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.

Prince George turned two on Wednesday, July 22; Check out these 15 classical photos of the adorable royal

 

 

 

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Oklahoma family found dead: 'We've just never seen anything like this'

                 

Residents of the Tulsa bedroom community of Broken Arrow, Okla., were reeling Thursday following the overnight slaughter of five family members in what police are calling the worst homicide in the history of a town known for its lack of crime.

The dead included two adults, presumed to be the parents, and three children, roughly between 5 and 15 years of age. Another girl was hospitalized in serious condition with stab wounds and a 2-year-old who apparently hid during the attack was found unharmed at the scene.

Star of the Sundance Channel show Loredana, Esq. found dead, Boyfriend Arrested for Murder

The body of a reality TV lawyer and a former police officer, Loredana Nesci, 47, star of Sundance TV's Loredana, Esq.was discovered at her Redondo Beach, California, residence Wednesday after suffering an apparent stab wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A statement by the police revealed that Nesci’s boyfriend, Robert Reagan, 51, has been arrested in connection with the murder.

Sandra Bland's autopsy shows no sign of violent homicide, prosecutor says

 

An autopsy performed by authorities in Texas found that Sandra Bland committed suicide, according to prosecutors.

The autopsy report, which has not been released to the public, indicates the cause of death was hanging.

"The evidence that we've reviewed up to this point supports those findings," Waller County Assistant Dist. Atty. Warren Diepraam told reporters Thursday.

"In a violent homicide or a murder, where one person takes another person's life, it is typical ... to see some sort of injuries on the person's hands," he said.

Dylann Roof faces hate crime charges in Charleston shooting

The grand jury's indictment charges Roof with 33 counts, including federal hate crime and firearms charges, Lynch said.

South Carolina does not have a hate crime law, Lynch said. Roof, 21, already faces a number of state charges in connection with the June 17 Bible study attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Cuban flag flies in Washington today as US and Cuba restore diplomatic ties in 54years

photo credit: AFP

No, it's not a carnival but a Gypsy funeral where 5,000 villagers mourn their 'wonderful' preacher

 After reading this, I guess some people would like to join the gypsy movement. A minister of the Light and Life Gypsy Church, Davey Jones, 60 died earlier this month. He was the pastor of the church for more than 10 years. Gypsies from all across the country attended the funeral of the father of three in Staffordshire, UK today.

According to Daily mail, Jones was hugely popular among the travelling community both in Britain and abroad, with police forced to close roads to accommodate mourners travelling behind his horse-drawn funeral cortège.

Abia police arrest auto mechanic for alleged kidnapping

The Police Command in Abia, has arrested on Ifeanyi Nwunni, an auto mechanic in Umuahia, for allegedly kidnapping a taxi-cab driver at gunpoint.
The command’s Spokesman, DSP Ezekiel Onyeke, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Monday that Nwunni, was arrested following a tip-off from a good Nigerian.
He said that the suspect was carrying his victim, one Ifeanyi John, in the booth of his car before he was arrested last Wednesday at Onuimo, the boundary between Abia and Imo.
Onyeke said that the suspect, who hails from Obowo Local Government Area of Imo, was arrested along with another man, who is now at large.

Buhari, U.S. Vice-President Compare Notes On Anti-terror War

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Washington DC, U.S. was hosted to a breakfast meeting by American Vice-President, Joe Biden, where they compared notes on the terror war.

At the meeting, which held at the Naval Observatory, official residence of Vice President, Biden shared with his guest what the U.S. had learnt from the terror war, saying that “victory cannot come from military option alone.’’

He said that military option must be combined with strong socio-economic support programmes, promising that the U.S. would work with Nigeria in that direction.

President Obama Passes Vote Of Confidence on Buhari’s Leadership Style

President Barrack Obama on Monday expressed confidence in the ability of President Mihammadu Buhari to tackle the multiple challenges facing Nigeria.

Obama gave the assurance in Washington DC, when he received President Muhammedu Buhari, who was on 4-day official visit to the U.S.

According to him, Buhari has come with a clear agenda to tackle the problem of insecurity occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram sect as well as other violence criminal activities.

Obama expressed appreciation to Buhari’s leadership style so far, saying that his administration would continue to assist and help Nigeria in overcoming its challenges.

“It is a great pleasure to welcome President Buhari and his delegation here in the White House for his first visit since the historic election that took place.

A 5-year old girl dies in playground accident in east London

 Alexia Walenkaki’s brother, Austin Walenkaki, and mother, Vida Kwotuah, with a photo of Alexia. Photograph: National News

A 5-year old girl, Alexia Walenkaki who was playing in Mile End Park Friday evening was killed when a tree, to which a zip wire was attached fell on her. The Guardian UK reported that, 'Officers were called just after 5.30pm on Friday and attended the scene with London ambulance service, which found the girl in cardiac arrest. She was taken to the Royal London hospital, where she died at 6.43pm.'