Carlos Tevez's father is released after kidnapping

The father of former Manchester City and Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez was kidnapped this morning in Argentina, but has now been released according to reports emerging in South America.

Argentine website TN are reporting that Tevez’s father was in Moron, an area to the west of Greater Buenos Aires when the incident happened at around 7am local time this morning.

Vidal 'strikes verbal agreement over £63m United move'

Arturo Vidal has reportedly struck a verbal agreement with Manchester United to join them this summer.

Chilean broadsheet El Mecurcio claims the midfield star is ready to leave Juventus after agreeing a whopping £270,000-a-week salary at Old Trafford.

Liverpool boosted by Swansea in race for Bony

Liverpool have been boosted by Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins in their bid to land striker Wilfried Bony.

The Swans chairman was speaking to TalkSport when he revealed that the club are open to offers from Champions League clubs.

Microsoft 'plans to release special selfie phone'

Selfies have become so important that tech giant Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a phone based on the picture method.

The ‘selfie phone’ is said to have a high quality five-megapixel camera on the front instead of on the back, where the superior camera is normally located.

It also reportedly has a screen measuring 4.7-inches, according to The Verge.

The smartphone, nicknamed ‘Superman’, will be released through Nokia, which Microsoft recently purchased.

The device was reportedly revealed to employees in the last few days and is expected to be released some time in August.

Nigerian Military Chopper That Crashed Was Used By Terrorist

There is very uncomfortable news out of Borno once again further demonstrating the degree of distrust between locals and the Nigerian military drafted to the plagued region. The Nigerian military Mi-35 helicopter that reportedly crashed in Bama earlier this month apparently suffered gunfire, but not from terrorists, according to the latest reports we are receiving from trusted locals. National defense spokesperson Chris Olukolade reported that the crash was ‘not due to enemy action.’

Information gathered by ENDS in Borno has it that locals are confident that this chopper was one of two military helicopters used by Boko Haram terrorists.

El Rufai Loses Son Hamza In A Car Accident

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday morning lost his son, Hamza, in a car crash. The circumstances surrounding the death is not yet known, but it was learnt that the young man died in Abuja.xThe former FCT minister, broke the unfortunate news on his faceboook page at about 8am on Tuesday.

“You have a hand in the murder of Bola Ige” – Lagbaja rejects Omisore’s offer to perform at campaign

Lagbaja has rejected an offer by the Iyiola Omisore Campaign Organisation to perform at the grand reception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s scheduled visit in Osogbo, Osun State, next week.

According to reports, the masked musician had been approached to thrill supporters of Senator Iyiola Omisore, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the August 9 governorship election in Osun State.

Bricklayer Dies Testing Bullet-Proof Charm

Pandemonium broke out in the Asipa community as an apprentice bricklayer, identified as Rasheed Sulaiman, was shot dead while testing the potency of a bullet-proof charm given to him by a herbalist.

A resident of Asipa, a community in the Ife North Local Government Area, told PUNCH Metro that Sulaiman, on Saturday called his cousin, Siji, to follow him to a secluded place to test the charm.

Doctors Discover Sex Toy In Woman’s Vagina After 10 Years

Doctors were stunned when they found a sex toy stuck inside a woman they were treating for weight loss - and it had been there for ten years.

The woman went to hospital saying she was lethargic, incontinent and had been losing weight.

When the 38-year-old, from Aberdeen was given an X-ray, doctors found a five-inch sex toy in her vagina.

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Boko Haram kidnaps wife of Cameroon's Vice Prime Minister

The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister was kidnapped and at least three people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on in the northern town of Kolofata on Sunday, Cameroon officials said.

A local religious leader, or lamido, named Seini Boukar Lamine, who is also the town's mayor, was kidnapped as well, in a separate attack on his home.

Body Of Ebola Victim Cremated In Lagos To Avoid Outbreak

The body of the first victim of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria, who died in Lagos on Friday, has been cremated. Details of the cremation were not available at press time but Sunday Vanguard gathered that the event was witnessed by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, led by its Project Director, Professor Abdulsalam Nasidi, among others.

The decision to cremate the body of the victim, it was further gathered, may not be unconnected with the deadly nature of the Ebola Virus which is known to be easily transmissible from human to human during handling of corpses of victims.

The World Health Organisation recommends that in communities where there is an outbreak of Ebola, appropriate containment measures including burial of the dead should be properly handled.

While stating that people who die from Ebola should be promptly and safely buried, WHO notes that cremation, which is the application of high temperature to reduce bodies to basic chemical components (ashes), is ideal for safe disposal of bodies of persons who die during outbreaks of highly infectious diseases such as Ebola Virus in order to minimise further transmission.

In 2013 the Lagos State Government introduced its Voluntary Cremation Law under which a person may signify interest to be cremated at death or a deceased’s family members who must attain the age of 18 years, can decide to have the corpse cremated.

Under the law, the state government can also cremate unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries after a period of time and the ashes disposed after a 14-day notice with approval of the Commissioner for Health.

I was sentenced to death for failing to bribe policeman with N200

A shaft of pain knifed through his facial contours as he recounted the grisly experiences he had in prison for more than 23 years.

Prior to 1989, Calistus Ike had dreamt of becoming a very successful business man.
Little did he know that he was going to spend seven years as an awaiting trial inmate and another 16 years on the death row.

Video: Meltdown - The men who crashed the world- Part 4

In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a billionaire mortgage-seller who fooled millions; a high-rolling banker with a fatal weakness; a ferocious Wall Street predator; and the power behind the throne.

The crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing more than 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the edge of insolvency. Wall Street turned back the clock to 1929.
But how did it all go so wrong?

Video: Meltdown - The men who crashed the world- Part 3

In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a billionaire mortgage-seller who fooled millions; a high-rolling banker with a fatal weakness; a ferocious Wall Street predator; and the power behind the throne.

The crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing more than 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the edge of insolvency. Wall Street turned back the clock to 1929.
But how did it all go so wrong?

Video: Meltdown -The men who crashed the world - Part 2

In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a billionaire mortgage-seller who fooled millions; a high-rolling banker with a fatal weakness; a ferocious Wall Street predator; and the power behind the throne.

The crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing more than 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the edge of insolvency. Wall Street turned back the clock to 1929.
But how did it all go so wrong?

Video: Meltdown - The men who crashed the world - Part 1

In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a billionaire mortgage-seller who fooled millions; a high-rolling banker with a fatal weakness; a ferocious Wall Street predator; and the power behind the throne.

The crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing more than 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the edge of insolvency. Wall Street turned back the clock to 1929.
But how did it all go so wrong?

What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

CLASHES between Islam's two big sects, the Sunni and the Shia, take place across the Muslim world. In the Middle East a potent mix of religion and politics has sharpened the divide between Iran’s Shia government and the Gulf states, which have Sunni governments. Last year a report by the Pew Research Centre, a think tank, found 40% of Sunnis do not consider Shia to be proper Muslims. So what exactly divides Sunni and Shia Islam and how deep does the rift go?

Meet Africa’s youngest billionaire

39 –year-old Igho Charles Sanomi II said to be the youngest Africa’s Billionaire and he happens to be a Nigerian from Agbor in Delta State. His business foray ranges from oil, power sector, etc. and his net worth is said to be in the billions. He owns a private jet.

Sultan tells Boko Haram: It’s delusional to think you can bomb your way into heaven

Sultan of Sokoto and president-general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar (III) has declared that life is sacred, thus anybody who bombs himself thinking he will go to heaven is delusional.

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Man Dies On Top Of Wife While Trying To Make Second Baby

Lucie found her husband, Mark dead on top of her while they tried making their second baby, they were even advised to make use of a position that ended up killing Mark.

He had suffered a huge arrhythmia which is an abnormality in the heartbeat and could not be revived.

The only words that he left for Lucie was 'You've still got your socks on'. To help Lucie cope of this grief, she has written a book about the intensely personal journey.

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FIFA Lifts Ban On Nigeria

The crisis that has rocked the Nigeria Football Federation since the Aminu Maigari-led board was sacked on July 6 is to be resolved today in line with FIFA's deadline for suspension lifting.

The development is as a result of the vacation of a suit in High Court Jos, which had earlier granted restraining order against Maigari's board thus preventing him and his board from administering Nigerian football.