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A death row prisoner started moving and mumbling 13 minutes after being given a supposedly lethal injection. Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett had been given a controversial new cocktail of death penalty drugs and appeared unconscious before he tried to lift his head. Doctors called a halt to the procedure but the 38-year-old, who shot a teenager and buried her alive in a shallow grave, was pronounced dead around 25 minutes later after apparently suffering a heart attack.

Nigerian film-maker and Nollywood icon, Amaka Igwe who has shockingly passed on at 51. The sad incident occu rred in Enugu where she had gone, in company of her husband, for pre-production preparations for a new Igbo soap. She suffered an asthma attack and was immediately rushed to a teaching hospital where doctors were on strike was confirmed dead at a private clinic in Enugu. Mrs Igwe is survived by her husband of 21 years Charles Igwe, three children Ruby, David and Daniel, an aged mother, siblings and a large extended family.

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it legal for men to marry multiple women, even if it is without their wi fe’s consent. Lawyer Judy Thongori Tuesday said the Marriage Act 2014 is long overdue and has more positive than negative attributes. She says the number of women a man can marry depends on the traditions of his tribe. Kenya has 42 tribes and many do not put a cap on the number of wives a man can marry as long as he can afford it. Thongori said previous laws governing marriages and unions were made by British colonialists before Kenya gained independence in 1963 and did not capture the value systems of the indigenous populations. Although proponents of the bill say that this formalizes an already common practice throughout Kenya, many women’s groups have objected to the bill and Kenya’s Federation of Women Lawyers says that it will challenge the law. Women can not marry more than one man.

Punch Committee wants President, govs stripped of immunity Veteran film-maker, Amaka Igwe, dies at 51 Jonathan sacks Gulak as political adviser I didn’t stop Diezani’s probe –Judge Reps summon service chiefs over abducted girls Lagos plans law to protect whistle-blowers Govs’ removal: Falana tells Jonathan to ignore Clark National Conference: Delegates clash over power devolution Public service bloated, HoS tells committee Terrorism, major threat to Africa, says Wali Fish out fifth columnists, Oritsejafor tells military Police disrupt ASUP, COEASU protest Alleged ill health stalls Mohammed Abacha’s trial Insecurity: Abdulsalami urges leaders to learn from America Abducted schoolgirls’ parents protest in Abuja

  Punch Again, Punch journalist wins academy of science award Ribadu probed me, my late wife ­– Obasanjo Chartered jets: Uncertainty over Reps’ probe of Diezani B’Haram: Army to begin mass recruitment in May Policeman abducts, brutalises eight-year-old girl Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC suspends Morgan Tsvangirai Fire guts Abuja orange market Emulate S’Korean PM, APC tells Jonathan Women to protest over abducted schoolgirls Wednesday B’Haram’ll be defeated soon, says Sambo 2015: A’Ibom PDP elders move against Akpabio Boko Haram, an affront on Nigerians ‘APC congress in A’Ibom State fraudulent’ 2015: Groups want Balewa’s son to challenge Jonathan Nyako’s memo: Northern elders tell Jonathan to investigate Brazil 2014 watch: Mikel wins, Igiebor drops with Betis Warri Wolves win first away game AFCON 2015: Eagles, Bafana face off in qualifiers

South Korean Prime Minister, Chung Hong-won, this morning Sunday April 27th announced his resignation 11 days after a ferry carrying school children on a field trip to the island of Jeju capsized and sank, killing over 300 people. PM Hong-won made the announcement at an emergency news conference that held in the country's capital, Seoul, early this morning, days after his government was fiercely criticized about how it responded to the disaster. The PM took responsibility for the slow response of the rescue operation.

They tweeted solidarity messages at the same time. I'm a fan so this is really good news. Family is really everything. Guess all your prayers have been answered...:-). Long live P-Square!

T he divisional police officer of Onikan police station, Mr Adekunle Awe, who a 31-year old mother of two, Idowu Akinwumi accused of raping her, has been detained. The police officer who was detained alongside two other police inspectors from his zone, said the devil brought the suspect to put him in trouble and he prays the Lord helps him secure his job. Meanwhile the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar and Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola have declared their interest in the case.  He is currently being detained at the State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja.

 Happy Easter to you

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I have been hearing of man transforming into a woman but i have not seen any on till now... Okwudili and my goodself went to the same high school in Surulere, Lagos. He surely had that tendency of gay in him. Okwudili left Nigeria many years back for Canada where he had a transgender surgery to become a woman. She's now known as Lady Candy in Toronto, Canada where she currently resides and is a registered nurse at Sick Kids Hospital.

Punch • B’Haram invades Borno villages, kills 38 • North can survive without oil, says Lamido Adamawa • Diezani, NNPC’s  antics won’t stop jet probe –Tambuwal • Jonathan flouting electoral law, says APC • Fresh PDP peace talks with Obasanjo crumble • Buhari not worried by movement ‘restriction’ –Fashakin • Senate threatens Deziani over jet scandal, NNPC accounts • B’ Haram is spiritual warfare against Nigeria, says Nebo • INEC must sanction parties causing violence –Bamidele • Jonathan is desperate for 2015, says S’East APC • Rivers APC wants Presidency zoned to N’Delta • Lagos declares zero tolerance for boat accidents • Aturu hails NHRC over verdict on Apo killings • Boat accident claims five in Niger • Give loans to jobless youths, cleric urges govt • CBN: Leave the shadow, face the substance (1) • Nigeria, the giant disappointment of Africa (2) • Boat accident: Rescue agency faults Isaac’s family claim • Man kills roommate during fight over cooking pot • Liverpool beat Ci

A bomb blast has occurred at the popular Nyanya under bridge bus stop. The blast happened during the Monday morning rush hour, at about 6:47am.  Correspondent Precious Oletu gave us an on the scene update, Here are the details we have right now: -Nyanya bus stop is where people come from suburbs of Abuja, like Karo and Madalla, etc and get buses into Abuja to work for the day. Buses start loading from 4am. -Blast occurred when about 7 to 8 buses were loading, and people were queuing to buy tickets. -Dead bodies are being carried out by ambulances, security agencies, and even individuals. Body parts are being put into bags.

The 100 days of fasting and prayer programme embarked upon by the members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, comes to an end Friday with three hours of praises and worship in all the Provincial Headquarters of the church worldwide. The praises and worship is expected to start at 6.00 p.m. and ends at 9.00 p.m. The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye declared a 100-day fasting and prayer for all the members of the church at the beginning of this year. The fasting and prayer commenced on 2 January, 2014. At the beginning of the fasting, Pastor Adeboye told the congregation that if any member could fast for 14 days without food, it would be regarded as 28 days while whoever could fast for 21 days without food, it would be counted to be 63 days.

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  The Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, would be closing all its satellite campuses across the country by 2015. This was disclosed by the Rector of the polytechnic, Dr. Abdulazeez Abioye Lawal, at the 22nd convocation ceremony of the institution held at its permanent site in Ikorodu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. A record 14,920 students, the highest since the inception of the school in 1977, graduated Thursday. According to the Rector, this became necessary owing to the directive of National Board for Technical Education(NBTE) that the Polytechnic should close all its annexes by 2015.

FC Bayern München's bid to become the first back-to-back winner faces the sizeable hurdle of Real Madrid CF while Club Atlético de Madrid play Chelsea FC in the other semi-final. Today's open draw in Nyon was conducted by UEFA Champions League final ambassador Luís Figo and UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, who looked forward to "more of the same" after some "sensational" quarter-final action. "The last four clubs in the UEFA Champions League possess an amazing history in the competition, with three previous winners totalling no fewer than 15 European crowns between them, and one club – Atlético Madrid – who have not featured at this stage since 1974," Mr Infantino said.

Jaywon has finally spoken about leaving Kennis music. Though a lot of people have reported that the singer and his record label boss are not in good terms which already made him leave the record label, but speaking to Nigezie, he cleared the airwaves insisting, there was no fight between him and his boss, but it was only the right time for him to leave and be on his own.  My contract with them has expired he said; ‘I feel this is the best time for me to actually be on my own. I appreciate Kennis Music and will always do.  Kennis did it for me and I’m grateful for that but the thing is my contract expired and I need to move on’.

Respite came the way of Nigeria football, which has been witnessing dwindling fortunes on the monthly FIFA ranking in the past few months, as the country moved two steps upward to rank 45th in April as against 47th last month. In the world ranking released early today, FIFA says Nigeria garnered 620 points to move to No. 45th and 6th in Africa. Interestingly, Nigeria’s Super Eagles are ranked below their Brazil 2014 World Cup Group F opponents. Bosnia & Herzegovina are No. 25th in the world, while Iran are on No. 37. Argentina are rated the best sixth team in the world. In Africa, Ivorians’ Elephants are the number one team followed by Egypt, Algeria, Ghana and Cape Verde Islands. Tunisia are on No. 7th with Cameroon, Guinea and Mali completed the Africa’s Top 10 respectively.

Punch I’ll back Wike to succeed Amaechi –Patience Jonathan Elections’ll hold in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa in 2015 – INEC $510bn Gross Domestic Product: Investors not attracted by size of economy –World Bank $510bn Gross Domestic Product: Investors not attracted by size of economy –World Bank JNI accuses army of killing innocent muslims Oronsaye report: FG merges NAMA, NCAA, NMA NHRC indicts SSS, Army for Apo killings PDP blasts APC for violent congress Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Lawyer seeks dismissal of Lagos suit Immigration tragedy: Moro knows fate today Delegate seeks castration for rapists Ibadan horror: We’ve arrested 60 suspects, say police police nab 60 suspects We’ll work with Amaechi to sack PDP – Sylva Group urges FG to investigate killing of SSS detainees Tout stabs friend to death over N800 ‘I vandalised oil wellheads to protest unemployment’ Reps to pass N4.6tn budget today Aircraft with 57 passengers makes air return

Firefighters have rescued a 16-year-old girl who became stuck in a storm drain while trying to retrieve her mobile phone. Ella Birchenough tried to pull herself out of the hole in Dover, Kent, but panicked when she became wedged. Tim Richards saw Ms Birchenough stuck up to her waist while he was driving home from work and pulled over to help.

  A Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the Federal Government, the State Security Service and the police to immediately release the passport unlawfully seized from the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The court, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, ordered the respondents, including the police, to pay N50m to Sanusi as exemplary damages for the unlawful detention and seizure of his passport. Justice Ibrahim Buba delivered the judgment in the fundamental enforcement suit instituted by Sanusi following his arrest, detention, and seizure of his passports on February 20.

Funeral Mass: Time: 10am (No African Time).  Date: Friday April 4th . Venue: Holy Cross Cathedral (Opp City Hall) Lagos Island. Interment follows after at Ikoyi Cemetery.  Dress Code: White attire only.

Punch Bulletproof car scandal: At last, EFCC quizzes Stella Oduah Jet scandal: Reps write Diezani, demand details Six missing, 22 rescued from Lagos boat disaster Tambuwal foils PDP caucus plot against defected Reps World leaders must identify terror sponsors —Jonathan China condemns violent environmental protest Six missing, 22 rescued from Lagos boat disaster Confab: Muslims fault Christian leaders’ position on constitution EFCC probes contract awards in Osun Sectional interest poses danger to S’East –Igbo group Psychiatric report stalls Charles Okah’s trial Confab should produce new constituion –Falae Group petitions Jonathan over lawmakers’ jumbo pay Unemployment increasing due to lack of integrity –Akinjide Immigration tragedy: Four protesters arrested 1,200MW may be lost to uncompleted power projects FG set to release Nigeria’s new GDP figure Police blame mother, lover for toddler’s severed penis Thousands displaced as fire guts Lagos slu