ĭistressing reports of a severely injured lion were initially made by the Mara North Conservancy (MNC). "What a magnificent lion he was," said the Mara Predator Conservation Programme (MCPC) in a tribute on Facebook. Kenyans are mourning the death of an iconic nomad lion, Jesse, who died after a territorial fight with a rival pride in the Maasai Mara. Miranda Tillinghast Copyright: Miranda Tillinghast Read more about Mr Emefiele's arrest here.
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His trial is set to take place on 14 November. Illegally possessing a shotgun and ammunition by the DSS, which he denies. Involving its officials and personnel of the correctional service. The incident, saying it would investigate the brawl Officials from the correctional services got into a heated clash after court proceedings over the custody of Mr Emefiele. The application follows Mr Emefiele’s re-arrest by the DSS from the Federal High Court in Lagos after the court ruled that Mr Emefiele be remanded in aĬorrectional centre until the payment of his bail set at 20 million naira Lack of jurisdiction - meaning the court is not able to rule on the matter. “ Please stop calling us Tories, say Tories.AFP Copyright: AFP The DSS, also known as the secret police, arrested Mr Emefiele in June Image caption: The DSS, also known as the secret police, arrested Mr Emefiele in JuneĪ Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) to extend the detention of the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by 14 days over alleged new evidence it has gathered against him.Īpplication, citing it as an abuse of the court process and identifying the Brian McDermott, longstanding chief subeditor, came up with a cute riposte on a story about the Conservatives’ plaintive attempt at a PR makeover in 2005. Alas, the subs of the day did not oblige.īut sometimes, the best course of action is simply to tell it as it is. This time, dog shoots man” – a tragic story that could only happen in America.Īnd what of women? There was a golden chance in February 1948 to toy with a cheeky “Woman bites dog” headline. Far darker was the story from 1998 headlined “Never mind man bites dog. It appeared in the Guardian’s 1951-2000 anthology under the title “Man bites dog biscuit”. In 1955 the newspaper published a short story about bakers testing a new calibre of treats for pooches. But sometimes there is scope for mischief. Sometimes, it is best to keep it simple, as per this tale from 1950. The “man bites dog” headline has given ample opportunity for playfulness over the years. A lyrically homophonous riff by Tim Burrows on Gavin Williamson’s educational woes – “ Algorithm and blues” – got the A* first prize, ahead of “ Summer of discount tents” (Tim Bryan on a piece about consumerism and the great outdoors), “ Oedipus Vex” (Lucy Blincoe’s line on a complex French tale of love and longing), and “A little nous on the prairie” by Nick Robinson on the changing face of ranching in the US. When the in-house contest was revived in 2020, puns were still de rigueur. The following year “ Where there’s muck, there’s bras” adorned a tale of a British farmer diversifying into mail-order lingerie. But Sheila Pulham’s “ X marks the despot”, about an election in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq cannot have been far behind. Julie Reid scooped the inaugural prize in 2002 with “ The banned played on”, a bitter-sweet homophone above a powerful story about musicians defying the Taliban. “ Funder enlightening” quipped another header about seminars teaching cash-strapped charities the art of fundraising.īy the early part of this century, Guardian subs were running a headline of the year competition. “Boys will be fathers” was the title of a 1981 article in the Bedside Guardian anthology about a 16-year-old schoolboy ordered to pay 5p a week towards the maintenance of a baby girl. “ Lucas in the sky with diamonds” ran the header across a film review of Star Wars in 1977. “Queen in rumpus at Palace” was the 1971 headline on a piece about a football brawl involving a player with a regal surname. At the time, senior editors were worried about the growing tendency for puns in headlines and tried to ban them. A play on a Gracie Fields song (The Biggest Aspidistra in the World), it was written by a sub, thought to be John Hall, for a critical review of Charlton Heston’s 1972 film Antony and Cleopatra. “Biggest asp disaster in the world” is perhaps one of the most memorable early puns that set the standard.
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