President Obama Signs Bill To Grant Nigerian Residency

A NIGERIAN immigrant’s dream came true when President Barack Obama signed into law a rare private bill granting him permanent residency in the Unites States.

Victor Chukwueke, who lives in Michigan on an expired visa, came to the United States 11 years ago to undergo treatment for massive face tumors.

He graduated from a university in the state, and plans to attend an Ohio medical school that requires him to have permanent residency, also known as a green card. In a rare act, the United States Congress passed a private bill this month granting him permanent residency. President Barack Obama signed the bill Friday.

Private bills — which only apply to one person and mostly focus on immigration — are rarely approved. His is the only one to pass in Congress in two years.

“I was overwhelmed with joy; it was nothing less than a miracle,” the 26-year-old says. “Only in this country can so many miraculous and wonderful things happen to someone like me.”

Before coming to the United States at age 15, Chukwueke lived in the southeastern Nigeria town of Ovim. He suffers from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes massive life-threatening tumors on his face. Treated as an outcast because of his deformed face, he was depressed and humiliated, he says. His family abandoned him at an orphanage after taking him to the nation’s best facilities for treatment.

“I went to a large teaching hospital in Nigeria and the doctor touched my face and said there was nothing they could do,” he says. “ I cried and begged him to do something. I was so tired of the humiliation.” 

Nuns from the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy rescued him from the orphanage in 2001 and arranged for a Michigan doctor to perform surgery on him. He considers himself lucky to have developed the tumors.

"Without them, I would not have met the nun, left Nigeria, arrived in the U.S. and had the miracle to attend medical school," he says.

He lives with the nuns in Oak Park, Michigan. They have cared for him since he came to the U.S., where he has undergone seven surgeries, including one that left him blind in the right eye.

Despite the obstacles, he remains committed to getting an education.

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Love Knows No Boundaries - World’s Tallest Teen Finds Love.

Elisany da Cruz Silva, is just 17, and she holds the record of the world’s tallest teen girl at 6ft 8in. But if you think that will make the boys feel intimidated by her height you got it wrong because Elisany is in a relationship with Francinaldo da Silva Carvalho, 22, who stands at 5ft 4in.

And such love comes with a high price – he has to practically stand on his toes and crane his neck to get a kiss.

The construction worker said: “My friends say things like, ‘How do you hug her?’. I say, ‘There’s a way of doing everything’.”

Elisany, an aspiring model from Salinopolis, Brazil, is just an inch taller than Stoke City’s Peter Crouch — she has a form of gigantism due to a tumour on her pituitary gland.

She grew faster than her seven siblings from the age of 11 and hit 6ft 9in when she was 14. But her sudden growth caused pain in her limbs and joints.

Surgeons removed the gland two years ago and she shrank by an inch — but she could still not fit on the school bus and had to quit school due to teasing.

But she’s happy now with Francinaldo. She said: “What really attracted me was his personality, the way he acts with people and the way he acts with me.

“The only thing that really affects us is when we hang out holding hands — it seems like he is my little brother or son.”

Muslim Student’s Letter To Santa Goes Viral

A fourth grade Muslim student had never written a letter to Santa but did so for a school assignment. An image of the letter was posted on Reddit and the internet collectively oohed and awed.

Christmas isn’t a holy day for Muslims so this was the young student’s first letter to Santa. But the kid wasn’t jealous of everyone else for getting presents. Instead, the student was very thankful that Santa was “spreading happiness around the earth.”

Still, there was one question on the student’s mind: How does Santa do it all in one night?

Here’s the Muslim student’s letter to Santa.

“Dear Santa,

I know that I never wrote you a letter because I don’t celebrate Christmas but I am writing you this one to thank you for giving everyone presents.

I want to ask you one thing. Is it true you go all around the world in one night? If you do can you tell me how you did it? Santa thank you for spreading happiness around the earth! And say hi to Mrs. Claus for me.”

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Mike Tyson undergoes operation to become female...

Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world Mike Tyson is said to be “feeling fine” after undergoing successful gender reassignment surgery at a clinic near Beverley Hills.

The boxer once known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, said having his first menstrual cycle “would be a dream come true”, and that from now on he would be known as Michelle.

“Some people might think it strange that I’m now a woman,” said Tyson, who underwent complete facial feminisation, orbital bone contouring and nasal surgery in an operation lasting over 16 hours.

‘But even at the height of my career, when pound for pound I was regarded as the best fighter in the world, I never lost touch with my feminine side and knew that one day I would grow breasts and have a vagina.’

Iron Mike was given the all-clear for gender reassignment surgery following a successful course in hormone replacement therapy which, in his autobiography, the boxer blamed for his 1996 defeat at the hands of Evander Holyfield.

Although at the time Tyson insisted he was fit enough to carry on with the fight, referee Mitch Halpern stopped the bout in the 11th round saying Tyson looked flushed, was sweating profusely and appeared to be lactating heavily from his left breast.

Tyson, said he hoped being female would finally convince the American people that his “bad-boy” days were over and he had turned over a new leaf.

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Jailbreak thwarted when overweight prisoner gets stuck in wall during attempted escape

Firefighters had to free 16-stone Rafael Valadao when his belly stopped hi

m making his break for freedom. The overweight inmate’s attempts to escape jail ended in humiliation - when he got stuck in a hole he helped smash in his cell wall.

Prison guards compounded his embarrassment by standing round laughing as the operation to release him swung into action.

Authorities were last night hunting for a thinner cell-mate who managed to escape first.

Two other inmates waiting behind Rafael also saw their hopes of freedom thwarted by the unexpected hitch in their escape bid.

The four hatched their escape plan at a jail in Ceres in the central Brazilian state of Goias.

Firefighters stepped in around 2am on Tuesday after the two inmates waiting their turn behind Rafael failed in various attempts to push him through the hole they had made with a metal bar.

He was later taken to hospital under police protection with a suspected broken rib.

A police spokesman said: “He was screaming with pain when help arrived.

“He seemed to have underestimated the size of his stomach.” 

25 Year Old Woman Jailed For Dumping Baby In Latrine

A 25-year-old woman, Ms Toyin Akinbobola, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for dumping her day-old baby inside a pit toilet at her idanre home, Ondo State. Akinbobola, who was found guilty by a Chief Magistrate in the Idanre Judicial Division, Mrs. Folashade Aduroja, last Friday dumped the baby in the toilet minutes after giving birth to her on October 18.

It was learnt that a young boy who wanted to use the toilet moments after Akinbobola carried out the criminal act had drawn the attention of other neighbours to the cry of the baby inside the toilet. Some of residents who rushed to the scene immediately reported the matter at Olofin Police Station. The baby was said to have been covered with excreta and maggots when she was removed from the stench by policemen drafted to the scene. The baby, it was learnt, was taken to Idanre General Hospital from where she was referred to the Mother and Child Hospital in Akure for a comprehensive medical treatment.

Although the baby’s life was saved, medical reports indicated that one of her ears and left eye were not functional again. The baby was taken to the Motherless babies’ home on Akure-Oba-Ile Road where she is currently being attended to on the directives of the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs.

The police could not arrest the mother of the baby and the person who impregnated her immediately because they had both fled the town.

However, Akinbobola was later sighted at Omifun village where her mother had a farm and was arrested by the police. She was arraigned on a three-count including  an attempted murder contrary to Section 324 of the Criminal Code Cap 30 Laws of Ondo State, 1978. Five witnesses testified in the case which lasted a few weeks.

However, there was a melodrama in the court on Friday when the defence counsel pleaded with the magistrate, before delivering her judgment, to temper justice with mercy because Akinbobola was pregnant again.

The magistrate, who was obviously shocked by the piece of information, asked Akinbobola whether the information was true or not. In her response, Akinbobola confessed that one of her mother’s labourers on the farm was responsible for the pregnancy. But the magistrate said Akinbobola was guilty and sentenced her to two and a half years imprisonment, adding that her case would serve as a deterrent to others.

The convict will serve her prison term at Olokuta Prisons, Akure.

Psycho Lover baths fiancee and Okada-rider with acid

A 300 level student at Enugu state College of Education, Chika Egbo and a yet to be identified Okada rider were attacked with acid at Ikotun area of Lagos State by a middle aged man, David Suleiman who claimed to be Egbo's fiancée.

Suleiman who is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, was said to have attacked his girlfriend with acid for refusing him access to their only child.

According to a Police sources, the couple's trouble started when Egbo became pregnant for Suleiman, who abandoned her with the burden of fending for herself and the baby, claiming to have travelled out of the country.

He suddenly appeared few months after Egbo put to bed requesting to see the baby, but he was refused.

Another source explained that he tricked Egbo who resides in Enugu State to visit him in Lagos where he took her to a hidden spot in Ikotun and poured her acid.

An Okada rider who witnessed the incident the source said, went after Suleiman but received a bath of the acid after Suleiman emptied the can on the Okada rider, who held him strongly waiting for the help.

"Other Okada riders who drove by saw what was happening and came to his rescue and they took Suleiman to Ikotun police station while the Okada rider and Egbo were rushed to a hospital," the source said.

Egbo is in a critical condition at the emergency unit of the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, with her face, chest and some other parts of her body destroyed by the acid bath.

Dr. Dre becomes Highest-Paid Musician of 2012

When it comes to the world’s highest-paid musicians, Hip-hop super-producer Dr. Dre leads the pack this year with $110 million, thanks largely to his Beats headphone line. He collected $100 million pretax when handset maker HTC paid $300 million for a 51% stake in the company last year, at the beginning of our scoring period; he and his partners later bought back half of what they sold.

Dr. Dre leads a slew of pop stars, rock icons, rap moguls and country crooners, many of whom bank the bulk of their bucks outside the recording studio. Though some artists—Jay-Z and Diddy, for example—owe their success partly to business ventures like Dre’s, most of this year’s top 25 are on the list because of touring.

“The concert business had another solid year as both artists and concert promoters used more caution in trying to achieve their touring objectives,” says Gary Bongiovanni, editor of concert data purveyor Pollstar. “The good seats for major artists continue to be priced at a premium.”

This year’s list has a distinctly international flavor. Among the top five, only Dr. Dre hails from the United States. Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters ranks second with $88 million, nearly all of it coming from his The Wall Live tour. According to Pollstar, he grossed $158 million on 63 shows in the first six months of 2012. Fellow Brit Elton John claims the third spot with $80 million, culled from over 100 shows in our scoring period.

Ireland’s U2 ranks fourth, pulling in $78 million on the tail end of the group’s record-breaking 360 tour—which grossed $736 million over three years. British boy band Take That rounds out the top five with $69 million, thanks to a wildly-popular reunion tour. The group grossed $61 million for eight dates at London’s Wembley Stadium alone, the biggest single-stadium stand recorded to that point, cashing in on dozens of additional dates around Europe as well.

“The enormous level of business Take That did in the U.K. and Europe was truly mind-boggling,” says Bongiovanni. “That’s especially true when you consider that in the U.S. they would only be a theater-level act.”

Our estimates are based on total earnings from May 2011 to May 2012—the amount of money an act makes from record sales, touring, endorsements, merchandise sales and other ventures before subtracting management fees, legal costs and taxes (which can gobble up the bulk of a big payday). The totals were compiled with the help of data from Pollstar, RIAA and others, as well as interviews with industry insiders including concert promoters, lawyers, managers, agents and, in some cases, the musicians themselves.

Other highlights on the list include Toby Keith, who tied Bieber for tenth with $55 million. With his Ford sponsorship now on its second decade and his I Love This Bar And Grill restaurant chain booming, Keith was the top earner among all country artists—unless you count crossover star Taylor Swift, who earned $57 million, same as Paul McCartney. Coldplay and Adele continue the British trend, claiming the 21st and 22nd slots with $37 million and $35 million, respectively. Eight of the top 25 acts hail from England or Ireland.

That success extends to Anglophiles as well: Jay-Z and Beyoncé, both close friends of Coldplay’s lead singer, Chris Martin, combined to earn $78 million. The former Destiny’s Child diva is one of just eight ladies on the list, but Beyoncé’s song “Run The World (Girls)” still rings true—despite welcoming baby Blue Ivy earlier this year, she still out-earned her husband by $2 million.

Bachelor - D'Banj Official Video

D’banj has released another single after the ‘Oyato’ single which didn’t quite meet expectations. In this single, ‘Bachelor’, the Kokomaster steps it up a notch as he drops a top-class video, directed by Sesan.

Cameos come from Kay Switch and hype man, Special Ed.

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Russian children find lion cub, take it to school

MOST primary school classes get a goldfish to keep, a hamster or a turtle if they're lucky - but children from one village in southern Russia got to play with a lion cub.

Children in the Rostov region found the 5-month old cub on the steppe (grassy plain) and brought it to their teacher, who kept it in the school gym, police said.

While waiting for police, children petted and played with the cub, named Barsik. One boy even tried to ride it like a horse while it mewled and swiped at the air.

The cub had escaped from a car on the way to a zoo in Dagestan in the North Caucasus. It has now been removed from the school and placed in a local zoo.

White man kills a black teen over loud music

Just a few months after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a teenager in central Florida has also been shot under suspicious circumstances. Michael David Dunn shot and killed Jordan Russell Davis, a student at Samuel W. Wolfson High School.

The 17-year old was sitting in an SUV in a parking lot when Dunn came up and asked him to turn his music down. The two exchanged words, and that’s when Dunn shot at the young man eight or nine times, killing him in the process. His attorney says that the shooting was in self-defense.

Russell’s father, Ron Davis, says that his son died in the arms of one of his friends. He also says that he was unarmed. Dunn has been arrested and charged with both murder and attempted murder. He is being held without bail.

The fact that Dunn plans to say that the shooting was in self-defense brings the controversial “Stand Your Ground” law back into the spotlight. But what is also sad is that while many African Americans will be up in arms over this shooting, almost no one says a word when black men shoot one another. This happens in nearly every major city, every single day of the year. It seems that black death only gets attention when it’s done by someone of another race.

A former Nigerian basketball player Chinedu Onyeuku has been shot dead after trying to rob home in Texas with an accomplice. It was gathered that the former D’Tigers of Nigeria player, was shot dead in a botched burglary in Texas before Thanksgiving.

Onyeuku, 29, was trying to break into a home in Plano on 21 November and was shot and killed by the homeowner, Police say. Onyeuku had played for the Nigerian team that qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games in London.

Onyeuku and another person allegedly tried to break into a residence on Rio Grande Street in Plano, Texas the night of 21 November. The homeowner told Plano police that he saw ‘multiple people’ approaching the house. The two apparently entered the residence by breaking a glass patio door. The homeowner shot Onyeuku, killing him instantly. His accomplice ran away without injury. Police are still trying to track the second burglar.

No one inside the home was injured in the burglary. Upon their arrival, EMT workers pronounced him dead at the scene. It is unclear why Onyeuku and his companion were trying to burglarize the residence.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, posted a statement, saying that the 29-year-old athlete played basketball for the team that qualified for the London 2012 Olympics. However, Onyeuku was not on the Olympic roster and did not actually compete.

The statement reads: “His passion for playing with D’Tigers was deep-seated and he will be greatly missed. The federation joins his family and team mates to mourn a departed son, father, husband and great patriot.”

According to online sports records, Onyeuku was born in the Nigerian capital of Lagos in 1983. He moved to the United States at the age of six. He played college basketball at Illinois State University and then went semi-pro for awhile, playing for the Arlington Bulldogs, in the American Basketball Association. In 2009, he was invited to play for the D’Tigers of Nigeria. It also said that Onyeuku lived in Omaha, Nebraska.

Lindsay Lohan arrested for club fight

Lindsay Lohan was arrested this morning and charged with third-degree assault after a fight at a nightclub in the Chelsea section of New York City. The 26-year-old actress was arrested on the misdemeanor charge after she allegedly struck a woman at Club Avenue on 10th Avenue and 17th street at around 4 a.m. this morning. She was taken to New York's 10th precinct and processed by authorities.

Lohan allegedly assaulted the woman during a dispute that escalated. The actress, a regular at the club, was banned from the establishment earlier this year following an incident in which she Tweeted that Justin Timberlake was seeing another woman at the club when he was dating Jessica Beall.

4-Week-Old ‘Bled To Death’ After Home Circumcision

A four-week-old baby boy “bled to death” after a home circumcision carried out by a nurse.

Goodluck Caubergs died the day after he was circumcised without anesthetic by nurse Grace Adeleye. The 66-year-old — who is also a midwife — used only scissors, forceps, and olive oil to circumcise the baby at a Chadderton, Greater Manchester home.

After carrying out the procedure, Adeleye cleaned the wound with cotton wool and applied a a bandage. Between 30 and 40 minutes after the surgery, she left without checking the baby’s condition. When the baby’s parents went to check on him, they found that the bandage had come off the wound, and there was blood in his diaper.

Adeleye denies manslaughter by gross negligence.

Adeleye and Caubergs’ parents are originally from Nigeria, where circumcision of newborns is the tradition among Christian families.

Adeleye was paid £100 to perform the operation, as the baby’s parents didn’t know the procedure was available at the NHS.

The court heard that Adeleye left a “ragged” wound that bled, and her post-operative care was inadequate.

Prosecutor Adrian Darbishire said, “The allegation essentially here is that the care she provided in the course of that procedure was so bad that not only did it cause the death of that young baby wholly unnecessarily, but it amounted to gross negligence and a crime.”

Darbishire also said that even a small amount of blood loss is dangerous and the loss of just one sixth of a pint of blood can be fatal for a newborn.

A post-mortem examination revealed that Goodluck Caubergs death was caused by a loss of blood.

Rev. Run Weight Loss: Hip-Hop Legend Drops 22 Pounds

Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons has dropped 22 pounds in an effort to lower his diabetes risk. The 48-year-old hip-hop legend said diet and exercise helped him get on par with achieving the physique he’ll need to keep up with Run-D.M.C. group mate, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels.

“I just did a concert with D.M.C. after 13 years, and after losing some pounds for that, I felt really good,” Simmons said. “We got good reviews for having lots of energy on stage and I realized that if I’m going to continue to do shows … I gotta be in Mick Jagger-type of condition.”

While his weight loss was partly motivated by appearances, Simmons said his new health routine is rooted in combating his higher-than-average risk for Type 2 diabetes.

“I found out that [my father] had diabetes in his older age and as I was moving along in my life … I realized that I had to start losing weight,” he said. “[It was] for many reasons, but the number one reason was for health.”

Jada Pinkett Smith Awesomely Defends Willow Smith’s Hair Against Meddling Mommy Brigade

Jada Pinkett Smith’s open Facebook reply to her daughter, Willow Smith’s ever changing hair and the public response it receives last week wins her all the cool mom high fives.

Jada Pinkett Smith herself is not a slave to the long hair and short dress female ideal foisted upon us by (not going to say the patriarchy, not going to say the patriarchy) the media, and Willow Smith has always managed to look like her own woman despite being fairly young.

And non-famous moms may look at Jada Pinkett Smith and daughter Willow and think that it must be cool to be rich and famous and be able to let your kid have pink hair as she whips it back and forth — but the star mom’s Facebook note turns the whole “kids should be picture perfect” nonsense on its head.

Jada also rightly points out how the media critique of Willow, and Jada’s “allowance” of her daughter’s agency, is at its core sexist and reinforces the idea that females are community property, eventually here mainly for men to look upon and admire.

In her note, Pinkett Smith explains:

“This subject is old but I have never answered it in its entirety. And even with this post it will remain incomplete … The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don’t belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination.”

The actress continues, pointing out that long hair is still deemed the ideal for women, regardless of their feelings about their own hair:

“I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain. Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair.”

She concludes in a fashion that should make us all reconsider what messages we send our girls when it comes to how they choose to dress:

“It’s also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother’s deepest insecurities, hopes and desires. Even little girls should not be a slave to the preconceived ideas of what a culture believes a little girl should be. More to come. Another day.”

Do you find Jada Pinkett Smith’s words to be a powerful critique of expectations pushed on young girls even before they hit double digits?

Bomb Explosion rocks Military Church at Jaji in Kaduna

Several people have been killed with many others injured in a double suicide car bomb attack in a Protestant Church at the barracks of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC)  Jaji, near Kaduna.

Although details of the incident are still scanty, sources in the barracks explained that the incident happened around 1 pm after the church service was over.

It was learnt that it was a coordinated attack with the first car bomb failing to cause casualties and the second exploding amongst the crowd who had appeared on the scene of the first car blast.

"The church service was over and many  people had left leaving the elders of the church behind. Suddenly the bomb exploded then people rushed to rescue them, then minutes after the first explosion, the second one exploded killing many people while many others were injured," the source said.

He could not however said how many lives were lost in the incident. However,  eyewitness said at least five persons were killed. Those who sustained injuries are said to have been rushed to the AFCSC Hospital within the barracks.

Details of the incident was still scanty as the authorities of the college are inaccessible.

The Kaduna state police command also declined to comment on the incident.

More details soon.

I sold human parts to churches and ritual killers

November 21st will ever remain indelible  in the heart of Oloko villagers as members of the palace guard to the community leader of Ajara Topa community in collaboration with a vigilante group operating in the area arrested a man who allegedly eats and sells human parts to ritualists, operating from a hole he dug under the Gbaji bridge along the Badagry-Seme border.

Joshua Akindele,56, who hails from Etokia Local Government in Ogun State was spotted by one Anthony Amos who watched him crawl into a hole under the Gbaji bridge, confessed that he had been into cannibalism and ritual killing for the past 15 years, after being introduced to the business by a friend who convinced him to stop driving popular motor cycle known as “Okada” which he claimed  profited him a little, but could not sustain him.

He further said that he had been earlier sent to prison for 5 years after raping a 17-year old girl.

Speaking with Crime Guard, Akindele confessed that he was  the brain behind the incessant killing within the village using  ply woods to hit his human prey, and dragging them into the holes before splitting their parts for food and business… with ritual buyers.

*Joshua caught with some human skeletons

In his statement “I have been in this business for the past 15 years after my friend advised me to stop riding okada and to join him in ritual killing and cannibalism”

When asked how he carried out his activities, he confessed “Whenever I see somebody walking alone without being conscious of who is watching, I walk slowing up to them and  hit them with a big ply wood on their heads after which they fall unconscious, I then drag them into the hole and use a knife to cut them into parts which I sell to some churches and some ready buyers who indulge in ritual killing for easy money, and some times when I feel hungry  late in the night, I eat some parts for food.

He confessed further that he sells the parts as follows: Heads 7,500, breast 1,500, penis 1000, hands and legs for 3,500.

Amos who is a member of a vigilante group in the area alerted other members of the group and palace guards of the Baale of Ajara Topa community to monitor the movements of  Joshua.

He told Crime Guard that at about 1 a.m on 21st of November, he was on his normal routine watch when he noticed him (Joshua) crawling into the hole with a rice bag, he quickly alerted other members who confronted him with a gun and ordered him to drop and open what he was carrying. When he did, they discovered rotten human parts;  skulls, legs, hands, breasts e.t.c.

Crime Guard visited the palace of the Baale of Ajara Topa community,  Chief Samuel Amosu Owolabi, who after  confirming the incident told Crime Guard that he was sleeping in his palace when an emergency call woke him with the caller informing him that a man had been arrested by members of his palace guards in collaboration with members of the vigilante group with human parts.

Chief Samuel said he quickly called Chief Patifo, Baale of Iyafin whom his community shared the bridge with to accompany him to the scene.  When he got there, he noticed a mob had begun beating the suspect and only stopped after he begged them to let him live so that proper investigations will be carried out by the police.

Crime Guard confirmed the suspect was in the custody of the Badagry police division from a police source who pleaded anonymity.

Swedish woman, 37, who ‘had sex with skeletons’

A skeleton lies tucked up in bed in the flat of a woman accused of keeping a hoard of human bones to have  SEX with.

The macabre photo was among images released by Swedish cops yesterday which also show the brunette licking and caressing skulls. Others are said to show the 37-year-old performing bizarre sex acts on bones.

Police in Gothenburg found a CD entitled "My necrophilia" in a raid on her home - plus access codes to a local morgue

She faces two years in jail if convicted of "disturbing the peace of the dead" next week

Britain's biggest family gets bigger as mum has baby No16 and says: I want more

SUPERMUM Sue Radford gave birth to her SIXTEENTH baby — then told baker hubby Noel: “I want more.”

Sue got broody as soon as they took baby Casper home to swell Britain’s biggest family. The 37-year-old who looks after her kids in a former care home and is not on benefits says: “I just love being a mummy. We’re so lucky.”

Sue first got pregnant aged 14. She and Noel, now 41, were determined to keep baby Chris, now 23, as both were given up for adoption at birth.

The sweethearts married when Sue was 18 and Sophie, now 18, soon arrived. Then came Chloe, 17, Jack 15, Daniel, 13, and 11-year-old Luke.

Millie, ten, Katie, nine, James, eight, Ellie, seven, Aimee, six, Josh, four, Max, three, and Tilly May, two, followed.

Oscar arrived last October before 8lb 8oz Casper was born seven weeks ago after a 16-MINUTE labour.

Sue, who drives the kids around in a minibus, said: “He’s settled in like a dream. I get very emotional when I see the children together. I know people stare. Some think they won’t get the attention they need. They don’t realise how dedicated we are. And maybe we’ll be lucky enough to have more.”

The family spends £250 a week on food. Every day they polish off three loaves of bread, two boxes of cereal and 18 pints of milk. An average supper can include 16 pork chops, 15lb of spuds, three cabbages and 30 carrots.

Their nine-bed home in Morecambe, Lancs, has an industrial-sized washing machine and huge fridge. And now it will be even MORE crowded after daughter Sophie gave birth to Sue and Noel’s first grandchild Daisy.

Baby Kidnapped From Labour Room

Gunmen have invaded the labour room of a maternity home in Nkwoegwu, Ohuhu, in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State and took away a baby delivered a few minutes back, while nurses were battling to save the mother from bleeding to death. The baby, a boy was still dripping with blood when the evil men seized and folded it with the bed sheet in which it was lying.

The mother, Mrs. Eberechi Ihezukwu, says she still thinks that she is in one deep dream, which she will wake up from. "I only heard the cry of my baby and I asked the nurse its sex and she told me that it was a baby boy. I have had three girls for my husband and this is the first male child. My heart was joyful as I felt that I have got an identity in my husband's house.

With the joy, I was happy that if the nurses stopped the bleeding, its arrival would be a consolation for my travails. "Now see what they have done to me. My breasts are heavy with milk; it is a burden I have refused to bear. They should please bring back my baby to suck my breasts. I refuse to believe that my baby has gone; the God who put it in my womb for nine months before its delivery will fish out the perpetrators and my baby will be brought back to me.

Peace will continue to elude those who have taken it until they bring it back to me," Mrs. Ihezukwu prayed. Her husband, Clifford Ihezukwu, a radio/television repairer, said what was too much for him to understand was how the police, who he reported the incident to turned him into a suspect and locked him up in a cell for two days (Tuesday to Thursday) until he allegedly bailed himself with N15, 000.

"On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at about 2pm, my wife who was already heavy with a baby told me she was going to hospital (Our Lady of Apostles, Nkwoegwu, Ohuhu, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State) where she normally puts to bed.

Later, she phoned me, seeking for my consent as the nurses wanted to give her hot drip to help her deliver of the baby since during her three previous pregnancies, there was no time she was given such hot drip before she put to bed.

Instantly, I gave my consent if that would be the solution to the problem.

I learnt that the drip was at about 6pm. By 7pm, I went there to see her since it is within a short distance from my home. When I got to the maternity, I saw my wife's sister rejoicing; she told me that my wife had just put to bed. I thanked God and told her to take charge while I went back to check what I was cooking. I was there when she rushed back to the house and was shouting: "My stomach! My stomach!" I asked her what was amiss and she told me that gunmen invaded the maternity, kicked her in the

stomach after overpowering the security man and collected everybody's cell phones, including that of my wife who was still inside the labour room where the nurses were battling to stop the bleeding after the delivery.

They dashed into the labour room, grabbed the baby who was still dripping with blood and dashed off. My wife was not yet conscious of what was going on as she battled for survival after the nurses had administered her with some injection to stop the bleeding. So, I rushed to the maternity. When I got there, the whole place was

locked; I went round knocking at the windows until someone opened. When they narrated how gunmen carried out their operation and took my baby away, I took my wife and went straight home.

"When I later came back to the maternity, soldiers had besieged the arena. After asking questions, the soldiers picked the five nurses and I told them that my wife was still bleeding and appealed to them to allow one nurse to attend to her and they obliged me. After some time, policemen came and asked us what happened and I told them what transpired. Then, they asked me to come to the station in the morning and report the matter officially.

They asked me and I directed them to the home of the owner of the maternity and they left. In the morning, I was attending to my wife and children when they came and asked me why I had not come to the station as they directed me. Then, I told them that I was still attending to my wife and children and would soon be with them. 

Shortly after, I went to Afugiri Police Station to make an entry. On getting there, the policemen who came to my house earlier were not present so I waited for about four hours before they came back as I was told that they went to Umuosu, the home of the owner of the maternity.

I told the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) what I knew about the matter. When he asked why I left the maternity I told him that I went to feed my children and look after my wife who was still down. After another two hours, I told them that I was going to eat and see how my wife and children were doing. As I was speaking with him, he ordered that I should be kept behind the counter. My brother who came with me had to go and buy malt and snacks for me to eat because I was already famished. "Then the owner of the maternity, Mrs. Dan Mbakwe and her husband came with my Sister- in-Law. About 4pm, I asked them what my offence was and why I should not be allowed to go home and see my family, but the policemen kept mute. After some time, they started intimidating and telling me that I was the number one suspect in the case and that I would soon be taken to see the Commissioner of Police and I said ok. "At about 5pm, they brought out a Hilux van, put me, my sister in-law, Mrs. Mbakwe and her husband and the securityman at the hospital in it and took us to the State CID headquarters. At the State CID, I told them my story and they told me that it was late for me to be released and that I would be locked up till the next day.

They asked me to pull off my dress and then hauled my sister and me in-law into cell. But they kept Mrs. Mbakwe, her husband and the securityman at the counter. Then they all left and handed over to another set of policemen on duty.

"In the morning, just before people started coming to work, they put us (the trio) into cell for about an hour to look as if all of us had been inside the cell all night. I then asked the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) what my offence was and he told me that no one had come for me.

He said that he had asked them to bring N20,000 for my bail. 'Are you asking that amount of money from some one who had been passing through such a trauma?' I asked the man who came for me later – Chief Ukaobasi.

I told him to look into my trouser pocket at the counter, maintaining that I had N8, 000 inside it. He found the money intact, added N2, 000 to it and paid the police with a promise to bring a balance of N5, 000 if they released me. On Thursday, they released me to go home. I then borrowed N5, 000 from a neigbour and sent to them to bring the total sum to N15, 000. But by 1pm on that Thursday, the owner of the hospital and the security man were released. That is what I'm passing through. "I wonder why I should be made to go through this after my baby had been kidnapped and my wife left at a point of death.

"The name of the lady who signed my bail bond is Chioma. I ran to the police to help me because I had nobody and the police threw me into cell and turned me into a suspect instead of helping me to look for my stolen child. I am calling on the relevant authorities to come to my rescue. I have no one to fight for me," he lamented. When

contacted on phone, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabor, who was shocked said he was not aware of the matter.

Man accused of defiling daughter remanded in prison

A 62-year-old man, Alabi Ibrahim, who was alleged to have defiled his 10-year old stepdaughter, was on Monday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Abeokuta.

The suspect appeared before Magistrate M.O.Olayinka in the case between him and the Ogun State Commissioner of Police with charge number MA/918c/2012.

In a one -count charge read to him, Ibrahim was said to have committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 218 of the Criminal Code laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.

It will be recalled that suspect was arrested for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his stepdaughter, Oluwadamilola Ayoola, at Rounder, Soyoye area of Abeokuta, last September.

Magistrate Olayinka, however, adjourned hearing till November 29 and ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison custody.

D’Banj to release album featuring Kanye West next month

Dapo Oyebanjo, more popular as D’Banj, has finally revealed the date when his first album, after the MoHits era will be released. The Kokomaster, whose Oliver Twist video won the Most Gifted Male Video, at the just concluded Channel O Music Video Awards, has confirmed ‘D King’s Men’ will be available from December 12, 2012.

“OoooSssHhhEeee. Feels Good to be back home. Missed you guys. Indeed its time for the Bonanza. DB records presents its first official album. The DVD/CD Compilation titled DKM “D kings Men” 12/12/12. And the compilation will have the anticipated single Scapegoat featuring Kanye west. 

Police Investigate As Teenagers Get Lap Dances At 16-year-old’s Birthday Party

Police are investigating reports that exotic dancers performed lap dances on teenagers at a boy’s surprise 16th birthday party in New York State. Saratoga County District Attorney James says child endangerment is among the potential charges.

South Glens Falls Police Chief Kevin Judd says photos on social networking sites were given to his department by people concerned about the Nov. 3 party.

At least one image shows a scantily clad, tattooed woman clinging upside down to a seated teen as others look on.

Murphy said Thursday that investigators are trying to determine who hired the dancers and if the bowling alley venue served alcohol to any of the 80 adults and teens.

A man at the Spare Time bowling alley says he can’t comment...

Police Officer's shock as woman pulled over for speeding gives birth on side of Canadian road!!!

A woman going into labour was pulled over for speeding by an officer in Canada early Sunday morning. Finding themselves unable to reach a hospital in time the officer in Belleville, Ontario went into emergency mode, helping deliver the baby on the side of the road.

With a grocery store behind them, the infant, a baby boy, was delivered around 4.30am, Quinte News reports. The woman from Stirling was transported to hospital and said to be doing well. Her baby is said to be doing just as well. She named him "Dakota".

The officer was reported not ticketing her for her crime.

Cross-dresser arrested in UAE women-only park

An Indian man has been arrested by police in the United Arab Emirate for violating public decency and breaching modesty laws after he dressed in traditional Arab women's clothing and slipped into a women-only park in Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates.

It was not clear if the man's moustache might have been a weak point in his disguise.

Officers arrested the man Friday after multiple complaints from visitors saying they spotted a man walking around the park in women's clothing. A mug shot of the man wearing a headscarf and an abaya, a traditional loose-fitting black garment, has been released by police and widely circulated in the local press. The man, identified only by his initials, R.S.R, violated "principles of public decency and societal customs and authentic Arab Islamic traditions," Sharjah Police said in a news release issued Saturday.

It was later discovered that the man had been living in the country illegally and his case has been transferred to the public prosecutor's office, police said.The man is in custody and has not been available for comment. Police would not reveal if he has a lawyer, saying only that the case is now with the public prosecutor.

The emirate of Sharjah is only 10 miles from its glitzy neighbor, Dubai, but is much more conservative. The third largest emirate in the UAE, Sharjah is known for enforcing a strict dress code under which residents have to be attired decently by Islamic standards. Ladies-only parks, beaches and clubs are common.

'Human Barbie' Denies Extreme Plastic Surgery Rumors

She's one of the most widely viewed and discussed women on the Internet but now the Ukrainian model known as the "human Barbie" for her doll-like figure is speaking out to deny rumors of rampant plastic surgery and reveal her higher purpose in life.

"Some people even spread rumors about me and retouch my pictures to hurt me. But I don't take them seriously," Valeria Lukyanova tells V Magazine. "I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job."

Lukyanova, also an artist and singer, first made headlines in April when photos of her seemingly inhuman-like proportions were posted on websites like Jezebel.com and Huffington Post and quickly went viral. Commenters questioned whether Lukyanova was manufactured and, if she was real, how much plastic surgery she must have undergone to get her impossibly whittled waist, buxom chest and symmetrical features.

A spokesman for Lukyanova said the only plastic surgery she has had is a breast enhancement. The "human Barbie" herself told V Magazine she achieves her look with makeup.

"Many people say bad things about people who want to perfect themselves. It's hard work, but they dismiss it as something done by surgeons or computer artists," she tells V. "This is how they justify not wanting to strive for self-improvement. It's how they explain their continued inaction. It's just an excuse. There are plenty of video clips on the Internet showing what I really look like."

Also revealed in the extensive interview for the magazine's new issue, on newsstands Nov. 15, is Lukyanova's deeply-held belief in the metaphysical and spiritual worlds, including her belief that the titles of singer, model and artist are just "labels for my creative potential," not her "true essence."

"I'm a teacher at the School of Out-of-Body Travel. It's an international school in which our instructors show students how to leave their physical body and travel in their spiritual body, where you can visit any place on the planet and in the universe," she says. "I know that this is the future of mankind and that it has huge potential. Hidden reserves will be tapped soon. "

Lukyanova says her spiritual name is Amatue, an Atlantean reference to the goddess of the sun.

Though she describes herself as the "most famous woman of the Russian-speaking Internet," Lukyanova says she is unfazed by the attention over her looks.

"I know the other side of celebrity is negativity, but I see it in a positive light," she tells V. "If people care about me, then I am on the right path. In real life, I never hear bad things."

"Indeed, I've noticed a trend," she continues. "Every good-looking woman with fine features and a slim figure looks like a doll. I won't deny that I play along with people's perceptions. I'm amused by the reactions. I don't take it seriously."

Mother kills 2 children, then gets on a bus

 A New Orleans mother shot her 3-year-old son, drowned her 4-year-old daughter and took a bus to a hospital, complaining of stomach pains and a headache, police said.

The children's bodies were found in the bathtub of her home Wednesday evening, the New Orleans Police said in a statement.

The mother, identified as Chelsea Thornton, 23, admitted to officers that she killed the young children, police said. After the killings, she said she boarded a bus to a nearby hospital. Thornton faces first degree murder charges.

Obama re-elected as US president!!!

President Barack Obama wins a second term, defeating Mitt Romney despite dissatisfaction with the economy, while the House of Representatives remains in Republican control and Democrats retain the Senate.

Brazilian student sells virginity for $780,000

A Brazilian student has sold her virginity in an online auction for US$780,000 as part of a documentary organised by an Australian filmmaker, although a man who did the same only fetched US$3,000. Catarina Migliorini, 20, was the subject of 15 bids, with a Japanese man named only as Natsu winning on Wednesday night, according to the website of the film "Virgins Wanted".

He beat out competition from 14 other men, mostly from Brazil but also from India, Australia and the United States. A male whose virginity was also auctioned, 21-year-old Sydney student Alex Stepanov, fetched US$3,000, paid by a Brazilian woman. Australian media said Migliorini would be "delivered" to her buyer on board a plane to Australia and that she would be interviewed before and after losing her virginity at a secret location.

Filmmaker Jason Sisely, who began his project in 2009 and caused outrage when he put posters up in Sydney and Melbourne saying "Virgins Wanted", said Migliorini was ecstatic and had not expected as much such interest.

"The auction closed last night and Catarina is extremely excited. She was speaking to her family in Brazil online and they were extremely happy for her," he told Australian online news site Ninemsn.

"But I guess they didn't expect her to do something like this."

He said the act would be consummated, but not filmed, in the next few weeks.

"We will fly over the winner to Australia and obviously, for the sake of the film and privacy, we can't disclose where and when the act will take place," he said. "I have to leave some details for the documentary."

On a "Virgins Wanted" trailer on YouTube, Migliorini said: "I haven't found the right person to do it with, I've been too busy with other stuff."

She added: "It's more sane than doing it drunk at a party with a stranger."

Migliorini's decision to sell her virginity to the highest bidder has sparked outrage across the globe, with some claiming she was little more than a prostitute. But she defended the move.

"I saw this as a business. I have the opportunity to travel, to be part of a movie and get a bonus with it," she was quoted by the Mail as saying.

"If you only do it once in your life then you are not a prostitute,  just like if you take one amazing photograph it does not automatically make you a photographer."

She will reportedly use part of the cash to build homes for poverty-stricken families. Sisely told Ninemsn that under the terms of the auction a condom was compulsory and Natsu must be tested beforehand for any sexually transmitted diseases.

"I'm looking forward to my audience's response to the film," he said.