Parrot arrested in India for insulting owner's elderly stepmother

A parrot in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, was detained by police on Tuesday after an old woman filed a complaint against it for making obscene remarks at her.

Janabai, who is in her 80s, filed the complaint with the police in Rajura city of Chandrapur District, saying the parrot had been tutored by its owner to shower abuses at her whenever she passed by his house.

The parrot, named Hariyal, is owned by Janabai's stepson Suresh. A complaint was also registered against him. Both live separately due to a property dispute.

Albino Foundation demands investigation into member’s death in Lagos

It was reported on this blog that 23-year-old albino, Ugochukwu Ugogbua, committed suicide on Sunday Aug 16th. Well yesterday his house was besieged by members of the Albino Foundation, who demanded to know what made him kill himself. There were rumours that Ugo had killed himself because his parents wanted him to join Jehovah's Witnesses, a claim his family has since denied.

The members of the Albino Foundation commiserated with the bereaved family then proceeded to the police station to enquire about the outcome of their investigation on the incident.

At Festac Police Division, Lagos State Coordinator of Albino Foundation, Mrs. Omolala Joseph, said:

“We are here on behalf of the national headquarters of Albino Foundation in Abuja to find out what exactly led to the death of our colleague. “Though he was not a registered member of the Foundation, he was an albino like us, therefore, we have a duty to pay a condolence visit to the family, counsel them and orientate them. “Things like this cannot just happen. We need to know the exact cause so as to help re-orientate others.”

A member of the family, who simply gave her name as Oluchi, said:

“We have read a lot of reports on my brother’s death. I want to categorically state that he did not kill himself because he was forced to become a Jehovah’s Witnesses member. “It was not also because he was stigmatised as an albino. The truth is that what led him into the act were powers beyond him and he never left any note for us concerning his death.”

Female rugby player dies from catastrophic brain injuries after tackle

A talented young rugby player died from catastrophic brain injuries over a month after she was injured in a tackle during a game, an inquest heard.

Tragic Sarah Chesters, 23, was playing for her ladies' rugby team on October 19 last year when she was bundled to the ground by a bigger opposition player.

The 5ft 2in full-back complained of pain to her collarbone but managed to walk off the pitch and even declined an offer of an ambulance or hospital treatment.

In the coming weeks she also carried on making a daily two-hour commute from her home in Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, for her job as a research intern with Women in Sport in London.

But an inquest heard the Masters' degree graduate took a turn for the worse after she started being sick and feeling dizzy on November 13.

She was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital where tests revealed she had suffered a stroke.

Her conditioned rapidly worsened and she passed away on November 21 after coming off a life support machine.

Yesterday, North Staffordshire Coroners Court heard Sarah died from brain injuries which were probably triggered by the tackle as she played for Longton RUFC.

Recording a verdict of accidental death, North Staffordshire Coroner Ian Smith said: 'She was tackled, she went down.

'When the injury occurred is not totally clear.

'I took care of his kids': Ciara fires back at ex Future

Ciara has fired back at the ex-fiance Future's criticism of her parenting. The 29-year-old responded after the rapper blasted her for allowing their son Future Jnr to spend time with her current boyfriend, footballer Russell Wilson.

She accused the 31-year-old of double standards, since she looked after his three other children when they were together.

'It's been very interesting to hear what a lot of guys have had to say,' she said in an interview with CBS.

'I feel like in a sense it's a bit of a double standard, because at one point in time when we were together, I took care of his kids as well - at a very young time in our relationship.'

'I was involved very early in the stage of us getting to know each other,' she said. 

However, Future didn't like the fact his ex was playing happy families with the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, after he was seen pushing the boy's stroller.

'If I was a kid, and my momma had some dude pushing me, I would've jumped out the stroller and slapped the sh*t out of him,' the Karate Chop hitmaker said in an interview with New York's Power 105.1 last month.

Nigerian Govt writes India to see Nigerian ISIS suspects

The Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has written to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the 2 Nigerians that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group.

The two suspects from Kano, identified as Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, are currently being detained by the Punjab Police in India.

New vacation photos of Jonathan and his family in Kenya

With his wife and son. See another pic after the cut...

Kim Kardashian shares photo of North West and cousin meeting a Mermaid

Kim K who is currently on vacation in St. Bart with her family shared this photo of North West and her cousin Penelope Disick staring down at a 'Mermaid'. She shared another photo of the Mermaid swimming in what looks like a swimming pool. She captioned the photos, 'Mermaids are real'. Another photo after the cut..

CBN bars foreign firms from printing cheques for Nigerian banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has denied accreditation to foreign printers who hitherto printed cheque books for some Nigerian banks. In a circular released, yesterday, entitled: “Circular to deposit money banks, cheque printers and other stakeholders on the accreditation of cheque printers for 2015/2016″ and signed by Director, Banking and Payment Systems Department, Dipo Fatokun, the Central bank said it has duly notified all accredited printers and issued certificates to them. 

It listed all the accredited cheque printers to include Superflux International Ltd, Tripple Gee and Company Plc, Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Plc, Euphoria Group and Popi Printing Company Ltd.

The Central bank said it did this to ensure an efficient payment and settlement system.

The circular read: