The lifeless body of the Director of Protocol to the Imo State Deputy Governor, Mister Lance Anyanwu, has been found in Orodo in Mbaitoli Local Government area of Imo state.
Mr Anyanwu was earlier kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday at his residence in Egbeada Housing estate in Owerri, the Imo state capital.
Sources from the Government House said the news of his death came as a shock to the state government. The source added that the government had collaborated with security operatives in the state to put necessary measures to ensure he was released alive.
Also sometime in August last year, the Principal Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Mister Emenike Ihekwoaba, was kidnapped and is yet to be released.
Meanwhile, when contacted, the Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, Mister Vitalis Olugu said the police is yet to be informed about the death of the late director of protocol to the deputy governor.
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Monday, 14 January 2013
PHOTOS: Red Carpet Arrivals At The Golden Globes 2013
Check out the red carpet arrivals as they happened before the Golden Globes 2013 started...
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02:20 (GMT): Emily Blunt is a real golden girl in a lace cut-out dress
02:01: Kate Hudson has our jaws on the floor in slinky black number
01:57: Jennifer Lopez aka Jenny from the block hits the red carpet in lace
01:49: Robert Pattinson arrives, looks vacant
01:43: Leonardo DiCaprio looks dapper in dinner suit
01:38: Kerry Washington goes sheer
01:23: Adele hits the red carpet in Burberry
00:52: Anne Hathaway in classic Chanel
00:50: Marion Cotillard opts for tangerine orange
00:49: Nicole Kidman wows in black
00:39: Les Mis supporting actress Amanda Seyfried keeps with the nude trend in lace
00:35: Taylor Swift arrives - showing Harry Styles what he's missing
00:28: Sienna Miller jumps straight to the top of our best dressed list in Erdem
00:22: Daniel Craig (complete with Ray Bans) and Rachel Weisz arrive
00:17: Zooey Deschanel blends into the red carpet
00:10: Jessica Chastain arrives wearing a plunge-neck mint dress
00:04: Lucy Liu opts for a printed statement gown
00:02: ANOTHER fishtail from Hayden Panettiere
23:58: Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy arrive on the red carpet. New-mum Claire is stunning in vibrant red Versace
23:53: We're not too keen on creator and star of HBO series Girls, Lena Dunham's off-the-shoulder number
23:44: The arrival of Megan Fox sees another fishtail dress hit the red carpet> Megan wears a Dolce & Gabbana dress picked out by her husband
23:41: Amy Adams divides opinion in nude gown
23: 33: Alyssa Milano arrives in golden yellow
23:31: Michelle Dockery opts for a statement floor-length dress, with statement gold neck
23:20: Kelly Osbourne wows in fishtail dress
23:00: Nicole Richie arrives on the red carpet, wearing a powder blue floor-length gown
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Pipeline Explosion: Bodies of vandals float on creeks
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The bodies of four suspected vandals were found at the scene of Saturday’s pipeline explosion at Arepo, Ogun State on Sunday.
The bodies, which were found in the swamp around the explosion site, had little sign of burns.
Even though the fire had reduced when our correspondents got to the scene on Sunday, emergency workers said the situation was still precarious as there was need to completely put out the fire.
Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, said evacuation of the bodies would begin later on Sunday.
He said, “Our assessment show that more bodies will still be inside the swamp. This is why we cannot give a specific number of casualties at the moment.
“Two of the bodies found seemed to have floated up from the water. It is likely that more bodies may float later. But we will start the recovery of the bodies found as soon as Red Cross officials and medical team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation arrive.”
Farinloye said there was a technique that could be applied to make the bodies of other casualties that had sunk in the water to float.
He, however, explained that it was necessary for the state in which the pipelines were domiciled to contribute to tackling the menace of vandalism “instead of shifting blames.”
“The state is expected to mobilise traditional institutions and residents, who know the terrain to assist in intelligence gathering,” he said.
Deputy Manager, NNPC, in charge of Pipeline Rights of Way, Mr. Obinna Otuu, explained at the scene that the repair of the damage on the pipeline would take less than a day.
“Fuel supply through the damaged point has been shut off since Saturday, but the repairs will be concluded before tomorrow (Monday). So, there won’t be any fuel scarcity,” he said.
Otuu, who is in charge of all pipelines in the South-West, said fuel marketers might start hoarding fuel to create scarcity if the pipeline was not repaired on time.
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Kardashian Khroma Beauty Line Draws A Hefty $10 Million Lawsuit
Uh-oh! This can't be good for Kim Kardashian's mental health as the mommy-to-be is busy house-hunting and shopping for shoes with beau Kanye West.
After facing trademark infringement allegations last year for their Khroma Beauty line, the Kardashian sisters have been hit with hefty lawsuit. Celebrity makeup artist Lee Tillett is seeking $10 million in damages from the fashionable trio and Boldface Licensing + Branding, the company that owns Khroma Beauty's license, for allegedly swiping the name of her cosmetics line and adding an "h."
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Tillett, who launched Kroma Makeup in 2004, filed the suit this Wednesday in a Los Angeles federal court. She had previously filed a cease and desist letter back in June to Boldface Licensing + Branding, taking action one step further than Chroma Makeup.
"I developed the Kroma line myself, built my business through my own hard work, and took the legal steps necessary to protect it," Tillett said in a press statement. "And yet I have now been forced into legal battle with the Kardashians simply because they have decided to take something that doesn't belong to them."
While Boldface had told The Huffington Post last October that they too had gone through the necessary legal steps to secure their name, Tillett is preparing to protect her brand's name and money at all costs.
What do you think of the latest development in the Khroma Beauty legal battle? Do you think the Kardashians should pay up? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section.
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PHOTOS: Mallory Hagan, Miss New York, Wins Miss America 2013 Title
A 23-year-old contestant from Brooklyn, N.Y., has won the title of Miss America.
Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight violence with violence.
Hagan defeated Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who took second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who finished third.
Hagan wins a $50,000 college scholarship and gets the crown for one year. Her platform was stopping child sexual abuse.
She is expected to spend her title reign on a nationwide speaking tour and raising money for the Children's Miracle Network, the organization's official charity.
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