Housemaid abducts bosses’ two kids

A housemaid, identified simply as Juliet, has allegedly abducted the two children of her bosses who live on Gateway Crescent in the Magodo, Isheri area of Lagos State. The 24-year-old housemaid was said to have fled home with the kids –Rafael (3), and 15-month-old Michael– who are nephews of a Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, on Sunday evening after their parents went out around 6pm. Our correspondent gathered that the kids’ mother, Mrs....

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28 Internet acronyms every parent should know

Internet has affected virtually every aspect of human lives, and the increasing way at which children immerse themselves in this new order, opens new challenges making parenting. Parents today, need to get acquainted with languages used by their children in order to better understand them. Here, we present to you a report gathered by CNN’s correspondent, Kelly Wallace, who compiled popular acronyms widely used by children on Internet, especially on social media and texting apps, to offer a shorthand communication in the instant messaging world...

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Court hears arguments on Pistorius appeal

South African prosecutors say Oscar Pistorius' sentence of five years in prison for shooting dead his girlfriend is nowhere near enough punishment. They want the double-amputee track star to be convicted of a more serious charge and to face a longer prison term. On Tuesday, a court in Pretoria began hearing arguments for and against an appeal of the original verdict in which Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide, or negligent killing,...

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The last POW: Story of an 85-year old 'spy'

After days of relentlessly questioning Merrill about his role in the Korean War, the North Korean "investigator" suddenly switched subjects. "They started in on why I came," Newman recalled. "I said it was because I wanted to find out what was really going on in North Korea. Then they began to focus on my asking our guides to help me locate old soldiers or their relations or descendants if we got to Kuwol Mountain. "They tried to make it into...

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South African judge throws out murder case

A judge threw out a high-profile murder case Monday against Shrien Dewani, who was accused of killing his wife while they were on their honeymoon in South Africa. Judge Jeanette Traverso called the state's case "weak" and said evidence fell "far below" the standard needed for conviction. It took years for prosecutors to bring him to trial over the killing of his wife, Anni. Dewani, 34, was accused of hiring hit men to kill her in Cape Town in...

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