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Sunday, 31 January 2016

Police Arrest Traffic Robbery Suspect

The Lagos Police Command Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Sunday said it had arrested a traffic robbery suspect whose gang terrorised motorists in Lekki-Ajah axis.

This was contained in statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Oladapo Badmos, in Lagos on Sunday.

A 17-year-old Cleveland girl stabbed another teen in the back Saturday night, police said.

The incident happened about 7:30 p.m. on the 3200 block of East 119th Street.

Witnesses told police that a group of girls was walking down the street when another group of girls ran toward them from behind.

Gone but not forgotten. Nick Gordon shared a sweet snapshot of his late girlfriend, Bobbi Kristina Brown, via Twitter almost one year since she was discovered unconscious at her Georgia home.

Gordon, 25, who has since made his Twitter account private, shared a poignant selfie of the two on Monday, January 25. In it, the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown smiles contentedly as she leans on his shoulder.

Man Shot in The Head Outside Garfield Heights Bar

Ohio -- A shooting outside a Broadway Avenue bar left one man injured early Saturday, police said.

The shooting took place about 1 a.m. in the parking lot of Niecy's Place.

A fight between "numerous" people started and bar security managed to separate the combatants and kick everyone out, police said. It is unclear what caused the fight.

Helen Mirren

The Trumbo star was stunning in a figure-hugging Jenny Packham gown.

This is a complete list of winners at Saturday's 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Chadian President Idriss Deby was yesterday elected new chairman of the African Union (AU).

Deby who took over the chairmanship of the AU from Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, will serve the position in 2016.

Mugabe announced Deby’s election in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday at the opening of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).

The crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have assumed an irredeemable dimension with strong indications last week that some top leaders have been meeting to discuss plans to form a new political party.

The plans, Daily Trust on Sunday reliably gathered, are being spearheaded by the trio of former governor of Kano State and former Education minister Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido and former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu.

African leaders have told the United Nations (UN) that the continent will fight for its own identity, integrity and personality.They called on the United Nations to reform the Security Council by making African nations its permanent members.

The outgoing chairman of the AU, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, made the call Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the commencement of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, with the theme “2016: African Year of Human Rights, with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women”.

Cameroon Denies its Army Killed Nigerian Civilians

Cameroon is denying reports that its soldiers have killed dozens of civilians in cross-border raids pursuing Boko Haram extremists into Nigeria — the third such report from Nigerian villagers in two months.

Cameroon’s Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary on Friday dismissed a AP report, saying Cameroonian troops were working “in perfect synergy” with Nigerian armed forces and have been trained to avoid human rights abuses.

Coca-Cola has bought a 40 percent stake in Nigerian juice and snack producer Chi Ltd, it said on Saturday, as it continues to expand in Africa to tap a young and fast-growing population.

The United States drinks giant bought the stake from unlisted TGI Group, the two companies said in a joint statement, but did not disclose the value of the sale.

Seven persons died early today when a boat ran over a submerged log at Badore area of Lagos waterways while ten survivals were rescued from the scene.

The incident occurred at about 10.20am after the boat with 17 passengers on board took off from Ijede jetty on board Badore, Ajah.

Below are photos from the scene of the accident:

An Ohio seminary student was arrested Friday in California on allegations that he intended to travel to Mexico to have sex with a toddler or baby.

Joel A. Wright, 23, of Columbus was taken into custody Friday after getting off a plane at at Lindberg Field in San Diego, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement.

Wright had written emails to an undercover agent posing as a travel guide that he wanted to adopt or purchase a female child under age 3 in Tijuana, Mexico, for the purposes of having sex with her, authorities said.

The mother of the man who died Friday in a fire at a Mentor print shop described him as a generous person who wouldn't hesitate to help others.

James Omersa Jr., 43, died in the fire that broke out just after 5:15 a.m. at the Print Shack on East Avenue.

A passerby reported the fire at 5:19 a.m. Firefighters arrived at the scene and had the fire under control in 23 minutes, police said. It appears the fire was accidental but its cause has not yet been determined, officials said Friday afternoon.

Krysta A. McBride, 25, was charged May with two counts of child endangering, after beating her stepson in March. McBride pleaded not guilty in June and changed her plea to no contest in December.

At the time of the offense, the child’s father, McBride’s husband, was in a different part of the house when she beat the child with a belt, according to Medina County Prosecutor Dean Holman.

A man from Sterling has been indicted on criminal charges for allegedly supplying heroin to a woman who died from a drug overdose just a few short hours after having a baby.

52-year old Larry Davenport is charged with felony counts of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs. The charges stem from the death of 23-year old Kimberly Karosy last August. Karosy gave birth at Davenport’s home, but the child did not survive.

Medical officials have been unable to determine whether or not the child was stillborn.

Anderson Cooper Admits: I'm 'the Definition of a Mama's Boy'

Like mother, like son. Anderson Cooper grew up in one of America’s most famous families, and now he’s revealing intimate new details about his storied life with mom Gloria Vanderbilt. Speaking with Us Weekly's Ashley Spencer at the Us Weekly Video Lounge at ChefDance at the Sundance Film Festival, the CNN anchor and director Liz Garbus opened up about their HBO documentary, Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper, and waxed nostalgic about Cooper's far-from-ordinary upbringing.

Three’s company indeed. Khloé Kardashian revealed during a game of True or False with her pals Jen Atkin and Hrush Achemyan that she once walked in on a boyfriend having a threesome. The Kocktails With Khloé host, 31, made the confession via her app while playing the game with her glam squad.

“One time, I walked in on my current boyfriend at the time and he was having not just sex — a threesome — with two girls he met at the mall earlier that day,” Kardashian said, leaving the ladies to guess whether her story was true or false.

Blac Chyna was arrested for public intoxication on Friday, January 29, upon landing at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, the Austin Police Department confirms to Us Weekly.

TMZ reports that police met Chyna at the gate after she allegedly got drunk and disrupted the flight from L.A. One eyewitness told the site that she argued with a flight attendant on the plane.

David Bowie was a generous man. According to Page Six, the late legend left his $100 million estate to his wife, Iman, and his two kids, Duncan and Lexi, as well as to his assistant and Duncan’s former nanny.

Bowie, whose real name was David Robert Jones, died on January 10 of cancer at the age of 69.

There are a number of ways to end a domestic, and some are more drastic than others.

This female shark ended hers by simply eating a male opponent in an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.The female sand tiger shark measures 7.2ft, while her late rival, a male banded hound shark, was only 3.9ft long.

Police are asking for help identifying a man who stole shrimp from an Akron grocery store.

The suspect was caught on video at the Acme on East Avenue on Jan. 15 putting the shrimp down his pants. Akron police said he fought with loss prevention officers, who tried to keep him in the store, and showed them a gun while he fled.

Firefighters found a person's body under debris that collapsed in a fire early Friday in Mentor.

The fire broke out just after 5:15 a.m. on East Avenue near Patterson Drive, the Mentor Police Department said in a statement. The address is home to Print Shack, according to the company's website.

Westlake officers tracked down a suspected burglar by following footprints he left in the snow, police said.James Roth, 28, is charged with burglary and criminal trespassing.

A Westlake man called police about 4 a.m. Friday after seeing strange footprints around his home.The man told police that the footprints led to both of the cars parked in his driveway and into a garage attached to his home.

An avalanche near McBride, British Columbia, has killed five people, according to Donita Cuzma of the British Columbia Coroners Service.

The avalanche struck at 1:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET).

Police are investigating after a man walked into a downtown Cleveland men's shelter with a gunshot wound.

Police were called to the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry shelter at 2100 Lakeside Avenue about 6:40 p.m. Thursday, officials said. The 49-year-old man had been shot in the shoulder.

In today's TV and movie landscape, the "death" of a character isn't as finite as it once was, say, back in olden times. Just ask "X-Files" fans, regarding the shocking return of the Cigarette Smoking Man on the premiere episode of the new miniseries.

So the return of Jada Pinkett Smith's Fish Mooney character on the hit Fox drama "Gotham," shouldn't really be surprising, but it is.

A woman is dead after an apartment fire Friday morning.Fire crews from Toledo’s Station 4 responded to the Deerfield Run Apartments on Arlington Avenue around 9 a.m.

"That crew went in and made an aggressive attack, located the fire and did a rapid primary search,” said Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld, Toledo Fire Department.

A Norton woman accused of threatening to stab a prosecutor after a court hearing Thursday remains jailed on $250,000 bond.

Terryl Baker, 47, is now charged with retaliation, a third-degree felony. The charge added on Friday carries a penalty from probation to five years in prison.

Upcoming Afropop artiste, Zicool, who recently released a single, Kpankpangolo online, has declared his intentions to use music as a tool to impact morals in young people.

The Bayelsa State-indigene, whose real name is Ajiri Siseri, informed that he’s on the verge of a music video to finally register his presence in the industry.

Facebook is banning private sales of guns on its flagship social network and its Instagram photo-sharing service, a move designed to clamp down on unlicensed gun transactions.

Facebook already prohibits people from offering marijuana, pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs for sale, and the company said Friday it was updating its policy to include guns. The ban applies to private, person-to-person sales of guns. Licensed gun dealers and gun clubs can still maintain Facebook pages and post on Instagram.

A 50-year-old man was shot in the face during an attempted robbery Friday night on Cleveland's East Side.

The shooting occurred about 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of East 140th Street and Glendale Avenue in the city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood.

Authorities in the town that's home to Ohio University are seeking a predator linked to sexual assaults on three women since 2006, according to the town's police chief.

DNA shows the same person committed the three separate but similar assaults — one in 2006, one in June 2015 and another in December 2015, Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle said Thursday.

During a week of firsts, the Cleveland Cavaliers claimed another.The first road win of the Tyronn Lue era.

The Cavaliers raced past the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, 114-106, extending their winning streak to three games thanks to another explosive offense performance, led by Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, two players who looked motivated after not getting invited to this year's All-Star Game.

A Grosse Pointe Park couple is accused of renting out human heads that were infected with HIV and other diseases to clients who used the body parts for medical research and training.

Arthur Rathburn, 62 and Elizabeth Rathburn, 55, ran International Biological, Inc., which procured donated human bodies, dismembered them, and provided parts to medical and dental professionals for a rental fee, according to federal prosecutors.

Senator Stella Oduah On Friday in Abuja, described as “a misinterpretation”, media reports which quoted a Supreme Court judgment to have sacked her and other federal lawmakers from Anambra.

Reports in the media said that the apex court had ordered the replacement of Oduah and other federal lawmakers from the state saying that their nomination to contest in the 2015 election was wrong.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Abumere Joseph Osagie, deputy director, regional tax office, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, in a case of abuse of office and bribery.

The suspect was picked following a complaint about his attempt to extort a university proprietor N5 million.

As the people of Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State still grapple with the sudden death of their king, Obi Edward Akaeze Ofulue III by suspected Fulani herdsmen, a prominent chief in the area, Chief Fruitful Mekwunye has blamed the kidnap and eventual death of the monarch on the security situation in the State.

An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, a deputy detective superintendent, has been arrested for offences bordering on extortion, influence peddling and impersonation, the commission said in a statement Friday.

The officer was arrested on Monday following intelligence report alleging that he extorted $150,000 from some military officers on the pretext that he would help give them a soft landing in the ongoing investigation into the arms deal scandal.

A suicide bomber, believed to be a boy, struck at a crowded market in Gombi, Adamawa State yesterday, killing many people according to witnesses. A local vigilante leader told Daily Trust on telephone that 20 persons are feared dead.

Other accounts say there were twin blasts at the Gombi Grain Market, at about 2:00pm when the market was at its peak. A source said following the blasts, chaos ensued as residents rushed to the scene in search of loved ones.

Former Minister of State for works, Eng, Chris Ogiemwonyi has formally informed members of his kith and kin in Iduebo, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, Edo State of his desire to be the next Governor of the state.

At a well attended meeting in Iduebo, his place of birth, Ogiemwonyi said it was necessary to formally inform his family members before anyone else because of his believe that charity begins at home.

Jerry Springer Wants Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa to Duke It Out on His Show

Did someone say Twitter beef? Jerry Springer happily chimed in on the epic Twitter feud that went down between Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa on Wednesday, January 27 — by inviting the pair onto his show, along with their mutual ex, Amber Rose.

Love is love. Jussie Smollett opened up about his sexuality and his views on relationships in OUT magazine's March 2016 issue.

"I am a gay man with an extremely open heart. God, I’ve never had to talk about this, so I’m trying to find the words. If I had to label myself, I would label myself as a gay man," the Empire actor, 31, told OUT’s Shana Naomi Krochmal.

The Coming Home singer shot the cover with controversial snapper Terry Richardson and fans will love it.Miley Cyrus might have given up on the nudity for five minutes but Rita Ora has proved she still keen to strip off and shock in the name of art.

The 25-year-old singer posed topless for controversial snapper Terry Richardson for he cover of French publication Lui magazine and she's certainly not shy as she beams in the pic flashing her pearly whites as well as her boobs.

The Indian Air Force has said that its fighter jets have shot down a UFO.

A Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet was dispatched to deal with a ‘balloon-shaped’ object seen over the northern state of Rajasthan on Tuesday.

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of making a copycat hoax bomb threat.

West Midlands Police said the 14-year-old boy was detained by officers after a call made to a school in the Great Barr area of Birmingham on Wednesday.

The call was traced to a nearby phone box.

You’d think a student would be rewarded for getting an asthmatic classmate some help.

Not Anthony Ruelas, he was suspended last Tuesday.

The 15-year-old had rushed the girl to the medical room at Gateway Middle School, in Texas, after declaring ‘f—k that, we ain’t got time to wait for no email from the nurse.’

A suspected thief was arrested after police found 38 mobile phones stuffed down his trousers.Officers noticed the man acting suspiciously at a Libertines gig at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham city centre on Wednesday night.

They searched the man as he left the concert and were shocked when they found 38 phones inside his trousers – which were taped closed at the bottom of his legs.

Lindsay Lohan posted a damning image to Instagram on Wednesday, January 27, that slammed her mom, Dina Lohan.

The since-deleted post showed a black-and-white version of the actress’ Bitmoji dropping a phone, with the text “We’re Done” scrawled across the image.

“@dinalohan … Sometimes it sucks when your mom isn’t there for you,” she captioned the post.

A man dressed as the iconic comic book character stopped a woman being robbed at an ATM machine in Gloucester, England, the BBC reported Wednesday.

Antonio Cortes, 32, who was wearing the costume as part of a fundraising effort for Give A Smile UK, which raises awareness of disabled children and sends them and their families on vacation, sprang into action during a break at a pub.

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