ARIEL CASTRO MAY HAVE DIED FROM AUOT-EROTIC ASPHYXIATION

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro may have died by pulling a David Carradine ... hanging himself while masturbating -- an act known as AUTO-EROTIC ASPHYXIATION -- according to a new investigative report that was just released by the prison.

Castro was discovered in his cell by prison guards Sept. 3rd ... hanging from a hinge in the window of his cell ... with a bed sheet wrapped around his neck.  His death was initially ruled a suicide.

THE VIRGIN AUCTIONS

In Colombia, street gangs are recruiting girls as young as ten in a sickening trade that sees their virginities auctioned off to drug barons and foreign tourists.

The youngsters are plucked from the slums - or communas - into a life of organised crime with the promise of stylish clothes, cocaine and financial help for their families.

TWO MEN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KIDNAPPING AND ROBBING MAGISTRATE

Two men were yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by an Asaba High Court having found them guilty of kidnapping and robbing a female magistrate at gunpoint on Boxing Day two years ago.

The convicted persons, Saidu Haruna and Raphael Egwuba, who claimed to be phone technicians and welder at Osubi, respectively, were arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping and armed robbery on charge no A/37C/2012. 

WONDER KID - 9 YR OLD BECOMES ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL

A BRIGHT primary six pupil of Role Model School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, has emerged one of the youngest pupils to obtain the Microsoft Certified Professional certificate. The nine-year-old pupil of Role Model School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified professional.

He came tops among 21 pupils who sat for the professional examination in Lagos. He is now a Microsoft office specialist in office word 2010. Jomiloju scored 769 out of 1,000 in the examination held in August.

BATCH C 2012 NYSC CORPS MEMBERS PASSES OUT - URGED TO CREATE JOBS

The National Youth Service Corps on Thursday organised a passing out ceremony for the 2012 Batch C NYSC members across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory with  some governors advising them to deploy their energies towards nation building. They also advised them to create jobs for themselves.

41 MOST POWERFUL ENTERTAINERS IN NAIJA

A Naija entertainment magazine has done the hard work of putting together a list containing the names of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry. 

They cut across different areas of the entertainment industry.Read the remarkable list of the most popular people in the industry, whose actions actions carry a lot of weight with the hope of the future resting on their shoulders.

Read the full list below. The thing long sha ooooooooooooooo

KIDNAPPED LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN FREED

Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been freed several hours after being kidnapped at dawn by gunmen at the Tripoli hotel where he is living.

The brazen abduction seemed to be in retaliation for a raid by US special forces in the capital over the weekend that seized a suspected al Qaeda leader. Government spokesman Mohammed Kaabar told the state news agency that Mr Zeidan, 63, had been "set free" and was on his way to his office. It appeared Libyan forces had intervened in some way and the abductors did not free Mr Zeidan voluntarily.

MEXICAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH ON HOSPITAL LAWN AFTER NURSES DENIED HER TREATMENT

Mrs Lopez, a married mother of three, said that she and her husband were turned away from the Rural Health Center of the village of San Felipe Jalapa de Diaz by a nurse who said she was only eight months pregnant and ‘still not ready’ to deliver, even though the woman was reportedly fully dilated.

The couple, who are Mazatecs and do not speak Spanish, could not understand much of what the nurse was telling them beyond the word ‘no,’ so they went outside. Addressing the controversy later, the nurses blamed the incident on the language barrier and claimed that they did not have enough staff on hand to treat the woman due to a partial work stoppage.

OOU GRADUATE, TWO OTHERS ARRESTED IN LAGOS FOR KIDNAPPING SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY

A university graduate and two other suspects were on Wednesday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command, following their arrest, by a tip off from a seven-year-old victim.

The graduate of Economics of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Gbenga Sholaja; Olalekan Benjamin and Samson Shomorin, who specialise in kidnapping little boys, were arrested by men of the Igando Police Division and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos. The victim (name withheld) was said to have been held hostage at Benjamin’s father’s house at Ikotun, Lagos.

POLICE APPREHENDS TENANT WHO KIDNAPPED LANDLORD'S DAUGHTER FOR 3 YEARS AND IMPREGNATED HER

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-year-old man, Ajibola Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the daughter of his landlord for three years. The suspect was also said to have forcefully impregnated the victim, Modupe Brown, during captivity.

Modupe had given birth to the child who became cripple because Ajibola refused to allow the child access to immunisation. Ajibola, was arrested along with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly conspired with him to commit the act.

IBADAN POET WINS N16,000,000($100,000) NLNG LITERATURE PRIZE

TADE OLOPADE , an Ibadan, Oyo State-based lawyer and poet has won the 2013 Nigeria Prize for Literature.

Ipadeola, who is also the President of the PEN Nigeria, won the prize worth  $100,000 with his collection of poetry, ‘The Sahara Testaments.’ The prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited.

LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER KIDNAPPED

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped from his Tripoli hotel at dawn on Thursday by armed men and taken to an unknown location, the government and sources said.

The abduction comes five days after US commandos embarrassed and angered Libya's government by capturing senior Al-Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Libi off the streets of Tripoli and whisked him away to a warship. "The head of the transitional government, Ali Zeidan, was taken to an unknown destination for unknown reasons by a group" of men believed to be former rebels, the government said in a brief statement on its website.

PLATEAU SPEAKER RESIGNS WHILE HIS DEPUTY WAS IMPEACHED

The  Plateau State House of Assembly has elected a new speaker. This follows the forceful resignation of John Clark as the Speaker on Wednesday.

Mr. Clark resigned after pressure was mounted on him by his colleagues who asked him to quit or be impeached. Another lawmaker, Titus Alarms, from Bokkos constituency, was promptly elected as the new speaker. Both the old and new speaker are from the Plateau Central Senatorial District where the office was zoned.

#FLASHBACK - ONE N ONLY - PLANTASHUN BOIZ

When the Men were Boiz................

SOLOMON LAR (PDP PIONEER CHAIRMAN) IS DEAD

SOLOMON LAR

The first civilian governor of larger Plateau State and pioneer National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Chief Solomon Daushep Lar is dead.

He died in an American hospital at 3.00am US time. Chief Solomon Lar has been out of political circulation and in a hospital in United States of America for medical treatment in the past nine months over age-related ailment.

FEMI FANI KAYODE RESPONDS TO AVIATION MINISTER

FKK would not let Stella Oduah's words stroll pass without a response...........................

Oya read after the cut.......................

IT IS OVER BETWEEN KRIS AND BRUCE JENNER AFTER 22 YEARS

Kris Jenner(MOMAGER) and Bruce Jenner have officially called it quits.

The couple, who celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary earlier this year, announced their split.

"We are living apart," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians matriarch said on Monday, "but there is no animosity. We are united and committed to our family." 

11 APC GOVERNORS FORM PROGRESSIVES GOVERNORS FORUM

APC governors(11) yesterday formed the Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF.

The governors have also set up a functional secretariat to coordinate their activities just like the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF and the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum.

RAPE OF YOUTH CORPS MEMBER - COURT FREES OSUN KING

The High Court at Osogbo declared Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli a free man yesterday.

He had been standing trial for allegedly raping a former youth corps member, Miss Helen Okpara,

HIDE YOURSELF IN SHAME - MINISTER OF AVIATION ADVICES FANI KAYODE

Femi Fani Kayode has become a torn in the flesh of this present administration as his hobby of criticism just got better. Considering that he was once a part and parcel of the notorious PDP government that has been unable to make our lives better for over 14 years, one would wonder if he has the moral right to release his bullets of criticism. On the flip side though, he speaks the truth on certain issues. 

He blasted the Minister of aviation who maybe ignorantly claimed that accident is an act of God.(I disagree with her\point of view). 

Keep reading after the cut............................