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Robert Igbinedion, the lawyer suing on behalf of the teenage girl humiliated with a dirty slap by Bishop Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church in a video which gained worldwide publicity, has filed an appeal challenging the judgement which gave victory to the wealthy Bishop in an Ogun State High Court two months ago. The appeal (Suit No: MT/73/2012) stated that the trial Judge, Mobolaji Ojo placed unnecessary and undue reliance on technicalities of the case to the detriment of the suit. Mr. Igbinedion said that the judge erred in law by concluding that a better affidavit, which he filed to replace the former one after a preliminary objection was raised by the respondent, contained fresh issues.

Tinseltown's known for the adage, "Fake it 'till you make it," but sometimes the acting doesn't end on screen. Beyonce and Kim Kardashian may play nice for the cameras (after all, their significant others have one heck of a bromance), but after Queen B's latest snub of reality TV's reigning queen their "friendship" seems more faux than fact. If Beyonce continues to give Kardashian the cold shoulder, dare we say it could even threaten her "Perfect Bitch" status. But Beyoncé and Kim aren’t alone! From Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears to Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker, some celebs are hoping you’ll turn a blind eye toward their play-acting.

Nearly seventeen years after O.J. Simpson walked away from his murder trial a free man, a prosecutor at the center of the case has alleged that the lead defense lawyer tampered with a crucial piece of evidence.

“We have warned the First Lady to be weary of her”…friends and family cry out. Just like the way Hajia Bola Shagaya and Senator Daisy Danjuma advised the late Stella Obasanjo to go for tummy tuck many years ago, Hajia Bola who is fondly called ‘AGIP’ {Any Government In Power}, we gathered was the one who advised Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan to go for Cosmetic surgery.

Police detectives at the Area E Command, Lagos have said Cynthia Osokogu’s killers took pictures while sexually assaulting her. The Area Commander, Damian Okoro, said, “The pictures are contained in a recovered black Compaq 610 laptop belonging to Nwabufor Okwuomo, one of the suspects who lured the deceased to Lagos.”

I arrived Lagos about three months ago to stay with my uncle and his wife, who's an Ibo woman. By the way my uncle is from Edo State and their marriage is about four years without kids. In the last week of August my bros travelled to the North on official business and something happened in his bedroom.

CRIME: •For being stingy … After victim’s father gave her N.5m gift From NGOZI UWUJARE, Ibadan It was a shocking moment recently in Onitsha, Anambra State as a lady was arrested for allegedly organizing the kidnapping of her childhood friend. The suspect, Ekwy Okadigbo, Crimewatch gathered, lured her friend who is a legal practitioner, Mimiy Onyekweli to a restaurant where she invited her to abduct her.

Detectives from Ondo State Police Command are investigating the mystery behind the bizarre act of three highly placed personalities that killed their childhood friend for ritual sacrifice. The suspects are Chief Babatunde Olumofe, who works for a bottling company based in Lagos, Mr. Sunday Akeju and another, simply identified as Eso.

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The Federal Government this evening lifted the suspension of the Operating Licence of Dana Airlines. According to a statement from the Minister of Aviation's office, this action is as a result of government’s satisfaction with the air-worthiness of the airline after a rigorous technical, operational and financial audit of the airline. As a result of this, Dana Airline can resume commercial flight operations in Nigeria. The statement however added that the government would continue to strengthen its oversight and regulatory functions and ensure that all airlines operating in the country, including Dana, would adhere strictly to safety procedures as required by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Act and all other relevant local and international regulations that ensure and promote sustainable air safety. The operating licence of Dana Airlines was temporarily suspended following the crash of one of its aircraft on June 3.

THE proposed N5000 note  will not be for mass circulation, National Planning Minister Shamsudeen Usman said, yesterday. He said the N5,000 note would be reserved for banks and heavy cash users. The minister spoke in an interview with the State House Correspondents after a meeting of the Economic Management Team (EMT) presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan Usman, just as the Federal Government, yesterday, formally endorsed the introduction of the note despite the criticism that has greeted its introduction. At the meeting of the Economic Managament Team chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan, the CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido, also explained the restructuring of the currency. The team also dispelled the fear that the introduction of the note will lead to high rate of inflation, saying that there was no link between inflation and currency denomination.

The police have made another breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of Nasarawa State Graduate student Cynthia Osokogu. Miss Osokogu, 25, was last month lured to Lagos by two men she met on a social media site, who lodge her in a hotel in Festac, where they allegedly  murdered her. Four men are in custody in connection with the murder. Lagos State Police Commissioner Umar Manko said the late Miss Osokogu’s blackberry Bold 5 (9910 model) handset was recovered from Nonso Ezike in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He said Ezike is a graduate of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Federal University of technology (FUTO), Owerri.

AIR Nigeria has announced the suspension of all its operations — local, regional and international — with effect from Monday, September10. The suspension, according to the management of the airline, is due to staff disloyalty and environmental tension, “which are not conducive for business in the aviation sector.” The airline regretted any inconvenience the decision would cause its passengers on all the routes and advised them to contact agents from whom they had purchased tickets for refunds. Reacting to the development, the chairman of the airline, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, said it was difficult to continue further investment in the airline, with the level of disloyalty on the part of the staff and weak business environment. “But we are strongly committed to ensuring that Air Nigeria survives,” he added. He said about 50 loyal staff from various departments of the airline had been selected with a mandate to recommence business within 12 months, while other members of ...

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In an interview broadcast tonight, CNN asked Obama adviser Robert Gibbs about the DNC platform dropping the word "God," which has been included in previous platforms.

CAMDEN, N.J. — A 6-year-old boy whose throat was slashed by an intruder high on PCP-laced marijuana was killed trying to save his sister, coming to her aid as she was being assaulted on the floor, prosecutors said Tuesday. Osvaldo Rivera, who is charged in Sunday's middle-of-the-night attack, sobbed during an appearance Tuesday in court in which bail was set at $5 million.

9ice out rightly claimed he has moved on from his marriage with Tony Payne, and at this instant the lady seem to giving out declarations too about their marriage saying she wants to continue her life as a single mother. In her words;  “being a single mom is hard, I have taken it in stride. My focus isn’t the challenges, but raising a child who is proud to have been raised by me.” Both 9ice and his estranged wife, Toni Payne have been separated from each other for over a year now. Though it had been reported in some sections of the media that there is an imminent comeback between them, but that has not yet manifested. The duo produced a child, Zion from their marriage.

Nigerian music superstar Wizkid Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has taken to Twitter to lambaste UK-based Nigerian rapper, Fresh L. Wizkid’s action might have been fueled by a tweet by the London-based artiste that his label mate, BOJ was better than the Pakurumo singer.

A 36-year old woman, Mrs. Gloria Ugonnaya, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, charged with assault. She allegedly bit off the ear of a police Corporal, Odion Oifoghe, attached to Sabo Police Division, Yaba in order to evade arrest.

The Ghanian media is awash with the story of a medical doctor who was secretly caught on video forcing his female patients to have raw unprotected sex with him right on top of the operating table. The women, some of whom are known faces in society, had gone to the clinic for surgical abortion at various times and the doctor, after making them strip naked for the operation, forced them to have sex with him with an excuse that without the sex, the abortion would not be successful. The doctor is currently in police net and is being prepared to be charged to court as investigations continue into his case. The must-watch video was secretly recorded by mysterious investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, at a private clinic located at Madina, a suburb of Accra. For the three-month period that Anas and his team planted the secret cameras in the theater, the doctor was captured having sex with over 52 different ladies who had gone to him for abortion. The women were a...

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