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An Oxford student who slashed her boyfriend with a knife may escape jail time because the judge thinks she is too clever to go to prison. 24-year-old Lavinia Woodward is an aspiring heart surgeon and is so brilliant she has published articles in medical journals. So despite the fact that she physically abused Thomas Fairclough then stabbed him, she will most likely be given a lenient sentence. The judge said it was "too severe" to lock up Lavina after she stabbed Thomas Fairclough in the leg with a breadknife and hurled a laptop, glass and jam jar at him. Judge Ian Pringle suggested he will waive the usual prison term when he sentences her so that her career will not get damaged.  He said: "It seems to me that if this was a one-off, a complete one-off. To prevent this extraordinary able young lady from not following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe. What you did will never, I know, leave you ...

A Japanese princess, Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan's emperor, will give up her royal status when she marries a beach tourism worker, Kei Komuro whom she met in a restaurant. The man who won the princess' heart, was a fellow student at International Christian University in Tokyo, where Princess Mako, 25, also graduated. Princess Mako and Komuro met at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shibuya about five years ago at a party and have been seeing more of each other in recent months. Komuro promotes tourism to the beaches of Shonan in Kanagawa prefecture, a report on public broadcaster NHK said. According to tradition, women can't succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan. Mako's father and her younger brother are in line to succeed Emperor Akihito, after her uncle Crown Prince Naruhito, who is first in line. Even though she will seize been a princess, the process building up to the wedding is likely to take some time and be full of ritual, as ...

The recently sacked nanny of her son King, Mgbechi Enyinnaya, has made shocking revelations in an interview with New Telegraph. If you recall, Tonto Dikeh alleged that her short marriage was filled with domestic violence and her now estranged husband, Olakunle Churchill, beat her a number of times and even cheated on her with his personal assistant Her son's nanny has denied all of the allegations, claiming that Churchill is not a woman beater. She said; "I never saw two of them fight, talk of Churchill to beat her. For my own eyes as old woman, I never see one day Churchill carry hand. When they argue too much, she herself (Tonto) will raise her hand on Churchill. I never him beat her, he did not. She herself was even beating Churchill and pushed his mother down." When asked if she was willing to go back to work for Tonto, who allegedly threw her things out after the hospital bill scandal (See  here ), the nanny replied; "No. God will keep Kin...

Photos: Horrific! Two beautiful young women abducted, raped and shot dead in South Africa What is going on in South Africa for God's sake!? Days after the shocking murder of 22-year-old Karabo Mokoena, the bodies of two friends Popi Qwabe and Bongeka Phingula were found at a dumping site in Tladi informal settlement, Johannesburg Tuesday morning.  According to reports, they were mugged, raped and shot dead over the weekend. The young women went missing on Friday, May 12. Bongeka Phungula graduated from the Durban University of Technology. She recently moved to Johannesburg to pursue an acting career. Qwabe is from Zola, Soweto.

Yesterday, a total of 335 foreign nationals were granted citizenship by the Nigerian Government after statutory clearance and due diligence by the relevant security agencies and Mrs Iara Oshiomhole, Wife of former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomole‎, who hails from Cape Verde was one of the recipients.   Abdulrahman Dambazau the Minister of interior who presented the certificates of citizenship to the foreigners charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.   Dambazau in his remarks said that 335 applicants were approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in January, out of the over 500 foreigners that applied.   He explained that 245 of the foreigners approved were granted Citizenship by‎ Naturalisation while 90 were by Registration, mainly foreign women married to Nigerians.  The last time a similar ceremony was conducted was in December, 2013. It's the duty of the Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to process app...

For his inauguration on Sunday, new French president Emmanuel Manuel rode in this  DS 7 Crossback vehicle... See more photos after the cut...

The family of late Chisom Jane Anekwe (nee Okereke) and LEAP Africa Alumni are demanding for justice following her painful death at the Magodo Specialist Hospital.  The young mother of two daughters died on April 30th, 2017, while giving birth to her third child, a boy after a prolonged labour.  Sadly, the baby also died. According to her family members and friends, Chisom was abandoned and left unattended to deal with labour pains and other pregnancy complications. Read the full story as told by Ahmed Alaga, a member of LEAP Africa. Meanwhile, she will be laid to rest in Awka, Anambra State today, May 16. "Today we (LEAP Africa Alumni) bury one of our finest member and we can't help but to push out the story of how she died so individuals, families, and our society at large will perhaps take nothing for granted when it comes to women giving birth. Life is sacred and those who treat it with recklessness should be called to order. So, this is Chisom Anekwe (ne...

A 101-year-old Bryson William 'Verdun' Hayes known as Verdun from southwest England has become the world's oldest  skydive after he completed the record-breaking jump on Sunday.  He skydived for the very first time a year ago to celebrate his 100th birthday. According to him, 'last year's skydive was an amazing experience, I must have got a bit of a taste for it, because it just made me want to do it again." The previous record was held by Canadian Armand Gendreau, who skydived from 10,000 feet in June 2013 aged 101 and three days. Hayes, who jumped from 15,000 feet, added 34 days to that record and also, 8 members of his family jumped with him, including his son Bryan, grandson Roger and great-grandsons Joe and Stanley