10:08:00

A mother-of-two in Kansas has told of the dramatic moment she ran out of her work to rescue a toddler that had been left locked in a car with the windows up on a 100-degree day.
Sarah Oropeza, the manager of the Famous Footwear in Merriam, was finishing off a customer sale on Saturday when a co-worker ran into the store screaming for help - she had just found a little girl in a car.

08:51:00


19 students of St Mary's Kibabi Boys High School in Kenya were suspended for arguing in favour of gay rights during a debate. According to Nation FM, the opponents in the debate accused the students of being homosexuals as they were very passionate in their defense of homosexually during the school debate. The school is now  investigating the 19 suspended students.

12:47:00


Dr Marienne Abimbola Silva, the mother of veteran actress Joke Silva has died. She died peacefully yesterday morning July 19th. She was 89 years old.

Dr Silva was the third female doctor in Nigeria but the first Nigerian female to bag a medical degree. She became an OON (Officer of the Order of the Niger) in 1979.

She's survived by her children and grandchildren. May her soul rest in peace...Amen.

05:45:00

In an interview with Sahara TV on Saturday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated that Buhari would be fair to all. He also called for patience and  reassured Nigerians that the President still has over 6,000 appointments to make.
Buhari, who recently sacked the country’s service chiefs that served under former President Goodluck Jonathan and dissolved the boards of many Federal Government parastatals across the country, has been criticised for not constituting his cabinet and appointing people into various boards of parastatals.
 
The President has also being accused of allegedly favouring the North in the appointment he had made so far. But,
“I think President Muhammadu Buhari is sensitive to the diversity of this country. He has more than 6,000 appointments to make. Therefore, why would anybody use less than 10 appointments to judge the President on this matter? Again, it boils down to the lack of patience. This man is an experienced leader. Nigeria stands to gain from the accumulation of wisdom that he has garnered over his long life on earth. He has sworn to an oath that he’s a President of all.
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“This government will make as many as 6,000 appointments. And he is bound, even if he doesn’t wish it, by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to reflect federal character.”

Punch

13:23:00

Singer Omawumi has given birth to her second child - a baby boy. Omawumi welcomed her bundle of joy in the early hours of today in a hospital in the US. Mother and son are said to be doing great. This is the second child for Omawumi and her husband, Tosin Yusuf. Big congrats to them.

13:23:00

The MTV Africa Music Awards 2015 will hold tonight and top international and Nigerian acts are set to light up the city of Durban with pulsating performances and collaborations. Singer Neyo, actor Anthony Anderson, Jhene Aiko gathered with top African acts yesterday, at the MAMA press conference to talk about their expectations for the awards.

Notable faces at the event Alex Okosi, Dbanj, Seyi Shay, PSquare, Yemi ALade, Toofan, StoneBwoy, K.O, Kulichana among many others. More pics after the cut...

13:22:00

The body of a murdered 12-year-old girl in a Salt Lake City suburb was discovered early Friday morning at a horse pasture near her home.

Kayley Vijil, who was found less than half a mile from her home in West Valley City after her mother rushed to a local 7-Eleven around 1.30am to speak to police because she could not find her daughter.

West Valley City Police Chief Lee Russo said that the girl had not been contacted by her parents since midnight, when she was lured from her house by a 15-year-old boy from the neighborhood who did not know her or the family well.

13:20:00

Update on the 6-year-old that was stabbed by his wicked mother. His name is Promise Eboye and he survived an attack that would have killed even an adult had the injuries been sustained in vital parts of the body.

Promise, a bright and sharp boy lives with his mother and step-father in Kollington area of Ijaiye, Lagos, while his biological father lives in Benin, Edo State.
At about 8am on Monday, Promise’s mother, Comfort, stabbed her son four times, inflicting life-
threatening injuries on the boy’s body.

06:42:00

On Thursday, President Barack Obama visited the Federal Correctional Institution El Reno, a medium-security facility near Oklahoma City, becoming the 1st sitting president to visit a federal prison.
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 46 people serving lengthy jail terms for nonviolent drug offenses.

Officials opened a cell for the president so that he could see how prisoners are confined. The cell contained: "a double bunk bed and third bed along the wall, a toilet and sink, along with a small bookcase and three lockers." "Three full-grown men in a 9-by-10 cell," the president noted.

06:33:00

Award winning actress Omotola was guest at the just concluded Tony elumelu entrepreneurship Programme. Omotola whose recent campaign is to eradicate poverty in Africa, wore a black caped jumpsuit and black pencil stilettos, with gold earrings, She had a lot of advices on entrepreneurship, confidence & tools for outstanding success. Present were, VP Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tony O. Elumelu, Prime Minister of Benin Republic, Bishop David Oyedepo and others. See more photos after the cut

11:45:00

A pastor at the Christian Proctor Church in Vermont, USA, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison after refusing to marry gay couples, according to NBC. This comes shortly after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision ruling that states must allow gay-marriage.

The Christian Pastor, 56-year-old Paul Horner, had his lawyer speak to reporters on his behalf.
“We are currently disputing the guilty verdict and I am confident my client will be a free man here shortly,” said attorney Tom Downey. “Horner was just using his best judgement according to his rights and religious freedom in this country.”
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