CoverGirl Talia Castellano dies at 13 after six year battle with cancer

Talia Joy Castellano, the young girl who inspired thousands with her YouTube make-up tutorials and became an honorary face of CoverGirl, has died at the age of 13 following a 6 year battle with cancer.

Talia's family announced her death on her Facebook page last night. They wrote:

'It is with a heavy heart that we share with all of you that Talia has earned her wings at 11:22am. Please lift her beautiful soul, her beautiful light to heaven.'

Talia was diagnosed with with stage four neuroblastoma cancer in February 2007, and later diagnosed with leukemia. The young girl, who was so full of life, was told by her doctors mid last year that she had four to 1 year to live. May her soul rest in peace. See more photos of her after the cut...

Did Prof Soyinka Actually Say This About Jonathan's Wife?

A quote has been circulating on the social media, said to have been made by the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, which is a direct ridicule on President Gooodluck Jonathan's wife, Patience.

Patience Jonathan is a Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State, so I don't know if this statement credited to Prof Soyinka could be said to be the truth about her. See the quote below:

For Funke Akindele; It Was A Love That Was Too Brief

Some days after pictures that actress Funke Akindele took on location for a new movie – in which she acts as a palmwine tapper – circulated on the social media, the story of her separation from her husband, Kehinde Oloyede, broke to the surprise of many.

The reported separation of the celebrated actress and her husband has further lengthens the list of celebrities with failed marriages in recent times, writes Punch's Temitayo Famutimi.

Although rumours that usually trail weddings of entertainment celebrities demand that one exercise caution while reacting to such information, the channel from which the divorce scare came made it look too real. Oloyede relayed it on his Facebook page.

Evans Bipi, Patience Jonathan's Thug, Goes To Aso Rock

Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Ibim Semenitari has revealed that the Minister of Education (state) Nyesom “Wike had boasted after the failed impeachment attempt at the Rivers State House of Assembly that he would set Rivers State ablaze and render it ungovernable.”

Anyway, the man who said he is fighting Governor Rotimi Amaechi because he insulted his "Jesus Christ" was on Monday night spotted in Aso Rock Presidential villa.

Nigeria Taiye Taiwo Is In Trouble Over Tax Fraud In France.

Nigerian International and Super Eagles defender; Taiye Taiwo may be swimming in hot water as he has been nabbed to answer questions over tax fraud charges levelled against him by France as a Marseille court has already started judicial proceeding to seize his mansion based in Allauch, a French community situated east of Marseille and put at €600,000.

According to findings of the French fiscal authorities, Taiye Taiwo defaulted in the payment of income taxes in 2008 and 2009 as well as property taxes in 2011 on his 900m2 home, which they say will be auctioned at €200,000, three times lower than its market value.

Photo: Actress Liz Da Silva Spotted With A Sex Toy In Public

A fan sent this photo to Olokunbolablessing.blogspot.Com which clearly shows controversial actress, Liz Da Silva, who gave birth recently, with about three different men linked to her pregnancy, holding a sex toy.

23 Million Year-Old Lizard Found In Mexico

 A beautiful gem or a scientist’s dream? You can have both, as researchers in Mexico recently discovered after finding the remains of a 23-million-year-old lizard fossil, well preserved with soft tissue samples, in a small piece of amber.

Amber often contains small remains of plants and animals, but it is rare to find complete vertebrates such as this lizard.

While it’s currently too early to confirm the small lizard’s species, preliminary examination suggests the important specimen might be a new species belonging to the genus Anolis. This means that the little guy may provide an invaluable opportunity to learn more about an evolutionarily important and impressively adaptive species.

Nigerians Dare Patience Jonathan To Debate With Prof Wole Soyinka

Some Nigerians on Sunday asked the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, to make herself available for a debate with Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, if she thinks she has the "qualification" to do so.

The call came on the heels of the diatribe the First Lady launched against Soyinka in which she described the Nobel laureate as an “embarrassment" for attributing the crisis rocking Rivers State to her and her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, after one of the lawmakers, Hon Evans Bipi, openly confessed...

SHOCKER! Angelo Fingers Beverly Osu While Pokello Watched Like It's A Movie. (Photos)

I heard Konji is a bastard....but hey! Two months is too small to fall prey. Straight after the party, Angelo and Beverly headed to their usual make out spot, the Ruby bedroom, to continue from where they stopped their groovy  last week. They wasted no time getting hot and heavy with each other on the bed. Soon after Pokello and Elikem headed into the same room, at first they chose to crouch behind the bed and indulge their inner voyeurs as they watched Beverly and Angelo’s steamy under cover action. But soon enough they too were feeling frisky and they had their own little passionate make out session before they went back to watching again. #coughing... live movie! 

Baby born with rosary round her neck in Niger

 Thousands of people trooped to a private maternity home in Kotaworo area of Bida, in Niger state on Sunday to catch a glimpse of a baby girl said to have been delivered with a Muslim prayer Rosary (Tasabih)  on her  neck.
The middle aged mother of the baby,  Adijat was said to have been rushed to a local midwife home near the residence of Pa Mohammed Bello Masaba, the  Polygamist at about 2 pm on Sunday and after minutes of labour, she was delivered of the baby.

[Advice Needed] She Broke Up With Me Because I Am Not Spiritual, What Should I Do?

Dear Blessing,
My girlfriend left me because I am not spiritual. She said that although I am a good person, but I don’t understand spiritual things. How do I get spiritual to win her back?
Femmy.

[Advice Needed] His Ex-Girlfriend Sleeps Over In His House, She Even Has The Key To The Apartment, Please Help!

Dear Bessing,
My boyfriend’s ex-girl has the key to his apartment. She even pass the night in his house, while my boyfriend said that they are just friends and nothing is going on between them after their breakup. I am scared, what should I do?
Ada.

Commissioner For Justice Loses Dad

The Lagos State Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ade Ipaye, yesterday lost his 81-year old father. He was buried today at Abari cemetery according to Muslim rites. May his soul rest in peace.

Omotola at the Future Awards Nominees reception

Omotola was invited to present the nominations certificate to nominees of the class of 2013. The event had many celebrities and the US Consulate general, Jeffery .I. Hawkins and his wife as hosts.

Trailer For Nelson Mandela's Biopic "Long Walk To Freedom" Is Out (Video)

A first glimpse of the long awaited movie that tells the extraordinary story of Nelson Mandela's life"Mandela Long Walk To Freedom" is out. The movie tells the extraordinary story of Mandela's life, from his childhood in the rural village to being imprisoned on Robben Island and then becoming the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994.

Idris Elba plays the the part of Nelson Mandela while Naomie Harris plays Winnie Mandela in the biopic.

SHOCKER: Three Okada Riders Burnt To Death In Lagos State For Alleged Robbery. (Graphic Image)

Three suspected okada riders/armed robbers who it was alleged had been terrorizing the residents of Ikotun area of Lagos State, were caught and set ablaze by an angry mob.

The suspected robbers were killed after their robbery operation was foiled by a member of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, vigilante group in the area.

The robbers, who allegedly operated with the aid of motorcycle, met their untimely death when they attempted to rob a woman, a wholesales recharge cards seller, at Governor’s Road, Ikotun at about 7 p. m. on Wednesday. 

It was alleged that one of the robbers pointed a gun at the woman and demanded for her bag containing recharge cards and sales proceeds for the day which turned to an argument and hence call the attention of passersby and an OPC member. They were caught and set ablaze by the angry mob with the petrol they got from their motorcycle.

A MUST READ: Our Leaders Have Gone Mad Again

Fellow Nigerians, please allow me to quickly confess that the title of this column is not my full creation. It is only an adaptation of the original title of the extremely hilarious play, Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again, by Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, who was famously known as Ola Rotimi. Rotimi was one of Africa’s greatest playwrights and Directors. Believed to have been born in Sapele, on April 13, 1938, to a Yoruba father, Engineer Samuel Gladstone Enitan Rotimi, and an Ijaw mother, Mrs Adolae Oruene Addo, Ola spent his early years at St. Cyprian’s School, Port Harcourt from 1945-49.

Zambian Driver Bite And Stab His Way From The Clutches Of A Giant Python

Kelvin Katoka in his hospital bed at Kitwe Central Hospital
after surviving an attack by a giant python

A Zambian truck driver who was forced to kick, bite and stab his way from the clutches of a giant python, said Friday he was lucky to be alive.
Kelvin Katoka, 25, unknowingly ran into the giant snake, while driving his excavator in the bush at a copper mine in north western Zambia.

One-Eyed Goat, Born On A Farm In India [Photos]

A one-eyed goat that was born on a farm in Perundurai, Erode district, drew crowds to the farm as curious people paid a visit to see the rarity.

The farm owner, Kandasamy, 45, who has been breeding goats for the past 10 years, said that this was the first such occurrence.

“I have never witnessed such an incident in the past,” he said. “A female goat gave birth to two calves, one of whom has just one eye right in the centre of its forehead.”

EXPOSED: TB Joshua Predicted Al-Mustapha's Release Inside Aso Rock

What many did not know is that the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua had told Al-Mustapha nearly 20 years ago, when he was still working with Gen Abacha, that he (Al-Mustapha) will spend several years in prison but come out alive.

So when Al-Mustapha regained his freedom on Friday he was immediately driven to the Prophet's residence to pay homage to the great man of God.