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A Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 27 passengers and 6 crew members crashed in Namibia today Saturday November 30th, killing all on board, local media reports. The Brazilian-made Embraer 190 aircraft left Maputo and was heading to Luanda when it crashed in a remote border area near a Namibian national park, Mozambique authorities said.  Namibian Police Force Deputy Commissioner Willy Bampton said rescue workers had found the burned-out wreckage of the aircraft in the dense bush of Bwabwata National Park, near the borders with Angola and Botswana.

After Governor Oshiomhole told a widow who kicked against the law to go and die during one of his official duties in the State, the PDP, Edo State chapter have announced that they had instituted an endowment fund for  the widow . They asked her to come to their secretariat to receive a first instalment sum of N250,000. In the  statement  signed by the state chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, the party described the Governor’s actions as “appalling, insensate, disgraceful, indecent, cruel and below board,” noting that “we will continue to stand in the gap to ensure that Edo people are deservedly fairly treated.”

Bathroom buddies!  Kim Kardashian   dressed to impress at her fiance  Kanye West's  concert in Miami, and decided to show the world in several Instagram photos on Friday, Nov. 29. The  Keeping Up With the Kardashians  reality star  wore a tight-fitting LBD dress for the big night -- and even took one selfie next to West in the bathroom before his set. "Bathroom selfie right before Yeezus hits the stage,"  the 33-year-old wrote.  Alongside the caption, the first-time mom is seen taking the photo while posing in her cut-out dress -- revealing that she's gone without underwear. She also has her blonde locks down while showing off her  huge  Lorraine Schwartz  engagement ring  with which West proposed on Oct. 21 at the AT&T Park in San Francisco

Repentant militant and leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Cotonou, Benin Republic but was released on Thursday, has attributed his ordeal to an allegation which emanated from Nigeria that linked him to the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram. He also attributed his travails in the hands of the Beninoise authorities to persons, who he claimed are opposed to the 2015 re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan.

BBA winner, Karen Igho is really waiting patiently for her "real husband". Below is her latest rants... "My celebrity status attracts and it scares men away too. It scares some because not every man can handle or understand fame. It takes a strong and understanding man to be able to be with a female celebrity. The attracting aspect comes from when they just want to be with you because they want to be able to say 'I've been with Karen Igho.' It takes God's grace to be able to sift the chaff from the wheat. I'm not in any relationship at the moment because... Love is unpredictable though; if my man comes along the way, then it is all well and good."

Stair climbing burns more calories than a traditional walk and increases your chance to achieve weight loss. Understand the benefits and risks of climbing stairs in order to plan your fitness routine. Stair Climbing Health Benefits Aerobic workouts that feature stair climbing offer a variety of benefits to your overall health. The vigorous and continuous movement of your legs and hips results in deeper breathing and increases your heartbeat, which enhances blood flow to all areas of your body. Your body releases natural pain relievers, or endorphins, during a stair climb, so you'll feel better and have less tension. Doctors also recommend stair climbing as an ideal way to improve your energy, increase the function of your immune system and lower your risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and heart disease. Weight and Increased Challenge

Telecommunication giant, Etisalat Nigeria, has reacted to Julius Agwu's seven day ultimatum to the company that it should compensate him with the sum of N100 million or risk legal action over "alleged unlawful and unjustified blocking and/or swapping" of his Etisalat GSM phone number 08189555555. Agwu demanded the compensation through his lawyer, Festus Keyamo, due to what he termed lost of business opportunities and the inconvenience experienced by him during the period. Keyamo in a letter dated 26 November, 2013 to the company stated that "in the event that you fail, refuse or neglect to accede to our above stated demand within seven (7) days from the receipt of this letter, we shall be compelled to set in motion against you, all legal machineries necessary to obtain legal remedy for our client."

Believe it or not, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) alongside 4 other erstwhile PDP Governors has a legion of supporters. One of them is Hon. Seconte Davies who currently represents Bonny/ Degema Federal Constituency of Rivers State in the House of Representatives. He told Saturday Vanguard in this interview that the PDP is facign a great threat to its existence. Bickering and infighting have engulfed your party, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with an implosion into the House of Representatives.

Despite the call for a boycott  of today's supplementary governorship election in Anambra State  by the National leadership of the All Peoples Congress APC,  there are indications that the party would eventually participate in the poll. This view was expressed by a political analyst while contributing to a live television programme monitored in Abuja yesterday. The analyst who identified himself as Melville Ebo said he  was an indigene of AnambraState based in Abuja adding that he was in his hometown located in Onitsha South Local Goverment Area last Wednesday where he witnessed agents of APC carrying out a door-to-door campaign for participation in today's poll. Said he: "Even though the national leadership of the APC has said the party would boycott today's poll, I witnessed agents of the party while they were engaged in a door-to-door campaign during which they  asked  the people to vote for their candidate."

At Golden Sharon Nursery and Primary School (formerly Kingdom Sharon), located at Ijaba area of Ota, Ogun State, an incident occurred on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, that has created panic in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (not real name). One of their twins, four-year-old Lydia (not real name), who attended the school, was defiled by a female teacher, Olajumoke Oyewole, in a fashion they suspected had ritualistic intent. Lydia, who is a pupil of Nursery One with her twin brother, got home on Tuesday afternoon and started complaining of a nagging pain in her private part. But things she later revealed confounded her mother. Saturday PUNCH decided not to reveal the real names of the victim and her parents because of the nature of the case.

Finds out why many Igbo choose to build mansions in their villages even when they don't own houses in towns and cities where they fully reside The one-storey building at Uga Village in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State belonging to Mr. Cosmas Obiukwu is a beauty to behold. The duplex has all known modern trappings of a building- fully equipped with gadgets like air conditioners, swimming pool, a big Lister generator and above all, a big wall marked off by an electric fence. The building also has two security men, one who guards the house during the day and another who monitors movements around the compound at night.