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BBC reporter Jeremy Bowen was shot in the head and leg on Friday while covering the violence in Egypt.
Bowen, the organization's Middle East editor, was at a demonstration which saw the Egyptian military kill a protester when it opened fire on the crowd.
Bowen was hit in the head, just above his left ear, and in his leg by some shotgun pellets. He said the wounds were superficial.
The BBC posted dramatic footage of Bowen wearing a gas mask with
blood running down his face. "Democracy Now" correspondent Sharif
Kouddous also tweeted the following image:
Bowen told the Daily Mirror, "I've been in a lot of hairy situations as a reporter over many years but I have
CAIRO, July 6 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a Coptic Christian priest in
Egypt's lawless Northern Sinai on Saturday in what could be the first
sectarian attack since the military overthrow of Islamist President
Mohamed Mursi, security sources said.
The priest, Mina Aboud Sharween, was attacked in the early afternoon while walking in the Masaeed area in El Arish. The
shooting in the coastal city was one of several attacks believed to be
by Islamist insurgents that included firing at four military
checkpoints in the region, the sources said.
Saturday's attacks on checkpoints took place in al-Mahajer and al-Safaa in Rafah, as well as Sheikh Zuwaid
SAN FRANCISCO — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea,
crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on
Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable
slides to safety. It was not immediately known whether there were any
injuries.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said Flight 214 crashed while landing on runway 28 left at 11:26 PDT.
A video clip posted to YouTube showed smoke coming from a
jet on the tarmac. Passengers could be seen jumping down the emergency
slides.
Television footage showed the top of the fuselage was burned away and
the entire tail was gone. One engine appeared to have broken away.
Pieces of the tail were strewn about the runway. Emergency responders
There were absolutely horrific scenes at an
amateur football match in Brazil when spectators lynched a referee and
put his head on a stake after he had killed a player. The barely believable incident happened in Maranhao, Brazil, last Sunday.
According to reports in Brazil,
referee Otavio Jordao da Silva (20) fatally stabbed footballer Josenir
dos Santos Abreu (30) during a heated moment of a match.
Santos Abreu is believed to have argued and then struck the referee after being unhappy with a decision.
It is believed the referee was carrying a knife throughout the match and fatally stabbed the player in retaliation.
Santos Abreu was rushed to hospital but died from injuries on the way.
Outraged by the incident, some spectators then apparently decided to inflict a gruesome revenge on the
“Madam, I can help you
raise money to pay your hospital bill, if you can give me your
placenta.” This was the statement of a middle aged man identified as
Segun who specialises in buying and selling of placenta. It was part of a
conversation between Segun and a woman, Mrs. Chidera Okereke who was
recently delivered of a bouncing baby boy in a hospital located in
Mafoluku area of Lagos State. Investigations by
Saturday Sun reveal that the trend which has been going on as secret
deals between sellers and buyers is however assumed an alarming
There are unconfirmed reports
that the embattled governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi
has handed over his pledge of $100,000 to the treatment of popular music
producer, OJB Jezreel who is suffering from a kidney condition. According to reports
from an online new platform, the publisher of MetroNews online, Femi
Davies who started the initiative with artiste, Jazzman Olofin,
For Governor Chibuike Amaechi and his former boy, Minister of State for
Education Nyesom Wike, the die is cast at last. It is time to bare all
and go for the kill.
As Wike spoke to Saturday Sun, he spared no word or effort in his
vitriolic attack on his political boss who he has been in a running
battle with him in the past months.
You and Amaechi had been allies, how and when did things get this bad between you?
I had wanted and avoided in the past to comment on
the matter between His Excellency, Governor Chibuike Amaechi and I. I
never wanted to make it a press matter. But I have held on for long to
the extent that facts
Islamic extremists killed 29 students and an English teacher Mohammed Musa, who was shot in the chest.POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants attacked a boarding school
in northeast Nigeria before dawn Saturday, killing 29 students and one
teacher. Some of the pupils were burned alive in the latest school
attack blamed on a radical terror group, survivors said.
Parents screamed in anguish as they tried to identify the charred and gunshot victims.
Farmer
Malam Abdullahi found the bodies of two of his sons, a 10-year-old shot
in the back as he apparently tried to run away, and a 12-year-old shot
in the chest.
"That's it, I'm taking my other boys out of school,"
he told The Associated Press as he wept over the two
Watch as a great-grandmother talks about d¡cK with a presenter while giving interview on her 100th birthday. She opened the interview with "How is your d¡cK hanging", Watch the Video below:
Famous singer, Susan
Boyle, who shot to fame in 2009 when she displayed great musical gifts
in Britain's Got Talent reality TV Show, has just finished filming her
scenes in her first movie as an actress. The Christmas Candle, where she played the role of a wife and had her first ever deep kiss.The 52yr old Boyle, who
has been medically certified a virgin, told a reporter for The Sun
Newspaper of Scotland a few hours ago that she
I hear Pastor Chris Okotie is set to give marriage another try, and in his usual style the handsome preacher has found love in another beautiful but much younger damsel, who is based in Lagos. Sources say her name is Delphine but she is not a member of his church. She worships in "a popular church here in Lagos" and it appears Pastor Okotie just bought her a car as special gift. Or did he give her the car he collected back from his ex-wife, Stephanie Henshaw?
CARACAS, July 5 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Friday in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. spy programs.
"In the name of America's dignity ... I have decided to offer humanitarian asylum to Edward Snowden," Maduro told a military parade marking Venezuela's independence day.
"He is a young man who has told the truth, in the spirit of rebellion, about the United States spying on the whole world." The 30-year-old former National Security Agency contractor is believed to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport.
Russian officials have kept Snowden at arm's length since he landed from Hong Kong on June 23,
A grave-digging dispute has added to the bitter family
feuding, over sex, money and power, among Nelson Mandela’s heirs which
has set South Africans on edge as the anti-apartheid icon lies
critically ill in hospital.
The Nobel peace laureate is
famous the world over for spending 27 years in jail and then reconciling
with his white oppressors after he became the nation’s first black
president.
But as the 94-year-old Mandela fights for his life, a
legal battle among feuding relatives over his eventual resting place has
descended into a messy public soap opera.
Mandela’s three
deceased children were reburied Thursday after 15 family members,
including his three daughters and wife Graca Machel, won an urgent court
order against Mandela’s oldest grandson, Mandla.
The family said
the 39-year-old Mandla, who is the clan’s traditional chief had moved
the remains from
The Presidency on
Friday said Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was free to resign
from the Peoples Democratic Party, if he was no longer ready to respect
President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the party.
PDP
leaders in Rivers State led by Minister of State for Education, Nyesom
Wike, and a former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, had met with
President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, where they tabled
the governor’s alleged offences.
At the meeting, Jonathan said
disregard for party rules by public officers elected on the party’s
platform should not be tolerated.
The governor is currently under
suspension for alleged disobedience of the Rivers State PDP’s directive
to reinstate the chairman and executive of Obio/Akpor Local Government.
He was also suspended for running
What should have been a moment of joy for a jobless couple, Mr. Elisha Bassey and his wife, Patience, turned to sadness when a set of conjoined twins was born to the family on Tuesday.The
32-year-old resident of the Federal Capital Teritory, Abuja, who is
from Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, and his 30-year-old
wife, are currently at a loss.
The conjoined twins were delivered at about 7 pm on July 2, 3013 at LUNA Hospital in Gwarinpa, Abuja.
Bassey
said, “The babies are joined from the stomach and chest down. They have
three legs joined together, one liver, one kidney and one intestine.”
Ironically, the scan that was conducted didn’t reveal that it was conjoined twins.
When our correspondent visited the hospital on Friday evening, the issue was being discussed in hushed
A former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) has given insight into why he remained a Major General rather than promote himself to the rank of full General while he reigned as Nigeria’s Head of State between December 31, 1983 and August 27, 1985. Speaking
in Zaria on Friday at the presentation of the books, “Nigerian Military
in Politics, 1966-2011″ and “Politics of Transition to Civil Rule In
Nigeria”, Mr. Buhari said rather than promote himself after getting to
power, he was more concerned with how to rebuild Nigeria and enthrone a
regime of justice , accountability and transparency.
He said he
also believed the fact that his colleagues in the military asked him to
lead the country did not make him the overall general of the armed
forces.
“It was the conviction of our regime that, being the Head
of State and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, it does not mean
that you are the overall General,” Mr. Buhari, who spoke on military
incursion in
A teenage boy who sexually abused his little sister while babysitting had been watching online porn.
The
17-year-old repeatedly seriously abused the four-year-old child until
the victim eventually told their mother what he had been doing.
She
reported her son to the police and when interviewed the boy, who cannot
be identified for legal reasons, admitted his behaviour had been
'disgusting and loathsome'.
Sentencing the youth, who is now 18,
to three and a half years detention Judge Mark Brown described him as an
intelligent young man who had known what he was doing was wrong.
He said: 'I am told you had been watching pornographic films.
'It
is clear from what you said to police that you knew you had abused your
sister and you appreciated that
Nigerian-born radio presenter at Sky UK and Ireland, Abike Ade, in this interview, speaks on issues relating to her acting career, broadcasting, her late husband and other personal issues that many don't know.
Although her situation is better now, below is what she told Punch about her sad past:
How has it been working as a broadcaster in the United Kingdom? It’s been very very challenging.
How challenging? What kind of stress you go through? The challenges vary. It starts from building one’s image, keeping it up and getting better and better on a daily
Pedro Ken Ogbebor, alias New Yorker is a 46yrs old cripple, residing by the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin City. He is one person that his disability had never hindered from embarking on any mission. Although he has not been to America before, his American accent gave him the name, New Yorker.
Even as a cripple, he is popular and loved by many including women...
Saturday Vanguard spoke with this father of three whose wife abandoned few months ago on why he is a fan of beautiful ladies despite his disability. This encounter was quite revealing. Excerpts:
Why do you bear the name New Yorker when you’re not from New York? I started answering New Yorker when a friend of mine bought me a new bike. Then, a plane was flying above us at the same time, so we just said this is our plane flying to New York. So when I left there, I wrote New Yorker at
Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot has joined the growing list of actors who
have had their hairs scraped for a movie role. The handsome dude was
turned into a papilo overnight to fit into a specific role.
See photos of how he used to look before the scraping and now below:
Didn't get a chance to attend the first ever Garden and Flower Show in Nigeria? It held at the Banquet Hall of Oriental Hotel Lagos and had flower lovers and enthusiasts in attendance. Exhibitors had flowers and potted plants for sale and ornaments to match. It was a lovely laid back, fun and classy evening hosted by WJSeries and the Garden and Flower Club of Nigeria.
Secret-spilling website WikiLeaks says NSA leaker Edward Snowden has put in asylum applications to six new countries as his effort to find refuge from American prosecution falters.
Snowden is believed to be stuck in a Moscow airport transit area and has already sought asylum from more than 20 countries, including Venezuela and Ecuador. Many have since turned him down.
President Barack Obama has publicly displayed a relaxed attitude toward the leaker's movements, but the drama surrounding the flight of Bolivian President Evo Morales — whose plane was abruptly rerouted to Austria over suspicions Snowden was aboard — suggests that pressure is being applied
Fiday, July 5,2013 -- The abscense of the trial judge, Olabisi Akinlade, stalled the trial of Cynthia Osokogu's alleged murderers. Mrs Akinlade was "indisposed," according to the court registrar's words. The case was adjourned until September 20 for a 'trial-within-trial'.
Naij.com reminds that the late 24-year-old Ms. Osokogu 24 was drugged and subsequently murdered in a hotel room in July 2012 in Festac, Lagos. The suspects, Okwumo Nwabufor and Olisaeloka Ezike, are charged with conspiracy to commit murder, murder itself, and felony.
A post-mortem examination has shown that the deceased died from asphyxia (absence of oxygen supply to the body). Seven witnesses have testified in the ongoing trial.
Several others also stand trial for being involved in the events that led to tragedy. A pharmacist Osita
On Thursday, Chris Brown Tweeted a list of artists who appear on his new album X and Rihanna's name was on the list. Chris should probably have checked with Rihanna before he Tweeted @her cos Rihanna was having none of that. The following day, she posted something on instagram. Check on it after the cut...
NATIONAL President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Issa-Fagee, has said that the Nigerian universities will not continue to churn out unemployable graduates because of lack of training facilities in the institutions.
The ASUU President, who spoke to Saturday Vanguard in Abuja, said that though the strike affected both parents and students, there was the need for sacrifice by all the stakeholders in order to ensure that Nigerian graduates competed with their peers in other parts of the world.
He noted that the agreement which the union entered into with the federal government in 2009 was due for review in June 20th, 2012, regretting that many years after the agreement, it had not been substantially implemented. Declaring the indefinite strike as total, the ASUU President said that though the strike had
When it comes to your partner cheating, I don't believe there are any
definitive clues. He could be working late, or he could be cheating
late. He could be dressing up for you -- or his mistress. That's what
makes this type of thing so confusing and hurtful. When you trust your
spouse, you trust his explanations. But there are always certain things
that get our antennae up. They don't seem to change much over the years,
though with the advent of technology, those little hints now seem to
involve a lot more cellphones and social media and a lot less lipstick
on the collar (unless you're President Obama). Here are 10 classic signs
your guy (or your woman) might be cheating.
1. He starts dressing better. According to divorce
lawyer Marilyn Stowe, this is still a sign you should look out for. Did
he suddenly morph from flannel and dirty boots to smart suits and shiny
loafers? I'd add in
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Enjoy these babies doing
whatever it takes to escape the cribs and gates that hold them captive.
But where are they trying to go? We couldn't say... Perhaps there are some sweets involved.
CAIRO -- Enraged Islamists pushed back Friday against the toppling of
President Mohammed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters took
to the streets vowing to win his reinstatement and clashed with their
opponent in violence that killed 30 and wounded more than 200
nationwide.
In a battle on a bridge over the Nile River in Cairo, gunfire rang
out and flames leaped from a burning car as the rival camps threw
volleys of stones and fireworks at each other. Military armored vehicles
raced across the bridge in a counterattack on Morsi's supporters.
The clashes accelerated after four supporters of the
president were killed when troops opened fire on their rally – and after
a dramatic appearance by the supreme leader of Morsi's Muslim
Brotherhood. He defiantly proclaimed that his followers would not give
up street action until the return of the president, swept out of
Ebony Oshunrinde, a 16-year old Canadian-Nigerian girl, known as WondaGurl, has been listed in the credits for Jay-Zs new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail.
Ebony, who resides in Brampton, southern Ontario, was credited for the track ‘Crown’.
“It’s a really good feeling. I want to show young people that they can do it. Anybody can be successful. It doesn’t matter where you’re from” the elated beat maker expressed her delight on being featured by one of the greatest rapper in the world.
The teenage self-taught producer is reported to have started making her own beats after watching a video showing Jay-Z and mega producer Timbaland working in the studio together on the album.
Woman, 43, went to the Water Park with her niece and nephew, when two teenage employees approached her and told her to put on shorts because her bottoms were too small.
A supervisor of the Adventure Oasis Water Park ordered Madelyn Sheaffer to cover up or leave the park.
“I just felt like I was singled out,” Sheaffer told KSHB-TV. “I felt like it was both age and body discrimination and I felt like I could look around me and I could see a handful of other girls half my age, wearing the same size swimming suit and not being singled out and told to put on clothes or
When it comes to dating, the odds are often stacked against you. Luckily, there’s a lot you can do to even them and give yourself an edge. Be proactive and follow these 10 steps to make yourself more attractive to women.
1. Be a Gentleman
Make no mistake – it’s still important to be a gentleman. Chivalry is not dead; it’s just on life support, with a few broken ribs and a bruised ego. But if you want to stand out to women and gain a good reputation in the process, there’s no better way than by being a gentleman.
2. Get a Girl Interested in You
Unfortunately, it takes more than a little manscaping and a lack of man boobs to pique a girl’s interest.
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.
Funny enough, Odili sat next to a man that was a local dude while he was governor Rivers State, when they visited President Jonathan in Aso Rock on Thursday, all in a bid to appear “loyal”. What a
The Refugee ambassador, bussiness woman and actress rocked her new look
in a photoshoot for fashion magazine, Fun & Fashion magazine. See
more photos below:
Kanye West's new album Yeezus made history this week but not in a good way...at least not in a way Kanye would have liked! :-)
The album holds the crown for the fourth biggest drop in
second week sales for a #1 debut album since Sound Scan started keeping
track in 1991.
Kanye released the new album with no pre-sales, no singles and no
videos. And even though it debuted at No.1 with 327,000 in sales, it
quickly slipped to No.3 the following week, falling by 80%.
Aveion
Cason Sr. is a former NFL running back who spent nine seasons playing
with the pros. Despite the rarity of his football success, Cason grew up
experiencing a much more common epidemic faced by boys across the
nation: He is a fatherless son. Yet when Cason had a son of his own,
Aveion Jr., the former NFL player was absent in his child's life as
well, continuing the fatherless-son cycle. Scroll down for video...
Though
Cason, whose NFL teams included the Detroit Lions and the Dallas
Cowboys, recently reentered Aveion Jr.'s life, both still harbor strong
emotions about growing up fatherless, something they open up about on
"Oprah's Lifeclass" with Iyanla Vanzant.
"I grew up without a
father," Cason says. "I feel resentment with my father coming up because
he's never
He denied the baby at first but he's accepted full responsibility for him now! You will recall that in May, Paul Okoye, the other half of singing sensation P-Square, welcomed a baby with 19 year old MBGN 2012 contestant, Elshama Igbanoi. The boy was born April 7th in the UK, four days before Paul and his girlfriend Anita welcomed their son, Andre, in Atlanta. Though Paul Okoye didn't exactly react to the story in the press to confirm or deny that he is indeed the little boy's father - it was widely speculated that he wasn't ready to take full responsible for the baby boy. Paul at the time told the Igbanoi family that he's going to do a DNA test to ascertain paternity. It
Emma Nyra is hot for days, she has recently posted this Instagram photo where she gives us a sneak peek of her decollete.
The Iyanya
protege has been gaining some buzz in the music scene with three
singles, two videos and an
The African Union
(AU) on Friday suspended Egypt from all its activities after the
Egyptian military overthrew the elected president, Mohamed Mursi, a
senior AU official said.
Suspension is the AU's usual response to any interruption of constitutional rule by a member state.
"As
mandated by the relevant AU instruments, the African Union Peace and
Security Council decides to suspend the participation of Egypt in AU
activities until the restoration of constitutional order," Admore
Exasperated by the way Nigeria handles the homosexuality
matter, an Irish hacker -- who goes by the monicker Paddyhack -- has
conducted a cyber attack on the official government of Nigeria's
website. The 'assault' is apparently aimed at making President Jonathan
to veto the bill according to which all homosexuals in Nigeria are
subject to imprisonment. The website was attacked on Thursday night;
though things were later restored, it remains unknown if it were the
officials that took matters in their hands, or the attackers stepped
back.
Naij.com reminds that, according to the anti-gay
bill, recently passed by the National Assembly of Nigeria to the
vigorous support of Nigerians, convicted homosexual persons are subject
to 14-years imprisonment.
In his address to Nigerians, the Irish
hacker said thus: "Nobody should live in fear of being jailed, when
their
(Reuters) - The
late Pope John Paul II will be made a saint, the Vatican said on Friday,
announcing that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed
to the Polish pontiff, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to
2005.
The Vatican said Pope John
XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican
Council - which enacted sweeping reforms to modernize the Church - would
also be made a saint.
No dates for the canonization ceremonies were immediately given but the Vatican said they were expected by the end of the year.
John
Paul had already been credited with asking God to cure French nun Marie
Simon-Pierre Normand of Parkinson's disease, which helped lead to his
beatification in 2011, when he was declared a "blessed" of the
According to a recently published study, one of the reasons men
perform oral sex on female partners may be to minimize the risk of
infidelity.
The study, published late last month in the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, sought to discover why men perform oral sex on women, since the act does not lead directly to reproduction.
After surveying 243 adult men in heterosexual relationships, the
researchers deduced that cunnilingus is used to discourage women from
cheating, a theory the authors refer to as a "mate-retention strategy."
The research suggests that
men perform oral sex on their female partners in order "to minimize the
risk of their partner’s infidelity by increasing her relationship
satisfaction."
The study has garnered some negative reactions across the web: An article on The Gloss
wondered why the
Now this is Dancing With the Stars! Hip hop mogul Jay-Z and his superstar wife, Beyonce,
showed off their best moves on Wednesday, July 3, at an exclusive,
star-studded fete celebrating the release of the rapper's
much-anticipated new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. (The record
doesn't officially drop until July 9, but Samsung -- which hosted the
Brooklyn bash -- released one million early downloads to owners of
Galaxy devices on July 4.)
Beyonce, on a rare night off from her Mrs. Carter tour,
flaunted her long, lean legs in super-short jean cutoffs, which she
paired with a white lace jacket and stilettos. Her hubby, meanwhile,
donned black pants, a
At 37, Princess Izuchukwu Ajuobi, is a beautiful woman by all standards.
Her beauty is such that attracts the attention of men, despite the fact
that she’s a mother of two.
However, this beautiful lady is disabled in one leg and one hand. She
was born with the deformity. Although Ajuobi is not bothered about her
deformity, there’s one thing that takes away her happiness. It’s the
fact that people take advantage of her condition to molest her...
One of such experiences is her raw deal with her landlord and his
brother. She was molested and beaten blue and black. Her offence? She
refused to have sex with the two men involved.
Narrating her ordeal to Daily Sun, Ajuobi said: “I had vowed to remain a
virgin till the day I would marry, until a man strolled into my
An Orile-Agege Customary Court in
Lagos, yesterday, dissolved the 20-year-old marriage of a pastor, who
had accused his wife of infidelity and threat to his life.
Pastor
Sunday Owonikoko, 51, had filed a petition at the court on May 27,
saying he could no longer continue with his wife, Bolajoko, 47.
Ruling in the case, court president, Mr Joseph Adewusi, said the marriage has broken down irretrievably.
His
words: “Starting from today, you cease to be addressed as husband and
wife; you shall go your separate ways and maintain the peace.
“The
custody of the under-aged among the children is referred to Ikeja
Family Court for final decision, but in
A 68-year-old man has been arrested for shooting his 22-year-old son. Police reports had it that the father, Anthony Oyeniji used a pump action rifle to shoot his son, Taiwo. Anthony however claimed he shot his son because he (son) tried to attack him with kitchen knife.
Taiwo, whose hand was fractured by the bullet, was rushed to Igando General Hospital for treatment.
A police report recounted the incident thus;
“On June 20, 2013, one Taiwo Oyeniji, of 5 Oyeniji Street, Micom Bus Stop, Akowonjo, was reported to have carried a knife and threatened to kill his father, one Anthony Oyeniji, 68-years-old.
Mandla Mandela accuses brother of adultery; family rift, revelations stun South Africa.
A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela's family descended into soap
opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused
relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid
leader.
In a news conference broadcast live on TV that stunned South Africans,
Mandla Mandela confirmed rumours that his young son, Zanethemba, was in
fact the child of an illicit liaison between his brother Mbuso and
Mandla's now ex-wife Anais Grimaud.
With Mandela on life-support in a Pretoria hospital, the escalating
feud has transfixed and appalled South Africa in equal measure as it
contemplates the reality that the father of the post-apartheid "Rainbow
Nation" will not be around forever.
"Mbuso impregnated my wife," Mandla said in Mvezo, the Eastern Cape
village 700 km (450 miles) south of
A loyal housewives who has been pushed to the wall by her cheating husband cried out recently:
“My husband does not have any regard for me as his wife because he
always comes home with his concubines, not minding my presence. I want
an end to this marriage because I cannot cope with his lifestyle
anymore."
Consequently, an Ilorin Area Court on Tuesday dissolved a two-year-old
marriage between Mrs Lola Dare and her estranged husband, Mr Dare
Adekunle, over the latter’s infidelity.
28-year-old Lola, a resident of Maraba Area in Ilorin, had earlier
prayed the court to dissolve her marriage to Adekunle, for being wayward
and insensitive in his lifestyle. She told the court that her husband
was fond
We must state unequivocally that we have no illusion about the present
order. We do not think the present system can solve the fundamental
crisis in the nation or bring succour to our people.
The impoverishment of millions of our country men and women, the wanton
abuse of rights, the unmitigated corruption, alienation, internal
colonisation and exacerbation of the fault lines of the country, are not
issues that the current political order can tackle.
As a first step towards addressing these issues:
We recommend a national dialogue of genuine representatives of the
people on the future of Nigeria. How to force this all-important
national dialogue – whether through a bloody revolution or otherwise –
will have to be determined by millions of toiling Nigerians who bear the
brunt of the present anachronistic social order.
Cure for the dreaded Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) that has eluded the world for decades has finally been found...
Two patients who were given bone marrow transplants to treat cancer but they remain free of the virus even after stopping HIV treatment. The results presented at a meeting of the International AIDS Society in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has yielded growing hope that the virus' cured is finally here.
Giving an update in an eagerly followed trial, researchers said an HIV-positive infant in Mississippi, United States, who was put on a course of anti-retroviral drugs within a few days of birth had remained free of the AIDS virus 15
The factional leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has said it is in total support of the suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and accused him of already working with the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, against the PDP.
The party leaders, led by Felix Obuah, held a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, where they openly apologised to Jonathan over what they described as Amaechi's "shameful" actions...
The Obuah led leadership, opposed to Governor Amaechi, is believed to be sponsored by the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, and the Presidency. They were declared the authentic leadership after a court sacked