WHY do women drink more these days? According to 52-year-old Vivian who owns a couple of well-stocked supermarkets: “Alcohol is warming, cheering and temporarily gives you courage. A first drink togs the brain, wobbles the perception, relaxes the limbs, pushes harsh thoughts down. Its spreading vapour seems to fill a dark hole of uncertainly and shame inside you. And uncertainty and shame are a curse of female nature. Men feel these things too, but when a man fails at a task, gets a hard time from his boss, feels patronised or bungles a promotion interview, he may find it easy to mutter: ‘Bastard!’

Many people were injured Saturday in an attack on a wedding in Gaziantep in Turkey’s troubled southeast, the city’s governor said, quoted in Turkish media.

To so many, top blogger, Linda Ikeji is always the enemy. She is seen as the evil lurking around the most unwanted places, always snooping around to unearth some dirt to smear someone with on her blogosphere. Simply put, Linda Ikeji is poison, a bad news, better to be kept at arms length – but not to Emma Ugolee, ‘The Gist’ host on HipTV, who has been battling kidney disease for years now.

With the vision to empower the less privileged and with the spirit of service to humanity which Lions Club International is known for the incoming District Governor of District 404 B1, Lion Waheed Kadiri, and his team have pledged to make sight conservation project among students and youth empowerment his top priority in his one year tenure as governor of the club for 2016-2017.

I think my experiences; I have had very unique and different experiences. The way I grew up, I grew up obsessed with music, movies and cartoons as a kid. I spent my time just visualising stories, I would get these stories in my head all the time, till now I still get stories and melodies in my head.’