Prophet Obadare to be buried in gold-plated casket

The late Apostle Timothy Obadare would be buried in a gold-plated casket as a mark of honour for his contributions to Christendom.

This was disclosed by his first son, Pastor Paul Obadare, during a press briefing organised by the family and his protégés in Lagos on the burial arrangement.

Obadare said, “The coffin to be used for the burial of our father, Apostle Timothy Obadare, is taken after the type used for the burial of the late Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.”

He said the late founder of World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry deserved to be so honoured.

Paul, who is the General Overseer of the church in the United States of America, described his father as a national figure, who made lasting impact on the nation in his time.

Man Hands over Boko Haram Son to JTF

A Maiduguri-based businessman (name withheld for security reasons) on Thursday turned in his biological son, a member of the extremist Boko Haram sect to the Joint Task Force, JTF, with an order that he should be shot dead, witnesses said.

The son, according to close family sources, had once threatened to kill his father before he fled home and returned only recently as security operatives continue to clamp down on the sect.

He was said to have returned as a prodigal son, seeking asylum in his father’s compound.

“After confessing all his crimes, including how he participated in the killing of people and looting of banks to his father, the old man said he has no such conscience to keep a killer son in his home,” said a close family member under anonymity.

The 60-year old Kanuri man, who lives in Babban-Line Commercial Area, Maiduguri, simply approached the Sector Office of the JTF and told them about his son.

Nigerian Man to be Hanged For Drug Trafficking in Malaysia

A Nigerian man was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court in Malaysia today after being found guilty of trafficking in 1124.10gms of methamphetamine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, two years ago.

Anoliefo Peter Ndubuisi, 36, committed the offence at the airport Customs inspection counter at 4pm on July 30, 2011.

Justice Noor Azian Shaari in her judgement, said Anoliefo's defence that he was not aware of the presence of the drugs inside the 13 bottles of hair cream he was asked to carry by a friend whom he knew for only two days, was not logical.

Deputy public prosecutor Aida Mastura Mohamed Aman called 16 witnesses at the prosecution hearing while Counsel James George called only one witness during the defence's trial.

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Five NANS exco members die on their way to UNIUYO to make peace

Five executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, were Thursday killed in a ghastly motor accident in Ikwuano area of Abia State on their way to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

Seven others who survived with serious injuries were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where they are currently receiving treatment.

Those killed in the accident included, NANS Senate President, Mr. Donald Onukaogu, said to be the leader of the students delegation to Uyo and a student of Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

Others who lost their lives were Assah Ejeita from Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri; Duru Jacob, Assistant Secretary General of NANS, Zone B; one Japheth and one other whose name could not be ascertained at press time.

The accident occurred at Ariam in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State along the

Fire guts 150 shops in Anambra

About 150 shops were on Thursday gutted by fire at Ekwulobia Main Market in Anambra State.

The fire affected mainly the electronics market, where traders lost inestimable goods and cash.

The cause of the fire had yet to be known, but it was learnt that it started about noon.

As of 5pm, rescuers were still trying to salvage some goods from the remains of the fire.

Eyewitnesses said fire fighters came late to the scene. Our correspondent gathered that the fire service from Awka, rather than the one at Ekwulobia, responded to distress calls.

The President General of Ekwulobia Traders Allied Workers Association Ikechukwu Ezeokeke and Chairman of the Electronics line Ekwulobia, Frank Timothy, lamented the huge loss the traders incurred.

A victim, John Chetachukwu, said, “I am a confused person now and I can’t answer your questions.

“My shop got burnt completely. I was in my house when the youths came to bring me to this place around 4pm. I saw the inferno and I was speechless.

“Although I lost everything but I thank everybody including the DPO Ekwulobia and many others for rallying around us.”

Another victim, Kingsley Osedume, said he could not salvage a pin and his shop was the only source of the extended family income and called for help.

For Richard Okoli, who deals on interior decoration, said he just came back with goods worth over N600,000 from the market yesterday which were razed.

The Local government Chairman, Mr. Titus Anigbogu consoled the traders and assured them he would table their situation to the state government for appropriate actions.

Man catches wife committing adultery

A middle aged housewife in Jos, the Plateau State capital is in trouble after she was caught in her matrimonial bed with another man by her husband.

The woman simply identified as Gloria was caught with a neighbour, a father of three who lives some houses away from the couple when the husband returned unexpectedly at their Rukuba Road residence.

The husband (names withheld) who sells clothes at the Old Bukuru Park was said to have barely left home for his business when his wife invited her man-friend, identified simply as George to come around as she was sick.

According to a neighbour who was with her when she made the call and begged to be anonymous, Gloria told the man friend to buy a pack of Don-Simon and a plate of pepper soup when coming.

Miss USA Winners Pose Naked in Sexy New PETA Ad

Ahead of this weekend's 2013 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas, past winners Shanna Moakler (1995), Shandi Finnessey (2004), Susie Castillo (2003) and Alyssa Campanella (2011) are stripping down and posing nude in a sexy new ad for animal rights organization PETA.

In the gorgeous black and white photo, the four lovely ladies stand side-by-side while gazing into the camera next to the words, "Feel Beautiful in Your Own Skin, and Let Animals Keep Theirs."

Revealed: Michael Jackson's drug-filled bedroom and bizarre baby shrine

Creepy new shots of Michael Jackson’s bedroom reveal the scale of his drug addictions – and a bizarre baby shrine.

Pills, oxygen tanks and medical supplies litter the scene of his Los Angeles home. Drugs include powerful anaesthetics Lidocaine and Propofol, which killed him, as well as the tranquiliser Diazepam.

With the portraits of unidentified babies stands a small picture of Charlie Chaplin.

The pictures also show a tall medical stand holding a plastic bag of intravenous fluids and what appear to be two oxygen tanks.

Hanging on the drawers is a large poster of a child with the words “sweet baby” written on it.

Bottles can be seen lined up alongside over-the-counter drugs purchased from a string of local chemists.

In one photograph, which appears to have been taken in a car, there is a list of nearby 24-hour pharmacies and their phone numbers.

Kanye West's "other woman" hits back after backlash and rapper's denial

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have both denied stunning claims Canadian model Leyla Ghobadi had sex with the rapper while his girlfriend was pregnant.

Facing the backlash, Kanye's alleged "other woman" Leyla appeared to open a Twitter account to address accusations she was chasing fame with her "lies".

Leyla wrote: "Maybe I went about this the wrong way but how else am I meant to get through to her? I am not the bad guy in this situation... The woman will always get the blame huh"

In expletive tweets which she later deleted the model added: "Not just doing this for The Fame."

When she was asked if she had any proof of her encounters with Kanye the model sharply retorted: Yeah because I was going to take pictures of myself f*****g him.

"I could show you calls but I am not about to put his number on Twitter."

ESUT sacks 5 lecturers over alteration of students’ grades

The Governing Council of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Wednesday, terminated the appointment of five staff of the University for alleged alteration of students’ grades.

The four lecturers and the staff who is a computer operator, according to a statement by the Director, Public Relations of the institution,  Mr. Ossy Ugwuoti,  were from the department of Computer Engineering of the university.

Ugwuoti said one of the sanctioned lecturers (names withheld), who had served as Head of the Department of Computer Engineering, had engaged the others in the alteration of the grades submitted to him by lecturers during the computation of final year results.

He recalled that ESUT Governing Council had at its 129th meeting, warned that severe disciplinary action would be visited on any staff of the university involved in any form of academic fraud.

The disciplinary action against the affected staff was said to be part of efforts to sanitize the institution of corrupt staff whose activities had negatively affected its image.

20 illegal private hospitals sealed in Delta

NO fewer than 20 illegal private hospitals and maternity centres have been sealed in different parts of Delta State in the ongoing clampdown on health facilities operating below standard and without due authorisation.

The state Ministry of Health task force had been combing the nooks and crannies of the state in the past one week to ascertain that the health facilities were operating under due process and manned with unqualified personnel.

Those sealed were located in Asaba, the state capital; Ibusa, Okwe, Agbor which had so far been visited by the task force team led by Dr. Alfred Ebiakofa.

The team went with an ambulance to evacuate some patients from one of the sealed private hospitals at Agbor to the Agbor central hospital for proper attention.

"I Use Human Parts For Pepper Soup"- Native Doctor

Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja have arrested three fleeing members of a syndicate who allegedly specialized in selling live humans and decomposing human parts for money rituals.

Their arrest came barely three weeks after some of their members were paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, where they confessed to have sold live human beings for N40,000, hands—N4,000 and head—N8,000.

Those recently arrested are Gazali Akewadola (60), the native doctor who allegedly offered N40,000 for a live human being, Alfa Taofeek Akinola (35) and Kazeem Sanni (25).

To the bewilderment of all, Gazali confessed that live human beings were cheaper than buying dead human parts, saying all parts of a live human being are vital in the preparation of money ritual.

For instance, he said a life human being was bought for N40,000, “but at the end of the day, you get a lot of expensive parts from it. Aside that, it is even more potent because the efficacy of the charm or concoction prepared with live human parts cannot be compared with the ones prepared with dead parts.

Fayose escapes death by whiskers

Former Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, escaped death by whiskers Tuesday night, in Ado Ekiti, as some suspected hired thugs, who had been on his trail, shot his car.

According to a press statement by the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) and signed by the Campaign Director General, Mr Owoseni Ajayi, Fayose, who was coming from Ado Ekiti  to Afao Ekiti, his hometown at around 9pm was trailed by a white colour Hilux with green plate number to Fayose Housing Estate at Afao Ekiti road.

Fayose’s driver was able to detect a vehicle trailing them and immediately alerted the former governor.

The driver immediately increased the car’s speed and when the assailants, who were already hanging out of the Hilux vehicle saw that they could not catch up with the speed of Fayose’s car, shot four times at the car.

However, seeing that Fayose had arrived Afao-Ekiti, the Hilux turned back.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi and father accused of €4million tax fraud in Spain

The man widely acclaimed as the world's greatest living footballer, Argentina's Lionel Messi, has been accused by Spanish tax authorities of fraud totalling more than €4m (£3.4m).

The FC Barcelona player and his father, Jorge, are alleged to have filed fraudulent tax returns for four years from 2006 to 2009, according to tax crime prosecutors in the eastern region of Catalonia.

The fraud is alleged to have started before he came of age and while his father was in charge of his financial affairs.

A complex network of companies based in Britain, Switzerland, Belize and Uruguay were allegedly used to keep his income out of the sight of tax authorities.

"The initiative to commit fraud came from his father," tax authorities said, according to Spain's EFE news agency.

Tax prosecutors have lodged a writ at a court in Gava, the Mediterranean beachside town outside Barcelona where Messi lives.

Oprah Winfrey donates $12 million to African American history museum

Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a planned Washington, D.C., museum that will document African American history. Items from her talk show could be part of its exhibits.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture announced Tuesday that Winfrey's gift, combined with her previous donation of $1 million, is its largest to date.

"I am so proud of African-American history and its contributions to our nation as a whole," Winfrey said in a statement released by the museum. "By investing in this museum, I want to help ensure that we both honor and preserve our culture and history, so that the stories of who we are will live on for generations to come."

Construction of the museum, which carries a $500-million price tag, started early last year on 5 acres at Washington's National Mall with a completion date set for sometime in 2015. The U.S. government is providing half of the funding for the museum, which will be the 19th addition to the Smithsonian, with the remainder to be raised by the museum.

Homosexuals Protest over two arrested members in Anambra

ATANI Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogbaru Council Area of Anambra State, on Wednesday, was disrupted, as suspected members of homosexual family almost stopped court proceedings, following the docking of two of their members for alleged same sex offence.

According to reports, over 50 members of the group from various parts of the state stormed the court premises as early as 9.00 a.m. in solidarity with their two members arrested by the state police command on offence related to same sex violation.

The group, while chanting anti-police and court songs, said they came to express their fundamental human rights and to show solidarity with their members, who were standing trial on some count charge relating to same sex.

UNIUYO Shut as Protesting Students Want Vice Chancellor Sacked

The University of Uyo (UNIUYO) in Akwa Ibom State has been closed down indefinitely.

A statement issued by the registrar of the university, Professor Edak Umondak, which was broadcasted on Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, said the School had been shut indefinitely as the students were asked to vacate the school campus with immediate effect.

Trouble started in the university following the hike of some fees which the students described as arbitrary as they called for the sack of their Vice Chancellor, Professor Comfort Ekpo.

Protesting round the campus to drive home their point, the furious students described the ₦2,000 fee being charged for GST courses registration as well as the introduction of ₦200 as transport fare to the main campus, as outrageous.

Alleging administrative lapses, coupled with the total darkness the school had been thrown in

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VIDEO: Parents Pay Tattoo Artist Double to Make Their Daughter's Tattoo Painful & Ugly

For many parents, the idea of their 17-year-old daughter getting a tattoo is a true Tattoo Nightmare. But Kristina, star of Spike TV's Tattoo Nightmares, has parents who actually took it one step further than saying no. Not only did they sign the consent form, they paid for the tattoo artist to purposely flub up the tattoo to prevent her from wanting any more.

Say what?

Yes, her parents paid the tattoo artist double to make her experience so awful ("as ugly and as painful as possible") she would be "discouraged from wanting any more."

Check out the video

Nigerian cook tells how he survived for three days trapped under sunken ship

Harrison Okene was in the bathroom of the Jascon 4 in the early hours when the tug begun to capsize in heavy seas, 20 miles off the Nigerian coast. But unlike his 11 colleagues, all of whom were locked in their rooms for safety against piracy and are thought to have perished, Mr Okene was able to locate an air pocket and await rescue.

“I prayed about a hundred times,” he said. “When I was tired, I started calling on the name of God. I was just calling on His name for divine intervention.”

The drama began at 5am on May 26, when the tug – owned by West African Ventures, a Nigerian subsidiary of a Dutch contractor – was caught up in heavy swell. Towing a Chevron tanker in the Escravos area, in the Gulf of Guinea, the boat found itself in trouble.

Kurt Glaubitz, Chevron spokesman, said the boat overturned while towing an oil tanker.

“Initial reports indicated that heavy ocean swells caused the Jascon 4 to capsize, while performing tension tow operations of the tanker,” he said

SHOCKER!!! Model Claimed She Slept with Kanye West Behind Pregnant Kim Kardashian

A Canadian model claims to have slept with Kanye West while he has been in a relationship with Kim Kardashian.

Leyla Ghobadi, 24, told America's Star magazine that their romance began in July 2012 and continued even when Kim announced her pregnancy.

Explaining her decision to reveal the relationship, Leyla said: 'This is going to destroy the Kardashian family. It’s bad. It’s really bad. It’s just embarrassing. But if I were Kim and about to have a baby, I would want to know.'

Kim's representatives have denied the reports, while Kanye's people have yet to respond to MailOnline's request for comment.

Kanye is said to have first set his sights on curvy model Leyla when he saw her dancing in the crowd at his show in Atlantic City in July last year.

Jackie Chan to Stage Musical Based on His Life

Jackie Chan is tuning up a musical based on his life.

The international action star and renowned martial artist says he is currently writing a stage adaptation of his best-selling memoir “I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action,” which will chronicle the lives of his parents, his early education at the Peking Opera School and his rise to stardom through music.

"We are looking for a director for the musical right now," he told reporters at a press conference yesterday at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York. 

Google buys Israel's Waze to keep mobile maps lead

Google Inc bought Israeli mapping startup Waze on Tuesday for just over $1 billion, a source familiar with the matter said, acquiring an online real-time mapping service to safeguard its lead in one of the most crucial aspects of smartphone usage.

Google said in a Tuesday blog post it had closed the long-anticipated deal. It now planned on using Waze's service to enhance its own Maps product, but did not say how much it paid.

Maps and navigation services have become vital for technology companies as consumers adopt smartphones and other mobile devices. Waze uses satellite

signals from members' smartphones to generate maps and traffic data, which it then shares with other users, offering real-time traffic info.

Man in court for stealing phones worth ₦12 million

A Lagos court on Tuesday arraigned a 29-year old man accused of stealing phones worth ₦N12 million.

The Ikeja Magistrate’s Court heard how Tunde Olajuwon, a salesman, along with other accomplices, stole the phones from his employer’s gadget store, located in the Computer Village in Ikeja.

According to the court reports, Olajuwon was said to have committed the heist on April 16.

Police prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emuerhi, pushed to have the suspected thief kept in police custody. The judge, however, Ms. Osunsanmi, granted the suspect bail in the sum of ₦500,000 with two surties in like sum. She adjourned the case until July 17, 2013.