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Disgraced R&B singer, R. Kelly told a judge on Wednesday September 22, that he will not testify in his own defense at his federal sex trafficking trial to avoid avoid the risk of a potentially brutal cross-examination.   'You don't want to testify, correct?' US District Judge Ann Connelly asked the singer. He laconically responded: 'Yes, ma'am.'   When asked by the judge if he understood the implications of his decision, he replied: 'correct.' Lawyers had already said Kelly was unlikely to take the witness stand.    During the closing arguments on Wednesday afternoon, a prosecutor told jurors that the government had delivered on its promises to prove that the R&B singer had for years commanded close associates to help him target, groom and exploit girls, boys, and young women for his own sexual gratification. Assistant US Attorney Elizabeth Geddes insisted that the trial 'showed he did just that.'    She s...

Actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles has died at the age of 89 after a long career in the filmmaking industry. He died at home surrounded by his family. His son, Mario Van Peebles, who is also an actor, shared a touching tribute to his dad in an official statement released by the family. He said: "Dad knew that Black images matter. "If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth? We want to be the success we see, thus we need to see ourselves being free. Mario added: "True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer's mentality. It meant appreciating the power, beauty and interconnectivity of all people."     Within the statement, the Criterion Collection, a home video distribution company, said they were "saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema," confirming that Melvin Van Peebles had died at home with his family at 89 years old. Melvin was best known for his films in the '70s Watermelon Man...

A 17-year-old girl has been rescued after she was allegedly defiled, impregnated by her father and then kicked out of the house in Eket, Akwa Ibom state.   According to Facebook user, Oga Yenne, the girl was spotted at Plaza area of Uyo, the state capital, on Tuesday September 21, looking for anyone who might be interested in the baby.     The teenager alleged that her father started defiling her since the death of her mother, adding that he threw her out of the house when she became pregnant.    The pregnant girl has been handed her over to Mrs Patricia Essien Obot, a member of NOTOVOLE Foundation, a Gender Based Violence Committee recently sworn in by Akwa Ibom State Governor.     Read Oga Yenne's Post below:    So my attention was drawn to this case of a 17years old young girl in Eket who was impregnated by the father.   According to her, the father started defiling her since last year after the death ...