13 People Die After Drinking Cough Syrup

Thirteen people have died in a main Pakistani city after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic, police said Monday.

The victims were all drug addicts who apparently drank the cough syrup in an attempt to get high, said police officer Multan Khan. Khan said they died at various hospitals in the eastern city of Lahore over the past three days. Five other addicts who drank the cough syrup were being treated.

Police arrested the owners of three drug stores where the cough syrup was sold and sent a sample to determine whether it was toxic, said Khan. Elsewhere in the country, a bomb hidden in a cement construction block exploded in the southern city of Karachi killing one person, said senior police officer Farooq Awan. Four other people were wounded, he said.

The bomb contained about 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of explosives and was detonated by a mobile phone, said Awan. Pakistan suspended mobile phone service throughout most of the country on Saturday and Sunday to prevent attacks against Shiite Muslims during a major religious commemoration.

Despite the ban, a pair of bombings over the weekend killed at least 13 people. Awan, the police officer, said he suspected the bomb in Karachi was meant to target Shiites over the weekend, but militants were not able to detonate it because of the mobile phone ban.

Shiites are currently observing the holy month of Muharram. Pakistani Shiites on Sunday marked Ashoura, the most important day of the month. Pakistan has a long history of Sunni Muslim extremists targeting Shiites, who they consider heretics.

Also Monday, police in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, found and defused a bomb planted underneath the car of one of Pakistan’s most prominent TV anchors, Hamid Mir of Geo Television. The bomb was made up of half a kilogram (1 pound) of explosives stuffed in a tin can, said Islamabad police chief Bani Amin. It was placed in a bag and attached to the bottom of Mir’s car, said Amin.

One of Mir’s neighbors noticed the bomb underneath the car after the TV anchor returned from a local market, and the police were notified, said Rana Jawad, a senior official at Geo TV.

Nursing Mother Stabs Husband To Death In Ebonyi, Blames It On The Devil

A 24-year-old nursing mother, Mrs. Edith Okoji was at the weekend arrested by the Ebonyi State police command for allegedly stabbing her husband to death after a quarrel revolving around infidelity. The incident occurred last Sunday at No. 8 Eze Street, Abakaliki.

Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Sylvester Igbo, while speaking to newsmen on the incident said the deceased, Mr. Oyenel Okoji, was an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration attached to Ebonyi State Headquarters of the agency.

According to him, investigation so far conducted by the police on the matter indicated that the accused, a law student of Nigeria Open University who already had three children for the man, may have carried out the act on the ground that her husband was suspecting her of infidelity.

The police spokesman revealed that the accused had admitted committing the crime but blamed it on the devil.

The body of the deceased, who hailed from Ahoada-East local government area of River State, same as the wife, had been deposited at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA, for autopsy.

FRSC apologises for false information that a BRT bus fell off the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, apologised for a tweet Monday afternoon, reporting a fully loaded public transport bus, BRT, fell off the 3rd Mainland Bridge, Lagos.

Jonas Agwu, spokesman for the commission said the tweet sent out from a Blackberry phone at 12:33pm could not be confirmed and should be “disregarded.”

Although the tweet was deleted from the commission’s handle, the commission still apologised further.  Agwu could not immediately say why its officers sent out the tweet, he, however, said it was a “hoax” and investigations are underway.

“We have spoken to the Lagos Command and there is nothing like that,” he said.

The Lagos state sector commander of FRSC, Nse Akpabio, denied that the information that lead to the tweet from Abuja emanated from them.

“Who called them (FRSC Abuja, managers of the twitter handle)?” he asked.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, however, said a BRT bus crashed at about the time FRSC sent out the spurious tweet, at another location.

“A BRT bus was involved in an accident at Ebute-Ero, near Idumota, Lagos Island, with casualties, no mortality,” Oluwafemi Oke, LASEMA boss said.

FRSC operates its twitter account frequently since its first tweet in September 2009 and has over 13,000 followers keeps updated with traffic news, road accident and driving tips.

It also maintains a Facebook Page with over 16,000 ‘likes’ and is one of the government agencies that are open with information.

Since its apology, there has been mixed reactions. While a few are thankful such a shocking tragedy didn’t occur, others were highly disappointed a report like that got published without confirmation.

Youth walk against violence and abuse women and girls – See Photos

by Akan Ido

Beyond the Classroom Foundation in conjunction with AIESEC Lagos FEAVA Project (Female Empowerment against Violence and Abuse) over the weekend organized a WALK, campaigning to End Violence and Abuse on Women and Girls.

The walk tagged: ‘Youths against Violence and Abuse’ started in UNILAG, reaching out to its environs, and terminating at the take off point. The initiative is to commemorate the UN’s ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women’ which holds every 25th of November.

Participants at the events includes youth, professionals from various fields of work, representatives of Chamagne Foundation, Community Empowerment for Peace and Health, World Youth Alliance( Nigeria), University of Lagos Faculty Presidents, and the press corps.

As the walk progressed, residents of Bariga Lagos were sensitized on the dangers of Violence and Abuse on Women and Girls; short counselling sessions for various group of gathering took place, with special attention given to residents who confessed to being victims of abuse.

The participants carried placards reading ‘No to Gender Based Violence’, ‘Protect HER, Please Protect HER’, ‘Say No to Violence and Abuse’; they wore shirts carrying similar messages such as ‘Violence and Abuse is Wrong’, ‘Protect Her, Don’t Abuse Her’ and distributed handbills along the way.

It is the hope of the coordinator of the project, Ms. Raquel Jacobs that men and the society in general would recognise how to care for the female gender and not abuse her psychologically, emotionally and physically.

The walk is the beginning of a series of events of Beyond the Classroom Foundation’s Hands Up for the Girl Campaign to shine a spotlight on the plight of women and girls

Gangster!!! Married Kolo Toure on £90,000 a week ‘tricked model into two year affair telling her he was a car salesman

Premier League star: Manchester City defender Kolo Toure is alleged to have had a two year affair, despite being married with two children

Premier League family man Kolo Toure had a two year tryst with a model after he fooled her into believing he was a car salesman, it is alleged.

The Manchester City defender, who earns a lucrative £90,000 a week wage for the Premiership champions, hid behind sunglasses and caps when the pair were out to hide his real identity.

He even told 22-year-old Kessel Kasuisyo his name was ‘Francois’ as he bought her lavish gifts he claimed were paid for thanks to selling cars in his native Africa.

And all the while he was living a double life with the mother of his two children – marrying her in a ceremony in Africa during the alleged affair.

The 31-year-old is said to have kept up the charade for two years, routinely refusing to pose for photographs, and not allowing her to meet his family because of his strict Muslim heritage.

In fact it wasn’t until two week ago that she discovered it was all a rouse – when a friend of hers recognised him and urged her to Google the former Arsenal star.

Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, Miss Kasuisyo said: ‘I am devastated. On some of the wedding pictures he is crying but a few weeks before he was in my bed.

‘Two or three weeks after the wedding he was at mine. Around the time he got married he called and said he was back in Africa and had just sold two cars.

‘I believed everything he said, I am hurt and confused by it all. Maybe he wanted me to be a second wife. I just don’t know. Everything about his strange behavior now all makes sense.’

Wedding day: Model Kessel Kasuisyo claims she was dating Toure at the time of his wedding, to the mother of his two children Awo

The pair wed back in his native Africa in June 2011 after being together for more than nine years

Parents publicly shame s*xually active girl by forcing her to carry a placard

Flagler County parents fed up with their daughter’s behavior allegedly forced her to hold a sign advertising what she did at a busy intersection.

Flagler County teenager, Jasmine, stood on the corner of a very busy, very public street corner in Palm Coast holding a sign as punishment Wednesday.

“We’re trying to stop this before the courts have to do it themselves,” said father Mike.

WESH 2 News is not revealing the family’s last name, but Mike and Melinda say the 15-year-old has been lying, drinking, sneaking out and overnight, she sneaked a boy in.

Jasmine’s sign reads, “I sneak boys in at 3 a.m. and disrespect my parents and grandparents.”

We love this, these bad azz kids need tough love nowadays.

“This is all about love. I took my day off of work. I missed out on $300 or $400 today to do this. You know what I mean, to come and do this. I love this kid,” said Mike.

“I’ve taken all her toys or her electronics away; her phone, no privileges on the TV or computer and still she just laughs about it,” said Melinda.

Passing motorists seemed to approve of this tough love including honking and giving the thumbs up.

“They need to learn a lesson and that’s not abuse,” said one passerby. “She did something, she’s paying for it. You need consequences.”

16-Year-Old-Girl Drags Nigerian Army Colonel To Court For Molesting Her

A serving Lieutenant Colonel with the Nigerian Army, W.L. Nzidee, has been dragged to a Magistrate Court I over alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) in Kaduna. The accused is in charge of the MTO at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

In an application for issuance of a direct criminal complaint summons filed at the Magistrate Court in the Kaduna Magisterial District in Barnawa, Kaduna South with case number KMD/19DC/2012 by the complainant, she accused the Colonel of committing an offence that constituted “criminal intimidation, rape, acts of gross indecency, abductions and threat to life” contrary to section 397,282,285,272 and 327 of the penal code

According to the complainant, on October 22, 2012, the accused person called her with the pretext to send her on an errand and unfortunately for her the lieutenant colonel had an ulterior motive for inviting her into his house.

She said the accused then lured her into the house and forced himself on her with a threat to kill her if she makes any noise and all effort by her to resist proved abortive because the accused is stronger than her.

She stated further that the accused forcefully had canal knowledge with her without her consent and dis-virgin her leaving her physically and mentally traumatized.

The victim said, she stayed indoor for about 48 hours and could not disclose to her guardian, until when the pains and injuries in her vagina became severe and later rushed to the NDA Medical Centre where the doctor on duty, Dr Okochi, insisted on seeing the officer who committed the assault after which she was admitted for one week.

Teenager Suffers Seven Heart Attacks After Using Contraceptive Drugs

A teenager suffered seven heart attacks after a contraceptive Pill caused her to develop hundreds of blood clots.

Promising show jumper Alyce Clark had been taking a daily dose of Microgynon for just one month when she suddenly collapsed at home with a cardiac arrest.

By the time the 19-year-old was admitted to hospital she had been resuscitated by paramedics seven times in the ambulance. Her condition was so severe that her parents Roger, 61, and Freda, 60, were invited to 'say goodbye' to their daughter in hospital.

A CT scan revealed 'hundreds' of blood clots had travelled from her leg to her heart and then to both her lungs. But after emergency injections of an anti-blood clotting drug and two days in intensive care, Alyce eventually started to recover.

She said: 'Doctors told me if I'd been over 25 I would have been brain damaged for life, but I was young and able to recover.'

Studies have shown that around 15 to 30 women in every 100,000 using the Pill will develop a potentially dangerous blood clot each year.

Last week the Mail told how Shannon Deakin, 16, died from a blood clot after being prescribed oral contraceptive Dianette to clear up her acne.

Now more than three years of testing by a specialist at University College London has confirmed Miss Clark's condition was caused by her contraceptive Pill.

Alyce, now 22, said: 'They wanted to make sure that the blood clots hadn't been caused by anything else before they blamed the Pill. 'But I knew it must have been that. I was a fighting-fit teenager who loved sport, didn't smoke, drink or do drugs. It's nice to finally have an explanation after all these years.'

Alyce had been resting at home in Cliffe, Kent after injuring her back in a riding accident when the first sign of her condition appeared.

She had gone upstairs to speak to her mother and suddenly felt dizzy. She said: 'I had the overwhelming urge to sit down.

But instead I collapsed and fell head first down the stairs and into a wall. 'My face was covered in blood and I had bitten down hard on my bottom lip.

I knew something was seriously wrong and I told my parents to call an ambulance.'

By the time paramedics arrived Alyce was suffering from excruciating chest pains.

She said: 'I was terrified. I had no idea what was going on and could tell my parents were just as scared as I was.

'The paramedics got me into the ambulance but on the way to the hospital I stopped breathing because my heart had stopped.

'I was brought back but I had another cardiac arrest shortly afterwards, and then another, and then another. 'I was admitted to the resuscitation ward at the hospital by which time I had suffered seven near-fatal cardiac arrests.

'I was bleeding through my nose and mouth, and blood was escaping through my IV drips. My parents were invited in to say goodbye and no one so much as mentioned a chance of survival.'

Alyce responded to treatment at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham and has recovered but she has been told she will never be able to return to showjumping.

She said: They warned that my lungs would be damaged for the rest of my life and I knew it would be foolish to pursue an athletic career.'

A spokesman from Bayer, which produces Microgynon, said: 'Every report about side effects on any of our products is reported to our drug safety department and thoroughly investigated by our medical experts. 'The use of any combined oral contraceptive carries a small increased risk of venous and arterial blood clots.

Chris Brown & Comedian Jenny Johnson Battle in Vulgar Twitter Fight,Shut Down Twitter Account After Fight

Chris Brown and comedy writer Jenny Johnson engaged in a heated, graphic Twitter fight on Sunday, in which Johnson called out Brown over his violent past withRihanna.

The trouble began after Brown tweeted, “I look old as f**k! I’m only 23…” to which Johnson replied, “I know! Being a worthless piece of sh*t can really age a person.”

It got worse from there.

Brown tweeted to Johnson, suggesting that she perform a sex act and calling her a “HOE.”

She replied, “It’s ‘HO’ not ‘HOE’ you ignorant f**k.”

The exchange collapsed into an extremelyexplicit back-and-forth, during which Johnson sent Brown a link to an article detailing his 2009 altercation with Rihanna.

Later, Brown asked simply, “Just ask Rihanna if she mad??????” to underscore the point that, whatever problems existed between the two stars in the past, with the passage of time Rihanna has evidently forgiven him and feels completely comfortable hanging out with him.

It seems neither Brown nor Johnson was able to persuade the other to see things differently.

Johnson wrote, “Okay. I’m done. All I got from that exchange with Chris Brown is that he wants to sh*t and fart on me.”

Meanwhile, Brown told his fans, “To teambreezy… Know that I’m not upset. Just felt like entertaining the ignorance. These b*tches crazy.”

Chris Brown’s Twitter account was deactivated late Sunday.

The performer, followed by more than 11 million fans on the platform, had engaged in agraphic back-and-forth with comedian Jenny Johnson just hours earlier.

While it looks like the fight (concerning Brown’s past with Rihanna) might have led to the disappearance of @ChrisBrown, there’s been no official word.

mmm360 has reached out to a rep for comment on Brown’s departure from Twitter and whether he intends to return.

Stay tuned.

Katt Williams Sued Over Concert Meltdown

I never knew that this was even possible but SHEESH! Apparently, you are able to sue an artist over a horrible concert? Thats the current situation that Katt Williams is facing.
Read more after the jump
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Williams and promoter Live Nation are on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit filed by Brian Herline on behalf of everyone who went to see the comedian “perform” on November 16.

According to the lawsuit — filed on the day before Thanksgiving in Alameda County, CA — Katt’s show ended after just 10 minutes … but not before he “confronted a heckler, took his clothes off, and attempted to fight at least three audience members.”

The suit is seeking unspecified damages for “Katt Williams’ non-performance.”

Williams has been stringing together one bizarre appearance after another as of late and was actually arrested in Oakland just two days before the show in question.

Nigerian Child Care Worker, Jessica Tata, Sentenced To 80 Years In Jail Over Felony Murder Case

Appeals for leniency failed to move a Texas judge who delivered a harsh sentence of 80 years behind bars for Nigerian-American  Jessica Tata, convicted in the death of a child killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston, Texas.

Eight witnesses testified for Tata in the punishment phase of the trial on Friday. Twenty two witnesses testified for the prosecution, alleging that she ran an unclean facility where dirty diapers and vomit were strewn on the floor. The deceased child, 16-month-old Elias Castillo, succumbed to a fire ignited when Tata went shopping and left a pan of oil cooking on the stove.

The incident, which took place in February 2011, also left three other children seriously injured.

During the trial which began Oct. 24, surveillance video was presented that showed her shopping at Target just before the fire occurred. A former Target manager told jurors that Tata did not seem to be in a hurry even after realizing she had left the stove top burner on while the kids were at the day care.
Neighbors testified they heard the children crying during their unsuccessful attempts to rescue them from the blaze. Parents of the children who died or were injured told jurors they had trusted Tata, believing she was qualified.

Tata's attorneys say she never intended to hurt the children, who ranged in age from 16 months to 3 years old, and that she tried to save them.

Among those testifying at the trial was Jessica’s sister Jennifer who defended her sibling but acknowledged she was “hard to handle” as a teenager and didn’t get along with their parents.

Tata fled to Nigeria after the fire but was captured there after about a month and returned to the U.S. in March 2011. She has remained jailed since then. Tata was born in the U.S. but has Nigerian citizenship.

Her brother, Ronald Tata, told jurors it was his idea for his sister to go to Nigeria to get advice from their father, who lived there. He said their mother didn't want his sister to go because "it would look bad."

Ronald Tata said his sister should be held accountable for what she did, but he also asked the jury for mercy. "I believe in justice and not vengeance," he said.

Tata also faces three additional felony murder counts and other charges in relation to the other children killed and injured in the fire.

Miss Czech Republic Wins Miss Earth 2012

The 2012 Miss Earth pageant took place yesterday Saturday November 24 in Manila, Philippines. Miss Czech Republic (pictured above) won the pageant. She's stunning!

Isn't she ???

checkout more pictures below...

Another Naked Celebrity: Kate Moss Bares It All In Front Of Spanish Vogue

    
The world-famous supermodel graces the front cover of the December issue of Spanish Vogue, and poses nude alongside famous matador José Mari Manzanares.
Hollywood celebrities and posing nude though....*sigh*

Rihanna Posts Half Naked Pic Of Chris Brown On Instagram

                            
Rihanna and Chris deny vehemently that they are not back together, so what is Rihanna doing posting a picture of half naked Chris Brown on Photo sharing site Instagram? Your guess is as good as mine.
Preceding the topless photo, the two were earlier sited partying together in Berlin at a Thanksgiving partying on Thursday, after which they left the club together, in the same car.
See the pic she posted on instagram and the more after then cut.

Rihanna posted a topless photo of her boyfriend on instagram

Earlier in the day, Chris Brown was snapped wearing a Simpson inspired outfit some of which are seen scattered on the bed in the picture above

Unapologetic: The duo in the club

Heading somewhere? Riri and Breezy enter the same car after partying together

From all indication, there is something "more" than just platonic friendship going on between the two. But then they've said it all..."It aint nobody's business"...*singing*...lol!

BREAKING NEWS: Bomb Explosion in Military Church at Jaji in Kaduna

Barely forty eight hours after the Nigeria military in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, placed a bounty of N290 million on the head of top echelon of radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram, a bomb has allegedly been detonated at a Church inside a military complex in Jaji, Kaduna State.

The explosion occurred on Sunday inside the premises of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College – Nigeria’s premier army officers’ training institution located in Jaji,  Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State

The casualty figure is yet to be ascertained.