Charly boys Father, Justice Oputa suffers stroke, hospitalised in Owerri

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court and chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, otherwise known as Oputa Panel, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, has suffered stroke and hospitalised.
Daily Sun gathered that the eminent jurist was hit by the ailment at the weekend and was rushed the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, the Imo State capital, where he is in critical condition.
Sources revealed that since he was taken to the hospital, Oputa had been in a bad shape, to the extent that doctors advised against any plan to move him out in a car, as the family wanted him transferred overseas for treatment.

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Blasts kill at least 16 in Iraq; 90 wounded

A woman walks past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq on February 18, 2014.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Car bombs go off in Baghdad and Babil province
• Dozens are wounded in 10 incidents
• Iraq has been beset by violence

(CNN) -- At least 16 people in Iraq were killed Tuesday in 10 car bombs, police said. At least 90 people were wounded.

Three blasts occurred in the capital, Baghdad, and seven were reported to the south, in Babil province.

Peek inside the world's most expensive hotel rooms

Costing $83,200 a night, the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva is the most expensive hotel room in the world. The 12-bedroom suite has hosted a venerable guest list, including Bill Gates and Michael Douglas. Apparently, some famous musicians have found inspiration in the panoramic views of Lake Geneva and the Swiss Alps.

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• A rise in millionaires throughout the world has created a market for luxury suites
• These swank rooms can cost as much as $83,200 a night
• Perks include everything from private NBA-size courts to a Bentley rental

(CNN) -- At $83,200 a night, the Royal Penthouse Suite at Geneva's Hotel President Wilson is the most expensive hotel room in the world. Guests are not left wanting for much: the suite has 12 bedrooms and 12 marble bathrooms, plus a wraparound terrace with views of the Alps that have been said to move a handful of famous musicians to song (there's a Steinway piano, should the backdrop not be enough). VIPs traveling without an entourage can make use of the private staff -- butler, chef, personal assistant.

Does formula mystery help keep Coke afloat?

Coca-Cola claims its formula is the "world's most guarded secret." The recipe, the company says, is now kept in a purpose-built vault within the company's headquarters in Atlanta.

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UK court upholds Snowden-linked detention

Greenwald's partner Miranda was detained at a London airport under British terrorism legislation [AP]

Britain's High Court has ruled that police legally detained the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist at the centre of the Edward Snowden spying leaks.
The court rejected on Wednesday a legal challenge which argued that the detention of David Miranda, and the seizure of leaked documents, violated free expression.

church of Satan Worshiper admits " I started Killing when i was 13" and have never stopped!

Miranda Barbour told a newspaper reporter over the weekend that she killed so many people across so many states in the last six years that she lost count. She told the Daily Item newspaper in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, that the killings spanned from Alaska to North Carolina.

However, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday Barbour's claims don't bear out -- at least in their state.

"At this time the Alaska State Troopers are not aware of any information -- beyond Barbour's comments quoted in the press -- or evidence that would implicate Barbour with a homicide committed in Alaska," a statement from the agency said.

Church of Satan: We don't support murder

THERE was a mild drama at the Yola chief Magistrate Court 5 Tuesday, when a Deputy Director with the State Security Service
(SSS), Mr. Edward Mathew Magaji, serving in Ibadan was in court to testify against his wife, Mrs. Joy Magaji, in favour of his girlfriend, Miss
Natasha Aminu Danbaba, a nurse with the Specialist Hospital, Yola.
 Magaji engaged the counsel to his wife, Barrister Binanu Eston, in a verbal war, asking that the counsel could take his wife.
  Magaji, 40, and his girlfriend (Miss Danbaba), 44, told the court earlier when he mounted the witness box for two hours to testify against his wife who has four children for him that he was in the room of his girlfriend located along Barracks Road when his wife came and broke the windscreen of the lady’s car after a failed attempt to gain access into the room where he was “relaxing” with his mistress.
  Magaji who gave oral evidence that contradicted the earlier evidence of his girl friend told the court that he came out to restrain his wife from causing further damages in the house but his wife escaped, while Natasha in her oral evidence told the court that she was alone at home when her lover’s wife paid her a bloody visit.
 The SSS officer also disputed the oral evidence of his girlfriend who told the court earlier that Magaji is a senior officer with SSS. In his cross examination he denied being an SSS officer, but later confessed that he was a top security officer.
  Magaji who was warned by the Chief Magistrate on several occasions against using foul language and unpalatable words in court, denied beating his wife and insulting her parents.
  He further told the court that he wanted justice for his girlfriend and also alleged that he divorced his wife last year, but later told the court that his wife was staying with him and that they both operate a joint business account.
  “My wife is co-habiting with me, we operate a joint account business but this year she sold everything and left for Jos,” he told the court.
  The top randy SSS officer, who admitted in court that he did court wedding with his wife, confessed that the alleged divorce was not issued by court, but by him.
   After the over five hours court session the security officer threatened to deal with any journalist that reported the case in the media.
 Mrs. Joy Magaji a mother of four was dragged to the Yola Chief Magistrate’s court last month by Miss. Danbaba for criminally invading her
house  and damaging her car.
  The Police Prosecutor inspector Suleiman Garba told the court that on the 3rd of January 2014 the accused person (Mrs. Joy) criminally invaded the resident of the plaintiff Miss Danbaba and damaged the windscreen of her car.
  The case has been adjourned to Monday next week to allow the police tender the car and the wooden bench Miss. Danbaba claimed the defendant used to damage her car which the accused alleged belongs to her husband.

Cinema attack kills 12 as Pakistan, Taliban meet

A TRIPLE grenade attack on a cinema showing pornography in northwest Pakistan killed 12 people Tuesday as government and Taliban negotiators met for a second round of peace talks.
  It was the second such attack within two weeks on a cinema in the city of Peshawar, which has been on the front line of Pakistan’s homegrown Islamist insurgency.
  The attack came as negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban militants met for a second time as part of efforts to end the bloody seven-year rebellion.
  After the meeting in Islamabad the chief negotiator for the Taliban, hardline cleric Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, said the two sides had proposed a ceasefire “to make the atmosphere for talks more conducive”.
  Peshawar city police chief, Mohammad Ijaz Ahmed said three grenades were used in the attack and up to 80 people were in the Shama cinema at the time.
  The cinema is known for showing explicit erotic movies as well as regular films.
 A statement from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital said 12 men were killed in the attack, including two Afghans, and 24 were wounded.
  Scraps of human flesh, blood-soaked shoes, caps and condoms littered the floor of the hall after the blasts, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
  Akbar Khan, 62, whose left arm and left thigh were injured, told AFP from his hospital bed that he was watching a pornographic movie when a deafening blast rocked the auditorium.
  “It seemed like a hot iron rod pierced through my left arm and leg as I was hit by ball bearings,” he said.
  “I ran towards the gate, from where I was taken to hospital.”
  Peshawar, the capital of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has seen numerous bomb and gun attacks in recent years.
  The Shama cinema has been in business for more than 30 years. It has been attacked twice before by Islamist activists, but Tuesday was the first bombing.

Home / News / Metro News / Drama in court, as SSS officer testifies against wife in favour of girlfriend

THERE was a mild drama at the Yola chief Magistrate Court 5 Tuesday, when a Deputy Director with the State Security Service
(SSS), Mr. Edward Mathew Magaji, serving in Ibadan was in court to testify against his wife, Mrs. Joy Magaji, in favour of his girlfriend, Miss
Natasha Aminu Danbaba, a nurse with the Specialist Hospital, Yola.

Cinema attack kills 12 as Pakistan, Taliban meet

A TRIPLE grenade attack on a cinema showing pornography in northwest Pakistan killed 12 people Tuesday as government and Taliban negotiators met for a second round of peace talks.
  It was the second such attack within two weeks on a cinema in the city of Peshawar, which has been on the front line of Pakistan’s homegrown Islamist insurgency.
  The attack came as negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban militants met for a second time as part of efforts to end the bloody seven-year rebellion.
  After the meeting in Islamabad the chief negotiator for the Taliban, hardline cleric Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, said the two sides had proposed a ceasefire “to make the atmosphere for talks more conducive”.
  Peshawar city police chief, Mohammad Ijaz Ahmed said three grenades were used in the attack and up to 80 people were in the Shama cinema at the time.
  The cinema is known for showing explicit erotic movies as well as regular films.
 A statement from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital said 12 men were killed in the attack, including two Afghans, and 24 were wounded.
  Scraps of human flesh, blood-soaked shoes, caps and condoms littered the floor of the hall after the blasts, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
  Akbar Khan, 62, whose left arm and left thigh were injured, told AFP from his hospital bed that he was watching a pornographic movie when a deafening blast rocked the auditorium.
  “It seemed like a hot iron rod pierced through my left arm and leg as I was hit by ball bearings,” he said.
  “I ran towards the gate, from where I was taken to hospital.”
  Peshawar, the capital of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has seen numerous bomb and gun attacks in recent years.
  The Shama cinema has been in business for more than 30 years. It has been attacked twice before by Islamist activists, but Tuesday was the first bombing.

Mark stops senators’ defection

 
APC loses five seats to PDP in House
• Reps begin budget debate, reject vote for ex-militants, others
• Opposition claims ruling party lures lawmakers with dollars 
IT was expected to be a legislative session that would finally resolve the impasse over an attempt by 11 senators to formally defect from their party.
  But this hope was dashed yesterday. Senate President David Mark stopped the 11 senators of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC).    

Zimbabwe's maternal mortality crisis About 3,000 mothers die every year while giving birth, due largely to lack of access to quality healthcare.

About one-third of women in Zimbabwe deliver babies at home [Gift Phiri/Al Jazeera]

Rusape, Zimbabwe - In Cheneka village, about 170 kilometres southeast of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, Moses Jemwa recalls the tragic death of his wife. She died in childbirth, aged 31, while being assisted by traditional birth attendants.

Report: Women claim Mandela is their father

Nelson Mandela has left his roughly $4.1m estate to his wife Graca Machel and family members [EPA]

Two women who say they were fathered by South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela have sought to be acknowledged by his estate, local media reported, citing an attorney dealing with his will.
The Mail & Guardian newspaper reported on Monday that family representatives of Onica Mothoa and Mpho Pule contacted Michael Katz, one of two attorneys appointed by the estate's executors to handle matters surrounding Mandela's will.

Africa Al-Qaeda group kidnaps Mali Red Cross staff

An al-Qaeda-linked group in Mali has kidnapped a team of Red Cross workers who had been reported missing, an official from the group known as the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) said. The members of the team "are alive and in good health" in the hands of MUJAO, the official told the AFP news agency on Tuesday.

Syria allows some men of fighting agae to leave Homs.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government on Tuesday allowed over a hundred men of fighting age to leave rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Homs after they were questioned and cleared of rebel links, state media said.

The report came as aid workers were rushing to make use of an extended cease-fire, which first went into effect on Friday, and evacuate more people from the flashpoint city. In Geneva, meanwhile, government and opposition leaders met for another round of face-to-face negotiations on how to halt the country's civil war.

8 Perfect Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Guy

Gifting something special to your guy on Valentine’s Day can be a little tricky. Guys are usually not so forthcoming or particular about what they want as gifts. But that does not mean they don’t love them. So what to get for them? Well, let us make your task easy by telling you about the gifts your guy secretly desires.

2014 Budget: House Queries Okonjo-Iweala Over N7.1tn Debt

The House of Representatives, yesterday, faulted the efforts of the Finance Minister and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to present the state of the economy in bright light. According to the parliament, the economy cannot be bright when government has earmarked N572 billion to service N7.1 trillion domestic debt in the 2014 Budget.

Ukraine Launches Terror Probe Over Attempted Plane Hijack To Sochi

Ukraine has launched a terror probe into a bid by an apparently drunk man to force an airliner flying to Turkey to land in Sochi where leaders were gathered for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games.
“We have launched an investigation into an attempt to

commit an act of terror and an attempt to hijack a plane,” Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) investigative department chief Maxim Lenko told reporters on Saturday.
Lenko said the Ukrainian – who one official in Kiev said was “in an advanced state of drunkenness” during the incident – had a personal dislike for the politics of President Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart and ally Vladimir Putin.

LADY WHO IS ALERGIC TO SEX

Leonie who suffers from a rare illness, Human Seminal Plasma Hypersensitivity, which causes burning, swelling, pain and irritation during s*xual intercourse had to stay away from s*x which also ended her marriage.

Fayrouz To Host International Singer, Kelly Rowland At Love Like A Movie 2

Nigeria’s premium beverage brand and official LLAM sponsor, Fayrouz will be hosting multiple award winning American singer and actress Kelly Rowland at the second edition of Darey Art Alade’s music concert, “Love Like A Movie: The Love Roller Coaster”.

Flavour Nabania Shows Up At His Alma Mater In School Uniform

Highlife Star Flavour, showed up at CIC Enugu decked in his school uniform courtesy of his NGO Flavour Foundation to give a talk to the students and inspire them. Rumours have it that a good number will have their fees paid via the NGO as well.

Seyi Shay is Not Dating Clarence Peters

Contrary to online reports, Seyi Shay and Clarence Peters are not a couple.
News of the rumoured romance went viral yesterday when The Net NG reported that the pair started dating towards the end of 2013. It was revealed that they hit it off when he directed her debut music video – Irawo.
Clarence was also the director of her recent video – Ragga Ragga.
BellaNaija got an exclusive confirmation from Seyi Shay’s management – J-Management, that the rumour is “absolutely false”. They also revealed they may release a statement on this in “due time”.

“I Am So Annoyed I Dyed My Hair Dark” – Kim Kardashian

Just days after she dyed her hair darker, Kim is regretting that decision and feels she looks better as a blonde She posted this
‘I’m so annoyed I dyed my hair dark! I wanted to switch it up since I feel everyone went light, and we started filming a new season of Keeping Up With the Kardashian, so wanted a fresh look (sic),’ ‘BUT now I am missing my light hair! HELP!!! What do I do? Go light again or stay dark and get used to it?’
She looks much better with the dark hair and many of her fans agree.

Olubadan of Ibadan deposes Chief for using Magun on his wife

The Olubadan of Ibadan, HRH Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade1 (pictured left) has deposed one of his Chiefs, Chief Olusegun Ojetade (pictured right in hospital), the Balogun of Jagun community in Lagelu local government area of Oyo state for placing his wife, Mrs Racheal Ojetade with a deadly anti-adultery charm commonly known as Magun.

Why I turned down Nollywood roles -Nigerian Hollywood actor, Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Actor reveals why he rejects some Nollywood scripts
Hollywood actor, Hakeem Kae Kazim, has revealed that he turned down several Nollywood scripts as such scripts did not match his standard.
In an interview with HipHopWorld, the British-Nigerian, who played George Rutaganda in the Academy Award-nominated movie, Hotel Rwanda, also disclosed how director, Obi Emelonye, wooed him over to Nollywood with the script of Last Flight To Abuja.
“I did the TV series called 24, up in Los Angeles, United States, then one Nigerian director I had met at some film festivals said to me, ‘Nobody knows you are Nigerian in Nigeria’.
“I was shocked and he said, ‘You have to come home and do something’. Then a year and a half later, he presented a script, Inale. It was my first experience coming back into Nigeria and working in Nollywood. And then he said will I come and do his movie; it was Last Flight To Abuja. Again, the reason why I did it was because he was the director and one that is trying to move the Nollywood film experience to a higher level so I wanted to help him do that and so I came back and did Last Flight To Abuja, which was an interesting filming experience,” Mr. Kae-Kazim said.

He also noted the discrimination of black actors in Hollywood.
“Yes, there is discrimination in one sort of sense but the major fact is that in Hollywood, whites are the majority there. They are doing their own work and are just telling their own stories from their perspective and most times they just have a person of colour they want to put in as they deem fit. And I think it’s up to us to be able to tell our own stories. The most important thing is for the African race both in Hollywood and Nollywood to put together their resources to provide infrastructure and to start a process of telling their own stories so that the stories come from them and by them,” he said.
Mr. Kae-Kazim described his experience with Nollywood superstars, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji, as good. He talked about how great it was for him to have come and experienced some of Nigerian talents and hopefully influence the talent and help raise everybody’s game.