Is He Broke, Rogue Or Simply Bankrupt? Ex-NBA Player Rex Chapman Accused Of Shoplifting

Former NBA guard Rex Chapman has been arrested for allegedly shoplifting $14,000 worth of merchandise from an Apple store in Scottsdale and then selling the items at a pawn shop, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Scottsdale (Ariz.) Police Dept. via The Arizona Republic)

Former NBA guard Rex Chapman has been arrested for allegedly shoplifting US$14,000 worth of merchandise from an Apple store in Scottsdale and then selling the items at a pawn shop, AP/ABC report.

KEY TO A FORTUNE UPDATE: Get-Rich-Quick Pyramid Scheme Which Duped 10,000 Investors Out Of Cash

Mary Nash (bottom left), 65, Susan Crane (top right), 68, and Hazel Cameron (top centre), 54, are awaiting sentence after admitting operating the scheme. Sally Phillips (top left), 34, and, Jane Smith (bottom right), 50, and Rita Lomas (bottom centre), 49, were all given suspended sentences for their roles and three others, chairman Laura Fox, 69, Jennifer Smith-Hayes, 69, and Carol Chalmers, 68, have already been jailed for their roles.

A group of 'greedy' middle-aged women masterminded a £21million get-rich-quick pyramid scheme, Dail Mail/BBC reports.

Russia Eyes Counter To Washington’s Internet Kill-Switch – Report

RIA Novosti / Alexandr Kryazhev

Facing a possible cut-off from the internet by the US, Russian security officials and IT giants are discussing the possibility to make the Russian sector of the net independent, according to insiders.

Jonathan Visits Site Of Collapsed Synagogue Church Building, Promises To Investigage Cause Of Collapse

President Goodluck Jonathan visits site of collapsed building.

President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived the site of the collapsed six-storey guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Ikotun Area of Lagos State, south west Nigeria.

UN Entrepreneur Taps African Oil For Child Health

Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Innovative Financing for Development, and Chairman of the Executive Board of UNITAID

Republic of Congo has become the first country to agree to divert part of its oil revenues towards childhood nutrition, a victory for "innovative financing" to help the world's poorest, the scheme's creator Philippe Douste-Blazy said in an interview.

Just Hours After Independence Defeat, Alex Salmond Resigns As Scotland's First Minister

Alex Salmond during live broadcast of his resignation  (L) and Nicola Sturgeon his deputy (R) Image credit: Salmond's Sky News Screengrab; Photo credit: Sturgeon's HEMEDIA

Alex Salmond this afternoon dramatically quit as Scotland's First Minister after voters rejected independence, Sky News / Daily Mail are reporting.

UEFA & European Football - Wembley To Host Euro 2020 Final

Wembley will host the final and semi-finals of Euro 2020. Inset FA Chairman Greg Dyke was delighted with Wembley's successful bid. (Photo: Press Association)

England has won the right to host the final and semi-finals of Euro 2020.

12 National & International Highlights To Know For Friday, September 19, 2014

GRAPHITTI NEWS collates national and international highlights from late-breaking news, up-coming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega (Photo source: TechLoy)

1. 2015: JEGA INSISTS ON ELECTIONS IN BORNO, YOBE, ADAMAWA

There will be elections in the Northeast, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega, has  said. The insurgency in the area is not enough reason to stop the elections.

South Africans Killed In Synagogue Building Collapse Rise To 84 As Zuma Vows Action

President Jacob Zuma in Parliament. Photo credit: AFP    

The number of South Africans known to have died in the collapse of a multi-storey megachurch in Lagos last week has risen to 84, Pretoria's high commissioner to Nigeria said.

EBOLA OUTBREAK TRAGEDY — Throats Slit: Ebola Health Team, Journalists Brutally Killed In Guinea

Reuters / 2Tango

This is very awful indeed! Have the Guineans lost their minds or what?!

Reuters reports that the bodies of eight people – including three journalists – were found in Guinea after an Ebola health team came under attack two days ago, officials said.

TENNIS — 2-Time Grand Slam Winner Li Na Retires From Tour

Li Na met the press after her Australian Open triumph.

Li Na, a two-time Grand Slam champion from China who took tennis in Asia to a new level, has announced her retirement.

SCOTTISH REFERENDUM — Scotland Votes To Remain Within The United Kingdom!

Scottish separatists were roundly defeated in one of the most extraordinary political battles in British history.

Can Of Mealworms: Belgium Starts Selling Products Made With Insects

Reuters / Michael Kooren

A Belgian supermarket has officially started selling a range of products that contain insects, mainly mealworms. The Flemish country is the first EU state to approve insects in food.

FG Explanation Fails to Sway South Africa Investigators Over Seized US$9.3 million

Jet from Nigeria lands at Lanseria with US$9.3million dollars in cash. The entrance to Johannesburg's second airport (Pictured), the Lanseria International Airport (Photo source: whyjoborg.com)

Investigators in South Africa have dismissed Nigerian government’s explanations of the purpose of the US$9.3 million cash seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli as “flawed and riddled with discrepancies,” PREMIUM TIMES reports.

Apple Reveals New Operating System It Claims Is Police-Proof

Reuters / Mike Blake

Following revelations that the NSA, in cooperation with various telecom companies, was spying on private communications, Apple Inc. has released new technology that it says cannot be compromised by the police, RT reports.

Ebola Death Toll Climbs To 2,630 Out Of 5,347 Cases: WHO

Volunteers wearing t-shirts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) show a placard to raise awareness on the symptoms of the Ebola virus to students of the Sainte Therese school, in the Koumassi district, in Abidjan, on Sept 15, 2014, on the first day of the school year. -- PHOTO: AFP

The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected more than 5,000 people in West Africa and killed around half of them, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Chemical Producer Lobbies For Increase In Allowed Levels Of Pesticide Linked To 'Beemageddon'

AFP Photo / Federico Gambarini

Seed giant Syngenta is asking federal regulators in the United States to raise the allowable levels of a certain pesticide used on select crops despite warnings from critics.

FIFA Officials Told To Return Watches Handed Out In Brazil

A Parmigiani watch:  Tondagraph 43 Tourbillon - Chronograph from Parmigiani Fleurier (Not the gift)

FIFA executive committee members are among more than 50 football officials who have been told to return watches, worth an estimated US$25,000 each, which were handed out as gifts by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) during the World Cup, Reuters reports.

Solskjaer Steps Down At Cardiff

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in charge of Cardiff for less than a year

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has stepped down as manager of Cardiff, the Sky Bet Championship club have confirmed.

With Friends Like These …Women Guilty Over Pyramid Scheme

Rita Lomas, left, and Jane Smith promoted a get-rich-quick pyramid scheme

A group of "greedy" women masterminded a £21 million get-rich-quick pyramid scheme, Press Association reports

Synagogue Building Collapse – Death Toll Hits 80, Church Yet To Release Names Of Victims

A section of collapsed building used by SCOAN as lodging for church guests. Rescue operations not yet concluded. FILE Photo

Six days after a five-storey building used as guest house by the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN collapsed, killing scores of persons and injuring several others, the church was yet to produce names of  lodgers in the building.

Botswana Elections Fever: State Of Fear

The Botswana Gazette reports that the advent of elections has brought with it a sense of fear and apprehension among many in Botswana.

EBOLA OUTBREAK – Ebola Epidemic Spawns Black Market In Survivors’ Blood

Health workers take blood samples for Ebola virus testing at a screening tent in the local government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone (Reuters / Tommy Trenchard)

As the deadly Ebola virus continues to ravage a wide swath of Western Africa, some of the infected are turning to an illicit trade in survivors’ blood, despite warnings from the World Health Organization, RT reports.

Deadly Mosquitoes 'Are Heading To Britain' - Experts Fear Disease-Carrying Bugs Spotted Around Europe Are Crossing Channel

Mosquitoes, the world's deadliest animal

One mosquito was recorded spreads deadly West Nile Virus. Mild weather and global warming means they could thrive across England. It is believed the insects also end up arriving on aeroplanes and lorries, Daily Mail reports.

Traditional Rulers From The 19 Northern States And FCT Agree To End Insecurity In The North – Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Sa’ad

Worried by the insecurity challenges bedeviling the country and the northern region in particular, traditional rulers from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday met in Kaduna to look into the issues and possibly identify and proffer immediate solutions that would bring insecurity to an end, Leadership reports.

Military Authorities Refute Retiring GOC Attacked By Soldiers As Defence Headquarters Takes To Twitter

Major General Mohammed Abubakar, Former General Officer Commanding, 2 Mechanized Division (Photo: The Nation)

FACTUAL ERROR CORRECTED! There were widespread reports across several news media yesterday that the Nigeria Military has retired the former GOC, the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, who was attacked by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on May 14th. But the Defence HQ just tweeted denying the report. See tweet below.

Doctors Without Borders Volunteer Contracts Ebola

A Doctors Without Borders (MSF), staffer supervises as construction workers complete the new MSF Ebola treatment centre on August 17, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. The facility initially has 120 beds, making it the largest such centre for Ebola treatment and isolation in history and MSF plans to expand it to a 350-bed capacity. Tents, beds and much of the medical supplies at the centre were provided by UNICEF. | John Moore via Getty Images

Number Of Billionaires Hits New Record High In 2014 — Report

The number of billionaires increased by 155 in 2014 reaching a record high of 2,325, according to the Billion Census report.

Synagogue Churc Building Collapse — South Africa Team Dispatched To Lagos

Main auditorium of SCOAN during a Church Service. Scores killed when nearby church guest house collapsed on September 12th. Death toll now 70 as at Wednesday evening.

The South Africa Govt News Agency reports that SA Govt has dispatched a search and rescue team to Lagos to assist in the recovery of the remains of South Africans that were killed during a tragic building collapse in Nigeria, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

Footballer Gutierrez Given Messages Of Support

Jonas Gutierrez spent the second half of last season on loan at Norwich

Newcastle winger Jonas Gutierrez has been offered messages of support from former team-mates and supporters groups after revealing he is having treatment following diagnosis of testicular cancer in his native Argentina.

Maduro Govt Cannot Stand This Woman’s Mouth — Venezuela Threatens Citizenship Of Actress Alonso

Actress Maria Conchita Alonso

Venezuela's leftist government says its moving to revoke the citizenship of actress Maria Conchita Alonso, a bitter critic of the government, AP reports.

EBOLA VACCINE TRIAL UPDATE — Ruth Atkins, Oxford Volunteer Given Experimental Vaccine Against Ebola

Ruth Atkins is the first person to be tested with the new Ebola vaccine in the UK. A former NHS nurse has become the first Briton to test a potentially life-saving new vaccine to tackle the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.  Ruth Atkins was injected with the experimental drug, called Chimp Adenovirus type 3 (ChAd3), which has so far only been trialled in primates, this morning. Credit: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Britain’s trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola has begun in Oxford with the first healthy volunteer receiving the vaccine, Financial Times/ITV report.

It Was Suicide Bombers After All — 15 Killed At College of Education

Photo source: Abusidiqu.com

Two suicide bombers killed at least 15 students Wednesday at a government college in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, police and emergency officials said.

CAF - Fan Ban For African Champions League Semi-Final

Algerian clubside Entente Setif will have to play the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Democratic Republic of Congo's TP Mazembe Engelbert behind closed doors, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Wednesday.