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Bukina Faso President resigns following riot, military takes over

The President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Campaore has resigned from office following yesterday's massive protest by people who were opposed to the elongation of his 27 years tenure. In a statement released today, Campaore said his seat was vacant and urged his people to conduct an election in the next 90 days. 

Nigerian Girl Dies In Bangkok After Attempting Buttock Augmentation

Joy Willaims, a 23-year old Nigerian girl has left her families in sorrow after travelling to Bangkok this month for abuttock augmentation without their consent.

Joy travelled to Bangkok with £2000 to have the surgery at SP clinic which turned out to be a success at first, but shortly after that, it turned out that her wounds had already become infected.

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Two Musicians Arraigned For Raping Dancer in Nigeria

Two performing artists are standing trial before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos State, western Nigeria, over an alleged rape and indecent assault on a female dancer.

The two musicians, Ekene Uzor, 27, and Eni Daniel, 24, were arrested when the victim (name withheld) reported to the police that the suspects allegedly conspired to rape and blackmail her.

22-YEAR-OLD LADY KILLS MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RAPE HER IN LEKKI, LAGOS

According to The Punch, an unidentified suspected rapist has been killed in the Lekki area of Lagos State while attempting to rape a 22-year-old woman, Ifeoma Okechukwu. The incident happened on Monday, around 12.30pm, in Atlantic View Estate, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki. Okechukwu was on her menstrual period and had gone out to buy sanitary pads. The Imo State indigene was said to be on her way back home when she was accosted by the stranger.
Her statement  below.

Primary school teacher by day, burglar by night

A primary school teacher who broke into a house and stole cash to fund her heroin habit is to be formally struck off from the profession.

Vanessa Law, 32, also stole petrol from garages in Fife and Glasgow during a crime spree in 2012.

Soccer ace Neymar, 22, sends private jet to collect Serbian model to bring her to Barcelona

Champions League star Neymar, 22, reportedly sent a private plane for Serbian model Soraja Vucelic to bring her to visit him in the Spanish city of Barcelona.

Divorce row over billionaire bigamist

Mercy Ogbedo, 45, (top) married Nigerian shipping magnate Moses Taiga in a traditional ceremony in 2002. Mrs Ogbedo went on to have two of the billionaire's children and raise them at her home in Finchley, north London.

Zambian President Michael Sata dies in London

Zambian President Michael Sata has died at the age of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the government says.

President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in a London hospital on Tuesday night, media reports said.

Father allegedly bites and beats infant son to death - and blames it on a dog

38 year old Emery James Jenkins (pictured above) has been arrested after he allegedly bit and beat his own son to death...because he wouldn't stop crying...and blamed it on a neighbour's dog.

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Nigerian woman reportedly delivers baby boy after 5-year pregnancy

An Abuja-based woman, Mrs Adenike Kolawole, (pictured left) who was barren for 27 years, has reportedly given birth to a baby boy after carrying a 5-year pregnancy. Is that even possible?

According to PM News, Mrs Adenike gave birth on Sunday October 26th at Evangelical Church of Cherubim and Seraphim located at Pipeline Road, Mafon area, Ejigbo, Lagos during the church's Sunday service.

Policeman, Others Caught Trying To Steal Arms In Nigeria

A police chief armourer and two gun runners have been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command during an alleged attempt to steal firearms from the command’s armoury, Channels reports.

Parading the arrested persons at the command’s headquarters in Kaduna on Monday, the State Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu, said that at about 11:30pm local time on October 20, the Command’s chief armourer, Nanbol Audu, a deputy superintendent of police, came to the armoury with two unknown persons in a private vehicle to steal arms and ammunition.

Schoolyard Bullies Chant ‘Ebola,’ Beat African Students

While reportedly chanting, “Ebola,” schoolyard bullies on Friday attacked two brothers, who immigrated to New York City from Senegal about a month ago, according to NBC 4 New York.

The 11- and- 13-year-old victims, in sixth and eighth grade, respectively, were beaten and verbally abused by other students at lunchtime in the schoolyard at Intermediate School 318 in the Tremont section of the Bronx in New York City, the African Advisory Council says, according to the news station.

Female football star, 20, found hanged after rowing with her girlfriend

Katie Sheppard, who played for West Ham Ladies, sent angry text messages 'shouting' at her partner Nancy Richardson.

Father who 'killed his wife and two teenage daughters before hanging himself

MailOnline understands Jitendra Lad, 49, may have killed his wife Daksha, 44, (together centre) and their two children, Trisha, 19, (centre left) and Nisha, 16, (centre right) before hanging himself.

The boy who stopped eating a YEAR ago

A year ago, Landon Jones stopped eating.

Overnight, the 12-year-old's appetite disappeared without warning, hours after he devoured a pizza and bowl of ice cream.

Waking up on the morning of October 14, 2013, Landon had lost all sense of hunger and thirst, The Des Moines Register reported.

The once energetic youngster, who loved nothing more than going out on his bike and playing in the park with his friends and brother, stopped.

He was sick and suffered dizziness almost 24 hours a day.

Heartbreaking last letter Iranian woman wrote before she was hanged

27 year old Reyhaney Jabbari was executed on Saturday October 25th by hanging in Iran seven years after she killed a man that she claimed had attempted to rape her. (read here). Before she was killed, Reyhaney wrote a very emotional letter to her mother, asking that her organs be donated to those who need them. 

Gunmen kill one German and abduct another in Sagamu

Unknown gunmen killed a German national and abducted another one on Friday morning October 24th in Sagamu, Ogun state. The two men, who worked for Julius Berger, were traveling in two separate vehicles without their security escorts when the gunmen attacked and fired shots into their vehicles.

14yr old Gia Soriano, victim of Washington school shooting dies in hospital

Beautiful 14 year old Gia Soriano died in hospital last night after she was taken off life support. Gia was one of the five people shot at close range by 15 year old Jaylen Fryberg at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington D.C before he turned the gun on himself on Friday October 24th. (read here). Her family released a statement saying;

Captain Allegedly Murdered By Crew Members On-Board

The Nigerian police is currently investigating the brutal murder of a senior captain of ORC Fishing and Food Processing Limited located at Kirikiri Phase 2, Apapa, Lagos.

The deceased, identified as Captain Aiyenumelo Felix of Nigeria Marine Navy, was allegedly killed by his crew members on board, on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in the Atlantic Ocean, within Nigeria’s territorial waters.

Britain's fattest woman who weighed 40st dies of a heart attack aged 44

Doctors warned Brenda Flanagan-Davies to 'lose weight or die' when she became bed-bound at her home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, after consuming more than 6,000 calories a day.

Poster girl for Kurdish freedom fighters in Kobane is 'captured and beheaded by ISIS

The woman (left), known by the nom de guerre Rehana, was celebrated as a symbol of hope for the embattled Syrian border town (top right) after a journalist tweeted a picture of her making a 'V-sign'. But there are now claims Rehana, who fought for the Kurdish YPJ, or Women's Defense Unit, may have been killed after gruesome pictures began circulating on Twitter of an Isis fighter purportedly holding aloft her head.

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South African football captain Senzo Meyiwa is shot dead

South Africa football captain Senzo Meyiwa has been shot dead in Johannesburg only hours after playing a match, police have said in a statement.

The 27-year-old was pictured looking happy with on-off girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, a South African pop star, earlier on Sunday.

Woman Held Hostage For 9 Years By Lover Regains Freedom

A woman from Delta State (names withheld by us) who was kid­napped nine years ago by her lov­er has miraculously regained her freedom.

The woman who lived in the Ikotun Egbe area of Lagos stepped out of her lover’s house with her four children for the first time in nine years. The woman said to be a grad­uate and speaks fluent English narrated her ordeal to the people in the area who gathered around to have a glim of her.

Sunday Sun was told by eye witnesses that the woman’s lover who hails from Ekiti State loved her so much and wanted to marry her but because her family was against the relationship, he decided to kidnap her for keeps, to keep her away from her parents. He later took her to a wooden house he built for her in Okerube area of Abaranje, Ikotun, Lagos.

Nigerian woman killed husband in Ebonyi state

25 year old Blessing Onyibe Nwogbagami, (pictured above) has been arrested by men of the Ebonyi state Police command for killing her husband, Mr Onwe Nwogbagami, near their home at Ojegbe Amike Ugbodo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

The mother of one attacked her husband with a cutlass while he was sleeping at an uncompleted building on October 13th. Explaining why she killed her husband, Blessing told Sunday Sun

Sharia Court orders man to remarry woman he infected with HIV

A middle-aged man has been ordered to re-marry the wife he divorced after infecting her with HIV/AIDs virus.

This was the verdict of an upper Sharia court sitting at Sabon Gari, after the case was brought before it by the aggrieved wife.

Man Arrested For Digging Up Young Girls From Grave & Dressing Them Up For Parties To Fulfil His Fantasies

A sick historian dug up 150 graves so he could dress the corpses of dozens of young girls for birthday parties. Russian Anatoly Moskvin removed the bodies of girls aged between three and twelve to fulfill his twisted fantasies.

He then took them home and turned them into a grisly mummy collection, dressing the bodies and skeletons in stockings and dresses, and even making one look like a teddy bear.

Nigeria's Super Falcons win 2014 African Women Championship

The Super Falcons of Nigeria this evening October 25th beat Cameroon 2-0 to win the 9th African Women Championship 2014 which took place in Namibia. Football stars Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala gave Nigeria the victory after scoring the two goals in the match. This will be the 7th time Nigeria has clinched the title.
 

Super Falcons Asisat Oshoala was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

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Jay Jay Okocha Among Top 100 Players To Grace The premier league

British newspaper Telegraph has unveiled a list of the top 100 players in the last 28 years, on the proviso that the nominated players must have graced the English Premier League since its inception.

Iranian woman hanged for killing 'man who tried to rape her'

27 year old Reyhaney Jabbari (pictured above), was executed today October 25th by hanging in Iran 7 years after she killed a man that she claimed had attempted to rape her. Reyhaney was sentenced to death in 2009 for the stabbing death of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former intelligence officer.

17 year old boy serves 35 years for Credit card fraud.

Jerahn Tucker who is 17 years old was arrested for credit card theft. He is facing 35 years for the use of one credit card in which he purchased a soda.

Nigerian Drug Mule Dies Inside Madrid Airport

A Nigerian drug mule has died in a Spanish airport after cocaine bags inside his body split open - because airport staff refused to touch him fearing he had Ebola.

Football club faces FA probe after 'mistreating black player and refusing to pay his medical bills'

A football club faces a probe by the FA after it treated a former player differently because he was black and 'refused to pay his medical bills'. 

Gillingham Football Club was ordered to pay retired striker Mark McCammon £68,000 in August 2012 after he sued the club over his sacking in 2011.

Bird of prey steals golfer's ball from the green in the middle of his game

A game of golf in Washington State took on a strange twist after a bald eagle swooped down and flew off with one of the players balls. The bird taunted the golfer by playing with the ball for a few seconds before snatching it from the green and dropping it off on the next tee.

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Biochemist made her young daughters drink acid, strangled them and then killed herself

Heena Solanki (centre), 34, was found dead in her bed alongside Jasmine (left), nine, and Prisha (right), four, by her widower at their home in Ruislip, west London, in April last year.

Homecoming prince, 15, who had just returned from suspension opens fire with his father's gun in school

The shooter who opened fire at a Washington high school this morning was a popular 15-year-old boy who played on the football team and was crowned homecoming prince.

Jaylen Fryberg killed one classmate and wounded four more before turning the gun on himself in the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School at 10.39am.

Women walk past beheaded corpses in the street and heads on spikes without a second thought

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Disturbing images of life under ISIS rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa has emerged showing the decapitated corpses of Syrian soldiers lined up in the streets.

Nigeria Minister for petroleum's sister kidnapped

The news is viral that on yesterday (Thursday) night some gunmen reportedly abducted Osio Agama, the younger sister to Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Man Cuts Of His Own P*nis Because Girlfriend Says He Wasn’t Good Enough In Bed

A jilted lover has chopped off his own p*nis after he was dumped by his girlfriend, Metro.co.uk reports.

Oliver Ilic, 22, was told that he was no good in bed so it is claimed he mutilated himself then threw the remains in the bin.

Zimbabwe’s First Lady Declares Intention To Succeed Husband As President, Calls For VP’s Resignation

There is a little political war going on in Zimbabwe as first lady intends to succeed husband as president.

The first lady Grace Mugabe yesterday announced her candidacy to succeed her husband, 90-year-old presidentRobert Mugabe, when he leaves office.

Teenager, 14, died after she was savaged to death by 'stir crazy' dogs

The 'hyper-aggressive' dogs (right) that killed Jade Lomas-Anderson (pictured), 14, in Atherton, Greater Manchester, on March 26 last year were owned by Beverley Concannon. The 45-year-old failed to attend the girl's inquest today after she was taken to hospital by ambulance at 7.30am this morning, Bolton Coroner's Court heard.

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