Dead lizard found in Tin of tomatoes

A couple looking forward to a tasty curry got more than they bargained for - and lost their appetite in the process - when they opened a can of tomatoes to find a dead lizard inside.

Muhammad and Sanam Hussain made the grim discovery as Mrs Hussain, who is seven months pregnant, was cooking lunch at their Birmingham home on Thursday (4 June).

"It was disgusting. I am in shock. I am so worried about my baby because I am pregnant," she said.

"I talked to my midwife about it and she said if I feel ill, I should contact the hospital."

Mr Hussain said he was alerted by his wife's screams from the kitchen.

"My wife was making lunch for me and our 15-month-old son," he said. "When she opened the can, she saw something and screamed at me to come through. I saw it was a dead baby lizard.

"We are worried about food poisoning. The can was part of a pack of 12. We had already eaten seven of them. Now my wife is off her food.

"I think we have been put off tinned tomatoes for life."

The couple, who live in the inner-city suburb of Alum Rock, said they had bought the cans at Masala Bazaar, an Asian supermarket in Birmingham owned by Euro Foods.

Euro Foods said: "This is a major concern. We are in touch with the family and are going to collect the offending can and have it analysed to see at what stage of the process the lizard got introduced.

"Once we have investigated, we will put in controls to stop this happening again."

The company said it had contacted its supplier in Italy to find out how the lizard got into the tin.

Documents 'reveal details of Jack Warner Fifa bribes'

The BBC claims to have seen evidence detailing what happened to the $10m sent from FIFA sent accounts controlled by former vice-president Jack Warner. The money, sent on behalf of South Africa, is said to have been meant to be used for its diaspora legacy programme to develop football in the Caribbean. The BBC reported that it had seen documents showing Warner had used the money for cash withdrawals, personal loans and to launder money. Three wire transfers - on 4 January, 1 February and 10 March 2008 - totalling $10m (£6.5m) from Fifa accounts were reportedly received into Concacaf accounts controlled by Jack Warner. Mr Warner is among 14 people indicted on corruption charges by the FBI. He has denied all claims of wrong-doing.

Gunmen kill French tourist in Ebonyi State

French couple, Mr. Nagnan Denis, 52, and Mrs. Nagnan Mee Lavaud Liana, 53, have been attacked by gunmen in Ebonyi State.

The incident occurred around 8p.m. on Monday in Abomege, Onicha Local Government Area.

Mr Denis, who was allegedly shot in the leg and macheted on various parts of his body, died on the spot.

His wife, it was gathered, was injured.

Governor Dave Umahi broke the news at a meeting with staff and students of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki.

According to him, the tourists got to Abaomege in the night from where they were to connect Calabar, Cross River State. They went into a bush to set up their tent and rest.

Umahi siad: “As they were having their rest, gunmen stormed the area and shot them. The gunmen took one thousand, one hundred and sixty euros of their money and N13,000.

‘’Sad enough, they shot and killed the husband of the woman. The body has been deposited in the mortuary.

‘’The wife was so devastated. What we did was to put her in hotel accommodation and gave her some money.”

The Governor described the incident as “unfortunate” and warned that anywhere there is cultism and other violent crimes, the council chairman and development centre coordinator will be sacked.

 ’’All these robbery and violent crimes is a by product of cultism,” Umahi said.

Police Commissioner Maigari Dikko said 32 suspects were yesterday arrested in connection with the incident.

 He said they had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further interrogation and prosecution – where necessary.

The commissioner, who described the victims as tourists who had travelled through several countries to get to Nigeria, added that about 1,150 euros and N13,000 were stolen from them by the hoodlums.

“Thirty-two suspects were arrested in the early hours of this morning (yesterday) and they are currently being transferred to the SCID for investigation and screening,” Dikko said.

According to him, the wife of the victim who reported the incident to the police, said she could identify the people who killed her husband if she saw them.

Dikko said: “We got the report yesterday from the DPO of Onicha LGA about the French nationals, a couple; they were tourists who left their country on December 2014 and arrived Nigeria through Badagry on 23rd of May, that is last saturday

“They passed through Abeokuta, Benin, Onitsha, Enugu to Ebonyi with their vehicle a one door with Caravan on it; they were passing through Ebonyi to Calabar when the incident happened.

“They arrived Abomega in the night and decided to spend the night there. According to the deceased’s wife, her husband had complained that he was tired and secondly it was night.

“As fate would have it, they didn’t report their presence to any law enforcement agents around, but decided to look for a place that was naturally endowed with shelter, a place that has tree and so they went two kilometres off the road to pass the night in a location near the bush.

“They found a location where we have a quarry site and decided to camp there; unfortunately, I believe that as they were going there, they were seen and, according to the wife of the deceased, when they were at the location, a motorcyclist, together with a man, asked to know who they were.

“Unless investigation proves otherwise, we are thinking that the motorcyclist was the informant to the hoodlums. After an hour, he left, three people came into the car and by then they had already erected their tent on top of the vehicle.”

Dikko, who noted that the Police Headquarters and the French Embassy had already been informed about the incident, added that the deceased was shot by the hoodlums during an argument as they further inflicted machete-cut injuries on him.

He said arrangements were on to ensure that Denis’ body is taken to France without delay. He promised that the police will clampdown on the miscreants.

Fifa's scandal-hit executives - where are they now?

What happened to the men who voted for the corruption-plagued 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids?

It is an image which sums up how ethical standards at the body charged with upholding football's moral standards have plummeted.

Scandals and rumors of corruption have dogged FIFA throughout the 17-year reign of its president, Sepp Blatter, but he was not named in either investigation.

The graphic highlights how no fewer than 10 members of the Fifa Exco that voted for the 2018 World Cup to be held in Russia, and the 2022 tournament to be staged in Qatar, have either been charged with corruption or forced out of the institution over suspected wrongdoing.

A further four members have been subject to an investigation over alleged malpractice while the organisation's kingpin, Sepp Blatter, became the latest executive to leave office last week after yet another corruption scandal engulfed his organisation.

FIFA paid millions to FA of Ireland to not contest Henry's handball

John Delaney has confirmed the Football Association of Ireland was paid millions of euros by FIFA to not contest Thierry Henry's infamous World Cup handball through the courts.
Henry handled the ball in setting up William Gallas' extra-time goal which ultimately sent France through to the 2010 finals in South Africa ahead of the Republic of Ireland. The incident in the second leg of their play-off, which finished 1-1 to give France a 2-1 aggregate win, was not spotted by Swedish referee Martin Hansson and left the FAI fuming.
Chief executive Delaney has revealed he made his feelings known in a no-holds-barred exchange with FIFA president Sepp Blatter - who announced this week he will step down - and the outcome was a financial agreement between the two parties. Reports last year claimed the payment was five million euros.
Delaney told RTE Radio 1: "We felt we had a legal case against FIFA because of how the World Cup play-off hadn't worked out for us with the Henry handball.
"Also the way Blatter behaved, if you remember on stage, having a snigger and having a laugh at us. That day when I went in, and I told him how I felt about him, there were some expletives used. We came to an agreement.
"That was a Thursday and on Monday the agreement was all signed and all done. It's a very good agreement for the FAI and a very legitimate agreement for the FAI. I'm bound by confidentiality for naming the figure.
"You've put a figure out there and fair play to you. It was a payment to the association to not proceed with a legal case. In there, they signed a confidentiality agreement where I can't talk about the amount involved.
"You used a figure there, well done to you, but it was a very good and legitimate deal for the FAI."
Ireland turned in arguably their best performance under former boss Giovanni Trapattoni at the Stade de France and were brimming with confidence when Robbie Keane's 33rd-minute strike cancelled out a first-leg deficit.
However, Gallas' late equaliser broke Irish hearts with television replays clearly showing Henry's offence, for which he later apologised.
France failed to make it out of their group in South Africa, taking just a point from their three first round games.

Bottle of 140-year-old Arctic Ale beer auctioned

A 140-year-old bottle of ale, made specifically for a British arctic expedition, is due to be auctioned after being found unopened in a garage.
The bottle, Allsopp's Arctic Ale, was brewed in Burton-upon-Trent for the 1875 expedition led by Sir George Nares in an attempt to reach the North Pole. The expedition ended in failure after poor equipment and scurvy forced the explorers to retreat.
The bottle was found in a box in the garage of a house in Gobowen, Shropshire, though nobody knows how it got there. A spokesperson for auctioneers Trevanion and Dean said: "We can only assume this bottle was surplus stock that was brought back to England. The vendors inherited it through their family."
The bottle is expected to fetch between £400 and £600 when it is auctioned on June 13.
The auction house spokesperson said: "I was working through boxes when I spotted the top of this bottle sticking out of one of them. It looked interesting so I took a closer look, and, low and behold, there on the cap were the words Allsopp's Arctic Ale, then embossed on the seal was 'Arctic Expedition 1875'.
"What's incredible is that this bottle of beer made it all the way to the Arctic and all the way back again without being drunk."
This isn't the first time a bottle of Allsopp's Arctic Ale has been auctioned.
In 2007 an 1852 bottle, brewed specifically for Sir Edward Belcher's Arctic Expedition, was posted on eBay with a spelling mistake. It was listed as "Allsop's Arctic Ale" and was sold for $304 (£197).