Spider Clues

India is a real treasure trove. There’s a whole category of slowly crumbling and awe-inspiring architectural wonders. For example, stepwells that stretch down ten levels into the ground. Many of us have never even heard about them! These massive structures look like gates to the underworld. They were created as a primary way to access the water table in regions where the climate vacillates between very dry during most months, with a few weeks of torrential monsoons in the spring. Thirty years ago, journalist  Victoria Lautman  started to studying Indian stepwells. Check out her incredible findings. Journalist Victoria Lautman spent many years travelling through India in search of stepwells. Her main goal was to share their vanishing beauty with the outside world.

Abdalla el-Badri, the secretary-general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has stated that the decline in global crude oil prices may not abate until 2017, as the oil market is expected to rebalance within two years. The   secretary-general expressed concern about the impact of low oil prices on investment and the consequences for future supply when he spoke on the issue on Tuesday, October 6, in London. However, the official insisted that rebalancing the world oil markets was the responsibility of all producers and not a burden to be borne by OPEC alone. He said:  “We have an overhang of 200 million barrels in the market. All of us should work together, OPEC and non-OPEC…all of us have to work together to see how we can get rid of this 200 million barrel overhang.  You will see the result. This means less supply and higher prices in the future.” Badri noted that overall global investment in oil could drop by $130billion this...

Nigerian university students who built energy-efficient cars have won awards at the Shell Eco Marathon in South Africa, the Guardian reports. Last year  students from the University Of Lagos (UNILAG)  and  University of Benin (UNIBEN)  built their own versions of energy-efficient cars for the international Shell Eco-marathon. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The competition hosted by the School of Electrical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, brought together over 100 young engineers from South Africa and Nigeria. The aim of the competition was to challenge student teams from around the world to design, build and test ultra energy-efficient vehicles. The winners are the teams that go the furthest using the least amount of energy. Team Nigeria got two out of the six awards given at the event. The Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta state, won two awards making them the team with the h...

According to the Navy, the sailors were aboard a vessel registered as MT DERA and a tugboat RUNNER CHARLEY. The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has confirmed the arrest of eleven sailors aboard a vessel and tugboat with an estimated 6,000 tons of stolen crude oil along the waterways in Bayelsa State. According to the Navy, the sailors were aboard a vessel registered as MT DERA and a tugboat RUNNER CHARLEY. The Nigerian Navy, according to the statement issued by Lieutenant Commander Eddie Yeibo, detained the vessel and tugboat along the Eremor 1 Marginal Oil Field located off Peretorugbene in Ekeremor Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State. Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman, speaking about their find, noted that the Command has made several successful raids on illegal refinery sites in the fight against crude oil theft barely two weeks into his assumption of office. He attributed the feat to the zero tolerance stance on crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, ...

Tiwa Savage stepped in out in a Forte Oil top & white jeans for her ambassadorial duties for the company in Lekki, today. She's back to work. Another photo after the cut...

Black top on black overall..nice!  The 18 year old stepped out in head-to-toe black to the Westfield Topanga shopping mall in LA yesterday with her rapper boyfriend Tyga. More photos after the cut...

Are you a parent? Do you desire greatness for your children? Have you ever heard the life story of the disabled woman who was blind and deaf? Indeed! Blind and deaf from age 2, she moved on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude at age 24in 1904. She wrote 12 books, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States' two highest civilian honors and she met with over 12 presidents of the united states from 1893 – 1963. Her name was Helen Keller. Discover the shocking secret of the overwhelming and inspiring success of this blind deaf woman and see how you can apply it to help your own kids… Helen Keller’s story is one of phenomenal success especially for a woman with such incredible challenges as hers. Despite her disabilities she learned to read, interpret speech through her fingers and even wrote many critically acclaimed books. Interestingly, whenever Helen Keller’s story is told there is another name that is always mentioned - Anne Sulli...

“My body. My terms,” is a slogan of a campaign aimed at combating sexual violence, victim blaming and rising awareness among victims of abuse around the world. New Zealand media company Villainesse  has launched  #MyBodyMyTerms  campaign to start a global conversation about sexual violence and the importance of consent. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter “I respect myself and I deserve to be respected.” The video called to hit back at society’s understanding of sexual abuse shows undressed men and women with the words “My body, my terms” written on different parts of their bodies. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter “My choice of clothing is not an invitation to assault or rape me.” They tell their own stories or just state personal opinions about sexuality, consent, revenge porn and rape culture. They also remind everyone that it’s only your right to decide what you do or...

A 36-year-old woman, Precious Osas, has been apprehended and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for biting off a man’s ear. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Chikwado Omokwa PM News reports that the incident happened at a popular hotel in Okota, Lagos state, where Presious and a 25-year-old Chikwado Omokwa lodged for a night’s romp. According to the police source, the woman, who is a commercial sex worker, allegedly collected N3,500 from Omokwa for an all-night sex romp. However, she failed to fulfill her own part of the bargain. Precious allowed Omokwa only one round of sex and told him that she was not ready for the second one until he paid her more money. After exchange of words, sex partners started beating each other. During the fight, Precious allegedly grabbed Omokwa’s right ear and bit off part of it. The man raised the alarm, which attracted the attention of the hotel workers, who called the police. The sex partners were handed over to th...

The Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, has said soldiers have arrested three suspected Boko Haram collaborators with the help of recently arrested  Boko Haram financier and stimulant supplier, Mohammed Maina. Usman said Maina had been making useful statements, which led to the arrest of the three suspected collaborators in Maiduguri.  (Scroll down for photos) Jikana Alhaji Goni, 29; Alhaji Musa Modu, 37; and Alhaji Aba’ana Na Sule, 40, are the men who were arrested as alleged Boko Haram allies. They are all of Hausari Ward in Maiduguri. The army spokesman said:  “Please recall that a Boko Haram financier, fund raiser and stimulant supplier, Mohammed Maina, was arrested by troops of 21 Brigade yesterday. The arrested terrorist has been making very useful statements and lending more insights in the activities of the terrorists and their collaborators.” Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Alhaji Aba’ana Na Alhaji Sule Share on Fa...

Police officers in Lagos have arrested a robbery gang in the Abattoir area of Agege on Monday, September 28. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Armed robbery gang / Photo Credit: The Punch The Punch reports that Joel Ojo the fake policeman who led the other four men that made up the robbery gang said the guns and police ID card which were confiscated by the police were given to him by a policeman. He said the officer, who is a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) was attached to the police force headquarters in Abuja. He gave his name simply as Muhammed. A police patrol team stopped the gang who were driving against traffic. A search of the vehicle revealed two pump-action rifles, two pistols with several cartridges, a police ID card and a police uniform. They were promptly arrested and transferred to the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad for further investigation. Ojo denied that he was an armed robber and claimed he was using the guns for security work. He said ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The group has told humanity to prepare itself being  “obliterated”  by fire as soon as the clock strikes midnight. The eBible fellowship, an online group for bible study, has published a series of lectures on  Why October 7, 2015 is the Likely End of the World. Chris McCann, who leads the Philadelphia-based group told the Guardian: “According to what the Bible is presenting it does appear that 7 October will be the day that God has spoken of: in which, the world will pass away.” McCann said that, according to his interpretation of the Bible, the world will be obliterated “with fire”, as God promised not to cause another flood on the scale as that which afflicted Noah. Although his theories rely on a lot of dodgy maths, McCann’s main message is that according to the Bible, the beginning of the process was on 21 May 2011, when God stopped the process of selecting which churchgoers will survive Wednesday’s carnage. McC...

JOHANNESBURG  – Falling commodity prices, political upheaval and simmering conflict are exposing the differing fortunes of Africa’s economies, undermining the idea that the continent of a billion people is on one collective ascent. Sub-Saharan Africa has achieved annual growth of more than 5 percent over the last decade, and foreign investment has more than quadrupled over the same period, feeding the popular catch phrase that Africa is ‘rising’. However, the regional cooperation, infrastructure development and political reforms needed to diversify economies and even out growth are taking longer than expected, speakers at a Reuters Investment Summit said this week. “‘Africa Rising’ served a purpose because it alerted people who weren’t interested in Africa before to the opportunities,” said Simon Freemantle, senior economist at Johannesburg-based Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets. “It is useful to move away from that now and give each country individual attent...