Gist: Madonna jumps in on the boycott over Dolce & Gabbana controversy

Madonna weighs in on the Dolce&Gabbana controversial. (Greatstock/Splash, Instagram)

New York - Madonna added her voice to the controversy surrounding fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, telling them to "think before you speak" after Dolce described children born to gay couples through fertility treatment as "synthetic."

The performer joined other celebrities who criticized the Italian duo when she posted a message on Instagram along with a photograph of herself and a baby from Dolce & Gabbana's 2010/2011 winter collection campaign.

News: Poll: Ogun police strategise to handle flashpoints

The Ogun Police Command says it has mapped out the flashpoints in the state, and adequate security measures to be deployed are already in place.

The state police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, spoke with our correspondent on Monday.

Though he refused to mention or list the flashpoints, he said more policemen would be deployed from Abuja and Lagos, to augment the one on the ground in the state.

He said, “We have identified the flashpoints, and I will not reveal that to you. But all I can say is that we have put in place security measures to take care of the flashpoints and I want to assure the people of Ogun State that we are fully prepared.”

Adejobi added that the command would provide adequate security for members of the National Youth Service Corps, workers of the Independent National Electoral Commission and other stakeholders who would be involved in the election.

News: Justin Bieber is being sued by his former neighbour for assault

Justin Bieber arrives on the red carpet for his Comedy Central Roast. (Greatstock/Splash)

Los Angeles — Justin Bieber's former neighbour claims in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the pop singer spit in his face and terrorised his family with loud parties, drug use and aggressive driving.

The lawsuit over Bieber's behaviour while living in a gated community in the celebrity enclave of Calabasas seeks more than $25k in damages for assault and battery, trespassing and infliction of emotional distress claims.

News: ‘Brainwashed’ foreign medical students went to Syria

A boy from Syria. Image source timesofisrael

ONCE again, the lure of ISIS may have ensnared another group of foreigners this time, medical students suspected of traveling to Syria to work in ISIS-controlled hospitals.

The group of 11 people includes seven Britons, an American, a Canadian and two Sudanese, Turkish lawmaker Mehmet Ali Ediboglu told CNN on Sunday. Ediboglu, an opposition Turkish lawmaker, told The Observer that he had spoken with the students’ families, who were convinced their loved ones wanted to work for ISIS and were asking him for help tracking them down in neighboring Syria.

“They have been cheated, brainwashed. That is what I, and their relatives, think,” Ediboglu said, according to the newspaper. But he also stressed that the group did not travel with the intention of joining the battle.

News: Smile General, smile’

General Muhammadu Buhari

EXCEPT his family members and ‘very close’ associates, perhaps, not many Nigerians have seen General Muhammadu Buhari smile, even wryly.

Although his face has been tempered by age, Nigerians, who were around in his heydays as Head of State, would attest to a man with steely gait and resolve to mould the citizens in his own image.

Forty years later, and having gone through the baptism of fire in three consecutive elections, “Buhari is still the same” even at campaign stomps where those seeking the mandate of the people loosen up, if only for the moment.Watch President Goodluck Jonathan of late and see what we mean!

News: Prince Charles and Camilla had a busy last day in the US capital

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Washington — Prince Charles and his wife finished up their visit to Washington (Prince Charles' 20th visit to the US) with a whirlwind day that included meeting with President Barack Obama.

The royal couple arrived on Tuesday and stopped at some of the most iconic and historically important sites in the nation's capital.

News: Explosion rocks Ogun community, shatters teenager’s arm

An explosion has shattered the arm of a teenager, Olawale Adekanbi, and caused confusion at the Agbado community in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The 17-year-old was said to be running an errand for his parents and saw a round object on the road which he reportedly kicked with his foot.

FINESTOUCH learnt that as the victim approached the main road, he decided to pick the object with his hand.

Soon after he did, the object exploded.