Rip Torn of Men In Black star dead at 88

Acclaimed character actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88. The actor 'passed away peacefully (Tuesday afternoon) at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut... with his wife Amy Wright, and daughters Katie Torn and Angelica Page by his side,' a representative for the actor announced.

Torn was known for his gruff-voiced characters who often threatened to steal the spotlight from higher-billed stars.

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Fire guts Amigos Supermarket in Abuja

The popular and well sought after ‘Amigos Supermarket’ also known as ‘4U Supermarket’, in Wuse 2, Abuja, was gutted by fire on Tuesday.

Mr Jerry Timvh, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service, confirmed this in an interview with  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Timvh said that the fire outbreak, which affected only the warehouse section of the store, started at about 1:30p.m but was successfully put out by firefighters at 7:30p.m.

According to him, the cause of the fire is yet to be discovered as investigation is ongoing.

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UN reveals 64,000 Nigerians are murdered YEARLY

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes has estimated that about 64,000 Nigerians are murdered annually in the country with the homicide rate highest in the North-East at 79 and North-Central at 65 per 100,000 inhabitants.

The body stated that the South-West had the lowest homicide rate at 4.4 victims per 100,000 persons.

The agency in its Global Study on Homicide 2019, published on Monday, listed drivers of homicide to include inequality, unemployment, political instability, prevalence of gender stereotypes in the society and organised crime.

The study explained that the figure on the homicides in Nigeria was based on a survey conducted in partnership with the National Bureau of Statistics of Nigeria in 2016, covering more than 33,000 households in  the  36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

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Another Nigerian father arrested for raping teen daughter in Ado-Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, remanded one Basiru Adeyanju in prison custody for allegedly r-ping his 17-year-old daughter.

Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, after listening to the argument of the concerned parties, ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison and adjourned the matter till October 2, 2019, for further hearing.

Adeyanju, a resident of Irona in Ado Ekiti, who was alleged to have molested his teenage daughter on September 10, 2017, is facing two counts of r-pe and attempted r-pe.

The offences were said to contravene Section 358 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Law of Ekiti State, 2012.


He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Ekiti State Attorney General, Olawale Fapohunda, who led the legal team from the Ministry of Justice to prosecute the case, called three witnesses, including a medical practitioner, Dr Temitope Olasende, who testified that the victim was truly r-ped.

Olasende informed the court that the victim was brought to him after the alleged defilement on September 11, 2017, and “the medical history and investigation on her showed that she had been with her father since two years after her parents got separated.”

The medical expert further told the court that the medical report revealed the victim’s outer vagina was bruised, but she tested negative to the HIV.

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Police arrest suspected abductor of OAU lecturer

The Osun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said one of the suspected abductors of Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had been arrested.

Adegbehingbe, who was returning to Ile-Ife from Lagos on Sunday, May 5, 2019, was abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen on the Ife-Ibadan Expressway and was released a day later after the payment of N5.45m ransom.

Parading the suspect, Usman Ladan, from Sokoto State, at the command’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige, said Adegbehingbe actually identified the man as one of those who abducted him.


Ige said another of the alleged abductors was arrested while wandering aimlessly in Ikire, while two other suspects were arrested in the Iwo area for other crimes.

The suspects are Samaila Gede from Katsina State; Kemu Rejuli from Niger Republic; and Jubril Mohammed from Katsina State, who were said to have been apprehended with assorted charms.

IT IS WELL WITH NIGERIA



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Court also tells Federal Government to take over Diezani’s Port Harcourt land

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a plot of land in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Justice Chuka Obiozor made the forfeiture order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The anti-graft agency told the judge that the land, “measuring 7,903.71 – 8,029.585 square metres” and designated as Plot 9, Azikiwe Road, Old GRA (UAC Property on Forces Avenue), Port Harcourt, was reasonably suspected to part of the  proceeds of unlawful activities.


The commission prayed the court for an order to allow it “to appoint a competent person or firm to manage the asset/property.”

It urged the court to prohibit “any disposal, conveyance, mortgage, lease, sale or alienation or otherwise of the asset/property.”

Counsel for the EFCC, Ebuka Okongwu, argued that the judge had the power, pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006, to make the forfeiture order.

After listening to the lawyer, Justice Obiozor granted the forfeiture order as prayed by the lawyer.
On Friday, the same Federal High Court ordered the forfeiture of 2,149 pieces of jewellery and a customised gold iPhone, valued at $40m, belonging to Diezani.

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Nicki Minaj cancels Saudi Concert in support of women's and LGBTQ rights

Nicki Minaj is pulling out of a concert in Saudi Arabia because she says she wants to show support for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression.

“After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest. While I want nothing more than to bring my show to fans in Saudi Arabia, after better educating myself on the issues, I believe it is important for me to make clear my support for the rights of women, the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression,” Minaj said in a statement Tuesday.

Minaj was originally scheduled to headline the concert on July 18.



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Sniper must be banned, Senate urges FG

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation or circulation of sniper insecticide, a product currently used to commit suicide.

This followed a motion sponsored by Sen. Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 others on the rising incidence of suicides among Nigerians.

Orji, while making his presentation noted with grave concern, the rising cases of suicide ,particularly among young Nigerians.

He said suicide could be prevented particularly when family, friends and close relatives of the person contemplating suicide provided support, either by way of encouragement, listening to them or removing means of committing suicide such as dangerous drugs and chemicals especially sniper.


He also said that it is worrisome that the number of Nigerians taking their lives had assumed a frightening dimension , saying that government, religious institutions and other relevant corporate bodies have not addressed the ugly situation in the country.

Orji said that there is need to create awareness on how to control stress and depression by government, religious institutions and other relevant corporate bodies and the establishment of trauma centres across the federation.

This, he said would also reduce the rate of suicide in the country.

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Jay-Z joins marijuana company as brand strategist

Billionaire rapper Jay-Z is entering the fast-growing cannabis industry, taking a role with California company Caliva as a strategist.

Privately owned Caliva, formed in San Jose in 2015, said on Tuesday (Jul 9) that Jay-Z had entered a long-term partnership in which he will focus on outreach and the creative direction of the company.

The rapper, whose formal title with Caliva will be chief brand strategist, will also further his social justice efforts by increasing job training for former prisoners as well as fostering quality and fairness in the development of the legal marijuana industry, the company said in a statement.

"We want to create something amazing, have fun in the process, do good and bring people along the way,” the rapper said in a statement.

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Photo: EFCC nabs fake native doctor in Ibadan

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Tuesday, arrested a fake native doctor, Fatai Olalere Aliu, who was alleged to be notorious for duping people under the guise of possessing spiritual power to solving their problems.

Aliu was arrested by the operatives of the Commission during a raid on his abode at Kisumu Estate at Odo-Ona Elewe of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Before his eventual arrest, the Commission had worked on several intelligence reports linking him to a series of fraud allegations involving large sums of money.


He was also accused of engaging in money doubling through which he would collect money from his victims with the promise of using his spiritual powers to multiply the sums for them, but would instead divert same to his personal use.

The raid led EFCC operatives to his shrines located in a thick forest around the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Expressway and Kobomoje area of the town where frightening voodoo items were sighted.

Items recovered from the suspect include three exotic cars – two Toyota Corolla and Honda Pilot.

He also has in his possession three luxurious buildings within Ibadan and land documents which were also recovered as exhibits. The suspect is said to be currently undergoing interrogation at the commission’s zonal office in Ibadan.

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Peruzzi buys himself a Mercedes Benz (photos)

Peruzzi just bought himself a Mercedes Benz. He showed off the new machine on instagram with the caption; ''New Whip! Thank God!''

His record label boss, Davido has already congratulated him and so have others. Big congrats to him!



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National Assembly gates shut as Shiites protesters shoot 3 policemen (photos)

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria- the Shiite on Tuesday invaded the National Assembly Complex throwing stones and injuring three policemen.

The invaders stormed the complex at about 1.30 p.m., demanding the release of their leader Ibrahim El Zakzaky who has been in detention for about four years.

The injured policemen were rushed to the NASS clinic for treatment.

The protesters forced their way through the first gate near the Federal Secretariat and headed to the main building where they clashed with security operatives.


Some vehicles’ screens were broken with stones in the process, resulting in the closure of the second gate by security agents who placed a restriction on movement in and out of the building.

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Photo: Internet fraudster bags jail term in Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Emuze Omosigho Emmanuel (aka Thomas Brooks) for offences bordering on cheating.

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 8, 2019 found him guilty of the one-count charge preferred against him after he pleaded “guilty” to the charge.

His journey to jail began when operatives acted on intelligence report indicating that he engages in fraudulent activities and had defrauded unsuspecting individuals of their hard-earned money.


The charge against him reads: “That you, Emuze Omosigho sometime in 2019 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kaduna State, did with intent to defraud attempted to commit an offence to wit: Cheating against one Julia Munoz of Lubbock, Texas, Martha French and Brenda Davis by sending them scam mails using your Instagram, FaceBook and plenty of phishing e-mail addresses posing as one Thomas Brooks, with the aim of obtaining financial benefit for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under the same Section.”

He along side his other conspirators forged and impersonated documents purportedly emanating from different organisations where they claimed to be engineers and members of other reputable occupation.

Following his guilty plea, counsel for the EFCC, S.H Sa’ad, informed the court of the plea bargain agreement between the prosecution and the defence.

He was thereafter, sentenced to one year in prison with an option of N100,000 fine.



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Instagram to introduce features to counter bullying

Instagram will introduce new features aimed at curbing online bullying, the Facebook-owned platform announced Monday, as social media giants face increased scrutiny over the harassment faced by many users.

There have been growing calls around the world for greater oversight of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, amid widespread criticism over bullying, as well as the spread of hate speech and fake news.

Instagram, which has more than a billion users worldwide, is a platform focused on images, allowing users to post photos and videos, which can then be commented on by other users.

The company said it has used artificial intelligence to monitor bullying and harmful content for years, and will now use the technology to detect when a user is about to post something offensive and issue a warning.

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Busola Dakolo lied about rape allegation, Kemi Olunloyo again

Video: Emotional moment half-sisters meet their birth mother for the very first time

This is the emotional moment two half sisters meet their birth mother for the first time - 60 years after she put them up for adoption over fears of prejudice against mixed-race children in 1950s.

Kathleen Fraser Jackson, 62, of Wembley, north west London, was put up for adoption at just three-months-old.

She has spent years trying to find her birth family, despite having five children and 12 grandchildren of her own.

Little did she know her mother Kathleen Senior, 82, had another child, Jean, now 68, she gave up when she was six-months-old.


Jean has also spent a lifetime wondering what happened to her mother, having been abandoned by her adoptive mum too.

But in an emotional episode of Long Lost Family, the half sisters meet for the first time, before being introduced to their mother and the other siblings they never knew they had.



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Ciara and husband continue to celebrate their 3rd wedding anniversary (photos)

Ciara and husband Russell Wilson are still celebrating their love after a romantic getaway. The married couple recently took a vacation to Fiji for their third wedding anniversary.

Now back in Los Angeles, they were spotted last night walking into Craig's for a celebratory dinner.

Ciara locked arms with her NFL hubby as they arrived at the trendy West Hollywood eatery.

The Level Up artist wore a red Oriental-printed kimono robe over a white top with fitted black pants.


Wilson kept it casual but cool in a white t-shirt under a navy blue bomber jacket with some dark denim jeans. Happy couple!

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John Mikel Obi has vowed to make his last Africa Cup of Nations one to remember for Nigeria and believes his presence in the squad could be a crucial factor in their bid for success.

The midfielder, 32, concedes this will certainly be his last appearance on the continental showpiece event and possibly for his country.

"It's been an amazing ride for me in the national team," Mikel told BBC Sport.

"Thirteen years I think is enough. I've won trophies, I've had a lot of amazing time. I think it's time for these young guys to carry on.


"I'm mostly here in Egypt to support the young guys and make sure they're on the right track.

"I think my presence is always important for them, hopefully I can finish with the trophy."

Mikel has won a total of 89 caps for Nigeria, playing for them in the past two World Cups and helping the Super Eagles win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

He also helped Nigeria finish third at the 2006 and 2010 Nations Cups.

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Wendy Williams dumps younger lover for older doctor

Everything was nice and fun with her 27-year-old ex-felon boyfriend but Wendy Williams decided to move on to somebody that can provide for her in every way she needs. When she was just trying to mess around, she opted for a younger gentleman but now that she's ready to build a meaningful connection with a man again, she found somebody closer to her age to grow with, which she revealed during her comeback talk show episode yesterday.

The famed television host has been dealing with a lot of personal drama this year, which began when her husband of over twenty years, Kevin Hunter, was revealed to have fathered a child with his mistress.

Since then, Wendy has been open about their pending divorce, spending time with her son and also seeing many men as she looks for "the one." It turns out that she may have actually found somebody to spend her days with, telling her studio audience recently that she's got a new boyfriend.


The former radio personality is dating a doctor in his fifties, and she's head-over-heels for him right now.

Hear her; "I’m not on the market anymore. I’m not in love. I don’t know how I’m doing. I’m not in love but there’s somebody that I’m crazy about," said Wendy.

"It’s not who you think. OK? Mother doesn’t deal with children, but it just so happens that I guess with my charm and wit, I attract people of all ages. 27-year-old boys, quite frankly, find me attractive.

I get it, but when it comes time for the comfort of a man, I need someone in his 50s, too, and he’s gotta work. It helps that he’s a doctor. He’s been married. His kids are in their 20s, and yes, he’s black. He’s brown-black."

Williams shared further details about her new man, saying that he's from Los Angeles and only visited New York for the first time recently to see her. Good for Wendy. Hopefully, she's able to make it work!!!

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Meghan Markle in talks with Vogue to have a regular column in both the magazine's US and UK editions

Meghan Markle is in talks with Vogue to have a regular column in both the magazine's US and UK editions focusing on her charity work, after Amal Clooney 'encouraged Duchess to promote her philanthropy projects'

Sources close to the talks say the monthly feature would be similar to the article being put together to accompany her upcoming photoshoot for the publication's September issue in the UK.

But Meghan will not appear on the cover of the magazine due to her reported desire for the story to focus on women’s empowerment instead of her.


And, in a further sign that the new mother favors media based in her native US, both the imminent photoshoot and her putative columns are slated to run in American as well as British Vogue.



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