Unhappy Mikel coul leave Chelsea

Nigerian star John Mikel Obi is reportedly unhappy at Chelsea and could be open to a sensational move to big-spending Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, starafrica can independently confirm.

Like some senior players at the Stamford Bridge club, the midfielder is unhappy with his lack of playing time and may opt to reunite with former manager Guus Hiddink at Anzhi.

“Mikel has clearly made up his mind to quit Chelsea and already there have been some moves by Anzhi to have him,” a top source said.

Tuesday night he was an unused sub as Chelsea crashed 3-1 at Napoli to leave their UEFA Champions League hopes again hanging by the thread. The player’s agent John Ola Shittu has insisted Mikel is staying put at Chelsea as “they have not said they do not want him”.

The 24-year-old Mikel joined Chelsea in 2006 after a transfer saga that also involved Manchester United.

Chris Brown Accused Of Stealing Woman’s Cell Phone Outside Miami Club

A Florida woman has filed a police report accusing R&B singer Chris Brown of “robbery by sudden snatching” — a felony charge — for allegedly taking her cell phone outside of a Miami club on Sunday.

In the Miami Beach Police report, Christal Spann claims she witnessed Brown and artist Tyga exiting the side door of club Cameo, where Brown entered a black Bentley

Spann approached the vehicle and took a photo of Brown inside of the car, according to the report, when the “Look At Me Now” singer allegedly “reached though his car window and snatched her phone from her hands.”

Brown allegedly told Spann, “B****, you ain’t going to put that on no website,” before grabbing the phone, putting his car window up and driving away, the report states.

On Thursday, a Miami Beach PD officer told Access Hollywood that Brown has not been arrested and as yet has not been charged, adding that the State Attorney’s office is preparing the arrest warrant.

The alleged incident could mean more legal trouble for Brown, as he is still on probation for assault charges stemming from the 2009 beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna.

A rep for Brown was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood on Thursday.

ASA ABSENT IN COURT FOR N700M HOMOSEXUALITY SUIT

Nigerian singer Bukola Elemide, better known as Ásà was missing at a court hearing today, over a N700m lawsuit brought by her against a celebrity magazine.

Asa, in a suit ‘Bukola Elemide & Another VS Dockland Communications Services’, is suing News of the People over an article published in 2010 insinuating that she is a lesbian.

Dockland Communications Services are the publishers of the weekly publication News of the People.

The 29-year-old, who was represented by her legal counsel Abraham & CO. before a Lagos High Court presided over by Justice A.J Coker on Thursday, February 23, 2012, stated that the publication was defamatory, and prayed the court to award damages in the above-mentioned sum.

However, the judge was unable to make any ruling, as neither Asa nor her manager Janet Nwose were in court when the defendant’s counsel requested their presence for questioning. Reportedly, they are currently in France, which is Asa’s home base.

Seal: ‘Fans deserved explanation about Klum split’

Soul singer Seal opted to open up about his recent split fromHeidi Klum because he felt fans “deserved some kind of explanation” about the break-up.

The pair appeared to be one of Hollywood’s strongest couples, renewing their vows annually, and they stunned the world last month when they confirmed rumours they had parted ways after a six-year marriage.

The Kiss From a Rose hitmaker has spoken out about the separation on chat shows and radio interviews, while Klum has remained largely silent – and Seal admits he felt compelled to reveal the truth about their split.

Speaking on Australian radio station 2DAY FM, he says, “When you publicise your marriage as much as our marriage was publicised, when you renew wedding vows, when you do all those things you are giving them a picture of an ideal relationship, of a relationship that people aspire towards… when it goes south you can’t all of a sudden take the philosophy of (a) Celestine monk and decide to go for a vow of silence, it doesn’t really work like that.

“And while I respect my wife’s decision not to talk about it, I felt that people at least deserved some kind of explanation.”

Did Whitney Houston Really ‘Attempt Suicide 48 Hours Before Death’?

Nearly two weeks since her death and one since being laid to rest, there is still no sign of Whitney Houston being given any peace.

A US tabloid has now alleged that the late icon tried to take her own life just two days before being found dead in her hotel room.

It is alleged that Whitney “tried to slit her wrists in the bathroom of LA’s Tru Hollywood nightclub on Feb 9”, following her row with X Factor star Stacy Francis.

A source is quoted as saying: “There was blood all over her, from her hands, wrists and legs, and there was a blade in her hand.”

It is further suggested that the so-called suicide attempt was intended as “ultimate revenge” on Clive Davis, who was apparently planning to cut her off financially.

The report has been flatly denied by a member of Whitney’s entourage, who tells Gossip Cop that the whole thing is “definitely not true”.

Australian woman turns tables on Nigerian scammers

Nigerian email scams have become nearly as commonplace as the Internet itself. But one Australian woman wound up in jail after turning the tables–to the tune of $30,000–on a group of con artists.

The Courier-Mail reports that Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, 23, was employed as an “agent” in March 2010 by the Nigerians, but didn’t know they were scam artists. Her “job” was to provide access to an Australian bank account opened in her name where the Nigerians could then transfer money they had received from a phony car sales website. Cochrane-Ramsey was told she could keep eight percent of the transfers.

But, then she decided to steal from the thieves themselves. According to the Courier-Mail, she received two payments, totaling $33,350, but spent most of it on herself.

If you’re not familiar with the so-called Nigerian Scam, also known as the (419) scam, or Advanced Fee Fraud, here’s a brief explainer: the fraud works by convincing an individual to give money and/or bank account access to a third-party in exchange for future financial rewards.

Most commonly, the scam artist will claim to be a wealthy Nigerian individual looking to move his vast financial resources to another country. He then promises the fraud victim a hefty payment in exchange for a temporary loan or bank account access in order to facilitate the move. Of course, the fraud victim never receives the promised payout and instead usually ends up losing thousands of dollars in the process. According to Scam Busters, the Advance Fee Fraud scams often target small businesses and charities. And while the scam has been around for years, the U.S. Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service still receives a reported 100 calls a day from people claiming to be victims of a (419) crime.

But, back to the Cochrane-Ramsey case. The real victims who thought they were buying cars online reported the scam to the police, who traced the account back to Cochrane-Ramsey. She was ordered to appear in Brisbane District Court and plead guilty to one count of aggravated fraud.

For now, the court judge is allowing Cochrane-Ramsey time to come up with the money to pay off the fraud victims while she awaits sentencing in March.

Interestingly, Cochrane-Ramsey is not the first person to turn the tables on Nigerian scammers. In 2008, the radio program This American Life ran a story on some anonymous pranksters who sent a Nigerian scam artist on a wild goose chase that spanned 1,400-miles into war-torn Chad for a promised cash payout at a local Western Union branch.

And they convinced him to do this while carrying an anti-Muslim/pro-George W. Bush note, which stated his intention to rob the Western Union. Their entire plan was spelled out on this website, dedicated to turning the tables on Internet con artists (Warning: contains Not Safe for Work language).