34-year-old pretty South African actress commits suicide after battling depression

34-year-old South African actress , Shoki Mokgapa, has died after a long battle with clinical depression.



Her management in a statement on Thursday, confirmed that the actress who made her television debut in ITV UK drama, Wild at Heart, took her own life.

“After a long struggle with clinical depression she took her life on Tuesday 25th of September at the age of 34. She was a brave woman who had been seeking help but the disease proved to be stronger than she was,” read part of the statement.


The statement went on to add that those close to Shoki Mokgapa are grateful for the overwhelming love they’ve received since her death.

“Her family and friends appreciate all the love extended to them from her peers and fans,” it says.

Dancing senator, Ademola Adeleke rejects Osun rerun result, vows to retrieve his mandate

PDP governorship candidate in the Osun state rerun election, Ademola Adeleke, has rejected the result announced by INEC early this morning in which the APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, was declared winner of the rerun.



Speaking to newsmen after the results were announced by the electoral body, Adeleke said there was no election in Osun state. He vowed to challenge the results at the state tribunal and retrieve the mandate given to him by the people.

Speaking through his brother, Dele Adeleke, Ademola said


“It will be foolish to allow this 419 result to stand. The party will meet and I believe that the tribunal is the next step to take. Adeleke’s mandate can’t be stolen, it will be retrieved. The wish of the people will stand at the end.”

Lai Mohammed expresses satisfaction in Osun rerun election, commends INEC for job welldone

Minister of Information and chairman of the APC media Campaign Council for the Osun governorship election, Lai Mohammed, has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of Thursday's supplementary election in the state, saying with the result, the people have emphatically pitched their tent with the ruling party.



In a statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday, Lai Mohammed on behalf of the council, congratulated the Governor-elect, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the outgoing Governor, His Excellency Rauf Aregbesola and the entire APC family for the well deserved but hard-earned victory.



He commended INEC and the security agencies for a largely peaceful and orderly election, as attested to by local and international observers.



The Council said the biggest winner in the whole election saga is democracy, and gave the credit to the good people of Osun as well as the ruling APC, which did not hesitate to submit to the democratic process despite the high stakes.


''As we said in an earlier statement, the PDP, in its time, would not have given any room for a rerun as it would have hijacked the main election, with its brigandage, rigging and total disdain for the democratic process. But as a party of change, we believe strongly in the democratic process. We believe in the ability of the relevant institutions to carry out their assigned responsibilities and we believe in the ability of the people to do what is right. In the end, the good people of Osun did what is right by ensuring the shellacking of the PDP. This is the right thing to do, considering the impressive performance of the APC government in Osun in the last eight years,'' it said.



The Council advised the PDP to stop issuing threats and to take full advantage of the democratic process if it has any grouse with the supplementary election.


''When the PDP led in the main election, which was declared inconclusive, we did not threaten fire and brimstone, neither did we drag the International community into it. We simply went along with the prescribed process. We urge the PDP to emulate this,'' it said.



The Council also called on INEC and the security agencies to ensure that the PDP thugs, fake observers and vote buyers who were arrested during the rerun are all brought to justice expeditiously.

Convicted molester's girlfriend admits she knew he was raping her daughter, 10, before the girl got pregnant, yet she kept living with him

The mother whose boyfriend continually raped and impregnated her 10-year-old daughter has pleaded guilty to charges of neglect, aiding child molesting, and assisting a criminal.

Her boyfriend Nicholas Deon Thrash, 34, was sentenced to 160 years imprisonment last Thursday on ten counts. On Tuesday the 33-year-old mother accepted a 20 year prison sentence, to be followed by five years of probation.

The mother will not be named in order to protect the identity of the daughter.

The daughter, now 12, gave birth in 2017 when she was 11 to a baby boy who was placed for adoption. The mother admitted in court that her daughter told her that she was being molested by Thrash, yet she kept them living with him and didn't report anything to the authorities.

She told her daughter to lie and say a classmate had impregnated her when she discovered her growing bump as she tried on dresses for a school dance. She also moved from Georgia to Indiana with Thrash and kept living him.







Thrash was found guilty of 10 counts of molestation against his girlfriend's daughter in August this year and sentenced last week. Thrash lied throughout his trial that he did not impregnate her and claimed her mother artificially inseminated her own daughter with his sperm.

He was arrested after another member of the family discovered that the girl was five months pregnant.

Earlier this year, during his trial the girl testified against him. She clutched a stuffed animal to her chest as she told the jury how he had attacked her at least 15 times.

The girl currently lives in foster care.

Lai Mohammed expresses satisfaction in Osun rerun election, commends INEC for job welldone

Minister of Information and chairman of the APC media Campaign Council for the Osun governorship election, Lai Mohammed, has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of Thursday's supplementary election in the state, saying with the result, the people have emphatically pitched their tent with the ruling party.



In a statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday, Lai Mohammed on behalf of the council, congratulated the Governor-elect, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the outgoing Governor, His Excellency Rauf Aregbesola and the entire APC family for the well deserved but hard-earned victory.



He commended INEC and the security agencies for a largely peaceful and orderly election, as attested to by local and international observers.



The Council said the biggest winner in the whole election saga is democracy, and gave the credit to the good people of Osun as well as the ruling APC, which did not hesitate to submit to the democratic process despite the high stakes.


''As we said in an earlier statement, the PDP, in its time, would not have given any room for a rerun as it would have hijacked the main election, with its brigandage, rigging and total disdain for the democratic process. But as a party of change, we believe strongly in the democratic process. We believe in the ability of the relevant institutions to carry out their assigned responsibilities and we believe in the ability of the people to do what is right. In the end, the good people of Osun did what is right by ensuring the shellacking of the PDP. This is the right thing to do, considering the impressive performance of the APC government in Osun in the last eight years,'' it said.



The Council advised the PDP to stop issuing threats and to take full advantage of the democratic process if it has any grouse with the supplementary election.


''When the PDP led in the main election, which was declared inconclusive, we did not threaten fire and brimstone, neither did we drag the International community into it. We simply went along with the prescribed process. We urge the PDP to emulate this,'' it said.



The Council also called on INEC and the security agencies to ensure that the PDP thugs, fake observers and vote buyers who were arrested during the rerun are all brought to justice expeditiously.

Plane overshoots a runway in Micronesia and crash lands in the ocean..but all 47 passengers and crew miraculously survive (Photos/Video)

A Papua New Guinea flight has crash-landed in the Pacific Ocean after overshooting the runway by 160 metres, but all the 47 people on board miraculously survived.

The Air Niugini’s partially submerged Boeing 737-800 was flying from Micronesia's Pohnpei to Chuuk Airport, where it was scheduled to make a stop before continuing on to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. But the plane missed the runway and crashed into the water around 9.30am Friday local time.

All 35 passengers and 12 crew members were reportedly rescued safely but one passenger was injured. Locals reported broken bones are among the passenger injuries.

According to Mail Online, locals rushed out to the scene of the crash on small boats to help rescue passengers, who escaped the aircraft and were standing on the wings.

Chuuk Airport manager Jimmy Emilio told local media outlets the Air Niugini plane missed the runway by about 160 metre.

He added that passengers and crew have been taken to the local hospital, where they are currently undergoing checks.

See more photos and watch the video below.

Osun Re-run: US, EU, UK observers allege Interference and Intimidation of voters

The missions of the United State, the European Union, and the United Kingdom have faulted the supplementary election held in Osun State on Thursday.


According to the missions, which observed the poll, incidents noted during the process are very are worrisome.


The missions said this in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Thursday night. “we witnessed what appeared to be incidents of interference and intimidation of voters and heard reports of harassment of party monitors, journalists and domestic observers”.



US Consul-General John Bray, who spoke on behalf of the missions, told journalists. “We are very concerned by these reports and we will be checking with stakeholders to determine the facts. We call on all stakeholders to remain calm.”



The supplementary election which held in seven polling units had commenced early with electoral materials and officials arriving early at the units. Unlike Saturday’s poll which was considered peaceful, there were several arrests, reports of intimidation and manipulation.


Some election observers said they were prevented from moving freely or gaining access to polling units, while the Independent National Electoral Commission also expressed concern about reports it received.