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Brigham Young University student Matt Easton gave an epic speech at his college's graduation ceremony when he announced publicly for the first time that he is gay.  In his speech, Easton, the Valedictorian for the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at BYU, described that he was celebrating "a few of my own personal victories" during his time at the university. The 24-year-old political science major included funny memories like getting hit by a deer while walking to class his freshman year and more serious moments like finding out his mother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and how it led him to realize "how to cherish and who to cherish." He then described moments where he struggled with his own identity before announcing to the crowd, “I stand before my family, friends and graduating class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God.”  Easton shared excerpts from his speech on Twitter, thanking those who supported him and ad

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Leo Dasilva delivered a savage reply to controversial British journalist and television presenter, Piers Morgan, after he said 'Game of Thrones' is a 'preposterous waste of eyeball energy' and that he has no desire to watch it. 'Never watched Game of Thrones & no desire to. Preposterous waste of eyeball energy,' Piers Morgan wrote. Reminding Piers of his favorite football club's current poor form, Leo, who is also an Arsenal fan replied him by writing: 'You watch Arsenal lose every week. As scripted as Game of Thrones is, the actors show more passion than our entire Arsenal team.'

A Cabman who returned a lady's N25,000 and her International passport that has an American Visa after she forgot her purse in his car has tagged her 'ungrateful' for only giving him N500 as tip. According to the cabman, after the woman forgot the purse in his car, he drove back to her house and gave her the purse with her money and International passport intact. But his pain is that the woman only gave him N500 tip for the good deed he had done. Sharing a photo of the woman's purse with her money and international passport in it, he wrote: 'Today a lady forgot her purse in my car, there was N25,000 and an international passport that had an American visa in it. I drove back to her house to return it and she gave me a N500 tip. Some people are just so ungrateful.'

A fire captain in Arizona accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl while “extremely intoxicated” has claimed he thought she was an adult. According to court documents obtained by the Arizona Republic, 48-year-old Michael William Palmatier allegedly told a colleague at the Gilbert Fire Department that he did things he could not take back during a relative’s 50th birthday party at a home in Queen Creek on April 21, Palmatier told the co-worker during a recorded call that he took a prescription muscle relaxer earlier that day after hurting his neck during a sex act with his adult girlfriend, the court documents claim. Palmatier, who resigned after his arrest Wednesday, allegedly recalled going into a bedroom during the party while off-duty and starting to kiss the victim, not fully aware of what he was thinking. The colleague then told Palmatier that the victim was 8-years-old, prompting him to repeatedly curse before crying and apologizing, according to the Republic.

Rugby star Samu Kerevi has been forced to apologise for "offending" his fans with his Easter post in which he wrote, "I love Jesus". The 25-year-old Queensland Reds captain caused controversy when he shared a Bible verse on his Instagram account on Easter Thursday. Sharing a photo of himself taken at a recent match, he wrote: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." He added: "Thank You Jesus for dying on the cross for me. I love you Jesus." Kerevi's post received mixed reactions. Some fans supported him while some questioned whether he would publicly declare his support for gay Australians in the same way. One fan wrote: "I know a lot of gay kids and adults in our sport would love to hear a rugby leader like you say you love and respect them for who they are - are you willing to endorse that message?" Kerevi late

Two people have contracted the HIV virus after having vampire facials at a health spa which used dirty needles to perform the procedure, health officials say. The New Mexico Department of Health said Monday they fear the unnamed customers may have been infected by syringes and needles used to perform the anti-ageing procedure. Both patients contracted the virus after visiting VIP Spa in Albuquerque, which was closed last September over concerns about how it handled needles, and whether it had a licence to perform the procedures. The infected clients visited the spa between May and September 2018. Kathy Kunkel, from the New Mexico Department of Health said: "While over 100 VIP Spa clients have already been tested, NMDOH is reaching out to ensure that testing and counseling services are available for individuals who received injection related services at the VIP Spa. "Testing is important for everyone as there are effective treatments for HIV and many hepatitis inf

Annie Idibia and Pero Adeniyi have shared cryptic posts on Instagram which seem to be directed at each other. Both women made peace last November during a show and hugged it out in front of their baby daddy, Tuface, after years of animosity But the peace seems to be short-lived as they are already throwing shades at each other on Instagram. Pero took to her Instagram story to share a post about fake people who pretend in public so everyone likes them. Hours later, Annie also took to her Instagram to write: "I don't do fakes. When I'm mad.... damnnnn you gon feel it and know it." The online war comes after Tuface travelled to celebrate the birthday of his first child with Pero - Ehi Idibia - as she turned 13. Though Annie is known to publicly celebrate Tuface's other children with Sumbo Ajaba Adeoye during their birthdays, she didn't celebrate Ehi on her birthday, despite having made peace with her mother Pero and this raised more than a few br

Rap mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ took to Instagram to share this cute family photo of himself and his six children posing together. The 49-year-old and his ex-partner Kim Porter, who died last year shared three kids together, son Christian, 21, and twin daughters Jessie James, 12, and D’Lila, 12. Combs also helped raise Porter’s son Quincy, 27, from a previous relationship. Combs is also father to son Justin, 25, and daughter Chance, 13, from previous relationships.

This is the shocking moment a real gun was mistakenly used during a school drama, turning the play to a tragedy. The students of a school in Moscow, Russia, were rehearsing comedy play Troubles with a Gentle Heart when the accident occurred at the school. Rather than use a prop for his part, a student mistakenly used a real gun, leaving another student injured. Nikita Chernykh, 14, was left screaming in agony after being hit on the nose and the back of his head. He was rushed to hospital after the shooting where he was in a stable condition. It is believed the firearm involved was a pneumatic gun, widely used for self-protection in Russia. However, the school has denied it saying that it was just a toy. Classmate Maria said: "Nikita was screaming from pain, his nose was bleeding. We all got scared. Teachers bandaged his nose and called an ambulance." In the video shared online, Nikita is seen playing his role when Mikhail Pronin climbed on stage and

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Ifiemi Angel Awotarigha, got married to his Canadian girlfriend, Felicia, at a registry in Port Harcourt, Rivers state today Tuesday April 30th. Congrats to them! See more photos below.

Tonto Dikeh and Yvonne Jegede have come to the defence of Regina Daniels after she reportedly married a man over 39 years older than her. The former child actress has been trending after she was pictured at an event with her rumoured husband Ned Nwoko, 59, and they were filmed dancing afterwards. Pretty much everyone had an opinion about Regina's decisions. While some criticized her, some defended her. Yvonne Jegede and Tonto Dikeh have now come to the defence of their fellow actress. Taking to their Instagram stories, both women called out people criticizing Regina and asked them to let her be.

A 60-year-old woman's uterus fell out of her vagina as she was dancing in a public square, reports claim. The Chinese woman went to see a doctor in the city of Xuzhou, China, after she felt a piece of flesh had dropped from her genitals. The mother thought her womb had fallen out because of her overenthusiastic dancing. But a doctor told her it was more likely because of childbirth. Dr Song Hongjuan, supervisor at the Maternal and Child Health Centre, in Xuzhou, told her she had suffered a uterine prolapse. The Daily Mail reports that the doctor suspected she had given birth to a large baby at a young age and never been treated for her prolapse. The surgeon, who operated on the unnamed woman, told reporters she was making a full recovery. The mother's uterus had apparently slipped down and poked out of her vagina in the past, however it had never been fully exposed before. Dr Song advised other women to pay attention to their bodies and said ill

So far, about $947 million has been donated to help rebuild Notre Dame after a fire tore through the Paris cathedral earlier this month. And $4 of the money came from Caitlyn Handley, a 9-year-old girl who sent her donation by mail with a handwritten note to one of the French charities tasked with collecting donations. "I heard about the Notre Dame fire on the radio and wanted to help, I know it's not much, but every bit helps. Hopefully it won't take too long to build. Thanks, Caitlyn,” she wrote Already, French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild the cathedral within a period of 5-years.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria’s population has hit a new all time high of 201 million! In its 2019 state of the world population report, UNFPA said Nigeria’s growth rate has been at an average of 2.6 percent from 2010 to 2019. The fertility rate among Nigerian women has dropped from 6.4 in 1969 to 5.3 in 2019; this means an average Nigerian woman gives birth to at least five children.  Global fertility rate, or the average number of births per woman stood at 4.8 in 1969; 2.9 in 1994; and 2.5 in 2019. The report says contraceptive prevalence rate among Nigerian women aged 15-49 is only 19 percent, adding that decision making on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights among these women has averaged at 51 percent between 2007 to 2018.  This means 49 percent of Nigerian women still do not have the power to decide on their sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. The UN agency estimated that Nigeria’s population has grown from

20 students in India have reportedly committed suicide in the past week after a state agency announced their exam scores and they didn't do well. About 1 million students took the exams in February and March. About 350,000 failed it. The massive failure led to protests from parents, students, and political parties, Fox News reported. Some parents believe the extent of failure in the exams is due to an electronic glitch. Sadly, some students couldn't handle the failure and they took their lives. In the latest incident, a 19-year-old woman, Akrapu Mithi, hanged herself at Naginenipally village in Telangana state, according to the Gulf News. She went to a private college in nearby Bibinagar town and was apparently depressed after the results were announced on April 18. One student named Sirisha even went as far as setting herself on fire over the weekend in Narayanpet district, Telangana state. A letter from India’s Congress said, as reported by Latestly.com: "Ne

Ace comedian, Alibaba, says God will soon start dealing with ladies with big gods aka sugar daddies that give them money to live lucurious lives thereby putting hardworking ladies under pressure. Alibaba in a post he shared on his Instagram page, said men of the Lagos Internal Revenue Service LIRS, will soon go after ladies with big gods. Read his post below ''And as for all of those ladies who are putting other hard working ladies under pressure with things that the struggling ladies cannot afford yet, but things that their big god bought for them... na God go deal with una. You are carrying a 4 million Naira bag, and you don't have a 200k monthly job. You are flying business and first class, private jet, yet you have no source of income. Your are living large. Just wait, from what I hear, LIRS is coming for you. You will soon begin to file your tax. Because you will soon receive a letter "We write to congratulate you on your successes from LIRS. We would lik

Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah's office, forcing him to work from his private residence. Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, his official place of work. All staff have been told to stay away until 22 April.  "It's just to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts the office of the president, so it did an internal memo asking the staff to stay home while they do the fumigation," Toby said.  The office of the president has been based in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since a fire in 2006 gutted the nearby presidential mansion. A FrontPage Africa news website video shows workers trying to attack the snakes when they appeared near the building's reception. "The snakes were never killed. There was a little hole somewhere [through which] they made their way back"

Nigerian musician, Morachi took to his Instagram page to share this completely naked photo of himself with just sticker covering his modesty and wrote: 'Sexiest man alive | No face No case.' See full photo below.

A 25-year-old woman's face was badly torn by her husband, such that about half of her face lost its skin and you could almost see her skull. But doctors managed to reconstruct her face again and it's being referred to as a medical miracle. According to Medical Creations Instagram account, the woman was assaulted by her husband and he tore her face. Getting her back to normal would have seemed impossible but doctors managed to do it and, looking at her now, it's hard to tell how damaged her face was before the surgeries. Medical Creations wrote: A 25 years old female presented with alleged history of assault by husband over the left face. There was degloving and avulsion of the left side of her face including the nose, forehead skin and eyebrow on the left side, upper and lower eyelids and part of the cheek. The globe as well as eyesight was intact. The extra ocular movements were present. A thorough debridement was undertaken, and the devitalized tissue was excise

It's no news that Beyoncé is the first black woman and Ariana Grande is the youngest person to ever headline the Coachella festival. Now it has been revealed Ariana Grande, 25, has raked in $8 million for her two headline slots at Coachella festival. The ‘7 Rings’ singer, who is the festival’s youngest ever headliner, performed at the event on Sunday (April 14) and is due to play again this Sunday (April 21). According to Business Insider, Beyonce was paid approximately $4 million for her 2018, two-hour "Homecoming" show that sparked a Netflix documentary and a live album of the same name where she performed dozens of her hit songs. However, this year, Variety says that Ariana was paid $8 million for her show where she sang her chart-topping tracks from all five of her albums while closely following the same setlist for her "Sweetener World Tour." "Because Beyoncé came in last year and did her thing and kind of set the bar, basically Coachella be

Its Simi's birthday today and the first one as a married woman. To celebrate her, her hubby Adekunle Gold wrote, 'first Birthday as Mrs Kosoko. Older by a year today, but you are sexier than ever. Happy Birthday Omo Charlie Champagne. Love you forever'.

Rapper The Game said he woke up thinking of slain rapper Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom and he recounted how Nipsey urged him to squash his beef with fellow rapper Meek Mill. Sharing a photo of Nipsey in front of his clothing store - The Marathon Clothing - The Game wrote: Good morning bro, I love you. You are the 1st thought in my head when I wake. It’s not forced, you’re just there. My dreams are different & my sleep overall has been rough. It’s an unsettled feeling that is sort of unexplainable. I lost my pops, you were there. You sent flowers to the crib & checked on me every other day until I told you things were getting a lil’ easier. You were always “A better human” than me. I used ask you like “Nip, why you just a better human than me” & you would say “Naw Chuck, you do the same shit as me it’s just harder to notice from the inside.. but I see it”. But really, you were. I mean, I love, I care, I give, I help, I motivate, I...... do the best I can

The police have launched an urgent manhunt after they mistakenly released an inmate from a prison in Worcestershire. William Walter Johnson, 47, from Evesham, Worcestershire, was released "in error" from HMP Hewell in Worcestershire, by HM Prison Service. By the time they realized their error, the inmate was already at large. Gloucestershire Constabulary says he is now wanted for being "unlawfully at large." He is described as a white man of proportionate build with a shaven head. A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Releases in error are very rare but we take them extremely seriously and are working closely with Gloucestershire police to bring the offender back into custody quickly." A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Constabulary said: "We're appealing for the public's help to trace a man who is wanted on recall to prison."

woman was severly injured by her pet pit bull leaving her with gaping wounds on her hand and leg. But despite advise to put it down, she has refused to. The lady shared photos of her injuries on Twitter and said she intends to keep the ferocious animal. Social media users have warned that if it could harm her the first time, it most likely would again, or may harm someone else. She wrote: "Yesterday my pit Leo bit me. The second picture is my left calf. I think he was triggered by getting wrapped up with my other pit. No muscle or nerve damage and yes I’m keeping him." See photos below.

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, had a savage question for a fan who wrote her estranged husband's name Olakunle Churchill on her post. After she posted a video of herself and Nigerian football legend Daniel Amokachi dancing at an event, a fan wrote: 'Heart attack for mr Churchill.' The mother of one then replied by asking: 'Is that a name of a pig, fool or dead body?'