Kitten suffered ‘horrendous’ death after woman, 23, cooked it in microwave

Laura Cunliffe’s kitten died a slow and painful death (Picture: Caters)

A 23-year-old woman killed her kitten by putting it in the microwave, a court heard, as she pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
Laura Cunliffe, 23, put her four-month-old pet Mowgli in the microwave for five minutes after it apparently attacked her goldfish.
Cunliffe, from Hoyland near Barnsley, then removed it from the appliance where the suffering animal was still alive, despite having its internal organs cooked.
‘The kitten was in a distressed state when Miss Cunliffe took it out of the oven,’ said Brian Orsborn, prosecuting for the RSPCA.
‘[It] could not get its breath and died about 90 minutes later. Miss Cunliffe made arrangements for the body of the kitten to be taken away to be buried.’
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He continued: ‘The RSPCA became involved and was able to trace the man who carried out the burial.’
As reported by the MailOnline, the defence for Cunliffe stated that she had suffered with depression and psychosis.

Facebook and Twitter should warn against NekNominations, local councils say

Facebook and Twitter should tell its users not to partake in NekNominations (Picture: Getty)

Social networks should warn their millions of users against taking part in the NekNomination ‘game,’ councils have said.
The Local Government Association (LGA) wants clear and prominent messages displayed on the likes of Facebook and Twitter to highlight the hazards of the drinking craze.
NekNomination is an online fad for which partakers down, on video, their chosen amount of alcohol before posting the footage online and then daring other people to do the same.
The craze has been linked to five deaths in the UK and Ireland, including Bradley Eames, 20, from Nottingham, who consumed two pints of neat gin.
The LGA, which represents nearly 400 councils in England and Wales, said that some schools have given warnings at assemblies and on notice boards, while a number of councils are launching internet safety campaigns, the LGA said.

Popular Comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth is one to reckon with in Nigeria’s entertainment industry. He’s rated as one of the richest and best comedians in Nigeria and beyond, also reputed to have performed in many local and foreign shows. The Theatre Arts graduate from Delta State University is unarguably hilarious and has continued to dish out rib-cracking jokes to his teeming fans.

Basketmouth breaks continental record with Opel Insignia

Many people have also argued that, with basketmouth, one cannot maintain a straight face, which symbolises his outstanding excellence when it comes to comedy.

The father of two made history when he acquired a customised Opel Insignia in 2013, alleged to be the first in Africa to be so ordered, which cost him about N10m.

When he took delivery of the car, he tweeted, “She’s the first and only one in Africa, I built her from the scratch, as in…I cooked her like soup.”

The Opel insignia 2013 edition comes with a standard six-speed transmission which seems smart enough at picking gears. Propelled by a 2.8-litre turbo V6 engine, the Insignia huffs out 239kW and 435Nm. It has a fuel economy of about 10.9 litres per 100km. The hot Insignia takes six seconds to reach 100km from standstill and can reach a top speed of 250km/h. This model can be anybody’s for a shade under $60,000.

Interior

The Insignia boasts of 8-way power-adjustable and ventilated front leather seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear-shifter. Compared to other cars in its class, the Insignia’s front seats are mounted 15mm lower to put both the driver and front passenger firmly in place and in a sportier position, which affords a clear view of both the instruments and the road ahead.

It has Bluetooth phone integration, iPod connectivity, USB audio input, a seven-speaker audio system, humidity sensor, 7-inch colour information display with satellite navigation which allows drivers to save points of interest and find the most economical route for their trip. It has a pre-installed application for streaming music and using internet functions.

The front camera, already fitted to the Insignia for traffic sign recognition and lane departure warning, now has the added feature of Following Distance Indication, which measures the distance to the car in front and helps drivers avoid rear-end collisions with visual and audible warnings.

Court bars SSS, AGF, others from arresting Sanusi

Mallam Lamido Sanusi

A Federal High Court sitting in  Lagos on Friday granted an order restraining the State Security Services and the Inspector General of Police, Mallam Mohammed Abubakar, and all the agencies of the Federal Government from arresting the suspended governor of  the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi.

Justice Ibrahim Buba granted the order in chamber after hearing Sanusi’s ex parte application shortly after it was duly filed on Friday.

The order is to subsist pending the hearing of the suit. The court adjourned till February 28, before which time parties in the suit were expected to have been served.

The court order came as the suspended CBN governor accused  President Goodluck Jonathan administration of shielding corrupt government officials.

In an interview granted the Voice of America (Hausa Service), shortly after his suspension on Thursday, Sanusi   accused the President  of doing  nothing to punish corrupt officials in his cabinet.

He cited the case of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who he said,  publicly  admitted that she spent N3.5bn of tax-payers’ money on kerosene subsidy without appropriation, on live television.

He said, “The minister of Petroleum Resources appeared before the National Assembly in front of television cameras and admitted that she spent N3.5bn of tax-payers’ money on kerosene subsidy without appropriation, nothing was done.”.

The  former CBN governor had vowed to pursue the matter in court to safeguard the bank’s autonomy and protect the nation’s economy against abuse of power shortly after the President suspended him on Thursday.

“He said, “I am also letting the people know that we believe that the President does not have the powers to suspend the CBN governor.

“I have no intention of returning to the job but we are going to court to confirm whether or not the President has powers to suspend the CBN governor.

How Jonathan secured PDP governors’ support

 

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan secured the approval of the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party before suspending the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido, from office, SATURDAY PUNCH has learnt.

The secret meeting, which was held inside the First Lady Conference Hall at the Presidential Villa on Monday, was attended by the PDP governors.

The governors, who attended the meeting included  Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Liyel Imoke (Cross River); Ibrahim Shema (Katsina); Martins Elechi (Ebonyi); Theodore Orji (Abia); Ramalan Yero (Kaduna) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue).

Others are Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi); Idris Wada (Kogi); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Isa Yuguda (Bauchi); Garba Umar (Taraba); Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta); Bala Ngilari (Deputy Governor, Adamawa) and Sam Jonah (Deputy Governor Bayelsa).

Vice-President Namadi Sambo; National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu; the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Uche Secondus and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, also attended alongside the President.

One of the governors who attended the meeting said that the President actually tabled the issue and was advised to act fast because the leadership of the party and the Presidency were of the opinion that the suspended CBN governor was becoming a major opposition figure as the race for 2015 approached.

The source said, “The President tabled the matter and the governors and the leadership of the party agreed that the matter needed to be dealt with early.

“While some argued that the matter should be left till a later date to enable the suspended CBN governor to serve out his tenure, which ought to end around middle of the year, others felt that it would be better for him to be suspended in order not to cause further damage to the fortune of the President and the party as the race for 2015 hit up.

Satanist serial killer: ‘I stopped counting at 22′

Miranda Barbour could be one of America’s most prolific female serial killer (Picture: AP)

A teenage Satanist, charged with the murder of a man she met through the Craigslist contact website, has admitted killing at least 22 others.
Miranda Barbour could be one of America’s most prolific female serial killers after making the confession to a Pennsylvania newspaper from her prison cell.
The 19-year-old said she was just 13 when she began the nationwide killing spree in her home state of Alaska, adding: ‘When I hit 22, I stopped counting

Drunk father forces eight-year-old son

 to drive him home from pub

Juliusz, 8, attempted to drive his father home in the green car (Picture: CEN)

A father who had drunk too much at a pub forced his eight-year-old son drive him home.
Mikolaj Tomaszewski could now be jailed for five years after his son, Juliusz, crashed into another car in Gielniow, Poland, during the ill-fated trip.
Both of them suffered minor injuries in the accident along with three other people.
The 38-year-old had reportedly called his son from the pub and asked him to ride his bike there, and then drive home in his green Opel Corsa.