How to make your man propose to you in 6 months!

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  675 words  |  Martina Birk

At some point in one’s life, dating and being in a relationship would no longer be enough. That is the point where you become ready to take your relationship to the next level, to tie the knot. The problem that usually arises out of this often times is that partners do not have the same timing, and that conflict of timing usually puts a lot of strain on the relationship. [Read More]

How to Select Anti-Aging Skin Care Products

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2216 words  |  Billy Koelling

Shopping for anti-aging skincare products can easily get overwhelming with thousands of products on the market. The only way to narrow the choices is to understand what, exactly, the best ingredients are ones that can actually make a difference in the appearance of wrinkles, skin texture, and other concerns that come with the natural process of aging. Since pretty much every product on the market comes with its own claim about anti-aging, some expert help is needed. [Read More]

In Gaza, Queering the Map Shows Heartbreaking LGBT Notes

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  693 words  |  Martina Birk

These days, it’s not easy for anyone living in Gaza. Hardly any safe refuge can be found amid Israel’s unrelenting airstrikes of the territory in retaliation to Hamas’ terrorist attack on Oct. 7. But for LGBT Gazans, the specter of death from the Israel-Hamas war only compounds what was already a struggle to live freely in a place where homosexual relations between men is outlawed and open queerness violates social and religious mores. [Read More]

Insecure star Yvonne Orji is proof that Naija no dey carry last

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  760 words  |  Martina Birk

From Igbo parentage, Yvonne was born in the oil-rich city of Port-Harcourt, where she lived with her three brothers and parents till she was six years old. Speaking with Interview Magazine of her time in Nigeria, Orji said: ADVERTISEMENT “I was born in Nigeria and we lived in this very small apartment, but we had so much fun. It was me and my three brothers… We would go to the polo club and go swimming with our cousins and our friends. [Read More]

Libianca's 'People' becomes highest charting African song in UK Chart history

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  245 words  |  Kelle Repass

Cameroonian-American single Libianca broke into the mainstream with her single 'People' which talks about the sadness and loneliness of an increasingly difficult and individualistic society. Since its release, 'People' has grown in popularity internationally and also in Nigeria. The song has now reached a new peak of NO. 2 in the latest installment of the UK Singles Chart (April 14 - 20, 2023). This sees it become the highest charting African song in the chart's history as it surpasses the previous peak record of NO. [Read More]

Miami: Finding the Perfect Souvenir La Casa de las Guayaberas, Miami

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  90 words  |  Patria Henriques

City Guide: Miami South Beach is cluttered with trinket shops that hawk shell jewelry and men's underwear airbrushed with the words Papi Chulo. But if you want to show the world that you are totally Miami, then pick up a guayabera, the loose, four-pocket shirts favored by Cuban men. Browse the mind-boggling selection — or have a shirt or dress custom-made — at La Casa de las Guayaberas, the bustling shop owned by legendary Little Havana tailor Ramón Puig, who has made shirts to order for several U. [Read More]

Music: Bach with Red Tights

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  378 words  |  Tandra Barner

TIME May 4, 1931 12:00 AM GMT-4 Thanks in good part to the mystical imagination and grim determination of Irene Lewisohn, there has evolved in the past few years a synthetic art-form whereby great masterworks are given stage presentations for which they were never intended. With her sister Alice (now married and living in Paris), Irene Lewisohn started her experiments in the Neighborhood Playhouse, a small theatre in Manhattan’s slums. She interested Conductor Nikolai Sokoloff of the Cleveland Orchestra with whom she worked out scenarios to several symphonic works. [Read More]

Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi: 5 Things to Know

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  494 words  |  Kelle Repass

The Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his “discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy”. Autophagy, meaning ‘self-eating’, is the way cells can remain healthy through an internal recycling program whereby they destroy their own contents in order to make way for new cells, as well as fighting off invading bacteria and viruses. Ohsumi, 71, will receive 8m Swedish kronor ($937,399) for his achievement at the Nobel awards ceremony Dec. [Read More]

Peter Okoye's wife Lola Omotayo loses dad

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  174 words  |  Tandra Barner

The music star took to his Twitter page on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, where he announced the passing away of Lola's father. "My dear father-in-law. Chief Oladipo Adewale Omotayo aka "Papa" We will surely miss you! Loudly crying face Your beloved Daughter Lola Okoye and your grandchildren Cameron & Aliona Okoye misses you desperately and even more! Folded hands loudly crying face🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 Adieu Papa," he tweeted. ADVERTISEMENT In a lengthy post shared via her Instagram page, Omotayo expressed shock at the demise of her father. [Read More]

Pulse Voices: Nigeria Flight Ban from Coronavirus hit countries

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  889 words  |  Billy Koelling

Over 180,000 infections and at least 7,000 deaths have been recorded worldwide, causing a global panic that has disrupted the world’s economy. To contain the spread, many countries have either issued lock-down orders of their territories or banned flights from countries that have been hardest-hit by the pandemic. Countries like the United States, Turkey, South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Gabon, Burundi, and many others have all imposed travel restrictions. [Read More]