Survival Tactics! DPO Scale Fence To Escape From Armed Robbers (PHOTOS)

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Sokoto state yesterday was shocked as the picture of a DPO jumping a fence in fear of boko haram instead of confronting them was shown on the web . According to the blogospere, this happened in the police station close to Old Market in Sokoto State yesterday.  “At the sound of the armed robbers’ heavy guns, which was like bombs, the DPO and one of his men quickly escaped through the back of the station, thinking they were about to be attacked by the dreaded Boko Haram”

Crisis In Europe: Italy to leave Eurozone?

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Beppe Grillo, the leader of the “Five Star Movement” which won 25% of the votes cast in the last parliamentary elections was interviewed by the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt. The former comic turned politician told the German journalists that Italy is in fact out of the Eurozone and called for a popular referendum for returning to the Italian lira.

HEARTLESS: Man Poisons Girlfriend’s Drink With Eye Drops

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A 27-year-old man was arrested last week Thursday (March 8) for poisoning his girlfriend by spiking her drink with Visine eye drops after a domestic dispute. The incident took place in Grass Valley, California, between Shayne Carpenter and his girlfriend. After an argument, Carpenter spiked his girl’s drink with Visine, the eye drops that purport to “get the red out”, ABC News reports.  He texted his friends about the prank, little did he know how snoopy his girlfriend could be, who found the messages and phoned the cops.

WARNING: Sachet ‘Pure’ Water Exposed To Heat Can Be Cancerous – Expert

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Prof. Amobi Ilika has advised those who consume sachet water (popularly called pure water) exposed to heat to be wary in order to avoid drinking cancerous substances.

Ilika, who is the Director of Community and Public Medicine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, said sachet water exposed to heat beyond room temperature could be cancerous.

He said the heat could melt some of the substances used in making the polythene bags.

Female NYSC asked to leave orientation camp for refusing to wear trousers in camp

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National Youth Service Corps in Ogun State has stopped a female corps member, Miss Tolutope Ekundayo, from participating in the ongoing orientation programme for allegedly refusing to wear trousers at the camp.
 

Ekundayo, who spoke with reporters after a press conference organised by the General Overseer, Faith Revival Apostolic Church, Apostle Paul Adenuga in Lagos, said she was thrown out of the camp at about 11pm on Friday.

The corps member, a graduate of the Lagos State University, Ojo, alleged that NYSC officials asked her to leave the camp after she refused to wear trousers, one of the corps members’ attire.

2 Hospital Workers Arrested Over Alleged Baby Swap

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Two health workers attached to a private clinic in Osogbo, Osun State capital, are now in police net following the role they played in an ugly baby swap game.

The two suspects, (names withheld), now in the custody of the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, were arrested for allegedly exchanging a new born baby belonging to one Nurudeen Semia.

Silicone Fingers: Doctor in Brazil used 'fake fingers' to sign in absent colleagues

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A Brazilian doctor faces charges of fraud after being caught on camera using silicone fingers to sign in for work for absent colleagues. Police say the ploy involved 11 doctors and 20 nurses. The town's mayor, Acir Fillo, says that the police investigation showed that some 300 public employees in the town, whom he described as ''an army of ghosts'', had been receiving pay without going to work.

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Nelson Mandela's Ex-Wife Blamed For Murder

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Johannesburg - The exhumation of two graves, believed to contain the remains of two young men who were reported missing to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), is underway in Soweto.

Siboniso Anthony Shabalala’s mother blames Winnie Madikizela–Mandela for her son’s murder.

Corlett “Lolo” Sono and Siboniso Anthony Shabalala disappeared more than 24 years ago and now the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) believes they have found their bodies.

Their deaths are alleged to have involved Winnie Madikizela–Mandela. Under a muted grey sky haphazard rows of black granite tomb stones lie scattered amid unmarked graves.

(Viewer Discretion) ILESA in OSUN State, Human parts Seller Caught Red Handed (Viewer Discretion)

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Man Caught Selling Human Part (Viewer Discretion Advised)

The whole of Oke-Opo area in Ilesha Osun State was thrown into panic when human butchered and parts seller was apprehended by the Police after tip off by the residents of the area.  

The man in the picture below was caught in the act while dis-membering an unknown man This is so disheartening, Horrible, heartless, callous, name it! all because of money?

The world’s oldest man aged 128 is denied healthcare

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The world’s oldest men, 128-year-old Julius Wanyondu Gatonga, lives in Kenya with his 89-year old wife Beth Wanjiru. 

Gatonga’s ID card shows him to be 128 years old. 

Now he is being denied health care because of his age.

According to the Kenyan National Hospital Insurance Fund Gatonga is deemed too old for their computer system, since his ID indicates that he was born in 1884, the computer system only accept birth dates from 1890. 

Man charged with assault for stabbing an intruder

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A man defending himself against an intruder was charged with aggravated assault and faces up to 14 years in prison.Mahilal Moses and his girlfriend, Sarah Walsh, knew something was wrong upon entering the house of her mother just after 3 am and found the side door broken open.

They became even more alarmed to see a large pair of black Air Jordans, at the bottom of the stairs leading to the second floor, where her mother, Kimberly Walsh, was asleep. Mahilal, 26, went straight to the kitchen, grabbed a large knife and ran upstairs, where he confronted the intruder hiding behind the door of the room of Kimberly Walsh.

Within minutes, the wounded intruder, Kino Johnson, 33, was gone, and hours later Mahilal, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. The case highlights the much debated issue of how much force is too much when a stranger tries to steal your property or breaks into your home.

High school teacher busted after bombarding teen with Facebook requests for s-é x

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A married Tennessee high school teacher bombarded an underage student with Facebook messages asking him for sex, police said.  Angela Gaye Masingo, 39, was arrested after the boy's parents intercepted the communications and tipped off police. The alleged victim was not a pupil at Greenback School, where Masingo has taught since 1995, reports WBIR.com. Masingo, whose father is a teacher and administrator at the school, was arrested at her home has now been charged with solicitation of aggravated statutory rape. The Lenoir City resident is also accused of solicitation of sexual exploitation of a minor, and has been suspended from her job. She is being held at Blount County Detention Center on $80,000 bond, and will appear in court on Friday.

Prison guard busted exchanging cookies for sexual favors from female inmate

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A prison guard traded homemade cookies for sexual favors from a female inmate, authorities have claimed.

Abner Canda, 58, is accused of handing over the sweet treats to a 22-year-old convict locked up in Snohomish County Jail, Everett, Washington-state. In exchange, he was allowed to touch her breasts, grope her private parts and perform oral sex on the woman - named only as CD - in her cell.

In an affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun, the alleged victim said she showed Canda her breasts "willingly for food" in May 2012. She was soon released from the jail, but returned in October 2012 - where another illicit encounter took place.

"[HE] came into my room behind me and kissed me and touched my breasts and also put his hand down my pants and placed his finger inside of [MY VAGINA]," she has stated.

Mom tried to sell two kids on Facebook so she could pay for her boyfriend's freedom

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An Oklahoma mom tried to sell her two children for $4,000 so she could pay her boyfriend's bail, police have said.

Misty VanHorn, 22, is accused of offering up her babies — one who is 2 years old and the other just 10 months — via Facebook. The mom of two allegedly contacted a woman in Fort Smith, Ark., through the social network site.

Her oldest child was worth $1,000, or the "customer" could have both children for $4,000,  reports her as saying.

The woman, concerned about the safety of the youngsters, contacted Oklahoma Department of Human Services, who in turn notified Sallisaw Police. VanHorn was arrested on suspicion of trafficking children and is now being held in Sequoyah County Jail on $40,000 bond. The state has taken custody of the children.

Family releases Esiri’s burial arrangements

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By Sam Eyoboka

FAMILY of late Nollywood actor, Chief Justus Esiri, yesterday, released details of burial arrangement for the Village Headmaster.  According to the spokesman of the Esiri family and ace photojournalist, Mr. George Esiri, the late actor will be buried in his hometown of Abraka in Delta State on Friday, April 12.  There will be service of songs for the late Esiri on April 9, followed by a commendation mass at St. Jude Catholic Church, Mafoluku, Lagos, on April 10.

Impeach Goodluck Jonathan Now In The Interest Of Nigerians – Senator Babajide Omoworare.( Do You Agree?)

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President Goodluck Jonathan has been decribed as lacking in capacity for governance by the vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Babajide Omoworare.

Addressing journalists at the National Assembly Complex yesterday, Omoworare (ACN, Osun East) said “the president is not doing enough.

I’ve repeatedly said on the floor of the Senate that I personally have challenges with the president’s capacity to administer Nigeria. He may be a good-natured man, but governing Nigeria takes more than being good-natured.

Church condemns sack of corps member over refusal to wear trousers

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ABEOKUTA – Reactions have started trailing the decamping of 2013 Batch A, female corps member, Ms Tolu Ekundayo, by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Ogun State for wearing skirt at the Shagamu orientation camp.

In a press conference organised by Ekundayo’s church, Faith Revival Apostolic Church, FRAC, in Lagos, the expelled corps member  said she was asked to leave the camp at about 11.00pm on March 8, 2013 by the Ogun State NYSC Co-ordinator, for her refusal to put on trousers.
She explained that her refusal to wear trousers was not in disobedience to NYSC authorities but in line with her belief and faith in God.

Diya, Bulama, Alamieyeseigha, Yar’adua Granted Pardon

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Former Chief of General Staff, Oladipo Diya and Former Chief of Staff Supremem Military Concil, and brother of the late President, Major General Shehu Musa Yar’adua received a State Pardon from the National Council of State, this afternoon, a source who attended the meeting has revealed.

Also pardoned were ex-Major Bello Magaji NA/6604, Mohammed Lima Biu, Shettima Bulama, Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha, Major Geeneral Abdulkareem Adisa (Post Humous) and Major Segun Fadipe.

Former Argentine dictator Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to life in jail

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Former Argentine dictator Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to life in jail for sanctioning human rights abuses between 1976 and 1983.
The sentence was handed down by a federal court in Buenos Aires.

Reynaldo Bignone, Argentina’s last dictator before the country’s return to democracy in 1983, was found guilty of crimes committed against 23 people, including seven women who were pregnant at the time of their arrest and detention. Their children were born in secret jails and were taken away from their parents.

The 85-year-old Bignone is already serving three life sentences for other crimes committed during the years of dictatorship, when, according to official figures, 18,000 people disappeared without a trace. Local human rights groups contest the figure though insisting that up to 30,000 disappeared.

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See Why Beautiful People Are Attractive, Even When They Are Disgusted

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Beautiful people are seen as good looking even if they distort their faces into grimaces of disgust, surprise, fear or anger, according to new research.
Unattractive people, on the other hand, are seen as unappealing even if they smile broadly because the underlying structure of the face is what others recognise, not the expression.

But expressions can still make a small difference as a signal of whether someone is worth pursuing as a mate, the researchers found.

British scientist, Dr Ed Morrison, wanted to study whether attractiveness was more to do with how you look or how you present yourself.