French Olympics Walker Yohann Diniz Poos Himself Mid-Race

A French athlete battled through an extremely sticky situation after he suffered the unfortunate ignominy of pooing himself 15km into the men’s Olympic 50km walking race.

Yohann Diniz’s plight was caught on camera with brown stains running down the back of his legs after soiling his pants midway through the contest.

Diniz was the favourite to clinch gold in Rio and is the world record holder. But once illness kicked in he struggled to dominate the pack.

You’ve got to feel pretty sorry for the guy, seeing his Olympic dreams end in such humiliating fashion.

Hungry Locals Break into Zoo and Butcher Horse

A group of hungry locals broke into a zoo and butchered a horse for meat.Food shortages in the struggling country are being blamed as one of the main reasons for the horrid incident which took place at Caracas’ Caricuao Zoo – last month.

In the early hours, when the zoo was closed, the group broke into the state-run attraction. They took the black stallion, the only one of its kind at the zoo, from its pen and then chopped the animal up in a secluded spot.

Patients Provide Cotton Wool, Methylated Spirit —ABUTH Doctors

The National Association of Resident Doctors, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, has lamented the high level of rot in the tertiary healthcare institution, saying patients now provide cotton wool and methylated spirit for their treatment.

Members of the association, who lodged their complaints with the Senate on Friday, said they had held a week’s protest and would embark on a three-day warning strike on Monday, after which an indefinite strike would hold should the management of the hospital fail to respond.

Declare Independence and Face Treason Charges, Police tells Avengers

The Police on Friday gave a stern warning to the Niger Delta Avengers against its planned secession from Nigeria, saying it is a treasonable offence.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Donald Awunah, who stated this in Abuja said the security agencies would not allow any action that might lead to a breakdown of law and order in any part of the country.

Awunah advised the militant group against daring the might of the Federal Government, describing their reported plan to declare a Niger Delta republic on October 1 as provocative.

Nigerian Woman Names Her Dog ‘Lai Mohammed

Barely few days after the news of the arrest of a trader after he named his dog ‘Buhari’ broke out and has continued to generate controversy,  a Nigerian woman, Ada Ogbonna has also revealed her own dog is named after minister of Information, Lai Mohammed.

Ada  said she decided to name her dog ‘Lai Mohammed’ because she admired the minister.

Some People Are Frustrated By My Rising National And International Profile’ – Jonathan

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to reports about him sponsoring Niger Delta Avengers, adding that some persons were out to malign him, out of frustration with his rising national and international profile.

There had been publications that the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government had begun probing Jonathan over alleged link to the Niger Delta Avengers.

Househelp Abducts Her Employer’s Two Children In Ogun, Turns Them To Beggars In Lagos

A middle-aged Fulani woman simply identified as Asmau (pictured above) has been arrested for stealing two children of the woman she was working for in Ogere, Ogun state and taking them to Ikorodu in Lagos state where she turned them to street beggars, Vanguard reports.

Asmau who served as a housemaid to the mother of the two children, worked for four months before kidnapping the children Amina, 6 and Rukayya, 7.

My Husband Impregnated His ‘Sister’ Three Months After Our Wedding

‘My husband, Ezekiel Obeji, impregnated his `sister’ in our matrimonial home,” a 31-year-old businesswoman, Mrs Francisca Obeji, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday.

Obeji told the court that her husband of seven years impregnated a woman he introduced to her as his `sister’.

“My husband, who married me as a virgin, stopped making love to me three-months after our wedding.“Four-months into our wedding, he brought a young woman home and introduced her to me as his `sister’.

Lagos Ranked ‘Third Worst’ City to Live In the World

According to Global Livability Index of a survey survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Lagos state, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria, is the third worst city to live in.

Lagos placed 138th out of the 140 cities ranked in the latest livability survey, just above war-ravaged Tripoli and Damascus.

Beyonce Just Jumped off a 30ft Yacht

We reckon Beyonce is going for the most liked photo on Instagram after she jumped off a 30ft yacht – with Jay Z capturing the moment on camera.

The singer, who is currently in Sardinia taking a break from her Formation World Tour, was papped as she pencil dived off the super yacht.

Manchester Airport Terminal 2 Evacuated After ‘Unattended Bag’ Found

Manchester Airport carried out a part evacuation of Terminal 2 this evening after an ‘unattended bag’ was discovered outside the building.

Passengers on the terminal’s land side were cleared from the building and the area surrounding the bag cordoned off after it was discovered shortly before 7pm.

Police officers and fire fighters were called to the incident but have now been stood down after it was determined the item posed no threat.

Mexico Police 'Executed 22 People in Michoacan

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said 22 people were executed by federal police during a confrontation on a ranch in the western state of Michoacan last year.

The commission had investigated the clash, which took place at a ranch in the town of Tanhuato in May 2015.

A total of 42 suspected members of a drug cartel died in the clash, as well as one police officer.

Man Reveals His Face for First Time since Tiger Attack

A man who was horrifically disfigured in a tiger attack and is forced to cover up his face has gone public with his scars for the first time.

Hashmot Ali, from southern Bangladesh, was sleeping in a boat docked in a forest canal when a tiger crept up behind him.

The animal dragged its claws across his face, tearing it apart with a single stroke.

As the man screamed in pain, the tiger tried to pull him from the boat waking his colleagues.

US Apologises for Swimmers 'Unacceptable Behaviour'

The United States Olympic Committee has apologised for what it called the unacceptable behaviour of four US swimmers who falsely said they had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio.

Police questioned three of the gold medal winners and say "they were not victims of the crimes they claimed".

Two of the four - Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger - were allowed to fly out of Rio on Thursday evening.

Usain Bolt Wins 200m Gold, His Eighth Olympic Gold

Usain Bolt won the men's 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented 'treble treble'.

The Jamaican ran 19.78 seconds to come home ahead of Canada's Andre de Grasse and France's Christophe Lemaitre.

Britain's Adam Gemili clocked the same time as Lemaitre, but was denied his first Olympic medal in a photo finish.

Louisiana Residents Begin Cleanup as Flood Waters Recede

Flood waters receded in southern Louisiana on Wednesday (Aug 17), after a days-long deluge that inundated vast areas, claimed 11 lives, and impacted some 40,000 homes.

Residents were cleaning up in many neighbourhoods, and trying to assess the scope of the devastation left by heavy, unrelenting rains that overwhelmed rivers and sent them flooding over their banks.

"When you have a storm that is unnamed, wasn't a tropical storm, wasn't a hurricane, a lot of the times people underestimate the impacts that it would have," Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Tuesday.

One Killed in Pulwama Clashes, Curfew Enters 41st Day in Valley

A lecturer was killed and 18 others were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters who were opposing a search operation in Khrew area of Pulwama district in Kashmir where curfew and restrictions remained in force for the 41st day. 

Shabir Ahmad Monga, a contractual lecturer, died when he and several others were beaten up at Khrew late last night, a police official said. He said 18 other persons, mostly youths, have been admitted to a hospital here.

Egypt Suspends Eight TV Presenters for Being 'Too Fat'

Eight Egyptian television presenters have been told to drop weight or lose their jobs, sparking uproar among women's rights groups.

The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (Ertu) has suspended for a month eight female presenters which it deemed too overweight to appear on camera.

According to newspaper al-Youm al-Sabe, which is privately owned, the decision was taken by Ertu’s new female director Safaa Hegazi, who has given the women one month to lose weight before they can appear on air again with an "appropriate appearance."

Obama to Head to China, Laos for Last Visit in His 'Rebalance' Push

US President Barack Obama next month (Sept) will make what is expected to be his final trip to Asia, a region at the centre of his administration's foreign policy, to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders, the White House said on Thursday (Aug 18).

US Swimmers Were Not Robbed, Says Rio Police Chief

 

Four US Olympic gold medal swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police says.

Fernando Veloso told reporters that one or more of the men had instead vandalised part of a petrol station and then offered to pay for the damage.

The Americans paid and left after armed security guards intervened, he said.

One guard had justifiably drawn his gun after one of the swimmers began behaving erratically, Mr Veloso added.