Women in gombe now boil used sanitary pads and drink its brew to get High - NDLEA

The Gombe State command of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has revealed that some women in the state has grown from normal drugs addiction to now boiling of used sanitary pads, filtering and drinking the water to get high.

Muhammad Alkali, the commander in charge of Funakaye Local Government Area of the state disclosed this, while sensitising residents of Bajoga, the headquarters of the council, against illicit drugs.

Alkali lamented that the act of drug abuse among women in Gombe is growing by day.


He said the sensitisation campaign which the agency carried out at the palace of the Emir Funakaye was to carry the traditional rulers along in the fight against illicit drugs abuse.

“This is because it has come to our notice that mostly female addicts have devised means of getting high without consuming constitutionally-band or known substances. They now boil used sanitary pads mixed with other substance mostly waste, filters the water before drinking.

“You see this is very bad for as humans, our society really needs the help of all and sundry in this fight as NDLEA cannot do it alone,” Alkali said.

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Lagos pastor arrested after being caught red-handed having s.e.x With 13-year-olds girl in his office

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old Prophet, Temidayo Afolabi, for defiling a 13-year old church member inside his office at Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Kings of Kings parish, Ipaja area of the state.

We gathered that Prophet Afolabi took advantage of the victim after their father died and he asked them to come over and live with his family inside the church.

The 13-year old victim alleged that the prophet had lured her into his office on several occasions to avoid being caught by his wife, removed her pant and engaged her in s.e.x while warning her not to tell anyone what had happened.


The cleric was, however, caught red-handed in the act by the young girl’s elder sister who then reported the incident to their mother.

The mother was said to have interrogated her daughter and she eventually opened up to how Prophet Afolabi had defiled her severally in his office.

The mother reported the matter to the Police at Ipaja Division and Prophet Afolabi was arrested. He was later transferred to the Gender Section of the Police Command where he is currently undergoing interrogation.

We gathered that prophet has already admitted to having canal knowledge of the victim about five times before being nabbed.

The police spokesperson, Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest and further disclosed that the suspect will be charged to court after investigation has been concluded.

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Pope Francis is still unwell and has postponed all official audiences... the Vatican confirms without detailing sickness

Pope Francis is still feeling 'slightly unwell' and has cancelled his official audiences today, the Vatican has said.

The 83-year-old pontiff has scrapped an audience with tech chiefs including Microsoft and IBM executives today - a day after calling off an appearance at a Mass in Rome.

Francis had appeared to have a cold during an Ash Wednesday service at the Vatican earlier this week. 

The Vatican has offered no details on the nature of the pope's illness, except to say that he had a 'slight indisposition'.


Vatican press officer Matteo Bruni said Francis celebrated morning Mass as usual today and greeted participants at the end.

However, he has cleared his diary of everything apart from meetings at the Santa Marta guest house where he lives.

Francis had been due to receive executives from Microsoft, IBM and other technology companies on Friday morning. 

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Mum poses for gorgeous photoshoot to have confidence and love her body back after surviving breast cancer

Kimberley Birkett, 28, has posed for a gorgeous photoshoot to celebrate her body confidence after surviving breast cancer and the removal of her left b.o.o.b.

The seamstress and mum-of-two returned from a holiday to Cumbria in 2018 and found a lump in her left breast. She rushed to see a doctor but was dismissed due to her young age.

Thankfully, Kimberley pushed to have a biopsy, ultrasound, and mammogram. The results showed that she had grade three invasive ducal carcinoma breast cancer and would need urgent treatment.

Kimberley underwent seven rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, finally having a mastectomy in March 2019.


The removal of her breast knocked Kimberley’s confidence at first and she struggled to accept her new body.

But posing for a photoshoot that encouraged her to embrace her sex appeal changed everything.

In a series of photos taken by Lauren Baker, Kimberley showed off her scars and learned to accept and love her body again.

‘The photoshoot made me feel beautiful, in a simple answer,’ Kimberley said.

‘Just because I’ve had body parts removed and hair fallen out etc doesn’t mean I am ugly to society. I still rock a bald head and one b.o.o.b.

‘I felt amazing and so very proud of myself as I knew in some way I would be helping others whether it’s to put a smile on their faces or to help someone else through their journey and be happy with their body.’

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Man who jumped into Lagos lagoon says he did it because his girlfriend of many years left him

The identity of the man who attempted suicide by jumping into Lagos lagoon as be revealed. The reason why he also attempted suicide has emerged.

His identity has been revealed as 28-year-old Princewill David, a resident of Tajudeen Balogun street in Moshalash area of Igando, Lagos.

According to the police, the victim explained that he took the drastic decision when his girlfriend of many years says she was no longer interested in their relationship.

The Lagos state police public relations officer, Bala Elkana explained that the victim is presently undergoing medical attention while an investigation is ongoing.

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Tyler Perry hires Micheal Baden to carry out a second autopsy on nephew who died in prison

Tyler Perry has hired his own medical examiner after nephew Gavin Porter was deemed to have committed suicide.

Perry, 50, has enlisted Dr. Michael Baden, a pathologist who has been involved in a number of high profile cases including Jeffrey Epstein, to conduct a second autopsy for his late nephew, according to TMZ.

This move comes after the filmmaker's relative was found Tuesday night hanging from a bed sheet in his prison cell while in solitary confinement at a prison facility near Union Parish in Louisiana.

Perry is suspicious of the original assertion that Porter killed himself because his nephew got into a fight with another inmate and placed in solitary confinement.


Porter was serving a 20-year sentence for shooting and killing his father, in front of his mother, who is Perry's sister.

Perry revealed in a statement that he had hoped Porter would be able to work for him, after serving his time.

'Call me naive, but it was my hope that after serving his time, and really reflecting and showing much remorse and asking God for forgiveness, that he would have been able to come to work for me, joining all the other former inmates who work for me and turn his life around just as they have. But that day will never come,' Perry said.

When asked why he hired Baden to conduct a second autopsy, Perry made it clear he and his family are not conspiracy theorists.

'I want to be clear that we are not a family of conspiracy theorists and want to believe that there was no foul play just as the sheriff said publicly,' Perry said.

A rep from the Union Parrish Sheriff's Office clarified that the investigation is ongoing.

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Judge denies Rob Kardashian's motion to strip Blac Chyna the custody of their daughter

A judge has denied Rob Kardashian's motion to strip ex Blac Chyna of custody of three-year-old daughter Dream.

The only Kardashian son originally filed an emergency ex parte motion back in January, requesting he get primary custody of their child in light of allegations she was drinking and acting inappropriately in front of her offspring.

But a judge denied the motion, finding there was no emergency with the situation, according to documents obtained by The Blast.

Rob will still be allowed to pursue custody changes but they will not be considered on an immediate basis, meaning the former couple's dispute could continue on into the foreseeable future.

New court documents from Chyna describe the mother-of-two as 'shocked' to learn about Rob's request to take custody away from the reality star/pin-up and only permit her weekend visitation with a monitor.

According to the legal filings, she 'was shocked to learn that Defendant Rob Kardashian moved ex parte on January 3, 2020, for an emergency order to permanently change the Custody Order for Dream so that Chyna would only be permitted to see her daughter from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday with a "monitor" present, rather than the 5 days a week she now sees and cares for precious Dream.'

Chyna also claimed that she faced unfair treatment after the January ex parte motion was leaked to the press, 'resulting in heinous public comments' regarding her.

'Chyna is now forced to expend time and resources to oppose Rob’s baseless motion,' her legal team contended.

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US female ex-mayor sentenced to three years for fraud

The former mayor of Baltimore was on Thursday sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges related to sales of her self-published children’s book to companies with close ties to state and local government.

Catherine Pugh, a 69-year-old Democrat who resigned last year, was also ordered to pay around $1 million in restitution, according to a statement from the federal prosecutor for the US East Coast state of Maryland.

She pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion in November for raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling her “Healthy Holly” children’s books to local organizations to which she had ties — sometimes without delivering the books.


“I accept total responsibility,” Pugh said in a video in which she expressed regret for tarnishing Baltimore’s image as the city of some 600,000 people grapples with a soaring crime rate, racial unrest and poverty levels that are among the highest in the country.

But Maryland District Court Judge Deborah Chasanow said Thursday, “I have yet frankly to hear any explanation that makes sense.”

“This was not a tiny mistake, lapse of judgment,” she said, according to the Baltimore Sun newspaper. “This became a very large fraud. The nature and circumstances of this offence clearly I think are extremely, extremely serious.”

The newspaper revealed last year that the University of Maryland Medical System spent $500,000 to buy 100,000 copies of Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” children’s books between 2012 and 2018, while she was a member of the health system’s board.

After first denouncing an investigation into the matter as a “witch hunt,” the former mayor then called the incident a “regrettable mistake” and returned $100,000 of the sales.

But other sales were uncovered, including to Kaiser Permanente insurance company, which said it paid Pugh $114,000 for “Healthy Holly” books from 2015 to 2018.

Kaiser had won a $48 million contract in 2017 to provide health insurance to city employees from 2018 to 2020.

Pugh, who was elected in 2016, finally quit her position in May 2019 after calls for her resignation intensified.

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Breaking! Italian infected with Coronavirus also visited Ogun, giant manufacturing company he visited QUARANTINED

The Italian confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week.

But residents and visitors to the state have  no reason to panic, the Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker said on Friday morning.

Coker disclosed that the Italian visited a giant manufacturing company(name withheld) in Ewekoro community, adding that the facility so visited has since been quarantined in accordance with health safety standard.

The Commissioner, who abandoned her bed rest to attend to the public health emergency, while briefing the press, said the state has epidemiologists and Infectious Disease Consultant already handling the situation with support from the Lagos State Government and Federal Government.

She said efforts are in place to get in touch with people that have had contact with the established index case.

She advised the public to wash their hands regularly, cover their mouth and nose while sneezing or coughing and to report to the nearest public health centre if they notice any sign of cold, cough and respiratory difficulty.

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Woman recovers from coronavirus, then catches it again

A woman in Japan who recovered from coronavirus and was released from hospital has tested positive again.

The 40-year-old woman was working on a tour bus with sightseers from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in January.

She was first confirmed as infected with the coronavirus on January 29.

After being discharged from hospital she tested negative for the virus on February 6, although she still had a cough at the time.


She had no symptoms a week later, but returned to the doctor on February 21 complaining of a sore throat and chest pains.

On Wednesday, she tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, officials in Osaka said.

 The driver of the tour bus also tested positive for the virus.

At least 186 people in Japan have so far contracted the virus, with three deaths in the country linked to the outbreak.

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Unlucky prisoner crashes through ceiling and lands in waiting room during botched jail break

A prisoner may well have staked a claim to the worst attempted escape from jail ever after it ended with her plummeting through the ceiling of the waiting room.

Jessica Boomershine, 42, was in jail after allegedly breaking into a house with another man and assaulting an 85-year-old in Miamisberg, Ohio.

As she was sitting in the waiting room at the Montgomery County Jail she decided to try to escape.

In CCTV footage, Boomershine is seen using a chair to hoist herself into a hole in the ceiling.

Other stunned inmates watch on before police finally enter the room.

Pieces of the ceiling begin to fall down before the entire roof collapses and Boomershine crashes back to the ground.

Officers rush to restrain the dazed prisoner who seemed to soften her fall by crashing into a trash can.

She was sitting in the waiting room before attending her court trial on January 21.

Boomershine is now facing new charges for escape and destruction of property on top of her original charges.

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Six people dead as gunman opens fire at US beer factory

Six people have been shot dead after a gunman opened fire at the MillerCoors beer factory headquarters in Milwaukee.

The shooter, described only by police as a 51-year-old local man, has been confirmed by the company CEO as a former employee - understood to have been fired earlier on Wednesday before he returned with a gun, reports local media.

Emergency calls of an active shooter were first made at 2.11pm local time.

It has been reported the shooter was one of those killed, by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and police confirmed there was no longer an active threat at around 4.45pm. The identities of the victims have not been released.

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Mexico returns illegally exported bronze sculpture to Nigeria

The Government of Mexico has returned an Ile-Ife bronze sculpture to Nigeria after it discovered that it was illegally exported.

This was contained in a press statement obtained on Mexico’s website yesterday.

The statement said the origin of the sculpture was authenticated by experts.

It read in part, “The customs agency of Mexico’s Tax Administration Service, in coordination with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture, returned a bronze Ife sculpture of the Yoruba people to Nigeria.

“The sculpture was discovered by customs officials at the Mexico City International Airport when the buyer tried to get it into the country.

“The sculpture and its provenance were authenticated by experts and agencies of both countries, with the participation of specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History. It had been exported illegally.”

The statement added that returning the sculpture to Nigeria was part of Mexico’s commitment to protecting cultural heritage.

It added, “Mexico strongly opposes illicit trafficking in cultural property. By returning it to Nigeria, the government shows its commitment to protecting cultural heritage. International monitoring and cooperation are essential for complying with current laws, including the 1970 UNESCO Convention.

“The illicit trafficking of cultural property is one of the main causes of the impoverishment of cultural heritage. It deprives the world of valuable information about the origin, context, and nature of these objects.”

The statement quoted Nigerian Ambassador Aminu Iyawa as thanking Mexico for its assistance.

“Mexico and Nigeria have strong bilateral ties and channels of dialogue that made it possible for this sculpture to be returned,” the statement added

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