Police Inspector Sets Wife Ablaze

What would make a man empty a gallon of fuel on his wife in the kitchen without regard for his 18-month-old son by the woman? That was the question on the lips of stunned patients and visitors at the Leverage Hospital, Igbo-Elerin, Okokomaiko, a suburb of Lagos State, where the doctor and his retinue of nurses are battling to save the life of a woman whose husband, a police inspector, set ablaze on Friday after a squabble.

The victim, Augustina, hails from Anambra State while her husband, Wasiu Jimoh, is from Kwara State. With burns all over her body, fluid mixed with human fat dripped ike a fountain from her face down her chest to her fingertips. Writhing in pains, the medics, Dr Bayo and the nurses, battled to give Augustina some relief as her peeling skin glued her to the hospital bed. The doctor said she had suffered second-degree burns.



Initially, she hardly uttered a word except some feeble words expressing regrets over a marriage that has gone sour barely two years after it was contracted.

How it started
The residents of 7 Tunde Lawal Street, Okokomaiko, woke up on Friday to witness a more dangerous fight between the couple said to be notorious for constantly quarreling.
According to Augustina, trouble started on Thursday when she reported to the husband that a certain lady sent her an irritating text massage warning her to leave Wasiu alone, claiming that the police officer was her man.
The victim, who claimed that her husband had the habit of keeping relationship with other women, said Inspector Jimoh flared up and started beating her. On Friday morning, he reportedly told her that since she was stubborn, he was going to deal with her.

She also claimed that he had constantly quarrelled with her over her demand for feeding money, adding that he frequently assaults her on the slightest provocation.According to the victim, as he was pounding her, a neighbor came to her rescue and facilitated her escape to another neighbour’s kitchen, who was cooking at that time, only for the husband to rush in and emptied a gallon of fuel upon her by the fire place. But police officer, said to be serving at the Ifako Police Station, Bariga, told the doctor that it was his wife that was bearing the keg of fuel in her hand as she made her escape into the neighbour’s kitchen. Unfortunately, he explained, the fuel exploded upon her leaving the whole place on fire.

Scared neighbours
When our correspondent visited the couple’s residence, neighbors talked about the incident in hushed tones as if all were mindful of an uncertain fate that might befall them if they said anything. Sunday Sun gathered that the victim was the fifth woman in the officer’s home, as four other women that lived with him had ran away for their dear lives. A reliable source disclosed that his first wife escaped when she realized that the man was like a time bomb that could explode on her. She is said to be presently living abroad.
It was gathered that until Augustina came, no woman could live with Jimoh. But the victim, according to a close associate of the husband, believed she could change the man for good.

Augustina’s shocker
Asked if she would return to the marriage after her ordeal, Augustina reluctantly told our correspondent that she would wait for her family’s decision. According to her, she cannot give a definite response until she had heard from her family and that her mind was not made up.

Our correspondent also gathered that when the incident happened, the woman ran to her Pentecostal church pastor to show him what was left of her burnt skin before the pastor instructed her to proceed to the hospital for medical intervention. Her decision to rush to her pastor, it was explained, was because the man of God had been advising her to pray that the man could change since there is no situation too difficult for God to handle.
The woman has however appealed for assistance from government and non-governmental organizations.
The police officer was arrested on Friday but it was gathered that he had been granted conditional bail at press time.

Culled from The Sun News Online

Iraqi mother of five found severely beaten in California home dies

A 32-year-old woman from Iraq who was found severely beaten next to a threatening note saying "go back to your country" died on Saturday.

Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he met with Shaima Alawadi's family members in the morning and was told that she was taken off life support around 3 p.m.

"The family is in shock at the moment. They're still trying to deal with what happened," Mohebi said.


Alawadi, a mother of five, had been hospitalized since her 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious Wednesday in the family's house in El Cajon, police Lt. Steve Shakowski said.

The daughter, Fatima Al Himidi, told KUSI-TV her mother had been beaten on the head repeatedly with a tire iron, and that the note said "go back to your country, you terrorist."

Addressing the camera, the tearful daughter asked: "You took my mother away from me. You took my best friend away from me. Why? Why did you do it?"

Police said the family had found a similar note earlier this month but did not report it to authorities.

Al Himidi told KGTV-TV her mother dismissed the first note, found outside the home, as a child's prank.

A family friend, Sura Alzaidy, told UT San Diego that the attack apparently occurred after the father took the younger children to school. Alzaidy told the newspaper the family is from Iraq, and that Alawadi is a "respectful modest muhajiba," meaning she wears the traditional hijab, a head scarf.

Investigators said they believe the assault is an isolated incident.

"A hate crime is one of the possibilities, and we will be looking at that," Lt. Mark Coit said. "We don't want to focus on only one issue and miss something else."

The family had lived in the house in San Diego County for only a few weeks, after moving from Michigan, Alzaidy said. Alzaidy told the newspaper her father and Alawadi's husband had previously worked together in San Diego as private contractors for the U.S. Army, serving as cultural advisers to train soldiers who were going to be deployed to the Middle East.

Mohebi said the family had been in the United States since the mid-1990s.

He said it was unfortunate that the family didn't report the initial threatening note.

"Our community does face a lot of discriminatory, hate incidents and don't always report them," Mohebi said. "They should take these threats seriously and definitely call local law enforcement."

El Cajon, northeast of downtown San Diego, is home to some 40,000 Iraqi immigrants, the second largest such community in the U.S. after Detroit

The Moral Question: Prostitution & Lesbianism-Which One Would You Prefer At Gun Point?

The purpose of this is to establish which of the above is seen by many as less of a pain, sin or an immoral act.
It is not time to preach to you about moral uprightness but the Holy Bible which serves as a guide for many frowns on immoral activities. The same bible teaches that, all sins are somehow carry equal weight, there is no big sin and there is no small sin.
We will dwell much on prostitution and lesbianism which is the reason for this post. From ‘Ghanaian Christian’ standings, both prostitution and lesbianism are sinful and against the doctrines of Christianity.


Why, this is the dawn of the "Power Lesbians" They've taken feminism to a whole new extreme. Sistahs are only riding on what they perceive to be the 'popular trend'
I know first hand of the Naija one though, like you mentioned. Chicks who've been hurt by men run off with women in the hopes of never getting hurt. Aside from the going-to-hell ramifications of their acts, they're simply women seeking an escape from the reality they've refused to confront; the possibility that they could spend thier lives spouseless. Though I may be wrong about that diagnosis. What is it about lonelines that scares people so much?

Do I need to explain who a prostitute or a lesbian is? Here we go – when two rational females decide to have sexual intercourse with each other, they are ‘Lesbians’. ‘Prostitution’ is the practice where sex is exchanged for payment. It is also referred to as the oldest profession.

The new trend in Nigerian and in London for single women, especially those who are either divorced or have had kids outside of wedlock and even some singles is lesbianisim
Men are dogs they cheat all the time
Men do not understand us
Women know exactly what they need (physically)
women get on more with women so more lasting relationship

In my perspective i believe women cheat as well so going off with a woman is not going to guarantee no heartbreak. I am also not sure on the take that they are better lovers than men, which is possible as some men are into hit and run
I can however say that i believe that you are just as likely to get hurt with a woman as with a man. Its all about the individual rather than the gender
Money is used to lure women to either become prostitutes or lesbians. Most Ghanaian ladies become lesbians because of the financial gains. Others have also come out to say their unfortunate encounters with men are also a contributory fact.

But it still doesn’t make it right to bonk your fellow woman because you couldn’t grab a man on your own or because you have had multiple break-ups or heart breaks right?. Some reasons why some ladies continue to practice the oldest profession is closely related to the above.
I think most people want to try it out, then some stay in the life for reasons unknown to us until we ask one or two of them. From what I gathered from 2 of my friends one who was a lesbian for 15 years all of the sudden decided she was getting older and wanted to have children. she now started dating men and is getting marriend to a Naija man after only knowing him for 3 months. They just moved in together.

I was confused as to how she could be a lebian for over 15 years and then wake up one day and date men.
I have another friend who is lesbian, has a daughter from when she was 20, she is 28 now and has been living as a lesbian on and off for like 8 years. But, she lovesssss the attention she gets from men. She is now a Muslim and only covers herself when she feels like and still lives with her partner/wife and raises her daughter. So, I am confused as to weather these women are "true lesbians".

The moral maze is not about judgement or religion but about our moral standings on issues and how we view things, especially when we are desperate.

Now the moral maze is; which would you go for at a gun point, when you have no choice than to make a choice? Let’s hear you.

Aretha Franklin celebrates 70th birthday, talks new musical collaboration with Clive Davis

- Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She's reuniting with one of her musical mentors, Clive Davis, for a new album.

In an interview at her swanky birthday party on Saturday, Franklin said she and Davis, who helped engineer her comeback in the 1980s, would be working on new music.

"I have re-signed with Clive Davis, so I'm recording with Clive again," said Franklin of the music mogul, who is associated with Sony Music Entertainment.

Franklin said that after Davis' birthday next month, "we're going to sit together and decide what it is we're going to record."

Davis sat next to Franklin for most of the night at the soiree at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, which included a sit-down dinner, a dance performance and a mini-concert that featured rising jazz pianist Kris Bowers.

Other guests included Diane Sawyer, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Willie Wilkerson, Franklin's longtime companion and briefly this year her fiance.

Wilkerson stood by Franklin's side as she cut her three-tier, lime-green birthday cake while the crowd serenaded her with Stevie Wonder's version of "Happy Birthday."

When asked whether marriage might once again be in her future, the Queen of Soul simply said: "We'll see what happens."

As far as future work-related plans, she was looking forward to performances in California and said she was helping negotiate a record contract for her grandson. Her planned biopic is on hold. "It's in a limbo position," she said. "It's just a lot going on."

Franklin said she planned to spend her actual birthday — Sunday — relaxing with a paper, her feet up and watching TV.

But Saturday night, she hung out with friends long after the party's designated end time.

At one point, she joked that she was turning back the hands of time.

"I was wondering, 'What is it going to be like to be 50?' I can tell you now it feels like 40," she said as the crowd laughed.

She then made reference to the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," about a man who gets younger as he ages.

"So remember Benjamin Buttons?" she said. "Ree Ree Buttons!"

KIdnappers Threaten to kill 102 year Old Victim

THE six-man kidnap syndicate, which abducted Mrs. Okpa Izobo Omene (nee Udjor), the 102 –year-old mother of the Ovie of Mosogar kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Samson Okirhobo Moyin Omene, Udurhie I, last Tuesday, threatened to kill her, yesterday, if the family does not come up with N32 million ransom.

Former chairman of Ethiope West Local Government Council, who is a son of the woman, Chief Wilson Omene, told Sunday Vanguard on phone that the kidnappers, who first demanded N150 million ransom, reduced it to N32 million when they called the family, yesterday.

He said, “They called me today (Saturday) threatening that they would kill her if we failed to pay N32 million ransom. They started with N150 million, brought it down to N100 million and later, N70 million”.


A reliable source said the family had resolved not to pay ransom to the kidnappers and that Omene spoke tough to the kidnappers, telling them that his mother was already 102 years old and there was nothing they would gain if they killed her.

It was, however, learnt that the Omene family was smelling a rat in the entire episode, as some negotiators had already fleeced N100,000 from the monarch for the release of their matriarch, only to come back to ask for another N400, 000, claiming that their boss in Warri asked for the sum before the kidnappers would play ball.

A member of the family said, “We are suspecting some politicians in our area. The negotiators said they were sent by a politician to help us secure the release of our mother. Meanwhile, a politician, now in police net over the kidnap of my mother, facilitated the release of two suspected members of the gang, who were caught by villagers at Ugbomoya on Monday during a reconnaissance of my mother’s residence”.

One of the suspects later escaped, but the one in police custody with the politician has reportedly confessed his role in another attempted kidnap case after police analyzed the call logs in the phone he left in the car of the victim.

Lady GaGa Topless Android for L’Uomo Vogue

Lady Gaga ended up tearing off her top during the photo shoot which features in the ‘Big Ones’ 2012 edition of L’Uomo Vogue. The wild New Yorker didn’t want to produce a standard fashion spread for a glossy magazine. Boring. That’s not how she rolls. So she decided to play by her own rules.

She was modeling an Yves Saint Laurent jacket, Chanel trousers and a Philip Treacy hat when all hell broke loose. The Born This Way singer suddenly decided she wanted to show some flesh. She ripped off her YSL – and it was all caught on camera.

That’s why she’s the master of shock value. Take a situation and turn it on it’s head. Guaranteed publicity and a few more records sold.

LINDSAY LOHAN ADDICTED TO SEX !!!!!Porn Star Alex Torres Says Lindsay Lohan Paid Him For Sex

Porn star Alex Torres claims to have had sex with Lindsay Lohan while her papa, Michael Lohan was right next door. The adult actor – who goes by the professional name of Voodoo – says he slept with the ‘Mean Girls’ actress while her father Michael Lohan was sleeping in the same building, and has even indicated she may have paid him for his services.

He told ‘The Jim Richards Show’ on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto, Canada: “Ask him [Michael Lohan] if he knows about that night I had with his daughter while he was sleeping upstairs. I’m not joking! Many of these Hollywood celebrities pay me a high price dollar to come and satisfy them. I’m not joking!”

Host Jim Richards clarified: “So you’ve been with Lindsay Lohan? Alex responded: “I’m saying that.”

Lindsay – who has previously dated DJ Samantha Ronson and socialite Calum Best, and has seen her career plagued by legal problems and rehab spells – recently said she “regrets”some of the decisions she has made in her life.

She said: “I regret the choices that I’ve made, but I’m grateful for where I am today because of them. I don’t need to see any more negative stuff, I don’t need to put myself in those places anymore.”

Man kills two to avenge son’s murder in Bayelsa

Calamity befell the Gbarain community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Friday after a man identified as Levi Ibibi allegedly ordered the killing of two persons to avenge the murder of his son, Ebibofa.Ibibi was said to have hired some yet-to-be identified youths to kill persons, identified as Delta and Solomon Emmanuel, who allegedly stabbed Ebibofa to death.

Our correspondent learnt that the three deceased persons were friends before the tragedy occurred.

But trouble was said to have started when three of them allegedly stole empty drums and handed them to Ebibofa to sell and bring the proceeds for sharing.

Ebibofa, it was learnt, sold the drums but refused to account for the money.

The development was said to have aggrieved Delta and Emmanuel who were said to have conspired to kill Ebibofa.

A source told our correspondent that the two aggrieved friends lured Emmanuel to a nearby bush, tied him to a tree and stabbed him to death.

The source, who out of fear pleaded anonymity, said the father of the deceased went berserk when the report of his son’s murder got to him.

“Ibibi recruited some youths who went in search of the accused persons. They found them and brought them to him but he ordered the mob to stab them to death. One of the boys died on the spot, but the other one later gave up the ghost”, the source said.

It was gathered that the development caused commotion among community members who invited the police to arrest Ibibi.

The suspect was said to have confessed in Amasoma Police Station that he ordered the execution of the two boys to avenge the killing of his son.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Eguavoen Emokpai, confirmed the incident to our correspondent and said the police were investigating the matter.

“The man has been arrested and he is making useful statements. The matter is under investigations”, he said.

How Messi, Barca team-mates sent ‘secret’ signals to Syrian rebels

Barcelona’s footballing superstars sent secret signals to Syria’s gun-smuggling rebels during a match, the beleaguered nation’s state TV has astonishingly claimed.Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Pedro were said to reveal the best way to bring arms into Syria during an El Clásico encounter against Real Madrid.

In the outrageous Addounia channel footage World Cup winning midfielder Iniesta is said to portray the first part of the route, when arms are loaded from Lebanon.

He passes to Messi who dribbles around several of the European Champions arch-rival’s stars before setting up a goal for Pedro.

His run, it is claimed, can be deciphered as a secret code used by rebels who can then draw a route into Syria by tracking the direction of the dribbles, passes and shot.

The running commentary says, ‘Here we see the first stage where arms are loaded from Lebanon.

‘Then they pass through Homs and are delivered to another terrorist. We also see how they warn that they will face some obstacles until they reach Dayr Al Zawr.

‘Then they are transported by bus to the final destination, located in Al Magadin.’

The staggering allegation is believed by some to be an elaborate hoax, while others see it as government propaganda.

Still more think the crazy claims about the European Champions, sponsored by Qatar Foundation, were produced by the rebels in a bid to make dictator Bashar Assad look foolish.Professor Mark Almond, of Oxford University, told the Sun: ‘If I were a Syrian rebel, or someone sympathetic to them, I might make such a video to show the world how silly the Assad regime is.’

The astonishing claims came as fresh violence erupted outside the capital Damascus, and in two of its suburbs, Hasrata and Irbin, and in the south, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said the ‘extremely dangerous’ conflict could have global repercussions.

The uprising that began a year ago has transformed into an armed insurgency that is pushing the country closer to a civil war.

Because of Syria’s close alliances with Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, there are deep concerns that the violence could spread beyond its borders, especially if other nations arm the rebels or send in their own troops.

Ban said: ‘We do not know how events will unfold. But we do know that we all have a responsibility to work for a resolution of this profound and extremely dangerous crisis.

‘A crisis that has potentially massive repercussions for the region and the world.’

The rebel Free Syrian Army, which includes thousands of army defectors, is the most potent armed group challenging the regime. But the group is outgunned and disorganised.

Still, few countries are even considering arming the opposition, out of fear that it would make the conflict worse.

The UN estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed since the uprising began.

On Tuesday, Syrian soldiers backed by tanks seized the eastern city of Deir el-Zour from rebels, the latest opposition stronghold to fall to an offensive by the better equipped Syrian military.

Activist Osama Mansour said government troops and armoured cars entered the city about 60miles from the Iraqi border from four sides, sparking short gunbattles with fighters from the Free Syrian Army.

Mansour, reached by telephone in Deir el-Zour, said the rebels quit fighting and took shelter in homes and apartments, fearing that protracted clashes would destroy the city.

Taking back rebel-held cities in the past weeks, government troops have often heavily shelled neighbourhoods before sending in troops, killing civilians and damaging buildings.

‘They knew they could not hold control of the neighbourhoods, so they decided to stop fighting, knowing that the regime would bring in heavy weapons and kill many civilians,’ Mansour said.

He added that the rebels also lacked guns and ammunition.

•Culled from Daily Mail

WAR IN NOLLYWOOD, Tonto Dikeh Publicly Fights Susan Peters Dirty

Another new fight has been added to the already many dirty fights in Nollywood between actresses.

Over the years, Nollywood actresses have had bitter fights between each other over various causes ranging from men, ego, intimidation, etc.

The latest in that line of hot fight, which may explode if care is not taken is between controversy-happy actress, Tonto Dikeh and new-entrant in controversy business, Susan Peters.

According to the latest development sniffed by 3.m360 which the genesis of is still very cloudy, both Tonto and Susan Peters made their fight public.

Susan Peters talked about her anger to Tonto when she said, "I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction too. Bullsh*t."

In a quick response to Susan Peters, Tonto said, "next time, I will snap all ma [BB] Porsche phones and send to you. That would be super cool. I will look for a new way to irritate you baby."

The question now is, what could have made Tonto Dikeh be sarcastic in her response to Susan Peters? What could have caused the fight between Tonto and Susan Peters?

Would it have been an earlier message from Susan Peters when she wrote, "we are not in the same class. We are not even on the same flight?"

Rihanna Has Been Dating Ashton Kutcher For 2 Months!

Rihanna – who was spotted leaving Ashton Kutcher’s Hollywood home in the early hours of Wednesday morning (21.03.12) after a booty call – is said to be smitten with Ashton after meeting him at a party of a mutual friend in December.

And friends says she is so taken with Ashton – who split from wife Demi Moore in November after he allegedly cheated on her – she is considering joining his Kabbalah group.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “The flirting began as soon as Rihanna and Ashton met and swapped numbers. That moved on to texts and arranging to meet. They snuck off to a Santa Monica hotel a few weeks ago. They are two single people having a fling, so thought it would be best to meet in secret. Rihanna has told friends he’s funny and cute. Both of them love a good time and think they’re too busy for anything serious just yet. She’s starting to enquire about Kabbalah sessions with his rabbi.

“She is curious about Kabbalah so has started asking questions. She’s open to new things and has always been a very spiritual girl. If she and Ashton are getting really close, she wants to be able to understand it.”

Ashton, 34, is keen to keep the romance as secret as possible as he doesn’t want to upset Demi, who has recently completed a stint in rehab where she got treatment for exhaustion, substance abuse and an eating disorder.

Roommate Stabbed Over TV Volume In Manchester, N.H.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- An elderly New Hampshire man is accused of stabbing his 81-year-old roommate in an argument over the volume on their television.

Manchester police say they were called to the apartment late Thursday night, where they found the victim holding a bloody cloth to his chest.

Police say the victim was taken to a hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening. His roommate is charged with first-degree assaul

Kim Kardashian Attacked on Red Carpet: Flour-Bombing Me ‘Is Not Acceptable’ (UPDATED)

Last night it seemed that Kim Kardashian had a fairly mild reaction to being "flour-bombed" on the red carpet. After a woman posing as a journalist dumped an entire bag of flour on Kim, the reality star brushed it off, literally and figuratively.

That probably is the craziest, unexpected, weird thing that's happened to me. Like I said to my makeup artist, I wanted more powder and that's a whole lot of translucent powder right there.

But today the reality of being violated by a cooking product must have sunk in, as Kim is now reconsidering filing a complaint. Perhaps she realized, as so many Twitter users pointed out, that dumping a bag of flour on Kim Kardashian looks like a pretty good time. Taking legal action may help prevent copycat flour-bombing crimes.

I said earlier no I wasn't [going to file a complaint]. I am just going to think about it, because I don't want someone to think they can really get away with that. So we are going to handle that.

Of course, what Kim is really upset about is that the flour-bombing incident took away from the charity event she was attending — well, OK, she was attending a launch of her new fragrance True Reflection, which benefits the organization Dress For Success.

Kim regrets that the underprivileged women attending the event "got the shine taken away from them a little bit." And that's why she keeps giving interviews about the flour-bombing instead of talking about the charity. Be sure to check out E! Online's latest coverage to find out how to get flour out of a dress most of us can't afford.

UPDATE:
3m360 reports that Kim Kardashian will indeed be pressing charges, and will call law enforcement at some point within the next few days.

According to our sources, Kim wants to send the message that people are entitled to their opinion, but should not resort to violence.

Man Climbs the New York Times Tower for a Newspaper

Man Scales the New York Times Tower for a Newspaper

Evidently unaware that you can get The New York Times on the street, an "emotionally disturbed" man attempted to climb up the side of the New York Times headquarters because he wanted a copy of the paper.

In the past, two climbers have made it to the roof of the building before getting arrested. This man didn't have quite that much stamina.

A police spokesman says the man got as far as the fifth floor, then came back down when officers told him to descend. He was not injured but was taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

Here's hoping they at least gave him a copy of The New York Times to read while he's under observation.

College Student Crushed To Death After Drunken Attacker Pushes Him Onto Train Tracks

Police are on the hunt for a man that pushed a 20-year-old New York college student onto the train tracks where he was crushed to death by an incoming train. Hit the jump for the full story.

– A 20-year-old college student is dead and another man is being sought by police after a late night altercation in the New York City subway turned deadly.

LaGuardia Community College student Joshua Basin, 20, died after an oncoming train pinned him between the tracks and the platform.

He was waiting at the Bedford Avenue stop in Brooklyn last night when he and another man got in a fight that spilled onto the tracks.

The Howard Beach, Queens resident got into a verbal argument with another man while riding a Manhattan-bound L train, police said.

He and the man, thought to be white and in his early 30s, exited the train at the trendy Bedford Ave stop. The man, wearing a black fleece, reportedly said, ‘It’s showtime.’

That’s when things got physical, witnesses said.

During the fight, both men fell onto the tracks as hundreds of horrified witnesses looked on.

Though the attacker – who is believed to have been drunk – managed to escape before the train came into the station, Mr Basin was not so lucky, and was hit by an oncoming train.

Russian Gay Activists Target Madonna concert

Gay activists have vowed to hold protests during Madonna's concerts in Russia after she defied a call to boycott Saint Petersburg over a new law banning "homosexual propaganda."Organisers of Russia's annual gay pride events said in a statement they planned to hold "two public protests during Madonna's August 7 concert in Moscow and August 9 concert in Saint Petersburg."
Saint Petersburg this month passed a controversial citywide law that fines those "promoting homosexuality" to minors and apparently equates it with paedophilia, even though homosexuality is not a crime in Russia.
Activists, who had earlier called on tourists to boycott the picturesque tsarist-era city, accused Madonna of hypocrisy after the star confirmed she would go ahead with her Saint Petersburg concert despite the "ridiculous" law.
A promoter of gay causes throughout her career and icon of its community, Madonna also promised to talk about it and condemn it on stage. But Russia's gay activists remained unimpressed.
"We intend to protest against the hypocrisy of pop stars," the head of the city's branch of Gay Russia movement Yury Gavrikov told AFP.
"In Russia, they have fantastic earnings, and this allows them to forget about the problems of human rights.""If people like Madonna boycott their concerts particularly in Saint Petersburg that could have economic consequences, and that is important, while declarations of support for gay rights at concerts mean nothing."
Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen had appealed to Madonna to pull out of the concerts in a Monday blog entry on the The New York Times' website.
But Madonna wrote Wednesday on Facebook: "I will come to St. Petersburg to speak up for the gay community, to support the gay community and to give strength and inspiration to anyone who is or feels oppressed.""I will speak during my show about this ridiculous atrocity."
Russia legalised homosexuality in 1993 after the fall of the Soviet Union but only ceased to class it as a mental disorder in 1999, and homophobic attitudes are still widespread.Police have roughly broken up attempts to hold gay pride events in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The authorities regularly refuse to sanction such protests, citing the public's negative attitude

NURSE ARRESTED FOR ABORTION

he police in the Garu-Tempane district of the Upper East Region have arrested Duut Nawang, a nurse at the Kpikpira Health Centre in connection with the death of a 20-year-old female student of the Tempane Senior High School, Georgina Kombat.

The 29-year-old male nurse, according to a DAILY GUIDE source at Garu, was arrested following a confession by a friend to the deceased, Afia, who revealed to the parents of the deceased that she and Georgina went to the suspect, Duut Nawang, for an abortion to be carried out for the deceased.
According to the source, Georgina allegedly collapsed after she was injected by the nurse and died soon after.

After a failed attempt to dump the deceased in a septic tank close to the health centre, the suspect allegedly carried the deceased on a bicycle and rode about five miles through the dark from Kpikpira to Tempane and dumped the body some 100 metres away from the girls’ hostel of Tempane Senior High School.

The police are still investigating the incident to ascertain the level of involvement of the suspect.

The Garu-Tempane Police Commander, Richard Ebo Appiah, could not be reached on phone at the time of filing this report.

Georgina’s body was found at the school around 3am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.


Georgina Kombat’s father said his daughter left school to collect money from him at Kpikpira, a Bimoba community in the Garu-Tempane district, over the weekend, but had to stay home until Tuesday evening when he was able to raise the amount required for her.

According to him, he asked Georgina to stay and go to school on Wednesday morning since it was too late and dangerous for her to travel from Kpikpira to Tempane, about five miles away.

While the deceased was at home that Tuesday evening, she had a call on her phone from one Daniel.

A brother of the deceased’s received the call instead of Georgina herself, but the caller immediately hung up.

The phone was later handed over to the deceased by the brother and she left home to collect a book from one Bismark that evening.

As soon as she left, Afia came to the house to ask of her but was told she had left to collect a book from Bismark.

Nothing was heard about her throughout the night until the body was found on Wednesday, March 21 on the school compound

Behold, the first all-diamond, diamond ring. sold for $70,million

From the Shawish website:

Shawish secured the copyright for the all-diamond ring one year ago in Geneva. It took one year to get the copyright and Shawish had to undergo multiple tests with the design to get the precision of the circle right using special laser equipment to cut directly into the diamond. The most important aspect is preserving the integrity of the diamond and of course the most difficult phase is precision cutting an entire stone into a ring. Shawish is now in search of the perfect hand to create the £43million, 150-carat masterpiece.

Apparently that hand has been found, because according to Styleite, the first one is now for sale for $70 million.

Two homosexuals sentenced to 2years in prison in Nasarawa State

An Upper Area Court sitting in Mararba, Nasarawa State, yesterday sentenced two men, Ifeanyi Benedict Ahah and Rabiu , both found guilty of unnatural tendencies or having intercourse with each other, to two years in jail each, without bail.


The pair were sentenced yesterday Wednesday March 21st by Judge Mariga Abdullahi, and ordered to pay a fine of N5,000 each at the beginning of their sentence. Just before the sentence was passed, Mr. Rabiu pleaded for leniency, saying that he is married with six children.

Ifeanyi, on his own part, pleaded the court to forgive him. He claimed to be repentant and promised not to go into the act anymore if pardoned.
The Judge , however, insisted that the law must take its course, saying that the sentence was passed in hope that it will serve as a deterrent to others involved in such unnatural acts

TRAGEDY IN EDO STATE,Two die as 7 female students fall into well in Ekpoma this morning

Tragedy struck early this morning at the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, after seven female students fell into a well located inside one of the hostels inside the school compound while fetching water and doing other things around the well.

According to eye witnesses, three girls were washing on top of the well, which is the hostel's only source of water, while the remaining four were sitting on its top, when all of a sudden the well collapsed beneath them. All seven girls fell into the well.

Other students around the hostel when the incident occurred rescued 6 of the alive. Unfortunately one died inside the well. Another one died on the way to the hospital. The remaining five are receiving treatment at the hospital.

Well in 2012? What a shame! RIP to the girls!