July 17, 2020

Former Miss Kentucky sentenced to 2 years in prison for sending topless photos

Former Miss Kentucky Sentenced To 2yrs For Sending Nudes

 A former Miss Kentucky who admitted to exchanging explicit photos with a teenager has been sentenced to two years at a West Virginia prison.

 

Ramsey BethAnn Bearse, 29, also was sentenced to 10 years of supervised released and a requirement that she register as a lifetime sex offender, according to the sentencing disposition order filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court. She was sentenced by Judge Louis H. Bloom on Tuesday, and was ordered to report to Lakin Correctional Center on July 20.

Bearse was arrested in December 2018 and was originally charged with four counts of sending obscene material

President Mexico's President To Donate Part Of Salary To Coronavirus Effort

Mexico’s President To Donate Part Of Salary To Coronavirus Effort

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he will return a fourth of his salary to help the country weather the coronavirus crisis that has battered the economy, encouraging public servants also to donate from their earnings.

Record number of LGBTQ candidates running for US office

Record Number Of LGBTQ Candidates Running For US Office

The growing political divide across the U.S. has inspired a record number of LGBTQ candidates to run for public office, according to a new report.
 

The report, released Thursday, found that the number of openly LGBTQ elected officials in the U.S. has more than doubled over the last four years, a number that could be boosted by the record number of LGBTQ candidates running for 2020 office, according to data compiled by the Victoria Institute.

According to the institute’s Out For America 2020 report, the number of openly

Police Arrests Former Staff For Killing Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh

Police Arrests Former Staff For Killing Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh

Police in the United States on Friday said they have arrested a former personal assistant to Fahim Saleh, suspected to have killed the Gokada founder.

Saleh’s personal assistant, Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, arrested on Friday, is expected to be charged in a criminal complaint with second-degree murder and other crimes, New York Times reported.

The Gokada CEO was discovered dead on Tuesday afternoon by his sister inside his $2.25 million condo in a luxury building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the police said.

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Detectives believed that the motive

Virgins - Ned Nwoko Sues Journalist For ₦2bn For Calling Him A Cultist

Virgins: Ned Nwoko Sues Journalist For ₦2bn For Calling Him A Cultist

Former House of Representatives member and philanthropist, Prince Ned Nwoko has dragged an online publisher, Azuka Jebose Molokwu, to court claiming ₦2billion damages for defamation of character.

This is contained in a writ of summons obtained from Effurun High Court, Delta State on behalf of Nwoko by his counsel, Ikhide Ehighelua and Co dated July 13, 2020.

Also joined in the suit No. EHC 99 as the second defendant is Prince Chukwunonso Nwoko identified as the employer and sponsor of the first defendant, Jebose, a native of Onicha-Ugbo in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, resident in the …

N3.4bn NSITF scam - Panel to probe Somefun, Kemi Nelson

₦3.4bn NSITF scam: Panel To Probe Somefun, Kemi Nelson

The Federal Government has set up a Presidential Joint Board Audit Investigation Panel to probe alleged ₦3.4 billion financial infractions levelled against the suspended Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Adebayo Somefun and three other directors.

The suspended directors are: Jasper Ikedi-Azuatalam, Executive Director (ED), Finance and Investment; Mrs Olukemi Nelson, ED, Operations and Alhaji Tijani Darazo Sulaiman, ED, Administration. 

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, set up the panel on Thursday.

The panel is chaired by Ibrahim Khaleel of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Chairman of the Audit Committee …

NDDC: Akpabio Appeals To Protesting Ijaw Youths For Peace

Akpabio Sues Nunieh Over Sexual Harassment Allegation

Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has commenced a legal process against Joy Nunieh, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Akpabio ordered his lawyer to seek court redress against Nunieh over allegations she made against him.

The Minister’s directive was contained in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Anietie Ekong.

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He described Nunieh’s claims against him as “cornucopia of false, malicious and libelous.”

The statement said: “Akpabio has instructed his lawyers to seek necessary redress in a Court of competent jurisdiction on

Georgia Gov Sues Atlanta Mayor For Making Face-Masks Mandatory

Georgia Gov Sues Atlanta Mayor For Making Face-Masks Mandatory

The governor of U.S. State of Georgia, Brian Kemp has sued officials in the state’s largest city seeking to block a mandate that would require Atlanta residents wear face masks in public as part of efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The lawsuit, filed by the Republican governor, alleges that Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms does not have the authority to require stricter public health measures than the state, which has encouraged mask-wearing but not required it.

“The City of Atlanta may only exercise powers granted to it by the state, and Mayor Bottoms’ attempts to exercise …

You Are Dividing Nigeria – Presidency Attacks Obasanjo

How Mali’s Political Crisis Could Affect Nigeria – Obasanjo

Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that the ongoing political crisis in Mali, could affect Nigeria.

Obasanjo stated this in an article he wrote for The Africa Report on Thursday.

He noted that the crisis poses grave security risks to neighbouring West African countries especially Senegal, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic.

There is a protest movement in Mali, calling for the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, over allegations of corruption and incompetence.

Obasanjo feels the protest is different from those in the past, because it has the support of majority of the population.

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Saraki Floors EFCC - Court Orders Return Of His Seized Houses

Saraki Floors EFCC: Court Orders Return Of His Seized Houses

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to return the two houses forfeited temporarily to the Federal Government to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

The court on Thursday reversed its order of interim forfeiture of the Ilorin properties to the Federal Government.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa ordered the release of the houses back to Saraki while, while delivering judgment on an application by the EFCC seeking to permanently forfeit the houses to the Federal Government.

In December, 2019 the EFCC secured interim of the houses – Plots No. 10 and No. 11 Abdulkadir …

Return All Govt. Properties, Oyo Assembly Tells Sacked Council Chiefs

Return All Govt. Properties, Oyo Assembly Tells Sacked Council Chiefs

The Oyo State House of Assembly has directed the sacked chairmen of the 33 local government councils and five Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to return all government properties in their custody.

This was sequel to a matter of urgent importance brought to the floor of the house by the Majority Leader, Mr. Sanjo Adedoyin.

Adedoyin, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said that the matter had undergone several court proceedings which were finally decided by Justice Haruna Tsammani of the Court of Appeal in Ibadan.

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Gabon Appoints First Female Prime Minister

Gabon Appoints First Female Prime Minister

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been appointed as Prime minister of Gabon, making her the first woman in the country to hold the office.

Her appointment was announced by the Secretary-General of the Presidency, Jean-Yves Teal. He stated that President Ali Bongo on Thursday promoted his defence minister to Prime Minister.

The 56-year-old record-breaker, who has served as defence minister since February 2019, is the sixth prime minister appointed since Bongo succeeded his father in 2009.

According to reports, her first job is to form a new government after her predecessor, Julien Nkoghe Bekale stepped down earlier in …