Woman arrested after stealing decorations from children’s graves to decorate her home

A woman was arrested after stealing flowers, plants and statues, from graves.
Debra Farinella, 57, of St. Cloud, Florida has been jailed after she allegedly stole over 130 items from gravesites, and used it to beautify her home and her garden, according to St. Cloud police.
Farinella stole the items from the Mt. Peace Cemetery in St. Cloud. The items stolen included statues, lights, ceramic pedestals, sculptures, flowers and more. Even more surprising, Farinella allegedly stole items from the cemeteries of children and used the objects to decorate the interior of her home.
“What a disgrace, shame on her! How can a person steal items from gravesites? Our family placed an angel statue next to our sister’s grave, I would be horrified if someone steals it, especially if they use it to decorate their home,” Cynthia Sanchez, 47, of Orlando, Florida told  after learning that police are looking for people whose items were stolen from their loved one’s gravesite.
Six people had recently filed complaints with the police stating that items were missing from graves of their loved ones. An investigation began, when a city employee noticed Farinella’s suspicious activities and was able to get a partial license plate number of her car.
Detectives were able to identify Farinella and obtained a search warrant for her home. When officers arrived at her home, they found many of the items that had been reported missing.
Farinella is facing grand theft charges. St. Cloud Police Department has confiscated the stolen property and urged people to contact them for their missing items

Model left disfigured after injecting cooking oil in her face

A woman was left severely disfigured after she injected cooking oil in her face.
Former South Korean model Hang Mioku, injected herself with oil after doctors refuse to do more plastic surgery on her.
Mioku became so addicted to plastic surgery she began injecting cooking oil into her face, which eventually, permanently disfigured her. Mioku was only 28-years-old when he began receiving silicone injections in her face. She wanted smooth but firm skin. She believed the injections help her to achieve the perfect face.
But over time, doctors began to refuse to do more plastic surgery on her face. At first, she bought silicone on the black market, later she began using cooking oil and injected it herself. Mioku is now almost 50-years-old. Her nightmare began when her face became severely disfigured from the oil she used, her face began to blow up and she started looking like an old woman.
Doctors determined that she needed corrective surgery but she did not have the money for the surgery. Mioku appeared on a television program where many people donated money in order to enable her to receive surgery.
“Mioku was a beautiful woman. She was a model. She lived the life many girls can only dream of. It is so sad that she took the risk of touching her face, herself, in the name of beauty. Now, she lost it all, her face is so disfigured, and she looks very old,” Amy Young, 36, of Seoul, South Korea told  after seeing photos of the former model.
She underwent a number of operations in which doctors removed silicone, oil and other foreign substances, from her face and her neck.
Despite the surgeries, she is still disfigured. Now, she regrets her actions and she wishes she could have her old face back.

Popular Nollywood actor, Funsho Adeolu & veteran actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello are a year older.

Funsho was born May 9, 1968. He is from Ikale in Ondo State (Nigeria).
He attended Ondo State University (now Adekunle Ajasin University), where he studied Guidance and Counselling. He started acting in 1987, with a group in Lagos, known as Money Desk.
Some of the movies, which he has featured in include Ale Ariwo (Night of Tribulation), Idoti Oju (Dirt in My Eye), Tomo Tiya (Mother and Child), Okun Ife Yi (This Cord of Love), Odaju Obinrin (Brazen Woman), Eyin Oka (Fangs of a Viper), Asiko Mi Leyi (It is My Time), and Etan (Deceit).

The veteran actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello was born May 9, 1952 in Lagos. He holds a National Diploma in Purchasing and Supply from the Kwata State Polytechnic, Ilorin. He began his professional acting career in 1964 with a group led by the late Ojo Ladipo.
Over the course of his career, he has risen to become a frontline actor. He has trained several generations of actors, and has acted in many films and stage productions.
Some of his movie credits include, Owo Blow, Back to Africa, Àsírí Owó (The Secret of Money), and Igberaga (Pride).

Oprah injured back lifting birthday present from Tyler Perry

Celebrity talk show host Oprah spent her birthday in bed after injuring her back while lifting a heavy gift from her friend, Tyler Perry.

Oprah spent her 59th birthday in bed after the celebrity talk show host injured her back while lifting a present from her friend Tyler Perry.

What was the gift, you might ask? A box of books, a large cake, a statue?

Nope, a flower arrangement.

Fortunately, the injury wasn’t serious and Oprah was back on her feet the next day. 

 Watch LL Cool J talk to Oprah about his father shooting his mother and grandfather

 US veteran rapper LL Cool J appeared on ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter‘ on Sunday night, January 27, 2013 for a tell-all interview where he discussed about forgiving his father who shot his mother and grandfather, why he turned his back on the street life and and the abuse he suffered from his step-father.

‘My mother forgave my father and he came back and made amends for a lot of things like helping me guide and building my musical career. He made a massive blunder but he also made a lot of things right‘, LL emotionally told Oprah.

He was also joined by his wife Simone to talk about celebrity life, raising a family and LL’s groupies.

Watch the full interview below…

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EFCC nabs internet fraudsters with 45 laptops in Benin

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 20 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State.

According to the commission’s website, the arrest was carried out in a joint operation with the Nigerian Army in Benin after their activities were reported.

The suspects were apprehended in a ‘surprise raid’ at their Cyber office located in an old building on Siluko Road, Benin City

At the point of arrest, EFCC says the fraudsters had in their possession 45 laptops, 28 telephone sets, 8 internet mobile modems and one Nissan car.

The EFCC reports that most of the suspects ‘confessed to be engaged in online dating of foreigners particularly widows’.

They also confessed to using different pseudo names and faces to deceive their prospective victims. They are mostly in their twenties and their names were also given out.

Peter Odemwingie hits back at West Brom over QPR transfer fiasco

Peter Odemwingie has hit back at West Bromwich Albion after his proposed move to Queens Park Rangers fell through on the final day of the transfer window.
The striker accused the club of reneging on a gentleman’s agreement to let him sign for the west London club, saying he believed West Brom’s technical director, Dan Ashworth, had sanctioned the move. He also claimed Albion had signed him from Lokomotiv Moscow without permission.
It is understood that Odemwingie met with Ashworth and Richard Garlick, Albion’s legal director, at the club’s training ground this morning and has since been sent home and given a few days off. He will not feature in this weekend’s game against Tottenham.

Odemwingie turned up at Loftus Road on Thursday night expecting to sign, but was barred from the stadium. He had submitted a transfer request at The Hawthorns but when it was rejected he tweeted his frustration. However, a deal with QPR looked set to happen on Thursday, with Albion taking Junior Hoilett on loan in part-exchange, only for the QPR forward to refuse to move.
Although West Brom said they had no agreement over the transfer and Odemwingie did not have permission to speak to Rangers, the 31-year-old Nigerian then appeared at Loftus Road, where he was denied access. Despite attempts to revive the deal 15 minutes before the deadline, it fell apart.
Odemwingie told Sky Sports News: “I learned now that the role of technical director is not superior to a chairman. When you are in England, you are gentlemen and you have to understand each other. After talks there was no need for training. I said I can go now, I got the go ahead from what I understand.
“I went round to thank everyone in the club, the laundry, left some autographs. I promised to come back next week. I will miss them. I went to see everyone to say thanks very much. In my opinion everything was done right. In the last moment I don’t know what happened. I think he [Ashworth] can deny it, he has to look good in this situation.”
West Brom said Odemwingie had behaved “wholly unprofessionally” and the club’s chairman, Jeremy Peace, added: “Peter must now accept the fact he remains under contract for a further 18 months and has to focus on his Albion commitments.”
Odemwingie retorted: “We will find a way forward which is suitable for everyone. The truth is we all went wrong somewhere. A few days ago [Peace] told me himself we could have handled it differently. I agreed. I said we have burned some bridges. It was never out of money, it was my professional desire. I was ready to give up my bonus of £300K already earned and I offered it back to the club.
“I don’t know really what happened. Whatever path we have to take, we need to sit down and iron this issue out. I came to this club in a wholly unprofessional way. I wasn’t given any permission by Lokomotiv Moscow. I’m saying these things don’t matter so much when adults are dealing with each other.”
West Brom will hope Odemwingie can put all thoughts of the past week out of his mind and concentrate on club matters, starting on Sunday when ninth-placed Albion host fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. The club are due to hold a press conference on Friday afternoon at which Odemwingie’s future will be addressed.
Odemwingie is unsure what his immediate future at West Brom holds for him, but believes he is still likely to leave in the summer. He added: “I love the club, I love the fans, I did perform here, I did enjoy myself here. I will always love the club, no matter what’s happened, but I will still leave, it’s just a matter of time. I’m not saying it in a harsh way. I mean my contract is going to run out in a year and a half, I wasn’t offered an extension here.
“What I mean is my career as a whole will end one day, so will my contract here at West Brom. We’re not enemies, it’s all about football at the end of the day, it’s nothing personal. There’s nothing maybe illegal from any side, but maybe things went wrong, maybe a bit unprofessional, but with that we almost still got there.”
QPR manager Harry Redknapp said he felt sorry for the situation Odemwingie found himself in. “I wasn’t at all disappointed yesterday as I felt we made some fantastic signings,” Redknapp said. “I was just disappointed the way the Peter Odemwingie situation went. I was disappointed for the boy.
“The whole thing was a bit of a mess. I felt genuinely sorry for him. I think there was a mistake. He travelled down and I think he thought the deal was done and that is why he turned up. I think he thought ‘I better get down, have the medical, sign the forms’ – it was just a mistake. It is now difficult as he has to go back to West Brom and get on with his life.
“It wasn’t easy. He is not a bad lad, he is a nice, nice boy and that is what disturbed me last night, that he got himself into that situation and there was nothing sort of malicious in it.”