Yaseen Ali Ege murder: Mother killed son over Koran studies

 

Sara Ege had denied the murder in July 2010

A mother who beat her seven-year-old son "like a dog" when he failed to memorise passages of the Koran has been found guilty of his murder. Sara Ege, 33, beat Yaseen Ege to death at their home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, in July 2010 and set fire to his body. She was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice at Cardiff Crown Court. Sentence was adjourned.

Eddie Murphy named most 'overpaid' actor by Forbes

Eddie Murphy has been named 2012's most overpaid actor, says Forbes magazine. The star of hits such as Shrek and Dr Dolittle has recently appeared in a number of flops including Imagine That, A Thousand Words and Meet Dave.
According to the list, those box office flops mean that for every $1 (62p) Murphy was paid for his last three films, they took an average of $2.30 (£1.40) at the box office.

Dave Brubeck: Take Five jazz pianist dies

  

Brubeck's most famous recording was Take Five

Pioneering jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck has died, aged 91. Born in California, Brubeck's mother was a keen pianist, and the musician later joked that he had been introduced to the instrument while still in the womb.

The musician, whose recordings included Take Five and Blue Rondo a la Turk, was once designated a "living legend" by the US Library of Congress.
He died on Wednesday morning in hospital in Connecticut, his manager Russell Gloyd told the Chicago Tribune newspaper.

Driving school for dogs in New Zealand

Ok now, while some people are yet to learn how to drive, some dogs have gone ahead of the pack to learn how to drive. And this can be found at?..... New Zealand

Minister explains N2bn Budgeted to build VP Namadi Sambo’s house

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, has defended the huge allocations in the 2013 Budget for the construction of houses for Vice President Namadi Sambo and other senior government officials.
Mohammed defended the allocations when he appeared before the Senate Committee on the FCT on Tuesday. He said that the territory’s N50bn budget for 2013 included a N2bn funding for the construction of the official residence of Vice President Namadi Sambo.

Insecurity: Task Force on Illegal Arms Alleges Sabotage

Illegal arms

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo

The Director-General of the National Task Force on the combat of illegal importation and smuggling of arms and ammunitions and light weapons, Chief Emmanuel Okereke has blamed the protracted security crisis in the country on the unpatriotic activities of some elements of the security forces.

 SARS Attack: Heads to Roll, Says IG 

(Medicine after Death?)

 IGP,  Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has warned that any officer found culpable in the November 26 attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters in Abuja will be punished.

Abubakar said this in Abuja Tuesday  during his official visit to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command.

Ojukwu’s Siblings Support Emeka (Jnr.) over Ikemba’s Will

Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu

   
As is common with the will of prominent people with large estates, the question of who should own or inherit what, after the death of the bread winner might continue to rage, as the Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu family now seems torn down the line between the widow, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, on one side and the larger members of the Ojukwu family, led by the one of the sons of the late war lord, Emeka (Jnr.), on the other side.

Rest In Peace… Veteran Actor, Enebeli Enebuwa Passes On

Sad news has filtered through the Nigerian entertainment community that the veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Enebuwa has passed on. He reportedly died on Tuesday night at a hospital in India after a protracted ailment.