The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that carries of low levels of HIV who use condoms are not legally required to disclose their status to partners. In the 9-0 ruling, the court reversed the 1998 ruling that made it illegal to not reveal HIV status when “there was a significant risk of transmission” to a sexual partner.... Read More
Being a public defender is tough work. They are regularly under-funded, overworked and for all their tireless effort they might just get punched in the face by their own client. That’s what happened to York County, S.C. defense attorney Dan Hall, according to WSOCTV. When Lamarcus Williamson was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty... Read More
A buxom blond high school teacher from Arkansas is accused of having repeated sex with one of her teen students in the school’s parking lot. English teacher Courtney Speer, 31, is out on $20,000 bail awaiting formal charges after turning herself in to police Tuesday, a spokesman with the Saline County Sheriff’s Department said. “She... Read More
TICKER: Not again! Woman ‘had four babies by her tyrant stepfather who raped her from the age of 15’
A ‘tyrant’ stepfather allegedly fathered his step-daughter’s four children during a period of sexual abuse lasting more than a decade, a jury heard today. It is alleged the 60-year-old father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, first raped his step-daughter, who is now 29, when she was 15. His name was not on the... Read More
Fifty-four percent of American adults approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance, according to Gallup’s daily tacking poll released Thursday. That’s not only Obama’s high-water mark for 2012, it’s also his highest approval rating in Gallup’s tracking since November of 2009. It also shows 42 percent give Obama negative marks for his job performance, matching... Read More
By Stanley Azuakola The Lagos State Government is preparing for the flood season. It has warned occupants of flood-prone areas in the state to relocate to other places to avert disaster as the rains are unpredictable. But to where? In the past few weeks, massive floods have ravaged several communities across the country, in what... Read More
A bizarre sex tape starring Hulk Hogan, his overweight best friend Bubba the Love Sponge and his ex-wife has been leaked online. The 59-year-old star, who previously admitted he had starred in the wild tape, can be seen performing a sex act on the woman before telling the lucky lady he ‘felt like a pig’... Read More
by Isi Esene Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Ikeja High Court earlier today remanded ten individuals allegedly involved in the misappropriation of oil subsidy funds obtained from the Federal Government. Abiru ruled that the suspects be held in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody pending hearing on their bail application on October 19.... Read More
By Reuben Daba Well some of us have given up on trying to figure out Jimoh Ibrahim and the things he says. But it’s clear that Jimoh Ibrahim makes sense to Jimoh Ibrahim, and for as long as that remains the case, don’t expect to stop hearing from him anytime soon. So depending on your... Read More
A 70-year-old man, Pa Magnus Okechukwu, has been banished from Utulu in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State, for three years for allegedly defiling a three year old girl whom he lured into his bedroom. It was reliably gathered that the randy grandfather, had invited the minor to his apartment to run an... Read More
by Abdullahi Aborode Breaking News: Five hundred (500) new laptops to be purchased by the state government on behalf of students to boost the education sector! Comments: ‘Wow, the governor is nice’ ‘Oh my God, this is a real governor unlike the previous one’ ‘God bless the Governor for this great act’ ‘We will never... Read More
A horse owner in Florida shook his head when he told a reporter he wasn’t surprised to learn that the man who had sex with his horses in 2010 came back. Sunday marks Patrick Louis Linn’s second time getting arrested on the Tallahassee property, accused of sneaking in and sexually abusing horses, according to WTSP.... Read More
by Lance Ulanoff Steve Jobs wasn’t perfect or infallible. He was tough, intractable, perhaps unfair, and occasionally even mean-spirited. These are not characteristics many of us spent time pointing out a year ago when the Apple CEO and founder succumbed to cancer. The loss, though expected, hit us all hard. Jobs was one of us... Read More
by Terfa Tilley-Gyado The inordinate amount of unemployed Nigerians can be linked directly to rising insecurity levels. There is insufficient power to energize the productive energy of the economy. In Nigeria, nobody speaks of terrible things. Where some unimaginable atrocity has been committed the news is often met with pursed lips, a double snap of... Read More
The fraud rocking the Bayelsa State Houe of Assembly is yet to be resolved as the police have confirmed that the Speaker of the Assembly and some other lawmakers collected money for a conference in South Africa without actually attending the conference. The Police Special Fraud Unit say an interim investigation has shown that the... Read More
Three elderly Kenyans who claim they were victims of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of British colonial rulers during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s were on Friday given the right to sue Britain. The judgement came after a two-week hearing in July heard allegations that Jane Muthoni Mara, Paulo Muoka Nzili... Read More
Busted! It seems Christina Aguilera’s ample bosom is so alluring that even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton couldn’t help but take a quick peep: This titillating photograph was snapped on Wednesday at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., where Aguilera, a UN World Food Programme Ambassador, was being honored for her philanthropic work.... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Ah, so here’s the reason Barack Obama was so calm during his debate with Republican Mitt Romney. Barely 24 hours after Romey took control of the election narrative, this came out today. According to the AP: “The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the... Read More
by Isi Esene Fashionista or not! Let’s assume you get the bag for free, er… Seriously, ladies, would you use this? The bag is a creation of designer, Karl Lagerfeld, for French fashion house, Chanel, as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women’s ready-to-wear fashion show at the Paris fashion week. We call it the ‘Hoop... Read More
by Isi Esene Chris Brown has chosen an auspicious time to release a video clip explaining his love-triangle experience between Rihanna and his now ex-girlfriend, Karrueche Tran. Brown yesterday released an official statement effectively dumping Karrueche over his ‘friendship’ with RiRi. In the video, Brown talked about the dilemma of being in love with two... Read More
by Isi Esene Up to three people were reported killed in an explosion which occurred at an outdoor relaxation spot in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State on Thursday. Police spokesman, Amos Olaoye confirmed the incident saying, “There was an explosion at a beer garden in the Dorawa area of the city.” The explosion occurred... Read More
by Steve Tobak I’ve worked with micromanaging control-freak jerks who were remarkably effective leaders. They united people and accomplished great things. On the flip side, I’ve known good executives who were well liked but, nevertheless, couldn’t get everyone moving in the same direction. I was just reading about how Barack Obama and George W. Bush... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It was bound to happen. You don’t speak ill of one of the greatest Yorubas of all time and not expect a backlash. Not even if you are a legendary world icon like Prof. Chinua Achebe. The literary giant recently released his civil war memoir titled There was a Country last week, in... Read More
by Pearl Ijeoma Ezeokeke It was 2007. Lagos, Nigeria. A family of girls. Their father was once a millionaire but now things are hard, very hard. All their life, their mother was a house wife. They got by on one meal per day. They managed to go to school… sometimes. The girls were intelligent so they were able... Read More
Our list of influential people will certainly be disagreed with. Why is this fantastic woman not included? How could this master-of-the-universe have been forgotten? This debate is certainly more important than our own selection, and we encourage you to continue your arguments and propose new candidates on our website, www.theafricareport.com. In the meantime, we want... Read More
An attorney for a Connecticut man who fatally shot his 15-year-old son, thinking he was an intruder, said Thursday that state police want access to a computer and phone used by the teen to try to determine why he was out at night wearing a ski mask and armed with a knife. Gene Zingaro said... Read More
by Libby Page The industry tells us: “We would love to pay you, but we don’t have the money. It is not feasible to pay interns.” “I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free.” A simple sentence, but it has taken me four years to find the words and confidence... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), one of the bodies charged with fighting corruption in the country, had two of its officials, Douglas William and Abba Ishaku, sentenced on Thursday to five years imprisonment without an option of fine by an Abuja High Court. The offenses for which they were arraigned... Read More
by Isi Esene Ngozi Onuonwu, 36, who was arrested as a member of a kidnapping syndicate in Lagos said she got involved in kidnapping because she was frustrated. She said she got frustrated because of her single status, she said if she had gotten married earlier she would not have had to live with her... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It was one of the most controversial results from last year’s Lagos State local council elections. The Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Babajide Obanikoro was coasting to victory in the Ikoyi Obalende Local Council Development Area election according to most observers of the election. However, Lagos State is a predominantly Action Congress of... Read More