth found a new love. Nwamgbeke might be alive. Abuchi proposed. …

by Zeus   DNB editors that moment you buy a DNB Book: *** You:   Na una sabi…if e no sweet una go refund me my money… *** After about …

by Daniel Nkado Nneamaka stood stiff in the middle of the room, tears welling up in her eyes. Her fists were clenched and, as she fought the urge to break …

A global trade ban has been imposed on trade in highly endangered pangolins, a scaly creature that is the world’s most poached mammal. The pangolin, a mammal that looks like …

by Ajim Bagwan The first thing you got to understand while deciding to kill yourself is that it’s not going to be easy and it is not going to be …

by Staff writer In June 2014, a Nigerian man was sent to a mental institute in Kano state after he declared that he did not believe in God anymore. Mubarak …

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   I was 7 years old the first time I recognized political fear. My parents and their friends were talking about the government, in our living …

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani   An internet romance scam took an unexpected turn! When Maria Grette first discovered that the 58-year-old Danish man with whom she had fallen in love …

SEVENTEEN ‘Why didn’t you come last night as you said?’ Sammy asked Ejike. ‘I had other things to do.’ ‘What other things?’ ‘How long did you wait?’ Ejike said instead. …

“When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy   *** Image credits: Doctor Kiki, …

The World’s Worst Dad Award goes to… 1.  2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.   18.

In a BBC interview, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been criticized by his wife, Aisha Buhari. In the interview Aisha claimed that the president “does not know” most of the …

by Staff writer Dan White broke up with teenage sweetheart Courtney Davies, 19, last year, just before Courtney scooped a bumper £61million lottery prize. Dan, 21, won’t see a penny …

by Carly Spindel Men — we love them. Like really, really love them. We can’t live without them and we certainly don’t want to. We enjoy all of the little …

There is one thing peculiar to all books written by Daniel Nkado: *** You can always imagine yourself in the story *** With a combination of simple storytelling and creation …

Thirteen years ago, Theresa Kachindamoto could not have conceived of ever leaving her job of 27 years as a secretary at a city college in Zomba, Southern Malawi. The mild-mannered …

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by Staff writer Even though Chimamanda Adichie was OK with Queen Bey using her statements on feminism in her song, the fame that came along with it was a different …

by Staff writer South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has revealed that he wants to have the option of an assisted death. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid campaigner said …