International superstar, Rihanna visited a school in Lilongwe, Malawi on Thursday Jan. 26th. The 28-year-old pop star toured the classrooms and met with the students during her charity trip on behalf of her Clara Lionel Foundation.

 
A suspected robber identified as Ugo, narrowly escaped lynching after he was on caught with knives at Ella market, Otukpo, Benue State. But for the quick intervention of some good Samaritans, the suspect, said to be from Anambra State, would have been lynched by Okada riders.

65 year old man Alosuposo Louis, pictured above, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command, for allegedly sexually assaulting two minors aged 10 and eight years. In a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect who is a radio repairer, was arrested after one of the mother of the victims complained at the Aiyetoro police division in the state.

 
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, on Friday disclosed the new tactics being used by female suicide bombers in the North East in order to evade detection by security operatives. A statement issued by the acting director of defence information, Rabe Abubakar, said the attackers, usually teenage girls, now strap babies to their backs in order that security personnel may ordinarily pass them for innocent nursing mothers.

Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw has launched his own music record label and has signed a record deal with two young artists. Pawpaw revealed that he launched his record label, Young Boss Record, to give talented Nigerians a chance. To this end, he has signed two new acts, Barrister Max and Charisma, and both artists are said to have released their individual singles.

Thursday January 26th marked 31 years since Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni took over power. On January 22, 1986, government troops in Kampala had begun to quit their posts en masse as the rebels gained ground from the south and south-west. On the 25th, the Museveni-led faction finally overran the capital.. The NRA toppled Okello’s government and declared victory the next day, January 26th. More photos after the cut.

On Friday January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that indefinitely suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees into the United States by instituting "extreme vetting" of immigrants.

Titled "Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States," the executive order would start to make good on Trump's promise to tighten borders and halt certain refugees from entering the United States.

 
80-year-old spiritual healer, Hava Celebic AKA nana Hava, claims that her tongue possesses healing abilities and she has cured over 5,000 people from all over the world using her tongue. She corrects the eye defects of her patients by first washing her mouth with alcohol to sterilise it, afterwards she licks the eyeballs of the patient. Hava claims her methods are more effective than modern medicine and has worked for so many people.

 
No fewer than 6 people were shot when gunmen stormed a vigil being held for gun violence victim,  Jamayah Fields, 20, in Chicago's South Side. The attack was reportedly carried out by a rival gang targeting one of the attendants at the funeral. The gang found out about the vigil on Facebook and stormed the restaurant where the memorial was holding,

Jury awards £1 million compensation to pupil who had to urinate in a bucket because teacher refused to allow her use the toilet

A 19-year-old girl has been awarded £1 million by a jury in compensation for being forced to urinate in a bucket while she was a student at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California.

The girl who was 14-years-old at the time of the incident had requested for permission from her teacher to use the bathroom, however, the teacher, Gonja Wolf, who thought the school had a strict 'no bathroom breaks during class' policy told her she could not go and suggested she use a bucket in the supply room.


The pupil reportedly took the option of urinating in the bucket and flushing it down a sink. This she claims led to her being humiliated and bullied in school to the point that she became depressed and attempted suicide. She sued the school after it rejected a claim for £20,000.

The school's district attorney, Katheryn Martin, told the court that the teacher had not intended to humiliate the pupil and referred to Ms Wolf's suggestion to the girl as a "lapse of judgment which she thought was a good idea".

The pupil was awarded £1 million in compensation plus £32,500 to cover medical expenses. The school was not satisfied with the decision reached by the jury and are considering appealing the judgement, as revealed by a spokesperson for the school district.

Italian police on Wednesday, January 25, arrested four men accused of being the leaders of a human trafficking ring which smuggled people from Africa to Europe and forced women into the sex trade upon arrival in Italy. Another two men were arrested on suspicion of financially supporting the network and selling illegal drugs. The group, which was headquartered in Padua in northern Italy, had accomplices in Nigeria, Libya and Sicily.

A commercial sex worker, Janet Etim, has died after being beaten by one of her customers for reportedly failing to see their sexual encounter through to the end. The incident occurred at the De Love Hotel in Ejigbo, Lagos.
The client allegedly paid Janet for what is known in sex worker's parlance as 'short time'. He then proceeded to carry on for longer than expected, tiring the prostitute in the process.


The so called 'salt and ice challenge' is the new craze but it comes with a good degree of pain as shown by these pictures. It involves youngsters placing salt and ice on their skin, causing a chemical reaction that reduces the temperature of the ice to as low as -17C. Participants then see who can withstand the searing pain longest before sharing photos of the resulting burns, similar to frostbite, online.

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