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Friday 26 October 2012

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to four years in jail for tax fraud



Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to 4 years in jail following a tax fraud trial, a news agency is reporting this afternoon.


An Italian court is set to deliver verdicts Friday against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and 10 others in a six-year-old tax fraud trial.

Prosecutors have demanded a sentence of 3 years and eight months for Berlusconi and three years and four months for the chairman of his Mediaset conglomerate, Fedele Confalonieri.

The verdict comes two days after Berlusconi, 76, announced he will not run for premier in upcoming elections. The three-time premier stepped down last November after Italy came under mounting market pressure to deal with its high debt load and Berlusconi failed to come up with persuasive financial reforms.

Prosecutors allege the defendants were behind a scheme to purchase the rights to broadcast U.S. movies on Berlusconi's private television networks through a series of offshore companies and had falsely declared the payments to avoid taxes.

Patience Jonathan Celebrates 55th Birthday

The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, was on Thursday full of gratitude to God for keeping her alive to mark her birthday.



 


The very elated First Lady made this known at a ceremony to mark her 55th birthday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Referring to her recent prolonged trip abroad for undisclosed reasons but rumoured to be for medical treatment, the First Lady stated that “whatever might have happened to her was God’s design for her life.”

She however thanked God for the gift of life, expressed gratitude to her immediate family and Nigerians for praying for her.

Mrs Jonathan, last week arrived the country after being away in Germany for about two months.

On her arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport Abuja, some Ministers and other government official welcomed her and the First Lady denied been hospitalised in Germany.


President Goodluck Jonathan, after presenting a gift to his wife for her birthday, described her as a shining star in his life .

He also thanked God for granting her good health.

The event was marked with thanksgiving prayers and presentation of gifts by family, well-wishers and friends.



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SHOCKING: (WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS)..Girl Suddenly Runs Mad And Starts Masturbating On The Streets!

There is this story all over the net about a girl who instantly went mad and started masturbating on the road after supposedly sleeping with a ritualist. Even though the veracity of such story can always be argued, the photo posted with the story sort of confirms that something of that nature happened. I cant confirm the name of the girl or when ,or where or exactly what happened, but I'm absolutely disturbed that people were standing there looking and taking pictures as if it's some kind of street entertainment. Is there no taskforce to whisk the girl to the nearest psychiatric hospital?
Click Below To View Pictures (Warning...Graphic)

Thursday 25 October 2012

The secretary to the government of Taraba State confirms that governor Dambaba Suntai survived the crash, but was in critical condition.





The secretary to the Taraba State government has said that Governor Dambaba Suntai of Taraba State was one of the survivors of an air crash at the Yola Airport in Adamawa State. Our earlier report named the governor as one of the dead passengers in the small plane that was being piloted by Mr. Suntai at the time of the crash.

The secretary to the government of Taraba State confirmed that the governor survived the crash, but was in critical condition. The Secretary stated that the injured governor had been conveyed to a hospital in Yola.

Two of Mr. Suntai’s aides died when the plane crashed, SaharaReporters learnt. An eyewitness said there were five passengers in the small plane at the time of the accident. Mr. Suntai was piloting.

Eyewitnesses at the scene had earlier told Saharareporters that two persons survived the plane crash.





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London High Court Judge warns of 'strange' Nigeria baby-selling scams



A High Court judge has raised concerns about "desperate childless parents" being caught up in "strange" baby-selling scams in Africa.

Mr Justice Coleridge said there was evidence that women were going to Nigeria seeking fertility treatment then being sold unwanted babies "for very substantial sums of money" after fraudsters had tricked them into thinking they had become pregnant and given birth.

He said there was more than one case "featuring almost identical facts" before English courts, described the situation as "very serious" and questioned the "lack of involvement" of Nigerian authorities.

The judge raised concerns after giving journalists permission to report details of one case aired before him in the Family Division of the High Court.

Mr Justice Coleridge said the case - involving a Nigerian couple from London - was "very worrying" and gave rise to "very real public interest".

And, at a hearing in London, he agreed to release parts of a written ruling he had made on the case to reporters.

"I am entirely unsurprised by the media interest," said Mr Justice Coleridge, at the hearing. "This is a very serious situation."

The judge added: "It is not the only case, on almost identical facts, before the courts at the moment. It certainly gives rise to very real public interest, particularly the lack of involvement by the Nigerian authorities."

He went on: "The circumstances in this case are completely unusual, very bizarre and truly worrying."

In his written ruling, the judge said the couple involved were members of a charismatic church and had a "strong faith and belief in the power of prayer".

He said the woman was "immersed in a Christian religious environment where miracles are not regarded as impossible".

"All the mother's actions, in my judgment, both in this country and Nigeria, are consistent with her evidence that she had no idea she was involved in this strange scam, designed to put together unwanted children with desperate, childless parents. Her complete desolation when confronted with the reality, as attested to by ... the police ... supports her credibility," he said.