Mexico sends El Chapo back to prison he escaped from after drug lord’s plan to turn life story into movie leads to capture

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the infamous Sinaloa cartel boss, was captured on Friday after an almost seven-month manhunt — partly because he had dreams of becoming a movie star.

Over the course of his time on the lam, the drug kingpin contacted producers and prospective actors to star in a biopic about himself, according to the AFP.

"An important aspect that allowed us to locate him was that we discovered Guzman's intention to make a biographical film, for which he established contact with actresses and producers," Mexico's attorney general, Arely Gomez, told the AFP.

After a morning shootout with Mexican marines in Los Mochis, a city in his native Sinaloa state, Guzmán was arrested along with six others, the Associated Press reports.

Mexican forces first spotted the runaway kingpin in October in Durango state.They decided not to shoot because he was with two women and a child, Gomez said. After that, Guzman took a lower profile and limited his communication until he decided to move to Los Mochis in December.

One of the builders who helped construct Guzman’s mile-long escape tunnel also pointed investigators to the seaside town, and authorities surveyed the scene for a month as they planned their takedown operation, Gomez said.

Guzman will be held at Antiplano, the very same prison he escaped from in July, the Associated Press reports.

He will likely be extradited to the United States, Alejandro Hope, a Mexican intelligence official, told the AFP.

The U.S. attorney general, Loretta Lynch, released a statement calling Guzman's capture a "blow to the international drug-trafficking syndicate he is alleged to have led." Lynch said he will now "have to answer for his alleged crimes, which have resulted in significant violence, suffering and corruption on multiple continents."

Airline bans British woman for life after 'unacceptable behavior' causes unscheduled landing

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Jet2 banned the woman for life after her behavior caused the flight to make an unscheduled landing.

A British woman has been banned for life from flying with an airline because of her “unacceptable behavior."

The unnamed woman has been told by Jet2 that she is no longer welcome to fly with them after she forced an unscheduled landing by abusing staff.

The 42-year-old from Sunderland was fined $10,000 after she forced a flight from Tenerife to Newcastle to be diverted to Ireland on New Year's Day.

The woman was verbally abusive to crew and became more disruptive as the flight progressed, reported Mirror Online.

She was taken off the airplane and handed over to the local police, before the flight continued after a two-hour delay.

"Passengers were inconvenienced on New Year's Day because this woman's unacceptable behaviour towards our crew caused a substantial delay,” said Phil Ward, managing director of Jet2.com.

"The safety and welfare of our customers and staff is always our No. 1 priority."

Last year, the airline handed lifetime bans to about 50 travelers who were abusive or disruptive toward staff and fellow passengers.

Bayelsa Governorship Re-run: Voting Ends, Collation Of Results Starts

Ahead of the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revised its guidelines for the re-run, making it possible for accreditation and voting to go on simultaneously.

The security in Southern Ijaw Local Government is very tight, according to Channel television report.

Elections will hold in 17 wards & 104 communities in Southern Ijaw where there are 425 polling units. The remaining 101 polling units are scattered across the state.

Meanwhile, there were report that officers of the Nigerian Navy on Friday December 8, arrested two suspected political thugs in the Peremabiri community of Southern Ijaw area.

The thugs were said to have been hired by one of the political parties to disrupt the gubernatorial election scheduled to hold today.

Materials and INEC official still yet to arrive at PU06/07/16/017 and Polling Unit 17-34, Ukubie Ward, Southern Ijaw, according to Naija.com

Men in military uniforms have reportedly taken away election materials meant for polling units in Olodiama II, Southern Ijaw.

INEC officials and election materials yet to arrive PU06/07/15/028, Apoi Ward, Southern Ijaw.

There were reports of  ballot  box snatching cases in some places where election was held in Southern Ijaw.

At Akaibiri Ekpetiama, Yenagoa, a senior electoral officer complained that hoodlums made several attempts to hijack electoral materials from polling units in the area.

According to him,  the timely intervention of the police and military personnel saved the day.

He said after voting and counting were completed, the hoodlums would not allow for the result of the election to be written.

He said that the result had been declared at the area.

DIG Arugungu directed that the result and electoral materials should be moved to INEC headquarters.

The security team led by the DIG, Police Commissioner, Director SSS, Commander, NSCDC, Commander, FRSC and others, escorted the electoral officers and materials out of the area.

Accreditation, Voting On-going In Bayelsa State

Accreditation and voting on-going in the Bayelsa State supplementary governorship election.

Election materials arrived early at some polling units in Yenagoa, other areas such as Southern Ijaw, the materials got to some polling units late, according to Channel Television reporter.

120, 827 registered voters are expected to participate in the re-run poll with voting taking place in 425 polling units in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, where the first round of election was cancelled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Thirty-eight thousand registered voters in 102 polling units across six Local Government Areas such as Brass, Ekeremor, Nembe, Sagbama, Yenagoa and Ogbia will also participate to conclude the governorship election which commenced on Saturday, December 5, 2015.

The election was cancelled in these areas due to violence, ballot box snatching, stuffing, and harassment of electoral officials.

You Have No Right To Interfere In Davido And Sophia Momodu’s Matter -Ola Balogun Replies Dele Momodu

According to an online report by stargist.com, Ola Balogun, a Nigerian film maker has continued to probe Dele Momodu’s involvement in the child abduction saga between Davido and his babymama, Sophia Momodu.

All this comes after Momodu accused the filmmaker of a personal vendetta against him following an interview where Mr Olu condemned Dele’s involvement in the issue.

Balogun, in a fresh letter to The Nation, wants Momodu to come out clear on his suggestive statement, saying:

“I am not at all amused by Dele Momodu’s insinuation that I am somehow engaged in some kind of vendetta against him.I hereby challenge Mr. Dele Momodu to please publish for public consumption whatever he claims are “demands” that I supposedly addressed to him.”

Insisting that the Momodus have no right to demand being carried-along in the travel plans and purported treatment of the child, Imade, Balogon said:

“I note that he has so far failed to produce any evidence that he or his wife has ever made any contribution in cash or kind to young Imade’s upkeep.

“The issue is what gives Mr. and Mrs Dele Momodu the right to intervene in the life of a child whose upbringing and welfare they have never been known to make any contribution to?

“Dele Momodu should please address this central issue and stop throwing around meaningless phrases like “family reconciliation”.“Who is reconciling who and for what purpose?”.

However, Dele Momodu described Balogun’s input as a malicious attack on him and Sophia without caring to find out what led to the present debacle.

“I had the highest regards for Dr. Balogun and had always responded to his calls and text messages to my London line most times. I wish to apologise to him publicly if I have not been able to attend to his certain demands but it is regrettable that he would retaliate through this vengeful manner,”, “It is disheartening that while many well-meaning Nigerians have stepped in to intervene in the face-off between music superstar Mr. David Adeleke, aka Davido, and the mother of his baby Ms Sophia Momodu, my cousin, a senior citizen and film-maker, Dr Ola Balogun, has chosen to cast aspersions on me for reasons best known to both of us.”