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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers said it would begin a three-day warning strike on Monday. This was contained in a statement signed by NUPENG’s General-Secretary, Isaac Aberare, on Sunday in Lagos. The statement said that the workers were going on strike over alleged unfair labour practices by some major oil companies in the country. Aberare said in the statement: “The strike is also to protest the refusal of NARTO to implement the signed collective bargaining agreement with the petroleum tanker drivers. “We are also unhappy over the bad state of roads across the nation.” The statement said that all efforts by the Federal Ministry of Labour to intervene in the issue three weeks ago had failed. It said that the oil multinationals had failed to implement the agreement reached for a truce brokered by the Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu. The statement alleged that the union’s call for a stakeholders meeting in the oil and gas sector to address the situat

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About  175 inmates of the Medium Prison in Akure, Ondo State have escaped during the early hours of this morning. It was learnt that the inmates broke the prison gates at about 12:05am and only seven of them have been re-arrested.

 A 60-year-old man has been stabbed to death by a masquerade. The incident happened at Umuofiagu Ukehe in Igoetiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. The police in Enugu have commenced investigations into the alleged incident. The Police spokesman said it was gathered that the masquarade later identified to have been borne by one Chinedu Iyioke allegedly stabbed Emma Nnamani in the lower abdomen. The victim was, however, rushed to Elechi Hospital for medical attention but later gave up the ghost. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy just as the said Chinedu Iyioke the man bearing the masque had been arrested by the police and is assisting them in their investigations.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday said controversial Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh, risks a minimum of 15 years in jail for encouraging the consumption of hemp. Dikeh had on Friday posted photographs of a wrap of hemp and grains of the weed formed into the letters, ‘Happy birthday POKO.’ She also posted a photograph of herself and added the inscription, ‘Mi smoke ganja mi smoke weed while my hatez smoke ma gossip.’ Her picture is a close-up of her face that seemed to depict her in a high state. When Saturday PUNCH contacted NDLEA for comments, its spokesman, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the matter would be investigated. He said the matter had been referred to the appropriate department of the agency. Ofoyeju said, “Our attention has been drawn to the post quite frankly and I can tell you that action will be taken on it. The law is clear and NDLEA has been very clear on the issue. No one is permitted to sell, use, cultivate or encourage the use of Indian hemp in N

The Super Eagles arrived Lagos on Monday via a chartered flight and most of the foreign based players are still in the country trying to take out time to rest after their ouster from the Confederations Cup. Even though their  performance was not impressive as expected of African Champions, Nnamdi Oduamadi, the lad who banged in three goals against the Tahitians, the first hatrick of the tournament has every course to celebrate as he took out time to party and hang out with his friends in Lagos. Here are more pictures Great display of humility, i wish him the best in his career.

THE Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello  Adoke SAN on Thursday disclosed that the Federal Government has recovered over N5.5 billion  Abacha loot and that negotiation is almost completed to recover another N36.7 billion from two of his associates. Speaking during the 2013 ministerial platform held in Abuja, Adoke said that the Ministry of Justice had maintained an effective liaison and communication with targeted jurisdictions to keep pace with asset recovery proceedings in those jurisdictions. He added that the close liaison and negotiation with the Island of Jersey led to the recovery and repatriation of the sum of UK £22.5 million confiscated by the Royal Court of Jersey from Raj Arjandes Bhojwani, an Indian national and associate of General Sani Abacha, on account of his money laundering transactions from Nigeria. He further stated that there is continued liaison and negotiation with the Principality of Liechtenstein which recently

There was mild drama on Wednesday night at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, venue of the Presidential dinner organised to honour Nigerian women. The factional chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his loyalists came in when the event was already in progress. They were coming from Rivers Governor’s lodge where they met earlier for about 15 minutes and adjourned to honour the President’s invitation. On his entourage were Governors Kayode Fayemi-Ekiti, Ibikunle Amosun-Ogun, Adams Oshiomole-Edo, Sule Lamido-Jigawa, Rabiu Kwankwanso-Kano, Abdulazeez Kyari-Zamfara, Muritala Nyako- Adamawa and Magartakada Wamakko- Sokoto. Governor Amaechi after settling down, got up and made his way towards where President Goodluck Jonathan was seated in company of Presidents Joyce Banda of Malawi and Hellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, apparently to pay homage. However, drama occured when one of the Presidential Body Guard (BG) blocked Amaechi fro

This is an exclusive interview by The Punch  with the OAU undergraduate who was vilified for her purported attempt to flush her baby down the toilet. ‘ God has the best plan for me’ “Why would I flush or kill my baby after going through the pains of carrying him for about good nine months? I am not heartless and I thank God for my life and the safe delivery. I know God has the best plan for me and my baby. I seriously appreciate the cleaners for their assistance because I got here (health centre) before I understood everything that happened to me. I am happy that I am alive and my baby is alive too. I’m also using this opportunity to thank the VC, the doctors and nurses, my lecturers and everybody because they all stood by me. They all became my father, my mother and everything to me. “Right now, I can call myself a celebrity and definitely I’m going to be greater than a celebrity. My baby too is going to be great. Look at the circumstance that surrounds his birth, just some da

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has dared the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, to shoot him whenever he embarks on a demonstration against him (CP) and the Federal Government. Mbu had placed a ban on any form of demonstration, procession or rally by any person or group of persons in the state and warned anybody not to dare him on the directive. But speaking on Tuesday when leaders and people of Urashi Kingdom paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Amaechi vowed that he would be at the forefront of the protest that would come up soon. The governor said he had told traditional leaders in the state to get ready for the demonstration against Mbu over the police commissioner’s position on rallies and demonstrations. Amaechi, who decried Mbu’s attempt to stop the people of Urashi from paying a solidarity visit to him, said it was wrong for the police to have harassed his supporters. He said Rivers was now a police state

Federal civil servants have been banned from accepting chieftaincy titles and other sundry awards until after their retirement or disengagement from the civil service. In a circular sent to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, said that it has come to the notice of government that some civil servants are in the practice of soliciting for chieftaincy titles and sundry awards, an act, which he said, is inimical to the principles of anonymity, integrity and political neutrality, which are the core values of the civil service. Aji however directed that where a civil servant must hold a traditional title bestowed on him on her by inheritance or receive any awards, due clearance must be obtained from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation through the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

Out of favour Super Eagles’ captain, Joseph Yobo, has been slammed with a two-year ban by the European Football Association, The Eagle Online can report. Yobo, who was not listed by the Super Eagles’ handler, Stephen Keshi, for the ongoing Confederations Cup, will also miss the European action for two seasons, following his Fenerbahce’s involvement in match fixing scandal. The European football governing body confirmed that Fenerbahce has been banned from competing in European competition for two seasons and Besiktas for a season. Both Istanbul giants were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal at the tail-end of the 2010-11 campaign, which saw Aykut Kocaman’s side’s miraculous run to the Super Lig title subject to suspicion. Besiktas, meanwhile, won the Turkish cup that year on penalties against Istanbul BB, but they soon gave back the trophy when the investigation was announced. A statement released on Uefa’s official website read: "The Uefa Control and Disciplinar

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A 25-year-old man Kunle Olagoke, was on Sunday shot dead at a factional meeting of a political party believed to be the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edunabon, Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that he died during a clash of rival factions of the party in the area. Sources said there had been a leadership tussle between the two factions since last year in Ife North Local Government. The PDP in the area had been allegedly enmeshed in crisis since the assumption of office of the chairman of the party in the council, Mr. Sam Oyetade. A leader of the party in the state, who is also a governorship aspirant was not favorably disposed to the emergence of Oyetade as chairman and had made several efforts to get him impeached to no avail. Trouble started at the ward meeting of the party at the Local Authority Primary School, in Edunabon at about 4.00pm on Sunday when some loyalists of the governorship aspirant allegedly stormed the venue of the meeting an

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a young man who kidnapped a female undergraduate of the University of Lagos State, Akoka, stripped her naked and beat her up for refusing to date him. The suspect, identified as Babajide Bashorun, 22, a dog breeder, did not only strip and beat the 22-year-old-girl, but also took a snap of her nudity. Few days later, the pictures were all over the internet. The picture had the name and surname of the girl, her university, age, department and course of study. Before the girl knew what was happening, people were stopping her on the campus to tell her they had seen her nude pictures on the internet. The tensed situation finally came to a head after her relations overseas saw the pictures and called her parents. It was gathered that the parents broke down and wept. Bashorun had since been arrested by detectives at the Adeniji Adele Police Station. The detectives are however hunting for two undergraduates of the University of Lagos, Akoka, i

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says profligacy in front of goal was a big factor in his side’s exit from the Confederations Cup in Brazil. The African champions finished next to bottom in their group after a 3-0 loss to Spain in their last game on Sunday. Prior to the defeat, Nigeria beat Tahiti 6-1 and lost 2-1 to Uruguay. “There’s so much anxiety in front of the goal-line when we get there. The good thing is we create chances, but we’re not finishing them,” said Keshi. “That’s something we need to work on. Hopefully it’s going to come quickly.” Nigeria needed to win Sunday’s game to stand any chance of squeezing into the semi-finals, but Spain took the honours through a pair of goals from left-back Jordi Alba and a Fernando Torres header. Nigeria had opportunities to get back into the match but Brown Ideye and substitute Muhammad Gambo both spurned good chances in the second half. Nigeria lost Victor Moses, Emmanuel Emenike and Ogenyi Onazi prior to the tournament, while Nnamdi

The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested members of a kidnapping syndicate suspected to have kidnapped the Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Kehinde Bamigbetan. According to the police, the suspects were arrested shortly after kidnapping an Indian, Vivex Changrani, in the early hours of Monday. The Commissioner of Police for the command, Umar Manko, said the suspects were not based in Lagos but only operated in the state on weekends after which they would flee to Ghana. He said apart from Bamigbetan, the suspects had been involved in a series of high-profile kidnapping including that of a Federal High Court judge in Lagos. He said, “Based on painstaking investigation and tracking of Nigerian kidnappers who kidnapped Ejigbo LCDA Chairman, Kehinde Bamigbetan, a sitting Federal High Court Judge and other notable individuals in Lagos, a team of detectives, led by the Officer in Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, traced the kidnappers to the Agbara area

THE Federal  Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday accused  Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the MMA Domestic Terminal 2  (MMA 2) of forcefully using thugs to replace the advertisement flex  removed by the authority recently because such advert displays constituted a breach in the concession agreement between the two organisations. A statement issued by the image maker of FAAN, Yakubu Dati, alleged that  activities of the hoodlums used by Bi-Courtney to remove the billboards  “resulted in unnecessary traffic bottleneck on the airport access road before FAAN security officials dispersed them, restored order in the affected part of airport and removed the advertisement flex.” The development came even as Bi-Courtney, in turn, accused FAAN of using thugs to attack its officials in the course of replacing its billboards earlier damaged by FAAN officials. According to Bi-Courtney, through its spokesman, Steve Omolale, trouble broke out when FAAN came with its

A 16-year-old girl was found dead on Saturday at the premises of a block industry in Aba, Abia State. The girl hawked groundnuts around Eziukwu Road in Aba. Her remains were dumped at a corner of the industry naked, with her pant hanging on one of her legs and foam oozing out of her nose. The tray of groundnuts being hawked by the deceased was kept on top of a nearby platform very close to where her body was dumped. Some residents at the scene told NAN that the girl must have been strangled but was made naked to make her death seem like a rape case. A man, who pleaded anonymity, said the girl got a call as she was selling groundnut to him around 8pm on Friday from the suspected killers and hurriedly dashed out to attend to her caller. He said: “I know her well. “She was selling groundnut to me around 8pm when she got a call. “She told the person to be patient with her that she will soon come to meet him. “I jokingly told her that she should make sure she sold the entire grou

Ahmed Musa and Kenneth Omeruo, were back fully in training on Saturday afternoon, after initial fears about their possible readiness for the game against Spain Sunday afternoon. The third player, who was on the injury list, Nnamdi Oduamadi, was already 60 per cent ready as at press time. Oduamadi is expected to have had a fitness test today ahead of the game and indications are that he would be ready for the match. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, who happy with the cheering news, thanked the medical crew for a job well done. Keshi told the world media that he expects all his 22 players will be fit, while regretting the absence of Lazio midfield man, Ogenyi Onazi, who was out due to injury prior to the tournament. The Eagles last training session at the venue of the game was mild and easy, as the coaching crew decided to take it easy with the players to avoid any knocks from any quarters. Keshi said the game is like a World Cup final to the Eagles, as he expects his boys to take the

The Vice President, Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo today in Minna, Niger State gave out in marriage a daughter of former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Sambo, who stood in for the bride’s family, gave out Fatima Abubakar in marriage to Abdulazeez Adewale Oshinusi, son of the Turaki Adini of Nigeria, Alhaji Kamal Oshinusi, for a dowry of N100,000. Otunba Oshinusi stood in for the groom. The wedding Fatiha, witnessed by several dignitaries, including the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, and his Imo State counterpart, Owele Rochas Okorocha, was conducted by the Chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque, Mallam Isa Fari. Earlier, Vice President Sambo was at the home of Abubakar on courtesy visit, where he met with the groom’s family.

According to a statement released to MTV News by Louisiana's Winnfield City Police Department on Thursday (June 20), officers responded to calls of a shooting at the Maplewood Apartments at 1901 South Jones Street at approximately 4:07 a.m. Thursday morning. On arrival, they found Lil Snupe (born Addarren Ross) had been mortally wounded with two shots to the torso area. Winn Parish Coroner Investigators pronounced the 18-year old rapper dead at the scene after paramedics unsuccessfully attempted to revive him. Not much else is known and it remains unclear whether the address at which he was found was Snupe's residence or not. The WPD did reveal, however, that they "are currently in search of a person of interest, who is unnamed at this time." "A motive has not been established at this time," the police department told us in a statement, adding that an investigation is open and under way. Lil Snupe and Meek first met at a Louisiana tour stop at Grambling

iCarly" actress Miranda Cosgrove claims she was "disfigured and disabled" in a nasty 2011 tour bus crash this according to a new  lawsuit. Cosgrove who also happens to be a pop star was traveling on a bus in Illinois with 5 other passengers when it slammed into an overturned tractor-trailer that was laying across the highway. Cosgrove suffered a broken ankle in the wreck and was forced to cancel the rest of her tour. Now, the 20-year-old and her mother who was also on board are suing the driver of the bus, the driver of the tractor and the transportation companies claiming the whole thing could have been prevented. In the suit, the Cosgroves claim both drivers were operating their vehicles in an unsafe manner and failed to keep a "safe and proper lookout." They also claim the tour bus driver failed to hit the brakes in time. According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Illinois, the women claim they were each "disfigured and disabled" a

Several times, British spies attempted to get the brother of Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo to supply it information on terrorism networks around the world, reports Daily Mail British spies approached the brother of Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo more than ten times to convince him to work for the security services, it emerged yesterday. Jeremiah Adebolajo said MI5 and MI6 ‘harassed’ him and tried to press him for details about his family before putting him on a ‘no-fly list’ when he refused. The 26-year-old was first approached in 2011 when he moved to Saudi Arabia to teach English at the University of Ha’il, in NeJd. He held 11 meetings with both MI5 and MI6, both in the Gulf and also in the UK, including on one occasion where he was intercepted as he got off a flight at Heathrow. As well as asking questions about his brother Michael, 28, spies had also pressed him on his brother-in-law, James Thompson, who had converted to Islam and married his sister.

Some customs officers stationed at the Ilase Customs checkpoint, on the  Owode-Idiroko Road, yesterday shot a passenger, Alhaja Fausat Ayode, who was pregnant, to death and absconded for fear of being lynched by an irate mob.  Pandemonium erupted in the area as the irate mob made to attack the customs officers who fled to their unit at Owode-Idiroko. It was also gathered that when the officers who were deployed in the checkpoint from the Federal Operating Unit (FOU), Owode-Idiroko, absconded, the mob, numbering over 300, went on the rampage, and set the checkpoint on fire. When contacted, the Commanding Officer, Nigerian Army 192 Battalion, Owode, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Ahmed, confirmed the incident, adding that peace had been restored to the area through the efforts of his men. He said: "At the Customs checkpoint at Ilase, the Customs officers, acting on the suspicion that the said vehicle conveying the passengers, including the deceased person, were smugglers, tried t

Authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, say a 400-level engineering student, Miss Oyinlola Rotimi,  did not attempt to flush her newborn baby boy down the toilet at Moremi Hall on Wednesday. Rotimi had caused commotion when she was seen in the toilet with the baby. But a statement by the Head, Public Relations Unit, OAU, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, on Thursday, said Rotimi did not attempt to kill her baby, whom he said was rescued from the water closet of the toilet. Olanrewaju said the father of the baby is a “400 level Student of Mechanical Engineering, OAU, Ile-Ife.” He said an investigation into the incident showed that Rotimi had no intention to kill her baby, adding that she was inexperienced about labour. The statement read, “The truth of the matter is that, there was a delivery of a baby boy by an inexperienced mother who, in her naivety, thought she was pressed by call of nature while she was actually in labour pains. “Prior to the appearance of the baby, the yo

Mikel Obi rarely scores but on a night that he won his 50th cap for Nigeria he scored the goal that had given the Super Eagles hope in the game against Uruguay in the FIFA Confederations Cup holding in Brazil. The goal from the Chelsea star in the 37th minute of the Group B game was a response to the opener by Diego Lugano who hit the first goal of the game with a tap-in for the South Americans in the 19th minute. Mikel whose last goal for Chelsea was in January 2007 off a cup game, was the heart of the team in a match he scored the fourth for his country. Before the quality goal in Salvador, the midfielder last scored for the country in Calabar in October 2012. But if Mikel’s goal was superb, Diego Forlan’s hit was priceless as the Uruguayan put his country ahead in the 51st minute on the night he won his 100th cap. That goal became the difference between both countries with the South Americans gaining the better chance of reaching the semi-finals. They will play against the compet

Aba and its environs have of recent become notorious for illegal charity homes where babies are delivered and sold to buyers who are always available to patronize the business. According to the state Director of DSS, Mr. Matthew Obodoechi, who paraded the young girls yesterday at the Command’s state Headquarters, Umuahia, the girls whose ages range between 17 and 37 years, were rescued on Monday from a ‘charity home’. Obodoechi said that they were rescued from a charity home, named Cross Foundation International, located along Anyamele Street in Umungasi area of Aba. He gave the name of the proprietor of the baby factory home as Dr. Hyginus Ndudim Orikara, who also has been arrested. The DSS Director has also vowed that the medical practitioner, Orikara, would be prosecuted. The Medical Doctor is said to be an employee of Abia state Government, that has been actively involved in the fight against this menace in the state. Obodoechi expressed great concern, affirming that the iss

 Wow! China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space.Speaking to students via live video, Ms Wang used spinning tops, a ball, water and a fellow astronaut to explain physics in zero-gravity. She was speaking from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory, where the Shenzhou spacecraft is currently docked, China's fifth manned space mission, Shenzhou-10, is scheduled to end around 25 or 26 June. The crew is also expected to attempt a manual docking later on Thursday.This will involve getting back inside their Shenzhou capsule, unhooking from Tiangong and then flying around the lab to re-attach the capsule to the laboratory. Ms Yang used difference experiments to demonstrate the concepts of weight and mass in space. The sky we see isn't blue, but black. And every day, we can see the sun rise 16 times” After showing how normal scales did not work in space, she used a special scale to measure the mass of crew comman

The police in New York, the United States, on Tuesday arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a Nigerian cab driver in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn in downtown New York, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Uro Ama Orji, 54, from Ebonyi State, was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on June 13 by one of the two passengers he was carrying. The suspect was seen, through security camera, running from the scene of the incident. The late Orji was taken to the Brookdale Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. The suspect, identified as Shamel Allen, 28, of Brooklyn, was charged with manslaughter and possession of weapon. He was accused of the stabbing Orji inside a cab in Brownsville on June 13. Orji’s sister-in-law, Mrs Chinedum Agwu, described the deceased as “a hard-working Nigerian” who had been driving cab since he moved to Brooklyn 10 years ago.

The police have beefed up security around strategic places in Lagos, especially fuel tanker terminals, tank farms and other establishments associated with the petroleum industry to forestall any terrorist attack. The  Lagos State   Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, Wednesday said the police were prepared to ensure that  the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) did not have any chance to carry out its threat to attack petroleum trucks and tank farms in the state. He reiterated the command's commitment to foil any   attempt by terrorists to infiltrate the state, saying adequate security had been put in place across the state to ward off any attack. MEND had recently declared that henceforth, it would attack every  oil tanker distributing petroleum products, including propane gas to press home its demands, which include that the federal government should secure the release of its leader, Henry Okah, who is serving a jail term in South Africa for the 2010

Prior to Monday’s game, Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi, admitted that like most people, he knew next to nothing about Tahiti, but he would have no such problems about Uruguay when both sides meet on Thursday. The Super Eagles pummelled the Pacific Islanders 6-1 in their first group game to top Group B ahead of world champions Spains. “With Tahiti we didn’t know what to expect, so we just played and prepared as best as we could,” Keshi to kickoffNigeria.com. “We know a little more about Uruguay. So we can plan a little better, but we will not be preparing much different from the way we normally do. “We have our own methods, our own tactics and our own way of playing, and that is what we plan to do.” A relaxed Nigeria team appeared to have shaken off their jet lag as they trained at the Estadio Pituacu in Salvadore on Tuesday. Keshi, usually stern-faced during training, was mostly all smiles as he watched his equally jovial squad muck about on the pitch. “We’re ready. Of course we

An official of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kwara State Command, Mr. Yemi Afolayan, has been arrested for allegedly inflicting injuries  on a 12-year-old girl, Favour Emmanuel. Afolayan was also said to have allegedly tied and beaten up Emmanuel before inflicting the injuries on her neck and foot. Our correspondent learnt on Tuesday that Favour was under the guardianship of Afolayan and his wife, who is popularly known as Iya Beji. Emmanuel, whose mother resides in Lagos, told PUNCH Metro in Ilorin that Afolayan had asked her to prepare a meal for the family. She said while she was preparing the meal, Afolayan  felt  that it had taken a long time for it to be ready and became angry. Emmanuel said, “He asked me to prepare rice.  While I was preparing it, he became angry that it had taken a long time for me to finish cooking the rice. He grabbed me, tied me up and used the hot iron to inflict injuries on my body.  It was really a very tormenting experience.” It was also learn

A 59-year-old man lay bloody on the driveway. His son stood nearby, both his hands cut off at the wrist. The bloody scene played out Monday in the northern California city of Redding, in a neighborhood close to a municipal airport in that city. According to police, what began as a verbal fight between family members at some point became physical. Based on interviews, the sheriff's office alleged that the 27-year-old son stabbed his father multiple times with scissors. Then, the sheriff's office said a press release, Jason Dunn mutilated himself by using a radial-arm saw to sever his hands. Neighbors heard the altercation, as did an unnamed witness who contacted authorities. One of the witnesses said said  "This is definitely the craziest thing that's ever happened on this street," The father would walk his dog around the neighborhood, according to neighbours, who described him as a "nice guy". Culled from CNN

Huawei says it designed one of the slimmest and narrowest circuit boards in the industry to squeeze the electronics into the new handset. The device known as the Ascend P6 has a 4.7in screen making it comparable to the HTC One but is more than 3mm (0.1in) thinner. It is also slightly slimmer than both the iPhone 5 and the Alcatel One Idol Ultra - which previously claimed to be the world's thinnest - but at 120g (0.26lb) weighs a little more than both. The phone features Huawei's own tile-based user interface called Emotion and proprietary software, including an "auto-facial enhancement" tool designed to make self-portraits look better.Other specifications include: An 8 megapixel rear camera Use of the latest Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 operating system 8 gigabytes of internal storage - a relatively low amount - but support for 32GB microSD cards A 1.5GHz quad core processor developed by Huawei Various power saving technologies based on the firm's experience

The Federal Government is planning to make the controversial Lagos/Ibadan expressway a 10-lane road. Chairman of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Mr Jide Adeniji, made this known in Lagos on Tuesday. He also disclosed that in the next two years, every federal road in the country would be motorable. He spoke with reporters at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders’ forum. According him, “you can see that there has being a tremendous improvement on our roads, because all my men work days and nights and I can tell you that in the next two years, every federal road in the country will be motorable, as Ferma is working hard towards that. “All this was made possible by the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.” Speaking on the state of Lagos/Ibadan expressway, the Ferma boss said the road was on its way to redemption as there would be reconstruction of the road. “Lagos/Ibadan route is better than what it used to be. It is going to be a pure recon

If you read the story of little praise that was kidanapped, this is an exclusive interview with her father by The Nation newspaper, if you didn't click  here  before reading this. How did your daughter, Praise, get missing? My daughter, Praise, is four years and three months old. She has a twin sister, Glory . I am a member of the Winners’ Chapel. I have been a member since 2000. They were given birth to on April 17, 2009 at Festac town. The way they were delivered was a miracle- 19 children were delivered and they were the only twins and they were taken to the altar and were anointed. When they clocked two years and 10 months on April 17, 2011, I came here with my children, it was an anointing service. I told my wife, “Can we take them to Children’s Department?” and she said “yes.” Praise was not happy about going to the children’s department that day. I didn’t understand what she was saying. So, I forced them to go that day. We all went to the children’s department and