by Isi Esene The last has not being heard about the case of Cynthia Osokogu, the post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University who was murdered in a hotel at Amuwo Odofin, Festac Town recently. Reports say an unidentified model came forward, yesterday, claiming the suspects held in the murder case are serial offenders who have...
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Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in a bomb attack and gun rampage just over a year ago, was found to be sane Friday by a Norwegian court, as he was sentenced to 21 years in prison. Breivik was charged with voluntary homicide and committing acts of terror over the attacks in...
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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said early Friday it will strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and impose a lifetime ban, a move that came just hours after the cyclist announced he would no longer fight charges of illegal doping. A formal announcement by the USADA is expected later in the day,...
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by Isi Esene The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has announced the apex bank’s plan to redesign the N50 note and introduce a N5000 denomination. The governor attributed the proposed introduction of the high denomination note to “inflationary pressures”. Sanusi also announced that three denominations – N5, N10, and...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Sanusi Lamido has announced the bank’s intention to introduce N5000 notes. The CBN governor told reporters in Abuja on Thursday that the plan is will enhance the quality of banknotes, incorporate more effective features for the visually impaired as well as reduce the cost of production, distribution and disposal...
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Sharon Barnes, a high ranking Republican out of the state of Missouri, made some comments that might even be considered worse than those made by her colleague, Todd Akin. Coming to the defense of Akin, who said that it’s virtually impossible for a woman to get pregnant while being raped, Barnes was quoted by the...
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Whenever right wingers discuss the Civil War, one of the first points made is that the war wasn’t over slavery, but states’ rights. And whenever conservatives discuss their party’s resistance to the Civil Rights Act, they say that although they believed in the bill in principle, it was unconstitutional. There’s always an excuse for being...
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An unidentified 15-year-old girl claims she was raped in an extra cabin on board a Carnival cruise ship. Thirty-one-year-old, Casey Dickerson, had access to the cabin after crew members relocated he and his wife when she complained of noise. The married man has been charged after the teenage girl claimed he and a group of...
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A Minnesota state lawmaker who authorities say admitted having a liaison with a 17-year-old boy at a rest stop faced calls from party leaders Monday to give up his re-election bid. Rep. Kerry Gauthier, 56, hasn’t been charged in the July incident, and authorities said he wouldn’t be because the boy was older than 16,...
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According to Sandra Rose: A 32-year-old Dallas woman was found dead in her bathtub 2 days after calling 911 for help, according to published reports. Police arrested Deanna Cook Patrick’s ex-husband, Delvecchio Patrick, 35, and charged him with murder. The Dallas police department is conducting an internal investigation into the handling of Ms. Cook’s 911 call on...
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Lady Michelle Obama talked to iVillage recently where she served as guest editor and offered advice on having a positive body image, she also discussed 50 Shades of Grey, and the importance of having girlfriends. In an exclusive video interview With iVillage Chief Correspondent Kelly Wallace, Mrs. Obama revealed details about the first family’s health habits, the importance of her...
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LL Cool J went toe to toe with an intruder at his home in Los Angeles. The NCIS:Los Angeles star heard a commotion in his home around 2AM this morning and went to check it out. It is reported that LL Cool J aka Todd Smith came face to face with the intruder and detained...
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What does President Obama do when he wants to get his heart rate up? He turns on Beyonce. Now, this doesn’t mean that the president says that Beyonce turns him on. Instead, he says that songs like “Crazy in Love” help to get his heart rate going when he’s working out. He didn’t say whether...
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Instead of attending elaborate dinners and ceremonies commemorating his college pick, 18-year-old Tony Farmer will be spending three years in prison. The 6-foot-7 athlete is one of Ohio’s top picks in the sport of basketball. He pleaded guilty to kidnapping, felonious assault, and other crimes. Farmer was involved in an altercation last April with his...
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Viola Davis is once again facing some heat for playing a controversial role. Her role in the highly controversial movie, ‘the Help”, as Aibileen Clark earned her an Oscar nomination but it was not without causing a stir in the Black community. Many felt that the movie, ‘The Help’, romanticized the way that race relations...
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Imagine that you’re on a long flight and you take a sleeping pill in order to get some rest. Then, you wake up and are being fondled by the person next to you. That’s what happened to a woman on a flight this week and she’s not taking the issue lightly. Luavalu Seuva’ai has been...
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Gambia plans to execute all death row prisoners by September, the president said this week, sparking condemnation from human rights groups worldwide. The tiny West African nation last executed an inmate about 30 years ago. It is unclear what prompted the change in stance. By the end of last year, Gambia had 44 people on...
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by Stanley Azuakola Influential magazine, Forbes, has released its annual list of 100 most powerful women in the world for 2012. Nigeria has a single representative on the list in the person of minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Okonjo-Iweala, who was listed as number 81, was only one of three African women who made the...
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The Bauchi State Police Command, on Wednesday, arraigned three persons before a magistrate court for allegedly removing two kidneys from the body of a 25 year-old man, Abubakar Buba. The suspects, Mijinyawa Abdulkadir, Abdullahi Yusuf and Mohammed Zangina, were charged with conspiracy, attempt to commit culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt and impersonation. The Police Prosecutor,...
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The attorney for the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin says he is shutting down a Facebook page the defense team was using because it was leading to unhelpful discussions. Attorney Mark O’Mara announced the decision Wednesday on a separate website set up to distribute information on George Zimmerman’s defense. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree...
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I recently embarked on a trip to an Embassy on Walter Carrington, Victoria Island only to be told that my passport photographs and that of my family wasn’t the approved type. As its typical with Lagos a solution was just around the corner. Loads of Photographers “Wait & get” like we call them where on standby...
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The 911 call from Chevonne Thomas was rambling and incoherent, but authorities said she made one thing clear: Her 2-year-old son had been stabbed, and “I did it.” What police found at her Camden rowhouse early Wednesday was even more horrifying. Thomas had decapitated her son and placed his head in the freezer. The 33-year-old...
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The ongoing coroner’s inquest into the cause of June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash was on Thursday adjourned due to an electrical fault at the Ikeja High Court, It was the third time that the coroner, Alexander Komolafe, would adjourn sitting over the issue. It was revealed that the main switch in the chamber got...
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Consolata Melis, whose family has been officially declared the longest-living family in the world, celebrates her 105th birthday today, and it’s a party in her small remote hill town on the island of Sardinia. Four of Melis’ eight siblings — three brothers and five sisters — are in their 90s, three are in their 80s...
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Our politicians in the ruling party have failed us. And God will address their matter. But before that divine judgment must come the judgment of the people. It is your responsibility as opposition politician to deliver this well-deserved judgment on behalf of the good and oppressed people of this country. Your status as opposition politician...
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Three French tourists were convicted in a Sri Lankan court after taking pictures of themselves in which they pretended to kiss a Buddhist statue. The BBC reports that the three tourists, two women and one man, were given suspended jail terms by the court in the southern Sri Lanka town of Galle after a photo...
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by Doyin Jaiyesimi Prezzo is on a mission in Nigeria and that mission is to get married to Goldie. After attributing his bad behaviour towards Goldie to “temporary paranoia”, Prezzo has announced that he wants Goldie to marry him. “I was not able to express all my feelings to Goldie in the house due to paranoia...
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by Nico Lang How many friends do you have who are holding out for the “the girl of their dreams” or “the perfect guy,” like Alicia Silverstone in Clueless? The folks who are always single because no one is ever good enough, “at their level” or “get” them, who seem to find something irreparably wrong with...
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A Nepali man who was bitten by a cobra snake bit it back and killed the reptile in a tit-for-tat attack, a newspaper said on Thursday. Nepali daily Annapurna Post said Mohamed Salmo Miya chased the snake, which bit him in his rice paddy on Tuesday, caught it and bit it until it died. “I...
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