Unknown gunmen kidnap another educationist in Kogi State

Gunmen today kidnapped an educationist in Kogi State, Paulina Audu.

The victim, who is a retired headmistress, was abducted by gunmen at her residence at Nagazi , in Adavi Local Government Area of the state at about 5am.

It was learnt that the victim was kidnapped as she was on her way for morning devotion in an unnamed church.

Twin explosions hit Jos park, kill at least 12

At least, 12 persons were killed and scores of others injured as two separate bombs exploded in Jos on today.

It was gathered that the first bomb went off at the Bauchi Road motor park, adjacent to the Bauchi road campus of the University of Jos at about 4.30pm, while the second one occurred almost simultaneously in front of the UNIJOS gate.

The second is said to have targeted the students, who were just trooping out of the school after the day’s lectures.

Kim shows of her sexy curves in a black belted kimono dress, but OMG! is Kanye wearing!

 

 It is a well known fact that Kim Kardashian and husband, Kanye West skipped the BRITs afterparties. 

Later that evening the couple looked fresh-faced as they left their hotel  with Kim wearing a revealing outfit.

Stephen Belafonte shares a selfie of himself and a pouting Mel B!

Mel B and Stephen Belafonte have well and truly proved that, not only are they definitely together, they are incredibly happy as a couple, and are still madly in love.

On Thursday, the former Spice Girl's husband shared a rather smug selfie of the two of them as he wrote a gushing caption for his lady.

'My baby @officialmelb loves me for being me!! #oneluckyman #soulmate #mywifeiscrazysexy,' the film producer and director wrote.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians to air for another 4 years, as they sign another deal of $100m with E! network

The clan, Keeping Up With The Kardashians

 

Momanger of the Kardashian clan, Kris Jenner has signed another deal with E! network for a whooping $100m which will see the Keeping Up With The Kardashians remaining on the network for another 4 years.

 

The signed deal will cover herself and her daughter, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

Jihadi John was spoken to by UK security services 3 times in one year, was on watch list before he fled to join ISIS

 

 

The Islamic State executioner known as 'Jihadi John' was today named as a university graduate from London who was able to flee to Syria despite being on an MI5 terror watch list.

Mohammed Emwazi, of Queen's Park, west London, was allegedly spoken to three times in one year by police and security services in Tanzania, the Netherlands and Britain.

The 26-year-old, who studied computer programming at the University of Westminster, is said to have travelled to the Middle East three years ago and later joined ISIS.

Married Russian actor's testicles stolen by attractive blonde working for organ traffickers

Police in Russia are tracking a gang - apparently including a doctor - who drugged a TV soap actor and removed his testicles.

Dmitry Nikolaev, 30, had a drink with a 'young blonde woman' who approached him at a bar after he finished a performance at a small Moscow theatre.

Flirting with him, she invited him to a sauna, and though he was married, he agreed to go with her. 'They kissed and had some more beer and after that the actor remembers nothing,' said a police source.

Richard Branson welcomes another grandchild, as son Sam and wife gives birth to a baby girl

 

He only became a grandfather for the first time less than two months ago.  But Sir Richard Branson has become a grandfather yet again after welcoming his third grandchild into the world.

The entrepreneur's son Sam Branson became a father for the first time, with wife Isabella Calthorpe

Proud new dad Sam shared a picture of himself cuddling his newborn with his wife and father looking on affectionately.

Guatemala police rescue pregnant 10-year-old girl and 2 brothers from home

A pregnant 10-year-old and her two younger brothers have been removed from a home in Guatemala where they were severely abused, prosecutors said on Wednesday.  

Police visited the home after neighbours reported signs of abuse and found the girl was seven months' pregnant, while her younger brothers, aged two and three, also showed signs of abuse, said Ms Lucrecia Salazar of the Attorney-General's Office.  

US muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch claiming she was denied a job due to headscarf

The United States Supreme Court appeared on Wednesday to be supportive of a Muslim woman who claimed she was denied a sales job with fashion retailers Abercrombie & Fitch as a teen because of her Islamic headscarf. 

 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal government agency, is suing Abercrombie on behalf of Ms Samantha Elauf, on the grounds she was discriminated against because of the company's dress code. 

France President, Hollande condemns French lawmakers who visited ''dictator'' Assad

President Francois Hollande on totoday condemned a group of French lawmakers for meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom he branded a "dictator".  

"I condemn this initiative. I condemn it because French lawmakers have taken it upon themselves to meet with a dictator who is the cause of one of the worst civil wars of recent years," Hollande told reporters in the Philippines.  

A cross-party group of four French lawmakers made an unofficial trip to the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday and held talks with senior ministers. Three of the MPs - not including one from the ruling Socialist party - then met with the Syrian leader.

Ukrainian army to start withdrawing heavy weapons in East Ukraine

Ukraine announced on today that it would begin withdrawing artillery from the front line with separatist rebels in the east, a move that amounts to recognition that a ceasefire entered on Feb 15 is holding at last.

The pro-Russian rebels have already been pulling back heavy weapons for two days, but Kiev had held back, arguing that fighting had not yet ceased.

However, the army reported no combat fatalities at the front for a second straight day on Thursday, the first time no troops have been killed since long before the French- and German-brokered truce was meant to take effect.

Read Mohammadu Buahri's full speech at Chatham House today

Permit me to start by thanking Chatham House for the invitation to talk about this important topic at this crucial time. When speaking about Nigeria overseas, I normally prefer to be my country’s public relations and marketing officer, extolling her virtues and hoping to attract investments and tourists. But as we all know, Nigeria is now battling with many challenges, and if I refer to them, I do so only to impress on our friends in the United Kingdom that we are quite aware of our shortcomings and are doing our best to address them.

The 2015 general election in Nigeria is generating a lot of interests within and outside the country. This is understandable. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and largest economy, is at a defining moment, a moment that has great implications beyond the democratic project and beyond the borders of my dear country. 

Julius Agwu is reported to have acquired a brand new Mercedes Benz G-Wagon SUV

 

Julius Agwu is reported to have acquired a brand new Mercedes Benz G-Wagon SUV

Cheating husband strangled wife then burnt her alive when she tried to leave him

 

A cheating husband knocked his mistress unconscious then burned her alive after she tried to leave him for another man, it is alleged.

 

Omar Banjnemar, 40, from Pyatigorsk, Russia, allegedly flew into a rage when lover Vera Mikhaleva, 35, told him she wanted to end their affair.

 

Banjnemar is then said to have strangled her until she was unconscious before bundling her into her own car and driving it to the outskirts of town.

Charly Boy is seeking for advice o!

He just posted this pix.  Apparently, he has been in the gym working out and is not finding easy accumulating the muscles.  B4 nko!  Who say e easy!  But wait o!  Is this guy really^60+?

Adultry is now legal in South Korea

 

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a 60-year-old statute outlawing adultery under which violators faced up to two years in prison. The nine-member bench ruled by seven to two that the 1953 law was unconstitutional. 

Mohammadu Buhari at chatham House today: See photos

Mohammadu Buhari, the APC presidential candidate gave a speech today at Chatham House.  See photos from the event.

More photos down....

Meet Basketmouth's model daughter

The above pix was shared by Basketmouth's wife, Elsie Okpocha.

Theft: Prisons Comptroller bags 3 years jail term

 

Justice C. O Ogisi of Delta State High Court, Sapele, on Wednesday February 25, 2015 convicted and sentenced a former Deputy Comptroller in charge of Ogwashi-Uku Prison in Delta State, DCP Diete Wure Wisdom and a Senior Inspector of Prison, Ayamede Peter to three years imprisonment for stealing 27, 200 litres of automotive gas oil stored in exhibit trucks, left in the custody of the prison.

 

They were prosecuted on a 4-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on the strength of evidence that the duo conspired to sell products in three exhibits trucks: Mack tanker with registration number XD 605 JJT and Man Diesel Lorries with registration numbers, XD 789 ENU and XD 620 FGG, filled with AGO.

The petitioner had alleged said that after the sale of the products, the drums and the tankers were refilled with water on the directives of  DCP Diete.

Upon their arraignment on November 1, 2013, the convicts had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

One of the counts read, “That you Wisdom Wure Diete and Peter Ayamede while being a Deputy Comptroller of Prisons in charge of Ogwashi-Uku prison and a Senior Inspector of Prison respectively on or about April 2012 at Ogwashi-Uku Judicial Division did steal 27,200 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) being the content of the 134 (One Hundred and Thirty Four) drums of 200 litres each loaded in a truck with registration number: XN 789 ENU,  valued at about N4, 02,000.00 property of the Federal Republic of Nigeria kept for safe keeping with the Nigerian Prison Service Ogwashi-Uku which you were in charge and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 390 and punishable under Section 390 (5)(8)(b) & (9) of the Criminal Code Law CAP C21 Laws of Delta State of Nigeria 2006”.

 

Jihadi John, Briton behind ISIS beheading revealed as Mohammed Emwazi

The Washington Post and the BBC have both named the man they say is “Jihadi John”, the Briton fighting with Islamic State (Isis) who has beheaded hostages on camera.

According to the Washington Post, the world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.

But his real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. He is believed to have traveled to Syria around 2012 and to have later joined the Islamic State, the group whose barbarity he has come to symbolize.

Woman gives birth to baby without arms

 

The arrival of a baby in every home heralds joy. But this was not the case for Mr. Mudashiru Sheriffdeen of Bosun Street, Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

 

The wife, Taiwo, was on Tuesday delivered of a baby boy who had no arms.

 

The baby boy, our correspondent gathered, was born around 2pm at a private hospital, Majotal Medical Clinic at the Ilogbo area of Ado/Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.

 

It was further learnt that the baby weighed 3.25 kilogrammes at birth.

Italian surgeon, Sergio Canavero says he can transplant a human head unto a body in 2 years' time

This can sound like a fiery tale, but doctors are gearing up to do the world’s first head transplant.

Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero wants to take the head from someone with an incurable illness and graft it on to a healthy body.  He claims the first operation could be done in just two years’ time.

The £7.5million body swap would initially be used to give a new lease of life to paralyzed people – including those with spinal cord injuries similar to those sustained by the late actor Christopher Reeve.

See photos of Madonna, 56, as she take a tumble at the Brit Awards

Madonna ended up putting on a performance that was memorable despite her tumbling down the stairs as she closed out Wednesday night's BRIT Awards 2015.

With the final, much-anticipated performance of the night singing Living For Love, Madonna failed to untie her cape in time for her dancers to rip it away as she took to the stage at London's 02 Arena.

The 56-year-old looked shocked - and briefly stopped singing - after she fell down a set of stairs, but picked herself back up and continued to the end.   See more photos .....

Bobbi Kristina is back in a coma after she started having seizures when doctors tried to take her out of medically induced state

 Doctors were unable to take Bobbi Kristina out of her medically-induced coma on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old, who is on life support at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, began having seizures when they began taking her off various medications, CNN reports.  

It was then decided to keep her in the coma. 

Whitney Houston's daughter remains in a serious condition after being found unconscious in a bathtub at her home on January 31.

Muhammadu Buhari has threatened to back out of the Abuja Peace Accord

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Mohammadu Buhari has threatened to back out of the historic Abuja peace accord should the political allies of president Goodluck Jonathan continue with their insults and verbal attacks on his person.

He also warned that no one should regard his patriotic commitment to maintaining  national peace for weakness, stressing that neither president Jonathan nor his aides have the monopoly for the “flagrant breaches to the Abuja Peace Accord.”

Kidnappers of Rev. Phillis Sortor, the American missionary has reduced demanded ransom from N60 to N30m

 

The kidnappers of the United States missionary working in Kogi State, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, has reduced the ransom being demanded for her release from N60 million to N30 million, even as the Nigerian Governors Forum led by Governor Jonah Jang has demanded her immediate release.  

 

The kidnappers were said to have called the superintendent of the Free Methodist Missionary church, where the American citizen operate a school, Mr Mathius Emenike, on Tuesday Night demanding a ransom of N60 million before effecting her release.   It was learnt that the kidnappers however called again yesterday and reduced the ransom to N30 million while the woman who was allowed to speak to the church Superintendent begged him to inform the parent school in American to see how the money can be raised to affect her release. 

 

Femi Fani-Kayode denied organizing any crowd to protest against Buhari today at Chatham House

 

Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied allegation that he has rented a crowd to boo the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari during his presentation at the Chatham House, London, for today.

Fani-Kayodee took to his twitter handle @realFFK to deny the allegation, stating that “My attention has been drawn to a story that I am renting a crowd to embarrass Gen. Buhari at Chatham House later today. It is a lie,”