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Friday 29 January 2016
Rocko is vying for a Guinness World Records as the world's tallest dog
Rocko is a male Great Dane and stands 7ft tall. "The two-year-old giant pet hasn't stopped growing and has a good appetite - he can munch about eight cups of dog food a day and loves snacks like jerky"~~ owners (Nick Helms and Jessica Williams)
Source: CCTVNews
Source: CCTVNews
Thursday 28 January 2016
GEJ at Geneva: How I tackled Boko Haram
Ex-President Jonathan this evening went on his Facebook page and poured out his mind on persistent insecurity with this quote "If we do not spend billions educating our youths today, we will spend it fighting insecurity tomorrow. And you do not have to spend on education just because of insecurity. It is also the prudent thing to do. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan"
See below what people had to comment on his post
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Meet Lionel Messi's biggest fan
Ahmadi Murtaza is the latest Lionel Messi's biggest fan. This five-year old afghan is wearing a Lionel Messi shirt made of a plastic bag. He says he wants to become a footballer. He also wants to go to school and meet the five-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. Truth be told, I like him already. See pictures below.
Hidden safe of "The King of cocaine" found
Do you remember Pablo Escobar? He was a notorious Colombian drug lord popularly known as "The king of cocaine" because he was reported to have supplied an estimated 80% of all the cocaine smuggled into the United States in the 1980s. By the early 1990s he was known to be the richest criminal in history with an estimated known net worth of US$30 billion and approximately US$100 billion when including the money he had buried in different places in Colombia.
Pablo Escobar's waterfront pink mansion in Miami, Florida and many of his properties were seized by the US government in 1987. See the pictures below.
Christian De Berdouare finally bought this pink mansion for US$9.65million in 2014 from a private owner who originally acquired it from the US government.
De Berdouare (above with his pet) wants to build a more modern home on this site, so he decides to demolish the old mansion that sat abandoned for years. Before embarking on the demolition he had hired professional treasure hunters to comb through the old mansion for traces from Escobar's extravagant days.
Journalist Jennifer Valoppi (De Berdouare's wife) said demolition began Tuesday on the mansion of roughly about 6,500 square feet. She also added that a safe (in the pix below) was found along with unusual holes in the floors and walls.
The couple plan to open the safe later today.
Wednesday 20 January 2016
The 40th Olubadan of Ibadan land is no more
Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, who was a former army officer in the 1939 World War II before working as a produce clerk with United Africa Company (UAC) has joined his ancestors.
Born:
14 April 1914, Igbo-elerin, Ibadan
Education:
1922: Saint Andrew's School, Bamigbola, Ibadan
1929: Saint Peter's School, Aremo, Ibadan
1936: Mapo Central School, Ibadan
Career:
1939: Army officer 1939 World War II
1938: Produce clerk, United Africa Company (UAC)
1938: Teacher, Church Missionary Society (CMS) Elementary School, Jago
1939-1942: Teacher
1945: Army officer in charge of demobilization of returning officers in Lagos
1956: Member, House of Representatives
1956: Parliamentary Secretary to Tafawa Balewa
1964: Minister of State for Labour
1972: Mogaji, Ladunni compound, Ibadan
1976: Jagun, Olubadan
Coronation:
2007: Olubadan of Ibadan
Reign:
2007-2016
Died:
January 19, 2016 (101 years)
May his gentle soul rest in peace. Amen.
Source: www.whatsupibadan.com
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Guinness' World oldest living man dies
In 1903 on Friday the 13th day of the month of March, Yasutaro Koide was born in Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan. On August 21, 2015, following the death of Sakari Momoi on July 5, 2015 (who lived for 112 years 150 days) Yasutaro Koide was officially recognized as the oldest living man by Guinness World Records. He died at the age of 112 years 312 days early today, in the Japanese city of Nagoya, said Akira Yamase, a representative of Japan's ministry of health, labor and welfare. He is survived by 7 children, 9 grandchildren and 1 great grand children. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.
Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasutaro_Koide, Jason Hanna and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN
source: www.wsoctv.com
source: www.therjnews.com
Doyin Okupe vs Premium Times
The former special assistant to Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo (media and publicity) and former senior special assistant to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, yesterday went on his Twitter page to post offensive words in annoyance to Premium Times headline "INVESTIGATION: how Jonathan govt. paid companies linked to Doyin Okupe to hack 'unfriendly' websites"
Please, see pictures below for more info
Saturday 16 January 2016
What a man can do, animals can do even better
When animals are in deep sleep they do not interact with their surroundings but they can still respond to loud noises and other salient sensory events (1).
Reference: (1) Jerome M. Siegel (2008), "Do all animals sleep?", Trends in Neurosciences 31.4.
See pictures below for more info
Source: CCTV Facebook.
Source: CCTV Facebook.
Source: CCTV Facebook.
Japanese Macaques sleeping. Source: Wikipedia
A draft horse sleeping while standing. Source: Wikipedia
Friday 15 January 2016
GEJ, the best and the worst
People have reacted to Ex-President GEJ's facebook post after he was given an award yesterday at Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Someone describes GEJ as the best while another person says his name sounds worst than Hitler.
See below
SCLC honours Ex-President Jonathan
Yesterday, at 11:31pm, Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan posted on his Facebook page that he was given an award by Dr Charles Steele Jr. in recognition of his leadership in human rights, social justice and the universal fight for freedom, at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Tuesday 12 January 2016
The missing 2016 budget
Mr Garba Shehu, the official spokesperson to president Muhammadu Buhari has posted the following tweets in response to enquiries about the missing 2016 Budget.
See the picture below for his tweets
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