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Paul Rosolie  is going into the belly of the beast — literally. The wildlife specialist is set to be eaten alive by an anaconda on a new TV special for the Discovery Channel, airing Sunday, Dec. 7.  Details about the risky-sounding stunt are scarce. However, a page on Discovery's  website  states that Rosolie will be swallowed in a "custom-built snake-proof suit." A trailer for the show was posted to  YouTube  on Wednesday, Nov. 5, but it sheds little light on what viewers will see. "We're heading into a unique ecosystem that no one's ever explored before," a voiceover says, as Rosolie and his team trek through the wilderness, hacking at plants and wading through murky water to find their scaly, slithering snake.  "We're gonna get me inside the snake," Rosolie narrates. "We're gonna make me as appealing as possible, so the snake just says, 'Well, I got this big thing here. I might ...

As the threat of Ebola becoming a global pandemic rages on, the Obama administration is seeking more funding from the U.S. Congress in order to aid the fight against the disease. The U.S. President has, in a letter addressed to the Congress, asked the House to approve a $6.18 billion fund that would be used to combat Ebola. According to NBC News, the money would be used to fight the rapid spread of Ebola in both the United States as well as the worst-affected Western African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The report adds that if President Obama does get the funding approved, it would be a major boost in the fight against Ebola. The dreaded disease has claimed the lives of over 5,000 people across the globe. The United States, too, recently  reported  the first confirmed cases of Ebola. The request for the funding comes on the eve of the results of the recent elections in which the Republicans  strengthened their hold ...

The World's Second Strongest man Rob Kearney has come out as gay. In a message he posted on his Facebook page recently, Rob, 25, introduced his boyfriend as his man candy, writing; "M y #mcm   goes to this guy, my boyfriend, Joey Aleixo! The past few months have been crazy, but throughout all of this you've given me a reason to smile.  So I guess this is me coming out and saying... I'm gay!!". Oops!!  Rob who came second at the world strongest man competition which held in LA this year told Huffington post he came out of the closet because of his partner. See what he said and more pics of the man after the cut... "He and I have been together for two months and I didn't want to hide it anymore (I'm sort of a romantic). Had it not been for him I would not have decided to take the leap and come out and who knows where I would be today without him.  I hope people realize that being gay doesn't change the athlete/person I...

The highly controversial and outspoken journalist, Kemi Olunloyo is inlove again, and as usual, she is flaunting the man on social media.According to her, this is the man she wants to marry. Some fans called her out for posting his picture and said he should be the one doing this, not her. while others reminded her of the previous men she proposed to openly. However, the 50 year old doesn't care about opinions as she fired back.

Forbes  has released their list of the 72 most powerful people in the world, and for the second day in a row, the Leader of the Free World is getting some not so great news.  Once again, Russia's  Vladmir Putin has come out on top, followed by President Barack Obama and People's Republic of China leader Xi Jinping. Rounding out the top five were Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Second fiddle: president Obama (above) came in second, a feeling he is becoming all too familiar with following Tuesday's midterm elections  The list is capped at 72 as there is one person ranked for every 100 million people on the planet Editors at the magazine then rank people based on the factors including the number of followers they have (be it the population of their country, number of people who follow their faith, or their employee base), the financial resources at their disposal, and how they use their power.  People's ...

A man is standing trial for ordering his 3-week old  baby to be assassinated. Prosecution witness, Inspector Simeon Kunamon,  yesterday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere how a motorcycle rider, popularly known asOkada, Ilaya Peters, was paid N5,000 to murder the baby. According to  Vanguard , he testified that the baby’s father, Moses Joseph, who is attached to Nigerian Navy, Amuwo Odofin, paid the defendant and others at large the said sum to forcibly take the baby from her mother, Gloria Yusuf, at about 1a.m. at her residence at 8, Odofin Close, Ajegunle. The baby was stolen and thrown into the lagoon in a peak milk cartoon, adding that the deceased baby’s body could not be recovered. According to him, trouble started when Gloria Yusuf, mother of the baby told Moses, her lover of one year, that she was pregnant, and that Moses asked her to terminate the pregnancy, which she refused. This, according to him, m...

The beautiful city of Uyo is the perfect setting for the opening of a new chapter in the history of sports in Nigeria. Come tomorrow  Nov. 7,  the Governor of Akwa  Ibom  State, Godwin Akpabio, will lead the government and people of Akwa  Ibom  state in opening the Akwa  Ibom  International Stadium aptly nicknamed the Nest of Champions .  The truly amazing sporting edifice is an Olympic Sized stadium is a 30,000 capacity ultra modern complex that is already regarded as the best in the West African region and compared with South Africa’s Soccer city. Modelled after the Allianz Arena in Germany, the home ground of reigning German Champions Bayern Munich, the Stadium boasts 4 -tier, covered, seating terrace,  all-natural grass, high-tech floodlights and security cameras, 36 emergency exits, bullet proof VVIP and VIP along with other ultra-modern fac...

Returnee Super Eagles and Villarreal striker Ikechukwu Uche is keen to make a goal scoring return to the Nigeria squad after he was recalled for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Congo and South Africa. The 30-year-old last played for the Super Eagles at the 2013 Afcon in South Africa but he was handed a recall for the crucial qualifying matches in November by head coach, Stephen Keshi. Uche who has netted 18 times in senior internationals with Nigeria is eager to hit the ground running. “I had a conversation with Ikechukwu Uche on Tuesday evening and he told me he can’t wait to join the team. He’s very excited by the prospect of playing for the Super Eagles again,” spokesman of the national team, Ben Alaiya has said. He added that Uche is looking forward to adding to his 18 international goals by scoring in the upcoming game against Congo and South Africa. “Uche says nothing beats scoring for Nigeria and that he will want to do it again in...

Little Samson Bernard had his life cut down by bullets from suspected cultists in the North Bank area of Makurdi, Benue State capital. The six-year-old met his death in a rather bizarre and painful  manner in the hands of armed gang of young Nigerians parading the streets of major towns of Benue. The gang sometimes engage in bloody conflicts to gain supremacy. Their last exchange was at Udei Street, North Bank, and, instead of killing their kind in their demented gun duel, they snuffed life out of the kid while eating breakfast of bean cake, in front of number 13, the only home he knew. Samsom was the fourth child in a family of seven. His mother, a bean cake hawker, Mrs. Deborah Bernard , fought back tears as she narrated how her little boy was gunned down in her presence. According to her, she had just prepared bean cake, that morning, and served her seven children. They had barely started eating when she heard sound of gun shots. “Samson was sitting and e...

Residents of Itire-Ikate/Ijesha in Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have been told by the Business Manager, Mushin Business District, of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Mr. D.O Adewunmi, that they would have no electricity supply because they abused him. Residents of the community, comprising over 20 streets, had mobilised to the Marina, Lagos Island head office of the company to protest alleged insensitivity of the Mushin Business District to their plight. They lamented that members of staff of the business district were in the habit of extorting money from them before rendering any form of assistance. They also complained of poor services, estimated billings and general poor attitude of the company staff to their customers. Wielding placards bearing various inscriptions such as “We don’t want darkness” and “crazy billing is evil”, the protesters blocked the road in front of the office, chanting solidarity songs. The Public Rela...

Nigeria is in for more troubles of bombing by Boko Haram. Residents of Ashaka, the factory site of the popular Ashaka Cement Plc, in Gombe State, revealed that suspected Boko Haram terrorists group, who carried out a deadly operation on the village on Tuesday, went away with dynamites fully loaded in eight Toyota Hilux Vehicles. The terrorists launched attacks on the border towns in Gombe and Yobe States on Tuesday. The attacks was said to have claimed scores of lives in both states. Some Ashaka residents said that the insurgents after taken control of the cement company and the town, gathered the residents together and preached their strange brand of Islamic ideology to them. They also promised the people that they were not in the area to hurt anyone. A resident said: “Yes, the group came here without killing anybody but they went away with eight Toyota Hilux belonging to Ashaka Cement Plc which they fully loaded with dynamites taken from the ...

A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, and the Deputy Governor, Segun Adesegun, have defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Social Democratic Party. A reliable source, who made this known on Wednesday, also said that   the three APC senators from the state and six members of House of Representatives had joined the SDP train. The Senators are Adegbenga Kaka, Gbenga Obadara and Akin Odunsi, who represent Ogun East, Ogun Central and Ogun West respectively. The members of the House of Representatives are Kunle Adeyemi, Babatunde Olabode, Olumide Osoba, Abiodun Abudu, Odeleye Kehinde and Bukunola Buraimo. News of their defection coincided with the resignation of Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s Senior Special Assistant on Environment, Abayomi Odunowo. Adesegun had on October 24 sent a stinker to Amosun, accusing him of   starving his office of funds, and allocating old vehicles to him. In the letter personally signed by him an...