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Responding to reports that he was bribed to approve of the controversial Malabu oil deal, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan released a statement on Tuesday denying any illegal involvement in the scheme. Mr. Jonathan's spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, published the statement on Tuesday. It is reproduced below, courtesy of Premium Times: Our attention has been drawn to news reports published mostly by online media which suggested through innuendo, rather than factual evidence, that former President Goodluck Jonathan received kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil block deal involving oil giants ENI and Royal Dutch Shell. With regards to the publication, we wish to make it clear that former President Jonathan was not accused, indicted or charged for corruptly collecting any monies as kickbacks or bribes from ENI by the Italian authorities or any other law enforcement body the world over. In the first place, we have to categorically state that the negotiations and transactions for t...

Kim Kardashian has a new crime to deal with -- this time it's her family's DASH store that was hit, and it went down shortly after the Paris suspects got busted. Law enforcement sources tell us a woman strolled into the Melrose Ave boutique Monday, grabbed a bunch of clothing and perfume and fled in a silver sedan. We're told the woman made off with around $1,600 in DASH gear ... and so far, cops haven't been able to locate her. Odd coincidence -- since Paris cops announced Monday they'd arrested 17 people in connection with Kim's robbery in October.

Fetty Wap is serious about getting a sex tape off the Internet ... purportedly featuring him and Alexis Skyy -- and he's targeted the person he thinks leaked it ... Dear Alexis, STOP! TMZ has obtained the cease and desist letters Fetty's legal hounds fired off to Alexis and a bunch of media outlets allegedly posting the video. Fetty's lawyers threatened Alexis this way ... "[Y]ou must IMMEDIATELY STOP the distribution and/or attempted distribution of this alleged video to any and all media outlets." BTW ... he vows to sue her if the video doesn't disappear. We'll see if he ruffled enough feathers to keep it from spreading any further.

Uganda's leader Yoweri Museveni has promoted his eldest son to become a special presidential adviser in a reshuffle of army commanders. Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has risen rapidly within the military, fuelling speculation that he is being groomed to become president one day. Analysts say his new role, working more closely with state house, will broaden his remit and experience. Mr Museveni, 72, is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders. He came to power in 1986 after winning a five-year guerrilla war - and last year won his fifth term in office with more than 60% of the vote. Gen Kainerugaba, 42, had been in charge of the Special Forces in charge of his father's security since 2008. He graduated from the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2000 and last year was promoted from brigadier to major general. Muhoozi... is going to play a significant role in a post-Museveni Uganda, there's no doubt about it," political commentator and rights activist Nicholas...

A notorious Russian serial killer known “The Werewolf” – who is already serving a life sentence for 22 murders – may be behind up to 37 more deaths, according to investigators digging into his crimes. Mikhail Popkov, a 52-year-old former policeman from the city of Angarsk, north of Russia's border with Mongolia, reportedly told investigators that his kill total was 59. He was already sentenced and convicted for 22 deaths and is awaiting trial for an additional 25 – while authorities told The Siberian Times Tuesday that they are looking into an additional 12 cases in which he may have been involved. “The investigation will be very long because there are a lot of cases,” senior investigator Andrei Bunayev told the news website last year. “He names the places where bodies are hidden. We find these bodies, and check his involvement.” Bunayev said investigators were re-examining biological traces that were previously overlooked in some cases. Law enforcement sources told The Times it wa...

A federal jury Tuesday sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in Charleston, S.C. in a racially motivated attack in 2015. Roof, who is white, faced either life in prison or execution for the slayings on June 17, 2015. The Justice Department said he is the first person to get the death penalty for federal hate crimes. The jury reached the unanimous decision after about three hours of deliberations. In his closing argument on Tuesday, Roof denied that he was filled with hatred. “Wouldn’t it be fair to say that the prosecution hates me because they’re trying to give me the death penalty?” Roof asked rhetorically. “Anyone who hates anything, in their mind has a good reason for it. And sometimes that’s because they’ve been misled and sometimes it isn’t. But I would say that in this case the prosecution, along with anyone else who hates me, are the ones who have been misled.” Acting as his own attorney, Roof concluded his closing argument after only five minutes...

Workers of the erstwhile ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, January 9 disgraced the factional chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff by refusing to attend a meeting with him. According to a report by Punch, was to hold at Sheriff’s office at Maitama, Abuja for 10am but the workers were angry that the Sheriff faction invited journalists to the planned meeting. It is believed that the planned meeting was supposed to be a follow-up to the meeting the workers had with members of the National Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi in Abuja on Friday. It was gathered that all the 54 workers, who attended the meeting with Makarfi voted against having audience with the Sheriff faction. Also reported was that the workers had given the Sheriff faction other conditions which were not met, hence their decision to stay away from the proposed meeting. One of the conditions, it was learnt, was that Sheriff must start speaking against the All Progressiv...

President Barack Obama advised US president-elect, Donald Trump to avoid managing the country’s affair like a family business. Obama also said Trump needs to know there is a big difference between campaigning and ruling. The outgoing president of America, Barack Obama has called on the president-elect, Donald Trump to warn him against running the country like he runs his family business. Note that the president-elect, Donald Trump has no political experience but he is an experienced businessman. President Barack Obama advised US president-elect, Donald Trump to avoid managing the country’s affair like a family business. Obama also said Trump needs to know there is a big difference between campaigning and ruling. The outgoing president of America, Barack Obama has called on the president-elect, Donald Trump to warn him against running the country like he runs his family business. Note that the president-elect, Donald Trump has no political experience but he is an experienced businessman...

U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his farewell address to Americans today, in Chicago, ten days ahead of the handover to Donald Trump, a man he has described as polar opposite. Obama’s speech will be a parting shot “to say thank you” to Americans “and to offer some thoughts on where we all go from here”. Chicago is Obama’s adopted hometown, where he met his wife, Michele and was elected an Illinois senator. In his invitation on January 2 to Americans to attend the ceremony, Obama had written: “In 1796, as George Washington set the precedent for a peaceful, democratic transfer of power he also set a precedent by penning a farewell address to the American people. And over the 220 years since, many American presidents have followed his lead. “On Tuesday, January 10, I’ll go home to Chicago to say my grateful farewell to you, even if you can’t be there in person. “I’m just beginning to write my remarks. But I’m thinking about them as a chance to say thank you for this amazing journe...

Police have detained two Moroccans who tried to smuggle migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta - two hidden in a car and one in a suitcase. When police checked a car on Monday one person was found hidden in the dashboard and another in the hollowed-out back seat. The man and woman, thought to be Guineans, received first aid as they had had little air to breathe. Separately, a young African man was found hidden in a woman's suitcase. That incident happened on 30 December and again the man - believed to be from Gabon - required urgent medical attention. A 22-year-old Moroccan woman had tried to smuggle him into Ceuta, but customs officers ordered her to open the case, which was tied to a trolley. The incidents coincided with a mass attempt by sub-Saharan Africans to storm the 6m (20ft) border fence separating Ceuta from Morocco. Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish border guards were injured when 1,100 migrants tried to get over the fence on Sunday. None managed to get t...

At least 600 people were celebrating New Year - barely 75 minutes old - when a gunman struck at Istanbul's Reina nightclub, spraying some 180 bullets indiscriminately. The club is a glitzy venue, known for attracting famous singers, actors and sports stars. It also attracts a wide range of nationalities. Among the 39 people killed, the biggest single nationality was Turkish, but some two-thirds of the dead were from abroad. Lebanon One of the three Lebanese who lost their lives in the attack, Elias Wardini was a personal trainer. He travelled to Istanbul to celebrate the New Year with his friends. His last post on Instagram shows him in Istanbul with Rita Chami, 25, who also died in the attack. India Abis Rizvi was a 49-year-old Bollywood producer who co-wrote Roar: The Tigers of Sunderbans in 2014. He was working on a second film. Abis Rizvi He was one of two Indian fatalities. The other was Khushi Shah, a Mumbai fashion designer in her 20s. Turkey Among the Turkish victims was Ha...