Parents sentenced to 7 years in prison for caging autistic son

A couple was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to each pay a $500 fine for keeping their autistic son inside a cage.


Last month, a jury recommended seven years in prison for Terry and Victoria Smith. Both were found guilty of child endangerment.
KMOV.com reported the details of the autistic boys living situation before authorities arrived.

When police, paramedics and a case worker responded, the boy’s grandmother was watching him and five siblings. Authorities say she led them to the basement, where the autistic child was in a 3-foot-by-6-foot crib covered with a plywood top and held together with bungee cords and zip ties. Investigators said the child was naked and sitting in feces and urine.

Kim Kardashian Is Pregnant!

There will soon be yet another Kardashian to keep up with: Kim Kardashian is expecting her second child with husband Kanye West, E! News reports.

The announcement was actually made at the end of Sunday's midseason finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which dealt with Kim's ongoing struggles to conceive. A promo for upcoming episodes later this season showed Kim sharing the news with her sister Khloe. "I just got the blood test back, and I am pregnant!" Kim says.

Body found in suitcase in Tokyo Station locker

A worker at Japan's Tokyo Station got an unpleasant shock after opening an abandoned suitcase that no one had claimed for a month — the decomposing body of an elderly woman inside.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police said the corpse was found Sunday in a suitcase in a temporary storage area at Tokyo's main train station. Japanese media reports said the body was of an elderly woman, 140 centimeters tall (4-feet, 7-inches) tall. Police are trying to establish her identity.

The bright yellow suitcase was left in an unlocked coin locker on April 26, according to the media reports. It measured 70 by 50 by 25 centimeters (28 by 20 by 10 inches).

Nothing unusual was observed about the suitcase, no odor or anything, said Junichi Omoto, a spokesman for regional train company JR East.

"We were surprised and horrified," he said.

It's normal practice to hold abandoned luggage for a month to see if anyone claims it.

Major Japanese train stations have banks of lockers for travelers to store items temporarily.

Mother's boyfriend arrested after burnt body is identified as missing 6-yr-old's

The Sacramento County Crime Lab confirmed that the burned body of an infant discovered in a rural area about 100 miles from where she was last seen belonged to the missing child.

According to a statement by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, the 25-year-old boyfriend of Jadianna Larsen's mother was arrested on a murder charge early Saturday and is being held without bail in the girl's death.

The suspect, Juan Rivera, Jadianna's caretaker, who reported her missing on Thursday night, authorities said. Rivera, who is a registered drug offender according to authorities, is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

Sheriff's deputies, search-and-rescue teams and volunteers had been looking for the girl since then. Rivera told investigators before his arrest that he awoke to find Jadianna missing from her apartment after he experienced a medical emergency that had caused him to lose consciousness.

At the time of Jadianna’s disappearance, her mother – who has not been identified – was away undergoing medical treatment, Sacramento County Sheriff Department Sgt. Lisa Bowman told The Sacramento Bee. Bowman did not disclose the type of treatment but said the mother had been gone for a number of days and left Jadianna in Rivera’s care.

How I escaped from kidnappers," survivor recounts

Dennis Joseph, 38, has narrated how he was saved from suspected ritual attackers in Lagos recently.

The Nestle Distributor, who hails from Imo State, narrated how he entered a bus without knowing it was a kidnappers' trap.

Read his story:

"My name is Denis Joseph. I am 38 years old. I am from Imo state, Owerri North Local Government Area. I was born in Port Harcourt.

I graduated from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. Presently I am into the distribution of Nestle products in Lagos and other states of the Federation.

Recently a customer called me from Ikorodu that he needed some products urgently and that I should come and see him for proper negotiation before the second day. At about 2pm the following day, I boarded a Siena minivan from Ojota. We were about five in the vehicle including the driver of the vehicle I asked them how much was the fares and they told me it was #200.

'Immunity or not, you'll face the law' - President speaks on corrupt leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari has reinforced his government’s commitment to fight corruption and to ensure offenders face the full wrath of the law.

In a Vanguard compilation of comments and thoughts of Buhari, 48 hours before his inauguration as the new Nigeria leader, he reiterated the top issues his administration will tackle after assuming office – security, unemployment, fighting corruption, infrastructure amongst others.

He said the Goodluck Jonathan administration has grounded the Nigerian system, as he acknowledged the challenges he must face to bring about the ‘change’ Nigerians are yearning for.

He said, “the biggest message is to try and persuade the people that it is not possible to change the state of affairs now. It took 16 years to get to that state of affairs. Nigeria earned more revenue during that period than what it earned from 1914 to 1999.

How He Was Harassed By Soldiers And Police For Helping Accident Victims

If you’ve ever travelled between Abuja to Lagos, this won’t surprise you!
(Some Nigerian soldiers, Police and “The Man-in-Orange” in these photos who claimed to be a uniformed man in mufti will be the subject of this poor narrative).

Between Lokoja and Okene, we witnessed a fresh auto accident and immediately disembarked to help accident victims. However, what happened to us next was the most despicable act of callousness by Nigerian security agents.

So, after we assisted the victims by arranging for their evacuation in a pick-up van driven by Road Safety officials, we left the scene after giving physical and little financial support to some of the victims. Unknown to us, the man in orange T-shirt had secretly gathered and met with the policemen and soldiers on the scene, as we meant to leave the scene they pounced on us.

Pakistani politician Fazal-ur-Rehman blames women in jeans for earthquakes:

Mother Nature is a force to be reckoned with, and we mere mortals have learned to respect and fear her wrath in the form of hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and more.
But, according to Pakistani politician Fazal-ur-Rehman, women in jeans are to blame for disasters like earthquakes and inflation, India newspaper the New India Express reported.

In a press conference at an Islamabad hotel, Rehman, who is the chief of Pakistani political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami Fazl, compared women who are not covered like a “sack of potatoes” to “mobile weapons of mass destruction.”

He also blamed “immodest women” for crisis’ like lack of energy supply and the deteriorating security situation in Pakistan and suggested that the Taliban brothers wouldn’t bother attacking his country if women were dressed in sacks.
His solution? He’s requesting the Pakistani armed forces to launch a military operation against women wearing jeans all over the country.
Looks like Rehman won’t be hoping for a sale at Madewell or Levis any time soon.

US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in France

US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. He planned to return to the United States on Monday. Kerry was staying overnight in a Swiss hospital overnight as a precaution, State Department spokesman John Kirby said, before flying to Boston for further treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital. “The secretary continues to be in great spirits and active,” Kirby said. “He has done a range of phone calls including with the president.” Kerry, 71, fractured his right femur after crashing his bike near Scionzier, France, about 40 kilometers southeast of the Swiss border. RelatedKerry, Lavrov meet in Geneva: Ukraine, Syria and Iran nuke deal stay the focusKerry to meet Iran counterpart next week in GenevaJohn Kerry in Geneva for Iran nuclear talks Paramedics and a physician were on the scene with his motorcade at the time and provided him with immediate attention. They quickly decided to call in a helicopter to transport him to Geneva’s main medical center, HUG, where X-rays confirmed the extent of his injury.

Biafra: MASSOB, Niger Delta group team up to actualise struggle

The Biafra struggle has  received a boost as the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) led by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, joined forces with the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to actualise the dream.
Alhaji Dokubo announced the new alliance at the weekend during the Biafra Day celebration, organised by the leader of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, at the Ojukwu Memorial Library and Conference in Owerri, which was attended by thousands of members of the two groups.
Dokubo and Uwazuruike assured their members at the ceremony that the actualisation of Biafra was near.
Alhaji Dokubo, who addressed the large crowd, said the South-South and the South-East no longer had Niger Delta or Igbo, but Biafra.

Super Falcons walloping Woodbridge FC 9-0 at the Woodbridge Soccer Centre in Toronto

Nigeria’s Super Falcons continued their scintillating form ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup next month, by walloping Woodbridge FC 9-0 at the Woodbridge Soccer Centre in Toronto, Canada.
The match, which was the second friendly of the team during the tour, kicked off 6:30pm (Canadian time) on  Saturday, with Falcons dominating play from start to finish.
Though the Woodbridge ladies made one or two incursions into Falcons’ goal area, they were no match for the African Champions, who took the lead as early as the 4th minute through Ngozi Okobi (4th minute) and Asisat Oshoala (38th minute).
The second half witnessed seven goals as Perpetua Nkwocha opened the floodgates of goals as early as the 5th minute, with Ordega scoring a hat-trick and Dike’s brace completing the rout.
Speaking after the match, Coach of the team, Edwin Okon, said he was much more delighted with his girls’ style of play than the score line.
“It was a very good game today. Though we won by a massive margin, I was very impressed with the team’s coordination in all departments. This does not mean we won’t still correct a few lapses here and there but I can see the team preparing well for the tournament proper.
“I’m glad we scored many goals because we need a strong firepower upfront to achieve our dream, which is to lift the trophy of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. We will continue to work hard until we achieve this,” Okon concluded.

69 Burnt To Death In Onitsha Petrol Tanker Accident

No fewer than 69 persons were burnt to death yesterday evening when a trailer loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) caught fire.
The chairman of the Nigerian Red Cross Society in the state, Prof Peter Emeka Kathy, confirmed the number of casualties.
Kathy said, “We have 69 burnt to death persons as at now. There are other 30 casualties. A casualty is a living person, a dead person is no longer a casualty; so 69 persons are dead. They have been evaluated to various mortuaries in Onitsha, from Toronto to St Charles Boromneo Mortuaries and others in town.”
The lorry was descending from Army barracks side of Onitsha – Enugu expressway when it lost control and rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iweka Street in the commercial city of Onitsha and exploded.
Caught in the billowing inferno were 11 vehicles, mostly commuter buses, and two motorcycles. The 40-foot tanker was burnt beyond repair.
Governor Willie Obiano, who visited the scene of accident along with some of his commissioner wept uncontrollably at the scene.
Obiano told the relations of the victims to take heart and promised that the state would help in ensuring that the living victims are well taken care of in the respective hospitals where they are being treated

Man Almost Lynched To Death For Stealing Petrol In Edo [photo]

A middle- aged man is currently being detained
by operatives of Edo State Police Command for
allegedly siphoning diesel from a truck belonging
to a beverage company located at Ikpoba Hill, in
Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the
State.

Worker Electrocuted At Coca-Cola Plant In Benin

Employees of a Coca-Cola plant in Benin completely shut the factory on May 29, protesting the death of their colleague.
It was reported that operations at the affected plant in Benin were abruptly halted after 21-year-old Jerry had died of electrocution while on duty.
The workers insisted that they had complained several times about electric leakages at the workplace. The management, however, ignored their pleas.