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Thursday 18 April 2013

New York Senate passes resolution on Achebe



The Senate of New York State, in the United States has passed a resolution paying tribute to world acclaimed author Chinua Achebe.

In the resolution, the Senate said , Professor Achebe’s global significance “lies not only in his talent and recognition as a writer, but also as a critical thinker and essayist who has written extensively on questions of the role of culture in Africa along with the social and political significance of aesthetics and analysis of the post colonial state in Africa.”

The New York Senate noted that Achebe left behind a legacy “which will long endure the passage of time and will remain as a comforting memory to all he served and befriended.”

The Legislative Body paused in its deliberations to mourn the d*ath of the famous novelist just as it promised to present a copy of its resolution to the Achebe’s family.

LOVE:Photo Of Aki and Wife, Nneoma At a Recent Party


 they were together at the encomium black/white bash, looking hot together I must say!

MY ONLY REGRET IS MY FIRST MARRIAGE-NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS




If she could turn back the hands of time, she would have reversed her first marriage to her estranged husband. This was one of the high points of many issues that dominated discussion when the delectable Yoruba actress Mercy Aigbe, was hosted on O’odua M’oun M’aworan, on Start Times recently. The Edo State born actress, who spoke on many issues about her life, marriage and career, was quick to mention that her regret in life was that she wished her present hubby  Lanre Gentry, was her first husband, her life would have a perfect run.


“I wish my present husband Lanre Gentry was the first man I got married to as my husband, my life would have been perfect one and my marital life would have been a smooth ride. But God understands why he allowed it to happen that way”. Mercy enthused. O’odua M’oun M’aworan is a lifestyle and entertainment TV Channel on StarTimes, Channel 204, with its celebrity host programme aimed at celebrating the entertainment industry stakeholders that have contributed to the growth of the industry with their talents and time.

O’odua M’oun M’aworan, is a spanking new entertainment channel airing on Channel 204 on Cable TV, Startimes, aims at changing the phase of the entertainment world, with its diverse and exclusive packages. According to Sola Fajobi, the man behind the Next Movie Star and CEO of O’odua M’oun M’aworan, “The O’odua Television, (Channel 204 on Startimes), is aimed at delivering credible alternatives and varieties. The world becomes more enjoyable and worth living when you have assorted alternatives. It is an entertainment platform targeted at youths.

This Man Marries His Sister After Impregnating Her; They Now Have A Daughter




Despite caution and threats by several elders, 38-year-old Prosper Dzakpasu has refused to desist from sleeping with her sister. According to reports, the Ghanian man has been bonking his biological sister for the past 12 years and it's not a secret among family members.

Their mother has tried her best to stop the abominable act but Prosper usually gives her more than she could handle despite her age, saying he loves his sister, Cynthia and nobody can stop him...


He is the oldest of five children she bore their father while Cynthia is the last sibling. Their grandfather, who also intervened in the matter, had his fare share of insults from Prosper.

The other three siblings of the “couple” are troubled by the sacrilegious relationship. Prosper is said to have started sleeping with the sister, Cynthia, who is currently 29 years old, when she was about 17.

The relationship, which started gradually, has now blossomed into a union, as the two are now living at an area in Ghana known as Dzodze Ablorme. He left home with Cynthia after family members kept pressing him to stop the act.

Nothing was heard of them until about a year ago when they returned to their town with their six-year-old daughter. According to Daily Guide, “Prosper has now developed a thick skin and seem not to respect or fear anybody anymore. He knows that whenever you meet him or call him it is about his distasteful act and so he will not come and when he comes he will not mind anybody.”

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Boy Born with 15 Fingers and 16 Toes(PHOTOS)


Believe it or not, Li Jinpeng from China was born with 15-fingers and 16-toes (seven fingers on his left hand, eight on his right and eight toes on each foot.), though as you can see, not all of them are fully-functional. Fortunately, the extra digits were successfully removed via surgery. Continue reading for  more pictures, and updated information. 
MORE PHOTOS BELOW,,

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Teacher arrested for posting up skirt photos of his female students




A creepy teacher took photos of his unsuspecting female students and posted them on the internet, according to reports.

A substitute teacher in Coweta County, Georgia, is supposedly a real danger to society for taking suggestive pictures of his female students to post them on the Creepshots Reddit forum. The students, who are quite possibly minors of East Coweta High School, saw candid photos of themselves in a sexually explicit forum. The subsection is dedicated to capturing photos of the bodies of women in public without their consent and has a warning of 18+.


Students could clearly recognize the classroom in the photos, and the camera perspective. The school first heard of the alleged actions of the teacher through an anonymous email, according to Dean Jackson, director of the school system for public information.
"The whole situation is something that concerns us and is something we handle immediately," Jackson told the news media.

"When we were contacted about this," Jackson continued, "we immediately contacted the Sheriff's Office and an investigation was launched. The school system fired the substitute teacher and he will not step back into the classroom." The photo captions and comments were even of a disturbing context, one such post titled "Hot Girl 

Senior in one of my classes." Others, more distressing, were labeled "skirt in my class" and "bending girl in my class." Outraged parents could not believe the objectification of which the teacher subjected their teen daughters.

Monday 15 April 2013

Revealed: Top 15 Highest Paid Nigerian Actresses & How Much They Charge Per Movie(SEE LIST)




People are always talking about how much musicians and footballers earn and it’s expected.

However an intense research conducted shows that female Nigerian actresses aren’t doing to bad for themselves either.
This is a list of the top 15 highest paid actresses per script.

15. Uche Jumbo N450,000

14. Fathia Balogun N500,000


13. Mercy Johnson N600,000

12. Funke Akindele N600-700,000

11. Oge Okoye. N600.000

10. Chioma Chukwuka N700,000

9. Rita Dominic. N1m

8. Ngozi Ezeonu. N1m

7. Joke Silver N1m

6. Stella Damasus. N1m>

5. Kate Henshaw Nuptal N1m

4. Omotola Jolade. N1.5m>

3. Patience Ozonkwo N1.6m

2. Ini Edo N1.8m

1. Genevieve Nnanji N2m

Saturday 13 April 2013

Poverty pushed me into cab driving– Schoolteacher



Mrs. Temidayo Fagbenle
Rather than starve with her retiree husband and 11-year old son, a teacher, Mrs. Temidayo Fagbenle, took up commercial driving in Ilorin, Kwara State.
For Mrs. Temidayo Fagbenle , a teacher in a secondary school in Ilorin, Kwara State, the saying that necessity is the mother of invention is applicable. The school teacher has to drive Kabukabu that is, an unpainted taxi, to make ends meet.
Recalling how she became a commercial driver – a task mainly undertaken by illiterate and semi-literate men -she told our source that it was in her attempt to find a solution to her financial predicament.
According to her, though she receives a monthly salary as a teacher, her family’s needs and that of some members of her relations could not be met by her monthly income.
She said that a day came that she was in so much financial need and could not even meet her own family financial needs that she started thinking of a way out.
According to her, she was so broke that she did not even have N100 in her purse. She thought so much of a way to get funds to meet her immediate need and suddenly realised that her car, which she usually drove to school, could generate additional revenue.
Fagbenle said  she quickly acted on the idea and even before her husband, who is a retiree and her child, a student in a secondary school in Ilorin, could be informed of her new business idea, she had already gone ‘picking’ passengers and made brisk business on the first day. She was able to make enough to meet her immediate needs.
She said, “There was a time I was in need of money. It was such a precarious situation that I did not even have N100 on me. I had some pressing family needs to attend to. I was in a fix on how to solve the burden. I thought of something to do but it wouldn’t work, so I just took this vehicle that day.
“I woke up around 6am. I went to Tanke in Ilorin and started this kabukabu (commuter taxi). Initially, I was afraid that officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers could harass me since I was not a member then. But I summoned courage. Within one hour, I realised some money. That was early 2011. That day, I went back home before 7am because I did not want people to know what I did.
“I was happy that the money I made that hour solved my immediate needs that day. But I stopped. I was thinking ‘is it God’s will for me to be doing this type of work for my secondary assignment’? I have a child to take care of, though my husband is there. With the situation in Nigeria, the two hands should be rubbing themselves together; husband and wife should be earning an income.”
Fagbenle said she went into full cab business this year, plying the Maraba-UITH route in Ilorin. She said that even the day she went to register with the NURTW, she had only N3,000 which was not enough for the registration. So she begged the official she met and promised to pay up later. Having reached an agreement with the NURTW official, she started and since then had been finding her second job enjoyable.
She expressed gratitude to her passengers including those that had been passing good comments about her, adding that she had never had any problem with any of them.
For her, the male drivers had never been a problem as, according to her, they regard her as fellow driver and even assist her get passengers to board her vehicle.
“In fact, they like what I am doing. When I have difficulty calling passengers, they would even rally round me and then I move on. I thank God. They are really there for me as people that can help someone. I can say that God sent them to me.
“They do not think about male or female but they are there for me at any time,” she said.
The Kogi State-born, who is married to a Kwara indigene, said she had not been having problem with other motorists or traffic officials.
She stated that her husband and child not only encourage her but have been a source of inspiration and support for her driving business.
According to her, some of her colleagues encouraged her in the kabukabu business while others feel concerned. They wonder how a woman could successfully undertake commercial driving as according them, such undertaking could be very stressful.
“I thank God and I thank my husband because if he did not allow me to be doing it, I would not and it would hurt my feelings.
“My son is in Junior Secondary School 2. When I told him that I had joined the NURTW, that I would be driving to Maraba, he burst into laughter. He told me that he normally sees a woman who also drives. I said ‘it is not a crime let me be doing it’.
“Any day I don’t go, my son would say, ‘Mummy you did not go out today’? I would say I just want to rest.
“I like commercial driving. It is now my hobby. A passenger one day asked me why I was driving?’ I told him that I like driving, that it is my hobby. Even before I got my driving licence, there was a time I boarded a vehicle and the driver was a female. I was sitting at her back and was imitating her as she was driving.
“I combine driving with my primary assignment, which is teaching. I do not allow it to affect my teaching. I engage in driving during vacation and after I have closed school for the day. I teach in a secondary school. As a woman, I normally schedule my work. It is stressful but I do not drive for a long period. I drive four hours a day on my free time,” Fagbenle said.
She also appealed to husbands to support their wives in their good ventures so that they could maximize their potential, contribute meaningfully to family and societal development as well as feel fulfilled.
“My advice to other women is, you know women love dignity. If you want to maintain your dignity and say because of the job that I am doing, how can I be driving? It is not only driving, there are other jobs that they can start that are legal. I would advise them to think properly and succeed. It is not advisable for a woman to be idle because they have need to buy some things for their children.
Even some that are salary earners can engage in some other businesses to augment their salaries.”
On some of the challenges in driving, she said lack of money for regular spare parts maintenance could be frustrating in driving business, adding that regular maintenance of a vehicle would keep it in top form.
She said, “There was a day I was going and the vehicle suddenly stopped. I later discovered it was the battery because I pulled up the bonnet. I was embarrassed and was begging the passengers.
“But I was not sure what the problem was. So when I opened the bonnet, I just touched the battery and the vehicle quickly started again. I was then ashamed. I felt that I had delayed my passengers a little bit.”
Secretary, NURTW, UITH, Wapo Unit Okise, Mr. Ambali Ajali, said Fagbenle had been a good member of the union adding that she is the only female driver in their unit.
Kwara State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Farouk Akanbi, commended Fagbenle for her foresight, enterprise and versatility.
He stated that he had been encouraging teachers to find alternative sources of income to complement their salaries so long as such ventures were legitimate and would not conflict with their official duties.
Akanbi, who is also the chairman, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Kwara State chapter,added that NUT was willing to assist Fagbenle boost her driving business operations.
“It is something that I have always been campaigning for; that teachers should find a way of augmenting their resources by whatever they can do that is legitimate. Somebody who is doing that even as a woman needs to be encouraged.
“I congratulate her and if we are aware at the NUT level, we would be willing to assist her so that many women can follow queue from such kind of attitude and make ends meet.
“If teachers can make additional income outside their salaries in their spare time, certainly they will be better for it and be able to contribute more meaningfully to the development of the education sector,” Akanbi said.
Kwara State Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Abubakar Kannaike, said the ministry is willing to assist Fagbenle procure a new vehicle.
He stated that women drivers are many in some advanced countries but not Nigeria, adding that such a woman should be commended and encouraged.
“Her enterprise is very commendable. It is not uncommon outside Nigeria that you see a lot of females running taxes such as airport taxis. Since we have one of our own doing that, it is worth supporting and it is a good example for others who have the capacity and mental ability to cope. People should do something to augment their income,” Kannaike said.

Thursday 11 April 2013

MAN SELLS 6-MONTH- OLD SON TO RAISE FUNDS FOR VISA


One Mr Onyekachi  Ekwelum, who allegedly sold his six-month-old  son to raise funds to process his travel documents, would  be appearing before a magistrate in court to defend his action. Mr Ekwelum allegedly hatched and executed the act without the consent of the wife, but the lid was blown off by his 20-year-old spouse Ozioma when she could not find their son and reported the matter to the police. Her husband had wanted to travel to Greece.
The Abia State commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Abubakar Tilli, who disclosed this to newsmen in his office on Monday said the police  mounted a man hunt that led to the rescue of the child and the arrest of the suspects. CP Tilli  warned criminals to stay off the state as there would be no hiding place for them and said the suspects have been charged to court. The Commissioner  who expresses  concern over spate of  child trafficking  said Mr Chidiebere Samuel of Ovungwu in IsialaNgwa south  Local  government area that his wife Odinaka Samuel  connived with a nurse  Monica Benjamin who delivered her baby girl and sold the child at N150, 000..

82-YEAR-OLD CHURCH DEACON CAUGHT HAVING S**X WITH DONKEY




An 82-year-old Seventh Day Adventist deacon is bracing for a dose of unwanted attention from his village after he failed to control his penchant for s**x and allegedly had intercourse with a donkey.

The detestable incident which left villagers in Filabusi's Gangabezi village, Zimbabwe shell-shocked transpired sometime last month. According to sources who spoke to our news crew and requested anonymity, it is alleged the sexual predator, Deacon Canaan Ncube (82) was caught pants down while 'feasting' on a hapless donkey.

"I strongly believe that it was not his first time to be intimate with the donkey. The way he had positioned himself and the donkey showed traces of experience," said the source.

The bestiality issue came to light when Sibangani who was heading home from his sojourns allegedly saw Deacon Ncube with a humble animal. When Deacon Ncube realised that his escapades had come in the open, he freed the hapless animal and vanished from the scene, it is alleged. Sibangani then blew the said issue to the whole village.

"The news of Deacon Canaan and his donkey swiftly spread like veld fire. Everyone knows about this issue. It is not even a secret, you can ask anyone," said the source.

When the senior village headman, Patrick Ndlovu, was reached for comment, he said he was aware of the issue.

"I am aware of this issue. I am waiting for the village head Mechat Masuku and her entourage to deliberate on the issue. They will then report the matter to the police because it is out of my jurisdiction. I do not deal with such cases," said the senior village head.

Village Head Masuku said she was waiting to hear from the village neighbourhood committee members to give her feedback.

"I left the issue in the hands of village neighbourhood committee members to see to it that they bring down the culprit but up to now nothing has been done. I do not even know why they are taking too long," she said.

Meanwhile, Adventist church Deacon Ncube said he was aware of the rumours but dismissed the allegations as false statements meant to tarnish his image.

"I am very aware of the whole saga. I heard this issue at the church service last week, but the truth is that I know nothing about it and the neighbourhood constables have not contacted me," he said.