Woolwich murderer: Michael Adebolajo attacked and injured in prison

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Michael Adebolajo, one of the two men who attacked and killed soldier Lee Rigby on May 22nd at Woolwich, has been injured in an attack in the prison where he's being kept, according to reports.  Prison officials said the attack occurred on Wednesday July 17th at HMP Belmarsh prison and Michael is believed to have lost two teeth during the violent incident.   Daily Mail reports that several officers were called in to help after Adebolajo began acting violently, and he was injured during the subsequent melee in the prison’s high-security wing.  The murder suspect received medical treatment in the prison but did not need to go to hospital.

Ọmọ Oódua Reader Allegedly Found Cockroach In Her Chinese Food

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Ewww, disgusting! :-). Ọmọ Oódua reader allegedly found cockroach in her Chinese food bought in one of the upscale restaurants in Lagos. Below is how she explains it...

"In this day and age of health and safety. If I bought food from Mama put I would understand but this is Chinese from... (I removed the name)

We were having a meeting at work and decided to order lunch, we ordered Chinese, I had the chicken sweet corn soup and saw this roach in my soup on top o!

Eh! Why should they do this? It's ridiculous!

May not be totally ridiculous. I hear in some places, roaches are a delicacy. You for taste am first before complaining na! You know what they say, don't knock it till you try it. Lol. #kidding! 

R.I.P: Pregnant Former Olympian Suddenly Collapses & Dies In Restaurant

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Heavily pregnant former Olympian, 26 year old Meskerem Legesse, suddenly collapsed and died while having lunch with her two year old son in a restaurant in Connecticut on Monday July 15th.

The Ethiopia runner, who was three weeks from her due date (pictured above minutes before collapsing) was given CPR at the restaurant before an ambulance rushed her to a hospital where she was declared dead. Fortunately the doctors were able to save her baby.

The cause of death was unclear but her friend told reporters that the professional runner had suffered heart problems in the past and that's why she retired early from sports. 

JTF arrests pastor with 124 bags of Indian hemp

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The Joint Task Force (JTF) popularly referred to as “Operation Restore Order” in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has arrested a cleric, Pastor Moses Edon, for allegedly being in possession of 124 bags containing substance suspected to be Indian hemp.

Pastor Edon was arrested at the premises of a Celestial Church of Christ in Maiduguri.

It was learnt that the church was abandoned last year as its members fled due to the insecurity perpetrated by the Boko Haram sect.

In a statement signed by its spokesman, Lt- Col. Sagir Musa, the JTF said: “Based on information and intelligence, the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Restore Order at about 9.30am on July 10, 2013 raided the premises of a Celestial Church of Christ at House of Assembly Quarters Pompomari area of Maiduguri metropolis.

About 760 killed by heatwave in U.K

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Around 760 people in England have died consequently of the existing heatwave, figures show, and the death toll is placed to rise further still.  The heatwave has been accountable for as many as 760 deaths, in accordance with official calculations, since the UK enters the sixth day of plus-30C temperatures.

Britain's first heatwave for seven years has brought meteorologists by surprise- and there's no sign of the mercury plummeting any time soon.  “Come early july the circulation is very dissimilar to days gone by 6 years with the jet stream much further north, in complete contrast to the previous couple of years, and also against expectations," said Leon Brown, meteorologist at The Weather Channel.

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Europe Declares Boycott Against Israel

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Europe has declared a boycott against Israel. The new European Commission's directive bans the funding of activities and cooperation with the Israeli settlements on the occupied territories. Israel has accused the EU of anti-Semitism and racism.

On Friday, July 19 the new European Commission's directive is to come into effect, which declares the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories illegal and prohibits EU members from having any cooperation with such settlements. As was to be expected, a harsh reaction from Israel followed: the Europeans have been accused of anti-Semitism and compared the steps taken by Brussels with the Nazi policy of the Third Reich.

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My Life Is Now In Great Danger; Governor Amaechi Cries Out Again

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Barely 24 hours after Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and four of his colleagues from the North, who paid him solidarity visit were pelted with stones by political opponents in Port Harcourt, Governor Amaechi has raised alarm that his life was in danger.

The governor said that some strange policemen and "intelligence officers" were deployed in his lodges in Port Harcourt and Abuja without his consent by higher authorities...

The governor raised the alarm on a day the Majority Leader of the House, Mr Chidi Lloyd was declared wanted by the State Police Command even as Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka warned that this “notorious proceeding will not be permitted to fester unchallenged.”

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Why I’m Angry With Amaechi – Patience Jonathan

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For the first time, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, gave an indication that she might be behind the crisis rocking Rivers State at the moment as she opened up on a plethora of grudges she is nursing against the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi.

She said her "fight" with Governor Amaechi started four years ago:  Mrs. Jonathan spoke in Abuja on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa by 16 bishops from the South-South geo-political zone.

She said, “Rivers state issue is one thing I’ve committed to prayer because I believe there is nothing God cannot do. God restored me and I’ll do his work without the fear of man.  “The truth will always remain the truth and what God ordains must come to pass and so Rivers issue is something we’ve handed over to God.’’

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How Heartless Husband Cuts Off His Wife’s Private Parts For Rituals

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A desperate man, Okorie Ogbafor, has murdered his 26yrs old wife, Ifeoma Okorie and removed her genitals and hair in the Onicha-Isu area of Ebonyi State, for money ritual purposes...

Briefing newsmen at Police headquarters in Abakaliki on Wednesday Police PRO, DSP Sylvester Igbo, said the corpse of the deceased was found in a bush behind the couple’s family house adding that it had already started decomposing when a team of policemen from the state command found it.

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Auto Crash In Ondo: Two Head Teachers' Killed (Photo)

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Two primary school head teachers died in an auto accident at Costain area of Ore, Odigbo Local Government, Ondo State, while returning home from their schools on Tuesday. 

The accident happened when the two friends, Igbasan Bolaji and Akinbinuade Festus of St Andrew Primary School, Oja Baale and St Mathew Primary School, Asejiri, were driving home in a Nissan Sunny car, marked ONDO AE 505 GBA, belonging to one of them.

According to a source, the driver lost control at Akinjagunla Junction, Costain, Ore and rammed into a stationary lorry with number plateLAGOS EPE 143 XB packed beside the road, killing the two friends instantly.

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Heartless: Woman burns Her Son’s Face Over Soup, Stabs Him With Broken Bottle

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A woman, Sakirat Attah, 25, has been arrested by the police at Elemoro Division, Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for severely scalding her son’s face.  The petty trader who resides at Abijo village in Ibeju Lekki, allegedly carried out the dastardly act while punishing little Daniel for licking their neighbour’s soup.

It was gathered that Sakirat also used a broken bottle to stab Daniel in the head during her fit of anger and he sustained a deep cut in the head.  A police source said that the victim’s neighbours rescued him from the mother and quickly rushed him to a nearby hospital due to excessive loss of blood.

The trouble started for the little boy when their co-tenant allegedly caught him licking their pot of soup and reported him to his mother.

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We won’t call off strike, ASUU tells FG

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Striking university teachers on Wednesday insisted that they would not return to the classrooms until the Federal Government honoured fully the 2009 agreement and Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two parties.

 This came as there were conflicting reports from the University of Jos over the institution post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. While the striking teachers insisted on Wednesday that the exercise would not hold, the school authorities said the screening was in progress. University teachers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities embarked on a nationwide industrial action on July 1, 2013.

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Patience Jonathan opens up on rift with Amaechi

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Contrary to her earlier denials of involvement in the political crisis rocking Rivers State, wife of   President Goodluck  Jonathan,  Patience,  on Wednesday opened up on the  matter.

She told 16 bishops from the South-South, who visited her at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that her misunderstanding with Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, started about four years ago in Anyugubiri in Okrika when she appealed to him  to engage  her people in dialogue instead of  demolishing  a part of their community.

Mrs. Jonathan  said the governor, whom she described as   “hot tempered,” did not only ignore her advice,  he went  a step further  by  sacking the chairman of  the  local government for holding a reception in her honour.

According to her, Amaechi did not only stop at those, he imposed a   curfew on the community, which is where she hails from.

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Why Appeal Court quashed the Death Sentence given to Al-Mustapha; See The Details

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The Court of Appeal, Lagos quashed the death sentence that Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court handed Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan over the death of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. The appellate court said that the court below convicted the duo at all cost despite the prosecution’s failure to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Below is the judgment as delivered by the appellate court:

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Patience Jonathan's Thug and Evans Bipi in Aso Rock

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Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Ibim Semenitari has revealed that the Minister of Education (state) Nyesom “Wike had boasted after the failed impeachment attempt at the Rivers State House of Assembly that he would set Rivers State ablaze and render it ungovernable.”

Anyway, the man who said he is fighting Governor Rotimi Amaechi because he insulted his "Jesus Christ" was on Monday night spotted in Aso Rock Presidential villa.

But what did Evans Bipi go there to do?
It seems the Presidency is looking for a means to give credibility to Hon Bipi as "fake" Speaker of the House of Assembly in Rivers State, just like they are doing with Gov Jonah Jang who lost an election.

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Al-Mustapha not promoted – Nigerian Army

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The authorities of the Nigerian Army have denied speculation that the former Chief Security Officer to Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha,  is to be decorated with the rank of Brig.-Gen on Wednesday (today).

 The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.- Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, in a statement on Tuesday, described the Internet publication as erroneous.

The Court of Appeal on Friday acquitted Al-Mustapha over the killing of the wife of business mogul, MKO Abiola, Kudirat.  Attahiru said, 

“The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to an erroneous publication being circulated on the Internet about the decoration of the former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Al-Mustapha with the rank of Brigadier-General following his recent acquittal by the court.

“The Nigerian Army wishes to advise the media to always cross check facts before going to the press to avoid misinformation, misrepresentation, and sensationalism in its reportage.”

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IPhone Kills young woman

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The relatives of a 23-year-old woman from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have claimed that the woman died after being electrocuted while using her iPhone.

The older sister of victim Ma Ailun said Saturday on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, that Ma was electrocuted while trying to answer a call on her iPhone while the device was charging.

Ma Ailun bought the iPhone in December at an official Apple store and was using the original charger to recharge the phone when the incident occurred, her sister said. Ma, who was planning her wedding on August 8, fell to the floor when making a call with her iPhone 5, which was being recharged at the time, Ma’s sister said on her microblog account.

“I want to warn everyone else not to make phone calls when your mobile phone is recharging,” she tweeted.

The sister’s tweet was reposted more than 3,000 times. And the microblogging site was flooded with posts urging fellow users not to make calls while charging their phones. 

“I hope that Apple Inc. can give us an explanation,” her post reads.

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Lobatan: Pastor Caught For Offering Medications To Create Persons Nearer To God

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A pastor claimed that drugs provides people nearer to God, in accordance with police reports.The pastor from Fountain Hills, Arizona, was arrested for allegedly dealing heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs for what he considered for spiritual purposes.Deputies are worried that a few of his customers might have been children. Mark Derksen, 63, a youth pastor who visited nursing homes, told deputies that drugs brought his customers "nearer to God."

The pastor is really a drug addict who'd around 30 clients daily routinely giving drugs away free of charge to activate potential customers, in accordance with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff's Office initially suspected Derksen was selling drugs after he received a warning couple of years ago. But we did not have enough information to act on until deputies said they bought drugs while undercover from Derksen on Wednesday afternoon.

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Shell shuts 624MW Afam VI Power Plant

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Power generation in the country dropped further on Tuesday following the shutdown of the 624 megawatts capacity Afam VI Power Plant by the Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture. Shell said in a statement that the power plant was shut down due to gas shortage arising from the closure of the Trans Niger Pipeline due to crude oil theft related leaks. The pipeline was shut in June following a fire incident. It was reopened after six days only for SPDC to on July 11 shut the pipeline again due to a leak.

The shutdown of the TNP system, comprising the 28-inch and 24-inch streams, resulted in the deferment of 150,000 barrels of oil per day and huge economic losses to the Federal Government. The Corporate Media Relations Manager, SPDC, Mr. Tony Okonedo, said the shutdown had also led to tank tops and non-evacuation of condensate from the Okoloma Gas Plant, which supplies Afam VI Power Plant with feed gas.

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