20 Interesting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Facts

This is a guest post by List25.com. 1)His name was originally Michael, not Martin.  His father was also Michael King, hence why Martin Luther King Jr. was originally named Michael King Jr.  However, after a trip to Germany in 1931, Michael King Sr. changed his own name in homage to historic German theologian Martin Luther.  Michael King…

D’Banj shows Big Sean around Lagos in his Aston Martin

A day before the Koko Concert, the convener of the event, D’Banj, took Big Sean, one of the international stars that graced the stage, out on a ride in Lagos.

Little wonder, the rapper declared to the crowd that he was back to Motherland, having absorbed the sounds and sight of the ever busy…

Paris Haute Couture: Martin Margiela’s guide to staying stylish under wraps

Veils? So yesterday. Couture Fashion Week closed with a ‘bling’ as Martin Margiela’s models took to the catwalk under cover of crystal.

BY Belinda White | 05 July 2012

Yesterday we reported how veils were all the rage the Paris couture catwalks, from Raf Simons’ hairnet-like face wraps at Dior, and Giorgio Armani’s intricately beaded and bejewelled veils,…

Ellen Martin and 14 Other Women Managed to Legally Vote in Illinois in 1891, Even Though Illinois Law Didn’t Allow Women to Vote

In 1891, Ellen Martin was the first woman to be able to vote in Lombard, Illinois.  She noticed that the Lombard charter on who could vote didn’t mention gender.  This charter superseded Illinois law and, thus, she was legally allowed to vote.  She and 14 other women voted in the 1891 elections before the charter was…

Martin Laursen: Aston Villa job is too soon for me

Former Aston Villa defender Martin Laursen has said it would be “a dream” to manage the club in the future, but admits the vacancy has come too soon.

Alex McLeish was sacked last week for his part in a campaign which saw Villa barely avoid relegation, finishing 16th in the Premier League.

Laursen, who made 80 appearances for the…

NDLEA Intercepts Martin Ikechukwu With ₦90m ‘Cocaine Cream’ In Lagos

NDLEA intercepts N90m ‘cocaine cream’ in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted the first known creamy cocaine in the country.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the 9.500kg cocaine was packaged to look like the normal ice cream.

It was learnt that the creamy cocaine was brought into the country in four big coolers through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

Spokesman of the NDLEA, Mr. Mitchelle Ofoyeju, who confirmed…