AMAZING STORIES AROUND THE WORLD: 2015-08-23

Saturday, 29 August 2015

Nigerian Mum Of Quintuplets Let Off £145,000 NHS Bill: She Came To UK As health tourist To Give Birth And Says No One's Asked Her To Pay

A Nigerian health tourist who cost the NHS £145,000 having quintuplets has said she never even saw a bill.

Bimbo Ayelabola, 37, had to have a complex caesarean section after travelling to Britain while pregnant in 2011.

The operation and neo-natal care for the five babies cost the Health Service in excess of £145,000 – but Miss Ayelabola never paid a penny towards the bill.

Mums and dads have been sharing their kissing selfies in defiance after the doctor's comments went viral

Last week an American psychologist's controversial comments, originally made in 2010, went viral and caused a stir in the parenting community.

Mums and dads responded with outrage to Dr Charlotte Reznick's opinion thatparents should not kiss their children on the lips as it is 'sexual'.

*VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED* From Stewart Airport today. Please no mean, funny, or stupid comments a man lost his life today. Still kind of shocked i caught this on camera today. My condolences goes out to the pilots family and friends. RIP
Posted by Kevin Kelly on Friday, 28 August 2015

65-Year-Old Landlord Lured Our Daughter, Raped Her For Rituals – Victim’s mother

In another case that has highlighted the increasing child sexual abuses in Nigeria, a 65-year-old landlord, in Akowonjo area of Lagos, Mr. Ganiyu Sani, has allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl, Blessing. But this time, the parents of the victim believe he did it for ritual purposes.

The civil servant mother of the victim told our correspondent that on Monday, August 17, 2015, when she got back from work and was having dinner with her children, Blessings started to touch her crotch and complain of pain.

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that he has no respect for Obasanjo, who he described as an indescribable liar.

Soyinka carpeted the former president on Friday night when he was responding to questions during a programme tagged: ‘An evening with Wole Soyinka’, organised by Globacom.

Asked to respond to Obasanjo’s assessment of him in the former president’s book titled ‘My Watch’, where he notes that Soyinka is good at hunting and wines but a political illiterate, Soyinka said that he was hardly bothered because he believed that Obasanjo was a liar.

Soyinka said, “Obasanjo is entitled to his opinion. But the question is: ‘Who respects the opinion of a liar?’

A Nigerian family abroad recently had a reunion in Memphis, TN.
7 children, 7 spouses, 18 grandchildren came together to celebrate their dad & mum as they turned 70. The wedding photographer, Bomaone said it was the first time everyone got together in 23 years, cousins meeting each other for the first time.

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Last week, in an exclusive chat with Saturday Beats, popular actor, Yul Edochie, explained how a gay stalker was making life unbearable for him. He claimed that the gay stalker, Steve Ugochukwu, met him through Facebook and demanded to be his gay partner.

He also shared how Ugochukwu always called him and his wife incessantly.

But in a twist of event, Ugochukwu contacted Saturday Beats via Facebook to state his side of the story.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday, arrested another Arik Air staff, Mr. Ikechukwu Oliver, an alleged accomplice who helped the airline’s cabin crew staff, Mr. Chika Udensi, smuggle 20 kilogrammes of cocaine into a London-bound flight on Monday.

According to the NDLEA, Oliver had confessed to the crime and had revealed that he charged N400,000 for each of the three bags containing the substance.

Oliver, Arik Air’s employee in the catering department, was said to have assisted Chika Egwu Udensi to get the cocaine onboard the London-bound Flight W3101 on which Udensi arrived in the UK on Monday night.

Rukky Sanda wore this revealing ouf to the premiere of 'Dark' at Silverbird Galleria this evening.

Fayose appoints 72-yr-old illiterate carpenter as council chair

Ekiti State governor Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday, sent tongues wagging with the swearing-in of a 72-year-old illiterate carpenter, Pa Olatunde Afolayan, as the caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government.

The governor, immediately after the inauguration held at Abiodun Adetiloye Hall, Trade Fair Complex, Ado Ekiti, also appointed a graduate to serve as the Personal Assistant of the septuagenarian.

Can a road-legal car be powered by the Sun alone? One company thinks so, and they’re planning to unveil a scaled-down version of their proposal later this year.

Called “The Immortus,” the two-person vehicle is the work of EVX Ventures, an electric vehicle technology startup based in Melbourne, Australia. The car is decked out in solar panels, covering up to eight square meters (86 square feet), and also has a lithium battery to store energy, between five and 10 kilowatt-hours. So light is the car though, 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) when empty and 700 kilograms (1,550 pounds) when fully laden, it is able to run on just solar power alone.

28-Years- Old Girl Who Threw Her New Born Baby Away Begs For Forgiveness

A 28 years old girl who threw her new born baby away is begging for forgiveness from her parents and Nigerians.

Joy Osarhiakhi had on June 13, 2015 delivered herself of a baby girl in a bathroom of the house she lives with her parents and immediately packed the baby in a nylon bag and threw her away in the same neighbourhood.

It took three days before the baby was discovered by neighbours who immediately called for help from the police.

Joy who said she successfully hide her pregnancy from her parents for nine months, attributed her action to the fact that the baby’s father, denied being responsible for the pregnancy.

Joy has been remanded in prisons since July after spending about three weeks in the custody of the Nigeria Police who arrested her upon her confession on June 16.

“I regret my action and have begged my parents, siblings for the pains and embarrassment I have caused them. I also want Nigerians to forgive me.

“I want my baby back. I want to take proper care of her and promised that I will not in any way harm her.

Beautiful daughter of late maximum leader, Gumsu Abacha today took to her Instagram page to mock the DG of Muhammed Buhari's campaign team Rotimi Amaechi over the snub by President Buhari in the appointment he has done so far

Burkha-wearing raiders made off with £64k from south London pawnbrokers

The pair grabbed cash and jewellery worth more than £64,000 after holding two terrified women at gunpoint at the Harvey and Thompson pawnbrokers in Atlantic Road, Brixton, in May this year

Two burkha-clad robbers who stole more than £64,000 worth of cash and jewellery from a pawnbrokers were caught because 'they did not walk like women'.

Michael Lindo, 34, and Aaron Dumetz, 24, both from Lambeth, threatened two female staff members with a fake gun before making off with their loot.

They have been jailed for more than 20 years after a judge described the robbery as 'professional' and 'carefully planned'.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State Friday appointed a 72-year old farmer and illiterate, Mr Olatunde Afolayan as the caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government.

Fayose, also sworn in members of the State Independent Electoral Commission, headed by a retired Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kayode Bamisile , to be able to conduct local government elections before the end of the year.

In his determination to advance change over stasis, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, fdc, NPM has appointed Acting ACP Olabisi Alofe Kolawole as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Ag. ACP Kolawole becomes the first female police officer to be appointed as National Police spokesperson.

This appointment is geared towards harnessing the enormous potentials among Nigerian female Police officers. Ag. ACP Kolawole who holds a first degree in law, from Ogun State University and a Masters degree in Police Leadership and management from University of Leicester, United Kingdom replaces CP Emmanuel Ojukwu who is now the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command.

Jilted Husband Drags Estranged Wife & Her New Lover To Okija Traditional Shrine Over Property Dispute

Sometimes last year november we brought you a story with a twist in divorce suit between an area manager with Mainstreet bank in Lagos, western Nigeria, Mrs Blessing Ifeanyi-Okpoko and her estranged husband, Ifeanyi Kenneth Okpoko, as the husband alleged that Blessing fled her matrimonial home after he discovered her secret marriage to another banker, Kelvin Ugwuoke, in Dubai recently.

Okpoko alleged that Blessing and Ugwuoke, who is the risk manager at a new generation bank on Lagos Island, secretly went to Dubai with a few friends and wedded before returning to Nigeria. Read story HERE

When resident Pastor, Sureword Assembly, Okota, Lagos, Dennis Inyang got married to his heartthrob, Aity 25 years ago, they quickly looked forward to the joy that comes with it – children. They were wrong; this is because it took them 24 years afterwards before the Almighty God finally answered their prayers and had a set of twins, a boy and girl in April, 2015. “We never gave up, although, it was frustrating but we knew the God that we serve will not disappoint,” Pastor Inyang said.

Asked of his fears for his wife after not having a baby for 24 years, Pastor Inyang said the usual anxiety when a woman wants to give birth took over him. “I was praying to God that she should have a safe delivery, have a peaceful birth, let the children be alive and let everything go well.

As Christians, we kept praying and trusting God that everything will go well, God is God of wonders. I was the first to hold the babies because my wife was still in the labour room when the babies were brought out.

The Police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a publisher of a news website, Naijahottestgist.com, before a Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly publishing a defamatory story against the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc. claiming that the bank MD impregnated his bank staff

The accused, Seun Oloketuyi, 39, is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on defamation.
The Prosecutor, Mr Olakanmi Omisope, told the court that the accused committed the alleged offences sometime in June, in Lagos.

He said that the accused, knowingly and intentionally, published a defamatory story on the internet against one Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc.
Omisope alleged that the accused published the said defamatory story in www.naijahottestgist.com, in order to annoy, and insult Okonkwo.

The prosecutor also alleged that the accused knew that the information he published was false.
He said that the offences contravened Section 24 (1) (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act, 2015, and Section 375 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38, Laws of the Federation.

Below is a press statement...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments:
Engr. Babachir David Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the Federation
Alhaji Abba Kyari – Chief of Staff to the President
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service
Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service
Senator Ita S.J. Enang – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate)

UEFA Champions League draw: Manchester United face PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow and

Manchester United will face PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg in the Champions League group stage after the draw was made in Monaco on Thursday evening. Louis van Gaal's men overcame Club Bruges 7-1 on aggregate in their play-off and have been rewarded with trips to Holland, Russia and Germany. Premier League champions Chelsea, who were seeded in Pot One, will take on Porto, Dynamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel-Aviv as they look to improve on last season's run to the round of 16.

The National Universities Commission has released a list of illegal degree awarding institutions operating in Nigeria.
The schools were published in the NUC’s weekly bulletin dated August 24.

According to the bulletin, the NUC Executive secretary, Julius Okojie, warned that those who patronise the schools, do so at their own risk.
“Certificates obtained from these sources will not be recognized for the purpose of NYSC, employment and further studies,” the NUC said.

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Posted by Evang Osita C Muolokwu on Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Clampdown on Fashola: Tinubu Washes His Hand

A former governor of Lagos State and National leader of All Progressive Congress has disassociated himself from the recent ordeal of the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in a statement he made on Wednesday said, he was not behind the negative campaign against his successor

He said, “An attack against the performance of Governor Fashola is indirectly an attack against me and the edifice of achievement we have constructed in leading Lagos state out of a protracted time of stagnation and into an era of sustained progress and development”.

It was the first time Mr. Tinubu would speak out over claims that he was sponsoring individuals and groups to sustain media attacks against his successor.

This horrific accident happened on Ibadan Lagos expressway this morning. The driver was said to be over-speeding and collided with an oncoming truck.

THE huge toll that traffic accidents exact in the country has attracted global concern, as Nigerian roads have been adjudged the most dangerous in Africa. A recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on road traffic deaths in selected African countries says Nigeria accounts for the highest fatalities with 33.7 percent per 100,000 population every year.

Rita Ora was unable to make the X Factor launch on Wednesday due to her own touring commitments - but she made sure her fans were given a night to remember.

The stunning star certainly made an impression as she took to the stage at the El Rey in Los Angeles wearing a VERY racy outfit.

Ex-colleague ‘turns gun on himself’ after killing two TV journalists

A ‘disgruntled’ former TV station worker is believed to be behind the shooting of two broadcast journalists live on air.

Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41 – who reported under the name Bryce Williams – is believed to have shot dead Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, while they were filming an interview at a shopping centre in Virginia, U.S.

He is also reported to have turned his gun on himself after a police chase and is being treated in hospital.

He posted footage from the scene of the shooting onto Facebook and tweeted that Alison had been racist towards him in the past. He also said that Adam had gone to HR about him previously.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday night stormed the headquarters of Arik Air in Ikeja Lagos following the arrest in London of a crew member of the airline for allegedly being in possession of cocaine.

The Arik crew member, identified by the anti-narcotics agency as Chika Egwu Udensi, was arrested on Monday night by operatives of the United Kingdom Border Force with 20 kilogrammes of cocaine in London.

Stretching for over three miles along the white sandy beach on Germany's Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, lies the world’s biggest hotel with 10,000 bedrooms all facing the sea. But for 70 years since it was built, no holiday maker has ever stayed there. This is hotel Prora, a massive building complex built between 1936 and 1939 by the Nazis as part of their "Strength through Joy" ("Kraft durch Freude," KdF) programme. The aim was to provide leisure activities for German workers and spread Nazi propaganda. Locals call Prora the Colossus because of its monumental structure.

"There's too much pressure to have hits these days. Artists are watching Billboard instead of exploring themselves," she once said, discussing her groundbreaking release The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. "I wanted to make honest music. I don't like things to be too perfect, or too polished. People may criticize me for that, but I grew up listening to Al Green and Sam Cooke. When they hit a high note, you actually felt it."

Tennis stars pose next to New York taxi in countdown to launch of US Open

Maria Sharapova joined by Roger Federer and Serena Williams on streets of New York as

A small percentage of people are born with tales. Most of their parents have it removed shortly after birth.

Desperate Family Smash Into Tomb Of Pregnant Teenager Who Woke Up Screaming and Banging On Her Coffin After Being Buried ALIVE

Honduras teenage girl wakes up in coffin after being buried ALIVE by mistake

Footage has emerged showing grieving family members breaking through the concrete tomb (left) from where Neysi Perez (top right), 16, had been heard 'banging and screaming'. But despite efforts to revive her medics found no signs of life and she was later returned to the cemetery and reburied in the same mausoleum. Ms Perez, who was three months pregnant, was initially pronounced dead after collapsing at her home in La Entrada, western Honduras, and was buried in the wedding dress (bottom right) she had recently used to get married. But a day after her funeral, her husband Rudy Gonzales was visiting her grave at the La Entrada General Cemetery when he heard banging and muffled screams from inside the concrete tomb and raised the alarm.

Devastated: Tiara Stevens, 27, says her son was born blind and albino after she was impregnated by her own father at age 12

A woman who was repeatedly raped by her father and gave birth to her own brother has hit out after her attacker was only jailed for a year.

Tiara Stevens said on Monday she had waited 14 years for justice only to see her father's sentence as a 'slap in the face.'

An outraged Tiara said: 'To wait 14 years and all a person gets is one year?

'A pat on the back, telling them it's okay to molest your daughter, impregnate her, and for her to have a child, a blind child? It's ok?'

Elon Musk described the Hyperloop as the fifth mode of transportation (Hyperloop Transportation Technologies)

Few took Elon Musk seriously when, back in 2013, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors produced plans to build the Hyperloop, a futuristic high-speed transportation system between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Now SpaceX and another company, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, are hoping to break ground on separate Hyperloop test tracks by next year.

A released video shows the attack that led to a 55-year-old man’s prison sentence for storming into his upstairs neighbor’s home brandishing a machete,the Idaho State Journal reported.

“In my mind, it lasted for hours, but on the video it all happened in seconds,” the victim, James Cvengros, said after watching the video again during the sentencing hearing for the attacker, Twain Thomas, late last week. Cvengros shot Thomas three times in self-defense after he broke into his Pocatello apartment in February 2014.

An eight year old bride in Yemen died from internal injuries on her wedding night, bleeding to death after deep vaginal tearing caused by sex with her 40 year old husband.

The girl, identified only by the name Rawan, died in Hardh in the governorate of Hajjah in northwestern Yemen, according to a report issued by UPI on Sunday, Sept. 8.

Prince Adedamola Aderemi Tipped As The Next In Line To Oni Of Ife's Throne Visits Emir Of Kano Lamido Sanusi II In Kano

Prince of Ile-Ife Barrister Adedamola Aderemi has visited notable top-shots in the country like former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Dele Momodu among others after being tipped as the next in line to inherit the prestigious throne...The Prince paid a courtesy call on the the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II at his Kano palace on Monday as the throne lobbying continues.

The greatest thing that Abubakar Audu has going for him in his bid to return as Governor of Kogi state is the decibel of a large youth demographic. So many Kogi folks, 25 years and below, are all over the airwaves telling the rest of Nigeria that they don’t know what they are missing by not having somebody like Abubakar Audu. The love they are professing for Abubakar Audu is greater than the love story between Ekiti and Fayose. Audu, they assure us, must “capture power” again in Kogi.

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Mums and dads have been sharing their kissing selfies in defiance after the doctor's comments went viral

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