2 Women Jailed For Child Trafficking & Causing Kids To Beg With Fake Wounds

A report from PM News:

Two women have been jailed by Court 1 in Yaba Magistracy for trafficking and using children to beg for alms in Victoria Island area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. 

The women, Amarachi Eke from Imo State and Chioma Eze from Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, were arraigned at the court on Wednesday on a two-count charge of using underaged children to beg for alms. And they pleaded guilty to the charges.

Wife discovers of her husband's marriage to a Gambian teenager on Facebook (at the SAME wedding venue with hers)

The Facebook Photo: Stephen Smith, 52 and his new bride Awa Jobarteh, 19

How do i start this story? Okay! Here is what happened; 

Stephen Smith (a factory worker) pictured above met his wife Nicolette in 2001 after his first divorce and married her in December 2005. The marriage broke down two years later and then he went missing without a word to Nicolette's solicitors in response to the divorce proceedings.

Dakore Akande's Welcomes Her Bundle Of Joy This Morning

Dakore Egbuson Akande and her husband, Olumide Akande welcomed their second daughter in early hours of  today; Tuesday, 4th February, 2013.

She shared the good news on her instagram with the caption: “All I have to say is thank you LORD!!! #mumoftwo #happiness #love #life #girlpower #family #Godspower #aquarius”.

Man Threatens To Commit Suicide On Valentine’s Day

   

Dennis Amayo, A 57-year-old father has threatened to commit suicide on Valentine’s Day (14 February) should Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State fail to pay his eight-month pension arrears.

Amayo who is demanding for the payment of his pension arrears is in dire need of the money to go about the preparation of the burial of his father whom he says is in the mortuary. “I am my father’s first born. It will be immoral of me to task my younger ones to bring money for his burial while I cannot bring anything for the burial,” he stated.

Nigerians in UK prisons don’t want to go home, says envoy

The Prisoner Transfer Agreement between Nigeria and British governments which was signed in December 2013 to enable Nigerian prisoners in the UK return home to complete their terms has been condemned by some Nigerians serving various jail terms in the UK as a result of poor prison facilities and stigma amongst others. The agreement which has been signed is yet to be ratified by parliaments of the two countries.

In an interview with the Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),  Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK (Dr Dalhatu Tafida), on Tuesday in London confirmed this. Tafida said that some of the prisoners have expressed concern over returning to the country to complete their terms, citing poor prison facilities and stigma as main reasons.

Executive Summary Of Mandela's Will Worth $4.1Million

The will of the late former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela on Monday afternoon, was read by Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Mosen to members of the icon’s immediate family and was also made public.

Mandela willed his $4.1 Million estate to family members, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), his former staff and a number of local schools.

Graca Machel, his third and last wife whom he married on his 80th birthday in 1998 will have half of the estate under South African marital law though she is yet to make a decision. She is entitled to relinquishing her claims in favour of specified assets such as properties in Mozambique, her native country and that would take her 90 days to decide.

Bizarre Phenomenon: 12-Year-Old Girl Cries Stones Instead Of Tears

Saadiya Saleh, a 12-year-old girl who lives in a village in Yemen has left doctors speechless after crying stones instead of tears.  She produces the small hard stones beneath her eyelids which naturally pushes to the front of her eyes before falling down her cheeks. 

Doctors are yet to come to an explanation for the unusual condition, claiming that Saadiya is not suffering from any known disease.

Teen who fell into a coma after getting breast implants can barely move or speak

Linda Perez has to be carried by her father Fernando Izquierdo because she can still barely move her limbs

19-year-old teenager (LInda Perez) who is also the mother of a 4-year-old boy fell into a coma last year after getting breast augmentation surgery at The Coral Gables Cosmetic Center in August 2013 for the sum of $2,800, which is believed to be about half of the normal price of the procedure.  From the picture above, she has dropped to a skeletal weight that doctors now fear that she may never recover. Till date, she is still unable to move on her own and have to be carried around helplessly.

Man accuses Chinese boss of brutality

Is there no law guiding expatriates regarding the treatment they give to their Nigerian employees and understudies? Firstly, it was a pregnant woman who was kicked on the stomach by her expatriate employer and had an immediate miscarriage. Now this;

Here is a fresh brutal story reported by Punch of a newly hired employee (a 40-year-old father of two) who was slapped and kicked in the private part by his chinese boss; Mike and Mike's cousin (Tony) who smashed a bottle on his head and beat him up till he fainted:

Pupil Who Committed Suicide Wanted To Be A Doctor –Father

Boluwatife (pictured above) is a 14-year-old Senior Secondary 1 pupil of Oro Grammar School, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State who allegedly committed suicide on January 20, 2014. The father of the deceased; Olanrewaju Oyeniyi however, says that the circumstance behind his son’s death is beyond comprehension and not ordinary. “I know that what happened to my son was not ordinary.  But wherever it came from, I have left everything to God to judge and I know very soon that He will act.”

Check Out Annie Idibia's Postpartum Body

Happily SINGLE: The Benefits Of Not Having A Boyfriend

Being boyfriend-less may seem quite sad when all your friends are out on romantic dates, but the single life doesn't certainly have to be seen in a negative light.

When it comes to being single, society can sometimes treat you as though you have some sort of disease. In films and books, single women are often portrayed as helpless and hapless, but the reality is that Bridget Jones isn’t necessarily representative of single ladies.

Facebook Is Launching Its Own "Retweet" Button

Mark Zuckerburg speaks during an onstage interview James Bennet of the Atlantic magazine in Wasington

Facebook now has an important new feature  that works just like Twitter‘s well-known “retweet”. At the bottom of any post inside Paper, you can tap an arrow symbol to bring up a Share dialog and then tap Reshare to share the post with your friends and followers.

Why sex is traumatic for some women

Sex can be traumatic for some women

Chocolate better than sex? Yes, say several women who live with the everyday reality of painful intercourse.

It's been five years since the episode, which makes Ritika Sohni comfortable to admit, "I had no idea where the vagina was positioned in my body.

Crazy World: Woman flushes $555,000 won in lottery

Germany: A woman flushed down $555,000 (Dh2.08m) she had won in a lottery after celebrating her win.

Angela Maier, received a bill from a hospital where her husband passed away, charging her the outstanding amount.

Half dead man brought to life 6-minutes after heart stopped

Because i am a lover of joyful news, i saw this on Emirates247 and had to bring it on here:

Saudi doctors used electric shocks and injections to bring a 30-year-old patient back to life after his heart stopped six times for nearly six minutes.

Doctors said Khaled Sahloul was brought to hospital in the western Saudi town of Makkah suffering from heart cardiac arrest before his heart stopped.

“We revived his heart but it stopped again…he was half dead and his heart stopped six times for up to six minutes but we managed to save him,” Dr Atef Abdul Ghaffar, a heart specialist at King Abdullah Medical City said.

Source: Emirates247

"Blindness has been a gift for me"- Cobhams Asuquo

Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo, the 33-year-old beatmaker and visually-impaired music producer and songwriter in an interview has the following to say about being blind:

EFCC Press Release: Man Bags 9 Years Jail Term for Attempting to Defraud Army General

I am beginning to think that judgements with fine option are beginning to make Nigerians more fraudulent day after day.

Report from Sahara Reporters:

Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano, today January 29, 2014, convicted and sentenced one Abdulkadir Mohammed to nine years imprisonment with an option of N1, 200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only) fine for offences bordering on conspiracy and forgery.

The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 3-count charge for attempting to defraud a retired army General, Garba Ali of N14, 000, 000 (Fourteen million Naira in a land deal.

Federal High Court Lagos Judge Issues Injunction Against Dana Airline

Sahara Reporters have reported that a Federal High Court Judge; Judge Saidu yesterday (29/1/14) issued an injuction against Dana Airline, restraining it from flying outside the country and the jurisdiction of the court (for maintenance service, repair or flight operations pending the outcome of the lawsuit, without the courts permission).  This is as a result of its failure to compensate and resettle displaced victims affected by the June 3, 2012 crash in Iju-Ishaga area which killed 159 people.

Instagram ‘booty’ star lands lucrative deal after gaining 2m followers!

Jen Selter

Jen Selter, an Instagram fitness star popularly known for her well rounded backside has reportedly landed a lucrative deal thanks to her pictures which helped her attract over 2million followers on the social media site.
The New York Post reports that posting pictures of daily work out in tight fitting gym wears which emphasizes her curvy features especially her ‘backside’ did the trick.

The 20-year-old from New York is still trying to adjust to all the buzz and attention associated with being  a celebrity. ‘I’m recognized wherever I am, I don’t really go to public gyms any more just because it is a whole big scene when I’m there. I don’t like being watched’, Selter says.

Didier Drogba buys $74M stake in Ivorian gold mine

Didier Drodba (left) signing the gold mine purchase documents next to Cote d'Ivoire's Economy and Finance junior minister Niale Kaba (centre) and Ivorian Budget junior minister Abdourahmane Cisse

Ivorian footballer and Galatasaray FC striker Didier Drogba has reportedly bought a 5 per cent stake in his country’s largest mining company.

The former Chelsea forward according to African Review paid $74 Million to acquire part of the state’s shares in the company.

Drogba had expressed interest in purchasing the stakes at the state owned mine last March but encountered difficulties sealing the deal. It took the intervention of the country’s president Alassane Ouattara before the deal was concluded last Friday.

Justin Bieber charged with assault, will be in court on Valentine’s day!

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber has reportedly been charged with assault.

The 19-year-old singer called into the 52 Division police station in Toronto today January 30, 2014 to be formally charged with allegedly attacking a limousine driver last month.

Damilola Adegbite, OC Ukeje, Alex Ekubo Nominated For Screen Nations Awards

Lovebirds Damilola Adegbite & Chris Attoh nominated for Screen Nation Awards

Organisers of the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards have nominated some Nigerian movie stars for the awards; Damilola Adegbite, Linda Ejiofor and Adepero Oduye were selected for the Favourite Female African International Rising Talent category of the awards, while the likes of O C Ukeje, Alex Ekubo, Anthony Monjaro and Femi Jacobs made the Favorite Male African International Rising Screen Talent category.

The event holds On Sunday, February 23, 2014 On the Plaza Riverbank, Albert Embankment, London.

I Am Not Ready For Marriage Now—Halima Abubakar

Marriage in Africa, especially in Nigeria, is one institution that is regarded as something one must go into and it is a sign of responsibility. It is common for parents to start getting worried when their children of marriageable age are still single.

Parents however, put little pressure on men until they reach the age of 40, but that is not the case with women, who are put under intense pressure if they are still single at 30. At that stage, their mothers would go about seeking spiritual help for their daughters so that she could settle down in time.

IGP's Son ”Jamboy” Owns A Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Worth over $2.4M [N400Million]

 

Jamil Abubakar is the first son of the current Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar. He is a Kingston University-trained Computing Information Systems and Multimedia graduate and is currently a pilot with Elite Airwings.   

See his fast cars, wristwatch collection and more after the cut...

Jealousy: A Woman Sets Family Ablaze

Efua Badu, in police custody, suspected to have set the house ablaze, leading to the death of a family of three

Ghana: Efua Badu who lost her husband to another woman was arrested for allegedly setting her husband; Peter Amos Asobayire, 35,  his new lover; Felicity Asobayire, 25 and their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter;  Sarah Asobayire on fire.  A fire which burnt them beyond recognition.

It was gathered that the suspect, Efua Badu, 33, popularly known as Saman Kwenim was reported to have set fire to a can of kerosene and threw it through the window of the uncompleted building which the family lived in at  Dome CFC at about 2 a.m. Monday.

Now, here is what led to this:

Michelle Obama's Look Alike; A Nigerian Lady

It is not uncommon to find ordinary people who look like celebrities. It’s a general Nigerian belief that everyone in the world has at least one person who looks remarkably like them.

The girl in the picture above is a Nigerian named Adenike and she was featured on popular American talk show, Wendy Williams as a lookalike of the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.

Yes! There Are People Who Don't Use Toilet Paper

I saw this on DailyMail and Huffington Post and have decided to share because i see it as an absolutely important topic.

Toilet paper is absolutely an essential toilet hygiene item for everybody but some see it differently; " living without toilet paper has not only saved money but it is also environmentally friendlier, since the production of toilet paper involves chemicals and the destruction of trees" 

Meet the Indian teenager who stopped growing just before her second birthday

Pictured above is the picture of a 19 year old teenager; Ajifa Khatun carried by her mother Apila who is 42 years old. She is physically and cognitively similar to a two-year-old, and has an IQ of less than 20. 

Ajifa Khatun is a 19 year old teenager who looks like a toddler. She stopped growing just before her second birthday. Ajifa weighs just 1st 3lbs, and still needs to be spoon-fed and carried everywhere by her mother Apila, 42.

The teenager was a healthy baby when she was born in 1994 and it wasn't long before she started to walk and talk.

However, her development then stalled.

Queen Elizabeth II Down to Her Last Million Due to Overspending. She Now Worths £1 million ($1.6 million).

Mismanagement can take a multi billionaire to zero level... "from  £35 million ($58 million) in 2001 to just £1 million ($1.6 million) in 2014". smh!!

The 87-year-old monarch has been overspending the royal family's famous fortune, according to a report published by the Commons Public Accounts Committee on Monday, Jan. 27.

Following her courtiers' advice, Her Majesty the Queen's reserve fund has fallen from £35 million ($58 million) in 2001 to just £1 million ($1.6 million) in 2014. The report states the royal family is "spending above their means and dipping into the reserves...the balance now stands at an all-time low.