Wells Cathedral: Trapped woman rescued after 30ft fall during tour

A woman trapped for hours between two turrets at Wells Cathedral after falling 30ft (9m) has been rescued.

The woman, who is in her 60s, was taking part in a ‘High Parts Tour’ at the Somerset cathedral when she slipped.
She suffered hip, arm and leg injuries in the fall, according to the BBC, who report they are ‘not life-threatening’.
A spokesman for the cathedral said earlier today: ‘A group of 12 adults were undertaking the final stage of a standard Cathedral High Parts Tour.
‘While the group was undertaking a briefing within this space an incident occurred to one of the party members.
‘The cathedral’s emergency procedure was immediately put into operation and emergency services are now in attendance, including the air ambulance.
‘No details are yet available as to how the incident occurred but all further High Parts Tours and Cathedral Tower Tours are cancelled until further notice while a review of the incident takes place.’
A Sea King helicopter helped rescue her from her trapped position 50ft (45m) from the ground.
Fuchsia Singleton, a reporter from the the Shepton Mallet Journal, tweeted from the scene: ‘Applause and cheers from crowd as helicopter flies off.

Five (5) Nigerians Make The List Of Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World

The world holds diverse vantage point on the whereabouts, the tastes and lifestyles how pastors need to live, establish themselves and to preach the gospel. To some people; assembling under the tree is still very relevant, pastors need to show meekness to the less privilege or the congregations by wearing slippers while preaching and so much more. All those brouhaha can never stop these pastors from getting richer and richer by the day.

Super-rich Nigerian celebs who are living large

There’s no question that being a celebrity comes with a lot of fantastic perks. There’s fame, fortune, luxury vacations, exotic cars, mansions, private jets if possible, yachts and just generally getting special treatment everywhere you go.Here, we take a look at some of the super-rich Nigerian celebs who are rocking the boat.

Nwankwo Kanu
Kanu Nwankwo- Just as his football career was about to pick up in 1993, after a wonderful performance at the U-17 World Championships, Kanu Nwankwo was diagnosed of suffering from a heart related ailment which many football lovers thought would cut shot his dream of becoming a superstar.
But miraculously, he survived the surgeon’s knife and today he is one of the influential footballers of all time.
The retired footballer fondly called Papilo today sits atop a multibillion business empire.
With the bulk of it in real estate and the hospitality industry, he is also a philanthropist especially with his Kanu Heart Foundation which caters for children with heart related ailments

SEAN TIZZLE BAGS ENDORSEMENT DEAL WORTH N20M

According to reports from NET, Pop singer, Sean Tizzle is the latest brand ambassador of Telecoms giant, MTN.The Telecoms company and the pop star’s management have been in talks for a while and with Sean Tizzle’s impressive run in the last 12 months, MTN decided to add him to the list of Nigerian artistes on their roster, NET reported.
An undisclosed source from Sean Tizzle’s camp revealed that the deal has been signed and sealed.”They like Sean because he’s hot and believe they can make money with his music‘ he said
The deal is said to be worth about N20m.
MTN will be announcing their new set of ambassadors on Tuesday, April 30, 2014. They include Banky W, Dr SID, Sound Sultan and Harrysong.

Fire destroys properties worth Millions in Enugu

Pandemonium engulfed residents of No 132 Nike-Road, Abakpa, Enugu as five shops were gutted by fire at about 3.25am Sunday.Although, the cause of the fire incident is yet-to-be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, residents and eyewitnesses say properties worth over six million naira was destroyed.

A victim of the incident, Mr. Celestine Ezeme, a Refrigerator Technician who fought hard to control tears from running down his chick said, “I got a phone call from my shop neighbor at about 5.12am.

“By the time I got here, fire has razed everything in my shop including that of my neighbors. You can see over fifteen refrigerators and televisions that were brought to me for repairs that were burnt.

” What will I tell the owners now? My neighbors deal on groceries and apparels. Though the goods affected by this incident is theirs, the situation is different from mine.

Nothing Can Take 2Face Away From Me—Annie Macaulay Boasts

Annie Macaulay, wife of prolific Nigerian singer, 2Face Idibia, has disclosed that nothing can snatch her handsome husband away from her, especially gossips. She noted that her relationship with 2Face has gone beyond what gossips or rumours can destroy

SAD NEWS! Vice President, Sambo’s Younger Brother Dies In Fatal Car Accident!

One of Nigeria’s finest pilots, Captain Sabo Sambo, died on Sunday in an auto accident on the airport road in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.Captain Sambo, 60, was the younger brother to theVice President, Namadi Sambo.

He was on his way to catch a flight when his tire punctured. His car was said to have hit a tree and went up in flames.

In his condolence message, President Goodluck Jonathan described the death as a very tragic one, coming at a time the country still needed the services of Captain Sambo.

He prayed that God would grant his soul eternal rest and asked the Vice President, the family, the government and people of Kaduna State to bear the loss with fortitude.

The Vice President was away in Tanzania on an official visit when the news broke that the younger brother had passed on.

The burial had already taken place according to Islamic rites

Harrysong: “My Mother & Father are Siblings

Harrison Tari Okri, aka Harrysong, is one of the hottest acts right now. This energetic writer, singer and producer shared a major secret with YES INTERNATIONAL!’s GBENGA SHABA about his parents. He also spoke on other issues…

 Let us meet you.

My name is Harrison Tari Okri. I’m from Delta State, an Ijaw man from Warri, but grew up in Port-Harcourt. My stage name is Harrysong. I am the first and the only child of my parents.

 You mean you are an only child?

No. It’s just that after my dad and my mum gave birth to me, they separated and went their different ways. So, my father got married to another woman and also my mother to another man. They separated because I was given birth to by two relations. My father and mother are actually brother and sister. They gave birth to me before they could realize that.

 How did that happen?

I don’t know.

Did you ask them?

I don’t know.

 Did you ever ask them how they met and fell in love?

Well, I learnt that when my mother was alive, she met my father. Then she was still in school and they were in the same class and the same village. But she didn’t know that they are closely related. So, I was born based on what our villagers regarded as abomination and therefore they had to separate.

Angry resident burns kidnappers to death

The Osun State Police Command has warned residents of the state against carrying out jungle justice following the burning to death of three suspected kidnappers in Osogbo on Friday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the command, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, said this in an interview with our correspondent.

Three suspected kidnappers were set ablaze on Friday in different areas in Osogbo, the state capital.

Odoro said that a suspected kidnapper caught and beaten to a pulp at Alekuwodo area on Thursday eventually died while receiving treatment.

The suspect, who some residents claimed was behaving like a mad man, was allegedly caught with three kids. He was beaten and was about to be set ablaze when some policemen arrived at the scene rescued him.  He was said to have eventually died whilereceiving treatment.

Odoro said, “The suspect was rescued and brought to the police but he gave up the ghost when receiving treatment. The command is warning residents of the state against jungle justice. If anybody is arrested, such should be handed over to the police. Nobody has the right to kill any suspect; it is against the law.”

Some commercial motorcyclists and other youths who caught the suspect claimed that the suspect said that they were 10 kidnappers in Osogbo.

Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud help Arsenal beat Newcastle to tighten grip on fourth place in Premier League

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil celebrates scoring a goal against Newcastle in the 3-0 win (Picture:AFP/Getty Images)

Arsenal moved a step closer to securing Champions League football for a 17th consecutive season with victory at the Emirates Stadium.
The win helped the Gunners open up a four-point gap over top-four rivals Everton, with just two games of the campaign remaining.
The result meant more misery for Newcastle, who slumped to a sixth straight Premier League defeat for the first time since 1987, despite having boss Alan Pardew back on the touchline after his seven-match ban.
The game had offered little by way of action until the unlikely boot of Laurent Koscielny broke the deadlock from a set piece on 26 minutes when the French defender managed to get a toe on the end of Santi Cazorla’s free-kick for his second league goal of the season.
Despite the best efforts of Magpies keeper Tim Krul, the hosts doubled their lead just before the break. The Newcastle stopper twice denied Olivier Giroud before the ball fell kindly for Mesut Ozil, who swept the ball home from close range.

Theo Walcott may miss start of next season through injury

Theo Walcott is out of the World Cup (Picture: Reuters)

Theo Walcott may miss the start of next season as he battles to recover from rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament against Tottenham in January.
The England international was stretchered off during the FA Cup encounter, ruling him out of this summer’s World Cup.
But Walcott has today revealed he may not even be fit for the start of next season, insisting he is in no rush to return to action.
‘It’s nearly been four months now and my recovery has gone on track so far,’ he said.

Steven Gerrard slip mercilessly mocked by internet

Pulling his hair out: Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (Picture: PA)

It’s no fun being Steven Gerrard this morning…
Less than 24 hours after his slip against Chelsea surrendered Liverpool’s title fate to Manchester City, the internet is awash with meme’s and viral videos that will leave the Reds captain feeling sick to his stomach.
New banana boots, Fergie teasing the Premier League title away with a fishing rod and bogus heat maps are just some of the pictures doing the rounds that mock Gerrard’s heartbreaking moment which allowed Demba Ba to run clean through on goal and score the goal which would give Chelsea the lead they needed to hang on to for a crucial win.

Never mind being out of the race, now Arsenal or Manchester United may be forced to hand over one of their Premier League trophies to Liverpool, Chelsea or Manchester City

What’s the story?
Arsenal, Manchester United or Blackburn Rovers could be forced to lend one of their precious Premier League trophies to Liverpool, Chelsea or Manchester City should the title race go down to the last day, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Why?
The Premier League only has two trophies at its disposal – one in its London headquarters and one with the current champions, United.
Should Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City all still be in contention on May 11, the Premier League will be short one trophy – as they’ll need a replica at each ground to present to the eventual winner – meaning they may have to borrow a replica from a previous title winner who aren’t involved in the race

Tori Amos: the riot grrl fighting for the fairer sex

Tori Amos confronts personal issues such as ageism in her new album (Picture: supplied)

‘I come from a long line of warriors,’ says Tori Amos. ‘My great-great-grandmother was a Cherokee who survived the Trail Of Tears in 1830, when thousands of Native Americans were being ethnically cleansed from the southern states. She was one of the few hundred people who survived in the Smoky Mountains for nine months. These are the gals I respect. Wilma Mankiller, the leader of the Cherokee nation who educated herself from nothing and fought for Native rights – now there’s a woman. What a role model.’
For years, people have got Amos all wrong. Some people think she’s some middle-of-the-road pixie, a real-life Phoebe from Friends, trilling hippy-dippy rhymes about fairy tales and cornflake girls. But, over a quarter of a century and 14 albums, she’s been one of pop’s weirdest and most unpredictable artists. She’s the riot grrrl in concert pianist garb, whose confessional songs tackle rape and religion, feminism and power, art and mythology. Even the sonic background – the florid piano accompaniment, the unorthodox chord changes and symphonic curlicues – has always been seriously weird.
‘I don’t see the piano as a polite, passive instrument,’ she says. ‘You can take what Prince, Jimi Hendrix and Robert Plant were doing and contain that energy on a piano. It’s about maintaining that 220 voltage, of having the chops to be able to contain and focus it on the keys, of using intimacy and power. When I first started, everyone was telling me that the piano had had its time. The label initially rejected my debut album, Little Earthquakes. They said I had to take all the pianos off and replace them with guitars. Screw that. I can be as heavy as any rock guitarist!’

Fly-killing pensioner, 80, hailed a beacon of hope for swatting insects seven days a week

Ruan Tang, 80, swats flies all day (Picture: CEN)

This 80-year-old woman has been held up as a beacon of hope for society after it emerged she swats flies all day.
Ruan Tang has been killing the insects in the Changmingsixiang Community in Eastern China’s Hangzhou City for 14 years.
Despite her age, she reportedly works eight hours a day, seven days a week.
‘I had retired and was looking around for something to do to help the community and prove useful, and I noticed how much flies were troubling people in the summer,’ she said.
‘I decided that killing flies was the best way for me to be useful – and I’ve been doing it now every day since.’
Ruan is a fly killing machine and says she can swat around 1,000 of them each day.
The pensioner has been praised by the Chinese media, which describe the insects as an ‘enemy of the people, noisy, disease spreading and revolting

World’s fattest woman plans to walk up aisle with toyboy lover

56.4st Charity Pierce, 38, has found love with a toyboy almost half her age (Picture: Barcroft)

The world’s fattest woman is determined to walk up the aisle to marry her toyboy lover despite weighing twice as much as him.
Housebound Charity Pierce, who weighs in at 56.4st, needs to lose 20st before her wedding so she can have a life-saving gastric bypass operation.
The 38-year-old from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has already reduced her calorie intake from 10,000 to just 1,200 per day in the hope she can enjoy her first dance with fiancé Tony Saur, 22.
Charity said: ‘I’m determined not to have to get married at home – I want to be able to walk up the aisle.
‘We both love country music so I plan to wear a wedding dress, cowboy boots and cowgirl hat and Tony will be in jeans and cowboy boots.’
Doctors have warned Charity, who has been housebound since 2001, that without significant weight loss she could die.

Teacher gave 15-year-old pupil lap dance on birthday because ‘class convinced her to do it’

   15-year-old pupil arrested after teacher    stabbed to death

A pupil was fatally stabbed at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds (Picture: Ross Parry)

A female teacher has died after a stabbing at a Leeds high school.
A 15-year-old male pupil has been arrested in connection with the attack and is still in custody.
Police were called to Corpus Christi Catholic College in Neville Road, Leeds at 11.48am this morning after being contacted by the ambulance service.
The woman was taken to hospital but was subsequently pronounced dead.
Pupil Georgina Kilroy, 16, said the woman had been a teacher for 40 years.
‘I don’t know anyone who didn’t like her,’ she said outside the school. ‘She was spot on. You couldn’t ask for a better teacher.’

A female teacher has died after a stabbing at a Leeds school (Picture: SWNS)

West Yorkshire Police said there is no current danger to pupils or staff and that the school is ‘continuing to operate as normal’.
Detective superintendent Simon Beldon said: ‘The situation is under control and officers, including safer schools officers and members of the local neighbourhood policing team, are currently at the school and are liaising closely with staff.
‘The rest of the school is continuing to operate as normal and we would ask that parents do not attend the site unless directly requested to do so by the school.
‘Our inquiries are at a very early stage but the full circumstances of this incident will obviously be the subject of a full and thorough investigation.’

Lord we seek your face. Which kind country b dis?

I go write JAMB = Boko Haram
I go Immigration recruitment. = Stampede
I go University = Strike
I no go school = Poverty
I wan travel by air = Plane crash
By sea = Millitants
I travel by road = Accident
I go out to relax = Kidnappers
I go Bank = Armed Robbers
Make i enter bus 4 Nyanya
Motor park Abuja = Bomb blast
I vex use leg go village = WitchCraft
I dey house = No work
I go work = Low Salary
I de room = No light
Make i marry = No money..
Wetin man go do na????

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Mourinho fined by the FA

Mourinho fined by the FA.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined by the Football Association after being found guilty of improper conduct.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined by the Football Association after being found guilty of improper conduct.
The charge relates to an incident during the Blues' defeat to Aston Villa in which the Portuguese tactician entered the field of play after a scuffle following Chelsea midfielder Ramires' sending off.
Mourinho had requested a personal hearing to plead his case, but he was unsuccessful in convincing the FA of his innocence.
"Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined £8,000 and warned as to his future conduct following an independent regulatory commission hearing," the FA said in a statement.
"Mourinho denied a breach of FA rule E3 in that his behaviour in re-entering the field of play and approaching the match referee (Foy) in an attempt to speak to him, in or around the 90th minute of the game against Aston Villa on March 15, 2014, amounted to improper conduct.

Arsenal’s nine-year trophy wait nearly over after penalties victory sends Gunners to FA Cup final

Arsenal have reached the FA Cup final (Picture: EPA)

Arsenal have reached the FA Cup final after a hard-fought victory over Wigan at Wembley, with the game going all the way to penalties.
The Gunners are still on course to pick up their first silverware in nine years and will meet either Hull City or Sheffield United, who play their semi-final tomorrow.
Wigan looked as though they would manage yet another Cup upset when Jordi Gomez gave them a second-half lead from the penalty spot, after Per Mertesacker fouled Callum McManaman.
But the German defender made amends eight minutes from time when he headed home from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s wayward shot.
And it was Oxlade-Chamberlain who came closest in extra time, rattling the outstanding Scott Carson’s bar with a stinging effort from distance.

2015: Jonathan woos aggrieved APC leaders

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have launched a plan to lure prominent members of the country’s biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, into the ruling party, SUNDAY PUNCH has authoritatively learnt.

An investigation by our correspondent showed that loyalists to the President had been meeting with leaders of the APC known to be aggrieved with developments in the opposition party.

It was learnt that the ruling party will capitalise on, among other issues, the internal wrangling in the APC over an alleged plan to present a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket under a consensus arrangement for the 2015 election.

SUNDAY PUNCH had exclusively reported on April 6, 2014, that Christian leaders of the APC who were aggrieved with the alleged mono-religious ticket and consensus arrangement had threatened to quit the party, if the national leaders of the party carried out their alleged plan.

Even though the party’s spokesman, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has refuted the claims, its members insist that the hierarchy of the party have concluded plans to field a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and a former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, as the party’s presidential candidates through a consensus arrangement. Buhari and Tinubu are Muslims.

Police arrest five with human parts in Ogun

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye

Five suspects have been arrested in a joint operation on Saturday by the Special Anti Robbery Squad Lagos Command and the Ogun State Police Command with human parts.

The suspects, which included a woman, were said to have been apprehended in Joju, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

A statement by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the arrest was made possible following a tip-off from members of the community.

It read, “The Divisional Police Officer Otta, CSP Gabriel Idibie, led a team of operatives to assist SARS operatives from Lagos who had received first-hand information on the case to the Joju area.

“The suspects arrested include Kubura Salami Tantolorun Abimbola, Kafaya Popoola,  Wahid Ibrahim and Adamu Rafiu.”

JAMB fails to conduct UTME in Maiduguri

JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde
| credits: File copy

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board could not conduct the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Maiduguri, Borno State.

The JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this while monitoring the conduct of the UTME in Abuja on Saturday.

The development came as confusion marked the exercise in some examination centres in Akwa Ibom State.

The board conducted its Dual-Based Test and Paper Pencil Test on Saturday with no fewer than 1,015,504 candidates writing the examination. The tests qualify the candidates for admission to the nation’s universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

Another batch of 616,574 candidates from May 17, 2014, will write the Computer-Based Test.

The board had last Tuesday assured that it had made adequate arrangements to ensure a hitch-free conduct of the UMTE in all the states, including Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

How my sister sold me with pregnancy for

 N100,000—Victim

A 23-year-old pregnant woman,  Jennifer Ogbonna, raised the emotion of people recently at Zone 2, Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Ogun State, when she narrated how her sister tricked her into slavery and sold her off with her 7-month old pregnancy.   She was then transported from Aba to Abeokuta after a couple who allegedly specialized  in buying human beings from all  parts of the country paid N100,000 to her sister.

The Victims

My story
The lady who hails from Ebonyi State but lived and worked in Aba narrated her ugly experiences shortly after she was rescued by the Police. She said: “I was brought to Abeokuta by the woman’s husband. I don’t know that they had already paid money on my head. I only got to know in Abeokuta when I overheard the woman and her husband talking about child trafficking and I felt bad.   I decided not to eat any of their food. There is one lady

in that building, they call her Adeola, she would bring  food for me and I would not touch it to the extent that the woman’s husband  pleaded with me  to eat and still I  refused and said I am going back to Aba where she brought me from.

“When I said I was going to Aba, the man was angry and said before he would allow me to go back, I must pay back the N100,000 he paid my sister for myself and my pregnancy and the expenses he incurred so far on me. After that, his wife took me to one shrine and asked me to swear to an oath not to go back to Aba or tell anybody what happened, that  if I try to go back or tell anybody, she will make me mad; she would make me deaf and dumb.

Chelsea cruise past Stoke to return to the

 top of the Premier League

Mo Salah and Willian were both on the scoresheet (Picture: EPA)

Chelsea have gone back to the top of the Premier League as they cruised past Stoke with a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues suffered a tough week, losing to both Crystal Palace and Paris Saint-Germain, but got things back on track this evening thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Frank Lampard and Willian.
Salah, on his full Chelsea debut, was outstanding and deservedly opened the scoring after 32 minutes.
Lampard doubled the hosts’ lead after the break, when Salah was brought down in the penalty box.
The England international had his initial spot kick saved by Asmir Begovic but put away the rebound, before Willian scored a superb solo third.
There was no goal for Fernando Torres who played the full 90 minutes, but Jose Mourinho will be pleased with the way his side dominated ahead of Tuesday’s crucial second leg against PSG.

Scores killed as soldiers attack Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa

Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade.

Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders.

Many were also said to have been wounded during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military deployed troops in Benue and Nasarawa states to curtail the rising attacks on communities by cattle rustlers.

It was learnt that the soldiers allegedly attacked the herdsmen at a funeral.

Although the military,   said   it had no details of the killings as of 5pm on Thursday, Channels Televison put the toll at 20.

The Defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, according to Channels, promised an investigation of the incident to ascertain if those who carried out the attack were indeed soldiers.

Other unconfirmed reports however said the number of the dead who were mostly residents of the area was above 30. An unofficial source said that some bodies   were taken to the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia,  in  a police van   while about 20 others were deposited at the mortuary of the General Hospital in Keana.

Youths uncover baby factory in Ogun, set building ablaze