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Lordave: For those of u wey de use small tiger generator, no on the fuel tank finish just on am make e dey chanfa.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The puppeteer and voice behind the character Elmo on "Sesame Street" has taken a leave of absence from the children's television show following allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, producers said on Monday.

New York-based Sesame Workshop said in a statement that its own inquiry concluded that the claim of underage sexual conduct was unsubstantiated, and that puppeteer Kevin Clash has denied any wrongdoing and called the allegation "false and defamatory."

But the company said Clash, 52, was disciplined after an internal investigation showed he "exercised poor judgment and violated company policy regarding Internet usage."

The Sesame Workshop statement said the puppeteer was "taking actions to protect his reputation" and that Sesame Workshop has "granted him a leave of absence to do so."

Neither Clash nor his personal publicist was immediately available for comment.

CNN quoted a statement from Clash acknowledging a relationship with his accuser but denying he had sexual contact with a minor.

"I am a gay man. I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it," it quoted him as saying. "I had a relationship with the accuser, it was between two consenting adults, and I am deeply saddened that he is characterizing it as something other than what it was."

The statement went on to say, "I'm taking a break from Sesame Workshop to deal with this false and defamatory allegation."

Sesame Workshop said the matter came to its attention when it received a communication in June from accuser, now aged 23, alleging that he had a relationship with Clash beginning when he was 16 years old.

"We took the allegation very seriously and took immediate action," the company said, adding that it met with the accuser twice and had "repeated communications with him." The company said it also discussed the matter with Clash, who denied the allegations.

A spokeswoman for the show said she did not know whether law enforcement authorities were looking into the allegations.

Clash officially joined the "Sesame Street" cast in 1984, assuming the Elmo role that year.

Elmo's character had debuted on the show in 1979, and though Clash was the third performer to animate the child-like shaggy red monster, Sesame Workshop credits him with turning Elmo into the international sensation he became.

For now, producers promised that Elmo would remain on the show despite the absence of Clash, saying "Elmo is bigger than any one person and will continue to be an integral part of 'Sesame Street.'"

Source: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8AB14M20121112?irpc=935

rotimiakpeji: So why did God give the law in the first place if he was going to change it

Good questiom

franchizy: Liverpool 3 Chelsea 1
Watch out

Bros chelsea dey home naa. The score should be

Chelsea 3. Liverpool 1

John terry. What a goal

Howars webb will be caught in his web today

OYINBOGOJU: I bind you in the name of Jesus

I bind u too

Why will FA give chelsea Howard Webb, Man U referee.

They want chelsea to drop points

Wrestling is pure acting but I enjoy it

In September, two patients from North-West 3 were discharged after they had a waiver amounting to about N700,000. One was post-abortion sepsis. She was a prostitute without any job, who got pregnant and ran into trouble trying to abort. The other was a post-delivery case, a prostitute too. When we called her people in Imo State, they said they didn’t have any money to come and pick her. She is the most educated in their family. Of course, she couldn’t speak one complete sentence in English. I think she was a secondary school drop-out. So, they said that we should bring her. Anyway, I said since you know some people in town, we are not going to take you to Imo State, and so I discharged her.

For further info
http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/more-features/9103-two-prostitutes-got-n7m-bill-waiver-in-uch.html

[quote author= ÄBÄƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴͡mi]☺ķªª¥. NEXT!!!!!!!!
BTW,first to comment....[/quote]What's so special abt commenting first? Maybe seun should start banning people like they did with the special commodity G**RI.
Anyway na me first comment

Money plentyooo. But why can't our govt pay subsidy on dis one.

Football is the only unifying factor in Nigeria and our govt should invest heavily in football.

DUMPED by her boyfriend, a student of the University of Ibadan (UI),  drank bleach in anger.

The 100- Level student in the Faculty of Arts was said to have taken the solution, a product called Hypo, on Sunday when her lover, a student of the same university, told her it was over between them.

Students of the university are currently writing their second semester examination which began about two weeks ago and will be concluded by the end of this month.

Nigerian Tribune gathered from campus source that the lady was to be rushed to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, to save her from dying.

It was learnt further that the news of a serious damage to her kidney had spread on the campus.

A singing sensation on campus was said to have quickly waxed a hip hop lyric entitled “Hypo Love” to teach other students, especially ladies, the morals of the incident.

A source within the university said the lady is now fit and back in school after the poison was flushed out of her system at the institution’s Jaja Clinic.

However, he could not confirm why the lady decided to take the bleach as investigation into the matter was still ongoing as of press time.

Source: http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/lead-stories/50644-jilted-ui-student-drinks-bleach-

eimuhb: A good christian should not encourage divorce, but in cases where your partner is not ever ready to stop cheating (not remorseful) and combines physical abuse with the cheating, it's advisable to leave the marriage, life is too beautiful to die because you want to stay in an abusive marriage

We are saying the same thing

tatiana009: What if she cheats on you with your brother or father and you even find out that some of your kids are for that person ans she isn't repentant, she apologises and does it again and again?

Or one's husband is convicted of rape or a woman discovers her husband is molesting her daughters. just pray you will never be in an unlivable situation o. Will you advise a woman to stay with a man who beats her and even molests her daughters? It's easy to judge from the outside and that's why Jesus said Judge not. Everyone has their own limits.

Like I said before, if after committing the tins u mentioned and the man asked for forgiveness, won't u forgive him? If u remove to forgive cos of what he has done and u are ready to divorce him then u are not a true christian. We should forgive 70 x 7 as Jesus said.

The only reason u can divorce is if the person refuses to repent and apologise.

uyiekpenm: Really, wish I was married to u, I will continue to cheat on you and if u dare complain ...

That means cheating is in your nature.if you cheat and ask for forgiveness, I will forgive unless you did not ask then I will divorce you one hand

Anybody dt divorces his/her partner on the groundsd of infidelity is not ready for marriage. The person has been looking for a way out of the union else why can't he/her forgive the person??

A good christian should not encourage divorce

Torres is -1, papa ajasco. He cannot take on defenders.
Chelsea cannot qualify from dis group. They need a win here probably lose to juventus and then win Nojasland to give a total of 4+3+0+3=10pts

Nigeria is out. We can't come back looking at the way they are playing

His wife and children just joined him.

Oh come see celebration

I love America

He said a decade of war will soon end.

Is dt possible with America?

He said people that voted for him will not fight for job

Obama said the best is yet to come

President elect Barack obama is giving victory spech live on AIT. More report to come on the spech.