Fake doctor runs Abuja hospital for 10 years undetected

Investigations by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) led to police arresting a man who ran a private hospital for 10 years in Gwarimpa area of Abuja, where he offered surgeries and antenatal care, using forged certificates.

Victor Moffat Akpan was the owner of Luna Maternity & Surgery, an outfit he opened in 2006 as a “surgeon” using a forged practice licence—four years after MDCN refused to grant him licence to practice as a homeopath.

He's understood to have delivered by caesarean section a set of conjoined twins who later died at National Hospital in 2013.

Chinese supermarket where Nigerian shoppers are denied entry

The management of a Chinese supermarket in Gwarinpa area of Abuja has said Nigerians are denied entry into the premises allegedly because of their nefarious activities.

The management however said Nigerians are allowed to enter the supermarket individually and not in group. 

The supermarket, which is situated at 9 Bauchi Street, War College Estate, Gwarinpa, is a residential building turned supermarket and without a name with only a Chinese decoration on the gate.

Our reporters were also denied entry as the gateman, simply called ‘Maxwell’ said they were more than one.

“You can only be allowed in if you are accompanied by policemen, because you are more than one” he said.

Orlando shooting victims give terrifying accounts of massacre at gay club that left 49 dead

Injured survivors of Sunday morning's massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida, told their stories at a press conference from Orlando Regional Medical Center on Tuesday.

Angel Colon, who was shot three times - in his leg, hand, and hip - told reporters that he survived the shooting "by the grace of God."

By Colon's recollection, the gunman, who has since been identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, opened fire on the club's dance floor before moving toward the bathrooms.

"All I could hear were gunshots," said Colon, who was shot once in the leg when the gunman first started shooting before falling to the ground.

His leg was shattered when clubgoers trampled over him while trying to escape the shooter.

Man headed to LA gay-pride parade with guns and explosives in his car: 'I wish I could kill a lot of people'

An Indiana man was charged Tuesday with three felony weapons violations after authorities say they found three assault rifles and explosive chemicals in his car before a major Los Angeles gay pride parade.

James Wesley Howell, 20, made his first appearance in Los Angeles County Superior Court, where a lawyer entered not guilty pleas on his behalf to charges of possessing an assault weapon, possessing a destructive device on a public street, and importing or manufacturing a large magazine.

He also was charged with a misdemeanor count of possessing a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

A judge set bail at $2 million, saying Howell poses "a significant public safety danger."

A federal investigation of Howell was ongoing, said Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles.

Howell was arrested Sunday in Santa Monica, when police say the weapons and explosives were found in a car he apparently drove from Indiana. Howell told police he was headed to a gay pride event in West Hollywood that attracts hundreds of thousands of people.

World-famous 'Leopard Man' who covered his body in spotty tattoos has died, aged 81

Thomas Woolridge aka Leopard Man has died, aged 81

The world-famous 'Leopard Man' who covered his body head-to-toe in spotty tattooshas died, aged 80.

Thomas Woolridge, an English-born ex-soldier, used to hold the record for many years for being the world’s most tattooed man.

He was also widely-recognised as being the world's most tattooed OAP - with his artwork costing an estimated £5,500 in total.

Thomas was best known for living a hermit-like existence in a bothy (Scottish word for shelter) on the Isle of Skye for two decades - but in recent years he moved to live in a care home in Inverness, Scotland.

HILLARY SOARS TO GIGANTIC LEAD

Hillary Clinton took a commanding lead over Donald Trump in a new national poll on Tuesday.

A new Bloomberg Politics poll, conducted by notable pollster Ann Selzer, showed Clinton with a 12-point lead over her Republican rival, garnering 49% support to Trump's 37% support.

The poll surveyed 1,000 voters over three days beginning on June 10, and contained a margin of error of 3.6%.

Though Clinton's lead comes just weeks after polls showed that the two presumptive nominees are running virtually tied in hypothetical general-election matchups, it didn't come as a complete shock to some observers.

After contentious primaries, candidates typically receive a bump in their support in polls after securing their party's nomination. Trump experienced a boost in his support among Republicans after his Republican rivals dropped out following the Indiana primary.

Kevin Hart's house is ransacked as thieves steal $500k worth of his belongings

Kevin Hart's home has been burgled

Kevin Hart's home has reportedly been burgled, and thieves got away with belongings worth more than $500,000.

The comedian and actor , who lives in Tarzana, California, was away in Miami at the time and he discovered his home had been ransacked when he returned to the property on Monday.

According to TMZ, thieves are thought to have used the backdoor to his home and stole jewellery, watches, clothes and other personal items.

My night with the Russian ultras: "We respect the English tradition of hooliganism, but we no longer fear them"

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I met him at a bar in the southeast of Moscow.

Vadim was a founder of Flint's Crew, one of Moscow's most infamous football hooligan firms — or ultras as they now prefer to be called — and I had expected him to be shaven-headed and semi-articulate.

My expectations, though, were confounded. Long-haired and about 40 years old, he wasn't a caricature of those who attacked England supporters inside the Stade Vélodrome in Marseilles on Saturday.

Yet he was as passionate and informed about football hooliganism as some people are about wine or art.

"Strange as it may seem, the first football hooligans in Russia were hippies," Vadim told me over the first of several beers.

"It was in the early 1970s, and anything that guys could get their hands on from the West became immediately fashionable.

Russian 'ultras' attack English and Welsh fans as 'hyper violent' thugs ignore UEFA 'suspended expulsion' from Euro 2016

Chairs were thrown (left) and a supporter was pictured lying on the ground outside a bar (bottom right) in the northern French city on the same day that Russia was fined and threatened with being thrown out of the tournament. Concerns had already been raised about the security of fans as England prepare to take on Wales in Lens on Thursday and Russia play Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday, with the cities just 23 miles apart. Witnesses said a group of Russians (top right) provoked English fans who were in a bar near Lille's central train station this afternoon before chairs were launched through the air. Two Russians have been arrested in the city centre. One masked Russian fan wore a t-shirt with the words 'Tour de France' and 'f**k Euro 2016 on the front - complete with a map of the host nation

Footballer Samuel Eto'o marries long-term partner, Georgette Tra Lou in Italy (photos)

Cameroonian professional footballer, former Barcelona and Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto'o got married today to his long-term partner and mother of his two children, Georgette Tra Lou in a stunning ceremony that took place in Stezzano, Italy. See more photos after the cut...

Killer of French police officer, partner, broadcast incident live on Facebook, source says

The killer of a French police officer and his partner broadcast the scene of the attack live on Facebook Monday night local time, a French source close to the investigation told CNN.
The man who carried out the deadly knife attack in Magnanville, which is 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of Paris, was Larossi Abballa, the source told CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank.
French police officers work at the crime scene.

Police seize 140kilograms of crystal meth worth $80MILLION and bust drug syndicate suspected of supplying bikie gangs

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Police have seized 140kg of crystal meth and busted an international drug syndicate supplying Australia's outlaw bikie gangs.

Four people were arrested after police found $80million worth of methamphetamine in the western Sydney suburb of Rossmore.

The shipment was the result of an 'unusual' co-operation between Mexican and West African organised crime gangs, the Australian Federal Police said.

15 killed in 48 hours in ongoing war between two criminal gangs in Calabar South

At least 15 people have been killed in two days in ongoing war between members of two criminal gangs, the Baggars Confraternity and Mafians, a version of the Klans confraternity in Calabar, according to CrossRiverWatch.

Here are the movie sequels that have bombed at the box office in 2016

Jesse Eisenberg in "Now You See Me 2"Lionsgate

"Now You See Me 2" couldn't muster up the surprise success of its predecessor.

The sequel to the 2013 heist film earned $23 million in its opening weekend, while its original managed a better $29.3 million. That's not a huge difference, but it will be a disappointment to the studio executives who hoped to cash in on love for the first title.

"The Conjuring 2" actually came in first place at the box office this weekend, earning $40.3 million — only 3.6% less than its original.

But most sequels, at least so far this year, have been bombing.

There has long been talk of Hollywood having a "sequel problem" — "sequelitis" as Variety calls it.

There are many to choose from at the theater nowadays. Do you want to watch the latest installment in an ongoing superhero franchise? (Take your pick between "Captain America: Civil War," "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice," or "X-Men: Apocalypse.") Or a live-action remake of an old cartoon? (It's a lose-lose with "Alice Through the Looking Glass" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.")

Studios are trying to build the next big Harry Potter or Marvel franchise, but not every film can be "Captain America," which has seen a steady increase in its domestic gross since the first time Chris Evans' Cap graced our screens in 2011.

The FBI director just painted a bizarre picture of the man behind the worst mass shooting in US history

Director of the FBI, James Comey Thomson Reuters

The director of the FBI, James Comey, said Monday that the man who carried out the worst shooting in US history at a gay nightclub in Orlando mentioned links to Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Islamic State - all within a three-year span.

"We first became aware of him in 2013, while he was working as a security guard at a local courthouse," Comey told reporters Monday. "He made inflammatory and contradictory statements about terrorism that raised concern with his coworkers, and claimed family connections to Al Qaeda."

He continued: "He then said he was a member of Hezbollah, which is a Shiite terrorist organization that is ideologically opposed to Al Qaeda, a Sunni terrorist organization."

Law-enforcement officials have identified the shooter as 29-year-old Omar Mateen. Comey said he was declining to use his name. Comey said the FBI's Miami office opened up a preliminary investigation into the shooter in 2013 that lasted 10 months.