13:30:00

Suspected sea pirates attacked two passenger boats and kidnapped three persons along the Ogbia to Brass waterways in Bayelsa yesterday August 26th. According to reports, the kidnapped victims, Chief Blessing Wagio and Chief Isaac Akono-Igolo, as well as an unidentified security man, were attacked around Kiberibio area of the Ogbia-Brass waterway.

The Bayelsa state police spokesperson, Asinim Butswat confirmed the incident but said detail are still very sketchy.

13:09:00

A mum-to-be planning her wedding and for the arrival of her baby never expected the two events to happen on the same day. Stephanie Tallent moved her nuptials to a hospital ward after her baby daughter arrived three weeks early.

The 41-year-old attended a routine ultrasound appointment with partner Jason Nece on Friday last week when a nurse found the expectant mum was in active labour.

09:19:00


Reggae star, Ras Kimono says with the way young Nigerian artists drink and smoke, many of them will end up in asylums or rehabs in the next 10 years. He said this in an interview with The Nation
“With the rate at which our young entertainers are abusing drugs, and alcohol, many of them will be raving mad, in asylums, or rehab in the next 10 years. I have never smoked ,nor drank alcohol in my over thirty years as a musician. There are a number of reggae musicians who do not abuse drugs, nor drink alcohol.”

09:14:00

A notorious gangster who was jailed for a drive-by shooting has been taking selfies of him enjoying sex sessions while in hospital. Declan Madigan, 29, of Newark, Nottinghamshire - who is paralysed from the chest down following a car accident in four years ago - was also allowed takeaway deliveries to his bedside.

Madigan holds the record of being the youngest person ever to have received an Anti Social Behaviour Order handed down when he was just 14 for over 100 offences.
The notorious drug dealer was recently moved to Medway Hospital in Gillingham, Kent for a two-week stay after complaining he had lost the use of his arms.

09:10:00

A court in Saudi Arabia has dropped the charges of manslaughter and sexual assault against the father of Luma, the 5-year-old daughter he had beaten to death in 2011. His sentence was reduced to only the charge of 'excessive disciplining that resulted in death'. According to Saudi Daily Al Sharq, the decision was taken after no trace of semen was found on her body. 
Luma’s case became widely known in 2012 when details emerged of how she was tortured by her father during a visit to him and his new wife. Reports said that the father used wires and an iron rod to punish his daughter after he had expressed doubts about her virginity. Luma died after four months in coma and was not buried for another four months pending the investigation and the autopsy procedures.

14:08:00

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole says fear of president Buhari has led to the stability of power supply nationwide. Oshiomole said this at the 27th annual education conference of textile workers in Kaduna yesterday August 25th.
"I understand now that electricity supply is stable. It is just the fear of Buhari that led to the stability of power supply. The streetlights were not functioning but immediately Buhari was inaugurated, the lights came up. There is hope for Nigerians under President Buhari." he said

10:38:00

Not the family
Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun.

The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded.

According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him.

It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said:
“Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

10:34:00

In July it was claimed Joan Rivers' Upper East Side apartment in New York City had sold to 'Middle Eastern royalty' for $28 million.
Now DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively the buyer is Muhammad bin Fahd, the son of the late King Fahd and the former governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The 65-year-old prince has been remodeling the property - a 5,100-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse - since the purchase, and neighbors are 'shocked,' according to an insider.

10:26:00

A man who scaled a wall of the White House 5 months ago was killed in a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday after slashing a sheriff's deputy with a knife.
Curtis Smith, 33, entered the lobby of the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester shortly before noon, according to District Attorney Tom Hogan.
Gunshots rang out inside the courthouse at 201 W Market St. in West Chester, Pennsylvania around 11: 50 a.m. Tuesday after an armed man charged past metal detectors leading to a lockdown of the building.

"Curtis Smith, from Coatesville, came directly into the justice center and pulled out a knife and attacked a deputy sheriff, slashing him," District Attorney Tom Hogan said.

10:20:00

A 'dead' teenager woke up in her coffin and screamed for help one day after she was buried – but died again before desperate relatives could save her. Grieving family members pictured above breaking through the concrete tomb from where Neysi Perez, 16, had been heard 'banging and screaming'.

Relatives who removed the girl's corpse found that the glass viewing window on her coffin had been smashed and the tips of her fingers were bruised. But despite efforts to revive her medics found no signs of life and she was later returned to the cemetery and reburied in the same mausoleum.

10:13:00


A South Carolina woman has been killed by her pet pit bull after she stepped in to stop it attacking her mother.
Porsche 'Nicole' Cartee, 25, suffered fatal injuries to her head and body when she tried to fend off the dog.

09:53:00


President Buhari today said the national identity card being introduce now will compliment the permanent voter’s card in future elections in the country. He said this after he registered for his national identity card by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at the state house
“I think this exercise is very important to confirm our population and those who are entitled to vote, that is those who are 18 years and above. It will compliment the permanent voters’ card. So for those who want their votes to count from whichever party or constituency, they should ensure that they and their families are properly captured.”he said

09:49:00

The heroic efforts of two high school teachers helped stop a 14-year-old boy from shooting several students and a faculty member that he had taken hostage at a West Virginia high school.
The boy, who is a student at Philip Barbour High School in Philippi, West Virginia, took 29 students and a teacher hostage on Tuesday and held them at gunpoint for an hour before he agreed to negotiations, let them go and surrendered to police.
The teacher held hostage reportedly blocked students from entering her classroom while a fellow teacher alerted authorities to stop the boy from becoming the gunman of a mass school shooting.

At approximately 1.15pm, the boy, who has not been identified, walked into the second floor classroom and pointed a pistol at the teacher, Superintendent Jeffrey Woofter wrote in a prepared statement released by The Exponent Telegram.

09:21:00

Geeta Devi died at a government hospital, in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, northern India after doctors forcefully pulled on the body of her child during delivery, severed the baby’s head and left it inside the womb. The 32-year-old was later sent to another hospital where doctors managed to remove the severed head from her womb, but could not save her life. She died in the early hours of Sunday, August 23.

15:08:00

After battling cancer for six years, Seema Jaya Sharma passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015. However before her death, the 37-year-old Redbridge, Essex resident had her son posthumously post an inspirational message from her account few hours after her death. Her inspirational message went viral after being shared on Facebook.

He began his mother's final message with "My mum passed away today at 14:10. She wrote this as her final status...she wanted her last words to be 'I got 21seconds to go!!! ( a reference to the single '21 Seconds' by So Solid Crew.) Seema's inspirational message after the cut...

15:04:00

Below is how the church of the controversial SA pastor is reporting his latest wonder deliverance
"The man of God commanded the sheep to come to the front & he started demonstrating power through them. He first commanded the spirit of a snake to enter into them and commanded the spirit to show its character in them. They started moving like snakes and behaving like snakes. He then sent them to go to Nigeria and they started to speak like Nigerians. He further demonstrated by sending them into the water and commanded them to swim.

10:58:00


5 people are feared dead with at least 41 people injured after a bomb went off at a bus terminal in Damaturu, Yobe state this morning. A young girl is suspected to be the suicide bomber. Details later...

12:27:00


The gunman who attacked passengers on a high-speed train in France a couple of days ago is "dumbfounded" at having been taken for an Islamist militant and says he only intended to rob people on board because he was hungry, his lawyer said on Sunday.                                     
As details emerged of the gunman's early adult life in Spain, lawyer Sophie David said her client now in detention near Paris also looked ill and malnourished. 

12:25:00


Katie Fehlinger, a CBS weather presenter who is expecting twins took to Facebook on Wednesday, August 19 to address haters and at the same time encourage other pregnant women being shamed because of the changes their bodies are undergoing. A woman said she looked like a 'sausage in casing'. Another told her that “sticking your pregnant abdomen out like that is disgusting”

See the message she shared on her Facebook in response to the hate after the cut...
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