Monday Buzz: Leggings Drama and Inappropriate Cartoons
CHIAMAKA CHUKWURAH WINS SISI-OGE COMPETITION
Yesterday, Chiamaka Chukwurah emerged the queen at the 10th edition of the ‘Sisi-Oge’ contest which held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The 200 level Entrepreneurship student of the National Open University (NOUN), beat twenty-three other contestants into winning the crown.
Source: www.naij.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BANKY W!
Olubankole Wellington, heartthrob, singer, rapper and actor, who we all know as Banky W is celebrating his 36th birthday today. He was born on March 27th 1981 and still looks as dashing as ever. The versatile RnB artiste recently dabbled into acting and is also great at it. Please what isn’t he good at? Let’s just chip it in that there are no new reports of him being in a relationship so it is safe to say that he is still single. *winks.
INAPPROPRIATE CARTOONS YOUR CHILDREN MIGHT BE TRICKED TO WATCH ON YOUTUBE
According to a BBC trending report, there are thousands of videos on YouTube which look like versions of popular cartoons but contain disturbing and inappropriate content not suitable for children.
Most of them trick children by using characters from their favourite cartoons like Peppa Pig, Thomas the Tank Engine, the Cookie Monster, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Elsa from Frozen.
One channel which the BBC found was “Toys and Funny Kids Surprise Eggs” which is one of the top 100 most watched YouTube accounts in the world – its videos have more than 5 billion views.
Its landing page features a photo of a cute toddler, but the videos on the channel have titles like “FROZEN ELSA HUGE SNOT”, “NAKED HULK LOSES HIS PANTS” and “BLOODY ELSA: Frozen Elsa’s Arm is Broken by Spiderman”. The videos feature animated violence and graphic toilet humour.
To monitor what your children watch on YouTube, you can use the YouTube kid’s app or turn on “restricted mode”.
Source: www.bbc.com
GIRLS BARRED FROM FLIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE WEARING LEGGINGS
Two teenage girls were barred by a gate agent from boarding a United Airlines flight from Denver to Minneapolis on Sunday because they were wearing leggings. Airline spokesman, Jonathan Guerin said that the girls were traveling under an employee travel pass which had a dress code; no spandex or Lycra pants.
Shannon Watts, an activist, tweeted that she witnessed the event and questioned the airlines decision to police women’s clothing since their father who was wearing shorts was allowed to board.
The girls agreed to change their clothes and board a later flight.
So, who’s right, the airline or the activist?
Source: www.thebarrieexaminer.com, www.foxnews.com