Neknomination: Horrified

 mum shames son by 

posting shocking 

Facebook picture of him

 unconscious and 

covered in vomit

Nikki Hunter found her son passed out on the sofa after drinking nearly three bottles of spirits as part of the deadly internet craze

A mother posted a shocking picture of her son in a drunken stupor and covered in vomit in a bid to end to neknominate craze

A horrified mum has gone public with a picture of her unconscious and vomit-covered son in a bid to end the neknominate craze.

Nikki Hunter found her son passed out on the sofa after drinking nearly three bottles of spirits as part of the internet dare.

Keiren, 19, a student from Prestonpans, East Lothian, had accepted a dare to film himself downing a deadly mixture of vodka, whisky, Southern Comfort, Bacardi and sherry.

Nikki at first feared he might be dead or dying and placed him in the recovery position.

Terrified that Keiren could easily have killed himself, Nikki posted the picture online and asked everyone to share it.

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Across the UK, 5,000 properties have so far been affected by flooding.

This morning, around 670 homes in the Newbury, Basingstoke, Bournemouth and Salisbury areas are without power.

However, there is some good news - and that is that Gatwick Airport has decided to waive fees for the additional Flybe flights it is laying on between Newquay and London to alleviate pressure on the transport system in the South West.

Arsene Wenger admits

 Bacary Sagna could 

leave Arsenal for

 nothing at the end of

 the season

The 30-year-old's contract runs out at the end of the campaign and he has yet to pen a new deal at the Emirates

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Double ton: Bacary Sagna is set to make his 200th Premier League appearance

Arsene Wenger last night admitted Bacary Sagna could walk away at the end of the season.

Sagna, who turns 31 next week , will reach a career milestone at Liverpool with his 200th Premier League appearance – and it could be one of his last.

Gunners right-back Sagna's current deal expires at the end of the season and there is no end in sight to the stand-off involving one of Arsenal's most important players.

Sagna has been offered a new two-year deal on around £70,000-a-week but wants three years and a bigger pay deal. Wenger has even bent his own club rules to offer a 30-something more than a one-year extension.

Pastors, wives open up on sex life

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You see him on Sunday morning well dressed in his three piece suit and looking freshly anointed.

The picture you see is that of a cherub, who has just arrived from the heavens with a message for the people and would be back there soon after.

Once he starts to preach, the congregation is overwhelmed with the awe he exudes. Because this is all they know about him, some followers believe that is all about the pastor.

Ask some Christians and they will bet their life savings that their pastors have never visited the toilet, not to talk of having sex.

Where on earth do they have the time for such things, they seem to assert in illusion.

They base their judgement on the fact that usually, a pastor is seen praying, preaching or counselling; so the average congregant believes he must be a super being, who never answers to any call of nature – especially sex.

The pastor is perhaps the most misunderstood and over-rated being on earth today.

He is rated as a semi-god, incapable of enjoying the pleasures that life presents him. This is so because he rarely talks to his adherents about other areas of his life.

Saturday PUNCH asked some pastors and pastors’ wives if they have erotic feelings and sexual closeness with their spouses like other people.

White House on lockdown as man caught trying to jump over fence

The White House has been put on lockdown after an unidentified man was caught trying to jump the fence Friday afternoon.
Secret Service officers apprehended the suspect and he is now in custody.
The man was said to be carrying two large bags but the agency has not released any further information about the incident.

They stressed to NBC News that they are not especially worried about the bags now that the man is in custody but they are following standard protocol.
That included a call to Washington’s Metro Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Division and they are said to be investigating the bags now.
The Secret Service reported that the man did not make it over the fence before he was apprehended initially by Park Police and Uniformed Division officers.
President Obama was not in danger as he is currently on a trip to Michigan, which was timed to coincide with the signing of the new farm bill.

Supreme Court verdict: No victor, no vanquished –Amaechi

 

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi
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The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that though the Supreme Court judgement vindicated him against his opponent in the 2011 election, Mr. Celestine Omehia, there is no victor, no vanquished in the matter.

Amaechi explained that the court ruling had provided an opportunity for everybody to join his administration in the development of the state and the advancement of the people.

The governor, who spoke in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, said Friday’s Supreme Court judgment was a sign that God was with his administration and supporters.

He promised that his government would continue to work hard and better the lives of the people.

“Today’s judgment once again shows that God is with us. As God has given us the opportunity to oversee the affairs of Rivers State, we will continue to do so diligently and tirelessly to better the lives of our people and develop the state.

“We will rededicate and focus more on administering good governance to the people of the state and ensure that our people continue to enjoy the dividends of democracy,” Amaechi said.

Missing $20bn oil revenue: No presidential directive on kerosene subsidy –NNPC

 

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it never received any presidential order to stop subsidy payment on kerosene during the late President Umaru Yar’Adua administration.

The acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, told Saturday PUNCH in Abuja on Thursday that the corporation should not be blamed for not implementing the directive on kerosene subsidy because the NNPC did not get any instruction to end subsidy payments on kerosene.

He said, “The point of contention is about kerosene subsidy. We do not doubt that there could be a directive. But what the NNPC is saying is that it is one thing for the President to give a directive, it is another thing for the directive to be communicated down to the various agencies of government.

“The communication line in matters like this is between the President and the minister. And the minister will direct subsidiaries or parastatals working under the ministry. So in a situation where a directive was given by the President to a minister, then for reasons that are best known to the minister or the ministry, that information was not communicated to the parastatals, then you can’t hold us responsible for not implementing the directive.  As far as we are concerned, we have not received the directive.”

He argued that the NNPC was a structured organisation and would not take decisions based on “hearsay.”

Asked to comment on the allegedly missing $20bn, Ibrahim said the corporation would be able to reconcile its account before the end of the week. According to him, the NNPC would brief the Senate on its findings soon, stressing that “a large chunk of this amount is what we are reconciling now and we believe that by the end of the week, we should be able to give our report to the Senate.”