BREAKING: Police seal off PDP Convention venue in Port Harcourt

The police have sealed off the Sharks Stadium, venue of the Peoples Democratic Party convention, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed this to PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday morning.

“Yes, we have (sealed off) the place,” Mr. Omoni said. “We are just obeying the court instruction.”

Milwaukee cop identified in Sylville Smith's death is two-year veteran of force and amateur rapper

The Milwaukee cop who fatally shot Sylville Smith has been identified as a two-year veteran of the force, an acquaintance of a slain man and an amateur rapper who once sang, “Imma start a riot like it’s Baltimore.”

More than a thousand people have circulated a 2014 image shared by the Milwaukee Police Department identifying and lauding Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown as the rookie cop who helped a homeless woman find a warm meal during frigid weather.

Milwaukee police deleted the viral post Tuesday amid heated comments as Facebook users threatened to have the embattled officer killed, while others shared troubling encounters with the patrolman.

'My family lived in fear of this man for years': The family of an Arab-American man killed by his neighbor speaks

Stanley Vernon Majors.

The family of a Lebanese-American man who was fatally shot by his neighbor last week released a statement revealing the killer's history of harassment, intimidation, and even physical assault against them.

Khalid Jabara of Tulsa was allegedly gunned down by his next-door neighbor, Stanley Vernon Majors, on the steps of Jabara's porch on Friday.

Majors had allegedly stalked members of Jabara's family for years, and once described them to police as "dirty Arab" and "filthy Lebanese." He also hurled Islamophobic epithets at the family, even though the Jabaras are Christian.

"Our brother's death could have been prevented. This man was a known danger," Jabara's sister Victoria wrote in the statement, published on Facebook on Monday.

Amy Tinkler becomes youngest British athlete to win at the Olympics at age 16

Great Britain's 16 year old Amy Tinkler is now Britain's youngest athlete to win a medal at the Olympics in 32 years, after she won Bronze at the women's floor exercise event on Tuesday. It is an astonishing rise for the teenager who just last month sat in a school hall to take her GCSE exams and will collect her results on the day she returns from Brazil.  Holding back tears after her win, she said:

'I can't believe it. I knew I was Team GB's youngest athlete but this is crazy and I'm still in shock at the minute. 'It was a bit nerve-wracking watching the other athletes and knowing you are so close to a medal but I would have been happy with wherever I was place.'  'I went out there and did my best and enjoyed it so whatever the result, I would have been happy. I really am speechless.

'I put no pressure on myself and neither did my coaches. They just told me I had nothing to lose and to go out and enjoy it. I had made the floor final at the Olympics and deserved to be in it so I enjoyed it. 'As soon as I finished my routine, I knew I couldn't do any better. 'It has been an incredible week for British gymnastics. Hopefully there is a lot more to come from me and you will see me back out here in 2020.' 

Ex-NSA insiders: There's 'a lot of panic' over what's been exposed by this massive hack

A group calling itself the "Shadow Brokers" claims that it hacked into the National Security Agency and stole an apparent treasure trove of exploits and hacking tools that it now wants to auction off, which some ex-NSA insiders say is extremely bizarre and very serious.

"It's a big deal," Dave Aitel, an ex-NSA research scientist and CEO of penetration testing firm Immunity Inc., told Business Insider. "We'd be panicking."

Yet he added: "But then it is rather old stuff. So the question is, is it so old that it's essentially irrelevant but looks very relevant? Or is some of this stuff still in use every day? I don't know."

Earlier this week, Shadow Brokers announced that it was selling a number of cyber weapons claiming to be stolen from The Equation Group. That is a hacking unit that was uncovered last year by Kaspersky Labs that many believe are within the NSA. In its data dump of proof, the brokers offered files dating back to 2013 to allegedly exploit FortiGate and Cisco firewalls, among others.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp settle domestic violence case

According to TMZ, Amber Heard has dismissed her domestic violence restraining order petition against her estranged husband, Johnny Depp, as the case has settled. Read the report below... 

Amber and Johnny filed legal docs Tuesday in which Amber withdrew her request for a restraining order. She had alleged Johnny brutalized her on May 21 but now the case is over. She dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning she can never re-file it.

The divorce case, which was tied to the domestic violence petition, is also resolved. As we reported, our sources say Johnny agreed to pay Amber approximately $7 million to walk away ... that includes attorneys' fees ... at a point, $8 million was on the table, so she ended up with a mil less.

As we reported, Johnny's lawyers, Laura Wasser and Blair Berk, along with Amber's lawyers, Pierce O'Donnell and Samantha Spector, crafted a settlement after Amber was grilled Saturday during a deposition.

Residents of a community beat up corpse of man who committed suicide (Watch)

 

In what is said to be a tradition, a rather peculiar one, residents of Shikoye village in Shirere sub-county of Kakamega county, Kenya, came together and beat up the dead body of a man who committed suicide. According to mediamaxnetwork, the body of 36-year-old Nimrod Alusiola, was found hanging from the roof of his house. See the video after the cut...

Murder gang henchman found dead in street after slashing own throat with broken bottle

A member of a brutal gang who beat a man to death has been found dead in a pool of blood - after slashing his own throat with a broken bottle.

The body of Daniel McArthur was discovered outside a health centre in Moray, Scotland, on Monday night.

The 26-year-old, known as “Dobby”, had staggered along the street before collapsing in the car park.

Bloodstains could still be seen on the pavement yesterday, the Daily Record reported.

McArthur was a henchman for killer Jamie Nicol when a notorious brawl saw a drugs turf war end in murder in Elgin six years ago.

Gang leader Nicol, 29, was jailed for a minimum of 18 years but died from a suspected heroin overdose in Shotts prison in December 2012.

Man charged with murder of teenager knifed to death in London street

A man has been charged with murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in the street in broad daylight.

Lance Scott Walker, 18, was found dead in Hayes, west London, on Monday.

A post-mortem examination found the teenager died from stab wounds .

Idris Hassan, 18, was arrested and later charged with murder.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court today.

Police were called at around 3.55pm on Monday to reports of a man suffering stab injuries in Gledwood Gardens at the junction with Gledwood Drive, Hayes.

Tiger saves zoo keeper from charging Leopard (photos)

 

Eduardo Serio, a zookeeper at the Black Jaguar White Tiger zoo in Mexico City was saved from a potential leopard attack by a tiger. A video of the dramatic incident shows Serio playing with a group of six lions around him oblivious to the danger behind as Dharma the leopard tries to sneak up on him.

Aztlan the tiger sees the danger however and stops Dharma in its stride which earns him a thankful pat from Serio. More photos after the cut...

Top 5 tips from the #MakeYourBreak entrepreneurial workshop

Youth digital marketing agency Livity Africa and the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development partnered to empower the agency’s former and current trainees from their DigifyPRO and LiveMag programmes with business tips. Here are the top 5 from that came out of the workshop: 

BREAKING: Nigerian Athlete Divine Oduduru aka INeverHesperedit Comes 2nd Behind Usain Bolt

Ejowvokoghene Oduduru of Nigeria has come second in the 200m heat at the Rio Olympics just behind world superstar Usain Bolt.

Ellen DeGeneres accused of being a racist after posting Usain Bolt meme that showed her riding on his back

Ellen DeGeneres has been accused of being a racist after tweeting a meme of Usain.

The Photoshopped image showed her riding the back of the Olympic gold medalist in what is now an iconic image of him casually smiling at the camera during his winning 100 meter men’s final sprint.

The caption read: ‘This is how I’m running errands from now on.’ 

Backlash: Ellen DeGeneres was accused of being a racist after she posted a meme of her riding on Olympian Usain Bolt's back on Monday

Defending herself: The talk show host told her fans she is not racist in a tweet posted on Tuesday

The popular day time talk show host, 58, faced backlash on social media, with some branding it racist and insensitive. 

'You thought it'd be funny to post a pic of yourself riding on the back of a Black man? Nope. Delete this racist garbage,' tweeted MikeAllen_47, of the meme.

'So the first thing that pops in your head when looking at this pic is "oh let me jump onto his back like he's a common mule"?', asked Twitter user Jon Snow-ratio. 

Iyonah tweeted,'an apology won't do. This is utterly f*cking ridiculous. How dare you!?!?'

Driver Kills Armed Robber, Injures Another In Ejigbo

A man who worked as a commercial bus driver in Lagos has stunned people with his level of bravery.

The man, a 54-year-old, last week, displayed rare bravery when he overpowered two robbery suspects, who had attacked him, killing one and inflicting injury on the other, in Ejigbo area of Lagos.

According to Vanguard, the suspects, who were operating on a motorcycle, snatched a bag from a woman who was going to work along Ronik Road, Ejigbo, before accosting the commercial bus driver, Mr Onyema Obinna, who was waiting for one of his passengers.

Shaunae Miller stuns Allyson Felix to win Olympic 400m gold in dramatic photo finish

Shaunae Miller gave everything she had to grab a stunning 400m gold in Rio.

The 22-year-old Bahamian, a silver medallist in the world championships in Beijing a year ago, went one better tonight denying favourite Allyson Felix in a dramatic photo finish.

A visibly spent Miller dived across the line to win in 49.44secs with United States heroine Felix just 0.07secs behind.

She took silver, a seventh Olympic medal of a remarkable career, with Shericka Jackson of Jamaica coming in third to take bronze.