Thursday, November 20, 2014

Sisi says possible pardon for Jazeera reporters 'under study'

Yemeni journalists hold posters depicting three Al Jazeera journalists and cover their mouths with black tapes during a protest against the imprisonment in Egypt of three Al Jazeera journalists in Sana’a, Yemen, 25 June 2014. Source: EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

The motorsports legend suffered severe brain injuries in December 2013 after falling and hitting his head on a rock whilst skiing in the French resort of Meribel.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of sabotaging his own Administration’s war against Boko Haram on the altar of personal vindictiveness and political desperation, an action that is unbecoming of a self-respecting national leader.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said just because he was so desperate to oust Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of House of Representatives, President Jonathan ensured that the House could not meet as scheduled on Thursday to consider his request for an extension of the State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.

NASS Siege: Shame At The National Assembly Is What Jonathan Wanted As A Birthday Present—Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the crude methods the Jonathan administration is using to harass and humiliate perceived political enemies.
Members of the House of reps and their aides jumping the fence to get into the National AssemblySahara ReportersReacting to the incident at the National Assembly on Thursday when heavily-armed security operatives prevented Speaker Aminu Tambuwal from gaining access to the House to preside over the deliberation on the extension of emergency rule in the North-East, the former Vice President said in a statement by his media office that the “siege mentality” of the Jonathan administration poses grave threats to Nigeria’s democracy, the rule of law and the separation of powers as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended.

Assange speaks from a window of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on December 20, 2012

Indeed we live in a wicked world. A mother and father murdered their 22-month-old son by stamping and beating him with such ferocity the child’s small intestine split in two, a court heard. Toddler Levi Blu Cassin suffered ‘catastrophic’ internal injuries similar to someone who had been hit by a car or fallen from a three-storey building…

Putain de merde! I exclaim in absolute contempt as I hand over my passport to the French police officer. That’s an unthinkable vulgarity! It is the father of vulgarities in French, guaranteed to catch the attention of the French policeman who now holds my passport, lost in a few seconds of confusion. His colleagues in the ongoing process of stripping Nigerians of their human dignity also stop sharply in their tracks, all eyes on me. I have them where I want them. I want all four French police officers to hear me use a vulgarity that no White French man or woman can get away with using in the presence of a French policeman in the best of circumstances, let alone an African with a black ass getting off the plane – and from Nigeria of all places!

After my two-part article on why women have sex, I received several messages from readers who were interested in knowing quite the opposite, why women don’t want to have sex.One guy said if it was true that women have sex for all the reasons mentioned, then, they have enough reasons to have sex almost every day.

Popular Yoruba OAP, Opeyemi Fajemilehin is dead

Ace radio presenter of Yoruba live programmes, Opeyemi Fajemilehin is dead.

The one-time General Manager of Ara FM, who was said to have been diabetic passed away last night at his Ilesha residence.

Born in the mid-fifties in Igede-Ekiti, Ekiti State, late Opeyemi attended both primary and secondary schools in his Ekiti State and Ikire in Osun State respectiely.
He equally studied at the Lagos Secondary Commercial Academy (LASCA) now known as Ilupeju College,Obanikoro Lagos.

Spain’s Duchess of Alba, one of Europe’s wealthiest aristocrats with a fortune of £500m, is dead

Spain’s Duchess of Alba, one of Europe’s wealthiest aristocrats, died on Thursday, aged 88, after a short illness, media said.

The owner of fabulous palaces and priceless works of art, Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, known as ‘Cayetana’, was known for her flamboyant lifestyle and was the world’s most titled person, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Chocolate City rapper, Penshak Zamani, popularly known as Ice Prince has come out to state the reason his love affair with Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson ended abruptly.

Speaking with Beat FM presenter, Olisa Adibua on the new episode of ‘The Truth’, the award winning rapper talks about his relationship with the Ghanaian actress.‎

Speaking on what has become a love triangle after Olisa asked who was the first to date Yvonne Nelson between him and Iyanya as such, Ice Prince said:‎ ‘We need to have this interview with Iyanya and Yvonne Nelson sitting down here, We are cool, Yvonne is still Yvonne, we still keep in touch as long as we can, not every day, not every month, not all the time.’

Chairman of the Chibok community in Abuja, Tsambido Hosea-Abana has carpeted United States President, Barack Obama for condemning the recent Boko Haram attack on the troubled community.

The community asked Obama to take action as a world leader to save the situation in the Northeast rather than condemning it.

Jonathan at 57: His name, luck and rise

Leading online news medium, Vanguardngr.com takes a look at the profile of President Goodluck Jonathan as he celebrates his 57th birthday

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Nigeria’s first president from the southern Niger Delta oil region, has enjoyed a meteoric rise to power largely through being in the right place at the right time.

He has managed to live up to his name, bestowed by parents who had high expectations, and also gave him a middle name that means “God’s wish”. As his name suggests, Goodluck has a habit of being in the right place at the right time.

He was born in Otueke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the then Eastern Region, later Rivers State, and now Bayelsa State — to a humble Ijaw family of canoe makers on November 20, 1957, the year after oil was discovered in the region.

House Members Scaling The NASS Iron Gate To Make Way For Tambuwal, Who Was Denied Entry Into The Complex

Security operatives, Thursday, fenced the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal from entering the National Assembly Complex.

Lawmakers who accompanied the speaker had to climb the second entry point gate as some who could not climb sustained injuries while trying to scale over.

After days of horse trading ,accusations ,counter accusations and denials,the seven Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have finally impeached the Speaker of the assembly and his Deputy,Hon Adetunji Orisalade.

Nearly 700 people were at the Gauteng memorial service for the victims of the Nigeria church collapse, held at Johannesburg City Hall. Source: Roxanne Joseph

Lawyers for Nigerian preacher TB Joshua said Thursday they had mounted a legal challenge against a coroner who has ordered him to testify about a fatal building collapse at his Lagos megachurch.

Joshua has been summonsed twice to give evidence at an inquest examining the circumstances of the September 12 tragedy in which 116 people were killed, but failed to appear on both occasions.

The latest no show by the popular televangelist on Thursday angered coroner Oyetade Komolafe, who said he would order his arrest.

The Nigerian Ambassador to Argentina, Chiver Kaave, has said an estimated 50,000 Nigerians are currently languishing in various prisons across the world.

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party-led federal government for subjecting Nigeria to economic distress in 16 years of continuous oil boom.

Senate President, David Mark, during plenary, announces the shutting down of the National Assembly till Tuesday.

The member representing Lagos Island Constituency 2, in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wahab Alawiye-King, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking re-election for the office of the President against his own wish.

FILE - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan (L) presents the 2013 budget proposal as Senate President David Mark (C) and House speaker Aminu Tambuwal look on at a joint sitting of the parliament in the capital Abuja, October 2012.

Chaos erupted at Nigeria's National Assembly on Thursday as security forces tried to block the speaker of the House of Representatives from entering the complex.

Pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday asked members of the National Assembly to reject President Goodluck Jonathan’s request to extend the emergency rule in the three North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, that have been ravaged by the activities of Boko Haram.

It’s not easy being the last embattled 2014 Democrat in Washington

On the morning after the Senate rejected approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the bills's sponsor, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., chair of the...

Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is the last Democrat up for election in 2014 following a GOP wave that swept eight of her colleagues out of office in November.

The authorities in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday were investigating an overnight shooting on the campus of Florida State University that left three wounded and the gunman dead.

At a news conference early Thursday, the police said that they were trying to piece together the circumstances that led to the shooting at Strozier Library, in the heart of the university campus.

© Provided by The Wall Street Journal.A Citigroup Inc. executive was found dead in the bathtub of his home in Manhattan on Tuesday from an apparent slash wound to the neck, New York City authorities said.

Shawn Miller, 42 years old, a Citigroup managing director, had marks on his arms and throat in the bathtub at his Financial District apartment at 120 Greenwich St. when emergency responders reached him after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a law enforcement official said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A new website based in Russia is streaming video live from thousands of private webcams around the world, including images of babies and hospital patients.

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- Yuri Poznychenko has lived in the village of Stepanovka, close to Ukraine's border with Russia, all his life.

U2's Bono injures arm in bike accident

Buffalo area braces for more snow

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(CNN) -- There are 5 1/2 feet of snow outside and on top of Chrissy Hazard's home in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, New York. A treadmill and table prop up a door felled by the snow's attempted push into the home.

But everything's all right for now, she told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360."

"We're good. We're buried in the house but we're doing OK," she said.

Baerlic Brewing co-founders Ben Parsons (left) and Richard Hall illustrate the spirit that helps Portland maintain prime position in the brewing world, even as the beer gap closes.

(CNN) -- Florida State University warned of a "dangerous situation on campus" early Thursday morning, and asked students to stay away from windows.

"FSU Alert Dangerous situation main campus-Tallahassee," a text sent to students read. "Seek shelter immediately, away from doors and windows."

Brave: Leo Waddell and his mum, Hayley

A teenage boy born in a girl’s body plans to have his eggs frozen so he can have children even after he has gender reassignment surgery as an adult.

Leo Waddell, 13, is having the procedure after being prescribed hormone blockers to stop his body developing into a woman’s.

Michael Peluso believes that if his mum had a colonoscopy it could have “saved her life” as other tests didn’t pick up her colon cancer

Heartbreak: Lynda and her son Michael

Lynda Bellingham’s son has spoken for the first time since her death saying how her life could have been saved if her cancer had not been “missed”.

The Coronation Street star was told the sad news about his brother's death by producers of the ITV show

Craig Charles is set to quit the I'm A Celebrity - after being told his brother Dean has died.

Corrie star Craig, 50, was being informed of the death once he woke up on Thursday morning in Australia, late night UK time.

Seven-year-old girl's mouth suddenly swells up - you won't believe what the dentist found

Dr Ajoy Roychoudhary, head of oral and maxillofacial surgery at New Delhi medical instute, said: "It was shocking to see"

Examined: Dentist couldn't believe the unusual find

A little girl complaining of mouth pain was taken to the dentist - and found to have 202 TEETH.

The Indian youngster had complained to her mum about 'severe pain' and had swellings in her mouth.

Her businesswoman mother, living in the Gurgaon area, took her daughter to the dentist to find out what the problem was.

Jardine Smith invited husband Paul and his new lover Leo to move in with her, and even asked Leo to be the dad of two of her kids

Unusual: Jardine Smith is raising six of her children with her gay ex-husband Paul (r) and his husband Leo (l

Most women would see red, some might even turn violent, but when this mother-of-eight's husband left her for another MAN she invited them all to live together.

Jardine Smith was heartbroken after discovering Paul Hartley, her husband of 10 years, had been having an affair.