Less Men in the World???? Meet the Houston woman who married herself

Its no secret that we have more women in the world than men.......On January 3rd, Houston woman Yasmin Eleby married herself after finding herself still single at 40. Read the story here. She got a lot of bashing from the online community for marrying herself. Many didn't agree with her methods and slammed her for it, many others mocked her. Well, Yasmin has clapped back at her critics, and says she doesn't regret her decision...

"The ceremony is not about me being bitter for not having a man. It wasn’t like, “OK, I’m upset that I’m 40 and don’t have a man.” I wanted to show myself my self-love, my self-worth and my self-respect. It was always about me loving me. When God sends me my husband, he will come, but until then, I’m OK with it just being with me." Continue

Yasmin sat down with The Root to discuss why she did it and why her family and friends didn't stop her...

  

Journalist claims foreign journalists are being blocked from getting visas to cover elections in Nigeria

Geoffrey York is an Africa correspondent for The Globe and Mail, based in Johannesburg, South Africa and he's on Twitter claiming foreign journalists are being blocked form getting visas to cover elections in Nigeria. If this is true, But why so? tweets after the cut...

Annie Idibia releases statement---Pero poses no threat to my marriage

Here is Annie Idibia's statement on the pics of her husband 2face and baby mama Pero. Some reports claim she was at the club when the pics were taken and there was a confrontation. I am aware of the photo's circulating the internet with my husband and Pero Adeniyi. I want to state officially that I was not in that space at that time and therefore there was no confrontation between myself and Pero Adeniyi.

2face Idibia reacts to viral photo with Pero,pledges love to Annie

                                      

Following the reports and criticisms over the photo he took with his baby mama Pero, 2face took to instagram to slam the reports as orchestrated ..

Our love does not have 2 make sense 2 u. pls go on with your perfect life and know the true story behind something before u judge and start making nasty comments based on an orchestrated story by some blog.U shall know the truth and the truth shall set u free.LYTID uwana idibia

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Kidnappers threaten to turn 15-yr old girl to a s*x slave is $100k ransom isn't paid..

The Niger Republic-based kidnappers who abducted a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Precious Okoro, have said if her family refuses to pay $100,000 ransom, she would be made to work for it.

The victim’s mother, Blessing, while appealing to the government for help, said her family had become bankrupt as a result of expenses.She added that relatives and friends had abandoned them as they now struggled to feed.

Punch Metro had reported on Tuesday how Precious was kidnapped at the Ajah area of Lagos State en route to her school in Ikenne, Ogun State.

Our correspondent had reported that the victim’s father was called by the principal who informed him that Precious had yet to report in the school. Two months after the disappearance of the victim, the kidnappers were said to have called his father and demanded a ransom of $100,000 (N19.1m).

Police Arrest Boko Haram Bomb Maker

Not an actual pix A man suspected of being behind the manufacture of explosives used in a series of Boko Haram suicide attacks has been arrested in Yobe.

 A senior police officer who was involved in the Sunday arrest told AFP on Tuesday that, the man, identified only as Ba’na, was held in the Arikime area of Potiskum after several weeks of surveillance. Potiskum, the commercial capital of Yobe State, has been hit by a wave of bombings in recent months, including a suicide attack on a secondary school in November 10 in which 58 people were killed.

Big Sean Reveals----"Why I fell in love with Ariana Grande"

When Big Sean split from Naya Rivera, no one saw him falling for Ariana Grande who until then,  was his fellow collaborator..In the new issue of Complex magazine , he addressed his new love with 21 year old Ariana Grande,and said their friendship made falling in love easier

 “We started as friends, “I’d never done that. Usually you meet a girl and then start dating. We always saw each other in the studio, and we’d talk about songs we were working on. It was cool to have a girl that I could talk to about my problems. I did that with her. It’s not some fake-ass, inauthentic shit when I say we were friends. This is something special and I appreciate every moment of it.”

 But what about the pressures that come from dating another celebrity? Finding time to see each other? Having your love life in the news?

“I don’t think about it like that,“You can’t be afraid, because when you’re afraid you don’t give it your all.”

On the allegation by his ex Naya Rivera that he stole her Rolex after they broke up,he said