Manhattan Woman Sues 12-Year-Old Nephew for Accidentally Breaking Her Wrist at His 8th Birthday Party, Wants $127,000

Family feud. Jennifer Connell didn't leave a Connecticut bash with a goodie bag four years ago. Instead, she left with a broken wrist. The Manhattan resident is suing her nephew Sean Tarala for injuring her at his 8th birthday party, the Daily Mail reports.

Houseboy injures spinal cord peeping at madam bathing

                              National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos.

A 26-year-old domestic worker, Ubong Etu Nbomang, has injured his spinal cord while peeping at his female boss while she was having her bath.

He has been hospitalised at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta State, after falling and breaking his spine.

His boss is a top federal civil servant in one of the neighbouring states. The houseboy was alleged to have made holes around the bathroom door, through which he peeped at his boss whenever she was having a shower.

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Our correspondent learnt that Nbomang had climbed on a platform to have a vantage view of his boss who is in her 30s.

Proud grandmother, Laura Bush shares first family photo with her new granddaughter Poppy

         

Former first lady of the United States, Laura Bush shared a family picture on Instagram Saturday showing newborn granddaughter, poppy. The picture features Laura Bush, her husband, former President George W. Bush, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, Henry Hager, Jenna's husband and their children, Margaret and Poppy.

Congratulations grandma.

Photo: Instagram

Don’t drop pregnant women, nursing mothers from NYSC—NGO tells FG

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), an NGO has urged the Federal Government not to stop pregnant women and nursing mothers from participating in National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The HURIWA National Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that stopping them from taking part in the programme would be discriminatory.

Meet Jordan - the son in whom Abedi Pele is well pleased

Of all his three sons, former Ghana Captain and three-time African footballer of the year, Abedi Ayew, known professionally as Abedi Pele has singled out Jordan as the most talented and gifted.

His other two sons, Rahim and Andre are great footballers but Jordan seems to be impressing him more than his brothers. His first born, Rahim was a non-playing Ghana squad member at the 2010 world cup; Andre, the most popular is a Swansea winger and Jordan Ayew plays for Aston Villa.

WAEC assessment system inefficient – GNECC

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) says the current West African Examination Council (WAEC) assessment system is inefficient hence the high level of irregularities reported year after year.

Addressing a News Conference in Accra on Thursday, Mr Bright Appiah, the Council Chair, GNECC, challenged WAEC to strengthen its assessment system to prevent people from taking advantage of it.

“WAEC must strengthen its systems to ensure the dignity of our children. The recurrence of examination malpractices and subsequent cancellation of papers is highly unacceptable and it is about time WAEC and other relevant regulatory bodies put in place measures to address the problem with utmost urgency,” he said.

Missing Indonesian Plane has been found, crashed into mountain

The Indonesian plane that went missing Sunday has been found. Suprasetyo, Indonesian Director General of air transportation disclosed during a press conference. He said the wreckage of the Trigana Air Service plane which was en route from Jayapura to Oksibil was found in the Oktabe district of Papua Province, but villagers reported seeing the plane which had on board 54 passengers and crew, crash into the mountain.

Kate Middleton: Hopes to conceive another daughter before her deadline nears

Kate Middleton made in known on many occasions that she always wanted to have three children. Her child rearing plans are to conceive and give birth to all three before she reaches the age of thirty-five. Kate is currently thirty-three years old and wants to have her third child immediately, even though it has only been three months since Princess Charlotte was born so she can follow in her mother’s footsteps and be done having babies at an early age. Her dream is to have a second daughter so that Charlotte can have a sister that is close to her age and develop a sisterly bond like she has with her own sister, Pippa Middleton according to a news story on August 8 shared by Celebrity Dirty Laundry entertainment news.

Typhoon Soudelor hits Southeast China

A super storm has hit the Southeastern Chinese city of Wenzhou Saturday night killing about 14 people, and another four missing in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.

The typhoon, the 13th this year according to Xinhua news brought heavy downpours to the regions where precipitations in some counties reached 700 mm over the past two and a half days, a record in up to 120years.

Buhari directs MDAs to open Treasury Single Account, remit all revenues into it

         

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to open and start paying into a Treasury Single Account (TSA) for all government revenues, incomes and other receipts.

According to the directive, the measure is specifically to promote transparency and facilitate compliance with sections 80 and 162 of the 1999 Constitution.

Is Will Smith's 17-year old marriage to Jada Pinkett over?

The manner in which celebrity marriages are crashing these days is rather very disturbing. The dust raised by Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's divorce is yet to settle, now we hear Will Smith and wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith are calling it quits. The 17-year old union has undergone several turbulence. I guess he who wears the shoe knows where it pinches, the center indeed failed to hold this time around.

So sad - 9 year old Bat boy dies after he was hit by a player's swing

This is so sad and quite unfortunate. A 9-year old Bat boy, Kaiser Carlile had died after he was struck by a baseball player's swing in Kansas, his team said.  The lad who died Sunday evening had been in a critical condition since he was hit by a bat despite the fact that he wore a helmet during the game against the San Diego Waves in Wichita Saturday afternoon according to NBC News.

May his soul rest in peace.

President Buhari appoints Usman as Provost FCE, Oyo

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Kamoru Olayiwola Usman as Provost of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo.

This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.

War On Terror: Nigeria Police, Germany Sign MOU

                               IGP, Solomon E. Arase

The effort of President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen the capacity of Nigeria Police and other security agencies to effectively check the menace of terrorism and other crimes in Nigeria has started yielding the desired result as the Nigeria Police and the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Embassy in Abuja, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, recently.

Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22

 

                                         

Nearly six months after being found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home — and a month after being moved to hospice — Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, has died at the age of 22.

The Associated Press reported her death on Sunday night. "Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July 26, 2015, surrounded by her family," a rep for the Houston family said. "She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."

Reality matriarch of the Kardashian - Jenner family, Kris jenner unhappy with the way things are turning out for her family

Momager and mother of reality stars, Kris Jenner thinks her family is cursed in things that concern relationships. RadarOnline reports that the reality matriarch was visibly upset and has confided in a close friend, that her family might actually be caused going by what's happening between Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian, Tyga and Kylie jenner and Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian.

JTF nabs suspected pipeline vandals, sea pirates in Delta, Bayelsa

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said it had arrested five suspected sea pirates and two pipeline vandals in Bayelsa and Delta respectively.

The Spokesman of the JTF, Lt.-Col. Isa Ado, made the disclosure on Sunday in Yenagoa.

He told newsmen that the arrests were effected on July 20 and July 23.

He added that ``on July 20, JTF troops conducted cordon and search operations at Lagosgbene community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa and arrested five suspected sea pirates.

America and some other nations may have given a nod to homosexuality but it is still unacceptable to some; See how ISIS threw a man to his death from rooftop in Iraq for 'being gay'

 

     Baying mob: A huge crowd gathered to watch the appalling punishment in the streets of Mosul

Condemned to death: The man's alleged 'crime' of being homosexual are read out in the Iraqi city

Some nations may have accepted and embraced homosexuality but it may never be accepted by some nations and individuals. Just recently Nigeria President Buhari and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya rejected President Obama's suggestion of abolishing their anti-gay laws. More photos after the cut.

Tokyo plane crash leaves three dead

          

          

 A small plane crashed in Japan Sunday, killing three people and setting fire to several houses. The plane which crashed at about 02.00GMT shortly after taking off from Chofu airport in Tokyo was a five-seater light plane. Three people survived the crash.

Buhari Appoints Two Acting DGs In A Week, Sparking Allegations Of Ethnic Favoritism

                                

                                   New NIMASA Ag. DG, Haruna Baba Jauro

Less than a week after President Muhammad Buhari appointed Calistus Obi, an Igbo by ethnicity, as acting director general/chief executive of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the president today raised eyebrows when he approved the appointment of Haruna Baba Jauro as the new acting DG of NIMASA. The new appointee, Mr. Jauro, is from the northeastern state of Yobe and an Hausa by ethnicity. 

Mr. Buhari’s unexplained removal of Mr. Obi and his appointment of Mr. Jauro has sparked accusations in political circles that the president was unduly filling major posts with individuals from the northern part of Nigeria where he hails from.

Financial experts laud Oteh's appointment by World Bank

Two financial experts on Saturday lauded Ms Arunma Oteh's appointment as Vice President/Treasurer of the World Bank.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Lagos that the appointment was in recognition of Oteh's laudable achievements during her tenure at the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).

See Khloe Kardashian's tweets denying guests took cocaine at Kylie's graduation party , saying 'Drugs are so NOT our style!'

Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on fire

The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas went up in flames but fire fighters were on hand to contain the raging fire.

 

Photo credit: AP

Gay rights - President Obama fails to convince President Kenyatta

The US president, Barack Obama, left, arrives with the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, for a bilateral meeting at State House in Nairobi on Saturday.

President Barack Obama has failed to convince Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta to abandon anti-gay discrimination, telling him that the state has no right to punish people because of “who they love”. 

Obama according to BBC reports stated, “I’ve been consistent all across Africa on this,” he said, during a joint press conference at the state house in Nairobi. “When you start treating people differently, because they’re different, that’s the path whereby freedoms begin to erode. And bad things happen.

Obama's sister: 'My brother has carried our name up there'

 

                          
Auma Obama is fiercely protective of her half-brother -- the President of the United States.

She calls it "self-preservation."

Auma Obama welcomed CNN's Brooke Baldwin exclusively into the family home of the President's ancestral village -- even introducing her to their shared 93-year-old step-grandmother, Mama Sarah.

See what it looks like when Lions nap

 

 

Do you know why these lions are napping in a tree at Central Serengeti, Tanzania?

Well, they, like humans, don't like insects so they climbed to avoid been bitten by them. Who no like beta thing?

Photo credit: Bobby-Jo Clow/Caters News

Louisiana cinema shooting: Lafayette gunman 'had violent past'

             Police said John Houser had a criminal history but that it was "pretty old" 

                  The two victims were 21-year-old Mayci Breaux (left) and Jillian Johnson, 31

The gunman who killed two people and injured several others at a Louisiana cinema had a history of mental health issues, according to court documents.

John Houser, 59, fired a dozen rounds from a handgun at a film screening in Lafayette before shooting himself.

Documents seen by the AP news agency show his family won a protective order against him in 2008 due to "various acts of violence" towards them.

His wife, who filed for divorce in March, said he had become "volatile".

Photos of President Obama's visit to Kenya

 

 

                        

 

                        
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All set for Obama's Kenya visit

                                                  Journalists await Obama

                      US flags adorn junctions and roundabouts towards the airport where US President  Obama is expected to land tonight.

 

 BBC

Finally, Chris Brown gets clearance to leave the Philippines

Embattled US hip-hop star Chris Brown who was stuck in the Philippines for two days over a row with a powerful religious sect has been cleared Friday to leave the country. Brown performed to a packed crowd at a Manila arena on Tuesday, but was barred from leaving the Philippines after the politically-connected Christian group Iglesia ni Cristo filed a fraud complaint against him.

Former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan denied access to PH international airport VIP lounge

See life. Three months ago, she was the toast of the moment, all her associates, intending friends and lobbyists milled around her for one favour or the other. Everyone was at her beck and call. She had the world, nay Nigeria at her feet. She practically had the knife and the yam and was at liberty to give to whosoever she deemed fit. She traversed States making pronouncements without minding whose ox is gored.