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The 13-year-old Florida girl who is accused of plotting with her boyfriend on Facebook to kill her mother will stand trial as an adult. Yaquelin Galvex Don has been charged with attempted murder after she lured her mother, Luz Galvez into their garage where her 15-year-old boyfriend, Pedro Solis was waiting to slit her throat. However, Galvez did not die after the March 9 attack and in an incredible twist Solis was convinced to rush her to the hospital where he dumped on the curb and then drove off. Galvez received emergency surgery that day on the wound to her neck and was able to communicate to police the same day that her daughter and her boyfriend were responsible. The teens had plotted through Facebook messages to kill the girl's parents for more than a week, investigators said because Don's parent's disapproved of their relationship. Deputies said that Don tricked her mother into coming to the garage with her where she was met by Solis. According to the arrest report,...

Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog: New Michael Jackson album release date announced : Yep, there's a new Michael Jackson album...five years after his death. Sony and Epic Records today announced a plan to release a posth...

A talented PhD student and aspiring marine biologist has been killed by a suspected hit-and-run driver who was believed to be under the influence of alcohol. Rachel Anne Morrison, 27, was walking home with a friend at the intersection of Camino Del Mar and Coast Boulevard in Del Mar, San Diego, at around 10.15pm on Friday night when she was killed. The car ran a stop sign and collided with Miss Morrison. Instead of stopping, the driver fled the scene, San Diego County Sheriff's Department said. Miss Morrison was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla but was pronounced dead shortly after. The talented student studied at Scripps Insitution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. She became interested in fisheries management while studying for her undergraduate degree at Boston University. Police have since located a car suspected of being involved in the collision. Its owner, Christopher Stockmeyer, 41, has been arrested and charged with at least four counts including felony driving u...

Students of the University of Abuja on Monday protested the lack power and water supply to the permanent campus site of the university. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that more than 1,000 students gathered on the campus about 8am on Monday and barricaded road leading to the Senate building and classes. Some of them told NAN that the protest became necessary because the school authorities had not provided power and water at the campus for three months running. Mr Mike Ajeoja, a Theatre student, said those of them living in hostel at the permanent site had no power and water for the past three months. Ajeoja said they had drawn the attention of the school management to their plight, but nothing had been done to address the situation. “We are left with no choice then to come out and tell the world our problems. “We will not stop the protest unless our problems are solved,” he said. A female student, who pleaded for anonymity, said she had not had her bath for some days as a result of ...

Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog: Court orders 37 defected PDP House of Reps members... : The 37 PDP House of Representatives members who defected to APC in December 2013 have been ordered to vacate their seats and the House. ...

Chocolate City hip hop artiste Panchak Zamani, better known asIce Prince, has signed a deal with the biggest music corporation in the world, Universal Music Group. The ‘Fire of Zamani’ rapper, who said the deal has been sealed and signed but is yet to be announced officially, didn’t give full details of the deal. Speaking with thePulsein a recent interview, the rapper said, ‘I recently signed with Universal Music Group. the official announcement hasn’t been made yet.They will start first with my ‘I Swear’ track, which will be licensed in the UK, after which other tracks will follow.’ The deal will have Ice Prince expanding his fan base and reaching his audience globally through international channels.Last November, the rapper signed an endorsement deal with telecommunication company, Etisalat, reportedly worth 20 million naira. Universal Music Groupis the largest music corporation in the world.An American-based, French-owned multinational music corporation, it currently operates as a s...

Barcelona legend Diego Maradona can see Lionel Messi leaving the Nou Camp. Maradona believes Messi could eventually sign for Bayern Munich. “Before, the power of the Barcelona members was so great that they didn’t even allow sponsorship on the shirt. Now we see ‘Qatar Airways’ on the shirt. So if they allow advertising, why can’t Messi play for Bayern Munich?” asked the Argentinean. He went on to say, “I really believe that Messi could be wearing a different shirt now.” In this regard, Maradona joked about the possibility of seeing Messi wearing the German side’s shirt. “It would be the end of football. Lewandowski and Messi? Everyone else would be left playing for second place – in all of the competitions and in all of the leagues. If Bayern buy Messi, I’ll be Guardiola’s assistant.”

Also, another high court in Asaba has sentenced a commercial motorcyclist otherwise known as okada rider, one Ndubuisi Obiora, 26 years to death by hanging for robbery. The convicted armed robber wept profusely in the open court and threw himself on the ground rolling immediately the judge handed down the death sentence, thus creating a scene. He was found guilty of robbing passengers travelling on Benin-Asaba highway at gun point. He was caught red handed at Oko junction area of the highway by the police anti robbery squad on the 18th July 2012.

A motor loader, otherwise known as “Agbero” has been sentenced to death by hanging having been found guilty of robbing his victims of total sum of N5,520, two handsets while armed with cutlass when his gang broke into their apparments. The 31-year-old convict, Emeka Nweke said to be the only son of the parent was Wednesday sentenced to death by an Asaba high court, which agreed that prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Prosecution had told the court that the convicted armed robber with others now at large “robbed one Izuchukwu Okeke and other residents of various sums of cash totaling N5,520 while armed with dangerous weapons at Oduke within the Asaba judicial division on or about the 30th day of September 2012. Hmmm. How much is N5,520? I wonder.

A policeman attached to the Ogun State Police Command, Corporal Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi, went on the rampage on Thursday in Abeokuta, killing six people, including his wife and a two-year-old child. Ogunbiyi, who worked at the State Criminal Investigation Department, was said to be having matrimonial problems with his wife Oluwatosin Faremi, who was also a police corporal attached to Obantoko Police Division, Abeokuta. Residents of the area said the policeman had been accusing his wife of infidelity. It was learnt that Oluwatosin had packed out of her matrimonial home along with the couple’s two children to the apartment of their landlady after another round of such accusation. PUNCH Metrogathered that Ogunbiyi, on learning about the whereabouts of his wife, stormed the landlady’s residence around 7.50am at 67, Ifelodun Street, Obantoko, Abeokuta and opened fire on his wife. He was also said to have shot and killed the landlady, her two-year-old child, the motorcycle rider that took him to t...