Stephanie Linus Campaigns To Stop Violence Against Women In Elections [Photos]

Nollywood actress, producer and director Stephanie Linus was yesterday announced as the Ambassador for the ‘Stop Violence Against Women In Elections’ Campaign. This project is funded by the USAID, and is an initiative of the NDI in partnership with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA). Her formal presentation as an ambassador took place yesterday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, photos below...

Stop-VAWIE (Violence Against Women In Elections) Campaign is a project that seeks to create public awareness on various forms of violence against women before, during and after elections in Nigeria, which often militates their active participation in the electoral process.

Covers - Black Lives Matter On TIME Magazine Following South Carolina Police Shooting

After he almost got away with it, video surfaced incriminating 33-year-old Officer Michael Slager in the shooting death of unarmed black man Walter Scott. Now, TIME Magazine has joined the conversation, using the trending hashtag black lives matter on their latest cover.

South African News Crew Robbed On Live TV [Video]

SABC news reporter, Vuyo Mvoko, and his crew were mugged this evening while covering the arrival of Zambian President Edgar Lungu at a hospital in Johannesburg. Two men accosted the crew while they were waiting for directives from their TV station and robbed them without knowing that it was being broadcast live on TV...and everyone watching at home saw it. See the video below...

Singer Angie Stone Arrested For Domestic Assault After Violent Fight With Daughter

Angie Stone was arrested in Dekalb County, Georgia on Tuesday and charged with domestic aggravated assault after a fight with her daughter, Diamond Stone, according to AJC.com:

According to a DeKalb County police incident report, Angie Stone said Diamond Stone hit her in the face with closed fists first. Diamond Stone and Blondy Chisolm, a family friend who witnessed the Monday night altercation, told police they were not sure who threw the first blow.

First Lady Patience Jonathan Denies Trying To Incite Violence With Campaign Speeches

The Nigerian first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, popularly known as Mama Peace, has denied APC's allegations against her, which accused her of making inflammatory statements that could potentially incite electoral violence during a various campaign rally speeches she made in various cities in south-south Nigeria.

Specifically, the party had threatened to report her to the International Criminal Court for allegedly asking supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party to stone anyone canvassing for change, the APC slogan, during a campaign rally in Calabar, Cross River State. In a related open letter, read here, Dele Momodu, an APC member, had called on the first lady to apologize and retract that and other inciteful comments.

Graphic Photos of Blogger Hacked To Death In Bangladesh Emerge Online Amid Protests

Dr Avijit Roy was a blogger and author who spoke out for free-thinking and campained for freedom of religion. Though based in the United States, he sought to bring change to his country of origin, Bangladesh. And now, while on a visit to the capital of that country for a book fair where he and his wife were to speak, he was hacked to death by religious bigots right on the street.

Now, graphic and brutal images are currently being circulated by extremists on social media, which show Roy dead on a sidewalk in Dhaka, Bangladesh with his wounded wife, Rafida Ahmed, standing over his body. However on RML, we'll chose to remember the blogger as a human being, and grant him the dignity which his killers have taken away. Dr Roy was a husband and father of one. May his soul rest in peace.

Disturbing Video of Singer Afroman Slapping Female Fan Goes Viral

Remember the song ‘Because I Got High’? That's Afroman, and that is him above as seen  at his show in Biloxi where a disturbing video has emerged of the musician slapping a woman so hard in the face that she falls down

The 40-year-old singer seemed to be playing, and the female fan somehow made her way onto the stage. With no warning, Afroman swung his fist around, hitting her and knocking her to the ground.

#ChapelHillShooting #MuslimLivesMatter - Man Charged For Shooting Death of 3 Muslim Students

#ChapelHillShooting - Police have arrested Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, and charged him with the murder of three Muslim students at an apartment near the Chapel Hill campus at the University of North Carolina. The three victims are Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Barakat and Yusor Mohammad had been married for just one month; Razan Abu-Salha was Yusor's sister. All three had been shot in the head, and all were students.

Shortly after the shootings, Hicks turned himself into police, however, authorities aren’t yet saying what the shooter's motivation may have been.

#PrayForKinto - Efya Defends Ghanaian Events Promoter Mobbed For Being Gay

Ghanaian events promoter, Kinto Rothmans was brutally beaten up by an angry mob yesterday after he was accused of being gay. The video has gone viral now in Ghana and it shows Kinto being beaten up by a mob for allegedly having a homosexual relationship with one Salim. In the video, he is shown all bloody and forced to keep saying  "I want chop Salim" when he was asked "You want do what?". Very disturbing. Again, some reports say he was even set up.

Ghanaian songstress, Efya, immediately took to Twitter to defend Kinto, and express her disgust over those that brutally assaulted him. Her tweets below...

Newlywed 18-Year-Old Woman Gang Raped By 7 Men In India

An 18-year-old newlywed woman was allegedly gang-raped by seven men on Saturday night in Bhithali village of Shinor Taluka in Vadodara district, India, after she was kidnapped from her home.

The woman had migrated to Bhithali few days ago with her husband and in-laws in search of work. The victim's family is a native of Nishana village of Nasvadi Taluka in Chota Udepur. The family was employed by a farm owner in the village to do labour work in the fields. The local police sub-inspector J M Waghela confirmed the news to the press.

Woman Drugs and Rapes 22-Year-Old Man Till His Penis Was Swollen

A woman was arrested on charges of rape after allegedly raping a young man until his private parts became swollen, police in South Africa said. Limpopo Police said that the 46-year-old woman of Bolobedu, stands accused of raping a 22-year-old man.

The woman lured the man into her home and gave him a drink that was spiked with drugs before raping him overnight.

'April by Kunbi' Narrates Daytime Armed Robbery Attack In CMS Lagos Traffic

Nigerian designer to the celebrities, Olakunbi Oyelese of the popular ‘April by Kunbi’ fashion brand has shared her experience of being attacked by armed robbers in broad daylight, along CMS road Lagos. She chalks the attack up to the dangerous security situation in the country, referencing the ongoing election campaigns as well as the terror attacks in northern Nigeria.

She shared the picture above and wrote:

Little Boys Asked to Slap A Girl Have One Shocking Reaction [Watch]

Fanpage.it has made a video which is currently trending on Youtube, and which shows the reactions of young boys when asked to hit a girl. First the interviewer gets them comfortable with him. He asks their names, how old they are and what they want to do when they grow up. Most are between 7 and 11 and have aspirations ranging from police to engineer to firefighter.

After introducing themselves, these little boys were introduced to a girl. They were asked several questions about the girl and what they like most about her. They even made funny faces at her and caressed her. Then they were asked to slap her. If you're the parent to a son. what they do next will get you asking yourself how you're training your own boys.

Watch the video below to see their reaction:

'I Was Trying To Put Fear In Her' Says Woman Who Beat Up Ex's New GF & Wrote On Her Face

Cheyenne Fisher, the attacker in a shocking video posted online that showed her assaulting a 19-year-old girl, has spoken about the incident saying the victim stole her car and she was trying to get it back. She said she didn't really physically hurt her victim, "I was trying to put fear in her heart," the 21-year-old woman added.

Cheyenne Fisher was filmed beating up an Ohio teen in a vicous attack outside a mall. After the video was released online and then reported by the victim, police put out a warrant for her arrest.

The video of the Christmas Eve attack was uploaded to Facebook, showing a gang of six women assaulting Cheyanne Willis 19. The victim's hair was cut, her head was slammed against the hood of a car and she had 'I got my a-- whopped' written on her forehead in eyeliner.

Yemen Car Bomb Kills 20 Children, Dozen Others

Like someone asked on my FB page after a Taliban attack on a school killed over 100 students, I'm forced to ask also, when will all these end? Hearing this kind of news just so heartbreaking!

According to CNN, two car bombs killed at least 31 people, including 20 children, in central Yemen's Radaa city when suspected al Qaeda fighters targeted another group of militants.

Senior security officials and locals say one of the car bombs struck the militant's gathering point, but the other did not make it to the target and instead blew up next to a bus that was carrying children home from school. So sad!

Six Dead In Pennsylvania Shootings - Gunman Still At Large

Six people have been shot dead and three wounded in three locations near Philadelphia, officials in Pennsylvania say.

Montgomery County law enforcement are seeking the suspected gunman, who they named as Bradley William Stone, 35. They say he may be armed and dangerous, telling residents to remain indoors.

The victims are all said to have a familial relationship to Mr Stone, who has been described as having red hair and wearing military fatigues. He also reportedly uses a cane or a walking stick.

Bollywood Actress, Gauahar Khan, Slapped On Stage For Wearing Revealing Outfit

Beautiful Bollywood actress, Gauahar Khan was slapped in public two days ago by a 24-year old man for wearing a dress he adjudged to be too revealing for a Muslim.

Khan was hosting the grand finale of a singing competition at the Film City in Goregaon, Mumbai, when the angry fan came out of the audience, got on stage and gave her a the full slap before security could intervene.

He was later arrested and was taken away by the police. Watch the video and more photos below...

Man Smacks Woman Back After She First Hit Him On NY Subway - Who Do You Support?

A YouTube video showing a young woman getting slapped by a man and starting a free-for-all fight on the subway has recently gone viral. The event happened on Saturday on the New York F train en route to Washington Square station and the police have said that four people were arrested after the incident.

Jealous Boyfriend In Court After He Attacks Teenage Girlfriend, Tries To Bite Off Her Lips

18 year old Chantelle Ward suffered horrific injuries to her face after her jealous boyfriend bit her lip during a violent attack. The teenager said her boyfriend, 23 year old Rhys Culley sank his teeth into her lips during a kiss after asking her if she loved him.

The 23-year-old was jealous and insecure about what she would do while he was working away. She told jurors during the trial;

'He put his whole mouth around my lips and pulled, I thought that my whole lip had come off. There was blood everywhere.'

They had been celebrating Miss Ward's mother's birthday and when they got back to her house, he brought up a conversation that his girlfriend had had with another man on Facebook earlier in the month.

He then took her phone off her in a bid to look through her Facebook messages. When he found that the messages were no longer there he became angry and started to shout at her, accusing her of having something to hide.

Man Abducted By Boko Haram For 3 Months Tells of Daily Rape of Wife, How He Went Blind

Alhaji Mustapha Oy­eyinka is now cursing the day he decid­ed to relocate to Nigeria from Europe where his family has been doing fine. Today, he has not only lost his sight to Boko Haram but lives with the agonizing memory of his wife being raped along with other women almost on a daily basis for three months.

Excited about his return to Nigeria, the victim sometime in February 2011 decided to take a trip to Kaduna to attend a wedding ceremony with his wife, Rachael. Unfortunately, they were kidnapped on their way there, and ended up in a Boko Haram camp.

50-year- old Oyeyinka said he has remained in hiding in Lagos since he regained his freedom and refused to tell his story because he was too terrified. He said he decided to open up now because he has made up his mind to return to his base in Spain in Europe where he expects a miracle to regain his sight. He told his story to Saturday Sun.