Lagos 2015: Speaker Ikuforiji Joins Race

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBskCXzm_y7XA79wv0ECO8IEw27JLRmWemKsZmgPTFvdIOPA5R3m1qo1k0fSaVddgQVZ_CDrHT7IE5lmpWHoG-J5g1PYx2Ch9Ac5C8hIi3DqLvcRZPPhso0e79Gjh1bAMdpSPufX3H8I/s1600/Ikuforiji.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBskCXzm_y7XA79wv0ECO8IEw27JLRmWemKsZmgPTFvdIOPA5R3m1qo1k0fSaVddgQVZ_CDrHT7IE5lmpWHoG-J5g1PYx2Ch9Ac5C8hIi3DqLvcRZPPhso0e79Gjh1bAMdpSPufX3H8I/s1600/Ikuforiji.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The venue was <i>De Blue Roof</i> at Alausa-Ikeja, Lagos in southwest Nigeria. And, the event was the official declaration of intention to contest for the Office of the Executive Governor of Lagos State in the 2015 general elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 56-years old Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has officially made public his intention to run for the 2015 Lagos governorship election on the platform of the ruling party, the <i>All Progressives Congress</i> (APC).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The governorship aspirant who said he offered himself as a candidate with a clear vision of a greater Lagos and a commitment to leading the State on a new journey which will consolidate the gains of the past promised to make Lagos a global city and Africa's economic hub if elected.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ikuforiji said he had struggled to ensure that Lagos State maintains its place in the nation and indeed becomes Africa's pre-eminent city. The UNILAG (University of Lagos) graduate also said he used his time and energy in helping not only to build democracy in Lagos State but to also expand the frontiers of Government, transparency and accountability.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlv0FjhRD8v-fAmdiugkS2nK-3gLBgcTEX_U-UXZFTsNcpiotRn92V9np-PiZC4dMKL-n-cix0JbxdRp93_JbDaXDF9MH7uy-4oa-oWJP_yHTKuIhtDHkfe1D2E1CEwgQXbGqmP60Hkg/s1600/Ikuforiji1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlv0FjhRD8v-fAmdiugkS2nK-3gLBgcTEX_U-UXZFTsNcpiotRn92V9np-PiZC4dMKL-n-cix0JbxdRp93_JbDaXDF9MH7uy-4oa-oWJP_yHTKuIhtDHkfe1D2E1CEwgQXbGqmP60Hkg/s1600/Ikuforiji1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> If elected, the Epe-born politician said job creation and poverty alleviation would form part of his ten-point cardinal agenda.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To show their support for the ambition of the longest serving Speaker of a House of Assembly in Nigeria, several party members thronged the venue of the declaration and some of them expressed belief that Lagos State would experience the desired progress under his leadership.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="http://www.channelstv.com/2014/10/26/2015-lagos-governorship-speaker-ikuforiji-declares/"><i>Channels TV</i></a><br /> <b>Photos:</b> <i><a href="http://adeyemiikuforiji.org/photo.html">Adeyemi Ikuforiji Website</a></i></div>

Lagos 2015: Speaker Ikuforiji Joins Race

The venue was De Blue Roof at Alausa-Ikeja, Lagos in southwest Nigeria. And, the event was the official declaration of intention to contest for the Office of the Executive Governor of Lagos State in …

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Kidnapped Chibok Girls: Freedom at Last?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyI6AJAUZd7-7TOQPmyxY0pm0fFsH8Yktt9QPohY6z_lrgBTv0MqNrtQ1spQnb7O87tySxvgjKRszUDyrsP_LdTMF-fbgHlcaVK6Fit1iu6_n-0E9dmpeNmSzZ40ZO7C_lfZ7-yJP03s/s1600/ChibokGirls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyI6AJAUZd7-7TOQPmyxY0pm0fFsH8Yktt9QPohY6z_lrgBTv0MqNrtQ1spQnb7O87tySxvgjKRszUDyrsP_LdTMF-fbgHlcaVK6Fit1iu6_n-0E9dmpeNmSzZ40ZO7C_lfZ7-yJP03s/s1600/ChibokGirls.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Do you still remember those young school girls kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria town of Chibok about 200 days ago? I mean those we now call the <i>Chibok Girls</i> abducted in their hostel by the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram. Okay! The news is not that the 200 girls have been released by their abductors cum kidnappers. No! That's not the news. The news is that Nigerians patiently await their release today barring any change of minds.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One Mallam Danladi Ahmadu had last Friday told the Hausa service of the Voice of America (VOA) that the girls would surely be released today to the President of Chad Republic, Idriss Derby who will later hand the girls to the Nigerian government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The self-acclaimed Secretary-General of Boko Haram disclosed that an enlarged meeting of the group had been fixed for the weekend, to prepare ground for the meeting with the Federal Government today, affirming that the final ceasefire and the release of the Chibok girls were promises that would surely be fulfilled by the group.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> All eyes on Idriss Derby to receive the Chibok girls from Boko Haram TODAY! Imagine what those girls would have passed through in the hands of terrorists for almost 200 days. Imagine the bad lessons they would have learnt? Imagine the pains their parents have gone through. Imagine! Imagine!! Imagine!!! Sincerely, their ordeals (daughters and parents) are better imagined than experienced.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I only pray everything works out as planned for the safe return of these young girls to their parents. I pray ooo!!!</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>Source:</b> <i><a href="http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/19805-nigerians-await-release-of-chibok-girls-today-fg-sect-meet-in-chad">Nigerian Tribune</a></i></div>

Kidnapped Chibok Girls: Freedom at Last?

Do you still remember those young school girls kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria town of Chibok about 200 days ago? I mean those we now call the Chibok Girls abducted in their hostel by the dreaded t…

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Obasanjo Warns Against Muslim-Muslim Ticket

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG00KRGk1k7HkVi8_8QGdfn5ifSGhBURBn0tk_13f2N0Hn73hTZUcExZjedSAiCsCES2zIxSGqzXBnet2Cp6vYnWMRCQAlHiVhwJh1btHNIAGHcwQjJ8G7moyxowYG35YRZvpN-Vf9zY/s1600/OBJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG00KRGk1k7HkVi8_8QGdfn5ifSGhBURBn0tk_13f2N0Hn73hTZUcExZjedSAiCsCES2zIxSGqzXBnet2Cp6vYnWMRCQAlHiVhwJh1btHNIAGHcwQjJ8G7moyxowYG35YRZvpN-Vf9zY/s1600/OBJ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With less than four months to the 2015 general election, former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned against a Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket for elective positions, saying the idea might pose a danger to the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State southwest Nigeria, Obasanjo said the country, at this stage in history, should not raise the spectre and fear of Islamisation or Christianisation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to Obasanjo, sensitivity is a necessary ingredient for enhancement of peace, security and stability at this point in the political discourse and arrangement for Nigeria and for encouraging confidence and trust.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former President said Nigeria cannot at this stage raise the spectre and fear of Islamisation or Christianisation. The idea of proselytisation in any form is a grave danger that must not be contemplated by any serious-minded politician at this delicate situation in Nigeria, as this time is different from any other time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He warned that it will be insensitive to the point of absurdity for any leader or any political party to be toying with Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket at this juncture.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Therefore, disregarding the fact that there are fears that need to be allayed at this point will amount not only to insensitivity of the highest order, but will also amount to very bad politics indeed," Obasanjo said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Obasanjo's statement was in apparent response to the alleged plan by Nigeria's main opposition party, the <i>All Progressives Congress</i> (APC) to field a muslim-muslim ticket against the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the <i>All Progressives Congress</i> (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, had on Saturday, in an interview, said there was nothing wrong in the muslim-muslim ticket, contending that he was not opposed to the idea.</div> <br /> <br /> <b>Source: </b><i><a href="http://www.channelstv.com/2014/10/26/2015-election-obasanjo-opposes-apcs-alleged-muslim-muslim-ticket/">Channels TV</a></i>

Obasanjo Warns Against Muslim-Muslim Ticket

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25-Years Old Nigerian Woman Murders Husband

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRmwxxBMicTG0LXbdtN0ioY8G9rk-4vWz_-N_31WywXVJbZf5MRMM8ZDLwwHggU4nMjiAzIvtnQelxRnXfLR1QH-uBASmy1uTdXwZWAdVq745N38QCa04GD2vXPOMQF2jela9QFBwCnY/s1600/HusbandKillerWife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRmwxxBMicTG0LXbdtN0ioY8G9rk-4vWz_-N_31WywXVJbZf5MRMM8ZDLwwHggU4nMjiAzIvtnQelxRnXfLR1QH-uBASmy1uTdXwZWAdVq745N38QCa04GD2vXPOMQF2jela9QFBwCnY/s1600/HusbandKillerWife.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> "My husband was fond of chasing me with cutlass whenever we have misunderstanding. Whenever he brings out his cutlass, I will run out of the house for him. On that particular day, October 13, 2014, I had a misunderstanding with him and immediately he picked up his cutlass and chased me out of the house. Later he went to an uncompleted building to sleep. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> "Then I said to myself before my husband will kill me, let me kill him first. While he was asleep I went to where he kept his cutlass and killed him. Then I ran to my husband's village at Ntezi Nkaliki and told the kins­men that I killed my husband."</blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Above are the words of Blessing Onyibe Nwogbagami, a 25-year old mother of one narrating why and how she murdered her husband, Onwe Nwogbagami, on October 13, 2014 as reported by <i><b>Sunday Sun</b></i>. This sad event happened at Ojegbe Amike Ugbodo community of Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital in southeast Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the report, Onwe had in his usual manner chased his wife with his machete after they had a mis-understand­ing, threatening to deal with her. Blessing ran out of the com­pound. The man turned back and went to sleep in an uncompleted building.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Blessing came back, took the same machete and hacked Onwe to death as he lay sleeping, according to Maigari Dikko, the Ebonyi State Police chief who added that she locked her husband's corpse in the house for two days and then fled to the village of her husband.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I'm short of words. Anyway, you can read the full story at <i>SunNewsOnline</i>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=87899"><i>Sunday Sun</i></a></div> <div> <br /></div>

25-Years Old Nigerian Woman Murders Husband

"My husband was fond of chasing me with cutlass whenever we have misunderstanding. Whenever he brings out his cutlass, I will run out of the house for him. On that particular day, October 13, 2014, I…

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US Man Arrested For Having 'Gentle Sex' With Dog

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF6UZJuwA1snHpnbgxzmLesOBr-d6f3anU95Ml5mOFl_Ls593GilWggxLU1fiX1ZsrRiYpgnXz6neSWCTP3i620p56feS4mQPxFGgSICXh6ZTBV5stPyxw3oqafP6F7wUaZpfVw-1g9M/s1600/JONNIE-BOGGESS-570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF6UZJuwA1snHpnbgxzmLesOBr-d6f3anU95Ml5mOFl_Ls593GilWggxLU1fiX1ZsrRiYpgnXz6neSWCTP3i620p56feS4mQPxFGgSICXh6ZTBV5stPyxw3oqafP6F7wUaZpfVw-1g9M/s1600/JONNIE-BOGGESS-570.jpg" width="256" /></a></div> <span style="text-align: justify;">This time, the news is about a Kanawha County man in the US who was charged with cruelty to animals after having been accused of having sex with his pet dog</span><span style="text-align: justify;">. Bestiality!</span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This weird news made headlines last week in all major international dailies. According to the reports I monitored on UK's <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/"><i>Daily Mirror</i></a> and the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/"><i>Huffington Post</i></a>, a 47-year old man Jonnie Boggess from Miami in Cabin Creek, Florida was arrested by Kanawha County State Troopers after a tip-off by an animal rights group that he was having sex with his dog, a beagle mix, he named Piglet.<br /> <br /> It was reported that an animal organisation had received information the dog was being sexually abused, prompting them to contact the authorities. However, Boggess defended the illegal act, arguing it was 'okay' because <i>"Piglet was more than 40lbs and had been spayed"</i>, adding that they had had <i>"gentle sexual intercourse"</i> according to Sgt Larry O'Bryan of the West Virginia State Police.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In his report, N M Manolakos, a Kanawha County State Trooper wrote that:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <i> "(Boggess) stated that when he had finished having intercourse that he held 'Piglet', petted her, and told ‘Piglet’ that he loved her."</i></blockquote> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> O'Bryan reported that Boggess later said that he wished he had not had sex with Piglet, and that he was drunk when he did it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However one neighbor did not believe him, telling a local TV channel: "He has done this with animals before, and it’s no shock."<br /> <br /> The police said there were reports that the act occurred multiple times but Boggess only confessed to once. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A Kanawha County Animal Control humane officer came to get the dog, said Sgt Larry O'Bryan who added that the dog had been removed from his home.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Boggess, who admitted having sex with Piglet numerous times over the summer, was released on a $5,000 bond.<br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfSETXY9yqcnGgvmYa-OFhwWVmc5t8d4amZqnEtEh4Jsw7ysjtZmYzvQIsGeswtQHwo-mu5n2DaKfrqmRxFFd44U35FWYef_4XRCoPwYkaZq3S2VumRPp0toD7LtIBnmJG2-iodSLCTA/s1600/o-BEAGLE-900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfSETXY9yqcnGgvmYa-OFhwWVmc5t8d4amZqnEtEh4Jsw7ysjtZmYzvQIsGeswtQHwo-mu5n2DaKfrqmRxFFd44U35FWYef_4XRCoPwYkaZq3S2VumRPp0toD7LtIBnmJG2-iodSLCTA/s1600/o-BEAGLE-900.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <br /> When asked if Boggess was mentally stable, O'Bryan said: "He seemed cognizant."<br /> <br /> Hehehehe!!! If not for the animal rights group, this animal in human skin as the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would have called him could have continued having "gentle sexual intercourse" with a lower animal? The end is fast approaching! And, I read Boggess is awaiting sentence. If you were to hand down a sentence for this act in Africa, how many decades (because I know it won't be just years) will you send him to spend behind bars?<br /> <br /> <b>NOTE: Photo of dog is a generic photo of a beagle <u>NOT</u> that of the sexually abused dog.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Sources:</b> <i><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-arrested-after-having-gentle-4505406">Mirror</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/24/jonnie-boggess-arrested-gentle-sexual-intercourse-beagle-piglet_n_6041014.html">Huffington Post</a></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Photo Credits:</b> <i>Huffington Post, Google</i></div>

US Man Arrested For Having 'Gentle Sex' With Dog

This time, the news is about a Kanawha County man in the US who was charged with cruelty to animals after having been accused of having sex with his pet dog. Bestiality! This weird news made headline…

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Oops: Man Back in Jail After Accidentally Texting Probation Officer for Drug

<div class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzbEIvCGzert8uavcwkWRX-R_QIsjzJtnsSIwha-wDFam36i0ZWJZ1pqZBo-_0ghokkMnN9uUrn2IHUJvfCl5RsJVcDm7MMEUZcLX4qFhR3Ayttpd01I1d6Z3ghAgJBnesLQP-t-di3Y/s1600/Alvin_Cross_Junior_3082444b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzbEIvCGzert8uavcwkWRX-R_QIsjzJtnsSIwha-wDFam36i0ZWJZ1pqZBo-_0ghokkMnN9uUrn2IHUJvfCl5RsJVcDm7MMEUZcLX4qFhR3Ayttpd01I1d6Z3ghAgJBnesLQP-t-di3Y/s1600/Alvin_Cross_Junior_3082444b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Lolsss...This story you're about to read is one of making a demand from the wrongest person. Or, how best can one describe a situation where a convict on probation finds his way back to the prison after he accidentally sent a text to his probation officer asking him if he's got some weed?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> See how the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/alvin-cross-jr-weed-text-probation-officer_n_6041572.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular"><i>Huffington Post</i></a> reported the story:</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> "A Georgia man is back behind bars after mistakenly sending a request for marijuana to the worst person imaginable.</blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> "Alvin Cross Jr, of Albany, accidentally sent a text message reading <i><b>You have some weed?</b></i> to his probation officer, WALB reports. Cross was on probation after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for armed robbery offense in 2006, Dougherty County Lt. Lance Montgerard told The Huffington Post in an email. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> "In response to the text, law enforcement raided Cross' residence, where they discovered a bag of cocaine. As a result, Cross pleaded guilty on Monday to cocaine possession and was sentenced to a year in prison.</blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> "Cross is not the first drug offender to fall victim to technology. October of last year, a New Jersey man allegedly setting up a marijuana sale accidentally sent a text about the deal to a police detective. That same month, a California woman sent a message to a narcotics detective while allegedly trying to set up an illegal deal for an opiate called fentanyl."</blockquote> Apart from the <i>Huffington Post</i>, almost all major international dailies carried the story.<br /> <br /> So next time you wanna ask for a way out of the bank vault after you've stolen some cash, never ask from the Bank official. Always re-confirm the recipient of your messages before sending them out.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Source:</b> <i>Huffington Post, <a href="http://www.walb.com/story/26851352/man-accidentally-texts-probation-officer-in-pot-deal">WALB</a></i><br /> <b>Photo: </b> <i>Dougherty County Police via UK Telegraph</i><br /> <div> <br /></div>

Oops: Man Back in Jail After Accidentally Texting Probation Officer for Drug

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Funny: Cockerel Ordered to Stop Crowing Or...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCXL8jkMGFkZxAqGM1neFKYspMl8HFlrnsGY_HZu1DETcQIV7qFo-9n0hmvCBsqefv0UBUYH1k3v_i7IFyFtDeVXe564kRDccKAIfJtKGUsLoVKIEsibBKC1XL4bLkWnl0KM7dc0enqI/s1600/ASBO+Cockrel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCXL8jkMGFkZxAqGM1neFKYspMl8HFlrnsGY_HZu1DETcQIV7qFo-9n0hmvCBsqefv0UBUYH1k3v_i7IFyFtDeVXe564kRDccKAIfJtKGUsLoVKIEsibBKC1XL4bLkWnl0KM7dc0enqI/s1600/ASBO+Cockrel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="text-align: justify;">If I tell you this on phone, you may not believe me. It's so weird! So funny!! But, also so true!!! A cockerel was served with an order to stop crowing. Yes! A cockerel. This happened in the UK.</span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The gist as I read it on <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/523097/Cockerel-Given-ASBO-Crowing">Daily Express</a> is that William, a pet cockerel owned by an octogenarian Mr. Philip Sutcliffe and his wife Caroline, was reported to local authorities by an anonymous neighbor who complained that the cockerel's early morning crows disturb. The couple keep the bird with a small number of other chickens on a farmland next to their home.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, authorities of the Derbyshire Dales District Council were prompted to launch an investigation in which the bird's cock-a-doodle-doos were monitored after receiving a complaint from a grumpy neighbor. This led to the bird being served with a noise abatement notice for anti-social behavior after authorities found William breached health and safety levels.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>ASBO</b>, meaning anti-social behavior order, is <i>a court order which can be obtained by local authorities in order to restrict the behavior of a person likely to cause harm or distress to the public</i>.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This led to the couple being told they must either silence the cockerel's early morning crows or give him his marching orders.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So, how would the couple achieve this task of silencing the cockerel from his call of nature? If they fail, they may have to see it shipped off to a new location. I doubt they'd want this to happen.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgGXNJwwUQMjbPQ0sqqa3rj9ORAcwWHim8J58nzh8BLy8h2vJh7Tfvgk2lknm38wOAhhGB61-wlhpO_HQkI82Ru-1FIU90EnM49QTfLe2m-35xpaiRgaq6jZ-bZgHWe_khwWG30sRyqs/s1600/ASBO+Cockrel+Owners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgGXNJwwUQMjbPQ0sqqa3rj9ORAcwWHim8J58nzh8BLy8h2vJh7Tfvgk2lknm38wOAhhGB61-wlhpO_HQkI82Ru-1FIU90EnM49QTfLe2m-35xpaiRgaq6jZ-bZgHWe_khwWG30sRyqs/s1600/ASBO+Cockrel+Owners.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> As the deadline to silence William was approaching and the couple unable to decide what to do, some kind-heart residents launched a petition to save William insisting he's not a nuisance.</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> <i>"I find it a bit ridiculous that someone would complain about the sound of a cockerel crowing in a rural village."</i> - William Sutcliffe</blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The council have served an ASBO on him," said 80 year old Mr Sutcliffe, a retired engineer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We have been told we have either got to stop him from crowing before 8am, or get rid of it by this coming Sunday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I've tried everything to keep him quiet during the early hours, including keeping him in the dark and in a small space, but it hasn't worked,</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Short of chopping his head off I don't know how I can stop him from crowing."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The district council said it was bound by law to act upon noise complaints.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Daily Express</i> quoted a district council spokesman as saying: "It's not appropriate for the district council to comment on the specifics of an on-going case,</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "But it is worth noting that the serving of a noise abatement notice allows for a variety of remedies to take place, including the relocation of the noise source.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "This advice has been clearly communicated by our officers in this case."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Datsoriteee!!! This is confirmed <i>gbege</i> for <i>obodo oyinbo</i>. But, I didn't get one thing clear in this report - is the case going to be the State vs William the cockerel or the State vs the Sutcliffe couple? What happens now that some human rights, <i>abeg</i> I mean animal rights activists have intervened to safe the cockerel?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <b>Source: </b><i><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/523097/Cockerel-Given-ASBO-Crowing">Daily Express</a></i><br /> <b>Photos: </b><i>Daily Express</i>

Funny: Cockerel Ordered to Stop Crowing Or...

If I tell you this on phone, you may not believe me. It's so weird! So funny!! But, also so true!!! A cockerel was served with an order to stop crowing. Yes! A cockerel. This happened in the UK. The …

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