Funny Playstation 3 ad references 419

Pretty funny Playstation 3 ad makes reference to the infamous Nigerian letter 419 scam in the video up top.

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Son of newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to the US charged with rape

Adedamola Adeniran and two other Nigerian men living in Baltimore County, Maryland have been charged with gang-raping three women in the city of Baltimore.

According to Maryland police on July 27th, two women accepted a ride from two men near North Calvert and West Fayette streets in Downtown Baltimore. Police say the men then threatened the women with a knife and drove them to a parking lot at Seton keough High School in Southwest Baltimore. The two men and a third man who arrived later proceeded to rape the women at the parking lot according to police.

The three men, 19 year old Adedamola Adeniran, 19 year old Anthony Edoror, and 20 year old Opeyemi Adigun have been charged with rape.

An identical attack happened on August 18 and the victim this time was able to identify the licence plate of the car to the police. This helped Maryland police find one of the suspects who identified the other two. The three men also face charges that include false imprisonment and conspiracy to commit rape. They face spending the rest of their lives in prison if convicted. No sense of diplomatic immunity will apply to Adedamola Adeniran because his father has yet to be cleared for the position by the US.

The newly appointed Ambassador also faces another particular issue that the US government would like clarified. Sahara Reporters were told by State Department officials that Professor Adeniran has two wives in the US bearing his name. They said this will have to be sorted out before the appointed ambassador can assume responsibilities.

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76 year old woman kidnapped and held for 2 months released after family refuse to pay ransom

Mrs. Ibiwari Brown was kidnapped and held captive for two months in Rivers state, Nigeria. She has finally set free after her family persistently refused to pay the 38 million naira ransom demanded by the kidnappers.

The 76 year old woman was kidnapped on June 18, 2009 from her home. She managed to escape from her kidnappers on August 2, 2009, but she was recaptured at a fishing town where she was looking for help.

Mrs. Brown's son, Chief Aroloyoteim Brown released this statement about his mother's experience to the media:

"Two months after, the kidnappers resorted to torturing this old woman. She was flogged several times like a common criminal. From June 18 to August 22, she had no water to bath.

"Her room was her toilet and she was fed with Indomie once a day. The ration was not enough to feed a three-year-old child. The treatment became worse when they realized that they had 'invested in a bad market'. The food ration changed and mama cried and begged them for food".

"when food was no more available to her, she would bless the glass of water given to her before drinking it. That served as food and her hunger will be satisfied.

"Being frustrated, mama attempted to escape from these men on August 2, 2009 at about 10:00pm. She went to a nearby fishing settlement and asked to see the head of the settlement but no one was willing to assist.

"She was recaptured by the morning of August 3, 2009 and taken back to the camp. They agreed that she will be killed and so she was moved to their shrine and they hit her face hard with the palm.

"She was then blindfolded and they were ready to kill her when suddenly my call went through to them and they suspended the action. At that time ,she was already on the ground in front of the shrine as a sacrificial animal, almost dead.

"They then called back and told me that she was dead and gave me the option of coming to carry her corpse or permitting her burial. When they went back few hours later perhaps to bury her, she was found alive and crying like a baby. She was taken back to her room and permanently locked up.

"On Friday 21st, they decided to set mama free. On their way, the speed boat had an accident. It was in the night. She was left in the mangrove till the 22nd. She was moved from there to a fishing settlement at a place called 'Namasibi' around the New Calabar River".

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Hundreds of students attack ritualist for taking male organ of colleague

At the School of Health Technology in Maiduguri, Nigeria. A suspected ritualist was attacked by hundreds of students for allegedly "stealing" the male organ of their colleague this past Saturday.

Daily Trust reports that the suspect, a middle-aged man, drove to the school in an ash colored Jeep and was said to have met with the student. Thereafter, the student alerted his colleagues that his male organ was gone and accused the suspect of "stealing " it. The students proceeded to attack the man and they also vandalized his car.

A witness, Sani Goni told Daily Trust that in order to prevent being beaten to death, the suspect confessed to taking the male organ and then returned it. But after returning the male organ the students continued to beat him and school authorities had to call in the joint military and police police patrol team to rescue the suspect.

The principal of the College, Alhaji Bukar Modu confirmed the incident and said normalcy has been restored:

"I have earlier called the man to interview him in respect of the allegation and he confirmed removing the manhood of the boy but said he immediately returned it at the spot"

Principal Modu appealed to the students to stop taking the law into their own hands as the matter was being investigated by the police. The commandant of the patrol team that rescued the suspect, Chief Superintendent of Police Mohammed Amadu said the allegation was baseless because it could not be scientifically proven.

Daily Trust