NURSE WHERE KATE MIDDLETON WAS HOSPITALIZED FOUND DEAD AFTER RADIO PRANK

Prank Callers: Mel Greig (left) and Michael Christian (right) inset: Will and Kate

A nurse and mother of two, Jacintha Saldanha, in the hospital where Kate was admitted for severe morning sickness was found dead near the King Edward VII Hospital today. She transferred a prank phone call from two Australian radio presenters pretending to be the Queen and inquiring about the Duchess of Cambridge.

She answered the hoax call at 5.30am on Wednesday morning and transferred the call to another nurse in Kate's ward who then gave details of Kate's condition to the giggling DJs/presenters, Mel Greig and Michael Christian from 2DayFM who were pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles. Jacintha died just two days after the prank call in a suspected suicide.

The station apologized for 'any inconvenience caused' but provoked widespread fury and disbelief by continuing to promote the hoax, calling it 'the prank call the world is talking about' before playing clips of the recording while referring to it as the RoyalPrank. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are said to be 'deeply saddened' by the tragedy and a Palace spokesman said the couple had not made a complaint about the prank call.

SENATE REFUSES TO GIVE SAMBO EXTRA N7B FOR NEW HOME/OFFICE

The Senate has rejected the request to appropriate N9 billion more on the yet-to-be completed official residence of Vice President Namadi Sambo, in addition to the N7bn already spent.

The threat by the Senate came after an inspection of the project as part of the oversight function of the Senator Smart Adeyemi, PDP, Kogi West ,Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory. Members of the Senate Committee could not hide their reservations having listened to explanations from the management of the FCT that an extra N7billion was required to complete the official residence of the Vice President, which was an addition to the N7.1bn already spent after being appropriated for by the National Assembly last year.

28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE BECAUSE OF LONELINESS

Sales manager Sharon Bukokhe, of Levenshulme, Manchester, was a high achiever working for a family planning charity but felt lonely because relatives including her husband lived abroad. Mrs Bukokhe, who was originally from Kenya, used her laptop to research ways to commit suicide, applied full make up and painted her nails then suffocated herself at her flat in April.

A diary found after her death said: ‘I think that any life is as valid as the next, such that an ending of 25 is as good as 88. I have no real regrets or fears any more, I just feel decisive and justified.’ Mrs Bukokhe, who appeared to friends to be ‘the happiest person in the world’, settled in the UK in 2002 and graduated in design and engineering at Nottingham Trent University, the inquest heard.

People need to understand that your life is not your own, you didn't create it, God did. So you have no right to take what does not belong to you. Also, suicide is a very selfish and cowardly act. How sad. Pls continue to read after the cut...

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Students in Ogun State sitting on used tyres to write exams. There is also no table so, they place their papers in their hands and on their laps. I weep for my country.

WIFE OF FORMER GOV. OF AKWA IBOM STATE, VICTOR ATTAH, BURIED

Gov. Akpabio and wife at the funeral service

The funeral service of Mrs. Allison Attah, wife of Obong Victor Attah, former governor of Akwa Ibom state took place on Friday 30th Nov. and it was quite a surprise when incumbent Governor, Godswill Akpabio in company of his wife, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio, and members of the state executive council and supporters stormed the funeral ceremony held at the Cardinal Ekanem Seminary Playground, Uyo.

Governor Akpabio and Obong Victor Attah have been at war since the former succeeded the latter in 2007. Though both of them are members of People Democratic Party (PDP), Obong Victor Attah withheld his support for Akpabio in his 2007 election bid to support his son-in-law. Akpabio eventually won but there has been a rift between the two since then.

PHOTOS FROM THE LAUCH OF OMOTOLA: THE REAL ME

 Omotola and her hubby pictured at the cocktail launch of her reality show, 'Omotola: The Real Me'. The party  held on Wednesday 5th December at the Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi. The launch was star-studded with the biggest names and faces in the Entertainment industry such as Kunle Afolayan,  Uti Nwachukwu, Commedian A.Y, Tosyn Bucknor, Osas Ighodaro, Rukky Sanda, Funmilola Aofiyebi Raimi and so many others. See more pics after the cut..

MIKEL OBI BANNED JUST AFTER SIGNING A NEW FIVE-YEAR DEAL WITH CHELSEA

Mikel Obi, who renewed is contract for five more years with the club on Tuesday 4th Dec., has been given a three-match suspension and fined £60,000 for his part in the Mark Clattenburg race row debacle. The Chelsea midfielder ran into the referee’s dressing room at the end of Chelsea’s defeat against Manchester United in October and confronted him over an alleged racial slur, using threatening and abusive words.

Mikel had already admitted a charge that he confronted referee Mark Clattenburg in the official’s changing room after the game before Thursday’s personal hearing. The suspension will take effect immediately and rule Mikel out of domestic duty until Boxing Day.