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Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule (right) with the Deputy Managing Director, Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited, Mr. Charles Ngoka (left) during the Official handing over of 2,400 Life Jackets donated by Total Nigeria Plc. to the Lagos State Government  at the Lagos House, Ikeja on Wednesday as a way of contributing to the prevention of boat mishaps on  water ways.

obbi Kristina Brown lost her six month battle to live last night after she was found unresponsive in her bath tub at home. Family sources now say that the 22-year-old will be laid to rest in New Jersey, next to her beloved mother Whitney Houston.  Her body will be flown to New Jersey following a funeral service in Atlanta so she can be laid to rest alongside the singer. Whitney Houston died in February 2012 and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey next to her late father, John Russell Houston who died in 2003 following a long battle with diabetes and heart disease. Bobbi was 18 at the time of her mum’s death and was left devastated. Soon after Whitney’s death, the teenager suffered a hysterical breakdown and was sedated in hospital. She was latterly treated for severe stress and anxiety. More recently though, she was depressed and was at times suicidal, according to her cousin, Jerod Brown. In eerily similar circumstances, Whitney was found dead in a b...

Believe it or not, the villagers of Hokse, Nepal, are so poor that they’re forced to sell their own organs in order to make ends meet. The practice is so common there that the place has been nicknamed ‘Kidney Village’. Organ brokers regularly visit the village and its surrounding areas and convince cash-strapped locals to part with one of their healthy kidneys. These agents are notorious for tricking innocent villagers into traveling to Southern India to have their operations. They cook up all sorts of tales, telling the poor villagers that humans only need one kidney for survival or that the organ, once removed, will grow back! That particular trick was used to fool Geetha, a mother-of-four who sold her kidney for only $2,000. “For ten years people came to our village trying to convince us to sell our kidneys but I always said no,” Geetha said. But as her family grew, her desire to provide them with a house got stronger. “I have always wanted my own house and a piece of land,...

Nigel Richards is a beast when it comes to the game of Scrabble. He’s so good that he recently won the French Language Scrabble Championship without even speaking the language. ‘ “He doesn’t speak any French at all – he just learned the words,” Nigel’s friend Liz Fagerlund told the media. “He won’t know what they mean, wouldn’t be able to carry out a conversation in French, I wouldn’t think.” No wonder they call him the ‘Tiger Woods of Scrabble’. French journalist and self-confessed Scrabble lover Jean-Baptiste Morel wrote: “He doesn’t speak French, but he learned to play in our language by reading the words of the ODS (Official Scrabble Book) as if it were a sequence of letters to learn. The man, as well as having a perfect command of the vocabulary, possesses an impressive game tactic that allows him to leapfrog the competition.” Morel added that Richard had managed to win in spite of a “pretty rotten” draw of letters.

Chinese surgeons recently performed a bizarre surgery in order to save a man’s severed hand. They grafted it on to his ankle for a month, before reattaching it to his arm! The innovative surgery was carried out on factory worker Zhou, from Changsha, China’s Hunan province. Zhou’s left hand was accidentally severed from his arm during an accident involving a spinning blade machine. He was immediately rushed to Xiangya Hospital, where Dr. Tang Juyu and his team realised that the damaged nerves and tendons needed time to heal. If they tried to attach the hand to his arm immediately, its cells would die from lack of blood supply. “Under normal temperatures, a severed finger needs to resume blood supply within 10 hours, but that time is even shorter for a separated limb,” Tang explained. “If a limb is short of blood for too long, its tissues die and it will be unsalvageable.”

Popular Port Harcourt, pop singer, Duncan Mighty is walking down the aisle with lovely wife, Vivien today, July 25, 2015.  Pictured above is their wedding invitation card, with the design of a passport. “Federal Republic of Vivien & Duncan, Official Wedding Visa.” The singer equally staging a wedding concert – an after party for his fans. The show that will kickoff by 10pm at No 1 Duncan Mighty D

The world's first malaria vaccine has cleared one of the final hurdles prior to being approved for use in Africa. The European Medicines Agency gave a positive scientific opinion after assessing its safety and effectiveness. It represents a 'green light' for the Mosquirix jab, developed by GlaxoSmithKline. The World Health Organization will consider later this year whether to recommend it for children, among whom trials have yielded mixed results. Malaria kills around 584,000 people a year worldwide, most of them children under five in sub-Saharan Africa. 'Dream come true' Mosquirix, otherwise known as the RTS,S vaccine, is the first against a parasitic infection in humans. Dr Ripley Ballou, head of research at GSK vaccines, said: "This is a hugely significant moment. I've been working on this vaccine for 30 years and this is a dream come true." The company has not revealed the price of the vaccine, but has pledged not to make a prof...

Tragedy struck in a Zimbabwean village after a pastor, Shamiso Kanyama, died after he was allegedly buried alive on his instructions. According to reports, Kanyama had asked his followers, five members of the same family, to bury him alive so that he could summon more cleansing powers to help cleanse their house of evil spirits. As the story goes, the members of the family, charged with the murder of the prophet, invited the pastor to their home in the village of Mazonde to help cleanse their home, believed to be plagued by mysterious deaths. The accused family members, identified as Leanmore Mutero, Tonderai Muswere, Michael Muchengeti, Manasa Mutero and Nicholas Mutero, according to Zed 24 News, the country’s local newspaper, were charged before the High Court in Harare for murder. Owen Tagu, the High Court Justice, told Zed 24 News that he heard how on that day, their priest, Zvidzai Muchengeti had invited the late pastor to attend the home in the Muzarabani district, which ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule pledged his commitment to vigorously pursue programmes that would guarantee and protect the rights of women in the State at the commemoration of this year’s Public Service Day in Lagos. The theme for this year’s commemoration is ‘The Role of Public Service in Women Empowerment, Innovation and Access to Service Delivery’. He said the day brought to mind the collective desire to empower women and help them realise their potential, irrespective of status, religion and backgrounds. According to him, with the right programmes and policies in place, women and girls in the state can be more productive and empowered for better life. Ambode urged public servants to imbibe and develop new approaches that would enhance better service delivery. ”This day was initiated to appreciate the contributions of public servants to the socio-economic development of the state. ”It provides us the opportu...

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday identified non-adherence to traffic laws and indiscriminate parking of vehicles due to inadequate parking space as factors which contributed to traffic congestion on Lagos roads. Ambode, who was represented by Dr Idiat Adebule, the Deputy Governor, made the observation at the inauguration of the Ikoyi Club 1938 Multi-Storey Car Park in Lagos. He urged motorists and organisations to work on both areas to ease traffic flow in the state. ”Non adherence to traffic laws and lack of parking space in most areas which leads to indiscriminate parking of cars, has been a major factor contributing to traffic congestion on Lagos roads. ”I urge road users to adhere to traffic laws, as well as organisations to ensure they provide parking space, to avoid indiscriminate parking of cars and ensure free flow of traffic,’’ he said. The governor commended the Club for its effort in reducing traffic congestion and urged other organisations to emulate t...