Every one of us can help stop child abuse

Child abuse is more than bruises or broken bones. While physical abuse is shocking due to the scars it leaves, not all child abuse is as obvious. Putting a child in dangerous situations like this, making her behave as if she much older than her age,is not appropriate. Regardless of the type of child abuse, the result is serious emotional harm.

. Family begs police to lock them behind bars

A family of four, including an eight-month pregnant woman and two children ages four and two is begging authorities to put them in jail so they won’t starve.

Rendered homeless and penniless after a series of catastrophic events, Pakistani Ishtiaq Hussain 34, approached Bur Dubai police station with the bizarre request on October 21 – the day his landlord threw them out over unpaid rent.

“I had no money and the kids were hungry. So we went to the police and pleaded with them to put us behind bars. I thought we’ll at least get a roof over our heads and some food. But they turned us away. We spent two nights in a park on near-empty stomachs before an acquaintance took pity on us and gave my wife and kids temporary shelter and food in his house. While they stayed with him, I roughed it out in a nearby park,” said Ishtiaq.

Urine-powered generator invented by Nigerian female students

Possibly one of the more unexpected products at Maker Faire Africa this year in Lagos is a urine powered generator, created by four girls. The girls are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15).

The generator is on display at an exhibition in Lagos Nigeria where people from the tiniest villages to those from big cities are talking about making stuff. This is part of an initiative by ‘Maker Faire Movement’ which seeks to showcase how traditional handicrafts can be a solution in the wake of expensive robot. 

Man Utd vs Barcelona:Hottest girlfriends

Cesc Fabregas - Daniella Semaa..........more photos after cut

Photos: Pregnant Mercy Johnson Shooting In Atlanta America

Some swore she’s there just to shoot a movie. But we all know that most airlines don’t carry expectant mothers who are at the final stage of pregnancy, for fear they may deliver on the flight, or worse, force the plane to do an urgent landing should there be complications. more photo after cut. 

Policeman kills bus conductor for stepping on him

A yet-to-be identified policeman attached to the Alapere Police Division, Ketu, Lagos, on Wednesday allegedly shot and killed a bus conductor for stepping on him.

Eyewitnesses said the policeman was standing at Tipper Bus Stop when the conductor stepped on him.

The eyewitness said, “The policeman was in mufti. He challenged the man on why he stepped on him and could not apologise. I think the victim maintained that he was not going to apologise to him.

“It happened so fast. All we heard was a gunshot and the conductor fell down bleeding profusely.”

People in the area immediately tried to swoop on the policeman but did not succeed as he threatened to shoot them.

Kenya twins named Barack, Mitt

A Kenyan mother has named her new-born twins after US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the BBC reports.

Millicent Owuor, 20, gave birth to the twins in south-west Kenya on the day Obama was re-elected.

A short distance from the hospital, at the Obama family’s ancestral village, people were celebrating his victory.

“I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt,” Owuor was quoted byReuters as saying.

Owuor posed for photographers on Wednesday at the Siaya District Hospital with her twin boys.

US election tears PDP, ACN, others apart

The quick resolution of Tuesday’s presidential election in the United States, last night, sparked off quarel among the three leading parties in Nigeria, with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and opposition parties accusing one another of bad manners.

Reacting to the quick acceptance of defeat by Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, the PDP in a statement congratulating the victorious Barack Obama, had advised opposition parties in Nigeria to learn to accept defeat, accusing them of being bad losers.

3 killed, dozens trapped as shopping mall collapses in Ghana

A six-storey shopping mall collapsed in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Wednesday, with at least three people so far confirmed dead and dozens of victims feared trapped, sparking desperate rescues.

Police said around 50 employees were reported to be in the building before the collapse on Wednesday morning. It was not immediately clear if customers were also inside, with one worker saying the mall had yet to open.

President John Dramani Mahama suspended his campaign ahead of December 7 elections and offered prayers for those trapped. Thousands thronged the site, including family members in search of relatives.

“My son, my son, my son! My son is going to die! Get him for me! He is my only son!” one woman could be heard screaming.

Furious Donald Trump calls for 'revolution,' said Obama's re-election was 'disgusting injustice'

The Donald has always been outspoken where President Obama is concerned, riding him on everything from his college records to his birth certificate.

And this Election Day was no different. Moments after the president’s victory was projected by several news outlets last night, Donald Trump took to Twitter to voice his outrage, demanding a ‘revolution.’

VIDEO: Obama's complete Presidential victory speech

UNILAG student hospitalised after outing with Facebook friend

A 21-year-old student has been hospitalised, after she was allegedly pushed down from the third floor of a building in Lagos, following a disagreement with a man she met on the social network, Facebook.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akabugu Nkiruka sustained multiple injuries, including a pelvis fracture, and was undergoing surgery at the General Hospital, Marina, Lagos, on Tuesday.

Nkiruka, a Linguistics student of the University of Lagos, toldNAN on her hospital bed that she met the young man through the social media, barely a week before the November 1 incident.

Lagos Traffic Law: Lawmakers caution over-zealous Police officers

 
Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Commissioner of Police, to caution some of his over-zealous officers to desist from indiscriminate arrest and brutalizing apprehended commercial motorcyclists, popularly called “Okada riders” on the pretext of enforcing the state’s Traffic Law.

A member of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, expressed this under Matters of Urgent Public Importance during a Plenary Session.

Citing a case of an Okada rider who was arrested in Agege for disobeying a section of the law, the lawmaker frowned at the way and manner Okada riders were being accosted by some over-zealous policemen who went beyond reasonable measures in carrying out their duty, even on authorised routes.

How ‘PhD holder’ lived, died in refuse dump

What exactly happened to Dr. Olawunmi Thorpe, an Ogun State indigene, who died a homeless man, may never be known.

To passersby and residents, who saw Thorpe everyday in the rubbish dump beside the rail line at Fagba Bus Stop in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, he was a deranged man.

But what many people did not know was that Thorpe had a Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Mass Communication and a PhD in English Language.

All these information came to light when PUNCH Metro got information that the “mad man” who spoke impeccable English had died about 5pm Wednesday last week.

NULGE condemns non-conduct of LG polls

The National Union of Local Government Employees on Tuesday in Benin, Edo State, condemned the prevalence of caretaker committees in many of the country’s 774 local governments.

NULGE members, at a sensitisation campaign organised by the union, also condemned the delay in implementating a resolution by the Edo State House of Assembly, dissolving caretaker committees in the 18 local governments in the state.

The councils in the state have since October 2010 been run by caretaker committees.

Gunmen shoot Nigerian Compass MD

Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Compass, Mr. Sina Kawonise narrowly escaped death on Monday night, as suspected gunmen shot him in the leg during an attack on the Akure-Ilesha Highway.

A police security detail who was with managing director in his car was also injured. Kawonise was returning by road from Awka, Anambra where he had gone to present a keynote address at the 17th annual conference of the Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association and where he was presented with a Distinguished Sociologist award by the association.

Barack Obama tweeted picture of himself with his wife Michelle shortly after being declared the winner

President Barack Obama won re-election to the White House tonight with a landslide victory over Mitt Romney, according to projections from most of the television networks.

Broadcast networks called the 2012 presidential election for Obama as he swept the map with wins in the swings states of Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virginia while Florida still hung in the balance.

Obama seemed poised for a resounding electoral college win - despite predictions of one of the tightest finishes in history and the dogged insistence of Romney advisers that they were making gains all over the political battlefield.

Five years after death sentence, Rev. King appears in Court of Appeal

It has been five years since the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King was convicted and sentenced to death by Justice Joseph Oyewole of Ikeja High court. However, the convict was in court again yesterday to appeal against the death penalty on him.

It could be recalled that the infamous Pastor was arraigned on September 26, 2006. He was later convicted and sentenced to death by hanging on January 11, 2007 for charges of murder and attempted murder.

Governor Fashola shared passionate kiss withwife after meeting of officials

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, shocked onlookers, as he pulled his wife close and shared a passionate kiss with her.

The number one citizen of the state, has built a reputation for being a no-nonsense man, implementing several strict laws around the metropolis. But he has never been seen to express affection publicly.

“The elites are Nigeria’s problems,” Jonathan cries out

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday lambasted the country’s elite, saying they are the problems of Nigeria.

Mr Jonathan stated this at the palace of the Emir of Hadejia and Chairman Jigawa state Traditional Council, Alhaji Adamu Ababakar Maje, when he paid the royal father a courtesy call.

The President who is on a two-day official visit to Jigawa state was treated to a grand Durbar after he landed in an helicopter at the Hadejia township stadium.

Photo : Couple with stupid public display at the beach

what kind of guy will do such a thing to his gurl? and what kind of lady will allow such a stupid public display?. Birds of the same feather flock together!

Munachi Abii's small birthday celebration( Photos)

Photos: Uche Jombo and hubby at the New York premiere of Unguarded

The premiere took place on Saturday November 3rd in New York. Uche Jombo, her hubby, Ramsey Noah, Monalisa Chinda, Emem Isong were all there. More photos after the cut...

Man Arrested For Spreading HIV

If it’s not sheer stupidity then I don’t know what it is. In this era of civilisation, why people would go ahead and infect others with deadly sickness is beyond my understanding.

A young man who is HIV positive has been busted for deliberately spreading the virus in Accra. He was picked up during a live radio interview at Happy FM in Accra.

I feel sad for all the people he might have infected with the virus. He must be made to face the full rigours of the law.

What do you suggest is done to him?

Read the story below:

VIDEO: Actress Rukky Sanda Getting Tattooed

In this video, Nollywood actress Rukky Sanda is seen inking her back, just like her very good friend, Tonto Dikeh did last year. It’s not as bizarre as Dike’s but equally as daring.Watch the video after the cut.

VIDEO: Why White People Should Vote For Obama - Comedian Chris Rock

Rapist demands N5m from victim

The police in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja are investigating the case of a middle-aged woman who was allegedly abducted, raped and asked to pay N5 million.

On Monday, the woman who resides in Gwarinpa, told the police her ordeal.

The lady said she boarded a taxi from Gwarinpa to Wuse, when “the driver sprayed air freshener in the cab.”

“I woke up in an uncompleted building naked and messed up. I received an envelope the next day containing a video disk showing how I was raped.

BZM members arrested after they declared independence & flew a Biafran flag

At least 100 members of the Biafra Zionist Movement were arrested in Enugu today after they declared independence and raised a Biafran flag during a march in the state.

The last time a Biafran flag was raised (1967), there was war in Nigeria. The men arrested today, young men and veterans of the war, have been charged with treason.

I have no mercy on those who kill – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that two death row convicts in the state deserve to die, saying he owes no apology over his stance which he said was in exercise of his duty as governor.

In a robust defence of his position, Oshiomhole, in an interview, said that even though he had the choice of exercising the prerogative of mercy on the convicts, he had chosen not to do so, given the nature of the offence of the two men whose convictions were upheld by the Supreme Court.

He said: “God can have mercy on them, but I am unable having regard to the overall circumstances of the case, namely, killing and dismembering the body of your victim and wanting to sell some of the parts and you ask me in the name of human rights, let him live.”

Fabregas Stole My Wife, Says Millionaire businessman

                                         Hot stuff … Cesc Fabregas and Daniella Semaan on holiday in Italy 

A MILLIONAIRE businessman told last night how he and his wife were trying for a third child — when he found out she was playing away with soccer star Cesc Fabregas.

Property tycoon Elie Taktouk discovered the affair when he saw newspaper pictures of the former Arsenal skipper on holiday with a “mystery brunette” and recognised her as wife Daniella Semaan, 38.

Elie, also 38, is now divorced and forced to watch Spanish maestroFabregas, 25, becoming stepfather to his son aged eight and 11-year-old daughter.

He said: “I was completely numb and in shock for months.

“I was in denial but I never wanted her back.