Homosexuals wins court hearing in Washington D.C

WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in the 5 to 4 decision. He was joined by the court’s four more liberal justices.

The decision, the culmination of decades of litigation and activism, came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion, with polls indicating that most Americans now approve of same-sex marriage.

Justice Kennedy said gay and lesbian couples had a fundamental right to marry.

Choosen pastor was robbed and shot dead at gun point.

LAGOS—Unknown gunmen, Monday, shot dead Lagos State Coordinator of The Lord’s Chosen Charis-matic Revival Ministries, Pastor Chukwuemeka Okpokpo, at Apple Junction, Amuwo Odofin area of the state.

The gunmen, said to have used a motorcycle, reportedly trailed the deceased from a Diamond Bank branch, where he had gone to withdraw N3 million for the church.

They reportedly fired shots into the air, which sent other road users and passers-by scampering for safety.
Reports said Pastor Okpokpo tried to escape when it became obvious that he was the target.

He reportedly slowed down on reaching a bad spot in the road, and the hoodlums shot at the tyres of the Chosen vehicle he was driving, bringing the vehicle to an abrupt halt.

One of the gunmen then alighted from their motorbike, walked to the vehicle and shot Pastor Okpokpo in the stomach.
He was said to have waited to ensure that Okpokpo was no longer breathing before he took the nylon bag containing the money, went back to his two colleagues in the motorbike and they zoomed off.

Fear-stricken residents were said to have rushed to the scene and raised alarm on discovering that the victim was wearing the Lord’s Chosen reflective jacket.

Some of them were said to have alerted members of the church, who rushed him to the church’s clinic at Ijesha.
When news of the tragedy filtered in, those who knew him wept uncontrollably, dispelling the report as rumour, while some said he was still in Ogun State, where he had gone to organise a crusade.

Resurrection prayers

A prayer session aimed at resurrecting him reportedly held between 12.30p.m. and 8p.m.
Some of the church members were, however, of the view that the gunmen could have been hired assassins and not robbers.

We’re investigating—POLICE

Meanwhile, Lagos State Police Command said it had begun investigation into the killing. The command said it was too early to say if it was a case of robbery or assassination.

A police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Vanguard: “We are leaving all avenues open in our investigation.”
Church members thronged Okpokpo’s Iju home to commiserate with his family.

The family members hinted that Okpokpo’s body had been taken to his home town in Amizi, Ikwuano Local Government Area of Umuahia of Abia State.

New condom to change color when in contact with STD's

A new 'smart condom' was created by a group of teenage students for the Teen Tech awards, which they claim will glow different colors if it detects an STD!

The creators said the condom will work with a layer of chemicals on the surface that will attach to bacteria and viruses from STDs.

Here are the colors that the condom will change if STDs are detected:
“glow green for chlamydia, yellow for herpes, purple in the presence of the human papillomavirus which causes genital warts, and blue for syphilis.”
Not only will the “smart condoms” make you aware if your partner might have an STD, one of the designers explained:
“We wanted to create something that makes detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before, so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the invasive

Bomb blast in Chad, many killed.

Multiple bomb explosion rocked the Chadian capital, N’Djamena this morning. Reports say suicide bombers who are believed to be members of Boko Haram attacked the Police Headquarters. One of the suicide bombers attacked the police academy where a graduation ceremony was going on. Unconfirmed reports say at least 30 cadets were killed in the attack.

Woman kidnapped, raped,murdered and dumped in a jeep in Benin

A 23-year-old woman, identified as Joy Ojolede Okoh, has been reportedly abducted, raped and murdered in Benin City by unidentified persons on Monday.

It was reliably gathered that her body was found in the boot of an SUV at Upper Mission Extension in Benin City, southern Nigeria.
The SUV was said to have been snatched by the gunmen and used for the dastardly act before it was
abandoned.

It was gathered that the deceased who was said to be a bread seller at Lucky Way Junction by Ramat Park, was alleged to have closed for the day’s business at about 7:30pm when she was kidnapped.

Edo Police Command spokesman, DSP Stephen Onwuchei, who confirmed the incident, said the
police have commenced investigation into the matter.

In another development a middle aged man whose name was given as Osayande Edoigiawerie, was allegedly stabbed to death by his lover’s son at Zabayor Street, in Benin on Monday night.

The deceased, who was alleged to have gone to his lover to take his dinner, was alleged to have been attacked with a dagger by the son of the woman.

The assailant who is now at lareg was said to have stabbed the man severally all over the body, leading to excessive bleeding.
The deceased’s lover was siad to have raised an alarm which attracted the people in the area to the scene.
They rushed Edoigiawerie to a nearby clinic where he was confirmed dead.

When contacted, the Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Stephen Onwuchei said he was yet to be briefed by the relevant Divisional Police Officer.

31 years old teacher defiles 3 children.

A 31-year-old teacher working with a private
school in Ibadan, Oyo State, Adebola Adetola, has
been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command
after the family of a Primary Three pupil (names
withheld) reported to the police and accused him
of having sex with their daughter.
The pupil, whose parents said will clock 10 in July
this year, was said to have opened up to the
parents on Thursday, June 4, on what had been
going on between her and her teacher, leading to
his arrest on Friday, June 5.
The teacher, who attends a popular Pentecostal
church in Ibadan, is due for wedding with his
fiancée in August.
But the suspect told Crime Reports that he did not
commit the crime he was being accused of, though
he admitted that the girl used to play in his room
and would sleep on his rug after school hours.
Speaking with Crime Reports, the girl, who said the
suspect was a teacher in her school as well as her
after-school lesson teacher, stated: “I used to help
Mr Adetola to carry his things to his house. He
used to teach me and four others lesson after
school hours.
“One day, when others had left, he asked me to
sleep on the bed and remove my pants. He
removed his boxers and raped me from the back.
He shook and a whitish thing came out of him. He
wiped it with toilet roll. Since then, he had been
doing the same thing to me. It had been on for
some time before my mother discovered on
Thursday.
“He used to give me N5 and would also buy
biscuit for me. I was using the money to buy
sweets (candies) from my mother’s shop.”
The girl said she did not tell her mother of her
experience because the teacher warned her against
it, threatening that he would beat her seriously if
she did.
Explaining his side of the story, Adetola said the
girl was his student, adding that he was also very
close to her parents. “She used to come to my
room and would sleep on my rug. Her parents are
well aware of her closeness to me. I have never
slept with her, not to talk of cleaning her up as she
claimed.
“It is true I used to buy things for her and give her
money, but I had no ulterior motive for doing this
other than the fact that I was close to her family. I
was surprised when police came to my school this
morning to arrest me for defilement.”
But Crime Reports learnt that the suspect’s
mother told the police that her son once did the
same thing to his niece 10 years ago.
Confirming the arrest, the state Police Public
Relations officer, DSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said that
police had commenced investigations into the
case.