Miss Teen USA replaces swimsuit category in favor of athletic wear

Miss Teen USA has officially removed the bathing suit category from its pageant. The switch is aimed at “highlighting a healthy lifestyle” for younger viewers, said Michael Antinoro, the head of original content at IMG, a talent agency that last year bought the Miss Universe Organization, including Miss Teen USA, a contest for 14- to 19-year-old girls.

But there are no plans to remove the controversial, swimsuit category from the organization’s competitions for adult women, Miss USA. and Miss Universe, he said in a telephone interview.

Anther reason they gave for scrapping the swimsuit category is to show their support for feminism and equality and to make women feel less exploitative. They said the athletic wear will create more focuse on the importance of physical fitness for its younger competitors.

Paula Shugart, the president of the Miss Universe Organization, said in a letter to state directors this week that the pageant was “committed to continuing to evolve in ways that celebrate women’s strength, confidence and beauty for years to come.”

“This decision reflects an important cultural shift we’re all celebrating that empowers women who lead active, purposeful lives and encourage those in their communities to do the same,” she wrote. “Our hope is that this decision will help all of Miss Teen USA’s fans recognize these young women for the strong, inspiring individuals they are.”

Source: NY Times

Mum who was expecting twins shocked when she gave birth to quintuplets

A 37 year old Ukrainian mum, Oksana Kobeletska who was pregnant said she was expecting twins but was shocked after she gave birth to quintuplets. Kobeletska who already has a 3 year old daughter with her husband, gave birth to three boys and two girls via a c-section with the help of 8 doctors and Nurses on June 24.
While she was delighted with her little newborns - she said she was shocked after the birth in Ukrainian city of Odessa.

She said:

"I'm very shocked because I thought that I was having twins or something like that. "Nobody in our family has ever had it. There was not a single case of that kind. 

"Generally speaking, I didn't expect it and never anticipated it." 

She added: "I can't even imagine right now how it is going to be, to raise so many children at once."

The parents were presented with an apartment from Odessa city officials and the quintuplets have already been named by their parents as - Denis, Dariya, Vladislav, Oleksandra and David.

They will all be discharged from the hospital as soon as they weigh over 2kg according to the doctors.


Source: UK Mirror

Former Pres. GEJ commiserates with the Turkey govt over the terror attack in Istanbul

Three suicide bombers launched a co-ordinated attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport last night, killing at least 41 and injuring 239 people. Out of the 239 people injured, 109 are still hospitalized yesterday. Former Pres. Goodluck Jonathan commiserated with the government and people of Turkey in a statement shared via his official twitter handle.

Texas mum who killed her 2 daughters let her husband live so he would suffer

A Texas mum, 42-year-old Christy Sheats, who was shot dead by police after she shot and killed her two daughters let her husband survive so he would live with the anguish of losing his family, police said.
Christy Sheats was said to have been angered by the upcoming marriage of her eldest daughter, 22 year old Taylor, so she called her daughters and husband for a family meeting where she proceeded to pull out a .38 caliber handgun, which she was given by her great-grandfather to “protect her family.”

The mother pointed a gun at her husband, Jason Sheats and her daughters, 17 year old Madison and Taylor.
A 911 call Madison made while still inside the house reveals what really took place during that family meeting. The 911 call reveals what is believed to be Jason asking Sheats,

“Please, don’t point that gun at us,” as he begs his wife not to shoot them: “I’m sorry. I promise you, whatever you want…“

Two more calls were made that day, a second by Taylor that reveals more screaming in the background, and a third made by a neighbor after Madison, Taylor, and Jason ran out of the house.

The neighbor, clearly in distress, describes Sheats as wearing a purple dress. He is also heard walking the dispatcher through the moment when Sheats went back into the house to reload her gun and the moment she shot Taylor as she laid on the ground.

“She’s coming back again. Oh!!! She shot her again. The female that was lying on the ground.”

That is when the Fulshear, Texas, police officer gunned down Sheats.

According to a family friend, Madison Davey, Sheats had hidden the handgun in the couch cushions. When she pulled out the gun, Jason tried to push the girls out of the front door.

Fort Bend County, Texas, investigators tell KHOU 11 that Taylor was shot once while inside the home and twice outside the home and Madison was shot just after she ran out the door of their home, where she collapsed and died.

Jason escaped from the tragedy unharmed after running into a neighbor’s home, looking for help. He reportedly did not know Sheats owned the gun.

Kaffy celebrates her birthday with sexy photo

Mother of 2 and dance entrepreneur, Kaffy shared this sexy photo to mark her birthday. She wrote:

Happy birthday to her!

Yemen peace talks to take two-week break

Yemen’s warring parties are taking a two-week break in peace talks, the UN special envoy said on Wednesday, after more than two months of negotiations that made little headway.

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the delegations would return to Kuwait on July 15 to “embark on a new phase” in the talks.



The break follows a flare-up in violence across Yemen on Tuesday that killed 80 people, nearly half of them civilians.

It also coincides with Eid Al-Fitr, the feast that comes after the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

“After convening extensive discussions with the participants, we have established the main principles that will guide the next phase of Yemen talks,” Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement.

“The two delegations will use the coming two weeks to meet their respective leaderships,” he said.

They will then return “with practical recommendations on how to implement the necessary mechanisms that will enable them to sign a peace accord.”

The UN-backed talks between Shiite Huthi rebels, who have seized control of large parts of the Arabian Peninsula country, and President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s government began in Kuwait on April 21.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed has urged both sides to make concessions to end the conflict, which has cost more than 6,400 lives since March 2015 and displaced 2.8 million people.

He has put forward a peace roadmap that would see the formation of a unity government and the withdrawal and disarmament of the rebels.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday met the two delegations in Kuwait City and urged them to accept the roadmap.

Despite a Saudi-led military intervention launched last year in support of Hadi’s government, the rebels and their allies remain in control of swathes of territory including the capital Sanaa.

Bale says Euro clash with Belgium is biggest game for Wales

Gareth Bale has branded Wales’ Euro 2016 quarter-final clash with Belgium on Friday as the nation’s biggest game in decades.

Having ended a 58-year wait to reach a major tournament, Chris Coleman’s men have already matched the achievement of the 1958 team who reached the World Cup quarter-finals in Sweden before they were knocked out by a Pele goal for Brazil.



“Yes, I think it is fair to say it could be the biggest ever game for Wales, especially during my time and recent times,” said the Real Madrid star.

“We know about the quarter-final in 1958 but since then it’s definitely the biggest game in Welsh football.

“It is one we’re looking forward to, eager to get started and excited about. We just want to enjoy the occasion, take it all in, and hopefully we can get into the semis,” Bale added.

“We don’t need extra motivation, they are a very good team, we understand that, their goal is to win the Euros.

“They see every team they play as a stepping stone to the final. That’s not disrespectful, that’s their opinion. We’re happy about that.

“But it’s about us, concentrating on ourselves and trying to execute our game plan. We’ve beaten them before so it can be done again.”

Wales are the last of the British nations remaining in the competition after knocking out Northern Ireland in the last 16, while England capitulated to lose to minnows Iceland.

It means Wales will be the focus of UK attention when they take to the field in Lille. Bale and his colleagues are delighted to have the chance to fly the flag for British football as well as themselves.

“We very happy, it’s our time to shine. We’re the only home nation left in the competition which is an amazing achievement in itself,” he said.

“The Northern Ireland game was a very ugly one that was not suited to us but to win a game like that shows the team spirit and character we’ve got.

“We’re very happy and proud to fly the flag of Wales on this stage.”

Wales have plenty of experience of facing Belgium, with the two sides having met four times in the last four years.

The Dragons are unbeaten in the last three of those games, picking up a famous win over the Red Devils in Cardiff last June.

Bale scored the winner that night, and believes it was an epochal moment for the entire Welsh set-up.

“It was my most important Welsh goal, for sure, especially at that time in the campaign,” he said.

“We were in and around top spot and very close. In a way, it gave us that space between us and everyone else, an extra two points we didn’t expect.

“So it was an important goal for me personally on my 50th cap and, for the team, obviously it also gave us that belief that we can take on the big teams, that we can beat the big teams.

“We have evolved since there and we have improved.”

Messi’s Argentina no 1986 heroes says Maradona

Diego Maradona apparently boasted that his 1986 World Cup-winning Argentina team was better than the current squad now thrown into turmoil by Lionel Messi’s departure, in a recording published Wednesday.

Previously critical of Messi, the 55-year-old ex-national captain and 2010 World Cup coach joined calls this week for him to reverse his decision to retire from the Argentina national team after a morale crushing penalty shoot-out defeat to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final.



But in a recording published online by Argentine media, he was heard apparently belittling the side led by Messi.

“Every second that goes by makes us greater, because we went and played with balls… We didn’t go and play against Chile. We beat Germany,” Maradona told his old World Cup teammates in a recorded message to celebrate commemorating the 1986 victory.

“You know what I mean: the difference there is between one team and another.”

Argentina’s congress held a tribute to the 1986 squad on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of their triumph, but Maradona did not attend.

Burundi troops kill one, capture four in shootout with gunmen

Burundian troops killed a gunman and captured four others on Wednesday after battles with a group of nearly a dozen “bandits”, the latest violence in a simmering rebellion, a governor said.

The gunmen fought troops and police for nearly an hour in the southern Bururi province.



“A bandit was killed, four others captured, and guns recovered,” said local governor Christian Nkurunziza.

A poor country in central Africa struggling with a legacy of ethnic conflict, Burundi was plunged into crisis in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he was running for a third term, a vote he won last July despite the opposition boycotting the ballot.

The violence, which began with the violent repression of anti-government demonstrations in the capital Bujumbura last year, has left more than 500 people dead and prompted more than 270,000 to flee the small central African country, according to the United Nations.

Government officials deny reports of an ongoing rebellion, blaming a string of attacks on the security forces on outlaws.

Belgium’s Batshuayi kept silent ahead of Chelsea move

Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi was prevented from speaking to reporters on Wednesday by his club Marseille amid speculation he is about to sign for Chelsea, the Belgian Football Association said.

“At Marseille’s request, we have decided that Michy Batshuayi will not speak to the media today,” they said at Belgium’s Euro 2016 base in Bordeaux.


Batshuayi had initially been set to talk to the press ahead of Belgium’s Euro 2016 quarter-final against Wales in Lille on Friday.

But his current club Marseille clearly decided that he should not answer any questions before the completion of a proposed 40 million-euro (£32.9m, $44.4m) switch to Premier League side Chelsea.

Batshuayi, 22, was due to undergo a medical in Bordeaux on Wednesday, in agreement with Belgium coach Marc Wilmots, ahead of a transfer to London.

A 6.5 million-euro signing from Standard Liege in 2014, he scored 17 goals in Ligue 1 last season for Marseille and netted 23 times in all competitions.

Batshuayi also came off the bench to score Belgium’s second goal in their 4-0 win over Hungary in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Sunday. He has now scored three times in six appearances for his country.

Video: Ghanaian pastor lays hands on his male members eggplants as he prays for them to have bigger p!**s

Ghanaian pastor and head of the International Godsway Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, during his recent healing service in his church, asked his male members who wanted bigger p**nis to file out. He then laid his hands on their genital region and offered special prayers.

In March this year, same pastor told his congregation he has the power to pray for anyone who wants bigger breast, buttocks or genitals.

“If you do not like the looks of any part of the body, come to me, what do you want that I can’t offer…if you want a big buttocks I can do it for you, if you want big breasts, I can help…if you have a small manhood, I can change them all when I come to the spiritual realm…,” he is quoted as saying in one of his services.

Café offering oral sex while you drink coffee to open in Switzerland

A controversial cafe offering its customers oral sex and coffee will open in Geneva by the end of this year. The unusual service, where customers receive oral sex while taking coffee will make the café one of the most expensive in Europe and cost up to £42.
Bradley Chavet, spokesman to the firm, Facegirl, the company running similar cafés in Thailand, , said men would only need to choose a drink and prostitute using a tablet. Then they can sit and relax at the bar, sipping their coffee and enjoying the process. He added: “In five or ten minutes, it’s all over.” according to Complex.com.

However, the idea was harshly criticised by a local anti-prostitution group, which claimed only those setting up the business would benefit from it.

While prostitution is legal in Switzerland, the cafe will have to receive valid permits for their sex workers. If two or more prostitutes will sell their services it must register as a massage parlour

Robbers kill final year student of Niger Delta University, Bayelsa

A final year student of Niger Delta University in Bayelsa state, Obele Wilson, was shot and killed by armed robbers during an attack on banks along the Sani Abacha Expressway, Yenagoa, the state capital yesterday June 28th.

The robbers somehow gained access into one of the banks were the deceased was doing a transaction, where he and other bank customers were ordered to bring out all their cash and other valuables...

An eye-witness claimed Wilson argued with the robbers after which he was shot at close range. He died before medical help could get to him. His remains has been deposited at the state owned morgue.  May his soul rest in peace, amen!

Graphic Photos: Street Hawker hit by BRT Bus while making an attempt to escape from KAI officials

A street hawker lost his life this afternoon while being chased by Kick Against Indiscipline officials along Ikorodu road in Maryland today. According to eyewitnesses, the KAI officials making an attempt to enforce the law, chased a man hawking along Maryland bridge. While trying to avoid them, he ran into a BRT bus and was knocked to the ground, he died instantly.

Angry hawkers and area boys armed with sticks & stones immediately descended to destroy all BRT buses in the area and riot in protest. The Army and police officers have since arrived to the area to restore order. More photos after the cut...

World’s heaviest 10-year-old who eats 5meals a day & can't walk, put on a crash diet by parents who fear he’ll die (photos)

A 10 year old boy Arya Permana who eats 5 meals a day, weighs 30 Stone (192kg) and quit school because he can't walk, has now been put on a special diet by his parents who feel he's going to die.

The boy, who is the world's fattest 10 year old, gobbles down the heavy meals, consisting of rice, fish, beef, vegetable soup and Tempeh – a traditional soy patty – which is normally enough to feed two adults.
His parents have been unable to find clothes that fit him, leading to Arya wearing just a sarong.

His mother Rokayah Somantri said: “My son is growing up at a rapid rate and I am worried for his health.I do not know any other way to stop him from gaining more weight than to give him less food.
He is perpetually hungry and has an enormous diet, and can actually eat meals of two adults at one time.

“He is always tired and complains of shortness of breath. He only eats and sleeps, and when he is not done with both, he jumps into the bathtub and stays there for hours. There is no other pain than seeing your own child suffering. My son does not go to school because he cannot walk on his own and needs my round-the-clock assistance. He can only take small steps before he loses balance. I wish to see my son studying and playing with other kids in the neighbourhood." 

"Arya was fatter than my first son and other children in the village but we did not think it was a matter of concern. We were happy to see him fuller and considered him to be a happy, healthy child. But it was only a few years later when he bloated and his weight went out of control, we realised he was suffering from a disorder and needed medical attention."

Dad Ade, who makes £100 a month, said:

 "They asked us to take him to better hospitals if we think he needs medical attention. I have spent money beyond my capacity on his treatment but I am a poor farmer and making ends meet is a big task for me. I have insufficient money to buy food to fulfil his large appetite. I borrow money so that he can eat. Of course, I cannot keep him starving. 

"I am exhausted now and I cannot afford expensive hospitals. But I hope to see my son perfectly normal one day.”

Rokayah explained:

"No mother wants to stop feeding her children but I am unfortunate and helpless. I have started putting him on a brown rice diet. I am not sure if it helps, but this is the only thing I can do to stop him from growing bigger.”

More photos...

Source: Metro UK

Photos: Two robbers apprehended after a failed attempt to rob a Lawyer in Warri

Two robbers were almost lynched yesterday, June 28 after a failed attempt to rob a man of his belongings around Enehren, Sefia Close, in Warri, Delta state.

According to an eye witness, the man identified as a lawyer left entered a Keke, unaware of the fact that he was being trailed by the suspect who were probably acting on a tip-off.
When the robbers also entered same Keke, the lawyer became suspicious and raised alarm. They were immediately apprehended and were about to be burnt alive but fortunately rescued by a vigilante team.

On interrogation, they claimed it was hunger that led them into crime. One of them also claimed that his wife had just delivered and he had no means to take care of the newborn. However, no weapon was found on them.

Ghanaian Bishop says its dangerous for couples to have sex between 12am-3am

This Ghanaian twitter user says this is what his Bishop told him recently. Lol. These Ghanaian men of God sef!

Istanbul terror attack: A mother's desperate search for her 13yr old daughter

Samira Mohamed Abdi was in transit in Turkey with her family when three suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's main airport, killing 41 people and leaving over 230 others injured.

She told the BBC Somali service that in the rush to hide after the first explosion, her 13-year-old daughter went missing:

"We could see the explosion - it was just in front of us. All of a sudden, we saw the security people running up and down and shouting. We all went into hiding in the cafe's store room – about 20 people in a small room. We locked ourselves in as we heard the gunshots, then we realised one of us was missing. It was my saddest moment. I couldn’t locate my daughter." The girl’s grandfather then rushed out to find her

"He went out while all people were lying on the floor and the gunfire was continuing. He was calling her by her name, ‘Aisha, Aisha! Where are you?’ He found shoes on the floor but they were not hers." He couldn’t see her – but 20 minutes later, Samira received a call:

"Fortunately, she was hiding somewhere else and she asked a Russian guy to call, and then there was the second explosion."

She said it took Aisha time to find someone who spoke English to help her, so she could get in touch.

Source: BBC

RRS re-arrests suspected vandal for same offence

Barely 18 days after gaining freedom from the detention of State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti in Lagos, Godwin Nwankwo, 23, was yesterday re-arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly vandalizing bridge railings and crash barriers on Ijora Bridge, same offence he committed about three months ago. The photo above was taken after  he was caught for his latest crime.
The criminal suspect was arrested when he was bringing out some cut-to-size railings and crash barriers from manholes which were meant to reinforce Ijora Bridge from vibrating as well as protect vehicles from falling from the bridge.

The suspect, who spent 44 days in the police’s detention for stealing railings in ijora Bridge, stated that he stole the railings because he was desperately hungry and there was no alternative means for him to get money.

“When I was arrested for the first time, I pleaded for leniency and mercies. Now, I had been caught again, I don’t know what to say or plead for mercies again. All I can say is that it was the devil that pushed me into this act”.

The suspect who hails from Enugu State in Aninri LGA, said upon gaining freedom from the police’s custody, things were very hard for him again, and to make ends meet was very difficult, thus making him to go back to the crime.
He added:

“I had to go back to the act of vandalizing the bridge when I had nothing on me to cater for my well-beings. Although, I am regretting my action but it is too late for me now”.

He explained that he was looking for money to relocate to Enugu as life is difficult for him in Lagos.

 “My plan was to raise some money to enable me relocate to Enugu, where I repair handsets before coming to Lagos. I want to leave Lagos because my life has been meaningless here”, he stated.

While confessing to the crime, he revealed that he sold the stolen railings to one Alhaji Talimu Sanni and another man, now at large, in Ijora area of the state.

His revelation to the interrogators resulted in the arrest of one of the main receivers of the stolen railings, Talimu Sanni, the following day.
The 54 year-old receiver owned up to the Police, that he collected the items from the suspect about six weeks ago.

 "Although, I bought bridge railings from the suspect, but I don't know they were stolen items", he added.

The State Police’ Spokesperson, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus, who confirmed the arrest, added that anyone involved in the act would be brought to book.

“We are intensifying our efforts to arrest anybody vandalizing Government’s infrastructure across the state. This stride has begun to yield positive results as some of them have been arrested and they are facing prosecution at the moment”, she said.

This photo was taken when he was arrested months ago.

Young Nigerian girl shares 'after sex video', says her man "made her night"

Whose daughter is this? This Facebook user who goes by the name Teddy Skitt shared this short video earlier today. According to her bio, she lives in Port Harcourt but hails from Imo State. The young girl captioned the video: "Good morning. Boo made my night. I love u baby"