Train and truck collide in Lagos

A train and a truck collided last night at the PWD railway crossing in Ikeja. The truck (seen above) was trying to cross the railway line when a speeding train coming from Ebutte Metta and heading to Agbado rammed into it. Fortunately no life was lost but a few people sustained serious injuries and were immediately rushed to the hospital. After the accident, the train had to terminate its journey, leaving its passengers stranded.

New Music: Olamide ft D'banj First Of All (REMIX)

New music from Eja Nla  and Olamide

IK Osakioduwa tweets support for his wife

 

After all the bashing on Twitter in the last few days, the TV personality, who remained quiet until now, tweeted support for his wife.

Nelson Mandela in ‘serious but stable’ condition

Johannesburg: Nelson Mandela was back in hospital on Saturday in a “serious but stable” condition suffering from a recurrent lung infection, the latest health scare for South Africa’s frail anti-apartheid icon.

Mandela, who turns 95 next month, was admitted to hospital in the capital Pretoria in the early hours of Saturday, his fourth hospital stay in seven months .

“During the past few days former president Nelson Mandela has had a recurrence of lung infection,” President Jacob Zuma’s office said in a statement.

“This morning at about 1.30am his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital. He remains in a serious but stable condition.” God help him

Tiwa Savage - I’m Not What You See On Videos

Tiwa Savage says she’s not a sex symbol, adding that she’s far from the explicit lyrics and revealing getups that people see on videos.
“I am not a sex symbol at all. If you ask my family and friends, they will tell you that I am not what they see on videos. I am a very laidback person,” Tiwa said.
The Mavin Records first lady in a chat with P.M.NEWS Entertainment Cafe during her recent lavish album listening party held at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, said that naturally she was an outgoing person but all that has changed now. “I am now under a microscopic lens…as I am more cautious of my actions now as I could make a little mistake and it gets blown out of proportion because it’s Tiwa Savage,” she added.
Speaking on her debut album titled Once Upon A Time, Tiwa said the album was deliberately delayed so as to deliver a work worthy of international rating. “This is an album that I don’t want to be rated as the usual, patchy production. I want it to have a meaning. The songs in the album are of international standard and I hope it will catch fans’ attention in America, Europe and Asia,” said Tiwa, the first African female PEPSI Ambassador.
She also added that she has dedicated a track in the album to her fiance, Tunji ‘Tee Bliz’ Balogun because “he understands my journey and career. He encouraged and pushed me a lot to attain this relative success.”
The album slated for release on 14 June is a 21-track project. Its official tracklist released shows songs such as opening tracks Once Upon a Time; Without My Heart; Kele Kele Love; Love Me, Love Me, Love Me; Folarin; and Ife Wa Gbona. Others include Wanted; Ileke; Olorun Mi; Why Don’t You Love Me; Fela Interlude; Shout Out; Get Low; and Eminado.
Tiwa has the pleasure of having top artistes featured in a rich collaboration that critics believe would make the album a success.
Among them are Don Jazzy, Ice Berg Slim, Sarkodie, Leo Wonder, Flavour and General Pype.
“I am very positive about this album as I have put in all my best while working on it. The best I can do is pray that the album becomes successful here in Nigeria and across the borders of Africa,” Tiwa stressed

Couple arrested from beating their 2 year old son to death

Culled from Azfamily.com

A Phoenix couple are facing first-degree murder and child abuse charges in the beating death of their 2-year-old son.

Phoenix police officers and Phoenix Fire Department paramedics responded to the family's apartment near 83rd Avenue and McDowell Road for a report of a child not breathing. They found the boy unresponsive and paramedics transported him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A witness told police that he heard the boy's father, Darnell Moses Alvarez, 24, disciplining him in the morning and again in the afternoon. He said he did not see the discipline but described it as "excessive."

The boy's mother, Davieanna Marlena Blake, 21, told investigators that Alvarez hit the child with a belt after discovering he had wet himself. Blake said she did not intervene because she did not want to upset Alvarez any further, according to the documents.

Blake said she then went to work and when she returned home, she saw her son had multiple bruises on his body and was lethargic. She told police that Alvarez did not want to take the boy to the hospital because Child Protective Services would be called, according to the court papers. The child stopped breathing while the couple argued.

Alvarez told investigators that he hit his son two times with a belt for urinating in the bed that morning. He said that later in the day, he hit the child multiple times with a belt after he defecated in his underwear and got feces all over the bathroom.

According to court documents, the toddler had large bruises on his legs, arms, buttocks, back and face. An autopsy revealed the boy had a lacerated liver, internal bleeding and bruising throughout his body.

Alvarez and Blake were arrested Thursday morning. Alvarez's bond was set at $500,000 and Blake's bond was set at $250,000.

The court documents show the couple have a history of domestic violence and police suspect that they were under the influence of alcohol or drugs

ABU lecturer sentenced to two months imprisonment for enticing married student

 

The Chief Magistrate Court in Kiyawa LGA of Jigawa State has sentenced Professor Festus David Kolo of the Faculty of Education at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria to two months imprisonment for knowingly enticing a married woman who was a student in his department contrary to Section 389 of the penal code law.

Principal State Prosecution Counsel Mustapha Adamu, who read the first information report, said on May 21, one Muhammad Ghali of Takur Quarters Dutse “reported you, Prof. Festus David Kolo of ABU, knowing fully well that Mrs Bushra Ghali Muhammed is his wife, and you've been making advances towards her, inciting her, calling her oftenly, sending her love text messages using your phone”.

The FIR also said, “You, Prof. Kolo, was caught red handed by the police at Dan Musa Guest House Room 109 with Ghali’s wife after he reported the case to the police and after several warnings and pleas by the husband.

The accused told the court that the content of the FIR is correct. His lawyers M.A. Gausu and R.A. Nwande told the court that the accused is above 60 years and the bread winner of his family and therefore begged the court to temper justice with mercy.

In his ruling, Senior Magistrate Muhammed Musa Kaugama said the convict is a first time offender but also in order to deter the convict against a similar act in the future, “this court hereby sentences the convict to two months imprisonment without option of fine.