TICKER: US House of Rep member forced to step down after confessing to having sex with 17-year-old boy

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,... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Woman found murdered two days after calling 911

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: US First Lady Michelle Obama talks to iVillage on her body image, “50 Shades of Grey”, and the first family’s private life

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: LL Cool J takes down intruder in his Los Angeles home

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: President Obama says he uses Beyonce to get his heart rate up

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Eighteen-year-old basketball star sentenced to three years in prison, collapses in court

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Viola Davis “won’t back down” from controversial movie role

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Woman falls asleep on airplane and wakes to find man groping her body

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Gambia vows to execute all death row inmates by September, sparking outcry

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

The Boss Ladies: Merkel, Okonjo-Iweala, Sirleaf make Forbes Most Powerful Women List

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... Read More

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August 23, 2012

TICKER: 3 charged for stealing man’s two kidneys in Bauchi

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,... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Can’t stand the heat: George Zimmerman leaves Facebook

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Mom decapitates her 2-year old then kills self in horrific murder-suicide

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Electricity fault: Dana crash inquest interrupted for 3rd time

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Find out the world’s oldest living family’s longevity secrets

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Tourists convicted of pretending to kiss the statue of Buddha in Sri Lanka

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Man bites cobra to death in a tit-for-tat

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... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Chad’s former leader Habre to face special tribunal for crimes against humanity

Senegal and the African Union have signed an agreement to set up a special tribunal to try Chad’s former leader Hissene Habre. The 69 year old has been been under house arrest since 2005 in Senegal, where he fled after being deposed. He denies charges of killing and torturing tens of thousands of his opponents.... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: 17-year-old sexual assault victim in trouble for naming her assailants

Savannah Dietrich, a Kentucky teenager who was sexually assaulted and then threatened with jail for naming her attackers, has reportedly destroyed the life of at least one of the perpetrators. “He’s had to move,” David Mejia, the attorney for one of the attackers, told The Huffington Post. “He has lost all the potential that was... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Clergy calls for probe of brutal murder of lady who resisted being raped

The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has urged the police to investigate the death of a lady, Miss Francisca Okoli, who was murdered after resisting being raped. Okeke made the call on Thursday in Onitsha in an interview with newsmen. Okoli, 23, was murdered after she resisted attempts by a five-man... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Super Ma’am: Grandma scares off thief with a fork

Margaret Jackson may be a 73-year-old grandmother, but she’s no pushover. Just ask the guy who attempted a home invasion — she stabbed him with a big barbecue fork. The attempted robbery happened last Friday afternoon when Jackson’s dog heard a noise in the backyard of her Houston home and started skittering back and forth.... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: Singer with world’s deepest voice (yes, sometimes the human ear can’t hear him) get’s album offer

American singer Tim Storms has a vocal range of 10 octaves, and holds the Guinness world record for having the widest vocal range and hitting the lowest note, G -7 (0.189 Hz). “My lowest note would be somewhere around if you were to take another piano and sit at the bottom on the left side... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: “Nigeria must accept Sharia law or there’ll be no peace” – Boko Haram

Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has debunked stories that its representatives are holding peace talks with the government and threatened to strike media houses it said fight the group “with the pen”. The Nigerian media and at least two foreign news organizations have reported that talks are going on between the government and the militants who... Read More

August 23, 2012

Third mainland bridge, waterways and ferries: The new route?

by Ada Igboanugo With the partial closure of the third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State government’s determination to open the waterways in order to create a realistic alternative to the frustrating road traffic is putting the waterways in the spotlight. But it seems a long way yet to that dream as OMOLOLA ITAYEMI and ADA IGBOANUGO discovered on a... Read More

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August 23, 2012

SHOCKING: Police shoot Michigan man 46 times (See Video)

by Akan Ido “All of A sudden, pow! pow! pow! pow! pow!” That was the description of an eyewitness to the July 1 shooting of Milton Hall by the police in a parking lot on West Genessee Avenue, a busy commercial strip on the north side of Saginaw, Michigan. The 49-year-old Hall is seen in... Read More

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August 23, 2012

WATCH: Cynthia Osokogu’s killers speak on their alleged crime

by Isi Esene The alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University, have spoken on ChannelsTV about their alleged crime. The two suspects Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka, 23, have confessed to the killing of the young woman. According to Nwabufor, the duo did not intend to... Read More

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August 23, 2012

20-year-old Nigerian among finalists for $75,000 Anzisha Prize

by Stanley Azuakola A Nigerian, Mahmood Oyewo, has made the shortlist for the 2012 Anzisha Prize. The prize which is sponsored by The African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation is apremier award for Africa’s young entrepreneurial leaders. Through the Anzisha Prize, talented young entrepreneurs in Africa whose businesses and social ventures have made a... Read More

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August 23, 2012

TICKER: #InCaseYouMissedIt – Tupac Foundation honours Julius Agwu

Foremost comedian Julius Agwu was recently honored by the Tupac foundation in Atlanta USA. The comedian was presented with the autobiography of Tupac Shakur titled ‘Tupac Shakur Legacy’ autographed by Tupac’s mum, Afeni Shakur. Julius Agwu with so much excitement said, ‘I feel very excited for this recognition. And most importantly, it is an inspiration... Read More

August 23, 2012

TICKER: President Zuma says it’s a distortion for women to be single

South African President Jacob Zuma says it is not good for women to be single Zuma made the comments during an interview with Dali Tambo on his television show People of the South, which was aired by SABC3 on Sunday. The interview was conducted at Zuma’s house in Inkandla. Speaking about his daughter Duduzile’s marriage to Lonwabo Sambudla,... Read More

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August 23, 2012

“They tricked the FG and siphoned over N40b” – Okonjo-Iweala lists offences of 25 indicted oil marketers

by Stanley Azuakola It’s confirmed. Nigeria’s minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is now officially on an offensive. Since last week when the minister threatened to release names of the marketers indicted by the presidential committee headed by Aig-Imokhuede which investigated subsidy claims, and she did. And she has not looked back. Last week, Okonjo-Iweala... Read More

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TICKER: US House of Rep member forced to step down after confessing to having sex with 17-year-old boy

TICKER: Woman found murdered two days after calling 911

TICKER: US First Lady Michelle Obama talks to iVillage on her body image, “50 Shades of Grey”, and the first family’s private life

TICKER: LL Cool J takes down intruder in his Los Angeles home

TICKER: President Obama says he uses Beyonce to get his heart rate up

TICKER: Eighteen-year-old basketball star sentenced to three years in prison, collapses in court

TICKER: Viola Davis “won’t back down” from controversial movie role

TICKER: Woman falls asleep on airplane and wakes to find man groping her body

TICKER: Gambia vows to execute all death row inmates by September, sparking outcry

The Boss Ladies: Merkel, Okonjo-Iweala, Sirleaf make Forbes Most Powerful Women List

TICKER: 3 charged for stealing man’s two kidneys in Bauchi

TICKER: Can’t stand the heat: George Zimmerman leaves Facebook

TICKER: Mom decapitates her 2-year old then kills self in horrific murder-suicide

TICKER: Electricity fault: Dana crash inquest interrupted for 3rd time

TICKER: Find out the world’s oldest living family’s longevity secrets

TICKER: Tourists convicted of pretending to kiss the statue of Buddha in Sri Lanka

TICKER: Man bites cobra to death in a tit-for-tat

TICKER: Chad’s former leader Habre to face special tribunal for crimes against humanity

TICKER: 17-year-old sexual assault victim in trouble for naming her assailants

TICKER: Clergy calls for probe of brutal murder of lady who resisted being raped

TICKER: Super Ma’am: Grandma scares off thief with a fork

TICKER: Singer with world’s deepest voice (yes, sometimes the human ear can’t hear him) get’s album offer

TICKER: “Nigeria must accept Sharia law or there’ll be no peace” – Boko Haram

Third mainland bridge, waterways and ferries: The new route?

SHOCKING: Police shoot Michigan man 46 times (See Video)

WATCH: Cynthia Osokogu’s killers speak on their alleged crime

20-year-old Nigerian among finalists for $75,000 Anzisha Prize

TICKER: #InCaseYouMissedIt – Tupac Foundation honours Julius Agwu

TICKER: President Zuma says it’s a distortion for women to be single

“They tricked the FG and siphoned over N40b” – Okonjo-Iweala lists offences of 25 indicted oil marketers

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