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September 11, 2012

TICKER: Navy Seal who wrote ‘How I killed Osama Bin Laden’ book may be punished by Pentagon

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is suggesting that a retired Navy SEAL be punished for writing a book giving an insider’s account of the U.S. raid that killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Asked in a network interview if he thinks the writer should be prosecuted, Panetta replied, “I think we have to take steps to... Read More

September 11, 2012

Praying Papas: Adeboye, Oyedepo, Jonathan, to attend National Fasting and Prayer Day

by Akan Ido The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners’ Chapel are billed to be in Ibadan, Oyo State for the National Fasting and Prayer Day on September 22. The one day... Read More

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September 11, 2012

TICKER: TB Joshua casts out evil spirit from wife of Ghanaian football star

The wife of a Premier League goalkeeper has claimed to be a witch who put a curse on him to sabotage his career. Richard Kingson – the most capped player in Ghana and former star at Birmingham, Wigan and Blackpool – has not played for his country or had a club since last year. Adelaide... Read More

September 11, 2012

TICKER: Booker Prize 2012 shortlist announced

The Booker Prize 2012 shortlist was announced today, with the early favorite being Hilary Mantel’s “Bring up the Bodies,” the sequel to her Booker Prize-winning “Wolf Hall,” which took the award in 2009. The shortlisted books are: Tan Twan Eng, “The Garden of Evening Mists” (Myrmidon Books) Deborah Levy, “Swimming Home” (And Other Stories/Faber & Faber) Hilary Mantel,... Read More

September 11, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Change served from these young streets (YNaija Frontpage)

It’s the dream team, meet the Supreme team And all our eyes green, it only mean one thing You ain’t fucking with my clique – Jay-Z (Clique) One the big ideas of this column have been the idea that people power is much greater than the people in power. As I have made very clear... Read More

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September 11, 2012

TICKER: Monarch flees his own coronation ceremony

The Police in Delta State, weekend, stormed the coronation ceremony of a parallel Ovie (traditional) ruler of Ughevughe community in Ughelli South Local Government Area and halted the ceremony, during which the supposed king, Felix Ofulu, fled the community. Vanguard gathered that police officers from Otu Jeremi Police Division stormed the venue of the coronation... Read More

September 11, 2012

Activists stage coffin-carrying march against CBN’s planned N5000

by Isi Esene In a new twist to the 5000 note saga, activists from the Concerned Human Rights Nigeria (CHRN), Civil Societies for Good Governance (CSGG), Joint Action Front (JAF), United Action for Democracy (UAD), Gani Fawehinmi Foundation (GFF), United Middle Belt Youth Congress (UMBYC), among others, took to the streets yesterday protesting the planned... Read More

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September 11, 2012

James Ibori absent in court, accused of withholding assets

by Isi Esene James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State who was convicted of money laundering and other financial crimes in a UK court in April surprised everyone yesterday by choosing to stay in his prison cell in Worchestershire rather than attend the confiscation of assets hearing between his defense team and the Crown... Read More

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September 11, 2012

We can’t believe this man will be 70 this November (PHOTO)

by Isi Esene With our gaze constantly fixed on the November #America2012 elections, we can’t help but notice how fit the US Vice President, Joe Biden appears to be as he sprinted out to address delegates at the recently concluded Democratic National Convention (DNC). Go get ’em Joe!

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September 11, 2012

TICKER: Chinese Vice President, Xi Jinping’s absence fuels rumours

Where is president-in-waiting Xi Jinping? Is he nursing a bad back after pulling a muscle in a pick-up soccer game (or maybe in the swimming pool)? Has he been convalescing after narrowly escaping a revenge killing by supporters of ousted local Communist Party boss Bo Xilai? Was he in a car accident? Or is he... Read More

September 11, 2012

TICKER: Kenyan regulator prepares to disconnect fake phones, 10% of phones in country are counterfeit

Kenyans are counting days before the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) switches off counterfeit phones at the end of September. According to the CCK, close to three million mobile phones in the Kenyan market are counterfeit – 10% of all the active mobile devices in the country. In accordance with Regulation 24 of the Kenya... Read More

September 11, 2012

Photo of the Day: Cute or Creepy? Unique identification numbers

by Akan Ido Tan Chaoyun, the mother of Chinese quadruplets, gets numbered haircuts for them to make it easier for folks to tell them apart. For the first day of school, she had their heads shaved into numbers 1 to 4. “My sons are identical, even to me,” she said. Chaoyun confessed she also finds... Read More

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September 11, 2012

Too little, too late: Capital Oil faults presidential committee report, describes it as ‘indefensible’

by Akan Ido Capital Oil and Gas, one of the companies indicted by the Presidential Committee on Verification and Reconciliation of Fuel Subsidy Payments headed by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, has described the reports of the committee as “very shoddy”. The management of the company in a statement released to newsmen yesterday expressed surprise that the committee... Read More

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September 11, 2012

N40 billion is what Akingbola got for insider shares dealing – Witness

by Akan Ido Former financial controller of Intercontinental Bank Plc. (now Access Bank Plc.), Akin Fabunmi, revealed in court yesterday that the bank paid N40bn to Tropics Securities, a stockbroking firm which Erastus Akingbola’s wife, Anthonia, has interests in, when buying its own shares from customers in 2008. Fabunmi said this at a Lagos High... Read More

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September 10, 2012

TICKER: Jermaine Dupri almost loses mansion to foreclosure

Jermaine Dupri has made last minute arrangements to save his Atlanta mansion from going up for auction after it fell into foreclosure. Dupri’s home was scheduled to be sold last week, but according to local new station WSBTV, the 15,000 square foot estate, located on Mount Paran Rd. in the northwest part of the city,... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Rape victim wrestles gun away and shoots alleged attacker in the face during daring escape

An Ohio man accused of raping a woman at gunpoint appeared in court wearing a bandage over his right eye — an injury suffered after police say the woman shot him in the face before escaping. Alleged attacker Duane Portman Sr. pleaded not guilty in Clark County court Friday and was held on a $50,000... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: What do porn and politics have in common? Porn kingpin offers $1m for dirty on Romney

Will the prize money be awarded in singles? Hustler founder Larry Flynt has offered $1 million for damaging information about Mitt Romney’s finances. Flynt detailed his offer in a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post. The ad will also run in Tuesday’s USA Today, according to Adweek magazine. The Hustler kingpin is... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: HIV prevention pill may not be available for everybody

The first preventive pill for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) has been heralded as a positive step in the fight against AIDS in the United States. However, experts say only a small percentage of those at risk will benefit from it. U.S. health regulators last month approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s drug called Truvada, which is already used globally... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Anonymous Group threatens to release stolen Mitt Romney tax records

An anonymous group is claiming to possess stolen copies of tax domuments belonging to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The group is also threatening to release the documents to the public if a $1 million dollar ransom is not paid. The U.S. Secret service is investigating the situation. However, sources observing the claim contend that... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Olympic gold medalist sued by her parents

The parents of Olympic Gold medalist Tianna Madison apparently have a bone to pick with their daughter. Madison’s parents filed a $50,000 lawsuit against their daughter for allegedly slandering her parents with stories that they believe to have damaged their reputation. Madison argues that her parents have been selfish bullies toward her and cheated her... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Two British policewomen fired for calling black people “gorillas”

Two female officers with the London Metropolitan Police Department have been dismissed from their posts after one of them was caught referring to black people as gorillas and monkeys. The racist conversation involved Special Constable Rosanna Garofalo (pictured above) and WPC Joanna Sugda (pictured below). A colleague of both women anonymously left an iPhone in a... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Famed director says incest isn’t a big deal, just like gay marriage

Director Nick Cassavetes (“The Notebook,” “Alpha Dog”) debuted his controversial new movie this weekend, but his comments in an interview with TheWrapmay well out-shine the project itself. “Yellow” bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie revolves around Mary, the main character played by Cassavetes’ ex-wife Heather Wahlquist. Mary visits her brother in prison, and... Read More

September 10, 2012

O supernatural: Man appears in Abeokuta 37 years after his death

by Stanley Azuakola Last week in the Mawuko area of Odeda local government area, in Ogun State, another astonishing occurrence was recorded, when a man believed to have died thirty seven years ago was sighted. Unsurprisingly. the sighting of the man, late Sheikh Ibraheem Nyaas, at a newly constructed building in Mawuko has turned the... Read More

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September 10, 2012

TICKER: “I was just being sarcastic” – Nicki Minaj clarifies Romney endorsement

Nicki Minaj was being sarcastic when she rapped about voting for Mitt Romney, POLITICO 44 reports. In a song released last week, Minaj says, “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney, you lazy b——s are f—— up the economy.” After President Obama said he wasn’t sure that Minaj – known for her eccentric lyrics – meant for... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Child rapist caught when victim’s aunt spots him on a train nearly eight years after the attack

A child rapist was finally caught when his victim’s eagle-eyed aunt spotted him on a train nearly eight years after he attacked her niece. Kifueni Kadiabioko, 41, was recognised by the woman as he chatted to friends on a train at London’s Euston station on February 12 this year. Kadiabioko had been wanted in connection... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: “Moment of madness”: Man kills gay lover by shoving into moving bus after a row about their dog

A wealthy property developer murdered his gay lover when he pushed him in front of a bus after a row over their lap dog in an Indian restaurant, a court heard today. Ian Chaundy, 48, is accused of shoving Paul Carscadden, 40, off a pavement in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, following ‘teasing and banter’ at... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: “We are using all our strength to kill or kidnap him” – Afghan Taliban threatens Prince Harry

The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or assassinate Britain’s Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. Queen Elizabeth’s grandson is in Afghanistan on a four-month tour, based out of Camp Bastion in the volatile Helmand province, where he will... Read More

September 10, 2012

TICKER: Man actually falls from sky in London, police suspect he’s a stowaway

A stowaway appears to have plunged thousands of feet onto a quiet residential street after his frozen body dropped out of an aeroplane’s undercarriage as it came in to land. The body of the man, thought to be in his 30s and from North Africa, was found on a car parked in a road near London... Read More

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