Tied up in the bush, body pierced with nails and beaten to confess - Two children branded witches in Cross River narrates their shocking ordeal

Two sisters, Aniema, 10 and 13-year-old Mary, who were accused of witchcraft have narrated their ordeal and their near death experience in the hands of their uncles in Akpabuyo Local Government of Cross River State.

The children were branded witches after their stepsister, one Adiaha Akpan said she had a dream where Mary and Aniema came to take her child away and wanted to kill her.
The CrossRiverWatch tracked the children to Asanting village in Ikono local government area of Akwa Ibom State, where their father relocated them after their near death experience in the hands of persons they referred to as “Uncles”.

"That faithful day I was taken to Church and accused of being a witch. Uncle Victor asked that I confess that I am a witch or else when we get back to the house he will beat me up and use nails to pierce my body, but I told him that I was not a witch". Mary narrates.
She further stated that, "The next day Adiaha Akpan (who is their step sister) said she had a dream where I and Aniema my sister came to take her child away and that I wanted to kill her. She told Uncle Victor about the dream and he came and took us to the bush and started flogging us”.
Aniema added that, “When they went away I managed to untie myself and ran away but a broken bottle pierced my feet but I kept on running. The uncle caught up with me and continued with the flogging using big sticks and I was crying. They took me from one house to the other and some people joined them to flog me.”

Groom, 28, attacked his new wife, 29, on their wedding night before repeatedly raping her because he wanted to be a father

A bride has revealed how her ex-husband attacked her on her wedding night before subjecting her to routine rapes when he decided he wanted to a child.

Charlotte Walford, from Northampton, thought her husband Spencer Walford was the man of her dreams. But, hours after exchanging vows, the violent 28-year-old began subjecting her to brutal attacks.

The campaign of abuse, which started at the couple's wedding reception, continued for months until she finally reported the abuse to police.

Surreal photos of China's failed 'city of the future'

Raphael Olivier

Ordos, China, once flush with cash, has been called the world's largest ghost town.

In the early 2000s, a coal-mining boom led the local government to throw money at urban development in the hopes of creating a new epicenter of culture, economy, and politics.

Ordos New Town, also known as Kangbashi, would hold 1 million people and be known for its massive abstract architecture projects, residential towers, and state-of-the-art sports venues. (Developers later scaled back the concept city to accommodate 300,000 people.)

But high property taxes and poor construction deterred people from settling in Ordos. In 2016, some 100,000 people lived and worked there — leaving the city two-thirds empty.

"The whole city feels like a post-apocalyptic space station straight out of a science fiction movie," says the photographer Raphael Olivier, who captured the city in a series titled "Ordos — A Failed Utopia."

23-year-old Nigerian man stabbed to death in London

23-year-old Seun Isaiah McMillan was stabbed to death in Southgate, London on Tuesday night, May 2.

Homicide detectives believe he was attacked four miles away in a playing field at Masefield Crescent, close to his family home.


Witnesses said they alerted police after an argument broke out "over money" between a group of young men gathered in the park.

A post-mortem examination on 4 May gave his cause of death as a single stab wound to the chest.

On Tuesday, 2 May, police were called to Barnet Hospital at about 19:30hrs to reports that a man - later identified as Seun - had self-presented at the hospital, suffering stab injuries. Seun was later pronounced dead at around 20:20hrs that evening.

Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating. Detective Chief Inspector Lee Watling, who is leading the investigation for the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said:

Three-foot 7in pantomime dwarf is elected Britain's shortest politician as he wins Welsh council seat for the Tories

New Tory councillor James Lusted was today elected as the Conservative party’s shortest politician - at just 3ft 7in tall.

James, 29, hopes to stand up for the little people as he takes up the ballot box battle.

The part-time pantomime actor pledges to measure up to the challenge of politics - despite being more than two feet shorter than 5ft 8in PM Theresa May.

He was today elected as a county councillor in his hometown of Rhos on Sea in Conwy, North Wales.

James said: 'I will ensure that I listen to the residents, not just the younger or the older generation, but every generation from whatever background - everyone will have a voice.'

Married James is a committed Christian and also performs in Christmas pantomimes of Snow White.  

Pepsi advert with Kendall Jenner pulled after huge backlash

Pepsi has bowed to pressure and is “pulling” a controversial advertfeaturing Kendall Jenner at a protest.

The video has been removed from YouTube and in a statement, the company said: "Pepsi was trying to project a global a message of unity, peace and understanding.

"Clearly, we missed the mark, and we apologise. We did not intend to make light of any serious issue.

"We are pulling the content and halting any further rollout. We also apologise for putting Kendall Jenner in this position."

The advert was widely criticised for appearing to trivialise demonstrations aimed at tackling social justice causes. It was also said to be insensitive due to its apparent mirroring of a picture from a Black Lives Matters protest. 

California police left puzzled after finding 'mermaid' walking down the street

Police in California have been left puzzled after finding a self-declared mermaid wandering the streets.

Officers were called to help uncover the identity of the woman, who said only that her name was Joanna and that she was a mermaid. When she was found in the city of Fresno, about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, she had wet hair and said she had been in the water in a nearby lake. 

Upon inspection, police discovered the woman had webbed toes on both feet. She was unable to provide any further information about her identity, saying simply “I don’t know” in response to most questions.Fresno Police sources confirmed to The Independent that the woman had been found walking on a road near a lake at around 3am on Tuesday, 4 April. 

Ahmed Musa £17million Premier League football star is arrested on suspicion of beating his wife after police swoop on his £850,000 five-bed home at 1am

Leicester City footballer Ahmed Musa has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his wife.

The Nigerian striker, 24, who cost the Premier League club a record fee of £16.6million, was quizzed by police at his £850,000 five-bedroom home in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. Officers swooped at his home on Tuesday night in response to a domestic abuse complaint, just hours after his side's 2-0 win over Sunderland.

Leicester City footballer Ahmed Musa has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his wife Jamila

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Leicester City footballer Ahmed Musa has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his wife

When they found no one in they made inquiries with surprised neighbours.

The former CSKA Moscow forward was finally arrested at 1am yesterday, by two plain-clothed policewomen, after he returned home. 

The father-of-two Musa was grilled for allegedly beating his wife Jamila and was released without charge.

A spokesman for Leicestershire Police said: 'A 24-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning at his home address near Leicester on suspicion of common assault.

Rick Ross reaches plea deal in kidnapping & assault case, charges to be completely erased from his record (photos/video)

On Tuesday, rapper and music label executive, Rick Ross appeared in court over

 the kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery among other charges case in 2015 where he allegedly held two of his employees captive on his property and allegedly forced and pistol whipped them into a guesthouse at gunpoint.
Rick Ross came back from a journey and found the groundskeepers throwing a party in his house while he was away, and then allegedly assaulted them with one victim even telling police he was pistol whipped and left with a chipped teeth and a jaw injured so badly he was “restricted to soft foods and liquid diet.” 

Thank God I am with you - no one else would want you." Mel B gives detailed account of abusive marriage in a 20-page document and it's highly pathetic

If the account given by Mel B in this new document is true, then that means she went through hell and back again. The former Spice Girl submitted to the court a 20-page document detailing in her words all that she suffered during her 10-year marriage to Stephen Belafonte.

It's hard to believe that one person endured all that Mel did for ten good years. Her main reason for staying back is because he blackmailed her with sexually explicit videotapes, threatening to destroy her career and gain full custody of her children by releasing the videos if she tried to leave. Read the documents as sent to Daily Mirror after the cut...

43 Married People Confess Why They Stopped Having Sex With Their Spouse

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Xavi warns Barcelona over 'historical mistake' with Lionel Messi

Xavi Hernandez has warned Barcelona that failing to tie Lionel Messi to a new deal "would be a historical mistake". Meanwhile, the club legend has confirmed plans to return to the Nou Camp to become the manager of the La Liga giants.

Messi, 29, has already scored 41 goals in the current campaign, but his long-term future at the Nou Camp has come under question amid delays in negotiations over a new deal.

Neymar, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, Javier Mascherano and Ivan Rakitic have all put pen to paper on new deals at Barcelona in recent months, but the Argentine is yet to follow despite his current contract being set to expire in the summer of 2018.

In January Barcelona technical secretary Robert Fernandez said negotiations with the five-time Ballon d'Or winner were on track – but the club are yet to provide any updates since.

Xavi has now encouraged his former side to step up talks after claiming both Messi and the club need each other.

White House releases first official portrait of Melania Trump flaunting HUGE diamond ring

Standing in the US President’s office, Mrs Trump posed with her arms folded, enabling her diamond rings and perfectly manicured fingernails to capture the light within the soft focus photographs.

Critics have questioned why she opted to fold her arms in the portrait, and how much airbrushing had been used to make her look picture perfect.In a statement issued with the photos, she said: "I am honoured to serve in the role of First Lady and look forward to working on behalf of the American people over the coming years."

The huge 25-carat diamond ring on the First Lady’s left hand was a present from her husband President Trump on their 10th wedding anniversary.

The 46-year-old was dressed in a black tailored suit, embellished with a sequinned black scarf.The portrait will be displayed in the presidential family's residence although the First Lady, has not moved into White House, preferring to remain at Trump Towers in New York.

I'm dating chicks! Paris Jackson reveals she's bisexual

Paris Jackson, daughter of the late king of pop Michael Jackson, is reportedly trying to move on from her ex Michael Snoddy by hooking up with girls on elite dating app, Raya.

According to Radar, Paris has been getting flirty with some girls on the celebrity dating app and has revealed in the past that she has had crushed on females.

‘Kill him before it’s TOO LATE’ North Korean defector says Kim Jong-un MUST be stopped

He said the Pyongyang despot must be killed before it is too late, as the tyrannical killer accelerates his nuclear war programme. 

The hermit state has now developed a “very significant level” of nuclear development, according to Thae Yong Ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to the UK.

Thae, who became the country’s highest-profile defector when he fled his North Korean London embassy to South Korea, issued the terrifying warning yesterday.He said: “[Kim] is desperate in maintaining his rule by relying on his nuclear weapons and ICBM.

“Once he sees that there is any kind of sign of a tank or an imminent threat from America, then he would use his nuclear weapons with ICBM.”

New York rocked by surge in 'China White' heroin deaths

Officials in New York state are scrambling to respond to a flurry of deaths resulting from the use of heroin cut with a strong and deadly painkiller.

At least 23 people have died in less than two weeks after overdosing on heroin believed to have been but with fentanyl, or fentanyl itself. Street names for the drug include “China White,” “Drop Dead,” and “Serial Killer.” Fentanyl is a prescription painkiller that is 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin alone and can lead to a fatal overdose with just a tiny amount.

The Buffalo News said that 23 people had died in Erie County, which includes the cities of Buffalo and its surrounding towns, in the space of 11 days. The death toll represents the usual total of fatalities over a year.

FA to quiz David Moyes as he says sorry for his ‘slap’ threat to BBC woman

The manager yesterday came under fire for his comments last month when his struggling side drew 0-0 with Burnley.

The married father-of-one took exception to a question from BBC reporter Vicki Sparks during an interview for Match of the Day and warned her she “might get a slap, even though you’re a woman”.

He apologised, insisting “it’s not my character” – but refused to qui

FA bosses yesterday said they will seek an explanation from Moyes, 53, following demands for an investigation into the “sexist threats”.

Moyes phoned the reporter days after the incident to apologise.

He told a press conference yesterday: “In the heat of the moment, I made a mistake in my comment to a BBC reporter which I profoundly regret.

“I was disappointed with myself for it. I subsequently phoned the reporter and apologised, which she accepted.“It’s not my character, it’s not my type, as most people know. I think people who know me would say what I’m about. In the heat of the moment, I used the wrong words.”

He does not believe he will be sacked over the comments and when asked if he had thought about resigning he said: “No, never a consideration.”

The Scot added: “I want to do the job and I want to get it right. There’s been a lot of difficulties but I want to be here.”

The former Manchester United and Everton boss claimed he was “one of the biggest” campaigners for women’s football.

Martin Lawrence proposes to girlfriend Roberta Moradfar with a $500K diamond ring

51 year old actor and comedian, Martin Lawrence got on one knee at his home on Friday and proposed to his girlfriend Roberta Moradfar on Friday, with a $500,000 diamond engagement ring.

According to TMZ, Martin worked 'for months' with Iconic Jewels Beverly Hills to create the custom-made ring he gave to his girlfriend, Moradfar, who is an aesthetics nurse practitioner.

Russia attack: Police hunt two suspects after at least 11 dead killed in St Petersburg metro bombing

Russian police are hunting for two suspects in the wake of a bomb blast in the St Petersburg metro system that killed at least 11 people and wounded 45 more.

Law enforcement officials have said that a suicide bomber was responsible for the blast, according to reports in Russian media.

The suspected bomber is thought to have links to radical Islamists and is believed to be a 23-year-old from central Asia.  

Definitive conclusions cannot be made until DNA is examined but there are reports the attacker carried the bomb in a backpack.

An unidentified explosive device went off at 2:20pm on a train after leaving Sennaya Ploshchad station and heading to the Technology Institute station, Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee said. 

Russian security agencies found and defused a second explosive device at the Ploschad Vosstaniya station, one of the city's busiest stations, the committee also said.

Polina, who was travelling in the next carriage, told Bumaga when the train pulled into the Technology Institute station she "saw that the neighbouring carriage was mangled, window glass was broken, there was no light and there was blood."

Russia's health minister, Veronika Skvortsova, said seven people were killed immediately while another died in an ambulance and two more died in hospital. The death toll was later updated from 10 to 11.

Nigerian Pilot fulfills his life-long ambition of becoming the first African to fly around the World alone

In October 2016, LIB reported about Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin; the  Nigerian pilot whose lifelong ambition was to become the first African pilot in history to fly around the world solo. (Read  Here). Fast forward to March 2017 and he has achieved the seemingly impossible mission.
Odujirin who works for Air Djibouti completed the final leg of his historic journey on Wednesday afternoon, landing safely at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Paris fireworks display turns to horror when fireball explodes into the crowd leaving five people critically injured and dozens more hurt

At least 30 people have been injured, five critically after an explosion rocked a busy French carnival. 

The incident happened when a ‘Bengal Fire’ display exploded into the crowd at the carnival near Paris today.

Screaming spectators were thrown to the ground as the blasts shook the ground at the popular event, about 11 miles from the centre, close to Charles De Gaulle airport. 

The horrific accident in Villepinte, in the French capital’s northern suburbs, saw at least one child suffering horrific injuries when a wooden guy-style figure dubbed Mr Carnival went up in smoke. 

The blasts sparked panic among the crowds as several people were harmed by flying debris.

Witnesses described scenes of horror and panicked crowds and reported seeing 'a man with a broken arm' and 'a child with blood on his face'.

Others talked of 'people running around to find their children' in the wake of the explosions. 

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Screaming spectators were thrown to the ground as the blasts shook the ground at the event

RAEKWON DISCUSSES HIS TRIBUTE TO MARVIN GAYE ON THE EVE OF HIS BIRTH & DEATH

One of the standout tracks from Raekwon’s recently released seventh solo-masterpiece, The Wild, is undoubtedly his heartfelt tribute to Marvin Gaye, simply entitled “Marvin” which features Cee-Lo.

With “Marvin,” Raekwon authors his own audio autobiography of the fellow iconic artist, detailing his upbringing, his artistic legacy, his turbulent personal life and his tragic death (at the hands of his own father). As the anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s birth (April 2nd) and death (April 1st) both draw near, Raekwon further honors Marvin Gaye’s life and his dedication to him by delving into the creative process of the track and where the inspiration stemmed from.

MARY J. BLIGE RECRUITS KANYE WEST FOR NEW SONG “LOVE YOURSELF”

Mary J. Blige‘s new album is Strength of a Woman is slated to drop on April 28, and just a day after revealing the tracklist, she has shared the new cut. “Love Yourself,” which features Kanye West, debuted on Funk Flex‘s Hot 97 radio show last night (March 30).

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The collaboration is just one of many that will appear on the new album, with Blige also linking up with Quavo, Missy Elliott, and DJ Khaled, and more. She also previously released the single “Thick of It.”

BBNaija housemates in tears as their Family members pay them a visit in the house

It was an emotional moment in the Big Brother Niaja house today as family members of the contestants paid them a visit in the house. They were however not allowed to respond to the words said to them by their family members. Efe, Debbie Rise, TBoss, Bisola were in tears as their family members spoke to them. Watch the video after the cut...

Lady reportedly kidnapped by men who disguised as SARS officers in Port Harcourt

According to this twitter user, the young lady pictured above was kidnapped by men who claimed to be officers of the Nigeria Police Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS in Port Harcourt, Rivers state yesterday. Hope she is found safe.