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Her name is Ola Ray. She acted as the girlfriend of Michael Jackson in his legendary music video, Thriller. Recent photos of the 56-year-old woman show that she's aged so well. More photos after the cut...

At about  10:35pm  UK time on Monday, May 22, 2017, tragedy struck at the Manchester Arena where pop singer Ariana Grande was performing, leaving at least 19 people dead and about 50 injured in a possible terrorist incident. British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a statement, confirming that police are treating the incident as a terror attack, "we are working to establish the full details of what is being treated by the police as an appalling terrorist attack. All our thoughts are with the victims and the families of those who have been affected."  The leader of Britain's Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn also offered support on Twitter. He tweeted: "Terrible incident in Manchester. My thoughts are with all those affected and our brilliant emergency services."

Sometimes (well-meaning) people give this advice: “Stay away from negative people.” It always troubles me. I can understand avoiding “toxic people such as bullies, sociopaths, conflict instigators and destroyers of good. (However), negative people, unlike “toxic people,” may be more about vulnerability and less about vice.” – Carrie Barron, M.D. Human happiness heavily depends on the quality of our relationships, as human beings are predominantly social creatures.  Even the shyest or most introverted person requires some level of human contact; this may help explain why the introverted and shy among us are the most prolific users of social media – a different outlet, but an outlet nonetheless. A person that apparently exhibits negative behaviors, tendencies, etc. are often victims of circumstance. In other words, negativity – if it is negativity – wasn’t always their natural temperament. Something happened to them. In some cases that “something” is a tragedy. For many of u...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.” – The Buddha The act of overthinking is often associated with anxiety; indeed, it isn’t unusual for a person to possess both traits. Though the two “conditions” are rarely mutually exclusive, the “symptoms” are not always the same. It is true that those with anxiety and those that overthink have persistent thoughts. The main difference is that many (not all) overthinkers are known to possess some exceptional abilities. Contrast this with anxiety, which almost always has a negative connotation. In this article, we discuss five benefits of overthinking. In the interest of intellectual honesty, we’ll also go over when you may be overdoing it – and how you can mitigate some of the stress that comes with overthinking. THE 5 BENEFITS OF OVERTHINKING INCLUDE… 1.  CREATIVITY In an article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers conclude an existing link betwe...

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, was a guest on BBC's Hardtalks yesterday where he said that President Buhari is still working from the UK where he is currently receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Speaking on the health condition of President Buhari, Kachikwu said "Yes, he is in London. He is undergoing hospital treatment. I don’t know the details of that and I obviously wouldn’t know. But let me say this, he returned from his first trip in London. He worked full stream. Even though the doctors advised him to have some rest. He’s back to London and he has continued some levels of meetings and has been able to play some roles. He has a very efficient Vice-President who is sitting in for him in his absence. It really hasn’t made much of a difference.”he said Speaking on why the presidency is keeping a secret the true state of health of President Buhari, Kachikwu said "I think Nigerians generally know that the president i...

  Serena Williams was one of the close friends Beyonce invited to celebrate the expected arrival of her twin babies at the Carters' push party. Serena, who is pregnant herself, attended the event in a headscarf that matched the theme. The tennis pro looked very African in her attire and so did Lala Anthony who was also present.

Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday intercepted a DAF Truck with 584 cartons of Smuggled Frozen Poultry Products neatly concealed with 569 rolls of water hose, along Lagos Ibadan Expressway. Releasing photos of the seized goods this week, the Customs service revealed that it has a duty Paid Value of Three Million, One Hundred and Fifty Three, Six Hundred Naira Only. (N3,153,600)  More photos after the cut.

ISIS supporters have been celebrating the bomb attack that occurred in Manchester Arena during Ariana Grande's concert which killed 22 people and left several injured. They are yet to officially claim responsibility for the attack though. There were reportedly two blasts at the concert, killing and injuring concert goers who were leaving the venue.  Moments following the attack, while the UK and the rest of the world mourned the senseless deaths, Twitter accounts linked to Islamic State used hashtags referring to the blast to post celebratory messages, with some users encouraging similar attacks elsewhere. "It seems that bombs of the British airforce over children of Mosul and Raqqa has just came back to Manchester," one user named Abdul Haqq said on Twitter. Abdul's tweet about Mosul and Raqqa is a reference to the Iraqi and Syrian cities held by the militants where a American-led coalition is conducting air strikes. Other ISIS supporters posted messages encoura...