Update on the handsome guy whose mugshot caused a storm online

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More details has emerged on the 30 year old felon whose mugshot won the hearts of thousands of women around the world after it was posted on Facebook. He is gorgeous but behind those ice-blue eyes is a much less attractive story of gangs, grand theft and forgery. UK Daily Mail reports below... 

Jeremy Meeks' handsome photograph made social media swoon when the Stockton Police Department shared it on its Facebook page on Wednesday - sparking thousands of shares, 'likes', memes and very suggestive propositions.

But the married 30-year-old dad, who was arrested on five weapons charges and one gang charge when cops allegedly found a pistol in his trunk, has a much less desirable rap sheet, it has emerged.

For a decade, he has been in and out of courtrooms in California and Washington for crimes including resisting arrest, faking his identity and grand theft, for which he served two years.Continue...

Ibadan House of Horror Update: 72-year-old victim disappears again (Photo)

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In 2008, on a day that started out like any other, Cecila Obaikhena, who is now 72, left home for a routine trip to the market in Iruekpen, Edo State, where she resided. That was the last time her family saw her.

Efforts they made to get the police in the state to find her failed, so also were media announcements they made.

Two days after the news broke that some kidnapped persons had been rescued in a forest in Ibadan, Victor Obaikhena with his daughter, Vivian, hurried to the scene from their Lagos home with high hopes of finding their matriarch among the rescued people.
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Update on the Underage boy locked up in Iyaganku cell in Ibadan.

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Yesterday you guys read about the 14 year old boy locked up at Iyaganku Police Station in Ibadan. (If you missed it, read it here). Well, DSP. Olabisi Okuwobi-ilobanafor, Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Police Command, has written in to set the record straight.
See police account below....

It is quite unfortunate that many people have cast aspersions on the Nigeria Police Force without caring to know what actually happened. The boy, Rilwan Olaniyi was not detained on police orders or discretion. He was detained on court order. For the avoidance of doubt, when the unfortunate crime was committed by the boy last year 2013 (not 5 years as erroneously broadcast) the aggrieved parent of the deceased through their lawyer took the case to court without recourse to the police.

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ASUU Strike Update: ASUU Wants Watertight Deal From FG

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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have given the Federal Government certain conditions to be met before the union could call off its four-month old strike.
Part of this condition, Saturday PUNCH learnt, is that all federal parastatals in charge of fund, labour, and education must sign the agreement purportedly reached between its leadership and the Federal Government on Tuesday.

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ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: Nigeria Universities may Re-Open Next Week With Or Without ASUU

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In a last ditch effort to solve the ASUU strike, President GEJ will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.  This is part of the resolutions of the meeting involving the ASUU leadership, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of Education on Tuesday as was first reported by this medium.

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Head of the US intelligence publishes classified materials about NSA - Full Update

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Head of the US National Intelligence James Clapper has released several secret documents about the programs of surveillance of the National Security Agency (NSA), EFE reports Tuesday.

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Hollande tells Obama of 'deep disapproval' of US spying on French citizens -Full Update

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French President Francois Hollande condemned US spying on French citizens in a call with President Barack Obama on Monday, as a row escalated over US eavesdropping on millions of French phone calls. Hollande's office said in a statement that he had expressed "deep disapproval of these practices, which are unacceptable between friends and allies because they infringe on the privacy of French citizens."

Hollande "asked that all explanations be provided, as well as all information that could be at the disposal of former NSA consultant Edward Snowden."

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Aluu 4 update: 4 suspects granted bail.

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A high court sitting in Port Harcourt this morning October 17th granted bail to four from the twelve persons facing trail in the murder case of the four Uniport students. The four are: Omoikiri Aluu monarch: Alhaji Welewa, Okoghiroh Endurance, Ozioma Abajuo and Chigozie Evans Samuel.

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ASUU Update: FG Invokes "No Work, No Pay" Policy For ASUU Lecturers

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The Federal Government has invoked the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rule against striking university lecturers as their industrial action enters the 93rd day with no end in sight.
Some of the federal university vice chancellors have not paid the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members their August and September salaries in compliance with the government’s directive.
Some branch chairmen of ASUU see the government and vice chancellor’s move as an attempt to break the rank of their members, insisting that their members are resolute on the ongoing strike.

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UPDATE: How Ex-Governor Segun Agagu kicked the bucket

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It is sad but true that former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu is dead. Agagu, who had returned from the US on Thursday, reportedly slumped in Ikoyi, where he was having a meeting with Ondo indigenes, on Friday evening.

Agagu’s former Chief Press Secretary, Yemi Olowolabi, said the former governor was not sick and had just returned from a 20-day trip abroad.

"They were having a meeting with Ondo State people. Alex Akinyele was there. He slumped. It is shocking, devastating. We will all miss him. I can’t believe he will just die.”

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President Obama speaks on Syria: I'm comfortable going forward without the UN's approval.( Live Update)

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International pressure has been building for a military strike on Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb. The West blames President Assad, as UN inspectors probe the site of the attack.

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  Ballistic "objects" detected by Russian radar fell into sea, reported Russian news agency RIA quoting source in Dam 

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FULL UPDATE: Russia warns against military intervention in Syria

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Russia on Sunday welcomed Damascus' offer to allow a mission by UN inspectors probing alleged chemical weapons use and warned the West that an Iraq scenario in Syria would be a "tragic mistake", saying that any unilateral military action in Syria would undermine efforts for peace and have a "devastating impact" on the security situation in the Middle East. Russia has urged action to get all Syria opposition groups to agree to talks, said threats of force against Assad counterproductive.

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Update: 30 Vehicles Damaged in Sunday's Abuja Clashes

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At least 30 vehicles were damaged in Sunday clashes between commercial motorcycle operators and soldiers on guard at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Karu, of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
The journalists have found out that the incident started around 1 p.m. after one of the soldiers allegedly found a dagger on one of the motorcycle riders as the result of personal search.

The man was said to have hidden the knife in his clothes and attempted to go into the church premises.

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FULL UPDATE: ElBaradei has not been named PM as earlier announced - State Media

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Egyptian state television said the interim prime minister had not yet been chosen, after named officials and state media earlier said Mohamed ElBaradei would be appointed on Saturday.

An adviser to the interim president, Ahmed al-Muslimani, said that: "There is still no exact date for the nomination of a Prime Minister or for the formation of a government." "Negotiations are still ongoing," he added, noting that representatives of the "Muslim Brotherhood will allowed to participate in the elections."

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Gov. Amaechi Update: Odili Joins Jonathan To Fight Amaechi

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It is clear that the BIG enemy that PDP wants to bring down at all cost is Governor Rotimi Amaechi.

But one man that observed is now part of the anti-Amaechi group of “hungry” politicians is Peter Odili, who lost his bid to become Nigeria’s President and also lost out in the battle of who to be made Vice President to late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

Odili is back! This time he is joining President Goodluck Jonathan to fight Amaech. But since he had once claimed to have reconciled with Amaechi many would have thought that he would at least remain neutral in the unfolding political battle between Rivers State and Abuja politicians.

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FULL UPDATE: Brazil protests continue despite president’s plea

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Massive rallies continued into the night in Brazil’s Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Sao Paolo and dozens of other major cities following a hike in transport fares, media report.

Across Brazil police estimated about 60,000 demonstrators to have gathered in downtown Belo Horizonte, 30,000 shut down a main business avenue in Sao Paulo and another 30,000 rallied in the city in southern Brazil where a nightclub fire killed over 240 mostly university students.

Demonstrators took to the streets in the cities hosting Confederations Cup matches despite President Dilma Rousseff’s plea for peace as she vowed to introduce a package of reforms, including a draft plan to benefit public transport and allocate all oil royalties to education.

A crowd reportedly tried to break through a perimeter set by the police around Belo Horizonte’s Mineirao stadium, where Mexico and Japan faced off in the Confederations Cup. The trouble escalated after dark when car dealers had windows broken, some shops were looted and protesters set fire to a car and several other objects on the streets.

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Update: 32 people, including 22 Nigerians arrested for multi-million credit card fraud in the US

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 If you missed first part of the story, click Here to read it.
So many people were arrested Wednesday as part of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's sweeping investigation into a multimillion-dollar, multistate credit card fraud ring, the suspects had to appear via videolink from the Kearny jail yesterday in groups of threes.

In total, 32 people are charged with being part of the ring, including 26-year-old Oladayo Araromi, a nurse at the Hudson County jail in Kearny.

JUST IN: Damino Damoche's Mysterious Death caused by Raged Cultists

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The post Rising Singer Damino Damoche Shot Dead appeared yesterday around 5.00 p.m, as he was shot at the Iba Gate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, by people suspected to be cultists. Though, it is not clear why he was shot, sources say his assailants who operated on a motor bike opened fire on him several times before he gave up the ghost.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW  LAST PICTURE OF LATE DMINO DAMOCHE BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD

Olaniyan Damilola, popular known as Damino Damoche was killed for no reason, and it has been gathered that he was shot in the head twice, after he finished writing a test at the Faculty of Management Science of the institution.

The hip hop artiste, who broke to limelight mid-2011, was, until his death, a 400-level Banking and Finance student at LASU.

UPDATE: Bomb Blast Under Amuwo-Odofin/Festac Bridge, One Confirmed Dead, One Injured

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UPDATE: A middle-aged businessman, Oladele Pius, was killed when a bomb which was planted under FESTAC/Mile 2 link bridge, Lagos - few metres away from his office - exploded.

According to witnesses, the sand dealer was passing by when the bomb exploded. He died on the spot. It could not yet be ascertained whether he was actually the target of those who planted the bomb or not.

Nkiru Sylvanu Update:Family Paid N8 million to kidnappers for her release

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The police in Owerri, the Imo state capital told reporters during a press briefing yesterday that Nkiru Sylvanus' family paid N8 million to the kidnappers before she was released on Thursday night.
The Commissioner of Police, Adisa Bolanta, said the family did this without the knowledge of the police. He said they had warned the family not to negotiate or deal directly with the kidnappers but they defied their orders "They defied our warnings and continued negotiations with the kidnappers. They went behind us and paid N8 million to them. We have made some arrests in connection with the case and very soon they will all be apprehended." He said