Adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) have been banned in the UK for trivialising the risks and exploiting women’s insecurities around body image. All of them appeared on Facebook or Instagram and used time-limited deals to “irresponsibly pressurise” customers into booking, says the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). One ad, for example, […]
The Grand Lodge of Ghana is poised for a historic transition as Right Worshipful (RW) Bro. Dr. Nortey Kwashie Omaboe prepares to assume the role of Grand Master. His installation, set for May 10, 2025, at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, marks the beginning of a new era of visionary leadership in Ghanaian Freemasonry. […]
Michelle Obama has spoken out against rumours that her marriage to Barack Obama might be in trouble. The former first lady has not accompanied her husband to several high-profile events – including Donald Trump’s inauguration and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter – fuelling speculation that they might be separating. Without explicitly mentioning these […]
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, very low-carbohydrate diet that aims to shift the body’s metabolism into a state called ketosis (this is how the diet derives its name). In ketosis, when carbohydrate intake is low, the body shifts from using glucose to burning stored fat for energy. This process involves breaking down fat into […]
For the eighth consecutive year, Finland has retained its position as the world’s happiest country, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report. The report, released annually on the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, ranks nations based on residents’ self-assessed quality of life, using a scale from 0 to 10. This year, Finns rated their […]
Jay-Z is suing a woman who in February withdrew her legal action accusing the rapper of rape. His defamation action claims she “voluntarily admitted” being pressured into making false claims in what it describes as an “evil conspiracy” to extort money and damage his reputation. The anonymous woman filed her legal action in October and refiled it […]
An American woman whose case was one of the sparks behind baseless claims about Haitian immigrants has been sentenced to a year in prison for animal cruelty. Authorities said that Allexis Ferrell, 27, attacked a cat in Canton, Ohio. Ferrell is a US citizen and the incident happened about 170 miles (270km) away from a […]
A skydiver has died after accidentally walking into a plane propeller. Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking pictures of other skydivers at Wichita Cook Airfield in Kansas on Saturday when she backed into the active propeller, according to US media reports. Emergency services were sent to the scene in Sedgwick County at around 3pm and Ms […]
When a North Carolina man headed to a convenience store on Tuesday, he had no idea luck was on his side. Jerry Hicks, a master carpenter from Banner Elk, found a $20 bill in the parking lot of the store, he said in a news release. He spent it on a scratch-off lottery ticket – and […]
An existing law that criminalises unnatural sexual intercourse and makes it unlawful for both heterosexuals and homosexuals to have anal sex does not breach the 1992 Constitution, the Supreme Court has declared. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday (July 24, 2024), a seven-member panel of the court dismissed a suit challenging the constitutionality of Section […]
A 96-year-old retired Nigerian civil servant, Elder Foster Ebinimie Akulasa, who is from Odi Town in Bayelsa State, has boldly thrown down a fitness challenge to the younger generation, publicly calling for a competition between him and them. Though aged and might be considered weak, Elder Foster Ebinimie Akulasa, according to reports, still remains fit […]
A man who secretly took a condom off during sex has been jailed for more than four years. A woman had agreed to have sex with Guy Mukendi, 39, from Brixton in south London, on the condition a condom was used. The offence, known as “stealthing”, is classified as rape. Text messages were shown to […]
