Amosun, Fashola mourn Islamic leader, Abdul Lateef Adegbite...

 

 

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Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde Fashola, have expressed sadness over the death of the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdul Lateef Adegbite.
The Islamic leader and Baba Adinni of Egbaland died in a Lagos hospital of an undisclosed ailment aged 79.

His death reportedly threw Abeokuta and Egbaland into fresh mourning, coming on the heels of the demise of two prominent Egba sons, Chief Oluwole Adeosun and Chief Segun Taiwo.
Amosun, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Funmi Wakama, described the late Adegbite as one of the greatest men produced by the state.

“Dr. Adegbite shone like a star in the field of law and was well known across the world as the mouthpiece of Islam in Nigeria. The late Seriki was a man who usually offered wise counsel to governments at federal and state levels.
“The demise of Dr. Adegbite is not just a loss to Ogun State but to Nigeria as a whole,” the governor said.

The Ogun State governor also described the NSCIA chieftain as “a strong believer in one Nigeria and a motivator of youths who always preached tolerance and peace at all times.”
In his condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Hakeem Bello, the governor said Adegbite’s death was “painful and a sad loss to the nation.”

Fashola described the late Adegbite as “a straightforward, honest and courageous personality who spoke the truth at all times.”
He said Adegbite “was an apostle of peaceful co-existence whose religious convictions were not in doubt but who nonetheless epitomised the peaceful essence of the Islamic religion till be breathed his last. Condoling with family members, the government and people of Ogun State, Fashola prayed for the repose of the departed NSCIA chieftain’s soul.

Gone today, hair tomorrow: The transplant you can have in a day (if you don't mind sitting still for 16 hours)...

Scott McCrum undergoing a record breaking 16 hour hair transplant. He spent £12,500 for the op and had 2,684 grafts carried out.

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The follicly challenged can now regain a full head of hair in a day thanks to the world's fastest hair transplant. Scott McCrum went baldly into the record books this week - after undergoing the procedure in just 16 hours.

Scott followed in the footsteps of football superstar Wayne Rooney and Scots millionaire Duncan Bannatyne to have the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) treatment.

But unlike the celebrities, who underwent the process over a period of up to three days, Scott, 30, had the hair transplanted in one single operation.

He spent £12,500 for the op and had the FUE at The Glasgow Clinic for the FUE which involved 2,684 grafts.

The operation was a success and Scott, from Alloway, Ayrshire, who began to lose his hair in his early 20s, is looking forward to combing the results.

Scott said: 'I’m a pretty confident guy but I found I was beginning to get self-conscious about it.

'It began to go at the front so I used to have expensive hairstyles to try to cover it but then it started going at the crown so I admitted defeat and shaved it off, but I prefer the way I look with hair.

'The operation wasn’t so bad. It hurt a little but I just watched a film and let them get on with it.

'It feels good now and I am looking forward to it growing in and seeing the results.

'I didn’t set out to be the first in Scotland but it feels great that I am, and hopefully this type of surgery will be available to the wider public in the future.'

Scott began to research having the surgery earlier this year after becoming fed up of his receding hair line.

HOW IT WORKS

The surgery works by removing thousands of individual hair follicles from the back of the head, where hair is usually thicker.

The surgeon then uses very small micro blades or fine needles to puncture sites for receiving the grafts. Placing them in a realistic pattern.

The healthy hairs are then 're-planted' them into thinning patches.

The patient is awake during the procedure, having received a local anaesthetic. 

After the operation the hair will start to gradually grow and the full results will be seen in eight to 12 months.

Scott shows his receding hairline before the operation (left) and after thousands of hair grafts (right).

His surgery started at 7.30am and Scott didn’t leave the operating table until 12.30am the following morning.

The surgery works by removing individual follicles at random from the back of the head, where hair is usually thicker, and transplanting them into thinning patches.

The operation is normally done over two to three days but Scott’s surgeons decided to complete the procedure in just one day, setting a new world record for speed.

Scott’s hair will take at least three months to grow in but he said he is delighted with the results so far.

Ouch! The doctors were able to reconstruct a natural hairline from grafts taken from the back of the head.

The Glasgow Clinic was set up by businessman Fraser Christensen, who launched the business in Scotland after having the operation himself.

The operation, which was only available in London and abroad until now, was carried out by Dr Emorane Lupanzula.

He said: 'It’s been an extremely successful operation and we’re delighted to be the first to have carried this out in Scotland.

'Our qualified and experience team have really set the bench mark high with this surgery in terms of achievement and results across the hair transplant world.

The operation is similar to one undertaken by Wayne Rooney - but over several days.

'Our aim is to change the perception of hair transplantation and educate those seeking a solution.

'In Scotland and across the whole of the UK we need to create an awareness of the FUE procedure. 'It’s a revolutionary technique that is so advanced it has taken hair transplantation to a completely new level.

'Opening a clinic in Glasgow gives UK patients an alternative to travelling abroad for FUE treatment and having to wait on long surgery lists.'

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Brazilian student sells virginity to build homes for the poor....

Good deed? Catarina Migliorini had rejected claims she is a prostitute, saying she saw the opportunity to make a positive difference to the world.

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A Brazilian student is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder to raise cash to build homes for poverty-stricken families.

Catarina Migliorini, 20, is set to plough the money - currently standing at $155,000 (£95,400) - into a non-governmental organisation which will construct modern houses in her southern Brazilian home state of Santa Catarina.

Rejecting claims she is a prostitute, she said she still believed in love but saw the opportunity to make a positive difference to the world.

But the physical education student has sparked controversy because she will be followed every step of the way by an Australian film crew for a documentary film called Virgins Wanted.

She said: 'I saw this as a business. I have the opportunity to travel, to be part of a movie and get a bonus with it.

'If you only do it once in your life then you are not a prostitute, just like if you take one amazing photograph it does not automatically make you a photographer.

'The auction is just business, I'm a romantic girl at heart and believe in love. But this will make a big difference to my area,' she told Folha newspaper.

Catarina, who is of Italian descent, signed up to the project two years ago when she saw an advert by Thomas William Productions looking for a virgin to film.

Director Justin Sisely will record her emotions before and after her first sexual encounter. A male virgin called Alexander is also being followed.

Controversial: The physical education student will be followed every step of the way by an Australian film crew.

Charitable: Catarina Migliorini says the money will be spent on building houses for the poor. Pictured is a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro.

She will receive $20,000 and 90 per cent of the final auction sale price, which ends on October 15.

The winner will be tested for sexually transmitted diseases prior to the encounter which will take place on an aeroplane, leaving from Australia to the US, in a bid to circumvent prostitution laws.

A condom will be compulsory, with Catarina saying she was prepared to prove to any sceptics that she has not had sex before.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Outrage over Chinese popstar, 24, who is 'dating 12-year-old Canadian model' ...

Relationship: Pop star Zhang Muyi (left), 24, declared his feelings for 12-year-old Akama Miki (right) on a Chinese social networking site.

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Love affairs between musicians and models are a common occurrence in the showbiz world.

But 24-year-old Chinese pop star Zhang Muyi has caused controversy after publicly declaring his love for a baby-faced model who is just 12-years-old.

Despite the fact that Canada-based Akama Miki is not yet in her teens, the pair have exchanged romantic messages on Sina Weibo, a Chinese social networking site.

Shortly after she turned 12 Miki, who has 500,000 followers on the site, wrote on the pop star's page: 'Wait until I'm old enough to marry you, and then I'm going to say "I do".'

Muyi, who is said to have been hired as the model's music coach when she was eight-years-old, replied: 'I simply can't wait for these next four birthdays of yours to pass, I'm counting down each one.'

'Couple': Child model Miki and her 24-year-old music coach regularly post photographs of themselves together on Weibo - a Chinese social networking site.

Controversial: Shortly after her 12th birthday Akama Miki wrote online about saying 'I do' to the pop star when she is 'old enough'.

Lessons: Pop star Zhang Muyi has reportedly been Akama Miki's music coach since she was eight-years-old.

The pair have recorded duets, appeared together in music videos, and regularly post photos of themselves online.

As speculation surrounding Miki and Muyi's relationship grew following their posts on Weibo the pair began trending on Twitter, with some commentators branding the rumoured romance 'gross', while others dismissed it as a publicity stunt.

The furore prompted singer Muyi to write this response on his Weibo page: 'There's nothing we can do about this, nor do we feel the need to prove anything to these people.

'All we can do is continue to persevere with our love, our life, and being together.'

Collaboration: Model Akama Miki, 12, left, is seen with 24-year-old rumoured boyfriend Zhang Muyi, right, in a music video for a duet recorded by the pair.

Publicity stunt? 'All we can do is persevere with our love, our life, and being together' 24-year-old Zhang Muyi has said.

'Romance': Model Akama Miki and pop star Zhang Muyi have recorded duets.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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BREAKING NEWS: Schoolgirl Megan 'found safe and well' in Bordeaux and teacher arrested by French police...

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Missing Megan Stammers and Jeremy Forrest have been found 'safe and well' in France.

A Sussex Police spokesman said the pair, who went missing on Thursday last week, were found in Bordeaux today at 12.15pm UK time. 

A spokesman said: 'Mr Forrest has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction and Megan has been taken into protection.

Megan and Jeremy have been found 'safe and well' in France, where Mr Forrest has been arrested.

'The information which led to them being located came as a direct result of media coverage in France.'At this stage we are not confirming the specific location where they were found. 

'Their families have been informed and arrangements will now be made for Megan and Jeremy's safe return.'

The discovery came after the pair's parents made an emotional plea for either of the pair to make contact with the police.

Police were acting on information by a member of the public reacting to widespread media coverage about the fugitives.

They were both stopped by the police at 1.15pm French time, and split up from each other. 

Mr Forrest could face up to five years in prison. 

Judicial authorities in Paris confirmed that he was arrested for ‘the taking of a minor’ against her parents’ will. 

Under France’s penal code, this is punishable with half-a-decade in jail and a 75,000 euro fine. 

Paris prosecutors launched the investigation following criticism that they were not doing enough to find Megan. It came as a European arrest warrant was also issued for Mr Forrest, with Interpol – the international police organisation – actively working with officers in the UK to find the couple. The teenager and Mr Forrest, a married maths teacher, have not been seen since they travelled to France from their homes in Eastbourne, Sussex.

The last confirmed sighting was from CCTV cameras on board the ferry from Dover to Calais at 9.30pm. The release of two images of the pair, arm in arm and holding hands, was intended to trigger a response from the public about their whereabouts.

There were no further sightings, with a prosecutor in Boulogne-sur-Mer saying that nothing would be done to ‘actively search’ for the pair because Megan was 15, and officially over the age of consent for sexual relations in France.

A CCTV image shows maths teacher Jeremy Forrest with teenager Megan Stammers aboard a ferry from Dover to Calais.

The man who sent sex text in error to ALL his contacts... and ended up in prison...

Tripped up by technology: Craig Evans who accidentally sent a sex text to all his contacts and ended up in jail.

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Craig Evans must have thought things couldn't get any worse after he accidentally sent a saucy text message intended for a lover to every contact in his phonebook.

How wrong he was!

The 24-year-old swimming coach ended up in prison for sex offences after the text also found its way to two young schoolgirls.

Evans had typed an intimate invitation to his girlfriend asking her if she would like to engage in sex with him ‘skin on skin’. 

Excruciatingly, a slip of the fingers on his BlackBerry smartphone resulted in it going out via BlackBerry Messenger to all the numbers on his phone.

But as well as having to deal with the humiliation of his family reading the message, Evans’s mistake led to far more serious consequences. 

Among the recipients of the text were two girls aged 13 and 14, which led to Evans, who teaches swimming in a leisure center  being arrested and charged with causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

He was jailed for 18 months at Birmingham Crown Court in July.

The story unfolded in court this week when his lawyers went to the Court of Appeal in London to have his conviction overturned.

They argued that Evans’s ‘misguided use of his BlackBerry’ made it ‘difficult to conclude that he was targeting anyone’.

Bad mistake: A slip of the fingers on his BlackBerry smartphone resulted in it going out via BlackBerry Messenger to all the numbers on his phone.

In the message, Evans, of Birmingham, asked an unknown lover if they would have sex with him ‘skin on skin’ and whether they would prefer it to be ‘fast or slow’.

Granting the appeal, Lord Justice Elias said the circumstances were ‘unusual’ and agreed that Evans had been ‘evidently misguided’ in the use of his phone.

He added: ‘The facts of this case are rather unusual. Messages... were sent to every single contact in his phone, including members of his own family.’

Quashed: Mr Evans walked free from the Court of Appeal in London after judges accepted his 'misguided use of his BlackBerry'.

He added: ‘The fact that they were repeated shows that he was evidently misguided in the use of his BlackBerry.

‘It is difficult to conclude that he was targeting anyone.

‘There were a number of mitigating factors in this case.’

The judge, sitting with Mr Justice Coulson and Mrs Justice Thirlwall, added that the sentence, which he also reduced to nine months, would be suspended ‘given the unusual circumstances’ and freed Evans.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Victory for John Travolta as he wins legal battle against author claiming he frequented gay spas...

Victory: John Travolta has emerged victorious in a legal battle over tell all book.

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John Travolta has emerged victorious in a legal battle against the author of a book who claims the actor frequented gay bathhouses.

Robert Randolph, author of You'll Never Spa in This Town Again, has unsuccessfully sued Travolta for libel.

Randolph claimed Travolta and his lawyer conspired to discredit him and his book by spreading lies about his mental health.

A letter fired off and allegedly leaked by Travolta's lawyer Marty Singer also stated Randolph's book was packed with lies.

Subsequently the judge overseeing the case dismissed it today, agreeing with Travolta and Singer's lawyer Lynda Goldman.The judge ruled the letter was a legitimate part of the legal dispute over the book, and therefore protected by the First Amendment.

This means essentially that Travolta and Singer cannot be sued over the letter. Meanwhile, Travolta has faced a barrage of gay claims. 

Compounded with allegations by a slew of characters citing his inappropriate same sex advances. 

In recent months, the celebrity Scientologists sexuality became a hot topic again when he was accused by several men of sexually harassing them.

Believe!: Travolta at a photocall for the film Savages in Rome.

Travolta has long remained mum about his sexuality and though he has denied the accusations.

The actor has also yet to speak openly about the allegations of sexual impropriety. 

In May, three months after the aforementioned tell-all book was released, two masseurs filed lawsuits.

They claimed he had inappropriately touched them in incidents in Beverly Hills and Atlanta.

Both men whose identities were withheld in court documents dropped their lawsuits later that month.

Now, two more claims have surfaced.

Promotional rounds: John, Salma Hayek and Oliver Stone at the Savages photocall at Hotel de Russie in Rome earlier this week.

One was from a man who filed an assault-and-battery claim against Travolta in U.S. District Court on June 21 for an incident he alleges occurred on a cruise ship in 2009. 

Fabian Zanzi, a cruise-ship employee, claims Travolta made unwanted sexual advances toward him and is asking for a jury trial to determine compensation. 

The next day, Robert Randolph filed is lawsuit against the actor and his lawyer for libel in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Hollywood/Nollywood: Genevieve, Stephanie, Washington, Fox In A Film...

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Our delectable queens of Nollywood, Genevieve Nnaji and Stephanie Okereke-Linus who featured in the Hollywood/Nollywood film titled Doctor Bello, a film that has international stars like Isaiah Washington, Vivica A. Fox, Jimmy Jean-Louis and others, has been celebrated in Washington DC, USA.

On Thursday September 27th, the world premier of the much-awaited film came alive at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566. 

A private reception was held immediately after the World Premiere at the Kennedy Center where the international actors from Nigeria met their counterparts in Hollywood. 

Well done Genevieve and Stephanie.

Partly culled from NigeriaFilms.

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Saudi ignores FG ultimatum, deports 510 Nigerians...

Vice-President Namadi Sambo

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SAUDI Arabia, in apparent defiance of Nigeria’s ultimatum, has deported 510 female pilgrims.

The deportees, mainly from Sokoto, Jigawa and Kano states, arrived at the Kano International Airport at about 8.30pm on Wednesday, aboard a Meridian Airline flight.

The female returnees were among the Nigerian women pilgrims for the 2012 hajj detained in Medina and Jeddah for not having male escorts while trying to enter Mecca.

Vice President Namadi Sambo had on Wednesday summoned the Saudi Ambassador to Nigeria, Khaled O.Y. Abdrabuh, to register the Federal Government’s displeasure over the incident. Sambo also gave Saudi Arabia a 24-hour ultimatum to redress the situation.

Spokesman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Mallam Uba Mana, said those brought back were a part of 1020 earlier detained by the Saudi officials at the King Fahd Airport.

Mana was however silent on the fate of others who were still detained in Saudi Arabia.

He said the commission hoped that the Federal Government at the Presidency level would soon settle the matter which is already threatening the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.“We are awaiting a response from the King of Saudi Arabia so that a discussion can be opened between the two parties.

“We strongly believe that there is hope in sight, we hope that shortly the whole thing would be resolved,” Mana said. Meanwhile, Abdrabuh on Thursday reportedly said the dispute would be resolved within 24 hours (by today). Findings indicated that the envoy gave the assurance during a closed-door meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.

Tambuwal has been nominated by the Federal Government to negotiate the release of the pilgrims with the Saudi authorities. A source, who was privy to discussions at the meeting, confided in The PUNCH that Abdrabuh visited Tambuwal to brief him on efforts made by the two countries so far to resolve the dispute. “He told the Speaker that in the next 24 hours, the problem will be resolved. He confirmed that there had been high-level talks between the officials of the two countries and assured that the problem of the pilgrims would be resolved within 24 hours”, the source stated.

‘Police killed my son, I want justice’

Ozuah and Chinwe

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Mrs. Chinwe Ozuah, the mother of Ugochukwu Ozuah, the man who was allegedly killed by policemen five days after his wedding, on Thursday in Lagos said the police should be held responsible for her son’s death.

Chinwe, who held back tears, recalled that she saw her son a day before the incident, lamenting that she did not know that was the last time she would see him.

She said, “The police killed my son and all I want for him is justice. The last time I saw him was last Wednesday and we spoke. He made so many promises to me but unfortunately he was killed.

Family members of the 36-year-old man have again berated the police for the alleged murder and insensitivity.

Ugochukwu’s family berated the police not only for the alleged murder but also for their inability to carry out proper investigation.

In view of this, the family expressed concern that the police might eventually cover up the case.

The deceased’s friend, Irikefe Omene, who was with the slain man, had told PUNCH Metro that Özuah was killed by policemen around UPS on Oworonsoki Expressway on September 20, 2012.

But the police denied the allegation immediately, attributing the incident to armed robbery.

The deceased’s elder sister, Nkechi Nnoyelu, berated the Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, for insensitivity. She said, “The only son of the family has been killed and yet the police still remain insensitive. The PPRO, who has been granting press interviews, never even deemed it fit to condole with the family.

“The police are saying that my brother was attacked by armed robbers but his phones were not stolen, he had money in his wallet which was untouched and yet they call it a robbery.

“It baffles me that the police, were on the scene but they did not even attempt to take him to hospital or give any kind of care, they were all watching.”

Nkechi said denial by the police that Omene did not write any statement at the police station was an indication that their investigation would be shoddy.

Any day now: A heavily pregnant Adele sticks to her favourite colour black as she steps out with her boyfriend and dog...

Due: Adele stepped out on Thursday in West Sussex looking heavily pregnant.

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She kept her pregnancy under wraps until she was already six months gone and she's kept an extremely low-profile since she announced the news.

But in the last few days ahead of the birth of her first child, Adele has been pictured displaying her huge baby bump with pride.

The 24-year-old singer was spotted out in Hove, West Sussex, with her partner Simon Konecki, 36, and dog Louie in tow.

Sticking to her favorite shade, the award-winning singer wore a pair of loose fitting harem style black trousers with a ribbed black jumper.

Despite the fact her jumper was rather large, there was no denying the size of her bump beneath.

She completed her maternity look with a pair of comfy black Converse and a large fur hat.

Daddy: Her partner Simon Konecki, 36, carried their dog in his arms like a child as Adele walked along texting.

Her hair, which she wore loose beneath the hat, looked healthy and golden in colour and the mum-to-be appeared to be completely make-up free.

Following a few steps behind came Simon, who cradled their pet dachshund in his arms as if it were a baby. 

Her bearded beau, dressed in a pair of pale corduroy trousers, a white v-neck t-shirt and a black hoodie.

Secret: Adele did not announce her pregnancy until she was six months gone, she is due to give birth any day.

The expectant parents had reportedly enjoyed a busy morning together, visiting their newly refurbished seafront home, seeing friends and tucking into lunch, where Adele no doubt ate for two. Adele announced her pregnancy on her website in June, saying: 'I’m delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together.

'I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon. Yours always, Adele.'

Bond: Adele has recorded the theme tune for the latest James Bond film Skyfall.

The singer has taken a break from the limelight during her pregnancy, however she has taken time to record the theme song for the latest Bond film, Skyfall.

According to reports the track is called Let The Sky Fall and One Republic star Ryan Tedder claims he has heard the track and said it was the best Bond song he'd ever heard.

In a tweet, which was later deleted, he wrote: 'I've heard it. Best Bond song in my lifetime. Hands down - hats off once again to Paul Epworth and Adele. Hope they win Oscar.'

Busy day: Adele and Simon spent the day visiting their newly refurbished house before going for lunch.

Meanwhile earlier this week in an interview with The Sun, Adele defended her size and criticised those pop singers who 'exploit themselves sexually'.

She said: 'To sell more records, I don't need to do that. I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a plus size and so much bigger than other artists.' 

Adele and Simon started dating last summer and moved in together earlier this year.

Simon also has a five-year-old daughter with his ex-wife Clary Fisher.

At the end of August the feisty singer took to Twitter to deny rumours that the couple had tied the knot, she wrote: 'I'm not married...Zzzzzz.'

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Police Corporal To Die By Hanging For Killing 3-yr Old Girl ...

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An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Olabisi Akinlade has sentenced a 35-year old Police Corporal, Okechukwu Nwabueze, to death for killing a three-year old girl, Kaosara Muritala three years ago in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

Okechukwu was alleged to have shot and killed the girl on 5 April, 2009 at a police check point located at Obanle-Aro near Mr. Biggs in Alapere, Ketu.

Three witnesses including the deceased father, a police officer and Professor John Obafunwa, a pathologist testified against the accused person.

Delivering Judgment in the matter today, Justice Akinlade held that the prosecution had proved the case against the former police officer beyond reasonable doubt.

The Judge noted that in his defence the convict gave contradictory account of what happened on the fateful day but admitted that he expended two rounds of ammunition that day.

The judge also noted that the convict claimed that he shot into the air to scare the driver of the car who allegedly refused to stop.

In his testimony, the deceased father claimed that the police never stopped them and that he only heard a gunshot few metres away from the checkpoint.

In her final judgment, Justice Akinlade upheld the case of the prosecution and subsequently sentenced Corporal Okechukwu Nwabueze to death by hanging.

Culled from PM News Nigeria.

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Grandma Arrested With Cocaine

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A 65-year old grandmother, who is also a mother of six, was on Wednesday arrested for alleged drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said Thursday.

NDLEA said the suspect, Hassan Fatimat Abike, also known as Chika Okoye, was to board a British Airways plane at the Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when she was arrested with substances suspected to be cocaine.

“Every arrangement appeared to have been made for a 65-year old grandmother to smuggle 1.740kg of cocaine into London in herbal syrup,” said Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA Head of Public Affaits.

“It was not her fist time of going to London and the drug was cleverly packed to avoid detection. It was packed in balloons and inserted in ten plastic containers of herbal syrup,” Ofoyeju said.

He quoted the Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, as saying that the suspect had two international passports that bear Hassan Fatimat Abike.

Her passport numbers, he said, are A03348648 and A3771781A.

“She was caught during the screening of British Airways passengers to London. The cocaine found in her possession was packed in balloons and prepared into the shape of the plastic bottles. It was also wrapped in black polythene inside 10 plastic bottles of local herbal mixtures. Each bottle was neatly sealed to avoid suspicion,” Umar was quoted as saying.

Preliminary investigation, NDLEA said, revealed that she is also known as Chika Okoye.

“She speaks Ibo and Yoruba fluently. Her father is a native of Abeokuta while her mother hails from Owerri, Imo State,” NDLEA said.

The agency said that the suspect currently lives alone in Owerri and sells clothes to earn a living.

NDLEA alleged that the suspect claimed ownership of the drug in a statement and explained that it was given to her by a friend. Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade was quoted as saying that NDLEA is investigating her claim.

“The case is under investigation to ascertain her role. This is very worrisome considering the fact that she is a grandmother,” Giade was quoted as saying.

NDLEA said the suspect will soon be charged to court.

Culled from PM News Nigeria.

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Ex-England captain, Terry gets 4-match ban...

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Chelsea captain John Terry was given a four-match ban by the Football Association (FA) after being found guilty of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers’ Anton Ferdinand on Thursday.

An FA statement said an independent regulatory commission had issued a suspension for a period of four matches and a fine of £220,000 ($356,722, 276,000 euros) pending appeal.

Former England skipper Terry, 31, was cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand in a criminal case in July over allegations relating to the same incident, which took place during a match in October. Terry dramatically announced his retirement from international football on Sunday, the day before the hearing started.

He effectively accused the FA of forcing his hand after the governing body pressed on with charges following the court case.

Culled from PM News Nigeria.

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£40m for any man who can turn my gay daughter straight: Father's shock offer after lesbian wedding ceremony...

Bounty: Gigi Chao (right) is believed to have married her girlfriend of seven years Sean Eav (left) in France, yet her businessman father has offered £40million to the man that can woo his daughter.

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As a billionaire playboy who claims to have bedded 10,000 women, Cecil Chao has no doubts about his own sexuality.

Now he is trying to dictate the sexuality of his children too.

The 76-year-old property and shipping tycoon is offering a £40million ‘marriage bounty’ to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter – and turn her straight.

He announced the reward after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner in France.

Refusing to accept the gay union, he pledged the fortune to any potential male suitor able to walk the 33-year-old University of Manchester graduate down the aisle at a traditional wedding.

Dismissed nuptials: Father Cecil Chao has dismissed 'false reports' of his daughter's lesbian nuptials and insists she is still single.

The famously promiscuous Hong Kong businessman dismissed ‘false reports’ of his daughter’s lesbian nuptials and insisted she was still single.

‘I don’t mind whether he is rich or poor – the important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted,’ he said of the ideal husband for his daughter.

‘Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work,’ he told the South China Morning Post.

Same-sex marriages are not recognized in Hong Kong.

According to reports, the spat between Mr Chao and his daughter erupted last week when she announced at an event in Beijing that she tied the knot with her long-term lover, Sean Eav, five months ago. A regular on the city’s social circuit and in celebrity magazines, Mr Chao has never been married. Gigi is the oldest of his three children with three mothers. 

In addition to the dowry, he has also offered to start his potential son-in-law up in his own business. He said the prize money was ‘an inducement to attract someone who has the talent, but not the capital, to start his own business’.

According to the BBC, Miss Chao said she found her father’s plan ‘entertaining’ and wouldn’t give it too much thought until an actual suitor had been found.

Miss Chao graduated from university in 1999 with a degree in architecture. She went on to work for two years with prominent British architect Sir Terry Farrell.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Church women leader missing...

Mrs Adebusola Odunaya

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Mrs. Adebusola Odunaya, women Leader, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Cornerstone Parish, New Jerusalem Area, Elliot, Lagos, is missing.

The 33-year-old mother of two was last seen on Saturday.

Her husband, Mr. Oluwafemi Odunaya, toldPUNCH Metro that he left Adebusola at home.

Oluwafemi said when he returned home, his children told him that Adebusola had gone for shopping. When she did not return late in the evening, he said he became disturbed more so when her phone indicated it was switched off.

“Since that time, nobody has heard any information about her. Her phone is no longer going. What has even jolted us the more is the fact that since that day, no ransom demand has been made,” Oluwafemi said.

On whether his wife probably moved out of the house because of disagreement, Odunaya, said there was no cause for that as they did not have any disagreement. He added that her clothes and other belongings were intact.

Odunaya said he had already reported the matter to the Iju Ishaga Police Division.

He urged anybody with useful information to report to him on 08073516669 or the nearest police station. The police in Iju Division confirmed the matter was reported on Monday and that Adebusola had subsequently been declared missing.

“The case has been reported and referred to DCB while Corporal Thomas Paulet is detailed to investigate the case,” police crime diary extract stated.

Culled from The Punch Nigeria.

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Detained Pilgrims: Nigeria gives Saudi Arabia 24-hour ultimatum …suspends hajj flights for 48 hours....

Vice - President: Namadi Sambo

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Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja gave the Saudi Arabia government 24 hours to expedite action in resolving the issues surrounding the detention of some Nigerian female pilgrims. Vice President Namadi Sambo gave the ultimatum when he summoned the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Khaled Abdrabuh, to his office.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that over 750 Nigerian female pilgrims in Saudi Arabia adjudged by the authorities to be without male companion (Muharram) have been detained in Jeddah and Madinah. Sambo expressed the country’s displeasure over the treatment being meted out to Nigerian pilgrims performing this year’s pilgrimage in the holy land.

He said reports available to him suggested that only Nigerian pilgrims were being subjected to such dehumanising treatment.

Sambo, therefore, requested the Saudi Arabian authorities to apply caution and flexibility to allow the pilgrims undertake their sacred religious duties.

He said, “Should the Saudi authorities not desire our pilgrims to perform this year’s Hajj, they should let the country know.”

He said that no reasonable and responsible government would sit and fold its arms while its citizens are manhandled. The VP, therefore, requested the Ambassador to do all within his powers to ensure that the issues were resolved within 24 hours, and the outcome communicated to him.

While explaining the position of his government, Abdrabuh said that Nigeria was not being treated in isolation, and that all the countries participating in the Hajj were affected.

He said that the issue of Muharram for female pilgrims was not a new policy, but that the Saudi government decided to be flexible in the past.

He revealed that the Ministries of Hajj, Foreign Affairs and Interior and the governor of Mecca were meeting in Riyadh, the country’s capital, with a view to resolving the impasse speedily.

Abdrabuh expressed the hope that the matter would be resolved within 24 hours.

Cynthia: Court grants two suspects bail, remands driver...

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A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday granted bail to two suspects arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Cynthia Osokogu,

But  the driver who was accused of driving the prime suspect to Cosmilla Hotel, FESTAC, was remanded in prison custody.

The suspects granted bail – Nonso Ezike (22), who is the younger brother to Olisaeloka, one of the alleged killers, and Ezeaka Chinonso (27) – were arrested by policemen at Area E for receiving and selling Cynthia’s BlackBerry phone.

The two counts read, “That you Ezike Nonso Ifechukwu and Ezeaka Chinonso, sometime in the month of July 2012, at 93 Tedi/Memo Road Abule-Osun, Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: receiving robbed/stolen property thereby committed an offence and punishable under Section 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

“That you (accused persons), on the same date, time did knowingly receive one white BlackBerry phone valued at N85,000 from one Ezike Olisaeloka also known as Chidera, property of Cytnhia, knowing same to have been robbed/stolen and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 326 (1)(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”

Nonso’s lawyer, Mr. J. C Ngobili, told the court that the accused was a student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, and prayed the court to grant him bail in liberal terms.

The Magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya, admitted that although the offences were bailable, he pointed out that the bail condition ought not to be too liberal in view of the circumstances surrounding Cynthia’s murder.

Bobbi Kristina involved in car accident with boyfriend Nick 'as couple argued'...

Arguing: Nick Gordon and Bobbi Kristina Brown at the Los Angeles premiere of Sparkle in August.

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Bobbi Kristina Brown was involved in a car accident on Sunday

The 19-year-old actress - the daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, who died in February this year - was a passenger in boyfriend Nick Gordon's black 2012 Camaro when it was severely damaged in Georgia at the weekend.

Battered: The aftermath of the black Camaro car crash involving Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina.

It is currently unclear how the accident happened.

According to gossip website TMZ.com, the couple had been arguing at the time of the crash - which destroyed the entire front end of the vehicle - and Nick's Camaro was the only car involved. No one was injured.

After the accident, the car was left without a front bumper and right front tyre, and the airbags were deployed, but it somehow got back to the couple's apartment.

Police visited the house soon after the accident following a noise complaint, but no one answered the door.

Close bond: Bobbi and Whitney attend the Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged in February 2012

An incident report shows officers saw the vehicle parked outside the property with its hazard lights on, and it appeared to have been driven in a 'damaged state'.

The accident is currently under investigation.

Bobbi and Nick lived together as brother and sister for more than a decade before Whitney's death.

The chart-topping singer took Nick into her home at the age of 12 when his father went to prison and his mother was unable to take care of him.

Nick was the superstar's unofficially adopted son, and she treated him like family up until her death.

Whitney was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room on February 11, 2012.

The six-time Grammy award winning singer, died at the age of 48 due to an accidental drowning complicated by heart disease and cocaine use.

Nick first fueled rumours about a relationship with Bobbi Kristina in a tweet written in March, shortly after Houston died.

He wrote: 'Yea we got a little closer and what!!!'

The controversial couple have reportedly been sharing her $1.2million Atlanta home together ever since.

By the age of 30 Bobbi will have inherited everything that belonged to her iconic mother - mansions, jewellery, cars, and an extraordinary fortune.

She recently did a guest stint on Tyler Perry's sitcom For Better Or Worse.

And the mourning starlet is currently filming her upcoming reality show, The Houston Family Chronicles, which has been picked up by Lifetime.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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'I've been pulling out my own hair for the last 20 years': Mother who claims she suffered from alopecia admits she was self-harming...

Zena Williams, aged 11, when she first began pulling out her hair and was left with a bald patch, left, and wearing the wig her mother bought her to stop the school bullies, right.

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At school, Zena Williams was called 'cancer face' for wearing a wig to hide her bald patches.

And for over two decades she has allowed everyone to believe she has alopecia, the auto immune condition that causes hair to fall out on its own.

But now, in the wake of National No Pulling Week, the 32-year-old mother-of-one from Ipswich has bravely revealed she has been pulling out her own hair since she was a child, the result of a little-understood psychological condition called trichotillomania.

Bald areas of Zena's scalp that won't ever grow back because of the pulling.

Tormented by the condition since she was a child, Zena has, at various stages in her life, been left almost completely bald.

When, age 11, having removed most of her hair over the course of a single summer, she returned to school wearing a wig, cruel classmates soon subjected her to relentless bullying.

But still Zena refused to reveal the truth about her condition, believing no one would be sympathetic to the compulsion which has blighted her life ever since.

Zena Williams is now 32 but there are some sections of her hair that will never grow back.

She said: 'Hair pulling has been at the root of all my problems throughout my life. It's made me depressed and turned me into a recluse.

'It's made me very antisocial and I can't hold down a relationship. I just want what everyone else has, to have a job and a partner and normal things but I feel trapped in my own head.'

Zena's trichotillomania (TTM) began one day at age 11 when, during a class at school, she says she went into 'a kind of trance' and when she looked down at her exercise book, it was covered in handfuls of hair.

Zena - pictured, left, with her daughter Amy, six - says her secret obsession has got in the way of her enjoying a normal life.

Zena Williams with her daughter Amy and, from left to right, her brothers Chris and Matt Dunnett.

She said: 'I didn’t even realise I'd been doing it but I remember that day specifically because I was shocked at the amount of hair that I had pulled out.

'After that, I did it all the time. The summer came and I was pulling every day until I had a huge bald patch on the top of my head.

'I hid it from my mother under a baseball cap but eventually she spotted it and she took me to a doctor who said I had alopecia.

'I thought, "Okay, I have alopecia. That's what I will tell people", even though I knew I was doing it to myself I let everyone believe that was the case. Alopecia was a real thing and it was accepted.'