Woman Hanging Clothes Outside When Suddenly Ground Opens Up And ‘Swallows’ Her

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Sinkholes have joined the ranks of sharks, jellyfish, the hole in the ozone layer and baby-eating dingoes on the list of things in Australia that can seriously mess you up.

On Tuesday, a 45-year-old woman was helping an elderly Melbourne resident to hang up laundry when the grass opened up beneath her and caused her to plunge nine feet beneath the ground, according to Victoria’s County Fire Authority.

WHAT? Man Lifts 80 KG Of Bricks, Swings Them Around With His TESTICLES

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In today’s utterly painful news comes this gentleman, whose party trick is lifting 80kg of bricks with his testicles and then swinging them about for 10 minutes.

The man, from Henan province in China and dressed in a fetching banana-yellow sleeveless number that mercifully concealed his manhood, lifted the brick pile at a live performance and swung it back and forth 320 times in a 10-minute period.

Meet The Priest Who Claims He Could ‘Drive Demons Out Of Women’… With His Penis

Mauro Ciono

Mauro Ciono, 69, would target women telling them that they faced eternal damnation for their sins unless they allowed him to drive out their demons – which according to police, would involve sex.

According to police if the women complained about what he was doing he told them that it meant they were still not properly purged and needed to come back for a second session.

A case of assault has been filed against him with the trial due to start in January next year in the town of Arezzo, in central Italy.

He said that sex with him was equivalent of an exorcism that would drive out the demons.

He was booted out of the Catholic Church in 1985 over allegations that he was trying to found his own sect.

It is believed he used his special exorcism routine on at least 10 women.

Tragic: 11 Passengers Drown As Bus Plunges Into River In Akwa Ibom

An 18-seater bus conveying travellers from Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, had reportedly plunged into a river in Akwa Ibom which drowned at least eleven passengers including a mother and her two female children.

Confirming the incident in Uyo on Friday, November 28, 2014 the Akwa Ibom State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Ramalan Yerima, said the vehicle involved was a 18-seater bus belonging to a Port Harcourt-based transport company named To And Fro adding that there were 13 passengers in the bus before the tragedy.

You Won’t Believe What Doctors Found Living In Brain Of 11-Year-Old Boy

Doctors

AN 11-year-old boy who complained of headaches was found by doctors to have a deadly parasite worm livingin his brain

Meet The Sexiest Brazilian Samba Dancers From Sao Paulo Carnival 2014

Thousands of revellers and samba dancers took to the street for the opening night of the annual carnival celebrations in Brazilian city Sao Paulo.

The Sao Paulo carnival is one of the world’s biggest street parties with over 30,000 revellers taking part in the festivities which include dancers wearing body pain, feathers, and lots of glitter.

Local samba schools play a big part in this 5-day street festival which builds up to Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Christian season of Lent.

Unbelievable! This Woman EATS Her Cousin’s NOSE At Funeral Wake

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Jodie Marie Rutley, 21, savaged victim Sherie Watson in front of shocked mourners paying their final respects to a teenager who died in a car crash.Ms Watson, said the gruesome ordeal, which has left her scarred and needing surgery, “ruined her life”.Rutley sunk her teeth into her victim after “latching on” during a struggle at Guisborough’s Quoit Club.Ms Watson, 23 at the time, said: “I could feel her chewing on my nose”.

‘My father-in-law raped me when I was pregnant’: The Horrific Story Of Child Brides

Shaista

To countless migrants, Britain is the promised land. But, once here. many are cruelly exploited. Yesterday, we told the secret of slaves working in our curry houses. Today we reveal the terror of brides brought to our shores to marry their countrymen.

We are waiting for the new bride. And, as is her prerogative, she takes her time to prepare. Sheep are being driven noisily along the lane outside, while in the house the electricity has failed again; lights dim, the ceiling fan whines to a halt and in the sticky gloom the scene could be any time in the past 200 years.

19-year-old emerges WASSCE best pupil

Ogunfolaji, Anyanwu and Fasola

Ogun State-born Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji leads the pack in this year’s West African Examinations Council Academic Excellence Awards,                 

Nineteen-year-old Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji has emerged the best scholar in the 2013 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

The leadership of the West African Examinations Council honoured the lad alongside two females on Thursday in Minna, Niger State. The females are Ifeoluwapo Fasola and Maureen Anyanwu, both of who are natives of Oyo and Imo states, respectively.

63 senators back plan to impeach Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan

SIXTY-three senators as of Thursday have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber, The METRO learnt in Abuja.

One of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed our correspondent the list containing thesignatures of the senators.

Bollywood Actress Veena Malik Sentenced To 26 Years In Jail For Blasphemy Over TV Role

Veena Malik

Veena Malik has expressed her anger and disbelief after she was handed a 26-year jail term by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court for ‘malicious acts’ of blasphemy.

Her crime? Appearing in a pretend wedding scene, staged on a daytime show broadcast by Geo TV and based on the marriage of the Prophet Mohamed’s daughter.

Aunty Throws 10-Year-Old Orphan Into River For Alleged Witchcraft In Akwa Ibom

Following witchcraft allegations, a 10-year old boy  named Usen Okon was reportedly thrown into the Imo River in the Ikot Abasi area of Akwa Ibom State, by his paternal aunt but he luckily survived the attack.

It’s not right to call Tambuwal speaker –IG

Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, was adamant on Wednesday, refusing to recognise the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, as the speaker.

The IG simply addressed him as “Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal”, a title that angered members of the House Committee on Police Affairs.

Abba insisted that it would be “subjudice” for him to address Tambuwal as speaker or any matter relating to him so long as such a matter was in court.

Obasanjo blasts Jonathan again

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

CORRUPTION as a recurring factor in Nigeria again came under focus on Wednesday with former President Olusegun Obasanjo rapping the President Goodluck Jonathan administration and theNational Assembly for promoting corruption and poor governance.

“For quite some time, the covered and hushed-up corruption has had its toll on the economy,” Obasanjo said.

He said the increasing corruption under Jonathan had damaged the economy, warning that “in the future, we will have a budget that cannot be funded.”

SHOCKING? ‘My Grandpa Raped Me 500 Times And My Grandma Knew It Was Happening’

“I always slept in the same bed with Peggy and Joe, in the middle,” Ashley, now 30 years old, recalls of her frequent childhood sleepovers with her grandmother and step-grandfather. “I would feel Joe take my underwear off. He would start rubbing my leg. He told me, ‘It’s OK. This is how grandpas check little girls.’ So I didn’t fight it.” Ashley says Joe raped and molested her over 500 times throughout a decade and was eventually convicted of 151 counts of sexual misconduct and sentenced to more than 250 years in prison. “My grandmother knew it was happening the whole time. She let my grandpa rape me,” she says of the woman she considered her best friend. “I am mad at Peggy. She knew and threw me to the wind like I was nothing to her.”

House Of Reps List 50 Impeachable Offences Against President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan

Indications emerged yesterday that members of the House of Representatives are on the same page with their Senate counterparts in their bid to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.

It was reliably gathered that the assemblymen would start impeachment process against the President immediately it reconvenes next Wednesday.

This is just as the lawmakers coordinating the impeachment process have disclosed that they have identified over 50 constitutional violations against the President, which would form part of the impeachment notice.

Thousands Flock To Village After ‘God’ Baby Is Born With 4 LEGS And 4 ARMS

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A little boy who was born with eight limbs has been hailed as an Indian God – sparking crowds of people rallying to see him.

The village in West Bengal has become overrun with thousands of worshippers flocking to see the child, who has four arms and four legs, at the hospital.

How My Marriage To President Jonathan Has Survived For 21 Years – First Lady Dame Patience

President Jonathan and  family

The First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan has gushed about being married to the first citizen of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan.

The proud wife of the President speaking about what got her tripping mentioned his good looks, religious background and intelligence.

Naira devalued, now 168 to the US dollar

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday bowed to pressure by devaluing the naira from N155 to N168 to the US dollar.

The MPC tightened the apex bank’s monetary policy by allowing some flexibilities in the exchange rate to stem speculative activities and depletion of reserves.

The announcement was made by the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, while briefing journalists shortly after the MPC meeting   at the bank’s headquarters   in Abuja.

The   bank also increased the Monetary Policy Rate from 12 per cent to 13 per cent.

The MPR is the anchor rate at which the CBN, in performing its role as lender of lastresort, lends to Deposit Money Banks to boost liquidity in the banking system.

Relatives find decomposing body of LASG director

Jaiyesinmi’s apartment

The police in Lagos are battling to unravel the killers of a former director of the Lagos State Government, Mrs. Oluremi Jaiyesimi.

The 63-year-old was found dead in herhouse in the Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah area of the state.

 Metro News exclusively gathered from sources that the corpse of the former Director of Social Welfare in the Ministry of Youths and Social Development was not discovered until a week after she died.

By then, her body was said to have been decomposing with maggots emanating from the corpse.

Our correspondent learnt that a neighbour, who was suspicious that something was amiss after the former director was not seen for days, alerted a relation in the Surulere area of the state.

I survived cancer, says Soyinka

Prof. Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday gave a chilling account of how he contracted prostate cancer last December and got cured of it in October 2014.

Soyinka disclosed this on Tuesday at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, while addressing journalists at a press conference tagged ‘Beyond Ebola and Beyond reign of the Silent Killer,’ which was meant to create awareness on cancer.

‘I know who the next president will be': Lagos Prophet Makes Shocking Prediction For 2015

Governor Rochas Okorocha

With the next elections around the corner, we’ve come to that season when people begin to talk about God’s mind concerning the leadership of the country.

The latest is the general overseer of Galilee Christian Center in Lagos, Prophet Williams Onuoha, who has predicted that the current governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, will pilot the affairs of Nigeria come 2015.

The Prophet said he saw in a vision, as far back as 2011, that Okorocha will become the President of Nigeria, and now it is coming to pass.

Bomb blast update: 54 victims admitted, 20 discharged from Borno hospital

Following the twin explosion which occured at a crowded market on Tuesday, the BornoState government has disclosed the number and condition of the casualties involved.

According to Dr. Salisu Kwaya Bura, theExecutive Secretary, Hospital ManagementBoard, 54 victims were admitted at the State Specialist Hospital, 14 were critically injured, while 20 have been discharged.

Bura disclosed this figure during GovernorKashim Shettima’s visit to the victims at the hospital in Maiduguri.

We are still in shock – Lola Omotayo speaks on Psquare father’s death

 Lola Omotayo( Middle) 

There has been no official statement from Paul, Peter or Jude Okoye on the death of their dad, but according to reports, Mr. Okoye recently had a domestic accidentwhere he slipped and hit his head on the marble floor.

Ebola: Ministry Of Agriculture Warns Against Smuggling Frozen Chicken

Health Workers
NAN – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned Nigerians involved in the smuggling  frozen chicken to desist  from doing so as it could bring back the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) .

The warning was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Federal Department of Animal Production and Husbandry Services.

13-Year-Old Boy Rapes Classmate After Sex Education Class

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After a sex-education class, a 13-year-old boy, who preferred practicals to theories raped his female classmate of the same age at their Welsh secondary school.

He reportedly took her to a secluded area in the school premises and questioned her on whether she would like to “try sex.”

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka diagnosed of cancer

Prof. Oluwole Soyinka(Middle

Renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, has disclosed hishealth status.

The maverick writer announced that he wasdiagnosed of cancer last December.

Eight varsities get Intel’s assistance on ICT

ICT

Eight universities have been engaged intraining assistance on Information andCommunication Technology from an ICT giant, Intel Corporation, as part of efforts toboost ICT education in the nation’s tertiary institutions.

A two-week training, which ended last week in Akure, Ondo State, culminated in the exhibition of projects designed by faculty staff and students drawn from the universities.

Court frees suspected Nyanya bomber, cites shoddy prosecution

 Aminu Ogwuche (middle)

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the terrorism charges instituted against Aminu Ogwuche, the alleged mastermind of the April 14 blast, which killed over 75 persons in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola struck out the charges filed by the Inspector General of Police on the grounds of want of diligent prosecution.

Sultan, Oritsejafor clash over Boko Haram

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, and Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Monday openly disagreed on the continued violence being unleashed on parts of the country by Boko Haram.

Senators initiate move to impeach Jonathan

Nigerian Senate

Some Peoples Democratic Party’s senators on Monday started impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan over what they described as the high level of impunity and corruption allegedly being condoned by his administration.

Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the PDP senators had started compiling impeachable offences against the President.

Again, Jonathan meets Chadian President over insurgency

Deby and Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital reiterated the need for Nigeria and her neighbours to intensify joint actions and cooperation to win the war against terrorism and insurgency.

A statement by the his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, quoted the President as speaking to reporters at the Presidential Palace in N’Djamena after a closed-door meeting with his Chadian counterpart, President Idris Deby.

Former Miss South Africa Marries Lagos Big Boy

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Top model and Miss South Africa 2007, Tansey Coetzee on Sunday, November 23, 2014, tied the knot with her Nigerian sweetheart, Kolapo Sodeinde, a Lagos businessman and younger brother of Lolu Sodeinde, in South Africa.

SHOCKING: How I Slept With 30 Men Every Night – Confessions Of A 21-Year-Old Sex Slave

Anti-human trafficking campaign image

The experience of Ifekoya Adejoke is as harrowing as it is heart-breaking. Lured by a false promise of ‘greener pastures’ abroad, the young Nigerian ended up a merciless victim of human trafficking, chained to a bed in a dingy, dirty Libyan room and forced to sexually satisfy up to 30 men in a single night…

Adejoke, a Lagos indigene, explained that an impoverished background led her to survive by hawking water as a young girl before she becoming an apprentice hair stylist.

Stephanie Okereke’s Brother, Daniel, Arrested For Raping UNILAG Student (PICTURED)

Prince Daniel Okereke

A 300 level UNILAG female student (name withheld) has accused the cousin of former Director–General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), President, Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke of raping her several times.

According to her, the suspect, Prince Daniel Okereke, 37, lured her into his home at Mende, Maryland, Lagos, on November 6th, subdued her with the aid of his security guards before pouncing on her and raping her serialy.

Brendan Rodgers To Be Replaced At Liverpool by Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp

Could Brendan Rodgers (left) be replaced by Jurgen Klopp?

President Jonathan Is Best Performing President Nigeria Ever Had – Presidency

President Goodluck Jonathan

In response to former President Obasanjo’s statement that described President Jonathan’s performance as below average, President Goodluck Jonathan described himself as the best leader to be produced by Nigeria.

The President said no leader since the country gained independence in 1960 had done better than himself for the country.

EXCLUSIVE: I would rather quite politics than join APC – Tonye Princewill [INTERVIEW]

Tonye Princewill
Tonye Princewill is not new to the political terrain, having contested for the office of governor in his native Rivers State in the 2007 general election on the platform of the defunct Action Congress.

Princewill, a member of the Kalabari Royal House has since returned to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is vying for the gubernatorial candidacy of the party in the 2015 party primaries.

In an exclusive interview with  Ubokobong Uko (Managing Editor) and Ephraim Adele (Associate Editor), the petroleum engineer by training touches on some topical issues concerning his race for the governorship of Rivers State, his assessment of current Governor Rotimi Amaechi, his relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan, the decamping of his former ally and former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar from the PDP to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), his faith, and many others.

Read excerpts of the interview below:

Why Men Get Re-Married And Women Don’t

Couple

Out of every ten couples that walk down the aisle four of them are people that are getting remarried. Surprisingly most of those who are getting remarried are men and not women. In a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center 43% of women stated that they would get married again while 65% of men said they would. What makes getting remarried different for men and why are they more willing than women?

Robbers In Guinea Steal Blood Containing EBOLA From Minibus En Route Test Centre

Health worker

Armed bandits in Guinea have stolen a batch of blood samples infected with the deadly Ebola virus which were being delivered to a test centre.

The robbers held up a minibus near the town of Kissidougou which was transporting the samples from central Kankan prefecture to the test site 165 miles away in southern Gueckedou.

The blood was stored in a sealed container and was being escorted by four Red Cross officials. It is believed the bandits had no idea what it was they were stealing and may have thought there was cash hidden inside the container.