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Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, of the Rhode Island National Guard died saving the life of a little girl in northeast Afghanistan, according to the Rhode Island National Guard. According to the report, Weichel was in a convoy in Laghman Province last week when he noticed some children were in the path of the moving vehicles. Weichel and other soldiers got out to move them out of the way. Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., a Rhode Island Army National Guard infantryman mobilized with Company C, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, sits inside a Black Hawk helicopter prior to a mission earlier in his deployment in Afghanistan. According to the press release, while most of the children scattered away, one girl went back to the road, as a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle continued moving toward her. Weichel saw the massive truck moving toward the girl and grabbed her out of the way, the National Guard said. The girl survived, but Weichel died after the armored vehicle ran over him.

The relationship was quite rosy between him and his mother-in-law. But the sudden death of Daniel Okonkwo’s wife, Dupe, barely three years after their wedding, has strained that once robust relationship.  At the moment, Daniel Okonkwo and his mother-in-law, Madam Olutola, are at daggers’ drawn. And at the centre of the controversy is the product of Dupe’s short-lived union with her husband, Nonso Okonkwo, who is barely two years old.  Daily Sun leant that trouble started when Okonkwo refused to accept Madam Olutola’s request to have her granddaughter live with her after Dupe’s demise. The bereaved grandma had expressed her wish to have the little girl live with her, asserting that the presence of her granddaughter near her would console her after the loss of her daughter. She also believed that she was in a better position to raise the child.  But her late daughter’s husband and the father of the little girl refused, insisting that the old woman would not have c...

Barely 24 hours after a motor accident claimed 14 lives on Kaduna - Abuja Highway, another accident has occurred in Kaduna State, leaving 16 people dead. The accident which involved a truck with registration number Kano XC 230 GML was said to be carrying about 119 passengers heading to Kaduna from Lagos.  Kaduna State zonal office of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), yesterday confirmed the death of the 16 people, adding that 81 of the passengers were injured, while others survived the accident.  The accident, according to the rescue officer of the FRSC, Superintendent Mohammed Ibrahim occurred at about 5.30 am, few kilometers to Birnin Gwari town and over 100 kilometers to Kaduna.  The cause of the accident, according to the Road Safety officer, overloading and speeding by the driver of the truck. The injured passengers were said to be receiving treatment in a nearby hospital in the area where the accident occurred.  The FRSC warned intending pass...

Man commits suicide over wife’s cash refusal Amid the euphoria that greeted the successful take off of 13th West Africa University Games, WAUG, at the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Monday, the sudden death of the husband of a serving professor in the institution through suicide has thrown university community into mourning. Sources revealed that the deceased, Olubunmi Olademo, who was married to a professor in the Religion Department of  the university, reportedly committed suicide Tuesday evening. Olademo reportedly hung himself  at a bush in the Tanke area of Ilorin, the state capital, following the alleged failure of his wife to give him money for the completion of their family house. Sources said the man reportedly left their rented apartment in Tanke after allegedly dropping a suicide note for his family, complaining about his wife’s alleged refusal to give him the said money he had earlier requested from her. Before hanging himself, the deceased was said...

Court dissolves 30-day-old marriage, asks woman to refund dowry A Kaduna Sharia Court on Wednesday dissolved the marriage between one Maryam Ahmed and Sanusi Idris of Maje Village in the Igabi Local Government Area of  Kaduna State, after barely 30 days of the marriage. The court also directed Maryam to refund N25,000 paid to her as dowry by Idris in addition to returning clothes presented to her for the marriage. Maryam,16, had prayed the court to dissolve her  marriage to Idris, 27, after just 30 days into the marriage because of a lack of interest in Idris. She told the court that  she would  refund the dowry after the dissolution of the marriage. In his submission, Maryam’s  guardian, Malam Ahmed Maje, told the court that Idris had paid N25,000 as dowry. Idris, however, claimed that  he paid  N45,000 as dowry to Maryam and not N25,000, explaining that he also paid N16,000 as compensation to one of  Maryam’s suitors. He said  ...

A gang of suspected armed robbers yesterday shot dead a middle aged lady (names withheld) for allegedly refusing to have sex with them. The incident which took place at Igbukwu Street, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has raised lots of insinuations as to whether the girl was shot for refusing to be raped or that she was raped and thereafter shot by her captor as a way of concealing their heinous crime. However, an eyewitness account has it that the suspected robbers, whose number could not be ascertained, allegedly killed the girl and abandoned her body in her residence, after attempts to have carnal knowledge of the victim failed. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi State command, ASP John Eluu, stated that investigation had commenced into the matter but that no arrest had been made. According to him, the police have deposited the body of the girl in a mortuary while an autopsy would be carried out by doctors to ascertain the circumstan...

...political followers and friends of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, were literally  in a rat race Tuesday night and yesterday over who would be the best wordsmith and deploy the best epithet to describe him. Traversing the length and breadth of the state, attending a series of events mapped out to celebrate Tinubu’s 60th birthday, words and phrases like ‘selfless leader,’ ‘visionary leader,’ ‘loyal mentor,’ ‘a man of substance,’ ‘enigmatic leader,’ ‘living legend,’ etc were profusely used to describe Tinubu, whose reign in Lagos, they said, had revolutionised governance in the state. They said the revolution was now being extended to the entire South-West zone, which is increasingly panning out as an Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, enclave. Colloquium—From left: Hon Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of House of Representatives; Chief Bisi Akande, ACN National Chairman; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Celebrant and Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General of the ...

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When I saw this pics i was shocked, could not imagine that some marriages could be a serious nightmare. According to the story... A woman brutalised by her husband, and her fingers slashed off by her husband who is a police officer. He was not arrested for the assault. Names of the victim and that of the culprit not revealed....too bad! I only have this to say, please ladies don't be a victim of marriage when the husband decide to make you the punching bag. This is horrible. 

Allen Prue, 30, and Patricia Prue, 33, of Waterford, Vt., were taken into custody. They were arraigned in court Wednesday morning and are being held without bail. Allen Prue is a snow plow driver and a sub-contracted newspaper delivery person for The Caledonian-Record since January. Police said they searched the Prue's home Tuesday night. No alleged motive was provided, but Vermont State Police said in a statement that "they knew Ms. Jenkins and had snow plowed her driveway a couple of years ago." The body of Jenkins, a 33-year-old single mother of a two-year-old boy, was found in the woods on Monday by a state trooper. Her car had been found Sunday by a friend with her son inside. Jenkins taught science and used to coach basketball at the prestigious St. Johnsbury Academy, which counts former President Calvin Coolidge among its alumni. "She's got a real gift with students who either haven't liked science before or learning science doesn't...

The veteran actor, Enebeli Elebuwa still on sick bed battling stroke.He was first admitted at the military hospital in Yaba for a few months before he was moved back home to recuperate. Since being back home, his health has worsened. I hope God strengthen him.

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram on revenge mission, yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State, shot dead Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, father of the detained sect’s spokesman, Abu Darda (aka Abu Qaqa).  Bello is a retired Deputy Comptroller of Prisons. Also killed was Bello’s friend, whose identity could not be ascertained by Press time.  Abu Qaqa had been telling the State Security Service (SSS) all he knew about the Islamist sect since his detention this year.  The Joint Task Force (JTF) also shot and killed the sect’s commander, one of his aides and two armed bandits who robbed Maiduguri residents yesterday. A dependable security source who did not want to be quoted, said Abdullahi Bello, popularly known as DC and his friend, also a retired officer from the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), were performing ablution in preparation for the sunset (Magrib) prayers at his (Bello’s) residence located around Baya Quarters when the gunmen stormed the house.  The father o...

From a valid source revealed that the daughter of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has puts to bed. Sources revealed that his beautiful daughter, Mrs. Jane Adukwu , gave birth to a bouncing baby boy at a private hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, few days ago . Jane got married on January 8, 2011 to Mr. AchimuguAdukwu, son of Architect Gabriel Adukwu, the former Minister of State (Health) at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, Abuja Congratulations to the family!

What kind of man would do this? Barely two weeks after a young lady identified as Faith Akin was allegedly raped to death by a middle aged man, a similar incident has been reported at the Epe Police Station. According to the report, 29-year-old Titus Ime raped his in-law, a 19-year-old woman identified as Blessing John, to death. The incident occurred in a forest at Epe. The suspect allegedly trailed Blessing to her father’s farm, where he raped her to death. Ime, reporting the incident, said he assaulted Blessing due to her refusal to date him. The rapist cum murderer blamed his dastardly act on his “great love" for the deceased. “I just moved to Lagos from Akwa -Ibom State to look for a job when I met Blessing. She is my in-law, as my uncle is married to her elder sister," he said. "As soon as I set my eyes on her, I fell in love with her but I kept it to myself. When I could not bear it anymore, I went to her to declare my love for her but she turned me d...

There's a baby on the way for top actor cum businessman, Arinze Okonkwo and his banker wife, Ifeoma.

We all know the popular Yoruba actress Eniola Badmus called ‘gbogbo bigz girls’ left the shores of Nigeria to Dallas in United States of America. People from different walks of life all trooped into the venue of the welcome party to honour the plum size actress. Her fans were all pleased to witness the event which created a forum for them to meet with her on an up close and relaxed atmosphere. Enjoyment galore!

A 32-year- old man, Musiliu Olokode, has been remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos by an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, pending the perfection of his bail conditions, after he was arraigned for pouring acid on the face of one Lateefah Adesope, which damaged her eyes. Magistrate Oyindamola Ogala, who granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties, added that the sureties should be responsible people and must show evidence of tax payment for the last three years. Olokode was accused  of rendering Lateefah blind after he allegedly poured acid on her face, which the prosecutor, Essiet Eshiet said was an attempt to kill the victim. The alleged offences is said to have contravened sections 243, 244(b) and 228 (1) of the criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011. The prosecutor said that on December 30, 2011, at Aboru, Lagos, the accused poured the acid on Adesope’s eyes with intent to kill her. However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the ...

Ogun State Police Command has  uncovered a shrine which allegedly belongs to ritualists and fraudsters in Ewualase Village, Ogijo, behind NNPC Mosinmi depot,  in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state. The  new Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ikemefunna Okoye, who conducted newsmen and his men  round  the shrine for on the-spot assessment yesterday said the discovery was made on Monday. According him, the Ogijo Divisional Headquarters through  high level  intelligence gathering learnt about the shrine, the operations of the suspected ritualists and went into action. He said:  “I gave them directives and they swung action that eventually led to the arrest of two people at the shrine. For now all we can say is that they are using this place for either rituals or to defraud people or both”. Okoye assured that the Command would do thorough investigations on the activities of the suspects, adding that the two suspects arrested wou...

Jezebel.com calls Weiss’s piece “the Worst Vogue Article Ever.” Dara-Lynn Weiss admits it: She’s had issues with food her whole life. You name the diet, she’s tried it. So perhaps it’s not surprising that Weiss sprang into action when the pediatrician told her “we needed to do something” about her 6-year-old daughter’s weight. Weiss writes, “the achievement is bittersweet. When I ask her if she likes how she looks now, if she’s proud of what she’s accomplished, she says yes…Even so, the person she used to be still weighs on her. Tears of pain fill her eyes as she reflects on her yearlong journey.” A 7 year old CHILD "reflects on her yearlong journey"? A 7 year old CHILD is weighed down by the person "she used to be"? What happened to letting CHILDREN be CHILDREN? Source:  today.msnbc.msn.com

​Like a lot of people these days, Sarah Tressler holds down a couple jobs. By day, she reports on some of the most prominent citizens in Houston as the society reporter for the Houston Chronicle. At night, she bares all as a stripper. It's "His Girl Friday" meets "Striptease" -- though Tressler doesn't do much to conceal her identity, maintaining a blog called "Diary of an Angry Stripper," a Facebook page and a Twitter account. Tressler's prudish colleagues are apparently fuming that she "flaunts" her "stripper money" and believe she is using the paper as "fodder for a future roman a clef."

Too sad she died! A woman described her final moments of purposely inhaling poisonous fumes on Facebook to nine friends, some of whom begged her stop. Some of those friends attempted to track her down on their own but failed. None of them called the police however, or alerted anyone at all. Claire Lin, 31, of Taipei, Taiwan died on March 18. "Too late. "My room is filled with fumes," read Lin's final post. "I just posted another picture. Even while I'm dying, I still want FB [Facebook]. Must be FB poison. Haha." "Be calm, open the window, put out the charcoal fire, please, I beg you," one friend wrote Lin, who was found by her boyfriend the following morning. Lin's family only found out about the online conversation after her death. A sociologist quoted in the AP article ascribed the incident to isolation in the Internet age. But as with all such unfortunate stories, the reason is never this simple. Facebook "Most people...

It’s unforgivable if you are a club regular and you don’t know the wonder boy Davido that brought us Dami duro. He is a super talented songwriter and singer who is still reeling from his impact with lime light. Yet, many industry watchers insist that his coming at this time is deliberate; possibly strategic, to counter a monopoly currently being enjoyed by the reigning young artist – Wizkid. Davido according to the look of these comparisons has chased Wizkid into his class of fame, money and perhaps women. Their music race along the same genre. They both have well developed penning skills that leaves them twisting yoruba words beautifully together before sprinkling them most creatively down their song lines. Like Wizkid, Davido has gotten his own fair share of controversies especially as it concerns love and women. A case is the ‘bad girl picture gone viral’ which many say had further helped push the young singer into the face of the media. Yet each time Davido is confronted ...

The international music star paid the twins a surprise visit last night at their Square Ville Omole Estate, home, in Lagos.

Only in Naija....I hail Una. This is no news anyway cos things happen where you get beaten trying to protect your business's interest. The popular Yoruba actor, producer and director, Ibrahim Chatta, was over the weekend beaten at the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos, by film pirates, who were selling copies of the producer's films. Too bad! 

25th Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant is about to begin. Screening days and dates below: BENIN  Date: Tuesday March 27  Venue: HomeVille Hotel, Evbuomwan Street off Sapele road. Benin City PORT-HARCOURT  Date: Thursday March 29  Venue: Silverbird Showtime, Former Obi Wali Cultural Center, MILE 1, Diobu, Port Harcourt. ABUJA  Date: Saturday March 31  Venue: Silverbird Entertainment center, Plot 1161, Memorial Drive, By Musa Yar’adua Center, Central Business District, F.C.T. LAGOS  Date: April 3rd  Venue: Xclusive lounge, Silverbird Galleria, 133 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island

Is it the fear of death or the fear of Boko Haram? Well, anyways, both ends up the the same. As the Lagos State Government last week demolished five mosques located within the  State secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, following an order by Governor Fashola, banning all religious activities within the secretariat. The demolition of the mosques was carried out by the government after getting intelligence reports from SSS that the secretariat was vulnerable to attack by Boko Haram as long as the mosques remain within the secretariat. Hmmm! See the cause of Boko Haram to the Muslims...Do not practice BOKO!

What name would you categorize this kind of protest? am sure most of you will say madness. Is about a man 27year old Tibetan protester, Jamphel Yeshi, who set himself ablaze in the name of protest. Yeshi, who was on fire for about two minutes before he collapsed, sustained burns on 98 per cent of his body. Other protesters doused him in water and took him to the hospital where he's in critical condition. This is really unimaginable...almost impossible to do. Men!

This is way out of control as driver crashed his car into a backyard pool in Vancouver, Washington. "The car was traveling south on NW 21st Avenue when it left the roadway, crashed into a fence and landed in the swimming pool. A cover on the pool prevented the car from sinking." The driver, an adult male in his 20s, climbed out of the car and firefighters found him walking near the scene. He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. A crane was used to pull the car out of the pool just after.

Am sure most of you must have seen these photos on facebook. She is Oneal Morris, 32, a Florida woman who was charged with injecting people with Fix-a-Flat and cement as part of a black market buttock-enhancing business is now facing similar charges again, this time in Broward County. She herself in to authorities Monday on charges of practicing medicine without a license and practicing medicine without a license resulting in serious injury, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. She made bond and was released the same day. Morris was arrested after three Broward women came forward saying they also received butt enhancement injections with substances that included Fix-a-Flat, super glue and bathroom caulk. Morris' attorney said Tuesday evening that she "maintains her innocence, and is looking forward to her day in court."

Face blurred An investigation going on as California school district, Oxard School District is attempting to determine if woman featured in pornographic video is a popular middle school science teacher, and if so, what action to take.  Parents are already on the protest, seeking the school management to remove her from the school.

The Federal Government yesterday shifted grounds in the Excess CrudeAccount suit brought before the Supreme Court by the 36 states of the federation, questioning the legality of the Account and the decision to transfer $1 billion from it to the Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF).  In a dramatic u-turn, government, which was hitherto playing hide and seek with the states over the issue pleaded the apex court for an adjournment to enable her reach an amicable out of court settlement with the states.  Federal Government had earlier told the court that talks between the parties had collapsed and that she was ready to allow the apex court to enter a decision in the matter.  The Supreme Court had earlier granted a request by the parties to settle the matter out of court and to explore an amicable resolution of the disagreement.  But all these collapsed as the two combatants returned to the court for adjudication over the matter.  The position of Federal Governmen...

Nah this kind of improvement some of us have beeng praying for as security agencies in Kogi State yesterday made a major breakthrough as they discovered a bomb factory in Kabba, the headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area. The factory was discovered behind the Baptist Primary School, Kabba, a few metres to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Kabba.  Also yesterday, there was security scare at the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Abuja. Two suspects were said to have been arrested but the FCT police command denied making such arrest. Although no arrest was made as at Press time, sources said those behind the bomb factory had fled before the arrival of security operatives.  Commander, Police Anti-Bomb Squad in the state, Mr. Cletus Nzeji, who conducted newsmen round the factory, stated that security operatives had been working on a tip-off for a long time until the place was discovered yesterday afternoon.  Nzeji explained that when the door of the new b...

Award-winning Afrofusion singer, songwriter and artist GAISE returns in 2012 with a brand new video for the massive new remix of “The Movie Song” which is produced by Manie X. Directed by DJ Tee, GAISE makes a big splash unto our screens with this well-crafted video for the remix of “The Movie Song”, the original of which can be found on his critically acclaimed debut album Gaisebaba. Carefully portraying the story of love and sacrifice from God’s perspective in a contemporary style, Gaise showcases his excellent song writing skills and uses “The Movie Song” to relay the bible story of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Christ in a humorous and witty way.