Facebook Remembers Its First Chef, Josef Desimone, After Tragic Motorcycle Accident

I have some very sad news to share.



This morning Josef Desimone, our executive chef, was involved in a motorcycle accident and I’m sorry to report that Josef has passed away.



Josef was a Facebook legend and institution. “Chef Josef” joined us in 2008 and built our culinary team from a handful of employees in a single café into a global team with dozens of world class restaurants. He never

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Tope Folarin Wins 2013 Caine Prize For African Writing

Tope Folarin, winner 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing


Nigeria continues dominance in the Caine Prize for African Writing as another Nigerian, US-based Tope Folarin has won this year’s prestigious award. Last year’s winner was Rotimi Babatunde for his story Bombay’s Republic – about Nigerian soldiers who fought in the Burma campaign during World War II.

Folarin received the £10,000 ($

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Desperado: Female Fan Forcing A Kiss On Singer Davido

The love these ladies give to entertainers is amazing, i mean without having to say a word male artistes can get laid just by blinking.

Anyways, a hilarious photo has surfaced online. It’s a photo of a female fan trying to plant a kiss on singer Davido’s lips by force.

You can see the surprised Yoruba man expression on Davido’s face as the female fan stretched her lips to collect some

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What Would OJB Do? – Now He Has Excess Money

When OJB turned to the general public to seek for financial help (100,00 dollars) in order to pay the medical bills of the ailment he is sadly afflicted with, he trusted that Nigerians, irrespective of the general hardship which we live in, would answer. And answer they did.

A lot of individuals made private donations to either of the 2 bank accounts (in his name) that was provided. And not

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10 African teams, others battle for Imagine cup at St Petersbur

The 2013 edition of Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition, the football World Cup equivalent in software design attracted no fewer than 309 students from 71 countries who have gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia to compete in three main categories like World Citizenship, Games and Innovation.

The Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition where students to use their

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Return To Classroom, FG Begs ASUU

The Federal Government, yesterday, begged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to return to classrooms, as the union insisted that the strike would continue unless agreements between it and government were implemented.The strike which began last week, entered its second week yesterday, even as the union and Education Ministry officials appear before the National Assembly today.Minister

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