Prince William & Kate Middleton celebrate 4th wedding anniversary

<img src="http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/51233-how-kate-middleton-and-prince-william-celebrated-easter/1333984042_prince-william-kate-middleton-lg.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Yesterday, Wednesday, April 29, Kate Middleton, 33, and her Husband Prince William, 32, left their Kensington Palace home around 11 a.m and headed towards Buckingham palace to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The royals celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on the low-key day, marking the moment that they said "I do" privately.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The couple got married on April 29, 2011, in the festive ceremony at Westminster Abbey.</span></span>

Prince William & Kate Middleton celebrate 4th wedding anniversary

Yesterday, Wednesday, April 29, Kate Middleton, 33, and her Husband Prince William, 32, left their Kensington Palace home around 11 a.m and headed towards Buckingham palace to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The royals celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on the low-key day, marking the mom…

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Check Out these Photos of Charly Boy's Wife, Lady Di Working Out

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6oeqxSUCEvLspGiRrrFeH1gfFDp5Oufx_guppewhvPPTWeVZ4bpo4Bn8rbOOsH403vMVXLBvVO7fJUbAtszfoA6yvuiChL2gNjnF2N5mR7ubUUDvVgoCs7memwPBkL0OpAUyl7EH054/s1600/11193246_10153808865554278_7076642447910146270_n.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs Diane Charlyboy Oputa aka Lady Di is a grandmum. But she definitely isn't letting that stop her from being fit and shapely for herself & hubby. Ma'am is currently on a mission to burn fat and is already on day 105. Amazing! See more pics below.</span><br /><a name='more'></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GtW_0RoJKRXL8-Y-Q8QsS740Z1g10-Wg50Nh5ZtCw1A9UO3wYOZxgEg0ovlCjMvdCp99SnAdzLe92HM-nDrtTc9j3UHyDEmegQ1F5UmoxWD0jcuBDSKbMaxh6-mRRHFigKJsBAEM3B8/s1600/1.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwQSYng1IN9mbc7gSVw_-7JMtPkJcx_SbwdjEudW1UVqreUDefqwkMDxqXlT6VDc9gW1XZMcozqX_A7gU9MNP6OeNl6PXhv6dHJ6i5WbPrO1j0qRp2pkOZ_sWHLXw6ayPnpkHXooQFQo/s1600/2.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaRrlSWnzHB4-5-B8cqf2vb6Kwcu3Y93yzgn7F7OLptSUyKlnk4IJqNPXKN5y5tsfOJiBWzkZ3URsjfw0PnKNUfenoeOlw8J09_y3IYoFcwRBo1wBnz4O_jPgXYdwK0RZRSJ1J-4iNoo/s1600/11146664_10153788132169278_8968721361922871061_o.jpg" />

Check Out these Photos of Charly Boy's Wife, Lady Di Working Out

Mrs Diane Charlyboy Oputa aka Lady Di is a grandmum. But she definitely isn't letting that stop her from being fit and shapely for herself & hubby. Ma'am is currently on a mission to burn fat and is already on day 105. Amazing! See more pics below.…

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I want to be first female Senate President – Garba

<img src="http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Binta-Garba.jpg" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Adamawa North Senatorial District Senator-elect, Binta Garba, on Thursday said she would unite the upper legislative chamber if she is elected as the first female Senate President in Nigeria.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to her, as the only female Senator from the North, her interest to vie for the Senate Presidency is to bring transparency into the leadership of the red chamber.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the three-term member of the House of Representatives, said she had written to all her colleagues and other Nigerians on the need to support her bid to emerge as the first female Senate President in Nigeria.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garba, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, said, “Apart from the fact that I have held several positions as a lawmaker in the House of Representatives, I am the first female chairperson of any public party in Nigeria, having been elected as the Adamawa State Chapter Chairperson of the APC in April last year.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I am still holding that position till today and the unity I brought to the party brought about the successes we recorded in the recent general elections.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“As a delegate member from Adamawa State to the National Conference, I served on the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government. I know what Nigerians need when it comes to lawmaking and leadership. It is time for all to support the female folks to be at the forefront of decision-making in Nigeria.”</span></div>

I want to be first female Senate President – Garba

The Adamawa North Senatorial District Senator-elect, Binta Garba, on Thursday said she would unite the upper legislative chamber if she is elected as the first female Senate President in Nigeria.According to her, as the only female Senator from the North, her interest to vie for the Senate Presidenc…

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<img height="400" src="http://i1.wp.com/abusidiqu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/yuguda-e1422251851694.jpg?resize=500%2C750" width="266" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hajiya Hauwa Yuguda, the mother of the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_460879828" tabindex="0">on Wednesday</span> died at the age of 85 after a protracted illness.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The governor, who is the eldest son of the deceased, popularly called Goggo, described his mother’s death as a great loss to the entire family.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He also described her late mother as a caring mother, who used to accommodate to all.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While receiving sympathisers at the Ramat House, Bauchi, the Governor stated that the death of his mother did not come as a surprise as every soul must die.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yuguda, while expressing appreciation to the people for their presence at the funeral prayer of his mother, prayed God to grant her soul eternal rest and her family members the fortitude to bear the loss.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deputy Chief Imam of the Bauchi Central Mosque, Imam Ahmed Jahun, led the prayer at the burial of Hauwa Yuguda at the premises of the Bauchi Emir’s palace, with the Emir, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu, and other dignitaries in attendance.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The late Goggo was later laid to rest at the new Bauchi graveyard at Dungulbi Village along Bauchi-Gombe road.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is survived by three children, among whom are Governor Yuguda and the chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board, who is also the District Head of Yuguda, Alhaji Abdullahi Dabo, over 30 grandchildren and great grandchildren.</span></div>

Hajiya Hauwa Yuguda, the mother of the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, on Wednesday died at the age of 85 after a protracted illness.The governor, who is the eldest son of the deceased, popularly called Goggo, described his mother’s death as a great loss to the entire family.He also described her…

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Pacquiao bout a family affair for Mayweathers

<img alt="Manny Pacquiao" height="360" src="http://punch.cdn.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Manny-Pacquiao-360x203.jpg" width="640" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his father have had a stormy relationship, but they are back together for the fighter’s toughest test yet against Manny Pacquiao.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the years, Mayweather Sr. has spent long stretches estranged from his son because of their clashing egos and the father’s stints in jail, including a five-year sentence two decades ago on a drug trafficking conviction.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayweather Sr., who turned to training after his own boxing career was cut short when he was shot in the leg during a family dispute, once almost took a job training Oscar De La Hoya against his son.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the Mayweathers have reconciled and Mayweather Sr. has been in his son’s corner for the last four fights.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And on Saturday, the 62-year-old Mayweather Sr. will shepherd his now-grown namesake into the ring at the MGM Grand Hotel to take on Filipino icon Pacquiao in a fight that will go a long way to determining who was the greatest fighter of their era.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s just a blessing,” Mayweather Jr. told reporters at a media workout in Las Vegas as part of the build up to Saturday’s blockbuster bout at the Grand Garden Arena.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I come in the gym and work. I try to focus on doing my job and being the best at my job. My father deserves credit because I wouldn’t be a fighter if it wasn’t for my father.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayweather Sr. likes to tell a story of when his son was just a baby and he would put him down on the bed at their house and move his tiny hands in punching motions.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A boxing baby</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“One day I came into the room and he’s laying back on the pillow doing just what I was showing him,” Mayweather Sr. said.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I said, ‘This is it. He’s going to be a fighter.’”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s another story involving his son that Mayweather Sr. is less comfortable talking about, but he tells it anyway.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sitting in a chair in his Grand Rapids, Michigan home with his toddler son in his arms, Mayweather Sr. found himself staring down the barrel of a 20-gauge shotgun.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shotgun was held by his brother-in-law, who had decided to take matters into his own hands after being told he had worn out his welcome at the Mayweather home.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayweather Sr. ignored the pleas of the child’s mother, hanging onto the boy as the only thing saving him from death.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“She was trying to get the baby. ‘Give me my baby, give me my baby,’” Mayweather Sr. said. “But you are not going to get this baby, because this was my only shield.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I got shot with him in my hands,” Mayweather Sr recalled and added “He would have killed me.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blast destroyed the left calf of the father but Mayweather Jr. escaped that incident unscathed.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fame, wealth, violence</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carrying on a family boxing tradition has brought Mayweather Jr (47-0, 26 KOs) fame and wealth, but the kind of turbulence that surrounded his upbringing is also still a part of his life.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But he has multiple convictions for assaulting women, serving two months in jail in 2012 for a hair-pulling, arm-twisting attack on a former girlfriend as two of their children looked on.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unlike other millionaire athletes, Mayweather Jr, 38, has never been suspended or sanctioned by one of boxing’s governing bodies over domestic violence incidents.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His latest legal trouble unfolded last year when some fellow boxers, who work out at his Las Vegas gym, sued him over training conditions which allegedly included making fighters go 31 rounds without a break.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayweather Sr. missed seeing his son fight in the 1996 Olympics, where he lost in the semi-finals, because he was in jail.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayweather Jr. credits his father with leading him down the boxing path to a record purse of more than $150 million.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At least for now, the Mayweathers have also patched up things inside and outside the ring.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“He might have felt it was my fault, I might have thought it was his,” Mayweather Sr. says. “He’s still my son.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayweather Sr. boxed for 11 years until his wounds from the shooting and a lung disease that he says he caught in prison made it impossible for him to continue.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He fought as a welterweight contender in the 1970s and 1980s, losing by a 10th round technical knockout to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1978.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I fought Sugar Ray Leonard with one hand. I had a hairline fracture in my hand,” he said.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But while revered by his son as a boxing “wizard”, his counterpart in the opposite corner this weekend – Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach – is less impressed.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The dad gets too excited in the corner, doesn’t give good direction,” Roach said.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m very happy he’s there, to be honest with you.”</span></div>

Pacquiao bout a family affair for Mayweathers

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his father have had a stormy relationship, but they are back together for the fighter’s toughest test yet against Manny Pacquiao.Over the years, Mayweather Sr. has spent long stretches estranged from his son because of their clashing egos and the father’s stints in jail, inc…

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Belgian footballer Mertens dies after collapsing on pitch

<img src="http://static1.hln.be/static/photo/2015/13/1/14/20150427212231/media_xll_7666304.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Belgium under-21 international Gregory Mertens died on Thursday, three days after collapsing with heart failure during a match, a spokesman for his club, Sporting Lokeren, said.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 24-year-old defender had been in a coma since going into cardiac arrest early in a reserve team game on Monday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Club spokesman Herman Van De Putte told Reuters that his condition continued to worsen and the player’s family had agreed with doctors to switch off the life support system.</span><br /><br /><img src="http://estaticos.marca.com/imagenes/2015/04/28/futbol/futbol_internacional/1430233667_extras_noticia_foton_7_1.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“With sadness we announce the loss of Gregory Mertens,” Lokeren said on its Twitter feed. “We wish family and friends all strength.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mertens, who joined top flight Lokeren last summer after nearly 100 appearances for Cercle Brugge, collapsed 15 minutes into the game at KRC Genk and despite lengthy efforts to bring him round doctors quickly said his survival needed a “miracle”.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His death shocked many across European football.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Shockingly sad,” tweeted former England striker and television presenter Gary Lineker.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manchester City said on Twitter: “Our thoughts are with the friends and family of @KSCLokeren’s Gregory Mertens at this sad time.”</span>

Belgian footballer Mertens dies after collapsing on pitch

 Belgium under-21 international Gregory Mertens died on Thursday, three days after collapsing with heart failure during a match, a spokesman for his club, Sporting Lokeren, said.The 24-year-old defender had been in a coma since going into cardiac arrest early in a reserve team game on Monday.Club sp…

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Man drowns in his own faeces after his friend failed to rescue him from pit toilet

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DH54GbMzD-Qhj1r13k_WMfKDfTd1t-Tgl0xsKvDF_a3JrihdhEf9LkOOSQCOFdo8_kHbXmSbcRb2vzTODniqIpbBFLoT_hbYxfIM2B0e6tbDJAPBuaPARJrQI54dLnjkKdg-jnp4u_64/s1600/65.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Russian man drowned in his own faeces after falling into a decaying cesspit and being left there for 12 hours.Andrey Golubov, 36, was using the communal toilet outside an apartment block in Murmansk in north-west Russia, when the wood-cover gave way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Dailymail,despite alerting a friend who came to use the bathroom after him, Mr Golubov's pleas for help were ignored - because his friend assumed he could get out by himself.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr Golubov's friend Konstantin Polyakov, 30, has defended his actions, saying he did not know the number to emergency services.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr Polyakov said he visited the communal cesspit around 3am, and saw Mr Golubov inside the pit. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'I didn't want to urinate on his head so I went somewhere else, and then went back to bed.I didn't have a phone number for the emergency services and assumed he would be able to get out by himself.'</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day when other friends turned up and Mr Polyakov told them what had happened, they raised the alarm, but by then it was too late.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neighbour Yuri Blokhin, 60, who also shares the cesspit, said: 'He was on his back with his eyes wide open.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'The problem is that these buildings are so old everything is falling apart.'None of us has our own toilet so we are forced to use this hole, and no one cleans it out.'</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A police spokesman said:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 'The man spent over 12 hours in the toilet, lost his strength to stay afloat and drowned.We are treating this as an accident.'</span><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKH73ZCMdoil9p2PViadWsWy8ar6_-fMZs2XM9cPexeg78QG_JV_MJisuNS320ozL5hbYqDlmrFgNlrrBHs5lbj0SLCxFEjtyOX5pGTgXnGYLymgGLDSREWS-W_YFkgz2iUtfj_mPI2RR/s1600/654.jpg" />

Man drowns in his own faeces after his friend failed to rescue him from pit toilet

A Russian man drowned in his own faeces after falling into a decaying cesspit and being left there for 12 hours.Andrey Golubov, 36, was using the communal toilet outside an apartment block in Murmansk in north-west Russia, when the wood-cover gave way.According to Dailymail,despite alerting a friend…

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Photos: Actress Mide Martins rocks denim bum short

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIS-1c4EEI5OObgWJ0Hn5kqFb8jBteYozie2A044PCYY4JwVerCFH-VD89mqd1Y0-5KjcI1MnWmEDAWQkxjYMxsKFY6RL9DX4dqNePPngiv3Fi6UcUExmQv-Dgg5k8fdHjWVC8_oBjwM/s1600/2.png" /><br />Beautiful actress and mother of two looking so hot in her denim shorts. Another picture after the cut.....<br /><a name='more'></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KspHgL-Y4DohfryLTxiIAPY4KfN7M2dhUewy1ttsbkSzc9UNqRllt_E2joYeWiKSXgLjJXwu8Z4WJrmvY8JUzqsSg5-ZpRlYBjhXM4P9-StvJThEfH4wvLvWGfeT-LuyzQA6Aj3ZTps/s1600/4.png" />

Photos: Actress Mide Martins rocks denim bum short

Beautiful actress and mother of two looking so hot in her denim shorts. Another picture after the cut.....…

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Photo: Nigerian wins 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWPQ16vFDOvRp4lrrEG_21kliGktvDbUnhmh1ODOiSOu7SLwGBCFy1PHFXdzF_4uvI2yErIW2HLLWUQCatooQDQA9wPxS5HGYuFGh3f96EnF3u85qkXQLxPvizEr-4GCAMAtC8TENanA/s1600/s.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Nigerian Lesley Nneka Arimah (above left) is winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (African region) for her short story 'Light'. Congrats to her.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><img height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtPAS0B9WwItW4YfOKwPuy1bYhjLdQPk4XMhR-SkYd2jiSxRfZeM9He6Lh2mLozyPO_Ksg4pD5oVucsygDQJ2K5vZxMdK_kmAZ2qvE99BIhpmHwowk2mzdT2hRsmKL3ZYi37SoHsi5As/s640/a.jpg" width="640" />

Photo: Nigerian wins 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Nigerian Lesley Nneka Arimah (above left) is winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (African region) for her short story 'Light'. Congrats to her.…

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Actress Uche Nnanna & husband share a kiss..

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmTuTqum2zYoTLPPClTKZlNVbAIf9xdO5vhZbaiiXggZHyISPvGyO81Wj4RuA3Ao6npTUnf3vDx_ODyc0hkqtAR_xUFp65QJ1Y5RkWV4BmcDYhsjnOVLrHLvsdu94RzRvpbIByeUEYnnb/s1600/974420841804756300_498405156_edit.jpg" /><br />The Nollywood actress recently marked her one year wedding anniversary to her Spain based hubby..She shared this adorable new photo with their baby boy.. Another picture after the cut.....<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUxC-KJ_hqbv86mY1d3mJGetFdBv25uNA0rvGtfGltpzjad2faAibrhjEpXd9NQs9k7cW1s9NB7X8UQFK2KAEnzBz2JyhAsIBtC3dj_0FbRwNaMTyJsHOQPj57seh1m8V_ywRTZ0EAnmF/s1600/953551383355881156_498405156.jpg" />

Actress Uche Nnanna & husband share a kiss..

The Nollywood actress recently marked her one year wedding anniversary to her Spain based hubby..She shared this adorable new photo with their baby boy.. Another picture after the cut.....…

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I'm so sad & very depressed-Cossy Ojiakor tweets

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4a9-ZjPiPY6itofX_DUSeDVyjp6KHUbsK3OC6S7E_-IjEP5VQ3hCW9MUyHyV-N7mHUd2_g9rzamx4to95eKvi3nbZDGS_H0FG-XkVjYksb94Wbslsrf6WhOOzobzvYiU_pvEPn-ITiiu/s1600/Untitled.png" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEiEMgy7tFOTuBGlVEEKYCQLemTaNDrPQ2h53_yWy7h2V6CQlBxdWcCqTqz5yUjmm5dMP1-vXnr_kfJap1Ld3L0LqyU-696X3g4CQRGKj5TUeVCoglGK9ogyX6gm2Y6qhw972U6jw3Nwe/s1600/Untitled.png" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cossy says she is feeling sad and very depressed..Depression is not a good thing.I hope she gets through it soon..</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Sad.. Am very depressed. Sometimes my good intentions are taken negatively. When friends make me cry.. I simply cut them off</span>

I'm so sad & very depressed-Cossy Ojiakor tweets

Cossy says she is feeling sad and very depressed..Depression is not a good thing.I hope she gets through it soon..So Sad.. Am very depressed. Sometimes my good intentions are taken negatively. When friends make me cry.. I simply cut them off…

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10 militants jailed for life for attempting to kill Malala Yousafzai

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggofmzR58yKQWiyHqnmMNImmE0fe1tGagA-22zWQnqGYRHnbj0af7P1Wm1g2Z6Fgxy85z6KpZp6n3LQR8cYU_9PSAqxu0_WdwH5hGefzjxXgl1AeNc1EcpC08bWfVqaAdqs0YAzPEPMJN/s1600/86.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ten men who attempted to kill Nobel-prize winning teenage activist Malala Yousafzai in 2012,were on Thursday sentenced  to life imprisonment by a court n Pakistan..The leader of the group is still on the run.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In October 2012,Pakistani Taliban militants boarded the then 15 year old teenager's school bus and shot her in the head for advocating for female rights to education..Two of her friends were also wounded in the attack which shocked the world.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malala, now 17, survived and in October last year became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in history .She continues to fight for the rights of female child all over the world.Last year she met with president Goodluck Jonathan over the Missing Chibok girls..</span>

10 militants jailed for life for attempting to kill Malala Yousafzai

Ten men who attempted to kill Nobel-prize winning teenage activist Malala Yousafzai in 2012,were on Thursday sentenced  to life imprisonment by a court n Pakistan..The leader of the group is still on the run.In October 2012,Pakistani Taliban militants boarded the then 15 year old teenager's school b…

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Janet Jackson makes a rare appearance with hubby at Giorgio Armani's 40th Anniversary dinner(Photos)

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3w5n_TYahmK6HYYcN_cJSNNCItRGS_J3vr1nPKMVSDgvV3oKSY3853gqB08DvNNRIIgkd2eR9hKH9E_D9SY2bGv_xfoGHwLrnF1E4Ovpn7J4tUNaxN3cCxpS6Q-HTZKjzqqZmkA1Net5/s1600/rs_634x1024-150430044847-634.Janet-Jackson-JR-43015.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Janet Jackson made a rare public appearance Wednesday when she attended Giorgio's Armani 40th anniversary dinner reception at Nobu in Milan, Italy.The 48-year-old was with her Qatar-based billionaire Arab husband,Wissam Al Mana.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has been publicly spotted twice in two years, at amfAR's 20th Annual Cinema Against AIDS event in May 2013 and in October 2014, for the Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience. Another picture after the cut........</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvPZJ9AZTBYgbFuOmI9ZlUICXgxTeUU7Vjb5D11VSEQ-ojjOQkYBW3mPpG7RyHtgOxVBQUJp08-uERwsSEhgZDaor0NNbCVn2wkjesK6m-yvlSpW35IC-C0qLTMcRqPosdYd56j-gktlJ/s1600/Untitled.png" />

Janet Jackson makes a rare appearance with hubby at Giorgio Armani's 40th Anniversary dinner(Photos)

Janet Jackson made a rare public appearance Wednesday when she attended Giorgio's Armani 40th anniversary dinner reception at Nobu in Milan, Italy.The 48-year-old was with her Qatar-based billionaire Arab husband,Wissam Al Mana.She has been publicly spotted twice in two years, at amfAR's 20th Annual…

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Too Cute! Paul Okoye gists with his son & Peter's daughter

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Yqmq_rqPmYL2T-QY5dUo6VSCle4wdAKVcfOML64hyK7I_aQ-HHq1UlfugBc1U4a6JQT3TnGwNEvLWGMXDXIgZA3WhKSXiotgEf5FAyW_gVaPBBJY1t3-5LxPJG2SL_yUZJw4O7wyB2qq/s1600/974573066506401876_217599541.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdf9fb; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Paul Okoye having a conversation with his son and Peter's daughter He says"I have no choice than to hear them out"..They are said to be besties..</span></span>

Too Cute! Paul Okoye gists with his son & Peter's daughter

Paul Okoye having a conversation with his son and Peter's daughter He says"I have no choice than to hear them out"..They are said to be besties..…

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Charly Boy says If Buhari makes 1 Naira equal to $1, he will ride his bike from Abuja to China

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsUEye3xVT6SI4PXV9joQQ81BUp-yRMQwQnzNQGDlA6cru1L1Gnwaw6CNxDNf19eIYtXRs4t_ODvDRsj06dDWfttR46BgUVxRBiO4lUP9xZNF3opIavyAvSrj1HByr54k6iBSPoZ_24ZX/s1600/Untitled.png" /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lmaooooo.........</span></div>

Charly Boy says If Buhari makes 1 Naira equal to $1, he will ride his bike from Abuja to China

Lmaooooo.........…

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Dabota Lawson shares fab photos from her US trip

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4wlvTpmG3FOn_kUpdFA6qJY7PVmoxTIUM92QyJxNRO_exMFocpMd0K0dW4F5FuCxh7L4P6Em_PavT_60yi6WbdWouRFoLKhdc4sn-wTTuZAny-U1Zt00zHbn8ZIAevrkZ4Qs3qWuN7ax/s1600/974606174631147409_215009780.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ex beauty queen and wife of Billionaire Prince Sunny Aku is currently in the USA..She has been sharing fab photos from her trip and gushing about God giving her everything she ever imagined..</span><br /><a name='more'></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbsfxAs_CUAJ5iDU3m2WAkwCQ78Uh7DFUy8JbDsn5-yjtABnCBEpMunPthaXv0zJRzt7AcEKp1ijh-kWIQ7sbr2HLjSd1RxLeYIe3Bzz-f6ZcYLeL9HYPZPzK9rdbmG8Z8npR7mSxylQc/s1600/973805217982887601_215009780.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAv5O16nLOCSZuQO5uBuuRuBex0GRSwj7RMDM3w2iy8CFNqodq3nO2Bok-8EJ5kPjDmL_Q_2gg_540TredfVWFLPjccOeLvbPCd52eKjCi5_LxM3rfmVBRXNUId99mOUq7_AaVkuW5X7q/s1600/974614230236574843_215009780.jpg" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13FpHy02548a2lyr8QP5E4efR_bzh-7aEAAo8j4KuEkthD43WVMMnqaXbBPUqIT7hD4LvOIKXzUpI9eX6Ch70_FHhNRKczFYAF3KHuGtUNYl1l7_BWzql664UwNRlmCKFqQlavZmvIeld/s1600/973801938339149412_215009780.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDYdTXutg3h0DEClAJ2hpld5PpSXxYhh24pW-ErKvMZ4YGtuKjd99NHc_TWot9bbtaFwtImE_j9ZuxKd-KVxjfD71gudBExvIHuRhIILqqBzQ0PXCOrR5V8Czxb-aD_kETIkvwrC5G_e1/s1600/971732001206482660_215009780_edit.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WBcDWZ6HoX-YXZhD5qYn_hXU9QZt685EVwj4K49-rrH97sChbLeKDzQXp_TQHWRmDAKY7gN0T0rb8jnIwEsIi93vL5PRPCR9_VRWCiWKMFpv8TWF1Dzay-CZhkzSR8_TYMEpygQjFq7X/s1600/971724740547491313_215009780_edit.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3vCvs8Xb9e3VY87FDJraviUiNzUDdCtYXP8ox0ld3SF3k4TMHE3xZu-H-T8ec4b5Uz337o7r5AMfZwAEokirr2DZEvsaHHd0yHa6Eh9oqRRddNuL23QrcrM4LBwTfMEwlaUhyphenhyphenUT0OVjo/s1600/970410351731062384_215009780_edit.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRVeee9u4U09qj-a8tuRygfCdVLcJIchZ3Xfq8fJGeTpIMPKSy18bOwrFUMasLrKUBE1CPAgtVGE-m6JR4W2-_snX5qEAkwiVv1VLJHBszH4siWAW7lIkRcBKSE3Sam5fX8sjqYWUt2li/s1600/970943592280011978_215009780_edit.jpg" />

Dabota Lawson shares fab photos from her US trip

The ex beauty queen and wife of Billionaire Prince Sunny Aku is currently in the USA..She has been sharing fab photos from her trip and gushing about God giving her everything she ever imagined..…

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Photo: Rihanna & Chris Brown spotted at private party,pose with the same snake.

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBWA8ekdB8hyphenhyphenLImk-5rvrE7-iAdI0GheoZVp5YD_j1PHe9P309ePCe-_nquM85zjctnD67WMOKmEeBTWZSuYjpav3qtpCQ-WoSufUazyDJuCsMRyDmjEOC169MfxVhFGu4G_xnRA04Iba/s1600/54.png" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There have been recent rumours Rihanna and Chris Brown have been hooking up secretly..Reports say the met at a Coachella VIP party and things kicked off again.Coincidentally, they were both at rapper Travis Scott’s 23rd ‘Rodeo’ themed birthday party alongside the likes of Kanye West, French Montana, Kanye West .</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They weren't photographed together but they posed with the same snake at the party ..At least they both share something in common,,,They love snakes..</span>

Photo: Rihanna & Chris Brown spotted at private party,pose with the same snake.

There have been recent rumours Rihanna and Chris Brown have been hooking up secretly..Reports say the met at a Coachella VIP party and things kicked off again.Coincidentally, they were both at rapper Travis Scott’s 23rd ‘Rodeo’ themed birthday party alongside the likes of Kanye West, French Montana,…

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Woman Beheads Her 3-Month-Old Daughter On Kitchen Counter

<img alt="ment" src="http://www.360nobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ment.jpg" /><br />A mentally ill mother, Deasia Watkins, has been arrested after she allegedly beheaded her 3-month-old daughter in Ohio.<br />The 20-year-old woman was however found incompetent to stand trial and was transferred to a treatment facility.She was ordered to be evaluated and treated in a behavioral facility.<br />Watkins will be brought back to court in 6 months to reevaluate the decision.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>According to officers who arrived at the home of Watkins’ aunt,  the girl was found headless on the kitchen counter.The aunt was taking care of the child.Police found Watkins in bed and she was covered in blood.

Woman Beheads Her 3-Month-Old Daughter On Kitchen Counter

A mentally ill mother, Deasia Watkins, has been arrested after she allegedly beheaded her 3-month-old daughter in Ohio.The 20-year-old woman was however found incompetent to stand trial and was transferred to a treatment facility.She was ordered to be evaluated and treated in a behavioral facility.W…

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Photos: Buhari Receives Diplomats From Poland And Spain.

<img alt="image" src="http://www.ngtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wpid-bd3.png?61331d" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari received diplomats from Poland and Spain yesterday, April 29, 2015.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The diplomats arrived at different time, and they said they were at the Defence House to deliver the congratulatory messages from their home governments and emphasis their willingness to work with the incoming government to be led by Buhari. More pictures after the cut........</span></div><a name='more'></a><img alt="image" src="http://www.ngtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wpid-bd2.png?61331d" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="image" src="http://www.ngtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wpid-bd1.png?61331d" /></div><br />

Photos: Buhari Receives Diplomats From Poland And Spain.

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari received diplomats from Poland and Spain yesterday, April 29, 2015.The diplomats arrived at different time, and they said they were at the Defence House to deliver the congratulatory messages from their home governments and emphasis their willingness to work with th…

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Confusion as driver dies inside bus in Lagos

<img alt="Ojodu Berger Motor Park" src="http://punch.cdn.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Ojodu-Berger-Motor-Park--360x270.jpg" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There was confusion at the Ojodu Berger Motor Park area of Lagos on Wednesday after drivers and passengers found a commercial driver dead inside his bus.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>PUNCH Metro</em> learnt that the deceased, only known by a nickname, Big Daddy, had slept overnight inside the bus, only to be found dead on Wednesday.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our correspondent learnt that the driver, who hailed from Odogbolu, Ogun State, lived in the Ikorodu area of Lagos with his family.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was gathered that the matter was reported to the Ojodu Abiodun Police Division which later sent officers to remove the corpse.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When <em>PUNCH Metro</em> got to the park, a member of the executive of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, who declined to be named, said the driver might have been killed by depression resulting from a debt burden.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He said, “It is not the first time that commercial drivers would sleep overnight in their buses in this park, especially those who come from distant places like Ikorodu, Lagos Island and so on. Big Daddy plied daily between the Ojodu Berger and Oshodi areas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“When he finished work at about 10pm, he complained that he was feeling very weak. He bought a bag of sachet water and emptied them on his body. It was just this morning that I was called on the phone that he died inside his bus.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“The only thing I know is that he had a debt on his neck. He was paying back the money he borrowed to purchase the bus in installments. The bus recently developed faults. His wife and only son, Sunday, stay in Ikorodu, and have been informed about his death.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A driver in the park, who gave his name simply as Babatunde, added that the radio which the deceased was listening to still blared when he was found dead.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He said, “We switched off the radio. I have never seen such a strange death. His first wife died about nine months ago, and he recently remarried. He died while sleeping on the steering. He was wearing only his underwear. He was a gentleman. It was shocking he died suddenly like that.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>PUNCH Metro</em> observed as drivers, food sellers and workers in the park discussed the incident with one another.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said he would get back to our correspondent on the matter. He, however, had yet to do so as of press time.</span></div>

Confusion as driver dies inside bus in Lagos

There was confusion at the Ojodu Berger Motor Park area of Lagos on Wednesday after drivers and passengers found a commercial driver dead inside his bus.PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased, only known by a nickname, Big Daddy, had slept overnight inside the bus, only to be found dead on Wednesday.O…

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Saudi beheaded for killing father

<img height="400" src="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/images/map-saudi-arabia.png" width="400" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">A Saudi national convicted of murdering his father was beheaded on Thursday, bringing to 70 the number of executions carried out this year in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">The number compares with 87 in the whole of 2014, according to an AFP tally.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"></div><a name='more'></a>Abdullah al-Balawi was convicted of stabbing his father to death, said a ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. He was executed in the northwestern city of Tabuk.<br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">SPA said the son had planned the murder but it did give his motives.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">Amnesty International has criticised a “macabre spike” in the use of the death penalty this year in Saudi Arabia, which the London-based watchdog ranked among the top three executioners in the world in 2014.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death under the kingdom’s strict version of Islamic sharia law.</div>

Saudi beheaded for killing father

A Saudi national convicted of murdering his father was beheaded on Thursday, bringing to 70 the number of executions carried out this year in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.The number compares with 87 in the whole of 2014, according to an AFP tally.Abdullah al-Balawi was convicted of stabbi…

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Police arraign law graduate on alleged forgery

<img alt="Tinubu Magistrate’s Court." height="480" src="http://punch.cdn.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Tinubu-Magistrate%E2%80%99s-Court.jpg" width="640" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A 35-year-old graduate of law, Imoh Sunday, is currently facing charges of forgery, stealing and impersonation at the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He was accused of diverting a sum of N1.9m belonging to the Red Star Courier Service.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday had told the police that he graduated in 2009 and claimed to have been called to bar.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He was arraigned for impersonation and forgery after it was discovered that he used a cloned law school certificate as part of bail conditions for the initial charges that brought him to the court on February 27.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">PUNCH Metro gathered that Sunday’s wife, Chikodi, who works for the courier firm, had given him the money piecemeal between March 2014 and January 2015 for deposit at the First Bank Plc, used by the firm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was learnt that the sum was payment made by customers of the firm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our correspondent gathered that the management of the courier service reported the case at the Lion Building Police Station when they could not access the funds and Sunday was arrested.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The police said investigations revealed that the indigene of Impat Enim in Akwa Ibom State, stamped the deposit slips of the bank with a forged stamp he allegedly obtained at the Oluwole area of the state.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was gathered that the suspect was taken to the bank, where it was proved that there was no record that he deposited the money. He was later brought before the magistrate, Mrs. O.M. Ajayi, on two counts of forgery and stealing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday, however, pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our correspondent learnt that the forged certificate was discovered while the defence counsel, J.J. Ozemhoya, was making efforts to perfect his client’s bail. Ozemhoya subsequently wrote the court, indicating his withdrawal from the matter after the discovery.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The letter read in part, “Upon the processing of the defendant’s bail, we requested that the wife attach his Call-to-Bar Certificate to proof and lend credence to our earlier application. The defendant’s wife brought photocopies of the said documents. The court suspected that the certificate was forged. I personally investigated and checked all the NBA sites and portals, but could not find the defendant’s name.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Since I have a duty to protect the Bar and the court and the entire society, I have to formally write to note this while I withdraw from the case to avoid name smearing.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">During the second arraignment, the defendant equally pleaded not guilty to the two counts of impersonation and forgery preferred against him by the police.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The charges read in part, “That you, Imoh Sunday, on November 15, 2010 in Lagos Magisterial District, did forge certificate of Call-to-Bar of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 363 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Salama Matepo, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum, adding that the defendant should be remanded in custody pending the perfection of his bail.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">While the first case was adjourned till May 6, 2015, the impersonation case would come up on May 13, 2015.</span>

Police arraign law graduate on alleged forgery

A 35-year-old graduate of law, Imoh Sunday, is currently facing charges of forgery, stealing and impersonation at the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State.He was accused of diverting a sum of N1.9m belonging to the Red Star Courier Service.Sunday had told the police that he graduated in 2009 and c…

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64 Senators Endorse SARAKI For Post Of Senate President

<img alt="Senate-Nig1.jpg thenationonline.jpg1" src="http://www.360nobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senate-Nig1.jpg-thenationonline.jpg1_-640x431.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sixty four present senators-elect had in a meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Yesterday, endorse the former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, for the post of Senate president, ahead of the inauguration of the 8th Senate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">According to ThisDay, the senators who are backing Saraki had decided to throw their weight behind the former Kwara State governor, because they want a “Senate president who is a product of the members and not imposed by a godfather.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was learnt that those present at the meeting comprised 19 senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and 45 from the APC.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">According to information gathered, senators present at the meeting include: Senators Muhammad Adamu Aliero, Danjuma Goje, Andy Uba, Mohammed Ali Ndume, Gilbert Nnaji, Dino Melaye and Isiaka Adeleke, who are new to the senate, the three senators representing Delta State and two from Edo State, among others.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The senators aimed at frustrating attempts by the APC to zone the Senate presidency to the North-East geopolitical zone, and efforts by the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, to foist Senator Ahmed Lawan, his preferred candidate from Yobe State, as Senate President.</span>

64 Senators Endorse SARAKI For Post Of Senate President

Sixty four present senators-elect had in a meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Yesterday, endorse the former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, for the post of Senate president, ahead of the inauguration of the 8th Senate.According to ThisDay, the senators who are backing Saraki …

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Photo: Peter Of P Square Wears Lip Gloss

<img src="http://www.360nobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11191556_675641832563104_258510326_n-e1430403276837.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pushing boundaries? Or just a free spirit? Peter Okoye of the P square fame shared a pic on his Instagram post blowing a kiss into the camera, but his lip gloss stole the Shine!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the post, the star act was seen with conspicuous glossy lips as he captions the snap while promoting hashtag #KISSKISS.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Let’s show some love by blowing kisses to some1 u Love, Like, Admire, Appreciate or even as a Fan. So feel free and take a pic and I will repost. Tag somebody with the #KISSKISS legoooo!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">It’s fast becoming a trend on the star’s Instagram’s page as he began to repost fans blowing kisses</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. </span></span>

Photo: Peter Of P Square Wears Lip Gloss

Pushing boundaries? Or just a free spirit? Peter Okoye of the P square fame shared a pic on his Instagram post blowing a kiss into the camera, but his lip gloss stole the Shine!In the post, the star act was seen with conspicuous glossy lips as he captions the snap while promoting hashtag #KISSKISS.L…

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Drake Is Photo’d Out With His SISTER . . . And She ‘s A REAL PRETTY GIRL . . . And Thick too

<img height="640" src="http://i2.mediatakeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Drake_Sister4.jpg" width="640" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Drake took his sister Raemaiah out to dinner last night. They both have the same Father.</span>

Drake Is Photo’d Out With His SISTER . . . And She ‘s A REAL PRETTY GIRL . . . And Thick too

Drake took his sister Raemaiah out to dinner last night. They both have the same Father.…

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Jonah Hill reveals much larger frame once again while filming new movie... as his battle with the bulge wages on

<img alt="Battling the bulge: Jonah Hill revealed a much larger frame on set of his latest movie Arms And The Dudes in Burbank, California on Wednesday" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/30/08/2826745E00000578-3061848-Battling_the_bulge_Jonah_Hill_revealed_a_much_larger_frame_on_se-a-1_1430379851049.jpg" /><br /><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Jonah Hill has battled with his weight over the years.</span></div><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And the actor’s struggle appears to be getting more and more difficult, as he has been seen with a much larger frame while working on his latest movie.</span></div><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Jonah had clearly piled on the pounds before production on comedy Arms And The Dudes began</span></div><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 31-year-old was spotted filming scenes on the Burbank, California set on Wednesday, and he couldn’t hide his visibly more rotund shape.</span></div><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Jonah was seen padding around in an aquamarine short-sleeved shirt, khakis and a pair of tan loafers, and later changed into a black polo shirt and white shorts.</span></div><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It seems the Wolf Of Wall Street star may be starting on a new healthy eating regime, as he was spotted holding a vegetable juice. Another pic after the cut........</span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><img alt="Piling on the pounds: The actor slimmed down a few years ago, but has gained the weight back on as well as a few extra pounds" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/30/08/2826732E00000578-3061848-Piling_on_the_pounds_The_actor_slimmed_down_a_few_years_ago_but_-a-3_1430379851311.jpg" /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><br /><br /></span>

Jonah Hill reveals much larger frame once again while filming new movie... as his battle with the bulge wages on

Jonah Hill has battled with his weight over the years.And the actor’s struggle appears to be getting more and more difficult, as he has been seen with a much larger frame while working on his latest movie.Jonah had clearly piled on the pounds before production on comedy Arms And The Dudes beganThe 3…

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Not again! Another missing child

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd_6aVYo6Nn5dIeJxHSa8GRd-5eMqxDO8vLfT60QAdrZa7QD4DwCYx5lS8aWj3xTOrNXaFACsPDS65RmdJmXg1ofdwPAdQ6PZlbkM1_Z3Sn6DksVHntzUqtaoSr0QjPLkgMEaMulitwY/s1600/1.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">11 year old Marvelous Adekunle is missing! According to his family, he left his home at Matanmi Street Onipanu, Lagos at about 6:30am yesterday morning 29th April and never returned. Please if you see him, kindly call any of these numbers 08058568894, 08029886720,07086339434 or report to the nearest police station.</span>

Not again! Another missing child

11 year old Marvelous Adekunle is missing! According to his family, he left his home at Matanmi Street Onipanu, Lagos at about 6:30am yesterday morning 29th April and never returned. Please if you see him, kindly call any of these numbers 08058568894, 08029886720,07086339434 or report to the nearest…

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South African women narrate discrimination they face for marrying Nigerian men

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAlO3p_9kjFgf6VbqMLze3wnToZiZZRiQ6Wagm1gMwVap0lcafbEb-J2tsLUUI-q-2yaP5DiOHpyAbL_z0mzBZgB_AZrkdN1DBwY7AwsXEXEHYhPaoxIlqQVdnrefl2V1-QrzKbGww6s/s1600/1.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">South African women married to Nigerian men have narrated the discrimination they face for marrying men outside their country. Seeing the disaffection their kinsmen show them after finding love in the hands of Nigerian men, the women decided to form an association, the United Nigerian Wives in South Africa (UNWISA) club about two years ago where they give support and succor to each other.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></a><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><a name='more'></a>42 year old Lindwela Uche who serves as the chairwoman of the group told AFP that they saw the xenophobic attacks coming and alerted their husbands but they did not take their warning seriously "We saw this thing coming and that’s why we formed this association. If only they (the authorities) had listened to us… they would have known that there’s a fire burning slowly and they would have seen how to tackle it.”she said</blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">One of the members of the association,“Lufunu Orji who is married to a Nigerian resource consultant, Ogbonnaya Orji, says being married to a foreigner is very challenging</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">"Being married to a foreigner is very challenging. You often spend your time defending yourself and then you defend your foreign husband for being himself. Just before I got wed to my husband, I lost two very best friends of mine. They thought I was out of my mind" she said</blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Another member of the group who gave her name as Uche, said her 13-year-old daughter returned from school a while ago, complaining that her teacher had told her “not to bring that Nigerian mentality here” after she and classmates were noisy in class.</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">“We need to be protected, we need our children to be protected… and our husbands to be treated with dignity,” Uche said</blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">37 year old Thelma Okoro, says the attitude towards them “are negative everywhere we go,”. According to her, wearing traditional Nigerian dress on the street can attract bad comments. She spoke of how her eight-year-old daughter gets mocked by schoolmates over her name “Ngozi” which means “blessing” in Igbo but literally translates to “danger” in Zulu.</span>

South African women narrate discrimination they face for marrying Nigerian men

South African women married to Nigerian men have narrated the discrimination they face for marrying men outside their country. Seeing the disaffection their kinsmen show them after finding love in the hands of Nigerian men, the women decided to form an association, the United Nigerian Wives in South…

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Pics: Teju Babyface's wife mugged on Eko Bridge, her car windows smashed

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfWqNieI_kna5jJJfgTcheD-QpgxvelDar-zhlYVbabBczWrQAIbgnJKRshemhmJ112tigFqCuGCKhGhaYGkaZPKnak1REuJKjQ-KsVLT55ejJ1TQ1m7upk1IKOLItfqZDU6wjyzWZ9s/s1600/3.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Comedian, Talk Show host and TV producer Teju Babyface's wife, Tobi Oyelakin, was on her way to the mainland at about 8pm last night when her car was attacked by hoodlums on Eko Bridge. She was in the car with her driver and 3 other girls in the back seat and were approaching the National Theater area of the Eko bridge when they encountered some traffic.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">They had barely come to a stop when 4 boys leaped out of the shadows and knocked on the windows with torch lights and asked them to roll down the windows. They were still trying to come to terms with rising levels of panic when the hoodlums shattered the rear windows on both sides of the car and proceeded to rough-handle the ladies in the back seat and collect all valuables. Continue...<a name='more'></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZyI0st0oefTXqDMqWiKq5Y05nVz-GgP3Mwyzfz42nqr4gG3bB_mLH5c9rtYhqajuQ9C-kwKVJEfIkqOTFNccACGjhCsR6K9KwsIv3WafDe_zODDJHFyjTCN4jnGTCGoGDiJ5APCXWn4/s1600/2.jpg" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The hoodlums proceeded with impunity to open all the bags and pour the contents into nylon bags they brought along. This was in the presence of all other motorists on the bridge. The robbery went on for well over 2minutes from start to finish.</div><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br name="BB10" /></div><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">When they had finished and disappeared into the shadows and the occupants of the car were able to drive away, they saw policemen further down the bridge on patrol and reported t‎o them that they had been robbed, whereupon the policemen empathized (or sympathized) with them simply by saying 'ah, those boys have started again'. </div><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Luckily no one sustained grave injuries in the attack and Teju's wife is fine but very shook up. </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Speaking about the incident, Teju said;</div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">"One realizes that this is becoming almost commonplace and acceptable in Lagos as reports reaching us indicate that it happens daily. That may very well be an axiom but I share this with you to bring attention to what threatens to become endemic. A great contretemps I must confess."</blockquote><br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJrl3XuYChnFQGOT2U7cdCLAfs6mOt_2sAVBfV31SDp7vFZVG72ZR7DP4gDeSC7yCVgXYKMi5zt1F2LFb4tKHZPdgr4EJ__ekkrNaI3snvugDRX9-elx4Cu3cApNo1WakhoxeiQZMgMQ/s1600/4.jpg" style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9o4YsNwvDeU5UQcUkVSFnBJsjMC84JS7O6eyK7VI2CQeyuP14lt47kx0w4-vRB81feJFV3-beBrFDvvkCzuVhoClXd_LfQFDoem9w59Z_-Dfh7T09lAuzGEaEQvZ9cnNmZNe_3aFLZA/s1600/1.jpg" /></div></div>

Pics: Teju Babyface's wife mugged on Eko Bridge, her car windows smashed

Comedian, Talk Show host and TV producer Teju Babyface's wife, Tobi Oyelakin, was on her way to the mainland at about 8pm last night when her car was attacked by hoodlums on Eko Bridge. She was in the car with her driver and 3 other girls in the back seat and were approaching the National Theater ar…

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