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Umm, did someone say TMI? "Teen Mom 2" star Kailyn Lowry is pregnant with her second child who's due next month, and she took to Twitter this week to share her after-birth plans. The 21-year-old has a son, Isaac, born January 2010, notes Us Weekly. She is now pregnant with husband Javi Marroquin's child (Isaac's father is Jo Rivera). Earlier this week, the proud father-to-be posted an ultrasound photo to his Instagram account: Although still somewhat controversial, Lowry is hardly the first celebrity to open up about the practice, known for preventing or reducing negative aspects of childbirth, such as postpartum depression, "baby blues," fatigue, lactational insufficiency and hormone deficiencies.  Kim Kardashian, January Jones and Holly Madison  have famously talked about eating their placentas in pill form after delivery.

China – A  couple in China  has been accused of selling their infant daughter in order to purchase an Apple  iPhone . As reported by AFP, Shanghai prosecutors brought a human trafficking case against the couple after finding they placed the child up for adoption online illegally and accepted money for her. Investigators say the mother, whose full identity has been withheld, purchased an iPhone, shoes, and other items with the money received. The couple reportedly claimed to authorities that their intent was to give the girl a better upbringing that their financial circumstances could permit. Reports have not specified the amount of money the couple received for the child. According to online postings, as noted in the AFP report, the request was made for 30,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan ($4,900 and $8,200). This report is provided by Justice News Flash – World Legal News

Alhaji Aliko Dangote loses his elder brother, Alhaji Garba Dangote, he died on Thursday after a brief illness. The popular business mogul, Aliko Dangote confirmed his brother’s death, saying the death came very suddenly as he suffered a massive stroke on Wednesday, and gave up the ghost some hours later. The 80-year-old like his younger brother, was a businessman and the first son in the family. Alhaji Garba was buried in accordance with Muslim rites yesterday in Kano. He is survived by a wife and children. Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has identified with the country’s leading entrepreneur, Alhaji Aliko Dangote in hour of grief. “The President joins Alhaji Dangote and members of his family in praying that Almighty Allah will receive his late brother’s soul and grant him eternal rest in Paradise,” his Special Adviser (Media & Publicity), Reuben Abati, said in a statement issued last night in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.

  As the current strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters its fourth month, President Goodluck Jonathan has again pleaded with the striking lecturers to call off their action in the interest of the students and parents at home. President Jonathan made the call  Saturday during the inauguration and dedication of  the College of Engineering Building at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), as part of activities marking the first convocation ceremony of the institution. He urged the striking lecturers to temper anger with patriotism if only in the interest of the students who have been at home since the face- off between the teachers and the Federal Government began about four months ago.

A former member of the National Assembly, Mr Ehiogie West-Idahosa, on Saturday lauded Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, for making kidnapping a capital offence in the state. West-Idahosa, who represented Ovia North-East and South-West Constituency in the House of Representatives, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that Oshiomhole had on Oct.18 signed the law making kidnapping in the state punishable by death. ``I am convinced that death penalty for kidnappers will definitely send the signal that the state is not ready to accept criminality,’’ West-Idahosa said. He, however, said the law would only be successful if it was properly implemented by the appropriate security agencies. In its reaction, a human rights group, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP), opposed the law, saying it would not deter kidnapping in the state. Mr Chino Obiagwu, National Coordinator of the group told NAN that the government ...